The Epic Journeys Of Morgan Clarke
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The Epic Journeys Of Morgan Clarke
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Author : Antoine Medley
language : en
Publisher: Through Black Eyes Publishing
Release Date : 2014-01-31
The Epic Journeys Of Morgan Clarke written by Antoine Medley and has been published by Through Black Eyes Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-31 with categories.
"Always remember that there will be times when you will have to stand up. Just be available when you are called. Be available!" Meet Morgan & Clarke-Two inquisitive, fun-loving sisters who, with the help of a magical gift from their grandmother, travel back in time and learn tough life lessons along the way! Their first journey takes them on an unsuspected and dangerous expedition on the Underground Railroad. There, they meet Harriet Tubman, who-with a rifle to ward off pursuers and their ferocious dogs in one hand, and a torch to light the darkness in the other-guides slaves from the South to freedom up North. Morgan and Clarke encounter unforeseen perils on their voyage, but their grandma's quilt shields them from all harm...And gives them the courage to stand up for what's right!
The Cumulative Book Index
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979
The Cumulative Book Index written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with American literature categories.
A world list of books in the English language.
Jazz Musicians 1945 To The Present
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Author : David Dicaire
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2015-01-27
Jazz Musicians 1945 To The Present written by David Dicaire and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-27 with Music categories.
From its very beginnings, the nature of jazz has been to reinvent itself. As the musical genre evolved from its roots--blues, European music, Voodoo ceremonies, and brass bands that played at funerals, parades and celebrations--the sound reflected the tenor of the times, from the citified strains of the Roaring '20s to the Big Band swing of pre-World War II to the bop revolution that grew out of the minimalist sound the war forced upon the art form. That the music continued to develop and evolve is a tribute to the power and creativity of its musicians. Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Sarah Vaughan, Art Blakey, Dave Brubeck, Sun Ra, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Diana Krall, Archie Shepp, Chick Corea, Branford Marsalis, Larry Coryell, and Kenny Kirkland are just some of the jazz greats profiled here. The five major periods of jazz--the bop revolution, hard bop and cool jazz, the avant-garde, fusion, and contemporary--form the basis for the sections in this reference work, with a brief history of each period provided. The artists who were integral to the evolution of each period are then profiled. Each biographical entry focuses on the artist's life and his or her influence on jazz and on music as a whole. A complete discography for each musician is also provided.
Travel Writing From Black Australia
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Author : Robert Clarke
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2015-11-19
Travel Writing From Black Australia written by Robert Clarke and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-19 with Literary Criticism categories.
Over the past thirty years the Australian travel experience has been ‘Aboriginalized’. Aboriginality has been appropriated to furnish the Australian nation with a unique and identifiable tourist brand. This is deeply ironic given the realities of life for many Aboriginal people in Australian society. On the one hand, Aboriginality in the form of artworks, literature, performances, landscapes, sport, and famous individuals is celebrated for the way it blends exoticism, mysticism, multiculturalism, nationalism, and reconciliation. On the other hand, in the media, cinema, and travel writing, Aboriginality in the form of the lived experiences of Aboriginal people has been exploited in the service of moral panic, patronized in the name of white benevolence, or simply ignored. For many travel writers, this irony - the clash between different regimes of valuing Aboriginality - is one of the great challenges to travelling in Australia. Travel Writing from Black Australia examines the ambivalence of contemporary travelers’ engagements with Aboriginality. Concentrating on a period marked by the rise of discourses on Aboriginality championing indigenous empowerment, self-determination, and reconciliation, the author analyses how travel to Black Australia has become, for many travelers, a means of discovering ‘new’—and potentially transformative—styles of interracial engagement.
Master Of The Mountain
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Author : Henry Wiencek
language : en
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Release Date : 2012-10-16
Master Of The Mountain written by Henry Wiencek and has been published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-16 with History categories.
Is there anything new to say about Thomas Jefferson and slavery? The answer is a resounding yes. Master of the Mountain, Henry Wiencek's eloquent, persuasive book—based on new information coming from archaeological work at Monticello and on hitherto overlooked or disregarded evidence in Jefferson's papers—opens up a huge, poorly understood dimension of Jefferson's world. We must, Wiencek suggests, follow the money. So far, historians have offered only easy irony or paradox to explain this extraordinary Founding Father who was an emancipationist in his youth and then recoiled from his own inspiring rhetoric and equivocated about slavery; who enjoyed his renown as a revolutionary leader yet kept some of his own children as slaves. But Wiencek's Jefferson is a man of business and public affairs who makes a success of his debt-ridden plantation thanks to what he calls the "silent profits" gained from his slaves—and thanks to a skewed moral universe that he and thousands of others readily inhabited. We see Jefferson taking out a slave-equity line of credit with a Dutch bank to finance the building of Monticello and deftly creating smoke screens when visitors are dismayed by his apparent endorsement of a system they thought he'd vowed to overturn. It is not a pretty story. Slave boys are whipped to make them work in the nail factory at Monticello that pays Jefferson's grocery bills. Parents are divided from children—in his ledgers they are recast as money—while he composes theories that obscure the dynamics of what some of his friends call "a vile commerce." Many people of Jefferson's time saw a catastrophe coming and tried to stop it, but not Jefferson. The pursuit of happiness had been badly distorted, and an oligarchy was getting very rich. Is this the quintessential American story?
Swell
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Author : LIZ. CLARK
language : en
Publisher: Patagonia
Release Date : 2024-05-14
Swell written by LIZ. CLARK and has been published by Patagonia this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-05-14 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Sally Clarke S Book
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Author : Sally Clarke
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan Pub Limited
Release Date : 1999
Sally Clarke S Book written by Sally Clarke and has been published by Macmillan Pub Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Cooking categories.
A recipe collection from one of Britain's most distinctive chefs. Sally Clarke's food has long been savoured by those in the know, who have made the pilgramage to her restaurant in London's Kensington Church Street, or visited her shop next door, Clarke's &, for it breads, cheeses and delicatessan - all made on the premises, or carefully selected from regional producers. This is the book that brings he skills, taste and flavour to everyone.
Maritime Slavery
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Author : Philip D. Morgan
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-12-07
Maritime Slavery written by Philip D. Morgan and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-12-07 with History categories.
Think of maritime slavery, and the notorious Middle Passage – the unprecedented, forced migration of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic – readily comes to mind. This so-called ‘middle leg’ – from Africa to the Americas – of a supposed trading triangle linking Europe, Africa, and the Americas naturally captures attention for its scale and horror. After all, the Middle Passage was the largest forced, transoceanic migration in world history, now thought to have involved about 12.5 million African captives shipped in about 44,000 voyages that sailed between 1514 and 1866. No other coerced migration matches it for sheer size or gruesomeness. Maritime slavery is not, however, just about the movement of people as commodities, but rather, the involvement of all sorts of people, including slaves, in the transportation of those human commodities. Maritime slavery is thus not only about objects being moved but also about subjects doing the moving. Some slaves were actors, not simply the acted-upon. They were pilots, sailors, canoemen, divers, linguists, porters, stewards, cooks, and cabin boys, not forgetting all the ancillary workers in ports such as stevedores, warehousemen, labourers, washerwomen, tavern workers, and prostitutes. Maritime Slavery reflects this current interest in maritime spaces, and covers all the major Oceans and Seas. This book was originally published as a special issue of Slavery and Abolition.
Hard Road West
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Author : Keith Heyer Meldahl
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2012-01-11
Hard Road West written by Keith Heyer Meldahl 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 2012-01-11 with Science categories.
The dramatic journeys of the 19th century Gold Rush come to life in this geologist’s tour of the American West and the events that shaped the land. In 1848, news of the discovery of gold in California triggered an enormous wave of emigration toward the Pacific. The dramatic terrain these settlers crossed is so familiar to us now that it is hard to imagine how frightening—even godforsaken—its sheer rock faces and barren deserts once seemed to them. Hard Road West brings their perspective vividly to life, weaving together the epic overland journey of the covered wagon trains and the compelling story of the landscape they encountered. Taking readers along the 2,000-mile California Trail, Keith Meldahl uses settler’s diaries and letters—as well as his own experiences on the trail—to reveal how the geology and geography of the West shaped our nation’s westward expansion. He guides us through a landscape of sawtooth mountains, following the meager streams that served as lifelines through an arid land, all the way to California itself, where colliding tectonic plates created breathtaking scenery and planted the gold that lured travelers west in the first place. “Alternates seamlessly between vivid accounts of the 19th-century journey and lucid explanations of the geological events that shaped the landscape traveled.”—Library Journal
Africa Crude Continent
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Author : Duncan Clarke
language : en
Publisher: Profile Books
Release Date : 2010-07-23
Africa Crude Continent written by Duncan Clarke and has been published by Profile Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-07-23 with Business & Economics categories.
Based on thirty years in the global oil game, intimate knowledge of African history and direct experience of over forty countries, this comprehensive book shows that Africa's flaws are not the whole story, when it comes to the continent's history. A definitive yet original account of the rush for Africa's oil, this is also a guide to the hidden face of Africa. Duncan Clarke begins by placing African oil issues in their historical context before tackling the issues of power, nationalism and different parties' strategies for control that have led to today's oil scene. This book is the ultimate reference work on oil in Africa - which is vital to everyone's future around the world.