Celia, a Slave
Author : Melton A. McLaurin
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 50,21 MB
Release : 2021-12-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 082036925X
Orphans of the Storm
Author : Celia Imrie
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 50,35 MB
Release : 2021-12-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1635577896
Book Description
From internationally bestselling author and celebrated actress Celia Imrie, an epic novel set against the backdrop of the sinking of the Titanic. Nice, France, 1911: After three years of marriage, Marcella Navratil has finally had enough. Her husband, Michael, an ambitious tailor, may have charmed her during their courtship, but their few years of marriage have revealed a cruel and controlling streak. The 21-year-old mother of two is determined to get a divorce. But while awaiting the Judges' decision on the custody of their children, Michael receives news that changes everything. Meanwhile fun-loving New York socialite Margaret Hays is touring Europe with some friends. Restless, she resolves to head home aboard the most celebrated steamer in the world. But as the ship sets sail for America, carrying two infants bearing false names, the paths of Marcella, Michael and Margaret cross and nothing will ever be the same again. Orphans of the Storm dives into the waters of the past to unearth a sweeping, epic tale of the sinking of the Titanic that radiates with humanity and hums with life.
My Name Is Celia (Me Llamo Celia)
Author : Monica Brown
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 26,52 MB
Release : 2004-10-01
Category :
ISBN : 9780873588850
Book Description
Gracious and Strong
Author : Celia Swanson
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 25,8 MB
Release : 2018-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781945507762
Book Description
The first female executive vice president of Walmart Stores, Inc. reveals what it means to rise above uncertain leadership challenges and make essential hard-right decisions. She explains that a leader who inspires others and helps them achieve their full potential is one who is gracious and strong.
Celia, a Slave
Author : Barbara Seyda
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 26,72 MB
Release : 2016-08-23
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0300224591
Book Description
The winner of the 2015 Yale Drama Series playwriting competition was selected by Nicholas Wright, former Associate Director of London’s Royal Court. Barbara Seyda’s stunningly theatrical Celia, a Slave is a vivid tableau of interviews with the dead that interweaves oral histories with official archival records. Powerful, poetic, and stylistically bold, this work foregrounds twenty-three diverse characters to recall the events that led to the hanging of nineteen-year-old Celia, an African American slave convicted in a Missouri court of murdering her master, the prosperous landowner Robert Newsom, in 1855. Excavating actual trial transcripts and court records, Seyda bears witness to racial and sexual violence in U.S. history, illuminating the brutal realities of female slave life in the pre–Civil War South while exploring the intersection of rape, morality, economics, and gender politics that continue to resonate today.
Celia
Author : Celia Cruz
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 30,61 MB
Release : 2005-07-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0060725559
Book Description
This is the authorized, posthumous autobiography of the Queen of Salsa's extraordinary--and until now, largely private--life.
Celia's Song
Author : Lee Maracle
Publisher : Cormorant Books
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 41,28 MB
Release : 2014-10-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1770864180
Book Description
Mink is a witness, a shape shifter, compelled to follow the story that has ensnared Celia and her village, on the West coast of Vancouver Island in Nuu’Chahlnuth territory. Celia is a seer who — despite being convinced she’s a little “off” — must heal her village with the assistance of her sister, her mother and father, and her nephews. While mink is visiting, a double-headed sea serpent falls off the house front during a fierce storm. The old snake, ostracized from the village decades earlier, has left his terrible influence on Amos, a residential school survivor. The occurrence signals the unfolding of an ordeal that pulls Celia out of her reveries and into the tragedy of her cousin’s granddaughter. Each one of Celia’s family becomes involved in creating a greater solution than merely attending to her cousin’s granddaughter. Celia’s Song relates one Nuu’Chahlnuth family’s harrowing experiences over several generations, after the brutality, interference, and neglect resulting from contact with Europeans.
The Book of Unknown Americans
Author : Cristina Henríquez
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 26,6 MB
Release : 2014-06-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0385350856
Book Description
A stunning novel of hopes and dreams, guilt and love—a book that offers a resonant new definition of what it means to be American and "illuminates the lives behind the current debates about Latino immigration" (The New York Times Book Review). When fifteen-year-old Maribel Rivera sustains a terrible injury, the Riveras leave behind a comfortable life in Mexico and risk everything to come to the United States so that Maribel can have the care she needs. Once they arrive, it’s not long before Maribel attracts the attention of Mayor Toro, the son of one of their new neighbors, who sees a kindred spirit in this beautiful, damaged outsider. Their love story sets in motion events that will have profound repercussions for everyone involved. Here Henríquez seamlessly interweaves the story of these star-crossed lovers, and of the Rivera and Toro families, with the testimonials of men and women who have come to the United States from all over Latin America.
Feeling Sorry for Celia
Author : Jaclyn Moriarty
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 27,64 MB
Release : 2014-06-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1466873779
Book Description
A #1 Bestseller in Australia and Book Sense 76 Pick Life is pretty complicated for Elizabeth Clarry. Her best friend Celia keeps disappearing, her absent father suddenly reappears, and her communication with her mother consists entirely of wacky notes left on the fridge. On top of everything else, because her English teacher wants to rekindle the "Joy of the Envelope," a Complete and Utter Stranger knows more about Elizabeth than anyone else. But Elizabeth is on the verge of some major changes. She may lose her best friend, find a wonderful new friend, kiss the sexiest guy alive, and run in a marathon. So much can happen in the time it takes to write a letter... A #1 bestseller in Australia, this fabulous debut is a funny, touching, revealing story written entirely in the form of letters, messages, postcards—and bizarre missives from imaginary organizations like The Cold Hard Truth Association. Feeling Sorry for Celia captures, with rare acuity, female friendship and the bonding and parting that occurs as we grow. Jaclyn Moriarty's hilariously candid novel shows that the roller coaster ride of being a teenager is every bit as fun as we remember—and every bit as harrowing.
Celia Cruz, Queen of Salsa
Author : Veronica Chambers
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 40,41 MB
Release : 2007-07-19
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0142407798
Book Description
Everyone knows the flamboyant, larger-than-life Celia Cruz, the extraordinary salsa singer who passed away in 2003, leaving millions of fans brokenhearted. indeed, there was a magical vibrancy to the Cuban salsa singer. to hear her voice or to see her perform was to feel her life-affirming energy deep within you. relish the sizzling sights and sounds of her legacy in this glimpse into Celia’s childhood and her inspiring rise to worldwide fame and recognition as the Queen of salsa. Her inspirational life story is sure to sweeten your soul.
