By the New York Times bestselling author: a provocative account of the attack on the humanities, the rise of intolerance, and the erosion of serious learning
America is in crisis, from the university to the workplace. Toxic ideas first spread by higher education have undermined humanistic values, fueled intolerance, and widened divisions in our larger culture. Chaucer, Shakespeare and Milton? Oppressive. American history? Tyranny. Professors correcting grammar and spelling, or employers hiring by merit? Racist and sexist. Students emerge into the working world believing that human beings are defined by their skin color, gender, and sexual preference, and that oppression based on these characteristics is the American experience. Speech that challenges these campus orthodoxies is silenced with brute force.
The Diversity Delusion argues that the root of this problem is the belief in America's endemic racism and sexism, a belief that has engendered a metastasizing diversity bureaucracy in society and academia. Diversity commissars denounce meritocratic standards as discriminatory, enforce hiring quotas, and teach students and adults alike to think of themselves as perpetual victims. From #MeToo mania that blurs flirtations with criminal acts, to implicit bias and diversity compliance training that sees racism in every interaction, Heather Mac Donald argues that we are creating a nation of narrowed minds, primed for grievance, and that we are putting our competitive edge at risk. But there is hope in the works of authors, composers, and artists who have long inspired the best in us. Compiling the author's decades of research and writing on the subject, The Diversity Delusion calls for a return to the classical liberal pursuits of open-minded inquiry and expression, by which everyone can discover a common humanity.
Автор: Donald George Mac Название: Thomas Wingfod, Curate ISBN: 1539550869 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781539550860 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 29770.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: EXTRACT: CHAPTER I. HELEN LINGARD. A swift, gray November wind had taken every chimney of the house for an organ-pipe, and was roaring in them all at once, quelling the more distant and varied noises of the woods, which moaned and surged like a sea. Helen Lingard had not been out all day. The morning, indeed, had been fine, but she had been writing a long letter to her brother Leopold at Cambridge, and had put off her walk in the neighbouring park till after luncheon, and in the meantime the wind had risen, and brought with it a haze that threatened rain. She was in admirable health, had never had a day's illness in her life, was hardly more afraid of getting wet than a young farmer, and enjoyed wind, especially when she was on horseback. Yet as she stood looking from her window, across a balcony where shivered more than one autumnal plant that ought to have been removed a week ago, out upon the old-fashioned garden and meadows beyond, where each lonely tree bowed with drifting garments-I was going to say, like a suppliant, but it was AWAY from its storming enemy-she did not feel inclined to go out. That she was healthy was no reason why she should be unimpressible, any more than that good temper should be a reason for indifference to the behaviour of one's friend. She always felt happier in a new dress, when it was made to her mind and fitted her body; and when the sun shone she was lighter-hearted than when it rained: I had written MERRIER, but Helen was seldom merry, and had she been made aware of the fact, and questioned why, would have answered-Because she so seldom saw reason. She was what all her friends called a sensible girl; but, as I say, that was no reason why she should be an insensible girl as well, and be subject to none of the influences of the weather. She did feel those influences, and therefore it was that she turned away from the window with the sense, rather than the conviction, that the fireside in her own room was rendered even, more attractive by the unfriendly aspect of things outside and the roar in the chimney, which happily was not accompanied by a change in the current of the smoke. George MacDonald is a British writer and Calvinist pastor born December 10, 1824 in Huntly and died September 18, 1905 in Ashtead. His literary work, now little known in France, has been admired, among others W. H. Auden, G. K. Chesterton and J. R. R. Tolkien. C. S. Lewis considered him his "master" Sph re d'influence MacDonald servit aussi comme mentor de Lewis Carroll (le nom d' crivain du R v rend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson); suivant l'avis de MacDonald de faire lire Alice aux enfants de ce dernier, et la r ception enthousiaste d'Alice au pays des merveilles par les trois jeunes filles de MacDonald, convainquirent Carroll de proposer Alice la publication. Carroll, un des photographes les plus excellents de l' poque victorienne, cr a aussi des portraits photographiques des filles et de leur fr re Greville. MacDonald fut aussi ami avec John Ruskin et servit comme entremetteur dans la longue histoire d'amour de Ruskin avec Rose la Touche. MacDonald connut de nombreuses personnalit s litt raires de l' poque; une photo de groupe conserv e le montre en compagnie d'Alfred Tennyson, Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Anthony Trollope, John Ruskin, George Henry Lewes, et William Makepeace Thackeray. Pendant son s jour en Am rique il fut ami avec Longfellow et Walt Whitman.
Автор: Mac Donald, Elizabeth Название: Matter of interpretation ISBN: 1912054701 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781912054701 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 13720.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This stunning debut, rich with the political intrigue of medieval Europe and imbued with the intense colour of Moorish Spain, deftly outlines a battle for power between Church and State - the outcome of which has shaped how we view the world today.
Автор: Mac Donald Sarah Название: The Motorman`s Daughter ISBN: 0941017982 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780941017985 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 16550.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Mac Donald, Heather Название: War on cops ISBN: 1594039682 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781594039683 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 15630.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Providing a comprehensive overview of the changing ideological landscape in the age of globalization, Manfred Steger explores the clashing political belief systems of our time: market globalism, justice globalism, and religious globalism. He considers their prospects in light of the growing populist challengers in the tumultuous decade to come.
Автор: Dixon Mac Donald Название: Season of Mist: Vendettas Bittersweet ISBN: 194885810X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781948858106 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 16190.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
Season of Mist salutes the triumph of the human spirit over adversity. This historical novel begins during the French Revolution in the late 1700s on the tiny Caribbean Island of Saint Lucia.
After suffering severe deprivation, a band of revolutionaries using guerrilla tactics are able to rout the remnants of Napoleon's grand army, as well as some of Britain's best foot soldiers.
Against the backdrop of slavery, the revolutionaries - though starving and in rags - take the battle directly to their enemies, moving heaven and earth to repudiate their wretched living conditions.
Led by a Black woman named Madlienne Des Voeux -- her army, a mixture of Blacks, Mulattoes, and some poor Frenchmen - are all fighting for freedom from slavery against Royalist, British, and French planters.
Forty years will pass before Madlienne can finally confront the leader of those who killed her family and escaped so many years ago. Bent on a lifelong quest for vengeance, will she finally get the justice she has waited so long to realize?
Born and raised on Saint Lucia, Mac Donald Dixon writes full-time since retiring in 2013 as a trade consultant with the island's government. "As an amateur historian, I have always wanted to see my history through the eyes of my people, and not the colonizer's or oppressor's. Season of Mist is one such offering." He also wishes to "dispel preconceived notions of history and historical events as told by our colonizers, and try to see them in a new light. Millions were taken from their homes in Africa, India, China, and Ireland, and brought to these islands against their will. Their descendents know their stories and must tell the world the truth."
Автор: Mac Donald Bryan J. Название: Practical Stress Analysis with Finite Elements (3rd Edition) ISBN: 1908689404 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781908689405 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 91960.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание:
Updated with new material, the third edition of this highly popular book is a no-nonsense guide to finite element analysis aimed at beginners. Are you tired of picking up a book that claims to be on "practical" finite element analysis only to find that it is full of the same old theory rehashed and contains no advice to help you plan your analysis? If so then this book is for you The emphasis of this book is on doing FEA, not writing a FE code.
A method is provided to help you plan your analysis and a chapter is devoted to each choice you have to make when building your model giving you clear and specific advice. Finally nine case studies are provided which illustrate the points made in the main text and take you slowly through your first finite element analyses. The book is written in such a way that it is not specific to any particular FE software so it doesn't matter which FE software you use, this book can help you
The 3rd Edition of this very popular finite element analysis guide:
Emphasises practical finite element analysis with commercially available finite element software packages
Is written in a generic way so it is not specific to any particular software but clearly shows the methodology required for successful FEA
Is focused entirely on structural stress analysis
Offers specific advice on which element types to use, which material model to pick, which type of analysis to use and which type of results to look for
Provides specific, no nonsense advice on how to fix problems in the analysis
Contains over 300 illustrations
Provides nine detailed case studies which specifically show you how to perform various types of analysis
Does not weigh you down with unnecessary theory, but provides you with the minimum theory needed to understand the methods
Is an invaluable guide and reference for engineering students and practising engineers
This new edition contains a completely rewritten first chapter with new material and a new chapter on interpolation.
Автор: Bryan Donald Название: Andrew: Boy Slave to Free Rebel ISBN: 1543987699 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781543987690 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 14760.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: In 1765 Andrew was a scrawny twelve-year-old slave in Maryland. In the years that follow he grows to manhood. Andrew is the fictional story of his journey.The story starts when Andrew has been placed in a jail cell waiting to be sold at auction. While there, an unruly slave, Jim, manacled and shackled, is thrown into the adjacent cell to also wait his turn on the auction block. Andrew is bought by an elderly plantation owner to help him with the problems of old age. Jim, on the other hand, finds he is not to be bought because of his bad attitude. This means he will be returned to his owner and the owner's overseer, Big Bull. He knows his future is limited to a few hours at best. He escapes into the adjacent swamp only to be taken captive by Indians.Andrew and the old man form an unlikely bond and Andrew is allowed privileges not usually given to slaves. He learns to read and become an accomplished equestrian and farrier and, absolutely forbidden of slaves, learns to hunt with a musket. But still, the old man has Andrew work the fields to prepare him for when the old man dies. The old man dies but frees Andrew before doing so. The years pass and Andrew grows from a small boy to a strapping young man. Content to be a freed slave working on the plantation, his life is about to drastically change. On a Sunday when hunting by the swamp, he is attacked by a neighbor's drunken overseer, Big Bull. Forced to defend himself Andrew kills the man. A slave, even a freed slave, has no recourse but to run for his life and so he does with the help of a loosely formed network of Quaker sympathizers and his old renegade friend, Jim, who is to guide him north to Massachusetts. But before going on their journey, they have to wait for one additional runaway, Branwen.Branwen was a house slave, educated in literature, had a Webster's vocabulary and knew the medicinal cures of nature...and was the most gorgeous thing Andrew had ever seen. She had run away because of problems with her white half-brother.The trio makes it north through trials and tribulations where an awaiting Quaker assigns Branwen to a doctor in Boston, where, because of her skills with natural remedies, she becomes his nurse. Andrew is assigned to a blacksmith in Lexington a few miles from Boston and Jim returns to Maryland.Andrew joins the militia and soon finds himself fighting the British in the first Battle of the Revolution on Lexington Green. Later, the militia moves to Cambridge to guard George Washington, the new Commander of the Continental Forces. Washington declares blacks cannot join the Continentals.Retuning to Lexington, Andrew questions why he is fighting for the Patriots because of Washington's proclamation, even though later reversed. He does not think much of the British either. So, he quits the militia and his job and decides to go west.Before going west, he goes into British controlled Boston to find Branwen. He discovers Branwen has left the city with Doctor Warren. Doctor Warren dies fighting on Bunker Hill and Branwen goes to live with Doctor Warren's mother, and continues to care for Doctor Warren's patients. Andrew is wounded on his flight from Boston and finds his way to a Quaker farm run by a mother and daughter both of which are widows. They try to obtain medical attention for Andrew and it is Branwen who responds to the call. Though Andrew is an unshaven mess, Branwen recognizes him. During the weeks of recovery that follow, Branwen is captured by slave bounty hunters and they attempt to take her back south. Andrew is recovered sufficiently to chase after them. The bounty hunters try to take advantage of Branwen but Andrew rescues her just in time. The ordeal is traumatizing for Branwen and she goes into a secluded mental shell. After a long time, Andrew decides Branwen will never respond to his gestures and he feels it is time to move on. But then Branwen comes from behind, taps him on his shoulder and a new journey begins.
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