Kirjahaku
Etsi kirjoja tekijän nimen, kirjan nimen tai ISBN:n perusteella.
1000 tulosta hakusanalla Erdman David V.
For much of the 20th century, the underground pornography industry - made up of amateurs and hobbyists who created hardcore, explicit "stag films" - went about its business hounded by reformers and law enforcement, from local police departments all the way up to the FBI. Rumors of this illicit activity circulated and became the stuff of urban myth, but this period of pornography history remains murky.Let's Go Stag! reveals the secrets of this underground world. Using the archives of civic groups, law enforcement, bygone government studies and similarly neglected evidence, archivist Dan Erdman reconstructs the means by which stag films were produced, distributed and exhibited, as well as demonstrate the way in which these practices changed with the times, eventually paving the way for the pornographic explosion of the 1970s and beyond. Let's Go Stag! is sure to point the way for countless future researchers and remain the standard work of history for this era of adult film for a long time to come.
For much of the 20th century, the underground pornography industry - made up of amateurs and hobbyists who created hardcore, explicit "stag films" - went about its business hounded by reformers and law enforcement, from local police departments all the way up to the FBI. Rumors of this illicit activity circulated and became the stuff of urban myth, but this period of pornography history remains murky.Let's Go Stag! reveals the secrets of this underground world. Using the archives of civic groups, law enforcement, bygone government studies and similarly neglected evidence, archivist Dan Erdman reconstructs the means by which stag films were produced, distributed and exhibited, as well as demonstrate the way in which these practices changed with the times, eventually paving the way for the pornographic explosion of the 1970s and beyond. Let's Go Stag! is sure to point the way for countless future researchers and remain the standard work of history for this era of adult film for a long time to come.
Record numbers of Americans fear that our political process is broken—for good reason. Our nation faces unprecedented challenges, yet our politicians spend most of their energy attacking one another. All the while, no one in public life has offered a practical way to neutralize the bitter partisanship that paralyzes Washington.The Cure for Our Broken Political Process fills that void. The authors show exactly how concerned citizens can get politicians from all camps to negotiate genuine solutions to the most vexing issues. Sol Erdman and Lawrence Susskind base their case on their thirty years of experience in resolving political conflict.The Cure begins with hard evidence that our country could work out practical solutions to nearly every major issue that now divides us, solutions that all sides could support. Why, then, don’t our politicians seek out those solutions? The authors debunk all the accepted explanations and then uncover the real reason. By telling the story of a concerned citizen who runs for Congress, the book shows that two basic features of our elections virtually compel politicians to bicker endlessly over major problems. So, as long as our elections work as they do today, our lawmakers will keep on fighting, leaving the critical issues unresolved.The authors then spell out how to redesign elections so that politicians would win only if they produced useful results—only if they negotiated practical solutions to pressing problems. The book concludes with a step-by-step plan proving that ordinary citizens have the power to bring about these changes. To anyone who fears that our country’s future is in peril, The Cure offers a realistic path to a political process they can genuinely believe in.
The Grim Reaper is back for yet another wild ride. This time, his travels take him to a quiet town in upstate New York. Divine Lake is a peaceful town that is also a summer getaway for those that live in New York City. It also hides a deep, dark secret that is protected by an evil that looks to destroy a family. Mark and his friend Carol will attempt to find the mystery behind the powerful force that haunts the town and save the family that dwells within the walls of house that the devil calls home.
A Prince fleeing marriage and an abused girl who learns her father is not blood unexpectedly meet. Abducted by pirates, chained together and tossed into a hold to endlessly row, the quarrelsome pair endures distress and mistreatment. She reveals the Prince's identity and he drags her into the ocean to escape. A seabird, like the hand of God, leads them across the island they washed up on. Not only at odds with the brigands, but each other, quick wit, guile and growing faith transform them into maturity. Although believed to be lost, miraculously her true father is found. He sends them homeward and to the Prince's intended. Through miry bogs, drifting at sea, alone in deep caverns with no seeming escape, these two must fend for each other or never see home. Realizing their desires must give way to responsibility and duty, they strive to face a separate future, unless... Wendy Erdman Heisel, born November 1975, lived in rural Wisconsin. Married, blessed with a daughter, her adventurous character led to writing. In 2014, Wendy was diagnosed with cancer. She survived, but in 2015, a seizure revealed tumors in her brain. Treated, the tumors shrank, but they returned. Though told she had less than a year to live, she fought. Wendy passed in October 2016. Wendy's encouragement: I know God's will is Perfect and Divine. We must trust Him, our faith must be constant. He will strengthen us so we can endure. Lean on God and let Him carry you when you cannot stand. Jesus opened my heart and did a work. I want to share His outpouring of love and contentment with others so they will be at peace too. Thank you, God, for my wonderful life, my salvation, my beautiful family and dearest friends. May God bless you all
What's Hid Beneath the Bones of This Great Tree
Chris Erdman
Resource Publications (CA)
2021
pokkari
What's Hid Beneath the Bones of This Great Tree
Chris Erdman
Resource Publications (CA)
2021
sidottu
This Great Tree weaves thirty poetic meditations and full-color works of art into a lyrical tale of healing, resiliency, and transformation. The story gathers us into a world animated by mystery--trees feel, forests speak, and deep caverns hold secrets. Together, they guide us into the depths of personal experience and struggle, inviting us into a full and flourishing life. The tale arises from the author's own experience of tragedy, loss, and recovery. A classic journey of the soul, reimagined for our times, What's Hid Beneath the Bones of This Great Tree bears profound psychological and spiritual insights for personal healing and growth as well as for the ways human beings can cultivate a more benevolent and soulful presence on the Earth.
White Owl: The Adventures of Fiona Clark, Book 1
Ellen Erdman; Hans Erdman
Independently Published
2017
nidottu
Guardian, Mother, Shapeshifter, QueenFiona Bridget Yaleria-Clark is the youngest daughter of Connor Clark and his Elven wife, Iolena. Born 150 years in the future, and hidden deep in the Irish past to save her life, she was reunited with her family in "Truthbearer's Daughters." Fiona is impetuous, brash and beautiful, the mirror image of her mother. She is also blessed with the strongest Deep Magic in a very magical family. Her unshakable faith in the Holy Trinity and her family are the rocks on which this half-elf stands.High Guardian and mother to her adopted daughter, High Princess Lona, Fiona is supported by her fianc Berian, her best friend and fellow shapeshifter, Alastronia, and the eagle Zedekiah. When they discover an abandoned castle on the northern reaches of the Aerielands, Fiona starts to seek answers which result in her abduction by her family's nemesis, the Dark Druid, and her return to fifth century Ireland where she was raised by Mother Bridget of Kildare.But Ireland is as much Fiona's home as the Aerielands. If she can make it back to Kildare Abbey, she will gain the power that was promised to her in prophecy, to defeat the Dark Druid and the Dark Lord, Declan Dhark. With her new friends, Fillian the leprechaun and the Wolf King, Cormac Mac Art, she will race against time and history, and come face-to-face with herself, while her family searches to rescue her and bring her home.And then there's the wedding to plan for..."White Owl: The Adventures of Fiona Clark" is the first installment of this new series of The Gewellyn Chronicles. An exploit filled with real-life and legendary characters from the history of Ireland, new friends in the Aerielands, and the family that will take the Truth to the Nine Worlds, together.
Eyru's Heirs: The Adventures of Fiona Clark the White Owl, Book3
Ellen Erdman; Hans Erdman
Independently Published
2018
nidottu
"An Bhanrion" ends: "As the dragon's flames took her, the High Queen of the Aerielands and Eyru's Land, Fiona Bridget Yaleria-Brice turned her face to heaven and prayed."Abilynn's mother, Berian's wife, Alistronia's dearest friend, Menta Kai's sister, and the youngest daughter of the Truthbearer and the Green-Eyed Elf Queen, Connor and Iolena Clark. The one who was to unify Eyru's Lands. The White Owl. What will become of her legacy?She turned her face to heaven and prayed... And in prayer, hope is born.And help from an astonishing source."Eyru's Heirs" is the third exciting story in the Adventures of Fiona Clark, from the award-winning fantasy series, The Gewellyn Chronicles.www.GewellynChronicles.com
A chillingly grotesque farce set in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution, banned for decades in the USSR and revived in this uproarious new version by Declan Donnellan. Moscow, 1924. The early days of the Soviet Union. Communism is everywhere - little understood but greatly feared. A landlord must pretend to be a Communist. His cook is mistaken for the missing princess Anastasia, and his lodger is threatening them with the militia. Nikolai Erdman's play The Mandate was written in 1924 and first performed in 1925 in a production directed by Vsevolod Meyerhold. This English version by acclaimed director Declan Donnellan was first performed at the National Theatre, London, in 2004, in a production directed by Donnellan.
Tirso de Molina's Marta the Divine (c. 1614-15) is a spirited comedy about an ingenious young woman who fakes religious piety in order to avoid an arranged marriage imposed upon her by her father. Marta's false religiosity becomes a cover for sneaking her boyfriend into her house and, to all intents and purposes, having a sexual relationship with him without her credulous father suspecting a thing. The stakes involved in this risky gambit are particularly high because her boyfriend, Felipe, is also the man who has killed her brother. In this fast-moving play that celebrates the victory of youth over age, of love over revenge, little is held sacred, as circumstances spiral to the point of outrageousness. Not surprisingly, Marta has been a controversial play over the years, condemned for immorality and salaciousness by some, championed as an anticlerical tract by others. Readers and audience members over the years have puzzled as to what Tirso wants us to make of the title character and her behaviour. Is she a cautionary example, a sly hypocrite, whom we are to hold at a critical distance? Or she is a sympathetic comic heroine, even a proto-feminist, whose cause we are to embrace? No matter one's perspective, Marta is memorable because of the audaciousness and resourcefulness of the title character. Marta is a great stage creation, and the plot Tirso builds around this trickster has the feel of the archetypal, transcending the time and place of its creation. At the same time, Marta is a surprisingly comprehensive satire of the Spanish empire of its day. Through a variety of subtle touches, Tirso paints a picture of an imperial capital plagued by avarice and hypocrisy. The play has some puzzling elements or 'problems' from a technical point of view, but the irresistible force of its comic energy has appealed to readers and audiences for nearly 400 years. This edition presents the play for the first time ever in English translation. The translation is accompanied by the Spanish text, translators' note and a substantial introduction.
Tirso de Molina's Marta the Divine (c. 1614-15) is a spirited comedy about an ingenious young woman who fakes religious piety in order to avoid an arranged marriage imposed upon her by her father. Marta's false religiosity becomes a cover for sneaking her boyfriend into her house and, to all intents and purposes, having a sexual relationship with him without her credulous father suspecting a thing. The stakes involved in this risky gambit are particularly high because her boyfriend, Felipe, is also the man who has killed her brother. In this fast-moving play that celebrates the victory of youth over age, of love over revenge, little is held sacred, as circumstances spiral to the point of outrageousness. Not surprisingly, Marta has been a controversial play over the years, condemned for immorality and salaciousness by some, championed as an anticlerical tract by others. Readers and audience members over the years have puzzled as to what Tirso wants us to make of the title character and her behaviour. Is she a cautionary example, a sly hypocrite, whom we are to hold at a critical distance? Or she is a sympathetic comic heroine, even a proto-feminist, whose cause we are to embrace? No matter one's perspective, Marta is memorable because of the audaciousness and resourcefulness of the title character. Marta is a great stage creation, and the plot Tirso builds around this trickster has the feel of the archetypal, transcending the time and place of its creation. At the same time, Marta is a surprisingly comprehensive satire of the Spanish empire of its day. Through a variety of subtle touches, Tirso paints a picture of an imperial capital plagued by avarice and hypocrisy. The play has some puzzling elements or 'problems' from a technical point of view, but the irresistible force of its comic energy has appealed to readers and audiences for nearly 400 years. This edition presents the play for the first time ever in English translation. The translation is accompanied by the Spanish text, translators' note and a substantial introduction.
An Analysis of Geert Hofstede's Culture's Consequences
Katherine Erdman
Macat International Limited
2018
nidottu
The Dutch anthropologist Geert Hofstede is recognized as a pioneer in the fields of international management and social psychology – and his work is a perfect example of the ways in which interpretative skills can help solve problems and provide the foundation for strong thinking and understanding both in business and beyond.Hofstede’s central achievement was setting up an efficient interpretative framework for understanding the cultural differences between one country and another. Working for the international computing company IBM in the late 1960s, Hofstede noted that such cultural differences had huge consequences for international organizations. Up until then, while many inside and outside of business recognized the importance of these differences, little had been done to define precisely what cultural difference was and in what areas of life it was expressed. Hofstede’s insight was that if one could interpret and define the dimensions of cultural difference, it would be possible to measure them and act accordingly.From a vast survey of IBM’s employees in several countries, Hofstede originally defined five dimensions of culture: every society could be rated for each dimension, providing a useful guide to the kinds of cultural differences at play. As ever, good interpretative skills provided the basis for better understanding.
An Analysis of Geert Hofstede's Culture's Consequences
Katherine Erdman
Macat International Limited
2018
sidottu
The Dutch anthropologist Geert Hofstede is recognized as a pioneer in the fields of international management and social psychology – and his work is a perfect example of the ways in which interpretative skills can help solve problems and provide the foundation for strong thinking and understanding both in business and beyond.Hofstede’s central achievement was setting up an efficient interpretative framework for understanding the cultural differences between one country and another. Working for the international computing company IBM in the late 1960s, Hofstede noted that such cultural differences had huge consequences for international organizations. Up until then, while many inside and outside of business recognized the importance of these differences, little had been done to define precisely what cultural difference was and in what areas of life it was expressed. Hofstede’s insight was that if one could interpret and define the dimensions of cultural difference, it would be possible to measure them and act accordingly.From a vast survey of IBM’s employees in several countries, Hofstede originally defined five dimensions of culture: every society could be rated for each dimension, providing a useful guide to the kinds of cultural differences at play. As ever, good interpretative skills provided the basis for better understanding.