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Neither Black nor White yet Both: Thematic Explorations of Interracial Literature
Werner Sollors

Harvard University Press, 1999

Why can a "white" woman give birth to a "black" baby, while a "black" woman can never give birth to a "white" baby in the United States? What makes racial "passing" so different from social mobility? Why are interracial and incestuous relations often confused or conflated in literature, making "miscegenation" appear as if it were incest? Werner Sollors examines these questions and others in this investigation of literary works that, in the past, ...

Knowledge is not Power nor is Value Serendipitous: Using What You Have to Make Your Business Profitable

2 reviews
Dennis Barnett

BookSurge Publishing, 2006

What are you waiting for ?
This book is well written and will aid anyone who wants to take their organization to the next level(It will assist in personal development as well). As a Performance Consultant, there are several excerpts that I found were beneficial. This makes an excellent read and reference book for those who are in school as well as the seasoned professional.Do You Want To Be A Leader?

Neither Man Nor Woman: The Hijras of India

5 reviews
Serena Nanda

Wadsworth Publishing, 1998

Unforgettable!
A classic, absolutely fascinating study of the transvestite eunuch hijras of India. Combining objectivity with sympathy and respect, the writer allows us to glimpse the feelings and aspirations of these people, whose lives encompass joy, sadness, degradation, liberation, hope. The reader comes to know the hijras as real people while gaining an understanding of a very ancient and significant way ...

The Guv'nor

6 reviews
Lenny McLean

John Blake, 2007

A hard man who lived a hard life
If you ever saw the movie Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels , you probably noticed the mob enforcer character, "Barry the Baptist", who "baptized" his victims in trash-bins filled with water. While reading an article about the movie, a mention was made of the real mobsters and hard-edged sorts that were used in bit parts. One such role was played by Lenny McLean, who portrayed Barry, and was ...

Star Trek: Terok Nor: Night of the Wolves (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)

5 reviews
S.D. Perry

Star Trek, 2008

The Plot Thickens...
The second book in the Occupation of Bajor series is set twenty years after the Cardassians had first arrived on the planet. Bajor is now completely (except for pockets of resistence fighters) annexed and conquered by the Cardassians, and we see how Dukat (now a Gul) became Prefect and overlord of the Bajoran people. We also met several familiar characters for the first time: Damar (Gul Dukat's ...

Neither Wolf nor Dog: On Forgotten Roads with an Indian Elder

51 reviews
Kent Nerburn

New World Library, 2002

Enlightenment in paperback
I really dumbed onto this book and I was totally hypnotized by it. As so many have written, you learn so much from it and you feel so guilty...particularly as a white American. But you also laugh. You aren't beaten up for 300+ pages without respite - there is humorous wisdom in those pages and there are delightful experiences. Over my 54 years, I've tried to act in ways furthering civil rights. ...

Star Trek: Terok Nor: Day of the Vipers (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)

6 reviews
James Swallow

Star Trek, 2008

This Exactly What I've Been Waiting For!!!
Deep Space Nine is my favourite series of all time, and the Cardassians have become my favourite aliens (sorry Vulcans!). I found the situation of a military based society having to come to a peaceful coexistence (and even being aided by, in the later years) with the very people whom they had occupied and exploited to be endlessly fascinating and insightful in our own culture (this is what Trek ...

Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe

165 reviews
Bill Bryson

Harper Perennial, 1999

Grouchily amusing.
This was an enjoyable, undemanding read. At his best, Bryson is grouchily funny, though not as hilarious IMO as some other reviews would have you believe. He is better when describing the rough spots of travel than its pleasures. At times, an unattractive whining tone takes over - for instance, when he complains how a particular location, like Florence, is overrun by tourists. But I'd be lying if ...

Neither Poverty Nor Riches: A Biblical Theology of Possessions (New Studies in Biblical Theology)

9 reviews
Craig L. Blomberg

IVP Academic, 2001

A Solid Survey of God's Perspective on Possessions
God's been really dealing with me lately about my money spending habits and my whole philosophy of material possessions in general. I read about how Bill Bright gave all of his money to start Campus Crusade for Christ, and refused to take a salary, or own a house or own a car. I read about how Dr. Tony Evans and Dr. Rick Warren are reverse tithers, giving 90% of what they take in. And I was ...

Neither Liberty nor Safety: Fear, Ideology, and the Growth of Government (Independent Studies in Political ...

1 review
Robert Higgs

Independent Institute, 2007

Short and sweet
I get the feeling that the word "ideology" is becoming more and more popular these days. Even Obama keeps bringing it up to refer to Bush's war. This is a good thing because ideologies become the sort of lemons out of which our minds can make lemonade with, and the more we focus on ideology the more we focus on the root of the problems instead of just labeling people as good or evil and killing ...

Neither to Laugh Nor to Weep: A Memoir of the Amenian Genocide

2 reviews
Abraham H. Hartunian

Armenian Heritage Pr, 1986

Shockingly superb
This was one of the first books I read about the Armenian Genocide, and probably one of the best--definitely the most detailed. Hartunian is a superb writer and takes the reader in (like all the greats can do) so that they feel like they're there. His vocabulary drills a permanent picture into the reader's mind. I still have images of how terrifying it must have been to be in Hartunian's shoes, ...

Star Trek: Terok Nor: Dawn of the Eagles (Star Trek)

5 reviews
S.D. Perry

Star Trek, 2008

An important chapter for DS9
Out of the three Terok Nor books, this is probably the most important to the characters we know and love. Kira and Odo get a great deal of character development, both together and separately. The fact that Kira could grow to trust someone who worked for the Cardassians was never completely explained in the series, but this book builds that solid foundation. It's also a dark chapter in ...

Neither Enemies nor Friends: Latinos, Blacks, Afro-Latinos

1 review
Anani Dzidzienyo, Suzanne Oboler

Palgrave Macmillan, 2005

A Valuable Book
Legal scholar Rachel Moran once wrote that U.S. Latinos often travel back and forth from the States to Latin America. Thus, she says the difference between U.S. Latinos and Latin Americans can be porous. This book follows that same idea by having chapters on both groups, and including their interactions with each other. The book's chapters are quite representative of this hemisphere. I ...

Neither Wolf Nor Dog: American Indians, Environment, and Agrarian Change

2 reviews
David Rich Lewis

Oxford University Press, USA, 1997

Goes beyond cliches
I am usually suspicious of books by whites about natives that start out by criticizing other books by whites about natives, and then take the but-this-is-a-different-sort-of-book stance. However, Nerburn is an engaging author with a genuine feel for American Indian issues, and the reader will feel this respect throughout. The book chronicles his adventures on the road with an Elder, during which ...

Neither Waif Nor Stray: The Search For A Stolen Identity

4 reviews
Perry Allan Snow, Perry Snow

Universal Publishers, 2000

Neither Waif Nor Stray: The Search For A Stolen Identity
Powerful! A must read for anyone who suspects they may have a Home Child or Orphan Train Rider ancestor. Mr. Snow gives hope for researching these lost ancestors. Too many people do not know that these children were placed on both sides of the US/Canadian border. Mr. Snow's analysis of the psychological effects should help Home Children and their descendants to understand how this shameful ...

The Fall of Terok Nor (Star Trek Deep Space Nine, Millennium Book 1 of 3)

32 reviews
Judith Reeves-Stevens, Garfield Reeves-Stevens

Star Trek, 2000

DS9 - Millennium: The Fall of Terok Nor - Simply amazing!
Star Trek Deep Space Nine Millennium Book I of III - The Fall of Terok Nor Given that I continue to read all of the Star Trek series in order of their particular chronological release dates, I've looked at this particular trilogy for quite some time with no small measure of anxiousness to get to them. Now that I've made it to them, they were quite well worth the wait and shall be savored for ...

Turn Neither to the Right Nor to the Left (Christian Life and Public Policy Series)

1 review
D. Eric Schansberg

Alertness Books, 2003

Thought-provoking and insightful
So many times today we find Christians joining causes that exemplify authoritarianism (the Regligious Right) or left-liberalism (Christian environmentalism and Liberation Theology). In this bold work, Dr. Schansberg shows how both of these extremes are wrong. A Christian's duty should not comprise the harnassing of state power to force God's will and morality on otherwise unwilling subjects. The ...

Neither Five nor Three

4 reviews
Helen Macinnes

Fawcett, 1985

Good guys and bad guys
My first contact with Helen MacInnes was when I was 13 years old and found Neither five nor three in the school library. From then on I have searched for her books in my country in the US and France. I keep rereading my torn copy. In these times the way Helen MacInnes depicts the struggle between communism and democracy may seem out of date, yet the characters, on both sides are very well ...

Neither East Nor West: One Woman's Journey Through the Islamic Republic of Iran

20 reviews
Christiane Bird

Washington Square Press, 2002

An honest and personal account
I've read several personal-point-of-view books about Iran recently, and I have a lot of respect for this one. I rate it as an honest book because Ms. Bird is very clear about her personal standards, background and feelings and where they come from. She doesn't pretend to be objective; she's giving one person's perspective. In particular, she includes her own reactions even when she knows that ...

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