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    His Name Is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice
    A landmark biography by two prizewinning Washington Post reporters that reveals how systemic racism shaped George Floyd's life and legacy-from his family's roots in the tobacco fields of North Carolina, to ongoing inequality in housing, education, health care, criminal justice, and policing-telling the singular story of how one man's tragic experience brought about a global movement for change. "Since we know George Floyd's death with tragic clarity, we must know Floyd's America-and life-with tragic clarity. Essential for our times." -Ibram X. Kendi, author of How to Be an Antiracist "A much-needed portrait of the life, times, and martyrdom of George Floyd, a chronicle of the racial awakening sparked by his brutal and untimely death, and an essential work of history I hope everyone will read." -Henry Louis Gates, Jr., author of The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song The events of that day are now tragically familiar: on May 25, 2020, George Floyd became the latest Black person to die at the hands of the police, murdered outside of a Minneapolis convenience store by white officer Derek Chauvin. The video recording of his death set off the largest protest movement in the history of the United States, awakening millions to the pervasiveness of racial injustice. But long before his face was painted onto countless murals and his name became synonymous with civil rights, Floyd was a father, partner, athlete, and friend who constantly strove for a better life. His Name Is George Floyd tells the story of a beloved figure from Houston's housing projects as he faced the stifling systemic pressures that come with being a Black man in America. Placing his narrative within the context of the country's enduring legacy of institutional racism, this deeply reported account examines Floyd's family roots in slavery and sharecropping, the segregation of his schools, the overpolicing of his community amid a wave of mass incarceration, and the callous disregard toward his struggle with addiction-putting today's inequality into uniquely human terms. Drawing upon hundreds of interviews with Floyd's closest friends and family, his elementary school teachers and varsity coaches, civil rights icons, and those in the highest seats of political power, Washington Post reporters Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa offer a poignant and moving exploration of George Floyd's America, revealing how a man who simply wanted to breathe ended up touching the world.
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    Birth as an American Rite of Passage
    This book reexamines the "standard" procedures used to "manage" American childbirth, identifying non-evidence-based obstetric interventions as rituals enacting core values of the American technocracy. This new edition brings together new data with Davis-Floyd's insights into the ritualization and models of labor and birth.
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    Birth as an American Rite of Passage
    This book reexamines the "standard" procedures used to "manage" American childbirth, identifying non-evidence-based obstetric interventions as rituals enacting core values of the American technocracy. This new edition brings together new data with Davis-Floyd's insights into the ritualization and models of labor and birth.
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    Inside Out (eBook, ePUB)
    UPDATED FOR 2017 WITH A NEW CHAPTERThe definitive history of Pink Floyd, one of the world's great bands, by founder member Nick Mason.Pink Floyd is one of the most creative, successful and enduring bands of all time. As the only member to have been part of the band throughout the 50 years of its existence, and the first to write a personal take on their history, Nick Mason gives unique insights into Pink Floyd's highs and lows: from their emergence in the late 1960s underground, to the huge worldwide success of The Dark Side of the Moon and the rifts and pressures that developed within the group.In a new chapter Nick Mason looks back at the years following the band's final performance at Live 8 in July 2005 and reflects on the huge changes that have occurred since: the irreplaceable losses, the new releases and the impact on the Floyd's continued success of both digital technology and social media. Intelligent, original and self-deprecating, Inside Out is the first-hand story of a band that has become a legend, as celebrated by the Victoria & Albert Museum's landmark Pink Floyd exhibition in 2017.
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    Wish You Were Here
    Wish You Were Here ab 21.99 € als epub eBook: Inside Pink Floyd's Musical Milestone. Aus dem Bereich: eBooks, Kunst, Musik & Design,
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    His Name Is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice
    In this groundbreaking biography of George Floyd, Washington Post reporters Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa use the prism of entrenched poverty, systemic racism, a broken criminal justice system, and police violence to tell the story of one man's life, revealing how his tragic killing ignited an international movement for change On May 25, 2020, at the age of forty-six, George Floyd was murdered outside a Minneapolis convenience store by white police officer Derek Chauvin. His death set off a series of protests in the United States and around the world, awakening millions to the dire need for reimagining this country's broken systems of policing. But while police brutality may have been the final injustice of Floyd's life, it was far from the first. This definitive biography of George Floyd places his life within the larger context of America's deeply troubled history, offering an unparalleled look into the forces and experiences that shaped him. From his family's roots in slavery and sharecropping, from his childhood attending segregated Houston schools, from his gridiron dreams to his stints in prison, and his attempts to break free from drug dependence, we see the willpower, hope, and determination Floyd carried, as well as the inescapable pressures of an America built to entrap him. In examining how systemic racism is entrenched in institutions like housing, health care, education, and prisons - and by comparing the trajectory of Floyd's life with that of Derek Chauvin - Washington Post reporters Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa make a poignant and compelling case for what it truly means to envision a different America.
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    I Killed Pink Floyd’s Pig: Inside Stories of Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 387min
    I Killed Pink Floyd's Pig is an all-access behind-the-scenes VIP tour of when rock was great, courtesy of Beau Phillips, a respected radio programmer and former head of marketing at MTV. Phillips was an insider and occasional accomplice who witnessed the legends of classic rock in their heyday and takes listeners inside the dressing rooms, hotel suites, and private planes of Led Zeppelin, the Rolling Stones, AC/DC, Eric Clapton, Paul McCartney, and dozens more to enjoy funny, decadent, and never-been-told stories of sex, drugs, and rock and roll. The book's foreword was written by Sammy Hagar, former lead singer for Van Halen. He and Phillips met in the late 1970s, early in Hagar's career. Sammy wrote, "Beau has seen all of the rock and roll craziness - and his book is loaded with amazing stories." ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Beau Phillips. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/009265/bk_blak_009265_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Ten Things Every Minister Needs to Know , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 208min
    From experienced minister Dr. Ronnie Floyd comes this practical guide to ministry for pastors. Dr. Floyd has over 19 years experience as the senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Springdale and pastor of The Church at Pinnacle Hill in Rogers, AR - churches with a combined membership of 16,000. His insigthful advice comes from years of practical ministry experience and is essential for anyone going into ministry. Dr. Floyd goes beyond the realm of faith into the realistic day-to-day challenges and conflicts of church leadership. From pitfalls to avoid to habits to cultivate, Dr. Floyd's guidance is appropriate and timely. With the moral and ethical conflicts that continue to cause those in the ministry to stumble, this book has never been needed more. Any young minister or the mentor for a young minister interested in guidance for success should pick this book up immediately. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Curtis Matthews. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/020164/bk_acx0_020164_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Archie Moore vs. Floyd Patterson: Bill Cayton's Prime Time Boxing , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 24min
    Prime Time Boxing's Archie Moore vs. Floyd Patterson combines the original radio broadcast by Don Dunphy, the all-time most dynamic and knowledgeable boxing announcer, with additional commentary by boxing legend Bill Cayton and award-winning sports commentator Bob Page.Rocky Marciano has announced his retirement as undefeated heavyweight champion of the world, setting the stage for world light heavyweight king Archie Moore to meet 21-year-old Floyd Patterson of Brooklyn for the vacant world heavyweight championship title. Patterson's fast hands and peek-a-boo style carried him to 30 victories in 31 pro fights prior to his bout with Moore. Floyd's one loss came in a close eight-rounder against former world light heavyweight champ Joey Maxim at Brooklyn's Eastern Parkway Arena, where Floyd had 12 of his first 21 paid bouts. Archie Moore, a pro since 1936, is favored, 12-5 at fight time. The color commentator is Win Elliot. Your blow-by-blow commentator for this radio broadcast is the great Don Dunphy. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Don Dunphy, Win Elliot, Bill Cayton, Bob Page. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/rt/cayt/000009/rt_cayt_000009_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Hot Kid , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 494min
    Carl Webster, the hot kid of the marshals service, is polite, respects his elders, and can shoot a man driving away in an Essex at 400 yards. Carl works out of the Tulsa, Oklahoma, federal courthouse during the 1930s, the period of America's most notorious bank robbers: Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson...those guys. Carl wants to be America's most famous lawman. He shot his first felon when he was 15-years-old. With a Winchester. Louly Brown loves Carl but wants the world to think she is Pretty Boy Floyd's girlfriend. Tony Antonelli of True Detective magazine wants to write like Richard Harding Davis and wishes cute little Elodie wasn't a whore. She and Heidi and the girls work at Teddy's in Kansas City, where anything goes and the girls wear, what else, teddies. Jack Belmont wants to rob banks, become public enemy number one, and show his dad, an oil millionaire, he can make it on his own. With tommy guns, hot cars, speakeasies, cops and robbers, and a former lawman who believes in vigilante justice, all played out against the flapper period of gun molls and Prohibition, The Hot Kid is Elmore Leonard, a true master, at his best. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Arliss Howard. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/001022/bk_harp_001022_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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