James Wilson-MacDonald Livres

1965 - THE YEAR THE BOOMERS BEGAN TO BOOM Your parents' generation is untrustworthy and the world you were born into is disintegrating in war and cultural upheaval. What do you do? Your alcoholic father and your newest friend's brother die on opposite sides of the world on the same day. What do you do? If your name is Jonathan Randall, you and your friends abandon finessing your way through life as a high school senior. You go wherever you need to go to discover how courageous dedication can live inside flawed humanity. You stand up to ignorant school administrators, abusive parents, and the Ku Klux Klan. You seek what and whom you can honor. You accept whatever help you can get and choose to trust whoever journeys with you to discover what is really real and really worthwhile. And you throw in a little surfing and laughter whenever you can.

The journey of three young men embarking on an epic cycling adventure from northern Alaska to Tierra del Fuego unfolds in this gripping tale. As they tackle the daunting 15,000-mile trek, they face immense physical and mental challenges, including sickness, injury, and the strain of constant companionship. The narrative explores their resilience and the psychological toll of the journey, questioning whether they can overcome the hardships and reach the southernmost town in the world.

Exploring the intersection of music and personal experience, this collection features short prose poems and stories inspired by the iconic band the Stone Roses. Each piece delves into a tapestry of influences, memories, and dreams, using vivid imagery to reflect on the profound impact of music on the human experience. Through this lens, the author creates a rich emotional landscape that resonates with fans and newcomers alike.

The Dictionary of Astrology presents a unique and personal interpretation of astrology, drawing heavily from the works of ancient scholars like Ptolemy and Placidus. Acclaimed as the finest astrological dictionary, it challenges students to rethink foundational assumptions in the field. Wilson’s extensive entries cover a wide range of topics, including Primary Directions, Horary Astrology, and the judgment of Revolutions, making it a comprehensive resource. His aim is to democratize knowledge and combat the hoarding of scientific texts, ensuring readers can form their own convictions.

The book emphasizes the essential role of philosophy in shaping coherent health and public policy priorities. It explores how philosophical insights can guide decision-making processes, highlighting the importance of ethical considerations and critical thinking in addressing complex societal issues. Through its arguments, it advocates for a deeper integration of philosophical thought into policy formulation to enhance the effectiveness and moral grounding of public health initiatives.

This resource offers a structured guide for worship throughout the year in Cycle C, featuring a Call to Worship, Collect, and Prayer of Confession for each Sunday. It includes three suggested hymns aligned with the lectionary texts of the First Lesson, Second Lesson, and Gospel. Additionally, it encompasses resources for non-lectionary days, such as All Saints' Day, Thanksgiving, the Fourth of July, World-Wide Communion Sunday, and Parent's Days, making it a comprehensive tool for church services.

Fascinating insight into Hitler's obsession with and use of the Berchtesgadener region as his Southern HQ. Superb, new and, for the most part, previously unseen images coupled with informative captions and additional text.

This book describes the background to and the development of the Nazi Party Rallies held at Nuremberg each September from 1933 to 1939. These Reichsparteitage (National Party Days) were vast and meticulously staged managed extravaganzas in which ritual and ceremony played an important part. The Rallies had two key objectives. The first was to focus public attention on the successes of the Nazi Party and connect with the public conscience and build a close bond between Party and people. Even more important was the Rallies' role in presenting Adolf Hitler as the savior of the German nation sent to restore national pride, power and prosperity after the shame and economic disaster of the post war years and the deeply resented Versailles Treaty. The Hitler Cult was blatantly promoted with revolutionary use of propaganda by the latest technology and iron control of the media. Using the author's superb collection of postcards and images, The Nazis' Nuremberg Rallies takes the reader on a visual journey through each year's Reichsparteitage. A truly fascinating way to understand this uniquely successful and threatening phenomena.

Frankie and Shaun are troubled brothers, brought up on a poor London council estate where they don't aim to spend the rest of their lives. Told in flashbacks, 9000 Miles of Sky is a novel of our time by a young person of our time about ambition, obsession and addiction.

This book provides the first systematic description of the linguistic accommodation of Moravian migrants in Bohemia. By analyzing the linguistic behaviour of 39 university students from different parts of Moravia living at a hall of residence in Prague, the author investigates part of an unsubstantiated and ideologically motivated dialect contact hypothesis according to which in informal, everyday communication Moravians in Bohemia accommodate not in the direction of the standard dialect but to Common Czech, a non-standard interdialect that is spoken throughout Bohemia. The study combines a quantitative analysis of six linguistic variables with an ethnographic study of informants’ linguistic and social behaviour. A primary objective of the study is to identify the impact of various social criteria on informants’ acquisition of Common Czech forms.