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Pigeons: The Fascinating Saga of the World's Most Revered and Reviled Bird
Pigeons have been worshipped as fertility goddesses and revered as symbols of peace. Domesticated since the dawn of man, they’ve been used as crucial communicators in war by every major historical superpower from ancient Egypt to the United States and are credited with saving thousands of lives. Charles Darwin relied heavily on pigeons to help formulate and support his theory of evolution. Yet today they are reviled as “rats with wings.” Author Andrew D. Blechman traveled across the United States and Europe to meet with pigeon fanciers and pigeon haters in a quest to find out how we came to misunderstand one of mankind’s most helpful and steadfast companions. Pigeons captures a Brooklyn man’s quest to win the Main Event (the pigeon world’s equivalent of the Kentucky Derby), as well as a convention dedicated to breeding the perfect bird. Blechman participates in a live pigeon shoot where entrants pay $150; he tracks down Mike Tyson, the nation’s most famous pigeon lover; he spends time with Queen Elizabeth’s Royal Pigeon Handler; and he sheds light on a radical “pro-pigeon underground’ in New York City. In Pigeons, Blechman tells for the first time the remarkable story behind this seemingly unremarkable bird. .
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California trip: ... the Los Angeles County Museum of Art's reviled "Made in California: Art, Image and Identity, 1900-2000" ...: An article from: C: International Contemporary Art
This digital document is an article from C: International Contemporary Art, published by C The Visual Arts Foundation on March 22, 2001. The length of the article is 2517 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation DetailsTitle: California trip: ... the Los Angeles County Museum of Art's reviled "Made in California: Art, Image and Identity, 1900-2000" ... Author: Daryl Elaine Wells Publication:C: International Contemporary Art (Magazine/Journal) Date: March 22, 2001 Publisher: C The Visual Arts Foundation Volume: 69 Page: 8-13 Distributed by Thomson Gale.
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Wal-Mart: revered and reviled.(Editor's Page): An article from: Wood & Wood Products
This digital document is an article from Wood & Wood Products, published by Vance Publishing Corp. on June 1, 2004. The length of the article is 817 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation DetailsTitle: Wal-Mart: revered and reviled.(Editor's Page) Author: Rich Christianson Publication:Wood & Wood Products (Magazine/Journal) Date: June 1, 2004 Publisher: Vance Publishing Corp. Volume: 109 Issue: 7 Page: 13(1) Distributed by Thomson Gale.
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Gulliver As Slave Trader: Racism Reviled by Jonathan Swift
The pointed social commentaries of master satirist Jonathan Swift are heavy with irony, but Swift rarely left any doubt about his true meaning In the case of Gulliver’s Travels, however, Swift’s meaning has been the subject of debate among scholars for almost 300 years. Here, Elaine Robinson offers a new and fascinating interpretation for this literary classic. Pointing out clues throughout Gulliver, Robinson demonstrates Swift’s uses of Everyman, Bernard of Clairvaux, Bonaventure, Boccaccio, Dante, Chaucer, Shakespeare and Milton to define real Christianity as a basis for protesting the African slave trade and racism. In doing so, she illuminates Swift’s insight, honesty, piercing irony, and brilliant wit, and calls attention to the disturbing relevance of Gulliver’s Travels in the 21st century..
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From Bob Woodward to Judith Miller: the country's most reviled reporter is a direct descendant of its most beloved.(Column): An article from: Reason
This digital document is an article from Reason, published by Thomson Gale on January 1, 2006. The length of the article is 1335 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation DetailsTitle: From Bob Woodward to Judith Miller: the country's most reviled reporter is a direct descendant of its most beloved.(Column) Author: Matt Welch Publication:Reason (Magazine/Journal) Date: January 1, 2006 Publisher: Thomson Gale Volume: 37 Issue: 8 Page: 16(2) Article Type: Column Distributed by Thomson Gale.
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