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The Marvelous Ones
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Author : Randol Contreras
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2024
The Marvelous Ones written by Randol Contreras and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024 with Drug abuse categories.
An intimate portrait of LA gang members turning to drugs, nostalgia, and religion as they age and fight to stay relevant in a new era. Once celebrated in the gang world as rebels who defied the established prison order, veterano Maravilla gang members now grapple with the consequences of leading violent and drug-ridden lives. At once thrilling and tender, The Marvelous Ones sheds light on how these aging gang members struggle to stay meaningful in the face of addiction, violent trauma, and a rapidly changing East Los Angeles. Randol Contreras spent close to a decade studying the legendary Maravilla gangs of East LA, who made waves in the 1990s for their rebellion against the most powerful prison gang in the United States: the Mexican Mafia, or La Eme. These men granted Contreras unique access to their experiences, revealing how family members shun them, how jail and prison worsen them, how the church and drug treatment redeem them, and how their brightest moments lie in their pasts as legends of the California gang world. The Marvelous Ones gives human faces to the suffering and resilience of some of the most marginalized members of our society.
The Marvelous Ones
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Author : Prof. Randol Contreras
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2024-04-02
The Marvelous Ones written by Prof. Randol Contreras and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-04-02 with Social Science categories.
An intimate portrait of LA gang members turning to drugs, nostalgia, and religion as they age and fight to stay relevant in a new era. Once celebrated in the gang world as rebels who defied the established prison order, veterano Maravilla gang members now grapple with the consequences of leading violent and drug-ridden lives. At once thrilling and tender, The Marvelous Ones sheds light on how these aging gang members struggle to stay meaningful in the face of addiction, violent trauma, and a rapidly changing East Los Angeles. Randol Contreras spent close to a decade studying the legendary Maravilla gangs of East LA, who made waves in the 1990s for their rebellion against the most powerful prison gang in the United States: the Mexican Mafia, or La Eme. These men granted Contreras unique access to their experiences, revealing how family members shun them, how jail and prison worsen them, how the church and drug treatment redeem them, and how their brightest moments lie in their pasts as legends of the California gang world. The Marvelous Ones gives human faces to the suffering and resilience of some of the most marginalized members of our society.
Falling For The Enemy The Marvelous League Book One
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Author : Za Cousins
language : en
Publisher: Epublisher
Release Date : 2021-08-11
Falling For The Enemy The Marvelous League Book One written by Za Cousins and has been published by Epublisher this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-11 with Young Adult Fiction categories.
Vicky is a teen fashion model who recently found out she is a Siren. She starts her own team of superheroes with her brother Daniel and her friends. She goes through so many adventures in her life with loving her enemy Axel and being transported into another world and family drama. Axel loves her a lot but he doesn't want her to be with a criminal. But this story is not just about her and Axel. This whole story is about the people of the league and people within them, all of them are different in their own way which resembles who they are and will be told in each book. Every book has a life lesson, a meaning, and a reason.
Making The Marvelous
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Author : Rori Bloom
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2022-06
Making The Marvelous written by Rori Bloom and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-06 with Literary Criticism categories.
At a moment when France was coming to new prominence in the production of furniture and fashion, the fairy tales of Marie-Catherine d'Aulnoy (1652-1705) and Henriette-Julie de Murat (1670-1716) gave pride of place to richly detailed descriptions of palaces, gardens, clothing, and toys. Through close readings of these authors' descriptive prose, Rori Bloom shows how these practitioners of a supposedly minor genre made a major contribution as chroniclers and critics of the decorative arts in Old Regime France. Identifying these authors' embrace of the pretty and the playful as a response to a frequent critique of fairy tales as childish and feminine, Making the Marvelous demonstrates their integration of artisan's work, child's play, and the lady's toilette into a complex vision of creativity. D'Aulnoy and Murat changed the stakes of the fairy tale, Bloom argues: instead of inviting their readers to marvel at the magic that changes rags to riches, they enjoined them to acknowledge the skill that transforms raw materials into beautiful works of art.
Marketplace Of The Marvelous
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Author : Erika Janik
language : en
Publisher: Beacon Press
Release Date : 2014-01-07
Marketplace Of The Marvelous written by Erika Janik and has been published by Beacon Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-07 with Medical categories.
An entertaining introduction to the quacks, snake-oil salesmen, and charlatans, who often had a point Despite rampant scientific innovation in nineteenth-century America, traditional medicine still adhered to ancient healing methods, subjecting patients to bleeding, blistering, and induced vomiting and sweating. Facing such horrors, many patients ran with open arms to burgeoning practices that promised new ways to cure their ills. Hydropaths offered cures using “healing waters” and tight wet-sheet wraps. Phineas Parkhurst Quimby experimented with magnets and tried to replace “bad,” diseased thoughts with “good,” healthy thoughts, while Daniel David Palmer reportedly restored a man’s hearing by knocking on his vertebrae. Lorenzo and Lydia Fowler used their fingers to “read” their clients’ heads, claiming that the topography of one’s skull could reveal the intricacies of one’s character. Lydia Pinkham packaged her Vegetable Compound and made a famous family business from the homemade cure-all. And Samuel Thomson, rejecting traditional medicine, introduced a range of herbal remedies for a vast array of woes, supplemented by the curative powers of poetry. Bizarre as these methods may seem, many are the precursors of today’s notions of healthy living. We have the nineteenth-century practice of “medical gymnastics” to thank for today’s emphasis on regular exercise, and hydropathy’s various water cures for the notion of regular bathing and the mantra to drink “eight glasses of water a day.” And much of the philosophy of health introduced by these alternative methods is reflected in today’s patient-centered care and holistic medicine, which takes account of the body and spirit. Moreover, these entrepreneurial alternative healers paved the way for women in medicine. Shunned by the traditionalists and eager for converts, many of the masters of these new fields embraced the training of women in their methods. Some women, like Pinkham, were able to break through the barriers to women working to become medical entrepreneurs themselves. In fact, next to teaching, medicine attracted more women than any other profession in the nineteenth century, the majority of them in “irregular” health systems. These eccentric ideas didn’t make it into modern medicine without a fight, of course. As these new healing methods grew in popularity, traditional doctors often viciously attacked them with cries of “quackery” and pressed legal authorities to arrest, fine, and jail irregulars for endangering public safety. Nonetheless, these alternative movements attracted widespread support—from everyday Americans and the famous alike, including Mark Twain, Louisa May Alcott, and General Ulysses S. Grant—with their messages of hope, self-help, and personal empowerment. Though many of these medical fads faded, and most of their claims of magical cures were discredited by advances in medical science, a surprising number of the theories and ideas behind the quackery are staples in today’s health industry. Janik tells the colorful stories of these “quacks,” whose oftentimes genuine wish to heal helped shape and influence modern medicine.
The Monstrous And The Marvelous
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Author : Rikki Ducornet
language : en
Publisher: City Lights Books
Release Date : 1999-08
The Monstrous And The Marvelous written by Rikki Ducornet and has been published by City Lights Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-08 with Literary Collections categories.
Contains fourteen essays in which author Rikki Ducornet surveys the monstrous and the marvelous in literature, art, and film.
The Marvelous Land Of Oz
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Author : L. Frank Baum
language : en
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Release Date : 2012-09-19
The Marvelous Land Of Oz written by L. Frank Baum and has been published by Courier Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-19 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
Second Oz book; Scarecrow and Tin Woodman are back with hero named Tip. 120 black-and-white, 16 full-color illustrations.
A Cultural History Of Fairy Tales In The Age Of The Marvelous
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Author : Suzanne Magnanini
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2021-07-15
A Cultural History Of Fairy Tales In The Age Of The Marvelous written by Suzanne Magnanini and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-07-15 with History categories.
How have fairy tales from around the world changed over the centuries? What do they tell us about different cultures and societies? Drawing on the contributions of scholars working on Italian, French, English, Ottoman Turkish, and Japanese tale traditions, this book underscores the striking mobility and malleability of fairy tales written in the years 1450 to 1650. The essays examine how early modern scientific theories, debates on the efficacy of witchcraft, conceptions of race and gender, religious beliefs, the aesthetics of landscape, and censorial practices all shaped the representations of magic and marvels in the tales of this period. Tracing the fairy tale's swift movement across linguistic and geographic borders, through verse and prose versions, from the printed page to the early modern stage, this volume demonstrates the ways in which these fantastic literary texts explored the ideological borders constructed by different societies. An essential resource for researchers, scholars and students of literature, history and cultural studies, contributors explore themes including: forms of the marvelous, adaption, gender and sexuality, humans and non-humans, monsters and the monstrous, space, socialization, and power. A Cultural History of Fairy Tales (6-volume set) A Cultural History of Fairy Tales in Antiquity is also available as a part of a 6-volume set, A Cultural History of Fairy Tales, tracing fairy tales from antiquity to the present day, available in print, or within a fully-searchable digital library accessible through institutions by annual subscription or on perpetual access (see www.bloomsburyculturalhistory.com). Individual volumes for academics and researchers interested in specific historical periods are also available digitally via www.bloomsburycollections.com.
The Marvelous Effect
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Author : Troy CLE
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2007-05-22
The Marvelous Effect written by Troy CLE and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-05-22 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
Turning into a Celestial-Like Entity, Louis Proof's ordinary life takes an unexpected turn as he needs to use all his new-found talents to fight off the invading Celestial Entities that are soon to reach Earth and destroy the only world he has ever known.
Marcus The Marvelous 1
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Author : Liz Yanis
language : en
Publisher: Xulon Press
Release Date : 2016-07-29
Marcus The Marvelous 1 written by Liz Yanis and has been published by Xulon Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-07-29 with Fiction categories.
Liz Yanis is an artist originally from New York City. She is an active member of CityLight Church NYC. Besides writing and illustrating, she loves working with children and is currently a Creative Movement Coach.Her first children's book, "Andrew The Sleuth And His Dog Lincoln," inspire readers to pursue their dreams and enjoy the journey knowing God is with them and loves them. Her new book, "Marcus The Marvelous One," will take the reader through a boy's eventful week in school. Marcus' attempts to show his classmates how marvelous he is, fails, until he discovers that through acts of kindness and service to others is evidence that God wonderfully made him. Psalms 139:14 NKJV I will praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are your works, and that my soul knows very well.