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Riding with the Revolution

Author : Dan La Botz

Publisher : BRILL

Page : 588 pages

File Size : 27,14 MB

Release : 2024-07-08

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 9004271333

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Riding with the Revolution tells the story of Americans who from 1900 to 1925 became involved with the Mexican Revolution. John Reed actually saddled up and rode with Pancho Villa. Later, American war resisters crossed the Rio Grande into Mexico, where they helped found the Communist Party, the Industrial Workers of the World, and a Feminist Council. Protestant ministers, Socialist Eugene Debs, Samuel Gompers head of the AFL, the anarchist Emma Goldman, and Communists John Reed, Louis Fraina, Bertram Wolfe, as well as foreign politicos M.N. Roy, Sen Katayama, and Alexander Borodin all took a hand in the Mexican labor movement.



One Percenter Revolution

Author : Dave Nichols

Publisher : Motorbooks

Page : 224 pages

File Size : 24,64 MB

Release : 2017-03-15

Category : Transportation

ISBN : 0760357544

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The final chapter of the outlaw biker, One Percenter Revolution rubs noses with modern rebels that are reviving the rebel attitudes of decades passed. Definitely don’t pass these guys on the highway. One Percenter Revolution: Riding Free in the 21st Century finishes the trilogy startedby best-selling author and editor of Easyriders magazine Dave Nichols with One Percenter: The Legend of the Outlaw Biker and The One Percenter Code: How to Be an Outlaw in a World Gone Soft. One Percenter Revolution introduces readers to a whole new generation of rebels dedicated to living on the edge and letting their freak flags fly! The book is populated with nonconformists, from 20-something bikers breathing new life into the 1970s outlaw lifestyle, to city-dwelling café racers who ride the razor's edge. From Euro parkour disciples of danger to wing suited batmen, this revolution is gaining in momentum like a rat rod doing a smoky burnout. One Presenter Revolution follows a whole new generation of wolves thriving in a land of sheep. Sons of Anarchy has inspired young people to don leathers and twist the grip on stripped down motorcycles, looking to quell their thirst for rebellion, and films like Mad Max: Fury Road preaches to would-be War Boys, the stage is set to explore the evolution of outlaw bikers and the revolution of the modern savage.



Revolutionary Ride

Author : Lois Pryce

Publisher : Nicholas Brealey

Page : 260 pages

File Size : 42,55 MB

Release : 2017-02-21

Category : Travel

ISBN : 1473644895

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"A proper travelogue - a joyful, moving and stereotype-busting ride." - National Geographic Traveller, Book of the Year In 2011, at the height of tension between the British and Iranian governments, travel writer Lois Pryce found a note left on her motorcycle outside the Iranian Embassy in London: ... I wish that you will visit Iran so you will see for yourself about my country. WE ARE NOT TERRORISTS!!! Please come to my city, Shiraz. It is very famous as the friendliest city in Iran, it is the city of poetry and gardens and wine!!! Your Persian friend, Habib Intrigued, Lois decides to ignore the official warnings against travel (and the warnings of her friends and family) and sets off alone on a 3,000 mile ride from Tabriz to Shiraz, to try to uncover the heart of this most complex and incongruous country. Along the way, she meets carpet sellers and drug addicts, war veterans and housewives, doctors and teachers - people living ordinary lives under the rule of an extraordinarily strict Islamic government. Revolutionary Ride is the story of a people and a country. Religious and hedonistic, practical and poetic, modern and rooted in tradition - and with a wild sense of humour and appreciation of beauty despite the comparative lack of freedom - this is the true story of real contemporary Iran.



The All-Road Bike Revolution

Author : Jan Heine

Publisher :

Page : pages

File Size : 28,29 MB

Release : 2020-11-15

Category :

ISBN : 9780976546054

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Modern all-road bikes combine attributes that were considered mutually exclusive just afew years ago: comfort and performance. Speed on smooth pavement and on roughgravel roads. A lively feel and the ability to carry a camping load. Handling that is bothstable when the rider is tired and responsive on twisty mountain descents. All-road bikes combine the best aspects of racing, touring and even mountain bikes in just one bicycle.In this book, you'll find out how all-road bikes work and what is important when choosing one. A must-read for cyclists interested in the technology of their bikes, and for every cyclist contemplating his or her next bike purchase.



Susanna's Midnight Ride

Author : Libby Carty McNamee

Publisher :

Page : 230 pages

File Size : 30,50 MB

Release : 2018-07-04

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 9781732220201

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As the former Colonies struggle for freedom, the Revolution depends on teenage Susanna Bolling. Like America in rebellion, she craves independence. While her Patriot brothers fight, she longs to help. When British General Cornwallis invades her plantation, she hears his secret plan. America's fight for liberty hinges on her.



Pedaling Revolution

Author : Jeff Mapes

Publisher :

Page : 306 pages

File Size : 28,50 MB

Release : 2009

Category : Political Science

ISBN :

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"From traffic-dodging-bike messengers to tattooed teenagers on battered bikes, from riders in spandex to well-dressed executives, ordinary citizens are becoming transportation revolutionaries. Jeff Mapes traces the growth of bicycle advocacy and explores the environmental, safety, and health aspects of bicycling. He rides with bicycle advocates who are taming the streets of New York City, joins the street circus that is Critical Mass in San Francisco, and gets inspired by the everyday folk pedaling in Amsterdam, the nirvana of American bike activists. Chapters focused on big cities, college towns, and America's most successful bike city, Portland, show how cyclists, with the encouragement of local officials, are claiming a share of the valuable streetscape."--BOOK JACKET.



The Horse-Riding Adventure of Sybil Ludington, Revolutionary War Messenger

Author : Marsha Amstel

Publisher : Graphic Universe

Page : 36 pages

File Size : 37,11 MB

Release : 2011-08-01

Category : Juvenile Nonfiction

ISBN : 0761361812

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In 1777, on a cold and stormy night in the New York Colony, 16-year-old Sybil Ludington makes a dangerous and difficult ride to warn the local militiamen that the British Army is looting and burning nearby Danbury, Connecticut. Simultaneous.



REVOLUTION'S REVELATION

Author : Gregory J. Derrick II

Publisher : Xlibris Corporation

Page : 368 pages

File Size : 30,86 MB

Release : 2010-03-05

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 1469104059

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The Cowboy Encyclopedia

Author : Richard W. Slatta

Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company

Page : 504 pages

File Size : 21,65 MB

Release : 1996

Category : History

ISBN : 9780393314731

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Over 450 entries provide information on cowboy history, culture, and myth of both North and South America.



The Late Bloomer's Revolution

Author : Amy Cohen

Publisher : Hachette Books

Page : 191 pages

File Size : 29,55 MB

Release : 2007-07-03

Category : Family & Relationships

ISBN : 1401388434

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The debut of a sparkling and reassuring memoirist -- an inspiration to late bloomers everywhere "I like to consider myself a late bloomer, meaning someone who will eventually, however late, come into bloom. Although when and if I will bloom remains a mystery. I wish I knew how to speak a foreign language fluently. I wish I knew how to cook a simple roast chicken, or that I had read The Idiot, whose main character sounds like someone I can relate to." In quick succession, Amy Cohen lost her job writing sitcoms, her boyfriend (with whom she'd been talking marriage), and her mom, after a long bout with cancer. Not exactly the stuff humor thrives on, is it? But filtered through Amy's worldview, there's comedy in the most unexpected places. In this unforgettable, engaging memoir, she recounts her (seemingly) never-ending search for love, her evolving relationship with her widowed dad, and her own almost unintentional growth as she stumbles through life. Filled with observations sweet, bittersweet, and laugh-out-loud funny, The Late Bloomer's Revolution will be irresistible to anyone who believes her greatest moment is yet to come.



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