Raised to expect "the apocalypse" during his lifetime, author Johnny Townsend tackles the serious issues of our day using both his Mormon background and his secular humanist beliefs.
The only way to successfully deal with a global pandemic, or public health under any conditions, is to move to a system of universal healthcare. Additional ingredients for dismantling structural and institutional racism include ensuring tuition-free college and vocational training, universal taxpayer-funded childcare and pre-k education, fare-free public transportation, automatic voter registration, elimination of the Electoral College, ranked choice voting, plus nationwide vote-by-mail as well as in-person voting. If we are to improve the health of our citizens and our nation, we must reduce the extraordinary amount we spend on the military and police, and demand that the ultra-wealthy and corporations pay their fair share toward the public good.
Such policy changes are also essential if we wish to mitigate the worst effects of climate change, a global catastrophe that will impact virtually every person on the planet.
Townsend's essays show us that while societal progress is always hindered by inertia, the multiple crises we're facing provide us an opportunity to move forward.
Автор: Townsend Johnny Название: Let the Faggots Burn: The Upstairs Lounge Fire ISBN: 1614344531 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781614344537 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 4357.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: THE TWENTY ETUDES FOR PIANO were composed during the years from 1991 to 2012. Their final configuration into Book 1 and Book 2 was determined by the music itself in the course of its composition.
Book 1 (Etudes 1-10) had a twin objective - to explore a variety of tempi, textures and piano techniques. At the same time it was meant to serve as a pedagogical tool by which I would improve my piano playing. In these two ways, Book 1 succeeded very well. I learned a great deal about the piano and in the course of learning the music, I became a better player.
New projects came along and interrupted the work on the Etudes for several years. Perhaps for that reason, when I took up work with the Etudes again I found the music was following a new path. Though I had settled questions of piano technique for myself in Book 1, the music in Book 2 quickly began to suggest a series of new adventures in harmony and structure.
In this way, Books 1 and 2, taken together, suggest a real trajectory that includes a broad range of music and technical ideas.
In the end, the Etudes are meant to be appreciated not only by the general listener, but especially by those who have the ability and patience to learn, play and perform the music themselves.
Автор: Townsend Johnny Название: Wake Up and Smell the Missionaries ISBN: 1647194237 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781647194239 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 3117.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание:
Two Mormon missionaries in Italy discover they share the same rare ability-both can emit pheromones on demand. At first, they playfully compete in the hills of Frascati to see who can tempt "investigators" most. But soon they're targeting each other non-stop.
Can two immature young men learn to control their "superpower" to live a normal life...and develop genuine love? Even as their relationship is threatened by the attentions of another man?
They seem just on the verge of success when a massive earthquake leaves them trapped under the rubble of their apartment in Castellammare.
With night falling and temperatures dropping, can they dig themselves out in time to save themselves? And will their injuries destroy the ability that brought them together in the first place?
Автор: Townsend Johnny Название: Have Your Cum and Eat It, Too ISBN: 1647181577 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781647181574 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 4127.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: It`s 1981, and two Mormon missionaries randomly assigned to work together as "companions" in Napoli find themselves in trouble. They`re falling in love, but the Church forbids gay relationships. Will they be crushed by dedication to their beliefs, or will love provide a way for them to escape?
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