Ruminations of a Low-Status Male, Volume 1

Ruminations of a Low-Status Male, Volume 1
Author: Andy Nowicki
Publisher:
Total Pages: 42
Release: 2017-08-11
Genre:
ISBN: 9781974469260

"We live in a time in which males are all adrift at how to properly 'become men.' Books are written on the subject, and seminars are frequently conducted by ostensible gurus of masculinity. But most of these books and seminars focus not on manliness per se, but on the achievement of "high status" manliness. The guys entering into this course of "study" don't typically want to just become men; rather, they ache to transform themselves into high-rolling alpha male studmuffins-they crave, in short, to become the sort of men who are wanted by women and envied by other men. What they seek is thus not really "manhood," but rather a certain flavor of triumphant and triumphalist masculinity, the masculinity of "winning." They seek to attain high status. It is status, more than money or even sex, that men covet the most in other men. That is to say, they covet the fact that other men besides themselves are the ones being coveted."

Imagining Alternative Worlds

Imagining Alternative Worlds
Author: Christoffer Kølvraa
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 214
Release: 2024-11-11
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 104022279X

Imagining Alternative Worlds explores how the far right employs fictionality as a powerful political tool in the 21st century. It does so by examining the far right’s own cultural production and commentary through a large collection of its novels, novellas, short stories, and film reviews, illustrating how the ‘alternative worlds’ articulated in such cultural products convey its ideology. More specifically, the book identifies and analyses four distinct far-right cultural imaginaries – a ‘primordial’, a ‘nostalgic’, a ‘promethean’, and a ‘nihilist’ one – that each subtly conveys different yet linked ideas about space, time, ‘race’, gender, and heroic identity. By drawing attention to the cultural heterogeneity of the contemporary far right, Imagining Alternative Worlds offers key insights into the dreams, identities, and norms such actors hope will define our future. The book will be of interest to researchers of the far right, of literary, media and communication studies, and of social and cultural history.

Ruminations: Selected Philosophical, Historical, and Ideological Papers, Volume 1, Part 2. The Finite

Ruminations: Selected Philosophical, Historical, and Ideological Papers, Volume 1, Part 2. The Finite
Author: Eric v.d. Luft
Publisher: Gegensatz Press
Total Pages: 450
Release: 2020-09-13
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1621307018

Since the 1970s I have pursued three separate but overlapping and sometimes simultaneous careers: (1) philosopher / writer / teacher / historian of the long nineteenth century, 1789-1914; (2) editor / translator / photographer / publisher / biographer / encyclopedist; (3) cataloging librarian / rare books and special collections librarian / historian of medicine. Somehow these three vocations have garnered me some acclaim, even an entry in Who's Who in America. Each of them has resulted in some published or presented works. Because these works have been scattered in a wide variety of venues, some of which have gone out of print or have otherwise become generally unavailable - and of course with the oral presentations being gone as soon as they are given - I have thought it wise to select, epitomize, and bring them together in one place - here. Thus, what follows in these volumes is what I consider to be the most important of my shorter works. All translations are my own unless otherwise indicated.

Quotes, Ruminations & Contemplations: Volume I

Quotes, Ruminations & Contemplations: Volume I
Author: Corey Wayne
Publisher: The Corey Wayne Companies, Inc.
Total Pages: 447
Release: 2021-04-15
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN:

A random selection of quotes and commentary from Corey Wayne's articles and video coaching newsletters on pickup, dating, relationships, success mindsets, self-reliance, personal responsibility, philosophy, purpose, negotiation, health, inspiration, high achievement, goal setting, time management, career, entrepreneurship, wealth creation and sales.

The Feminist Spectator as Critic

The Feminist Spectator as Critic
Author: Jill Dolan
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Total Pages: 170
Release: 1991
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780472081608

Extends the feminist analysis of representation to the realm of performance

Ruminations on College Life

Ruminations on College Life
Author: Aaron Karo
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2002-08-15
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 0743235932

With hilarious insights, observations, and personal anecdotes on everything from partying all night, to learning to do laundry, to falling asleep in class, Aaron Karo has captured the college experience like never before. It took college freshman Aaron Karo only one week to realize that college was a joke -- an especially funny one that he could share with his friends in a regular email newsletter about life on campus. By his senior year, Ruminations on College Life had become an international phenomenon. Now, for the first time in print, here is the best of the original ezine, previously unpublished material, and brand new introductions to each section by the author. Share in the absurdity and insanity of the college experience with Karo as you read his outrageous inside account of scheming students, crazy professors, confused parents, and rowdy frat boys. Perfect for anyone who is destined for college, currently surviving it, or already a veteran, this book is a cult classic readers can enjoy alone or read out loud at their next party for tons of laughs.

Of All Possible Worlds

Of All Possible Worlds
Author: William Tenn
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 25
Release: 2016-03-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1681465345

It was a good job and Max Alben knew whom he had to thank for it-his great-grandfather. "Good old Giovanni Albeni," he muttered as he hurried into the laboratory slightly ahead of the escorting technicians, all of them, despite the excitement of the moment, remembering to bob their heads deferentially at the half-dozen full-fleshed and hard-faced men lolling on the couches that had been set up around the time machine.

Embers

Embers
Author: Laura Bickle
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 372
Release: 2010-03-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1439167672

The first book in the thrilling fantasy series about arson investigator Anya Kalinczyk, the fires she fights and the demons she hunts. Truth burns. Unemployment, despair, anger—visible and invisible unrest feed the undercurrent of Detroit’s unease. A city increasingly invaded by phantoms now faces a malevolent force that further stokes fear and chaos throughout the city. Anya Kalinczyk spends her days as an arson investigator with the Detroit Fire Department, and her nights pursuing malicious spirits with a team of eccentric ghost hunters. Anya—who is the rarest type of psychic medium, a Lantern—suspects a supernatural arsonist is setting blazes to summon a fiery ancient entity that will leave the city in cinders. By Devil’s Night, the spell will be complete, unless Anya—with the help of her salamander familiar and the paranormal investigating team—can stop it. Anya’s accustomed to danger and believes herself inured to loneliness and loss. But this time she’s risking everything: her city, her soul, and a man who sees and accepts her for everything she is. Keeping all three safe will be the biggest challenge she’s ever faced.

Ruminations from the Minivan

Ruminations from the Minivan
Author: Alison Krupnick
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2013-01-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781479350605

In 1989, prior to the normalization of diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Vietnam, Alison Krupnick was holed up in a seedy Ho Chi Minh City hotel, hiding from people desperate for visas to resettle in the U.S. Fifteen years later, she was holed up alone in her minivan, furiously scribbling stories on a notepad at every red traffic light. The story of Alison's transformation from world traveling diplomat to minivan-driving mom is chronicled in Ruminations from the Minivan: Musings from a World Grown Large, then Small. A warm and funny story of inspiration and ambition, international intrigue, mothers and daughters, food, family, writing and travel, Ruminations from the Minivan will take you on the trip of a lifetime.

The City Machine

The City Machine
Author: Louis Trimble
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2012-09-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1440553238

Imagine a world without hunger. With clothing and shelter for everyone. A world that is never too warm or too cold. A world where there are no decisions to be made, because everything is decided upon for the inhabitants. A utopia? Or a prison? Because paradise has a price. The story of one man: the last who can read the secret language of the machine that created the City - the last man who can change it.