Rural America is progressing through a dramatic and sustained post-industrial economic transition. For many, traditional means of household sustenance gained through agriculture, mining and rustic tourism are giving way to large scale corporate agriculture, footloose and globally competitive manufacturing firms, and mass tourism on an unprecedented scale. These changes have brought about an increased presence of affluent amenity migrants and returnees, as well as growing reliance on low-wa...

Dublin, 1982. De socialite Malcom Macarthur is een graag geziene gast in aristocratische en intellectuele kringen en leidt als erfgenaam van een welvarende familie een zorgeloos bestaan in het teken van zijn passies: kunst en filosofie. Tot zijn erfenis plots opdroogt. Hij besluit een bank te beroven en vermoordt op brute wijze twee onschuldige mensen. Een kleine dertig jaar later heeft Macarthur net zijn straf uitgezeten als journalist Mark O'Connell hem op de straten van Dublin benadert ...

"¿Qué derecho tienen dos yuppies blancos a intentar hacer un muestrario de lo que es el rap?", se preguntaban David Foster Wallace y Mark Costello en 1989. El escritor (que se acababa de trasladar a Boston para estudiar en Harvard) y su compañero de piso descubrieron su pasión común por el entonces casi desconocido género musical y se propusieron escribir un ensayo que desmenuzara su ADN. El resultado fue "Ilustres raperos". "La pregunta era, es y seguirá siendo pertinente —escribe Nando C...

With origins in the late 1960s, a 'quiet revolution' in land use planning and control has taken hold across North America. First seen as a manifestation of the environmental movement, the revolution prompted governments at several levels to attempt to protect critical areas and vulnerable natural resources. Many of the most dramatic and far-reaching shifts in planning regimes have occurred in large-scale, environmentally unique or sensitive regions. It is these big places, looming large in...

Illustrates the ways that the “war on crime” became conjoined—aesthetically, politically, and rhetorically—with the emergence of gangsta rap as a lucrative and deeply controversial subgenre of hip-hopIn The Mark of Criminality: Rhetoric, Race, and Gangsta Rap in the War-on-Crime Era, Bryan J. McCann argues that gangsta rap should be viewed as more than a damaging reinforcement of an era’s worst racial stereotypes. Rather, he positions the works of...

Ryan's arrogance as Millwood Secondry's star athlete crumbles when a public fall during a relay race exposes his flaws. Forced into a mentoring programme, he begrudgingly works with Jamie, a shy student, and Liam, a former sports star struggling after an injury. As Ryan learns the value of teamwork, humility, and perseverance, he helps his mentees rediscover their confidence. His growth inspires an expanded mentorship programme, culminating in a regional competition that showcases resilien...

David Foster Wallace è ritenuto la voce più originale e rilevante della letteratura americana degli ultimi vent'anni; è celebre per il suo romanzo-fiume Infinite Jest, i racconti e i reportage narrativi, ma è tutta da riscoprire questa sua opera giovanile, scritta a quattro mani con l'amico Mark Costello. È il 1989 e i due, studenti ad Harvard, bianchi, coltissimi e middle class, condividono una sorprendente quanto irresistibile attrazione per la musica rap, che è ormai uscita dai ghetti n...

Discover the Father You've Always Longed ForDo you ever feel like something is missing in your life? I do.We experience loneliness, a sense of longing for something more. Often, past experiences haunt us. And no matter what we try, nothing seems to change. I know how this feels.I wrote this book for us.For most of my life, I've known a subtle ache in my soul, an unnamed emptiness that lingered like a sea fog on my path, at times heavier than...

Imprisoned since age nineteen, Alim Braxton has spent more than a quarter century on North Carolina’s death row. During that time, he converted to Islam and dedicated his life to redemption. Braxton, a rapper since the age of thirteen, uses his rhymes as a form of therapy and to advocate for prison reform, particularly by calling attention to the plight of the wrongfully incarcerated. This book, a hip-hop-rich prison memoir, chronicles Braxton’s struggles and triumphs as he attempts to rec...