The Oldest Trick in the Book

The Oldest Trick in the Book
Author: Ben M. Debney
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 415
Release: 2020-07-03
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9811555699

This book investigates the normalisation of blame-shifting within ideological discourse as a broad feature of history, working from Churchill’s truism that history is written by the victors. To that end, it explores historical episodes of political persecution carried out under cover of moral panic, highlighting the process of ‘Othering’ common to each and theorising a historical model of panic-driven scapegoating from the results. Building this model from case studies in witch panic, communist panic and terrorist panic respectively, The Oldest Trick in the Book builds an argument that features common to each case study reflect broader historical patterning consistent with Churchill’s maxim. On this basis it argues that the periodic construction of bogeymen or ‘folk demons’ is a useful device for enabling the kind of victim-playing and victim-blaming critical to protecting elite privilege during periods of crisis and that in being a recurring theme historically, panic-driven scapegoating retains great ongoing value to the privileged and powerful, and thus conspicuously remains an ongoing feature of world politics.

Why Eating Bogeys is Good for You

Why Eating Bogeys is Good for You
Author: Mitchell Symons
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2012-05-30
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1448121477

EVER WONDERED . . . Why we have tonsils? Is there any cream in cream crackers? Why is the sea blue? And if kangaroos keep their babies in their pouches, what happens to all the poo?! Mitch Symons answers all these crazy questions and plenty more in this wonderfully funny and addictive book for children from 8 to 80! And yes, eating bogeys is good for you . . . but only your own!

Confessions of a Video Vixen

Confessions of a Video Vixen
Author: Karrine Steffans
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2009-10-13
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 006174784X

Part tell-all, part cautionary tale, this emotionally charged memoir from a former video vixen nicknamed 'Superhead' goes beyond the glamour of celebrity to reveal the inner workings of the hip-hop dancer industry—from the physical and emotional abuse that's rampant in the industry, and which marked her own life—to the excessive use of drugs, sex and bling. Once the sought-after video girl, this sexy siren has helped multi-platinum artists, such as Jay-Z, R. Kelly and LL Cool J, sell millions of albums with her sensual dancing. In a word, Karrine was H-O-T. So hot that she made as much as $2500 a day in videos and was selected by well-known film director F. Gary Gray to co-star in his film, A Man Apart, starring Vin Diesel. But the film and music video sets, swanky Hollywood and New York restaurants and trysts with the celebrities featured in the pages of People and In Touch magazines only touches the surface of Karrine Steffans' life. Her journey is filled with physical abuse, rape, drug and alcohol abuse, homelessness and single motherhood—all by the age of 26. By sharing her story, Steffans hopes to shed light on an otherwise romanticised industry and help young women avoid the same pitfalls she encountered. If they're already in danger, she hopes to inspire them to find a way to dig themselves out of what she knows first-hand to be a cycle of hopelessness and despair.

Trickster Makes This World

Trickster Makes This World
Author: Lewis Hyde
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Total Pages: 580
Release: 2010-08-17
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1429930837

In Trickster Makes This World, Lewis Hyde brings to life the playful and disruptive side of human imagination as it is embodied in trickster mythology. He first visits the old stories—Hermes in Greece, Eshu in West Africa, Krishna in India, Coyote in North America, among others—and then holds them up against the lives and work of more recent creators: Picasso, Duchamp, Ginsberg, John Cage, and Frederick Douglass. Twelve years after its first publication, Trickster Makes This World—authoritative in its scholarship, loose-limbed in its style—has taken its place among the great works of modern cultural criticism. This new edition includes an introduction by Michael Chabon.

The Best Beginner Drum Book

The Best Beginner Drum Book
Author: Jared Falk
Publisher: Drumeo
Total Pages: 229
Release: 2018-09-06
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1999151917

If you want to have more fun on the drums, improve your skills faster, and play along to real music, then you need to build a solid foundation. The Best Beginner Drum Book gives you a clear path for getting started on the drums and skipping the frustrating obstacles that most new drummers face: setting up your kit, holding the drumsticks, learning notation, creating catchy beats and fills, learning musical styles, and playing your favorite songs.

Belabored

Belabored
Author: Lyz Lenz
Publisher: Bold Type Books
Total Pages: 189
Release: 2020-08-11
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1541762827

In Belabored, Lyz Lenz will "make you cry in one paragraph and snort-laugh in the next" (Chloe Angyal, contributing editor at MarieClaire.com). Written with a blend of wit, snark, and raw intimacy, Belabored is an impassioned and irreverent defense of the autonomy, rights, and dignity of pregnant people. Lenz shows how religious, historical, and cultural myths about pregnancy have warped the way we treat pregnant people: when our representatives enact laws criminalizing abortion and miscarriage, when doctors prioritize the health of the fetus over the life of the pregnant patient in front of them, when baristas refuse to serve visibly pregnant women caffeine. She also reflects on her own experiences of carrying her two children and seeing how the sacrifices demanded during pregnancy carry over seamlessly into the cult of motherhood, where women are expected to play the narrowly defined roles of "wife" and "mother" rather than be themselves. Belabored is an urgent call for us to trust women and let them choose what happens to their own bodies, from a writer who "is on a roll" (Bitch Magazine).

Oldest Trick in the Book

Oldest Trick in the Book
Author: J V James
Publisher: Independently Published
Total Pages: 294
Release: 2021-07-11
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Justice for the orphan child - time to find out the Truth. Lyle Frakes here again, and this time we sure got some trouble. After almost getting robbed by the world's youngest gang of train robbers, we arrive in Cheyenne to hunt down the skunks who killed Mary's parents. Seems like half the dang town's in cahoots - and with the big horse race in town, and my old friend Wally Davis being targeted too, we got backshooters coming at us from every direction. As usual, there's no shortage of men who can't wait to throw themselves at my fists, or test out my guns against theirs. And then there's these threatening letters I keep having to hide from my wife to keep her from worrying. Well, you know what they say - when you bite off more than you can chew, you best keep right on chewing!

Origametry

Origametry
Author: Thomas C. Hull
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 343
Release: 2020-10-08
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1108478727

Written by a world expert on the subject, Origametry is the first complete reference on the mathematics of origami. It is an essential reference for researchers of origami mathematics and applications in physics, engineering, and design. Educators, students, and enthusiasts will also enjoy this fascinating account of the mathematics of folding.