Pleasure Island

Pleasure Island
Author: Rosalie Schwartz
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages: 274
Release: 1999-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780803292659

Pleasure Island explores the tourism industry in Cuba between 1920 and 1960, as international travel ceased to be primarily a privilege of the wealthy, and incorporated the world's growing middle class. Rosalie Schwartz examines tourists' changing ideas of leisure and recreation, as well as the response of a colonial-era Spanish city turned fleshpot and endless cabaret. The tourism industry mushroomed in and around Havana after 1920, as hundreds of thousands of North Americans transformed the city in collaboration with a local business and political elite. The Depression, exacerbated by a bloody revolution in 1933, plunged the tourism industry into a downward spiral; its steady comeback after World War II, and Mafia-influenced 1950s heyday, ended abruptly when Fidel Castro came to power in 1959. The tourist stream was diverted to Cuba's Caribbean neighbors, where it remains. This work is a history of a very idiosyncratic industry, as well as a study of mass tourism's influence on the behavior, attitudes, and cultures of two politically linked but diverse nations. Rosalie Schwartz is a former lecturer in the Department of History at San Diego State University. She is the author of Across the Rio to Freedom and Lawless Liberators: Political Banditry and Cuban Independence, which won the 1990 Hubert B. Herring Book Award of the Pacific Coast Council on Latin American Studies.

70 A.D.

70 A.D.
Author: Peter J. Fast
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 803
Release: 2012-11-26
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1477265864

Conquering the world as masters of an empire was infused into the Roman psyche since the days of Carthage. Yet crushing rebellions in the midst of expansionism would be inevitable. The most ardent against Roman tyranny were the Jewish Zealots in the Province of Judea. Perceived by the Romans as criminals and by many Jews as liberators, the Zealots would finally cast off the shackles of oppression, slaughter the Roman garrison in Jerusalem, and declare war against the most powerful empire ever seenthe stage had been set and the year was 66 A.D. Centurion Gaius Cornelius Antony of the Thundering Twelfth Legion is part of the largest Roman army fielded in over a hundred years, with a mission to take Jerusalem and crush the dying embers of the Jewish rebellion after three years of war. Known as a man of honour, Gaius skill and leadership in battle is exemplary, yet his intuition to see its bloody outcome always haunts him. As the struggle for Jerusalem commences and crosses fill the landscape, he will lead his men boldly forward for the glory of Rome. Judah ben Yosef is a Jewish man consumed by hate and bitterness at the murder of his betrothed; he will stop at nothing until the Roman responsible is dead, a man simply known as Capito. Judahs faith and desire for God to fill him with peace in the midst of war always stands before him and yet seems impossible. Thus, entangled in a city of starvation, disease, inner fighting, and competing warlords, Judahs loyalty, allegiance, and service will be tested as he yearns to fulfill his vengeance while Jerusalem is threatened by the fury of the legions. Soon, Gaius and Judah, Roman and Jew, will meet and the survival of Jerusalem could be at stake. A solid war novel that will entertain history buffs for weeks. Kirkus Reviews

Unleashed

Unleashed
Author: Francis Agbo
Publisher: Partridge Africa
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2015-10-14
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 148280946X

Are you tired of mediocrity, average, the status quo, the norm, or the usual? If you are, then you are primed for your next level. However, after you are primed for the next level, you need to make yourself ready for the next level. God did not create anybody a loser or failure. God is too good to do that. God created all of us winners. Everybody can win and everybody can live a winning life, and constantly too. There is a winner inside you. You are born to win, but to win, you must know how to win. You can be everything that God wants you to be and do everything that He wants you to do if you know how. There is a winner in you, but you need to release him or her for the benefit of your world and to the glory of God. The book Unleashed unfolds time-tested principles from the infallible and unfailing Word of God on how you can unleash the winner in you.

Scorpion

Scorpion
Author: Ronald Lee Weagley
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 140
Release: 2012
Genre:
ISBN: 146854442X

Good and evil floated recklessly and relentlessly as options for deeds. The Reverend Paul David Sinn, a pastor in an independent Christian community worked diligently in the foreign mission field as a program of witness for not only his faith but also the faith of his family. His wife was murdered, and his daughter kidnapped for a ransom that was paid and accepted but ignored as satisfaction for the terms of her release. Instead, the villains held the young twelve year old for sale into prostitution. The Reverend morphed into a ranting Scorpion intent on revenge cloaked as justice. He killed, maimed, and led a revolution in a foreign land, successfully. Sanity returned when he saved his daughter but his guile festered for the innocent collaterals suffering under the malicious tyranny of hooligans. SCORPION is a tale told by Reverend Paul's companion, Shah Carlos Calusa on an Atlantic Ocean beach after a successful life. The redeeming quality of his faith lifted him from the path to perdition.

Scar Night

Scar Night
Author: Alan Campbell
Publisher: Spectra
Total Pages: 434
Release: 2006-12-26
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0553903365

Suspended by chains over a seemingly bottomless abyss, the ancient city of Deepgate is home to a young angel, an assassin, and a psychotic murderer hungry for revenge—or redemption. But soon a shocking betrayal will unite all three in a desperate quest. . . . The last of his line, Dill is descended from legendary Battle-archons who once defended the city. Forbidden to fly and untrained even to wield the great sword inherited from his forebears, he has become a figurehead for a dying tradition. Now he lives a sheltered existence in one of Deepgate’s crumbling temple spires under the watchful eye of the Presbyter who rules the city. Spine assassin Rachel Hael has better things to do than oversee the Presbyter’s angel. Each dark moon she must fight for her life among the city chains, hunting an immortal predator with a taste for blood. But when a traitor brings enemies to Deepgate’s doorstep, Dill and Rachel are forced into an uneasy alliance with the city’s oldest and most dangerous foe. They must journey down into the uncharted chasm to save their sprawling metropolis—and themselves—from annihilation. Once they descend however, they learn that what lies below is far more sinister than what they’ve been taught to expect.

The Tears of the Earth

The Tears of the Earth
Author: Ngong, John Ngong Kum
Publisher: Langaa RPCIG
Total Pages: 60
Release: 2018-11-09
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 9956550647

The Tears of the Earth, without pretense, practically holds court for environmental or eco-concerns with global ripples, staking a legitimate claim as a landmark tributary to the mainstream discourse and current debates on global warming and climate change, especially by portraying Africa, still trapped and anaesthetized in the web of post-colonial vassalage, compelled to mortgage her natural resources for savage exploitation with little or no regard to either environmental impact or sustainability. The poems are an expression of the author’s noble indignation at society’s governing elite for allowing collective natural resources “Mother Earth’ to be callously butchered, so ingloriously ransacked, liberally poisoned and gagged “Beyond Recognition” for mere lucre or “Midas’ touch” which procures and sustains the infernal binary of “Power and Pride” deified by our societies.

The Lord's Agony for Us

The Lord's Agony for Us
Author: Daniel F. Owsley
Publisher: Booktango
Total Pages: 101
Release: 2012-03-12
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1468901125

Dare to read the story of our Lord's agony for us as well as His defeat over the forces of darkness Neither can anyone ever deny that our our most worthy Rock of the Ages walked the greatest walk while talking the purist talk that ever could have been talked by anyone. Nor can it ever be denied that our exalted Architect of the Foundation of the Age of Grace even divided mankind's calendar asunder. For it was always His job alone to split time in two as easily as He faithfully spread the good news of God's kingdom. But before any of that could ever come about He was fated to suffer big time, going through unbearable agony just because He loved mankind. And in spite of excruciating pain He willingly laid down His very own life so that others could find life. Even those that don't believe in our Lord of Life know that He made a bigger impact on our world than the largest meteor that ever hit it. Neither can any atheist ever dare to declare that our Living Star of Bethlehem hasn't had his name shining upon countless neon signs with the word "saves" underneath it. Furthermore, the name of Jesus, and his legacy, has survived throughout the darkest ages while setting free some of the darkest souls. 'twas also a most remarkable story with no past tense; For it still speaks very loudly of future days of bliss that shall surely pound our earth's ground with a fury of some very peaceful tranquillity. And it was our Lord of Always' passion alone that evermore set the tempo for all of creation to sing with gladness for His long awaited return. Therefore, this is both the beginning and end of His story and a look back at a blood soaked history that reveals it's most incredible climax! Nor does it matter what anyone thinks about Jesus; For it shall come to pass that every soul looking towards His glory can never again stand in His shadow; For His overflowing brightness shall never again allow any darkness.

Christ Became Sin

Christ Became Sin
Author: Daniel F. Owsley
Publisher: Booktango
Total Pages: 348
Release: 2012-03-13
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1468901192

Christ Became Sin is fated to become a clasic since it offers the kind of inspiration that can't be found in Inspiration For Dummies . 'Tis a smart book for smart people who want to understand why the Bible said that Christ became sin. So it is up to intellectual Christians to dare to read how the forces of darkness were defeated the very moment Jesus Christ Almighty felt the shame of sin upon Him even though He knew that not. Our most worthy Rock of the Ages also walked the greatest walk while talking the purist talk that ever could have been talked by anyone. Nor can it ever be denied that our exalted Architect of the Foundation of the Age of Grace even divided mankind's calendar asunder. For it was always His job alone to split time in two as easily as He faithfully spread the good news of God's kingdom. Even those that don't believe in our Lord of Life know that He made a bigger impact on our world than the largest meteor that ever hit it. Neither can any atheist ever dare to declare that our Living Star of Bethlehem hasn't had his name shining upon countless neon signs with the word "saves" underneath it. Furthermore, the name of Jesus, and his legacy, has survived throughout the darkest ages while setting free some of the darkest souls. 'twas also a most remarkable story with no past tense; For it still speaks very loudly of future days of bliss that shall surely pound our earth's ground with a fury of some very peaceful tranquility. And it was our Lord of Always' passion alone that evermore set the tempo for all of creation to sing with gladness for His long awaited return. Therefore, this is both the beginning and end of His story and a look back at a blood soaked history that reveals it's most incredible climax! Nor does it matter what anyone thinks about Jesus; For it shall come to pass that every soul looking towards His glory can never again stand in His shadow; For His overflowing brightness shall never again allow any darkness.

The Forbidden Knowledge of Good and Evil

The Forbidden Knowledge of Good and Evil
Author: Daniel F. Owsley
Publisher: Booktango
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2012-03-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1468900714

The Forbidden Knowledge of Good and Evil – The Great News is all about the life of Christ during His trial and sufferings, up to His death and resurrection as told through His disciple James and a host of other early Christians such as Isrealius. Also read the words of Pontius Pilate and other eye witnesses such as the guard Manilus who recounted other dead saints coming back to life just as the Bible does say. And many other people who wrote beautiful things about the Lord are also included herein such as James C. Hefley who long ago wrote...”While still a young man, the tide of popular opinion turned against Him. He was turned over to His enemies. He went through the mockery of a trial. He was nailed to a Cross between two thieves. His executioners gambled for the only piece of property He had on earth while He was dying—and that was His coat. When He was dead He was taken down and laid in a borrowed grave through the pity of a friend. Such was His human life—He rises from the dead. Nineteen wide centuries have come and gone and today He is the Centerpiece of the human race and the Leader of the column of progress. I am within the mark when I say that all the armies that ever marched, and all the navies that ever were built, and all the parliaments that ever sat, and all the kings that ever reigned, put together, have not affected the life of man upon this earth as powerfully as has that One Solitary Life.” And to sum up this work it's simply about the death and victory of our Lion of Judea that's told from a prophetic fundamental viewpoint through many authors. And as the gospel is unfolded it clearly spells out that there are only two kind of Christians. And I'm not talking about Catholic or Protestant: For so it is that the only two kinds of followers are those who know that they're victorious no matter what, and then there's the kind of believer that doesn't know that at all. But it's very unfortunate that people in that group sadly settle for the mistaken belief that they've been defeated somehow. For they easily forget that Christ within them stands much taller, than the devil, who has already been long ago defeated at the cross. But it doesn't need to be said that even though those confused true followers might walk daily in defeat, they're still pretty big winners in our Lord God's sight due to their faith even though it might be the size of a mustard seed.

The Longest Walk

The Longest Walk
Author: Daniel F. Owsley
Publisher: Booktango
Total Pages: 267
Release: 2012-06-07
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 146890583X