Stony De Coco is 18 and the son of a pugnacious construction worker who expects his son to follow in his footsteps. But Stony is determined to break loose from this belligerent life despite opposition from everyone else in his family.
Stony De Coco is 18 and the son of a pugnacious construction worker who expects his son to follow in his footsteps. But Stony is determined to break l...
Abandoned by his live-in girlfried, Kenny Becker, an unemployed door-to-door salesman, sets off to explore his new freedom. His journey takes him through singles bars, peep shows, massage parlours and other questionable destinations in New York's underground.
Abandoned by his live-in girlfried, Kenny Becker, an unemployed door-to-door salesman, sets off to explore his new freedom. His journey takes him thro...
Presents a film tie-in. An injured woman stumbles into an inner-city hospital: she has just been carjacked by a man apparently unaware that her son was asleep on the back seat. A shrewd detective and an ambitious young reporter begin to suspect that the wo
Presents a film tie-in. An injured woman stumbles into an inner-city hospital: she has just been carjacked by a man apparently unaware that her son wa...
This collection of essays has its origin in a conference held at Oxford in 2006 to mark the publication of the first English edition of the Acts of Chalcedon. Its aim is to place Chalcedon in a broader context, and bring out the importance of the acts of the early general councils from the fifth to the seventh century, documents that because of their bulk and relative inaccessibility have received only limited attention till recently. This volume is evidence that this situation is now rapidly changing, as historians of late antiquity as well as specialists in the history of the Christian...
This collection of essays has its origin in a conference held at Oxford in 2006 to mark the publication of the first English edition of the Acts of Ch...
"Rainforest Warriors" is a historical, ethnographic, and documentary account of a people, their threatened rainforest, and their successful attempt to harness international human rights law in their fight to protect their way of life part of a larger story of tribal and indigenous peoples that is unfolding all over the globe.
The Republic of Suriname, in northeastern South America, contains the highest proportion of rainforest within its national territory, and the most forest per person, of any country in the world. During the 1990s, its government began awarding extensive logging and...
"Rainforest Warriors" is a historical, ethnographic, and documentary account of a people, their threatened rainforest, and their successful attempt...
This is the dramatic story of the colonial encounter and the construction of empire in Southern Africa in the nineteenth century. What did the British make of the Xhosa and how did they make sense of their politics and culture? How did the British establish and then explain their dominion, especially when it ran counter to the cultural values they believed themselves to represent? In this book, Richard Price answers these questions by looking at the ways in which individual missionaries, officials and politicians interacted with the Xhosa. He describes how those encounters changed and shaped...
This is the dramatic story of the colonial encounter and the construction of empire in Southern Africa in the nineteenth century. What did the British...
'So, what do you do?' Whenever people asked him, Eric Cash used to have a dozen answers. Artist, actor, screenwriter. But now he's 35 and he's still living on the Lower East Side, still in the restaurant business, still serving the people he wanted to be.
'So, what do you do?' Whenever people asked him, Eric Cash used to have a dozen answers. Artist, actor, screenwriter. But now he's 35 and he's still l...
Rocco Klein, veteran homicide detective, has had enough of life on the edge. When a summer night brings another drug-related murder he has no sense that the case is anything special. Then a man steps forward to confess but a little digging reveals he's never been in trouble, whereas his half-brother has.
Rocco Klein, veteran homicide detective, has had enough of life on the edge. When a summer night brings another drug-related murder he has no sense th...
Third generation Corvettes (1968-1982), commonly known as C3s, are among the most plentiful and affordable Corvettes on the road today. Production spanned 15 years with more than 540,000 examples built, making these the most common of any Corvette body style. Unfortunately, many have fallen into disrepair and are in need of restoration. This book will delve into all of the idiosyncrasies of the C3's engine, drivetrain, body, chassis, and interior to guide both first time and experienced restorers to a successful conclusion of their project.
* Tips to ensure correct restoration* Covers...
Third generation Corvettes (1968-1982), commonly known as C3s, are among the most plentiful and affordable Corvettes on the road today. Production ...
