New Releases by David Good

This is the story of the incredible journey of David Good, the son of an American anthropologist father, and indigenous Yanomami mother who calls the Amazon rainforest her home. Overlapping the story of what David''s mother''s early years were like being raised in the rainforest, the book follows David from childhood to adulthood as he searches for identity, love, acceptance, and the one thing truly missing from his life, his mother. Growing up in a predominantly white population of the US without a mother or a deeper connection to his South American roots, David struggles with issues of identity and relationships. His and his mother''s stories intertwine in a heartbreakingly beautiful climax when they are reunited in the jungle. Beautifully illustrated and co-authored by award winning artist and storyteller, FLuX, Good is a vivid and breathtaking visualization of a highly unusual life''s journey.

Eu, yanomami é a emocionante narrativa de David Good, um homem dividido entre duas culturas completamente diferentes buscando compreender a si mesmo, encontrar seu lugar no mundo e se reconectar com a mãe e suas raízes indígenas. Ao longo de sua infância e juventude, David Good esteve dividido entre dois mundos. Filho do antropólogo Kenneth Good e de Yarima, uma mulher yanomami, ele viu sua vida mudar aos 6 anos, quando a mãe, impactada por um intenso choque cultural e um sentimento de não pertencimento, decidiu deixar os Estados Unidos e retornar ao seu povo. Após vinte anos, Good encontrou o caminho para iniciar sua jornada em busca de sua identidade, reencontrar a mãe e reivindicar sua herança indígena, movimento narrado em Eu, yanomami. Percorrendo a natureza da floresta amazônica venezuelana até o subúrbio de Nova Jersey, e vice-versa, Eu, yanomami é um sensível relato de autodescoberta, mas também a rememoração da história dos pais de Good, que revive a jornada do pai, um acadêmico estadunidense e pesquisador da cultura indígena que acabou se relacionando com uma mulher yanomami. David intercala registros dessa história, com a dificuldade da mãe ao tentar se adaptar ao modo de vida não indígena e momentos marcantes da sua própria trajetória. Em Eu, yanomami temos um potente livro de memórias, no qual o autor recorda a partida da mãe e o sentimento de abandono vivido ao longo de sua infância, os anos rebeldes de uma adolescência marcada por depressão e abuso de álcool e um acidente de carro quase fatal que acabou por lhe dar um propósito: encontrar o caminho de volta às raízes da mãe — e também suas. Uma narrativa de cura e descobertas que mescla aventura, história e antropologia, Eu, yanomami é uma combinação de estudo etnográfico e autobiografia, e descreve o real significado de família e como, apesar do tempo e de diferenças gritantes, laços podem permanecer unidos. "Eu era conhecido pelo nome yanomami Ayopowe, que poderia ser traduzido como ''volta'' ou ''desvio''. O nome é adequado: Desvio. Um longo caminho de volta — na verdade, a história da minha vida. Levo um tempo para chegar aonde estou indo, mas sempre acabo encontrando o caminho."

To explain the collapse of historical civilizations, scholars typically point to suboptimal behaviors including misunderstanding the natural environment, shortsightedness, or a lack of institutions. We examine the collapse of four historical societies with a model of endogenous population growth and renewable resources employing components of optimal resource management, economic growth theory, and the moral philosophy of social welfare function choice. We find that these collapses may have been socially optimal. Further, we show that the transient behavior of the system is more sensitive to assumptions than the equilibrium behavior and that focusing solely on equilibria may miss key insights.

Let this collection of eight Sci-Fi and Fantasy stories take your imagination on a journey, with elves, aliens, robots and even a teddy bear for company. Written by the Freedom writers to raise money for the Trauma Recovery Centre (1141659). All proceeds from the sale of this book will go to them.

It''s here and it''s INCREDIBLE! The September issue of BOLD Favor Magazine is totally FEARLESS with cover Latina R&B Sensation Simply Rayne, the 2016 BOLD Award Honorees, the Regina "Sunshine" Robinson''s 2016 Awesome Girls Honorees, tools to get rid of toxic thoughts, a how-to interview with MusGen founder, beautiful pictures from Ellaboo''s Rip the Runway for Ovarian Cancer and the Fairytale Networking session, detailed coverage of the Peachtree Village Film Festival, book reviews, travel to LA, and more!

The July issue of BOLD Plus features fraternal twins Greg and Gretchen Clay who tell how they''ve shared their lives in service and the benefits that have come from it, 9 time management tips from guru Sandy Chernoff, 5 success tips from speaker/singer Deborah Hightower, answers to your questions on how to have faith from Ask Bri, Fashionology Atlanta, and more!

Rooted in two vastly different cultures, a young man struggles to understand himself, find his place in the world, and reconnect with his mother—and her remote tribe in the deepest jungles of the Amazon rainforest—in this powerful memoir that combines adventure, history, and anthropology. “My Yanomami family called me by name. Anyopo-we. What it means, I soon learned, is ‘long way around’: I’d taken the long way around obstacles to be here among my people, back where I started. A twenty-year detour.” For much of his young life, David Good was torn between two vastly different worlds. The son of an American anthropologist and a tribeswoman from a distant part of the Amazon, it took him twenty years to embrace his identity, reunite with the mother who left him when he was six, and claim his heritage. The Way Around is Good’s amazing chronicle of self-discovery. Moving from the wilds of the Amazonian jungle to the paved confines of suburban New Jersey and back, it is the story of his parents, his American scientist-father and his mother who could not fully adapt to the Western lifestyle. Good writes sympathetically about his mother’s abandonment and the deleterious effect it had on his young self; of his rebellious teenage years marked by depression and drinking, and the near-fatal car accident that transformed him and gave him purpose to find a way back to his mother. A compelling tale of recovery and discovery, The Way Around is a poignant, fascinating exploration of what family really means, and the way that the strongest bonds endure, even across decades and worlds.

With The Man Code, Bachelor Pad winner and Bachelorette fan favorite David Good empowers women by helping them decipher the unspoken rules that govern masculinity. In his book, Good explains the difference between a Man Code man and a bad boy. He reveals what men like him value, and lists the stumbling blocks they most often experience on the road to love. He also details why he feels the Man Code is a precious set of values increasingly absent from our society. Manliness, he writes, is at a crossroads in our culture.

In this thesis, I will analyze the four novels and one full-length essay in a work-by-work style in order to emphasize the diversity of Tanizaki''s complex treatment of art and aesthetics. Although many of Tanizaki''s novels have overarching themes, each book addresses the role of art and aesthetics in a unique and effective way, and deserves and in-depth, piece-by-piece exploration. The order in which I have chosen to analyze these works is intended to introduce important key concepts, such a s the varying levels of analysis of Tanizaki works (psychological, sexual, allegorical), at an early stage and then build upon those themes. Without "In Praise of Shadows" and "Manji" at the beginning, a further exploration of Tanizaki''s non-mimetic modes of writing would be difficult, and without the three prior novels, an explanation of "The Makioka Sisters" as aberrant in contrast to Tanizaki''s other works would be impossible. The two middle pieces, "Naomi" and "Some Prefer Nettles" rely on similar themes of breaking with preexisting literary genres, and therefore are near each other in the essay. Finally, I will return to one of "In Praise of Shadows''" most enduring themes, shadows, and show how one final use of Tanizaki''s complex sentiments on art and aesthetics grants even further meaning to each text visited in this thesis.