Showing results for "Beach Politics" in Social Sciences

In 2013, South African businessman Daniel Janse van Rensburg set off to the West African country to finalise a legitimate airline contract with a local politician. Within days, Daniel was arrested by the local Rapid Intervention Force and detained without trial in the island’s infamous ‘Guantanamo’ cells, and was later taken to Black Beach. This is his remarkable story of survival over nearly two years, made possible by his unwavering faith and the humanity of a few fellow inmates. In this thrilling first-person narrative, Daniel relives his ordeal.

Havana is Cuba's soul: a mix of Third World, First World, and Other World. After over a decade of visits as a teacher, researcher, and friend, Karen Dubinsky looks past political slogans and tourist postcards to the streets, neighborhoods, and personalities of a complicated and contradictory city. Her affectionate, humorous vignettes illustrate how Havana's residents - old communist ladies, their skeptical offspring, musicians, underground vendors, entrepreneurial landlords, and poverty-stricken professors - go about their daily lives.

Of all the white American pop music groups that hit the charts before the Beatles, only the Beach Boys continued to thrive throughout the British Invasion to survive into the 1970s and beyond. The Beach Boys helped define both sides of the era we broadly call the sixties, split between their early surf, car, and summer pop and their later hippie, counterculture, and ambitious rock.

When Florida lawmakers passed House Bill 631, they ignited a battle for the soul of Walton County's beaches. Through expert interviews, legal history, and raw local voices, the Eroded traces how a once-unified coastline is now divided by lawsuits, signs, and security guards. What began as an intention to legally clarify Customary Use has evolved into a crisis that could reshape the future of Florida's beaches—and public coastlines across America.

Nome, where gold glitters in the sand and armies of men come to scoop it out. For the lucky ones, fortunes are made overnight. But fortunes can be lost just as fast. Claim jumpers are as thick as fleas. With the backing of a greedy judge, big-city interests are moving in and seizing small claims through smart, corrupt, legal manipulations. Tricked by the city slickers and frustrated by the corrupt court, the hardy miners take matters into their own hands.

"A Beach Club in Queens Where Every Summer Is the Same" is from the July 03, 2016 Lifestyle section of The New York Times. It was written by Corey Kilgannon and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

The Beach Boys started in the Wilsons' garage with members Brian, Dennis, and Carl Wilson; their cousin Mike Love; and friend Al Jardine. Their first hit was in 1962 and was considered a "surf" song that had distinct vocal harmonies. History will show the progression of the Beach Boys songs that permeated the culture of the day. The harmonies, melodies, and arrangements provided a new soundtrack in the culture of the '60s, '70s, '80s and into the new millennium.

"Tech Mogul Asks for $30 Million to Reopen Beach
" is from the Tech section of The New York Times. It was written by Christine Hauser and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"Cannes, Citing Security Risks, Bans Full-Body 'Burkinis' from Its Beaches" is from the August 12, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Aurelien Breeden and Lilia Blaise and narrated by Corey M. Snow.

"Pregnant Women Advised to Avoid Travel to Active Zika Zone in Miami Beach" is from the August 19, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Lizette Alvarez and Pam Belluck and narrated by Corey M. Snow.

"Trump’s Palm Beach Neighbors Shrug and Say They’ve Seen It Before" is from the November 23, 2016 United States section of The New York Times. It was written by Frances Robles and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"A Tip of the Hat to 'Beach Blanket Babylon'" is from the Arts section of The New York Times. It was written by Charles Isherwood and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

Audio Journeys explores the HMS Queen Mary, the third largest passenger sailing ship ever built. A second home to many of the rich and famous, it was a place where Henry Ford made deals, Henry Kissinger fought wars, and famous people entertained. With its Art Deco design, it sailed from England to New York 1,001 times between 1936 and December 11, 1967.