Religion of Small Societies, The

Monday, July 28th, 2008 by Book Guy | No Comments »

The religious practices and understandings of small indigenous societies are recognized
by many to be in no way inferior to other religious beliefs. Many such cultures still exist; their prescientific,
even prehistoric social and intellectual pattern includes shamans, sacrifices, totems, animism, taboos,
and certain rituals and myths that reflect their unique and increasingly rare way of life.

The Religion, Scriptures, and Spirituality series describes the beliefs, religious practices, and the spiritual
and moral commitments of the world’s great religious traditions. It describes a religion’s way of understanding
life and its attitude and relationship to society.

Publisher: Blackstone Audio Inc
Author: Professor Ninian Smart
Narrator: Ben Kingsley
ISBN: 0-7861-6379-8
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Newjack

Friday, June 13th, 2008 by Book Guy | No Comments »

Newjack
Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing is the story of Conover’s rookie year as a guard at Sing Sing. It is a nerve-jangling account of his passage into the storied prison and the culture of its guards - both fresh-faced "newjacks" like Conover and brutally hardened veterans. As he struggles to be a good officer, Conover angers inmates, dodges blows, works to balance decency with toughness, and participates in prison rituals - strip frisks, cell searches, cell "extractions" - that exact a toll on inmates and officers alike.

The tale begins with the corrections academy and ends with the flames and smoke of New Year’s Eve on Conover’s floor of the notorious B-Block. Along the way, Conover also recounts the history of Sing Sing, from draconian early punishment, to fame as the citadel of capital punishment, to its present status as New York State’s "bottom of the barrel" prison.

This book will become a landmark of American journalism - the definitive presentation of the impasse between the need to imprison criminals and the dehumanization of inmates and guards - that almost inevitably takes place behind bars.

"Newjack is an astonishing work by a gifted - and dedicated - journalist. Ted Conover takes us into the dangerous, sad, amusing and instructive soul of one of America’s best known prisons." — Tom Brokaw
Publisher: Brilliance Audio Inc
Author: Ted Conover
Narrator: Ted Conover
ISBN: 9781596006331
Download Price: $24.95

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Tags: American Journalism, Angers, Astonishing Work, Bottom Of The Barrel, Brilliance, Capital Punishment, Corrections Academy, Decency, Dehumanization, Dodges, Guarding Sing Sing, Impasse, Inmates, Narrator, Quot, Rituals, Rookie Year, Ted Conover, Tom Brokaw, Toughness