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Harlem Shuffle
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Author : Colson Whitehead
language : en
Publisher: Anchor Canada
Release Date : 2022-08-09
Harlem Shuffle written by Colson Whitehead and has been published by Anchor Canada this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08-09 with Fiction categories.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * KIRKUS PRIZE FINALIST FOR FICTION * NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST FOR FICTION * NAACP IMAGE AWARD FINALIST FOR OUTSTANDING LITERARY WORK – FICTION A gloriously entertaining novel of heists, shakedowns and rip-offs set in Harlem in the 1960s, from two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author Colson Whitehead. To his customers and neighbours on 125th street, Ray Carney is an upstanding salesman of reasonably priced furniture, making a life for himself and his family. He and his wife Elizabeth are expecting their second child, and if her parents on Striver's Row don't approve of him or their cramped apartment across from the subway tracks, it's still home. Cash is tight, so if his cousin Freddie occasionally drops off the odd ring or necklace at the furniture store, Ray doesn't see the need to ask where it comes from. He knows a discreet jeweller downtown who also doesn't ask questions. Then Freddie falls in with a crew who plans to rob the Hotel Theresa—the "Waldorf of Harlem"—and volunteers Ray's services as the fence. The heist doesn't go as planned; they rarely do, after all. Now Ray has to cater to a new clientele, one made up of shady cops on the take, vicious minions of the local crime lord and numerous other Harlem lowlifes. As Ray navigates his double life, he starts to see the truth about who actually pulls the strings in Harlem. Can Ray avoid getting killed, save his cousin and grab his share of the big score, all while maintaining his reputation as the go-to source for all your quality home furniture needs?
Harlem Shuffle
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Author : Colson Whitehead
language : en
Publisher: Fleet
Release Date : 2022-08-09
Harlem Shuffle written by Colson Whitehead and has been published by Fleet this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08-09 with Fiction categories.
Harlem Shuffle
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Author : Colson Whitehead
language : nl
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021
Harlem Shuffle written by Colson Whitehead and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021 with categories.
The Underground Railroad
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Author : Colson Whitehead
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2016-10-06
The Underground Railroad written by Colson Whitehead and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-10-06 with Fiction categories.
NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES BY BARRY JENKINS (COMING MAY 2021) WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION 2017 WINNER OF THE ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD 2017 LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2017 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER 2016 'Whitehead is on a roll: the reviews have been sublime' Guardian 'Luminous, furious, wildly inventive' Observer 'Hands down one of the best, if not the best, book I've read this year' Stylist 'Dazzling' New York Review of Books Praised by Barack Obama and an Oprah Book Club Pick, The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead won the National Book Award 2016 and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2017. Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. All the slaves lead a hellish existence, but Cora has it worse than most; she is an outcast even among her fellow Africans and she is approaching womanhood, where it is clear even greater pain awaits. When Caesar, a slave recently arrived from Virginia, tells her about the Underground Railroad, they take the perilous decision to escape to the North. In Whitehead's razor-sharp imagining of the antebellum South, the Underground Railroad has assumed a physical form: a dilapidated box car pulled along subterranean tracks by a steam locomotive, picking up fugitives wherever it can. Cora and Caesar's first stop is South Carolina, in a city that initially seems like a haven. But its placid surface masks an infernal scheme designed for its unknowing black inhabitants. And even worse: Ridgeway, the relentless slave catcher sent to find Cora, is close on their heels. Forced to flee again, Cora embarks on a harrowing flight, state by state, seeking true freedom. At each stop on her journey, Cora encounters a different world. As Whitehead brilliantly recreates the unique terrors for black people in the pre-Civil War era, his narrative seamlessly weaves the saga of America, from the brutal importation of Africans to the unfulfilled promises of the present day. The Underground Railroad is at once the story of one woman's ferocious will to escape the horrors of bondage and a shatteringly powerful meditation on history.
Nickel Boys
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Author : Turtleback Books Publishing, Limited
language : en
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Release Date : 2020-06-30
Nickel Boys written by Turtleback Books Publishing, Limited and has been published by Turtleback Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-06-30 with categories.
Harlem Shuffle
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Author : Colson Whitehead
language : en
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Release Date : 2021-09-14
Harlem Shuffle written by Colson Whitehead and has been published by National Geographic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-14 with Fiction categories.
Ray Carney was only slightly bent when it came to being crooked. To his customers and neighbors on 125th street, Carney is an upstanding salesman of reasonably priced furniture, making a decent life for himself and his family. Few people know he descends from a line of uptown hoods and crooks, and that his façade of normalcy has more than a few cracks in it. Cracks that are getting bigger all the time. Cash is tight, especially with all those installment-plan sofas, so if his cousin Freddie occasionally drops off the odd ring or necklace, Ray doesn't ask where it comes from. Then Freddie falls in with a crew who plan to rob the Hotel Theresa, the 'Waldorf of Harlem', and volunteers Ray's services as the fence. The heist doesn't go as planned; they rarely do. Now Ray has a new clientele, one made up of shady cops, vicious local gangsters, two-bit pornographers, and other assorted Harlem lowlifes.
Summary Of Harlem Shuffle
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Author : Alexander Cooper
language : en
Publisher: BookSummaryGr
Release Date : 2021-11-21
Summary Of Harlem Shuffle written by Alexander Cooper and has been published by BookSummaryGr this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-21 with Fiction categories.
Summary of Harlem Shuffle - A Comprehensive Summary Section 1 It's impossible and engaging hero is Ray Carney, who, when the story starts in 1959, is anticipating a second child with his wife, Elizabeth, while selling used furnishings on Harlem's celebrated, always clamoring 125th Street. Ray can't exactly walk away from his criminal roots. To assist with making a decent living as he battles to develop his business, Ray goes on incognito outings downtown to sell lost or stolen gems, some of it gotten through the questionable methods of Ray's good for nothing cousin, Freddie, who's been getting Ray into messy situations since they were kids. Freddie's presently associated with a plan to ransack the Hotel Theresa, the legendary "Waldorf of Harlem," and he needs his cousin to fence whatever he and his upsetting, unpredictable partners steal. This escapade, which turns out badly, is just the first in a progression of the exhausting trial Ray suffers from the 1950s to the Harlem Uproars of 1964. All through, readers will be enraptured by a Dickensian exhibit of brilliant, eccentric characters, from light fingered hoodlums to common ladies with a low limit for male imprudence. To be continued... Here is a Preview of What You Will Get: ⁃ A Full Book Summary ⁃ An Analysis ⁃ Fun quizzes ⁃ Quiz Answers ⁃ Etc. Get a copy of this summary and learn about the book.
John Henry Days
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Author : Colson Whitehead
language : en
Publisher: Anchor
Release Date : 2009-06-03
John Henry Days written by Colson Whitehead and has been published by Anchor this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-06-03 with Fiction categories.
From the bestselling, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys, a novel that is "funny and wise and sumptuously written" (Jonathan Franzen, The New York Times Book Review). Colson Whitehead’s triumphant novel is on one level a multifaceted retelling of the story of John Henry, the black steel-driver who died outracing a machine designed to replace him. On another level it’s the story of a disaffected, middle-aged black journalist on a mission to set a record for junketeering who attends the annual John Henry Days festival. It is also a high-velocity thrill ride through the tunnel where American legend gives way to American pop culture, replete with p. r. flacks, stamp collectors, blues men , and turn-of-the-century song pluggers. John Henry Days is an acrobatic, intellectually dazzling, and laugh-out-loud funny book that will be read and talked about for years to come. Look for Colson Whitehead’s new novel, Crook Manifesto, coming soon!
New York New York New York
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Author : Thomas Dyja
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2022-03-15
New York New York New York written by Thomas Dyja and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-03-15 with History categories.
"A lively, immersive history by an award-winning urbanist of New York City's transformation, and the lessons it offers for the city's future"--
Retreat
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Author : Nat Segnit
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2021-06-17
Retreat written by Nat Segnit and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06-17 with Psychology categories.
Retreat takes us on a stunning journey through the many ways humans step back from daily life, both in today's world and in our past. 'A vivid personal quest...rich and almost eerily timely' William Fiennes From mindfulness and meditation to yoga breaks and spiritual bootcamps, stepping back from daily life remains a human obsession. In this endlessly enlightening book, Nat Segnit experiences retreats around the world as he investigates why we seek solitude, what we get out of it, and what is going on in our brains and bodies when we achieve it. Along the way, he meets yogic scholars, scientists, religious leaders, philosophers and artists, gaining fascinating - and often startling - insights. 'With a charming blend of sincerity and intellectual curiosity, Segnit leads us sure-footedly into the wilderness' Cal Flyn, author of Islands of Abandonment 'Open-minded, elegantly written and comprehensive' Daily Telegraph