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Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits
Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits marks the debut of an exciting new voice in fiction Laila Lalami evokes the grit and enduring grace that is modern Morocco The book begins as four Moroccans illegally cross the Strait of Gibraltar in an inflatable boat headed for Spain.What has driven them to risk their lives? And will the rewards prove to be worth the danger? There’s Murad, a gentle, unemployed man who’s been reduced to hustling tourists around Tangier; Halima, who’s fleeing her drunken husband and the slums of Casablanca; Aziz, who must leave behind his devoted wife in hope of securing work in Spain; and Faten, a student and religious fanatic whose faith is at odds with an influential man determined to destroy her future. Sensitively written with beauty and boldness, this is a gripping book about what propels people to risk their lives in search of a better future..
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Middle-Class Lifeboat: Careers and Life Choices for Navigating a Changing Economy
A comprehensive guide to safeguard your livelihood, income, and standard of living through the ups and downs of any economy Most Americans, no matter what their economic circumstances, identify themselves as middle class. A recent Gallup poll showed that 63% consider themselves upper-middle or middle class. And they are feeling burned out and squeezed, under pressure to bring home more and more money just to maintain their standard of living. Middle Class Lifeboat is an answer to that pressure, a comprehensive guide to living a more stress-free lifestyle. - Part I: Safeguarding Your Livelihood: profiles the 53 best jobs to have to be self- sufficient whether the economy is up or down.
- Part II: Safeguarding Your Income: 6 ways to extend your earnings, that don't always involve money.
- Part III : Safeguarding Your Standard of Living: 10 off-the-grid lifestyle choices to increase your quality of life
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Fire on the Beach: Recovering the Lost Story of Richard Etheridge and the Pea Island Lifesavers
Fire on the Beach recovers the heroic, long-forgotten story of the only all-black crew in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard. In 1871 the Life-Saving Service, the precursor to the Coast Guard, was created by Congress to assure the safe passage of American and international shipping and to save lives and salvage cargo. Although it was decommissioned in 1915, a century ago the LSS boasted some two hundred stations, and the adventures of the now forgotten "surfmen" filled the pages of popular reading, from Harper's to the Baltimore Sun to the New York Herald. This book tells the story of Station 17 of Pea Island, North Carolina, and its courageous captain, Richard Etheridge. A former slave and Civil War veteran, Etheridge was appointed Keeper of the Pea Island station, but when the white crew already in place refused to serve under him, he recruited and trained an entirely black crew. Although they were among the most courageous in the service, leading many daring rescues and saving scores of men, women, and children along the treacherous stretch of coast known as "the Graveyard of the Atlantic," civilian attitudes toward the Pea Island surfmen ranged from curiosity to outrage. When a hurricane hit the Banks in the late 1890s, they managed to save everyone aboard the wrecked E.S. Newman. This incredible feat went unrecognized for a century until, in 1996, the Coast Guard posthumously awarded Etheridge and his men the Gold Life-Saving Medal. This courageous story of a group of men who battled prejudice as well as fierce storms to carry out heroic deeds illustrates yet another example of the contribution of one group of remarkable African Americans to this country's history..
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The Loss of the S.S. Titanic - a Survivor's story
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Lifeboat
" Lifeboat is a fascinating and meticulously researched work to be enjoyed by seafarers and history buffs alike." -- Linda Greenlaw, author of The Lobster Chronicles and T he Hungry Ocean "Stilgoe has written a book that examines situations of such fear, despair, physical danger, and mental torment as most healthy minds cannot imagine. In so doing he shows us our reflection in a cruel sea; the image seldom flatters." -- International Journal of Maritime History " Lifeboat is a majestic, prodigious, mighty book." -- John Casey, National Book Award--winning author of Spartina "The author takes his readers (whether couch-anchored or ready to strain at the oar) on a magnificent voyage of discovery.... Stilgoe presents a virtual encyclopedia of incidents and actors skillfully integrated into the hows, whys, and responsibilities of disaster, rescue, or loss. Stirring tales crowd the pages; writers from Conrad, R. L. Stevenson, Nordhoff and Hall, Tomlinson, and Villiers through to the moderns are appositely quoted, while Stilgoe's deft introduction of forgotten classics -- some feeding the morbid reader's taste for cannibalism (passengers are eaten first) -- is of lasting value. Previously neglected historical and geographical information abounds; arcana such as U-boat etiquette for ship-sinking and survivor-treatment are also presented." -- ForeWord "John Stilgoe has taken one of his passions and transformed it into a solid piece of scholarship that is bound to enlighten and engage readers.... Through his copious references and brief tellings of many stories, [he] has not only whetted our appetites but has also given us the information we need to satisfy those appetites." -- J. Revell Carr, WoodenBoat Review Woven through Lifeboat are good old-fashioned yarns, thrilling tales of adventure that will quicken the pulse of readers who have enjoyed the novels of Patrick O'Brian, Crabwalk by GŸnter Grass, or works of nonfiction such as The Perfect Storm and In the Heart of the Sea. But Stilgoe, whose other works have plumbed suburban culture, locomotives, and the shore, is ultimately after bigger fish. Through the humble, much-ignored lifeboat, its design and navigation and the stories of its ultimate purpose, he has found a peculiar lens on roughly the past two centuries of human history, particularly the war-tossed, technology-driven history of man and the sea. John R. Stilgoe, Robert and Lois Orchard Professor in the History of Landscape at Harvard University, is the author of numerous books, including Outside Lies Magic, Alongshore, and Landscapes and Images (Virginia). He lives on the coast of Massachusetts, where he sails a ship's lifeboat from Newfoundland, built in 1935..
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The Lifeboat Strategy
In 2006 alone, more than nine million Americans had their identity stolen and approximately two million were sued. And that's just the beginning of the threats you and your wealth face... threats of an intensity that would have been unimaginable only a few short years ago: * Web sites that permit anyone curious about your financial affairs to instantaneously identify any assets you own * "Data mining" software to analyze your personal and financial affairs to determine your credit-worthiness-but also made available to the government (without a warrant) to determine if anything you've done is "suspicious." * Laws like the USA PATRIOT Act that permit your privacy to be invaded and your property to be confiscated without proof of wrongdoing. But when it comes to dealing with these threats, you're on your own. Big Business and Big Brother want to keep you and your wealth in plain sight, to be profitably tracked and conveniently seized. But you CAN fight back. it's perfectly legal to create international "lifeboats" of wealth and privacy that are practically invulnerable to snooping or confiscation. And The Lifeboat Strategy shows you exactly what you need to do to counter today's threats to wealth and privacy..
Price: $85.50
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