The Block
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Black On The Block
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Author : Mary Pattillo
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2010-04-02
Black On The Block written by Mary Pattillo and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-04-02 with Social Science categories.
In Black on the Block, Mary Pattillo—a Newsweek Woman of the 21st Century—uses the historic rise, alarming fall, and equally dramatic renewal of Chicago’s North Kenwood–Oakland neighborhood to explore the politics of race and class in contemporary urban America. There was a time when North Kenwood–Oakland was plagued by gangs, drugs, violence, and the font of poverty from which they sprang. But in the late 1980s, activists rose up to tackle the social problems that had plagued the area for decades. Black on the Block tells the remarkable story of how these residents laid the groundwork for a revitalized and self-consciously black neighborhood that continues to flourish today. But theirs is not a tale of easy consensus and political unity, and here Pattillo teases out the divergent class interests that have come to define black communities like North Kenwood–Oakland. She explores the often heated battles between haves and have-nots, home owners and apartment dwellers, and newcomers and old-timers as they clash over the social implications of gentrification. Along the way, Pattillo highlights the conflicted but crucial role that middle-class blacks play in transforming such districts as they negotiate between established centers of white economic and political power and the needs of their less fortunate black neighbors. “A century from now, when today's sociologists and journalists are dust and their books are too, those who want to understand what the hell happened to Chicago will be finding the answer in this one.”—Chicago Reader “To see how diversity creates strange and sometimes awkward bedfellows . . . turn to Mary Pattillo's Black on the Block.”—Boston Globe
Take Back The Block
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Author : Chrystal D. Giles
language : en
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Release Date : 2021-01-26
Take Back The Block written by Chrystal D. Giles and has been published by Random House Books for Young Readers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-26 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
"This book made me want to step aside, hand over the mic, and listen to Wes. A must-read." --Mariama J. Lockington, author of For Black Girls Like Me Brand-new kicks, ripped denim shorts, Supreme tee-- Wes Henderson has the best style in sixth grade. That--and hanging out with his crew (his best friends since little-kid days) and playing video games--is what he wants to be thinking about at the start of the school year, not the protests his parents are always dragging him to. But when a real estate developer makes an offer to buy Kensington Oaks, the neighborhood Wes has lived his whole life, everything changes. The grownups are supposed to have all the answers, but all they're doing is arguing. Even Wes's best friends are fighting. And some of them may be moving. Wes isn't about to give up the only home he's ever known. Wes has always been good at puzzles, and he knows there has to be a missing piece that will solve this puzzle and save the Oaks. But can he find it . . . before it's too late? Exploring community, gentrification, justice, and friendship, Take Back the Block introduces an irresistible 6th grader and asks what it means to belong--to a place and a movement--and to fight for what you believe in. * "Outstanding."—School Library Journal, Starred Review * “Transformative.”—Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review "Filled with hope, friendship, and grit." --Stacy McAnulty, best-selling author of The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl "Timely and penetrating." --Kelly Starling Lyons, author of Sing a Song: How Lift Every Voice and Sing Inspired Generations "Chrystal Giles's sparkling debut will have you standing up and cheering." --Lisa Yee, award winning author of Millicent Min, Girl Genius "Chrystal Giles really nailed it. I loved this book." --Linda Williams Jackson, award winning author of Midnight Without a Moon "Necessary and inspiring. An empowering read." --Ashley Herring Blake, author of the Stonewall Honor Book Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World "Wes will welcome middle grade readers into his delightful circle of friends, his strong and loving family, and his powerful community." --Barbara Dee, author of the ALA Notable Children's Book Maybe He Just Likes You
Teaching Foreign Languages In The Block
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Author : Deborah Blaz
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-11-20
Teaching Foreign Languages In The Block written by Deborah Blaz and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-20 with Education categories.
Provides detailed instructional strategies, sample lesson plans, and sample assessments so that foreign language teachers can make the best use of the additional time.
The Book Block
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Author : Rúben R Dias
language : en
Publisher: 0. itemzero
Release Date : 2019-12-01
The Book Block written by Rúben R Dias and has been published by 0. itemzero this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-12-01 with Architecture categories.
The Book Block is a manual of industrial binding techniques, the first in the Making a Book collection, which focuses on manuals for graphic book production. With the aim of elevating knowledge about graphic production among designers — helping them to produce better books and communicate more effectively with all those involved in the process — The Book Block brings together the 17 most common industrial binding techniques in 6 categories, exploring each one in detail, describing them and showing what is possible to do in this day and age. Conceived from scratch to be bilingual, in Portuguese and English, the book seeks to systematize Portuguese terminology in the printing industry, while providing the same information in the lingua franca of today’s global market: English. In an international context, with customers, employees and producers sprinkled throughout the world, this book provides the perfect tool for an effective communication. Developed by experienced book designers and bookbinders — Itemzero and Maiadouro — this book is a summary of decades of know-how, now easily made available.
The Gang On The Block
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Author : Linda Gay
language : en
Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
Release Date : 2019-08-27
The Gang On The Block written by Linda Gay and has been published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08-27 with Fiction categories.
School had just let out, and the whole gang was looking forward to a summer of fun, adventure, and mischief. If Linda played her cards right, she could tag along with her older brother, John, and get in on the action of playing baseball in the old abandoned field down the street or playing kick the can when it got dark. After all, the more the merrier. Someone else was thinking of getting in on the action as he watched Linda's thick strawberry-blond ponytail streaming behind her when she ran to find a good hiding spot. He didn't have fun, adventure, or mischief on his mind. He had only one thing, murder. Look for them under Leddy and Piper. The first one to come out is called sucker.
Principia Typographica The Block Books Or Xylographic Delineations Of Scripture History During The Fifteenth Century Elucidate The Character Of The Water Marks Of The Period
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Author : Samuel Leigh Sotheby
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1858
Principia Typographica The Block Books Or Xylographic Delineations Of Scripture History During The Fifteenth Century Elucidate The Character Of The Water Marks Of The Period written by Samuel Leigh Sotheby and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1858 with categories.
Principia Typographica The Block Books
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Author : Samuel Sotheby
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1858
Principia Typographica The Block Books written by Samuel Sotheby and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1858 with categories.
The Block
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Author : Angela Ardis
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2014-06-18
The Block written by Angela Ardis and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-18 with Drama categories.
Fifteen years later, Troy, Robert, Tina, Reigna and Kora are grown and living the lives they'd always dreamed. However, a forced trip to an exotic island rocks each and every one of them to the core. Everything they ever thought about themselves and their lives have been grossly manipulated. Their pasts are revealed and their futures remain dangerously uncertain. But when it's all said and done, they will understand that 'The block', they spent so much time trying to get off of, is calling them back and resisting isn't an option.
The Block The Second Book Of The Loop Trilogy
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Author : Ben Oliver
language : en
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Release Date : 2021-05-04
The Block The Second Book Of The Loop Trilogy written by Ben Oliver and has been published by Scholastic Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-04 with Young Adult Fiction categories.
In the second book of The Loop trilogy, Luka is trapped in a fate worse than death. But now that he knows the truth about what he and his fellow inmates are being used for, it's more important than ever that he not only escapes, but that he builds an army. Luka is a prisoner once again. But this time it's a fate worse than death. In the Block, he must toggle between enduring an Energy Harvest for twelve hours of the day and surviving complete immobilization. The only semblance of relief is the Sane Zone, created to keep prisoners from going completely mad. In this virtual reality, the prisoners live out their fantasies of life outside. But for Luka, it's different. Happy is determined to find out the location of his friends, who disappeared after the Battle of Midway Park. But can Luka battle the descent into madness long enought to stop Happy's manipulation tactics and keep his friends' location safe? Another prison break is the only chance to protect the Missing. And as reality becomes increasingly scrambled on the outside, it'll take an army to stop Galen from carrying out his plans.
Art On The Block
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Author : Ann Fensterstock
language : en
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Release Date : 2013-09-17
Art On The Block written by Ann Fensterstock and has been published by St. Martin's Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-17 with Art categories.
A fascinating tour of the last five decades of contemporary art in New York City, showing how artists are catalysts of gentrification and how neighborhoods in turn shape their art--with special insights into the work of artists such as Jean-Michel Basquiat, Cindy Sherman, and Jeff Koons Stories of New York City's fabled art scene conjure up artists' lofts in SoHo, studios in Brooklyn, and block after block of galleries in Chelsea. But today, no artist can afford a SoHo loft, Brooklyn has long gentrified, and even the galleries of Chelsea are beginning to move on. Art on the Block takes the reader on a journey through the neighborhoods that shape, and are shaped by, New York's ever-evolving art world. Based on interviews with over 150 gallery directors, as well as the artists themselves, art historian and cultural commentator Ann Fensterstock explores the genesis, expansion, maturation and ultimate restless migration of the New York art world from one initially undiscovered neighborhood to the next. Opening with the colonization of the desolate South Houston Industrial District in the late 1960s, the book follows the art world's subsequent elopements to the East Village in the ‘80s, Brooklyn in the mid-90s, Chelsea at the beginning of the new millennium and, most recently, to the Lower East Side. With a look to the newest neighborhoods that artists are just now beginning to occupy, this is a must-read for both art enthusiasts as well as anyone with a passion for New York City.