It'll Be Irie - Donn Swaby
Raymond can''t wait to move to America. He is determined to be the most American American ever! But when he gets to his new school his Jamaican roots show through and he must figure out…
We often think identity is personal. But the identities that shape the world, our struggles, and our hopes, are social ones, shared with countless others. Our sense of self is shaped by our family, but also by affiliations that spread out from there, like our nationality, culture, class, race and religion.Taking these broad categories as a starting point, Professor Appiah challenges our assumptions about how identity works. In eloquent and lively chapters, he weaves personal anecdote with historical, cultural and literary example to explore the entanglements within the stories we tell ourselves. We all know there are conflicts among identities; but Professor Appiah explores how identities are created by conflict. Identities are then crafted from confusions - confusions this book aims to help us sort through. Religion, Appiah shows us, isn''t primarily about beliefs. The idea of national self-determination is incoherent. Our everyday racial thinking is an artefact of discarded science. Class is not a matter of upper and lower. And the very idea of Western culture is a misleading myth. We will see our situation more clearly if we start to question these mistaken identities. This is radical new thinking from a master in the subject and will change forever the way we think about ourselves and our communities.
Raymond can''t wait to move to America. He is determined to be the most American American ever! But when he gets to his new school his Jamaican roots show through and he must figure out…
Během poločasové přestávky zmizely penaltové puntíky! Kam? To musí zjistit Fotbaláci! Tato sehraná parta sice nevyhrává všechny zápasy, ale rozhodně se nikdy nevzdává bez boje. A to ani v případě, kdy hru provázejí velmi záhadné…
Pierre-François Percy was Surgeon-in-Chief of Napoleon’s Grande Armée. This is the first English translation of Baron Percy’s notebooks, containing his interesting, revealing, and informative testimony of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic campaigns in which he played…
Mnohé z toho, co o Bohu slyšíme a jak si ho následně představujeme, nemá s křesťanstvím vůbec nic společného a nikoho k víře nenadchne. Existuje řada výborných knih, které vedou diskusi na téma, proč v Boha…
The transport ship Orion is four months out of Earth when catastrophe strikes - leaving the ship and everyone on board stranded in deep spaceSuddenly it's up to thirteen-year-old Beth and her friends to navigate…
Writing a novel can be a slow, painful and lonely process. Many writers never manage to achieve their goal. This book helps you to rediscover the joy of your craft and rekindle your creative fire.…
Tato praktická příručka shrnující základní poznatky psychologické vědy je určena především čtenářům, kteří ocení její aktuálnost, sdělnost, přehledné uspořádání a kompaktní rozsah. Její koncepce navazuje na populární zahraniční přehledové publikace, členění textu však vychází ze…
Leporelo s odklápacími okienkami jednoducho a zrozumiteľne vysvetľuje, prečo nezostať celý deň v pyžame a aké oblečenie si namiesto neho vybrať. Prečo nemôžem celý deň nosiť len pyžamo? A čo si mám vziať namiesto neho?…