Author : James Martineau
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 894 pages
File Size : 29,55 MB
Release : 2024-09-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 3368754947
Reprint of the original, first published in 1839.
Author : Gerald Martinez
Publisher : Miramax Books
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 15,98 MB
Release : 1998-10-18
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN :
"From Shaft to Superfly, Foxy Brown to Cleopatra Jones, What It Is...What It Was! presents a vivid pictorial and oral history of the best movies to emerge from a singularly American film movement. The book explores this film explosion. Between 1970 and 1980 over 200 films with Black themes including family dramas, mysteries, horror films, comedies, and action films, were released by both major and independent studios. The book preserves cinema history with the first book to highlight the movie poster artwork while presenting the people who created this history on screen. With the increased use of photography, this period would be the last time that top artists would draw and paint the vibrant bold movie poster images that in themselves were classics. Groundbreaking producer-director-writer Melvin Van Peebles, actors Fred Williamson, Pam Grier, and William Marshall, composer Isaac Hayes, along with many other artists, talk about this body of cinema that has withstood the test of time and influenced American culture. The films are described as powerful, funky, sexy, exuberant, violent, hip, and just plain fun. They also became a target of debate as some coined the sweeping term "blaxploitation." Samuel L. Jackson, John Singleton, Reginald Hudlin, Ice-T, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Quentin Tarantino, and others offer insightful commentary into the history and impact of the films in their work."--back cover.
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Page : 306 pages
File Size : 30,48 MB
Release : 1739
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Publisher : Tom Blackstone
Page : 101 pages
File Size : 41,76 MB
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ISBN : 1301800988
Author : David V. Bush
Publisher : Prabhat Prakashan
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 40,36 MB
Release : 2021-01-01
Category : Self-Help
ISBN :
There are steps of approach to the Silence. Stillness is one thing and the Silence is another. One may quiet himself physically and not be still, and he may be still without entering the Silence. When one becomes physically and mentally at rest, he is apt to become receptive to psychic influences; and when these are not desired it is advisable to protect oneself while mentally negative. One may affirm his Oneness with God, his being surrounded and protected by the divine Goodness, and may symbolize this by enveloping himself in thought with the white light of love or the mellowed tints of sunshine.
Author : Bellegarde (M. l'abbé de, Jean Baptiste Morvan)
Publisher :
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 30,37 MB
Release : 1764
Category : Conduct of life
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Author : C. A. House
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 99 pages
File Size : 49,88 MB
Release : 2013-01-10
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1447486420
This volume takes a detailed look at in-breeding animals, exploring what it is, what it can achieve, and common problems related to it. “In-Breeding: What it is and What it Does” contains a wealth of information that will be invaluable to farmers and breeders of farm animals. Contents Include: “A General Survey”, “A Continental Race”, “Horse Breeder Defines In-Breeding”, “Purity of Strain and Stamina”, “In-Breeding Described”, “Out-Crossing and In-Crossing”, “How to In-Breed”, “Strain: What is it?”, “Like Produces Like”, “What In-Breeding Has Done for Horses, Cattle and Sheep”, “In-Breeding Dogs”, etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction on farming.
Author : Bellegarde (M. l'abbé de, Jean Baptiste Morvan)
Publisher :
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 11,77 MB
Release : 1717
Category : Conduct of life
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Author : Shay Jonez
Publisher : Urban Era Publishing
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 30,49 MB
Release : 2022-10-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1638484708
A story of hood life and love. Annette Brooks is an easygoing girl from the hood. She starts nothing she can't finish and never loses the fight. She is known for being a bookworm, so when she finds herself in the middle of a deadly battle, all things hood become a reality. Annette is soon faced with old enemies and new ones, while she struggles to balance school, first love, family, and the demands of the streets. When things don't go as planned, she finds herself in a few fight-or-flight situations. The incidents to follow will change her life forever. Christian James thrives in trouble, but when he sets his sights on Annette, he decides to keep her. He does not know the journey they will have. He didn't plan on loving her, after all, he lived for the streets. Christian feels like she is his peace and with her, anything is possible. Even getting out of the hood. When an attempt to make some easy money goes wrong, and strange incidents around them happen, he realizes he will protect her at all costs. Together, they stand in the face of many enemies. They battle jealousy, temptation, and hate. In the wake of it all, they find comfort in friends that will follow where ever they lead and cross off names on an ever-growing list of foes. While trying to survive, loyalties will be forgotten, and love is a question in their relationship. All the while, all they want is out, but, the streets always call them back. Will they make it out or just accept that It Is what it is.
Author : Nikki Carter
Publisher : Kensington Publishing Corp.
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 15,58 MB
Release : 2012-03-01
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 075828523X
Gia's got to face the good, the bad, and the new. . . Gia Stokes is psyched for the start of her junior year at Longfellow High. She's co-captain of the Hi-Steppers dance squad, she's back on good terms with her cousin Hope, and her best friend Ricky has achieved hottie status as the school's new first-string quarterback. Now all the girls are after him, including Valerie--Gia's co-captain--and Hope. They both want Gia's help to score a date with Ricky, but how is Gia supposed to choose between them? If that wasn't enough, she also has to deal with a new dad and an annoying fourteen-year-old stepsister. It's going to take every ounce of faith Gia has to flip this script and make her junior year one to remember. "Gia Stokes might be a Hi-Stepper, but this teen role model has both feet on the ground as she meets life's challenges with style and grace." --Melody Carlson, author of the Diary of a Teenage Girl series
