Leaving For The Country

Author : Ron Rozelle
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 1680032313
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Leaving the Country of Sin written by Ron Rozelle and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2021-06-14 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leaving the Country of Sin is a tale of Rafferty, who was saved as a teenager from a promising career of juvenile delinquency and slapped into a six-year hitch in the army to avoid jail time. Early on his anger and fierce resolve catch the attention of an officer in charge of a small cadre of soldiers who provide unique, subdued solutions to problems that are too sensitive for more obvious snipers or commandos. But it is also the story of the inner reckoning the central character faces once his army career is complete. Rafferty, having long determined to retire on Galveston Island, which he had visited as a child with his uncle, hovers between seeing his past deeds as providing a patriotic service and just another form of murder. The dilemma is intensified when his old mentor, the general who pulled him into that world and managed him for two decades, shows up with an assignment that will rid the world of a very evil man, whose actions threaten the security of the nation. Thus the story, already an inward journey motif, becomes a real one, sending Rafferty off on what he determines is his last mission, one he wishes hadn’t fallen to him. The Sabine Series in Literature

Author : Jeanie Peck
Publisher : Fox Mtn Publishing (US)
ISBN 13 : 9780971617421
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Leaving the City written by Jeanie Peck and published by Fox Mtn Publishing (US). This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For city slickers who seek refuge and a new beginning in a pastoral setting, this guide provides sensible advice on the financial, social, and vocational aspects of transitioning to country life. The unique challenges of purchasing property in the country are detailed with suggested questions to ask realtors, what to research about the local county, and how to evaluate prospective property. Practical tips on financial planning and lifestyle changes accompany suggestions on back-to-nature endeavours such as maintaining a fruit orchard, raising livestock, managing a home office, and establishing a farm stand. Humour and anecdotal examples highlight the realities and opportunities of seeking a more sustainable lifestyle.

Author : John McPhee
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781907970726
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.2X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Coming Into the Country written by John McPhee and published by . This book was released on 2015-07 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plunge into the wild climate of unknown Alaska in this riveting travel account.

Author : Mark Ehrman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781934170458
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Getting Out written by Mark Ehrman and published by . This book was released on 2009-02-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many people are thinking about it; this book shows how it's done.

Author : Daniel Enstedt
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004331476
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Leaving Religion written by Daniel Enstedt and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-10-07 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Handbook of Leaving Religion introduces a neglected field of research with the aim to outline previous and contemporary research, and suggest how the topic of leaving religion should be studied in the future. The handbook consists of three sections: 1) Major debates about leaving religion; 2) Case studies and empirical insights; and 3) Theoretical and methodological approaches. Section one provides the reader with an introduction to key terms, historical developments, major controversies and significant cases. Section two includes case studies that illustrate various processes of leaving religion from different perspectives, and each chapter provides new empirical insights. Section three discusses, presents and encourages new approaches to the study of leaving religion.

Author : Johanne Devlin Trew
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 1781383065
Total Pages : 365 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Leaving the North written by Johanne Devlin Trew and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-01-25 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leaving the North is the first book that provides a comprehensive survey of Northern Ireland migration since 1921. Based largely on the personal memories of emigrants who left Northern Ireland from the 1920s to the 2000s, approximately half of whom eventually returned, the book traces their multigenerational experiences of leaving Northern Ireland and adapting to life abroad, with some later returning to a society still mired in conflict. Contextualised by a review of the statistical and policy record, the emigrants' stories reveal that contrary to its well-worn image as an inward-looking place - 'such narrow ground' - Northern Ireland has a rather dynamic migration history, demonstrating that its people have long been looking outward as well as inward, well connected with the wider world. But how many departed and where did they go? And what of the Northern Ireland Diaspora? How has the view of the 'troubled' homeland from abroad, especially among expatriates, contributed to progress along the road to peace? In addressing these questions, the book treats the relationship between migration, sectarianism and conflict, immigration and racism, repatriation and the Peace Process, with particular attention to the experience of Northern Ireland migrants in the two principal receiving societies - Britain and Canada. With the emigration of young people once again on the increase due to the economic downturn, it is perhaps timely to learn from the experiences of the people who have been 'leaving the North' over many decades; not only to acknowledge their departure but in the hope that we might better understand the challenges and opportunities that migration and Diaspora can present.

Author : Tahar Ben Jelloun
Publisher : Arcadia Books
ISBN 13 : 1908129050
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Leaving Tangier written by Tahar Ben Jelloun and published by Arcadia Books. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tangier, in the early 1990s: Young Moroccans gather regularly in a seafront cafe to gaze at the lights on the Spanish coast glimmering in the distance. Facing a future with few prospects in a country they feel has failed them, their disillusionment is matched only by their desire to reach this paradise - so close and yet so far, not least because of the treacherous waters separating the two countries and the frightening stories they hear of the fates of would-be illegal emigrants. A young man called Azel is intent upon leaving one way or another. At the brink of despair he meets Miguel, a wealthy Spanish gallery-owner, who promises to take him to Barcelona if Azel will become his lover. Seeing no other solution, and although he has a girlfriend to whom he is promised, Azel agrees to Miguel's proposition and thus begins a different kind of hell for the young Moroccan - shame and self-disgust at his own helplessness gradually overcome him and he finds himself once more in a hopeless situation. Azel and others like him, including his sister, begin to wonder if the reality of life in Europe will live up to their dreams.

Author : John R. Wennersten
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313345074
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Leaving America written by John R. Wennersten and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2007-11-30 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today more than ever, large numbers of Americans are leaving the United States. It is estimated that by the end of the decade, some 10 million of the brightest and most talented Americans, representing an estimated $136 billion in wages, will be living and working overseas. This emigration trend contradicts the internalized myth of America as the land of affluence, opportunity, and freedom. What is behind this trend? Wennersten argues that many people these days, from college students to retirees, are uncertain or ambivalent about what it means to be an American. For example, many are uncomfortable with that they believe America has come to represent to the rest of the world. At the same time, globalization and advances in technology have enabled the growth of a telecommuting work force whose members can live in one country and work in another, and this trend, among other factors, has encouraged a new generation of people to respond to the pull of global citizenship. Leaving America is an important reexamination of one of the most central stories in the history of American culture—the story of the immigrant coming to the Promised Land. While millions still come to America and millions more still wish to do so, there is an important counterflow of emigration from America to distant parts of the planet. This book focuses on modern American expatriates as a significant and heretofore largely ignored counterpoint phenomenon every bit as central to understanding modern America as is the image of a nation of immigrants. The greatest irony in America today may well be that while argument and discord prevail in the edifice of American democracy about diversity, economic justice, equality, and the Iraq War, many of the most thoughtful citizens have already left the building.

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Publisher : Taj
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Leaving the Improved for Betterment written by and published by Taj. This book was released on 2014-03-21 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jürgen Schick
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Gods are Leaving the Country written by Jürgen Schick and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: