Book Description
A young woman's very real journey of self-discovery set in the Canadian wilderness.
Author : Elizabeth Arthur
Publisher : St. Paul, Minn. : Graywolf Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 13,80 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Biography & Autobiography
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A young woman's very real journey of self-discovery set in the Canadian wilderness.
Author : Elizabeth Arthur
Publisher :
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 50,74 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Frontier and pioneer life
ISBN : 9780330300261
Author : Katrina Thomas
Publisher : Montlake Romance
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 15,92 MB
Release : 2012-12-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781477814444
A woman fire fighter recovering from injuries vacations with her family on Hatteras Island and is dismayed to learn that her sisters are trying to find her a husband.
Author : Lyman Abbott
Publisher :
Page : 924 pages
File Size : 43,84 MB
Release : 1923
Category : United States
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Page : 952 pages
File Size : 50,66 MB
Release : 1923
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Author : Basil Thomson
Publisher :
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 23,37 MB
Release : 1902
Category : Niue
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Author : Felicity Nussbaum
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 37,30 MB
Release : 2003-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780801868658
These essays explore both literal and metaphorical crossings of the globe, addressing the cultural significance of maps, paintings, travel writing, tourist manuals, cultural identities, island gardens, and other topics in order to lend insight to our perception of global culture during the long 18th century.
Author : Peter P. Blanchard
Publisher : UPNE
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 47,95 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1584658606
A couple set out on a bold and vigorous quest for independence and a more essential way of life on a Maine island
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Page : 910 pages
File Size : 16,4 MB
Release : 1881
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Author : Houston A. Baker Jr.
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 31,94 MB
Release : 2008-03-03
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0231511442
Houston A. Baker Jr. condemns those black intellectuals who, he believes, have turned their backs on the tradition of racial activism in America. These individuals choose personal gain over the interests of the black majority, whether they are espousing neoconservative positions that distort the contours of contemporary social and political dynamics or abandoning race as an important issue in the study of American literature and culture. Most important, they do a disservice to the legacy of W. E. B. Du Bois, Martin Luther King Jr., and others who have fought for black rights. In the literature, speeches, and academic and public behavior of some black intellectuals in the past quarter century, Baker identifies a "hungry generation" eager for power, respect, and money. Baker critiques his own impoverished childhood in the "Little Africa" section of Louisville, Kentucky, to understand the shaping of this new public figure. He also revisits classical sites of African American literary and historical criticism and critique. Baker devotes chapters to the writing and thought of such black academic superstars as Cornel West, Michael Eric Dyson, and Henry Louis Gates Jr.; Hoover Institution senior fellow Shelby Steele; Yale law professor Stephen Carter; and Manhattan Institute fellow John McWhorter. His provocative investigation into their disingenuous posturing exposes what Baker deems a tragic betrayal of King's legacy. Baker concludes with a discussion of American myth and the role of the U.S. prison-industrial complex in the "disappearing" of blacks. Baker claims King would have criticized these black intellectuals for not persistently raising their voices against a private prison system that incarcerates so many men and women of color. To remedy this situation, Baker urges black intellectuals to forge both sacred and secular connections with local communities and rededicate themselves to social responsibility. As he sees it, the mission of the black intellectual today is not to do great things but to do specific, racially based work that is in the interest of the black majority.