Policing is crucial to how Africans experience the freedoms of democracy and determines to a large degree the levels of economic investment they will enjoy. Yet it is a neglected area of study. Based on field research, this book reveals the surprising variety of people involved in policing besides the state police. Indeed many Africans are faced with a wide choice of public and private, legal and illegal, effective and ineffective policing. Policing in Africa is very much more than what the police do. It concerns the activities of business interests, residential communities, cultural groups,...
Policing is crucial to how Africans experience the freedoms of democracy and determines to a large degree the levels of economic investment they will ...
For decades, Chafer's He That is Spiritual guided the Christian in spiritual growth, but it remains out of reach for many modern believers who struggle with the 1918 text or no longer have the general Bible knowledge that the book assumes. Now, Spiritual Maturity: The Road to Wonderland brings those same critical lessons prefaced by quotes and illustrations from Lewis Carroll's timeless tales. Interwoven throughout the text is Christine, a fictional character, whose life and questions mirror those of today's reader. We need to be sure we are walking in the direction and in the manner God...
For decades, Chafer's He That is Spiritual guided the Christian in spiritual growth, but it remains out of reach for many modern believers who struggl...
The book takes you inside the misadventures of living in Hollywood. This is a humorous look at Hollywood with all its foibles. Discover about driving the Hollywood Cruiser, the scandalous cover-up of Pottergate and why a hat is always the best gift for studio heads. Amazingly, he survives being thrown from a car, going through a car windshield, nearly dying on the Hollywood freeway (twice) besides surviving earthquakes, riots and fires. His ex-wives include a murderer, a spy, a hooker, a ballerina, a lesbian, Cinderella and even an Alien. Also included are Elvis, Marilyn Monroe and even Donny...
The book takes you inside the misadventures of living in Hollywood. This is a humorous look at Hollywood with all its foibles. Discover about driving ...
This insightful book is a collection of short stories, poems, musings and jokes. Discover the man who liked to sit in dark rooms with strangers and stare at the wall. The Infinite Library has up-to-the-second books of everyone. Learn to fly in a Lesson from an Angel. Go to the Federal Supermax Prison and meet Blanket Bob, Jimmy the Grinder and the Crunch Monster. Travel to Time, Arizona that has day on one side of town and night on the other. Sheriff Daily runs the town. One Sheriff Daily only works the dayshift and the other Sheriff Daily only works the nightshift. They look alike but they...
This insightful book is a collection of short stories, poems, musings and jokes. Discover the man who liked to sit in dark rooms with strangers and st...
"Is there really anything new to say about Reconstruction? The excellent contributions to this volume make it clear that the answer is a resounding yes. Collectively these essays allow us to rethink the meanings of state and citizenship in the Reconstruction South, a deeply necessary task and a laudable advance on the existing historiography."--Alex Lichtenstein, Indiana University
Freedom for African Americans is often assumed to have been granted and fully realized when Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. In reality, the meaning of freedom was vigorously, often...
"Is there really anything new to say about Reconstruction? The excellent contributions to this volume make it clear that the answer is a resounding...