Author : Samuel Shellabarger
Publisher : eNet Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 22,23 MB
Release :
Category :
ISBN : 1618868217
Jacklin Baron, an artist of great talent, marries an older man of character and refinement never suspecting that the real love of her life, restless and hungry as the sea, would appear on a trip to Paris and awaken her heart, changing her life forever.
Author : Iain Gale
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 45,76 MB
Release : 2011-03-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0007415788
The start of a WWII series from Iain Gale, author of Alamein.
Author : Derek Jacques
Publisher : Contemporary Black Biography
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 29,34 MB
Release : 2010-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781414446011
Three times a year, this extraordinary reference series provides biographical profiles of important persons of African heritage. Whether they are personalities from the news, selected 20th-century notables, or individuals who are not yet household names, these are the men and women who are changing today's world and shaping the world of tomorrow.
Author : Gail Lumet Buckley
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
Page : 610 pages
File Size : 36,98 MB
Release : 2002-05-14
Category : History
ISBN : 0375760091
A dramatic and moving tribute to the military’s unsung heroes, American Patriots tells the story of the black servicemen and women who defended American ideals on the battlefield, even as they faced racism in the ranks and segregation on the home front. Through hundreds of original interviews with veterans of every war since World War I, historic accounts, and photographs, Gail Buckley brings these heroes and their struggles to life. We meet Henry O. Flipper, who withstood silent treatment from his classmates to become the first black graduate of West Point in 1877. And World War II infantry medic Bruce M. Wright, who crawled through a minefield to shield a fallen soldier during an attack. Finally, we meet a young soldier in Vietnam, Colin Powell, who rose through the ranks to become, during the Gulf War, the first black chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Fourteen years in the making, American Patriots is a landmark chronicle of the brave men and women whose courage and determination changed the course of American history.
Author : Connie Plantz
Publisher : Enslow Publishers, Inc.
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 18,55 MB
Release : 2014-09-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0766061175
"Originally published as 'Bessie Coleman: first black woman pilot' in 2001"--Copyright page.
Author : Darryl Mace
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 34,10 MB
Release : 2021-01-13
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
Rosa Parks's crucial decision proved more than one to remain seated. This book uses historical analysis and Parks's own words to paint a complete picture of her life as a courageous and defiant civil rights activist. Rosa Parks: A Life in American History explores the life of this important civil rights activist in the context of the cultural and social history of her time. The book focuses heavily on the influence of her mother and grandparents in her civil rights activism and emphasizes the fact that Rosa Parks was always active and engaged in the struggle for civil rights. Analyses of speeches she delivered provide a picture that broadens her influence and importance far beyond the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Chapters are organized chronologically, beginning with Rosa Parks' family history and ending with her death and legacy, and a culminating chapter explores her extensive impact on American history. The work also includes a timeline of key events in her life and a bibliography to aid additional research. Readers will benefit from a holistic approach that explores Parks' life well beyond her refusal to give up her seat on the Montgomery bus line. Of note, this book connects Parks' lifelong activism to the spirit of justice and resistance she learned at a young age.
Author : Lorenzo Thomas
Publisher : Gale, Cengage Learning
Page : 12 pages
File Size : 27,82 MB
Release :
Category : Study Aids
ISBN : 1535848995
Gale Researcher Guide for: Amiri Baraka and the Black Arts Movement is selected from Gale's academic platform Gale Researcher. These study guides provide peer-reviewed articles that allow students early success in finding scholarly materials and to gain the confidence and vocabulary needed to pursue deeper research.
Author : Steven Erikson
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 844 pages
File Size : 39,15 MB
Release : 2008-03-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780765310071
A clash of warriors draws closer as Rhulad Sengar, the Emperor of a Thousand Deaths, spirals into madness, surrounded by sycophants and agents of his Machiavellian chancellor. Against this backdrop, a band of fugitives seek a way out of the empire, but one of them, Fear Sengar, must find the soul of Scabandari Bloodeye. It is his hope that the soul might help halt the Tiste Edur, and so save his brother, the emperor.
Author : Gail Lukasik
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 16,76 MB
Release : 2017-10-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 151072415X
White Like Her: My Family’s Story of Race and Racial Passing is the story of Gail Lukasik’s mother’s “passing,” Gail’s struggle with the shame of her mother’s choice, and her subsequent journey of self-discovery and redemption. In the historical context of the Jim Crow South, Gail explores her mother’s decision to pass, how she hid her secret even from her own husband, and the price she paid for choosing whiteness. Haunted by her mother’s fear and shame, Gail embarks on a quest to uncover her mother’s racial lineage, tracing her family back to eighteenth-century colonial Louisiana. In coming to terms with her decision to publicly out her mother, Gail changed how she looks at race and heritage. With a foreword written by Kenyatta Berry, host of PBS's Genealogy Roadshow, this unique and fascinating story of coming to terms with oneself breaks down barriers.
Author : Patrick Gale
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 43,98 MB
Release : 2016-03-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1455594067
"Patrick Gale has written a book which manages to be both tender and epic, and carries the unmistakable tang of a true story. I loved it." -- Jojo Moyes A privileged elder son, and stammeringly shy, Harry Cane has followed convention at every step. Even the beginnings of an illicit, dangerous affair do little to shake the foundations of his muted existence - until the shock of discovery and the threat of arrest cost him everything. Forced to abandon his wife and child, Harry signs up for emigration to the newly colonised Canadian prairies. Remote and unforgiving, his allotted homestead in a place called Winter is a world away from the golden suburbs of turn-of-the-century Edwardian England. And yet it is here, isolated in a seemingly harsh landscape, under the threat of war, madness and an evil man of undeniable magnetism that the fight for survival will reveal in Harry an inner strength and capacity for love beyond anything he has ever known before. In this exquisite journey of self-discovery, loosely based on a real life family mystery, Patrick Gale has created an epic, intimate human drama, both brutal and breathtaking. This is a novel of secrets, sexuality and, ultimately, of great love.
