How The Gloves Came Off

Author : Elizabeth Grimm
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231543255
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How the Gloves Came Off written by Elizabeth Grimm and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2017-03-07 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The treatment of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison, Guantánamo Bay, and far-flung CIA "black sites" after the attacks of 9/11 included cruelty that defied legal and normative prohibitions in U.S. and international law. The antitorture stance of the United States was brushed aside. Since then, the guarantee of American civil liberties and due process for POWs and detainees has grown muddled, threatening the norms that sustain modern democracies. How the Gloves Came Off considers the legal and political arguments that led to this standoff between civility and chaos and their significant consequences for the strategic interests and standing of the United States. Unpacking the rhetoric surrounding the push for unitary executive action in wartime, How the Gloves Came Off traces the unmaking of the consensus against torture. It implicates U.S. military commanders, high-level government administrators, lawyers, and policy makers from both parties, exposing the ease with which powerful actors manipulated ambiguities to strip detainees of their humanity. By targeting the language and logic that made torture thinkable, this book shows how future decision makers can craft an effective counternarrative and set a new course for U.S. policy toward POWs and detainees. Whether leaders use their influence to reinforce a prohibition of cruelty to prisoners or continue to undermine long-standing international law will determine whether the United States retains a core component of its founding identity.

Author : Michael Fazio
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 9781429929295
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Concierge Confidential written by Michael Fazio and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2011-02-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York City's top concierge gives up a keyhole view into the luxe hotel rooms, private dining and dressing rooms of the ridiculous, rich and demanding Michael Fazio is the ultimate behind-the-scenes support man. Want two orchestra tickets to the Broadway musical that just won the Tony? Call Fazio. How about an upgrade to first class on an overbooked overnight flight to Tokyo? Call Fazio. Or a roomful of fresh hydrangeas—in winter? That's right. Call Fazio. From his early start as the harried and neglected personal assistant to a typical L.A. casting agent, Fazio took what he learned there and moved into concierge work at New York City's Intercontinental Hotel, where he was eventually able to parlay his services into a large and successful business of his own. In Concierge Confidential, Fazio reveals the behind-thescenes madness that goes into getting the rich and famous what they want, and shares some great insider knowledge on how to get access to the unattainable without making the concierge, waiters and other service people crazy. A few of Fazio's tips include: • When and how much to palm in tips • How to get a seat or ticket to the hottest thing in town • How to avoid being labeled a rube the minute you walk through the door • How you can become your favorite store or restaurant's most beloved customer • And much more

Author : Elisabeth Hasselbeck
Publisher : WaterBrook
ISBN 13 : 0525652787
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Point of View written by Elisabeth Hasselbeck and published by WaterBrook. This book was released on 2021-02-02 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recognized from her roles on Survivor, The View, and Fox & Friends, best-selling author Elisabeth Hasselbeck presents a deeply intimate journey of faith, told through the important moments in her life. From designing shoes to surviving Survivor to not surviving The View, Elisabeth Hasselbeck has learned more about standing up for her convictions in the public eye than she ever though she would when she applied for a reality TV show on a whim almost two decades ago. Through most of those years, Elisabeth strived as if she had to earn the approval of others and of God. But God was gently at work in her to show His point of view--His invitation for her to rest in the calling, rest in His Word, and rest fully in the truth of the gospel. Point of View is an intimate walk of faith, as she writes mom to mom, friend to friend, mother to daughter. From the divisive table at The View to national political platforms to the breakfast table, Elisabeth bares her heart about her failures, her triumphs, and her path of learning lessons the hard way.

Author : Robert Anasi
Publisher : North Point Press
ISBN 13 : 146680047X
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Gloves written by Robert Anasi and published by North Point Press. This book was released on 2003-02-05 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert Anasi's The Gloves offers a gritty, spirited inside look at the world of amateur boxing today. The Golden Gloves tournament is center stage in amateur boxing-a single-elimination contest in which young hopefuls square off in steamy gyms with the boxing elite looking on. Anasi took up boxing in his twenties to keep in shape, attract women, and sharpen his knuckles for the odd bar fight. He thought of entering "the Gloves," but put it off. Finally, at age thirty-two-his last year of eligibility-he vowed to fight, although he was an old man in a sport of teenagers and a light man who had to be even lighter (125 pounds) to fight others his size. So begins Anasi's obsessive preparation for the Golden Gloves. He finds Milton, a wily and abusive trainer, and joins Milton's "Supreme Team": a black teenager who used to deal guns in Harlem, a bus driver with five kids, a hard-hitting woman champion who becomes his sparring partner. Meanwhile, he observes the changing world of amateur boxing, in which investment bankers spar with ex-convicts and everyone dreads a fatal blow to the head. With the Supreme Team, he goes to the tournament, whose outcome, it seems, is rigged, like so much in boxing life today. Robert Anasi tells his story not as a journalist on assignment but as a man in the midst of one of the great adventures of his life. The Gloves, his first book, has the feel of a contemporary classic.

Author : Cecil Castellucci
Publisher : Candlewick Press
ISBN 13 : 076363168X
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Grandma's Gloves written by Cecil Castellucci and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When her grandmother, a devoted gardener, dies, a little girl inherits her gardening gloves and feels closer to her memory.

Author : Lowell Cohn
Publisher : Vireo Book, A
ISBN 13 : 9781949480085
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gloves Off written by Lowell Cohn and published by Vireo Book, A. This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After forty years inside the press box delivering unique perspectives on the biggest stars, events, and storylines in sports, former San Francisco Chronicle and Press Democrat columnist Lowell Cohn has seen it all. From wild locker room conflicts to bizarre player interviews to heartfelt conversations with the heroes of the athletic world, Cohn has spent decades bringing to life the narratives of sports through his masterfully crafted newspaper columns. Now you can go directly into the locker room with Cohn. This unparalleled collection of anecdotes and interactions reveals Cohn's insider perspective and unvarnished opinions on some of the sports world's most well-known personalities, including Bill Walsh, Barry Bonds, Michael Jordan, Sugar Ray Robinson, Steve Young, and many more. Freed from the prohibitions of traditional reporting, Cohn's tell-all book takes in you into the rarified world of sports that you can't see from the confines of your newspaper.

Author : Carol Weis
Publisher : Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book When the Cows Got Loose written by Carol Weis and published by Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers. This book was released on 2006-07 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While Ida May is daydreaming her 26 cows get loose and she must get them back into the corral.

Author : Paul R. Gross
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 1421404877
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Higher Superstition written by Paul R. Gross and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 1997-12-03 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The widely acclaimed response to the postmodernists attacks on science, with a new afterword. With the emergence of "cultural studies" and the blurring of once-clear academic boundaries, scholars are turning to subjects far outside their traditional disciplines and areas of expertise. In Higher Superstition scientists Paul Gross and Norman Levitt raise serious questions about the growing criticism of science by humanists and social scientists on the "academic left." This edition of Higher Superstition includes a new afterword by the authors.

Author : Mike Redwood
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1784421480
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gloves and Glove-making written by Mike Redwood and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-02-25 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From workaday marigolds to hand-wear custom crafted for the Queen, gloves perform many functions – insulation from the cold, protection from injury, and even ceremonial roles. Gloves have been used since prehistoric times, but in Britain their use as formal and fashion items took off during Elizabeth I's reign, and played a surprisingly significant cultural role well into the nineteenth century. They were often given as precious gifts, used in coronation ceremonies, sent to indicate assent, or even to offer a formal challenge. This beautifully illustrated history, published in association with the Worshipful Company of Glovers of London, delves into the glove's place in history, offers detailed descriptions of their production in the artisanal workshop and on the factory floor, and also tells the fascinating story of the closely guarded privileges of the glove-makers' guilds.

Author : Janet Lee Carey
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780152064013
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.1X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dragon's Keep written by Janet Lee Carey and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2008 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1145 A.D., as foretold by Merlin, fourteen-year-old Rosalind, who will be the twenty-first Pendragon Queen of Wilde Island, has much to accomplish to fulfill her destiny, while hiding from her people the dragon's claw she was born with that reflects only one of her mother's dark secrets.