Résultats pour "Bound" dans Sciences sociales et politiques

Dogs are bound to us in so many ways. On Bound we celebrate dogs, and their owners. We hear the incredible influence dogs can have on us, in the good times and the bad. Join Lee to celebrate the incredible, special, unbreakable bond between dogs and people.

An important book of epic scope on America’s first racially integrated, religiously inspired movement for change The civil war brought to a climax the country’s bitter division. But the beginnings of slavery’s denouement can be traced to a courageous band of ordinary Americans, black and...

In Journey to Reason, author Mark Alsip took listeners inside the minds of religious fundamentalists, exposing the dangerous undercurrents beneath their beliefs. Now, in Bound by Faith, he returns with a stark reminder: the threats he once cautioned about are no longer hypothetical—they're unfolding in real time.

Harriet Tubman is one of the giants of American history - a fearless visionary who led scores of her fellow slaves to freedom and battled courageously behind enemy lines during the Civil War. And yet in the century since her death, next to nothing has been written about this extraordinary woman aside from juvenile biographies. The truth about Harriet Tubman has become lost inside a legend woven of racial and gender stereotypes.

A harrowing dual memoir that braids the story of a Chinese-American woman’s search for identity with the dramatic tale of her great-aunt, who was born at the turn of the century in tradition-bound China and went on to become Vice President of China’s first women’s bank. "In China, a woman...

An important book of epic scope on America's first racially integrated, religiously inspired movement for change. The true story of the Underground Railroad is much more morally complex and politically divisive than even the myths suggest. Against a backdrop of the country's westward expansion...

Kelley Fanto Deetz draws upon archaeological evidence, cookbooks, plantation records, and folklore to present a nuanced study of the lives of enslaved plantation cooks from colonial times through emancipation and beyond. She reveals how these men and women were literally "bound to the fire" as they lived and worked in the sweltering, and often fetid, conditions of plantation house kitchens.

In the 1950s, the term "containment" referred to the foreign policy-driven containment of Communism and atomic proliferation. Yet in Homeward Bound May demonstrates that there was also a domestic version of containment where the "sphere of influence" was the home. Within its walls, potentially...

What is the value of a college degree? The four-year college experience is as American as apple pie. So is the belief that higher education offers a ticket to a better life. But with student-loan debt surpassing the $1 trillion mark and unemployment of college graduates at historic highs, people are beginning to question that value. In College (Un)Bound, Jeffrey J. Selingo, editor at large of the Chronicle of Higher Education, argues that America’s higher education system is broken.

In a work that fundamentally recasts the history of colonial America, Wendy Warren shows how the institution of slavery was inexorably linked with the first century of English colonization of New England. While most histories of slavery in early America confine themselves to the Southern colonies and the Caribbean, New England Bound forcefully widens the historical aperture to include the entirety of English North America.

The inspiring story of the first female Marine to fly a combat mission in an F/A-18—and the transformative events that led to her bold decision to take on the most powerful man in the U.S. Senate. Amy McGrath grew up in Edgewood, Kentucky, a childhood shaped by love of country, baseball (the...

John Brown was fiercely committed to the militant abolitionist cause, a crusade that culminated in Brown’s raid on the Federal armory at Harpers Ferry in 1859 and his subsequent execution. Less well known is his devotion to his family, and they to him. Two of Brown’s sons were killed at Harpers Ferry, but the commitment of his wife and daughters often goes unacknowledged. As detailed by Laughlin-Schultz, Brown’s second wife and his daughters were in many ways the most ordinary of women. However, they also lived extraordinary lives.

Welcome to Bound by Books: Love Stories Beyond the Pages — the podcast where the stories don’t end when the book closes… they just get started. 😏📚Hosted by DeeJay, Sydney, and Nadyne, this is your go-to space for all things romance, spice, and the real-life conversations that come from them. From dark romance and guilty pleasure reads to honest discussions about relationships, intimacy, and kink, nothing is off the table.What started as a curiosity turned into a full-blown exploration of the worlds hidden between the pages — and the ways they show up in real life. Alongside ...

While Pang-Mei Natasha Chang was a Chinese Studies major at Harvard University, she stumbled across the name of her 83-year-old great aunt Chang Yu-i in a history book. Over the next several years, Pang-Mei spent long afternoons drawing forth her aunt's story. Born in Shanghai to a well-to-do family, Chang Yu-i lived a life of defiance, continually breaking class and culture barriers.

This podcast is for anyone who is curious, motivated, and seekers in the truth behind the veil on what is not normally discussed in our society. We discuss a variety of topics of UFOs, extraterrestrials, cryptozoology, religion, spirituality, and how it may or may not tie in all together. Let's journey together with our hearts and minds aligned in passion to find truth.

Hosted by pro HYROX athlete Jake Williamson and health entrepreneur Sam Leicht, Out of Bounds is where queer identity collides with sport, culture, and everything in between. From training diaries and body image to dating, stigma, and performance — it’s unfiltered talk at full speed.

From Harriet Tubman to Assata Shakur, Ida B. Wells to Sandra Bland and Black Lives Matter, black women freedom fighters have braved violence, scorn, despair and isolation in order to lodge their protests. In A Bound Woman Is a Dangerous Thing, DaMaris Hill honours their experiences with at times harrowing, at times hopeful responses to her heroes.

Formally “What Are The Pros & Cons of Social Media Influencing”, hosted by Demetri Pierce, was rebranded to allow more creative freedom. While the old format focused strictly on social media influencing, the new podcast explores diverse topics including music, creativity, and life as a young content creator. Listeners get unfiltered insights, guidance, and behind-the-scenes stories while learning the real pros and cons of social media influence.

Before we become anything else, we are humans first. We are bound to our nature and we cannot escape it. I believe, there is a demon in every human and there is a human in every demon. We are all bound to our humanity, the dark and the bright. I am fascinated by human nature, human virtue, human behavior, charachter evolution. and it is this fascination that I whant to explore through this podcast. I am your host Ali Hambal, thank you for stopping by.

Embark on a thrilling journey across the open seas with "For Treasure Bound," a podcast dedicated to the allure of adventure and the pursuit of hidden riches. This rotating collection of audiobooks immerses listeners in tales of daring explorers, treacherous waters, and the eternal quest for fortune. As you navigate through each episode, you’ll encounter formidable pirates, enigmatic islands, and the unbreakable bonds of camaraderie forged in the face of peril. The stories, rich in maritime lore and high-stakes excitement, invite you to lose yourself in the unpredictable nature of the ocean ...