Author: Luke Dormehl File Type: epub On 26 May, 2010 Apple Inc. passed Microsoft in valuation as the worlds largest technology company. Its consumer electronic products - ranging from computers to mobile phones to portable media devices, not to mention its iTunes, iBook and App Store - have influenced nearly every facet of our lives, and it shows no sign of slowing down. But how did Apple - a company set up in the back room of a house by two friends, and one that always marketed itself as the underdog - become the marketplace leader (and the worlds second largest company overall), and is it a good thing to have one company hold so much power? In The Apple Revolution Luke Dormehl shares the inside story of how Apple Inc. came to be from the formation of the companys philosophies and user-friendly ethos, to the iPod moment and global domination, leaving you with a deep understanding of how it was created, why it has flourished, and where it might be going next.Review A gripping and often hilarious study of how a bunch of rebels came to influence all our lives. In the words of nerds, this is an impossibly awesome piece of work. --Simon Garfield About the AuthorLuke Dormehl is a journalist and an award-winning documentary filmmaker. With a particular focus on pop culture, his writing has appeared extensively in dozens of online and print publications, while his films have been screened at Cannes.

Author: Franklin Foer File Type: pdf

Author: S Jonathan Bass File Type: epub A heroic reconstruction of the forgotten life of a wrongfully convicted man whose story becomes an historic portrait of racial injustice in the civil rights era.Caliph Washington didnt pull the trigger but, as Officer James Cowboy Clark lay dying, he had no choice but to turn on his heel and run. The year was 1957 Cowboy Clark was white, Caliph Washington was black, and this was the Jim Crow South.As He Calls Me by Lightning painstakingly chronicles, Washington, then a seventeen-year-old simply returning home after a double date, was swiftly arrested, put on trial, and sentenced to death by an all-white jury. The young man endured the horrors of a hellish prison system for thirteen years, a term that included various stints on death row fearing the lightning of the electric chair. Twentieth-century legal history is tragically littered with thousands of stories of such judicial cruelty, but S. Jonathan Basss account is remarkable in that he has been able to meticulously re-create Washingtons saga, animating a life that was not supposed to matter.Given the familiar paradigm of an African American man being falsely accused of killing a white policeman, it would be all too easy to apply a reductionist view to the story. What makes He Calls Me by Lightning so unusual are a spate of unknown variablesmost prominently the fact that Governor George Wallace, nationally infamous for his active advocacy of segregation, did, in fact, save this death row inmates life. As we discover, Wallace stayed Washingtons execution not once but more than a dozen times, reflecting a philosophy about the death penalty that has not been perpetuated by his successors.Other details make Washingtons story significant to legal history, not the least of which is that the defendant endured three separate trials and then was held in a county jail for five more years before being convicted of second-degree murder in 1970 this decision was overturned as well, although the charges were never dismissed. Basss account is also particularly noteworthy for his evocation of Washingtons native Bessemer, a gritty, industrial city lying only thirteen miles to the east of Birmingham, Alabama, whose singularly fascinating story is frequently overlooked by historians.By rescuing Washingtons unknown life trajectoryalong with the stories of his intrepid lawyers, David Hood Jr. and Orzell Billingsley, and Christine Luna, an Italian-American teacher and activist who would become Washingtons bride upon his releaseBass brings to multidimensional life many different strands of the civil rights movement. Devastating and essential, He Calls Me by Lightning demands that we take into account the thousands of lives cast away by systemic racism, and powerfully demonstrates just how much we still do not know.**ReviewA masterly book that is well written and thoroughly researched. . . . By illuminating Washingtons story of courage in the face of an unjust legal system, Bass writes an important book for those concerned about civil rights in this new era of challenges to them. ---Library Journal Starred Review About the AuthorS. Jonathan Bass is a professor at Alabamas Samford University and the author of Blessed Are the Peacemakers Martin Luther King, Jr., Eight White Religious Leaders, and the Letter from Birmingham Jail. He lives in Birmingham, Alabama. Prolific audiobook narrator Mirron Willis has won several AudioFile Earphones Awards and an Audie Award. An accomplished actor, he has appeared on stage, in films, and on television. His many theater credits include roles in Twelfth Night, Much Ado About Nothing, Knock Me a Kiss, and A Raisin in the Sun.

Author: M. Jan Holton File Type: pdf What is it about the concept of home that makes its loss so profound and devastating, and how should the trauma of exile and alienation be approached theologically? M. Jan Holton examines the psychological, social, and theological impact of forced displacement on communities in the Congo and South Sudan and on indigenous Batwa tribespersons in Uganda, as well as on homeless U.S. citizens and on U.S. soldiers returning from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. She draws on ethnographic work in Africa, extensive research in practical theology, sociology, and psychology, as well as on professional work and personal experiences in America and abroad. In doing so she explores how forced displacement disrupts ones connection with the home place and the profound characteristics it fosters that can help people lean toward flourishing spiritually and psychologically throughout their lifetime. Displacement invites a social alienation that can become deeply institutionalized, threatening the moral well being of us all. Longing For Home offers a frame for understanding how communities can respond to refugees and various homeless populations by cultivating hospitality outside of their own comfort zones. This essential study addresses an urgent interreligious global concern and Holtons thoughtful and compelling work offers a constructive model for a sustained practical response. **Review This provocative examination of such romantic notions as home and hospitality complicates our moral and ethical responses to forced displacements of various types. Holton offers a critical, pastoral, and theological engagement with lived realities in the midst of chaos and crisis.Joretta Marshall,Brite Divinity School (Joretta Marshall) Holtons pastoral theology explores homelessness in groundbreaking ways, from forced displacements in Africa and the U.S. to American soldiers with PTSD. The resulting call for hospitality is radicalized in deeply compelling ways. Mary McClintock Fulkerson, Duke Divinity School (Mary McClintock Fulkerson) In the face of the current global refugee crisis, this fascinating, grounded, and inspiring book creatively draws on the actual experiences of displaced people to offer practical theological responses to the loss of home. Emmanuel Y. Lartey, Emory University (Emmanuel Y. Lartey) Holtons integration of social theory, first-person narratives, and theological reflection guides us toward a deeply pastoral understanding of woundedness, moral injury, and chronic powerlessness. Her case for an ethical mandate of compassionate hospitality is compelling and timely.Carolyn J. Sharp,Yale Divinity School (Carolyn J. Sharp) The issue of displaced persons and the tragedy of enforced homelessness is sharply at the forefront of many of our lives today. As countries seemingly incessantly engage in war after war, the human consequences of violence in terms of displaced people is immense and deeply painful. Jan Holton refuses to let the apparent hopelessness of the moment win the day.John Swinton, University of Aberdeen (John Swinton) This deeply committed and passionate work enables us to view loss of home as one of the most important social and religious questions of our day. Heather Walton, University of Glasgow (Heather Walton) About the Author M. Jan Holton served on the faculty at Yale Divinity School in the area of pastoral theology, care, and counseling. She is the author ofBuilding the Resilient Community Lessons from the Lost Boys of Sudan, a study that focuses on field research in South Sudan. What is it about the concept of home that makes its loss so profound and devastating, and how should the trauma of exile and alienation be approached theologically? M. Jan Holton examines the psychological, social, and theological impact of forced displacement on communities in the Congo and South Sudan and on indigenous Batwa tribespersons in Uganda, as well as on homeless U.S. citizens and on U.S. soldiers returning from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. She draws on ethnographic work in Africa, extensive research in practical theology, sociology, and psychology, as well as on professional work and personal experiences in America and abroad. In doing so she explores how forced displacement disrupts ones connection with the home place and the profound characteristics it fosters that can help people lean toward flourishing spiritually and psychologically throughout their lifetime. Displacement invites a social alienation that can become deeply institutionalized, threatening the moral well being of us all. Longing For Home offers a frame for understanding how communities can respond to refugees and various homeless populations by cultivating hospitality outside of their own comfort zones. This essential study addresses an urgent interreligious global concern and Holtons thoughtful and compelling work offers a constructive model for a sustained practical response. **ReviewThis provocative examination of such romantic notions as home and hospitality complicates our moral and ethical responses to forced displacements of various types. Holton offers a critical, pastoral, and theological engagement with lived realities in the midst of chaos and crisis.Joretta Marshall,Brite Divinity School(Joretta Marshall) Holtons pastoral theology explores homelessness in groundbreaking ways, from forced displacements in Africa and the U.S. to American soldiers with PTSD. The resulting call for hospitality is radicalized in deeply compelling ways. Mary McClintock Fulkerson, Duke Divinity School (Mary McClintock Fulkerson) In the face of the current global refugee crisis, this fascinating, grounded, and inspiring book creatively draws on the actual experiences of displaced people to offer practical theological responses to the loss of home. Emmanuel Y. Lartey, Emory University (Emmanuel Y. Lartey) Holtons integration of social theory, first-person narratives, and theological reflection guides us toward a deeply pastoral understanding of woundedness, moral injury, and chronic powerlessness. Her case for an ethical mandate of compassionate hospitality is compelling and timely.Carolyn J. Sharp,Yale Divinity School (Carolyn J. Sharp) The issue of displaced persons and the tragedy of enforced homelessness is sharply at the forefront of many of our lives today. As countries seemingly incessantly engage in war after war, the human consequences of violence in terms of displaced people is immense and deeply painful. Jan Holton refuses to let the apparent hopelessness of the moment win the day.John Swinton, University of Aberdeen (John Swinton) This deeply committed and passionate work enables us to view loss of home as one of the most important social and religious questions of our day. Heather Walton, University of Glasgow (Heather Walton) About the Author M. Jan Holton served on the faculty at Yale Divinity School in the area of pastoral theology, care, and counseling. She is the author ofBuilding the Resilient Community Lessons from the Lost Boys of Sudan, a study that focuses on field research in South Sudan.