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Offering a gripping, informative, and balanced assessment of Mayor Marion Barry, this book reveals how a crafty, first-generation civil rights era politician pulled off his amazing return to power. 24 photos.
Author : Jonetta Rose Barras
Publisher : Bancroft Press
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 46,14 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0963124668
Offering a gripping, informative, and balanced assessment of Mayor Marion Barry, this book reveals how a crafty, first-generation civil rights era politician pulled off his amazing return to power. 24 photos.
Author : Eryk Salvaggio
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 30,97 MB
Release : 2013-07-25
Category : Americans
ISBN : 9781489596987
Most books about Japan will tell you how to use chopsticks and say "konnichiwa!" Few honestly tackle the existential angst of living in a radically foreign culture. The author, a three-year resident and researcher of Japan, tackles the thousand tiny uncertainties of living abroad. -- Adapted from back cover
Author : Stuart Jason
Publisher :
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 33,7 MB
Release : 1983
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Author : Evelyn S. Rawski
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 38,55 MB
Release : 1998-11-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520926790
The Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) was the last and arguably the greatest of the conquest dynasties to rule China. Its rulers, Manchus from the north, held power for three centuries despite major cultural and ideological differences with the Han majority. In this book, Evelyn Rawski offers a bold new interpretation of the remarkable success of this dynasty, arguing that it derived not from the assimilation of the dominant Chinese culture, as has previously been believed, but rather from an artful synthesis of Manchu leadership styles with Han Chinese policies.
Author : Kwame Mbalia
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 40,7 MB
Release : 2021-05-04
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1338665871
From Kwame Mbalia and Prince Joel David Makonnen comes an Afrofuturist adventure about a mythical Ethiopian empire. Sci-fi and fantasy combine in this epic journey to the stars. Yared Heywat lives an isolated life in Addis Prime -- a hardscrabble city with rundown tech, lots of rules, and not much to do. His worrywart Uncle Moti and bionic lioness Besa are his only family... and his only friends. Often in trouble for his thrill-seeking antics and wisecracking sense of humor, those same qualities make Yared a star player of the underground augmented reality game, The Hunt for Kaleb's Obelisk. But when a change in the game rules prompts Yared to log in with his real name, it triggers an attack that rocks the city. In the chaos, Uncle Moti disappears. Suddenly, all the stories Yared's uncle told him as a young boy are coming to life, of kingdoms in the sky and city-razing monsters. And somehow Yared is at the center of them. Together with Besa and the Ibis -- a game rival turned reluctant ally -- Yared must search for his uncle... and answers to his place in a forgotten, galaxy-spanning war.
Author : Brian Staveley
Publisher : Tor Books
Page : 493 pages
File Size : 36,95 MB
Release : 2014-01-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1466828439
In The Emperor's Blades by Brian Staveley, the emperor of Annur is dead, slain by enemies unknown. His daughter and two sons, scattered across the world, do what they must to stay alive and unmask the assassins. But each of them also has a life-path on which their father set them, destinies entangled with both ancient enemies and inscrutable gods. Kaden, the heir to the Unhewn Throne, has spent eight years sequestered in a remote mountain monastery, learning the enigmatic discipline of monks devoted to the Blank God. Their rituals hold the key to an ancient power he must master before it's too late. An ocean away, Valyn endures the brutal training of the Kettral, elite soldiers who fly into battle on gigantic black hawks. But before he can set out to save Kaden, Valyn must survive one horrific final test. At the heart of the empire, Minister Adare, elevated to her station by one of the emperor's final acts, is determined to prove herself to her people. But Adare also believes she knows who murdered her father, and she will stop at nothing—and risk everything—to see that justice is meted out. Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne The Emperor's Blades The Providence of Fire The Last Mortal Bond Other books in the world of the Unhewn Throne Skullsworn (forthcoming) At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Author : Jonetta Rose Barras
Publisher :
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 10,79 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
Offering a gripping, informative, and balanced assessment of Mayor Marion Barry, this book reveals how a crafty, first-generation civil rights era politician pulled off his amazing return to power. 24 photos.
Author : Steve Exeter
Publisher :
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 45,94 MB
Release : 2019-08-09
Category :
ISBN : 9781086355390
Severus follows the amazing true story of a rebellious boy who grew up in an African province and became the first Black Caesar of the Roman Empire, the head of a dynasty that would lead Rome through bloody civil wars and rapidly changing times. As a young man, Severus hates the Romans and conspires to humiliate them. What begins as a childish prank unfurls into a bloodbath that sends Severus careering into his future. Through a tragic love affair, dangerously close battles and threats both internal and external, Severus accrues power -- and enemies -- in his unlikely rise to become the most powerful man in the ancient world.
Author : Robert Lee
Publisher :
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 35,34 MB
Release : 1854
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Author : Robert Lee (M.D., F.R.S.)
Publisher :
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 45,14 MB
Release : 1854
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