Documents the effects of war and embargo on the cultural and economic fabric of Nicaraguan society. This book reveals the enduring character of Nicaraguan society as he records the experiences of three families and their community through times of war, hyperinflation, dire shortages, and political turmoil.
An engaging and exam-focused approach characterizes this essential physics student book, designed to cater to all abilities. It combines depth of subject matter with clarity, providing concise and well-structured content that aids students in reaching their full potential in the Cambridge IGCSE and O Level courses.
The UK's bestselling GCSE Science series has been updated and specifically tailored for the 2016 AQA GCSE Sciences (9-1) specifications. These brand new Workbooks are the perfect companion for the series and support your Higher students on their journey from KS3 to success in the new AQA GCSE.
The poems present classic Appalachian subjects leaving the homeplace to find work, mountain folklore, country life versus city life and touch on a wide range of broader themes, such as bullying, gender roles, the power of language, and the power of kindness.
The first history of WAGS in Britain, from the 1964 World Cup to today's legal fight between Colleen Rooney and Rebekah Vardy. Prepare to be shocked!
This book provides a short, dispassionate introduction to Christianity in simple terms for people who know little or nothing about the subject, providing insight to the beliefs and practices of Christians. Although written from a Christian perspective, the book aspires to be both objective and inclusive throughout. As well as covering the history and the reasoning behind Christian belief, topics of belief which are difficult for outsiders to understand are covered, such as church in all its various forms, the Bible, Heaven and Hell, miracles, sin, sex and marriage, forgiving others, praise and prayer, and why bad things happen. Christian characters in media fiction are there for dramatic purposes and this usually gives a false impression of what Christians believe and how they behave. This book explains why the Christians we come across in real life believe what they believe, why they read the Bible and go to church and why they do the things they do - things which are not generally understood by non-Christians.
Being gay is not a given. Through a rigorous ethnographic inquiry into the material foundations of sexual identity, The Struggle to Be Gay makes a compelling argument for the centrality of social class in gay life—in Mexico, for example, and by extension in other places as well. Known for his writings on the construction of sexual identities, anthropologist and cultural studies scholar Roger N. Lancaster ponders four decades of visits to Mexican cities. In a brisk series of reflections combining storytelling, ethnography, critique, and razor-edged polemic, he shows, first, how economic inequality affects sexual subjects and subjectivities in ways both obvious and subtle, and, second, how what it means to be de ambiente—“on the scene” or “in the life”—has metamorphosed under changing political-economic conditions. The result is a groundbreaking intervention into ongoing debates over identity politics—and a renewal of our understanding of how identities are constructed, struggled for, and lived.