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Cronyism is a serious problem in the United States, but unfortunately it is still not very well understood. In this new essay, Jay Cost explains what it is, and why we should be so worried about it. By mingling private and public interests, cronyism costs us hundreds of billions of dollars per year and threatens to transform our republic into an oligarchy, where the rich dominate the middle class. Worse, modern cronyism has become embedded into the laws themselves, so politicians in Washington assume that such corruption is just the way things should be. To confront the dangers of cronyism, reformers need to think outside the box, paying special attention to how the political process functions.
Ring of Bright Water
This volume weaves together the Scottish otter stories from Gavin Maxwell's three non-fiction books, Ring of Bright Water (1960), The Rocks Remain (1963), and Raven Meet Thy Brother (1969). Maxwell was both an extraordinarily evocative writer and a highly unusual man. While touring the Iraqi marshes, he was captivated by an otter and became a devoted advocate of and spokesman for the species. He moved to a remote house in the Scottish highlands, co-habiting there with three otters and living an idyllic and isolated life at least for a while. Fate, fame, and fire conspired against this paradise, and it, too, came to an end, though the journey was filled with incident and wonder. Maxwell was also talented as an artist, and his sinuous line drawings of these amphibious and engaging creatures, and the homes they occupied, illustrate his story. This book stands as a lasting tribute to a man, his work, and his passion.
Weerlose meganika
'n Tydjie terug is ’n merkwaardige vonds gemaak: ’n koperplaatfoto wat tydens die Slag van Bloedrivier geneem is . . en dit wys drie engele teen die oggendmis! Die neerdaal van die engele word die hoogtepunt van die jaarlikse gedenkopvoering in Welkom. Maar vanjaar, tydens die kleedrepetisie, word die hoofengel vermoor . . . en die koperplaatfoto het verdwyn! ’n Heerlik aweregse roman, sowel ryke verbeeldingsvlug as skerp satire.
Bruidzilla
Tillie se beste vriendin Milanka ís high-maintenance, maar so ken Tillie haar, en Milanks het al vir haar báie beteken. Haar eksie-perfeksie, #blessed vriendin. Maar sy’t nie verwag Milanka sal aandring sy wat Tillie is, moet sorg dat Milanka en Jacques se troue gereël kom nie … Soos Milanka ál meer op Bruidzilla begin trek, kom Tillie agter iets is nie pluis nie. Wat skuil agter Milanka se monster-mondering?
Onthou my
Kan jy jou rug op jou verlede draai, jou foute vergeet en nuut begin? Of leef jy vir die res van jou lewe onder die wolk van verhoudings wat skeefgeloop het en verbintenisse wat jy nie kan verbreek nie? Die gevolge van verkeerde keuses is vernederend en vernietigend. Dit slaan jou tot jy omval. Maar God is ’n God van tweede kanse; Hy help jou op en stuur jou na die plek waar jy eens gelukkig was, na mense wat jou onvoorwaardelik liefhet.? Die opvolg op Papierblomme.
The Lie of 1652
In this radical critique of established pre-colonial and colonial history, Mellet centres land dispossession, the destruction of livelihoods and the brutality of slavery in South Africa. Drawing on scholarly work and his own experience of searching for identity, Mellet provides a bold new perspective on the loss of land and belonging. Characters such as Autshumao, Krotoa and Doman come to life in the story of the founding of a port at Cape Town – over 50 years before Jan van Riebeeck arrived.
THE LITERACY OF BELIEF
In an exciting, non-academic, and transformative manner, college professor and literacy researcher Dr. Uju C. Ukwuoma takes readers on an adventure on how to fulfill their desires. The procedure for accomplishing our aspiration is so uncomplicated that we often consider it unauthentic. We have to adjust our thinking, to change what we believe and take action until our attitude mirrors our target. Thanks to the use of teaching plans and lesson notes, effective educators have been using such practices to drive instruction. Such teachers regulate their thought-process to enable them to arrive where they want learners to be even before they start teaching. Similarly, engaged learners engross themselves in the contents of their syllabuses and follow this approach to reach an expected level of performance in their minds before encountering their teachers. However, everyone has first to identify the foundation on which they anchor their thoughts and beliefs. What principles drive me is the question we should ask and answer individually. Uju uses unstructured stories to share lessons he learned from over 25 years of teaching. He points out strategies that have helped him and others to regulate their thought processes, improve decision making, and expand worldviews to inspire new ideas for changing lives. From exploring various belief systems to going with the flow of life, this book points the way to finding fulfillment in life by consciously taking Belief Literacy Steps daily.
What is This?
This book is a must read for today’s society and churches from the oldest until the youngest. It is most controversial and argumentative but truly based on fact and scripture.
Sage
Sage, perceivably a perfect example of a successful serial entrepreneur, devoted mother, and wife, has within her an ancient secret awaiting discovery. Though her public persona is nothing short of an ideal existence, she leads a second life imbued with spiritual, sensual, and esoteric behavior. Sage’s mind procures a curator’s elucidation in the structure of an inner monologue that belongs to an eclectic spiritualist, peculiar artist, indigo empath, intuitive witch, and anarchist; she travels between the realms of arbitrary, sacred, ambiguous, and fundamental worlds. Within said worlds, she embarks upon a journey where she traverses through greater dimensions, lucid dreams, premonitions, and connects to an immortal lover that begins to drain the essence of her organic life tied to her five basic senses.
In the perpetual cycle of good and evil, trials and tribulations found both within her inner psyche and external circumstances, Sage learns immortal secrets so powerful that they have the potential of changing the course of all beings that thrive on the third dimension of earth realm.
The Dachshund Who Wore Spectacles
Frank did it again. He barked at his boy. He was off to Dr. Garver’s where a new set of glasses await. Immediately the world looked much clearer. New adventures await for Frank, the dachshund who wore spectacles.