![]() ![]() ![]() Volume contains 14 essays on race, some first published in The Atlantic Monthly. First published in 1903, The Souls of Black Folk: Essays & Sketches, is a seminal work & major cornerstone of African-American literature. Du Bois (1868 - 1963), first African American to earn a doctorate from Harvard, 1909 co-founder of the Nat'l Assoc for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and, recipient of the 1958 Lenin Internat'l Peace Prize. ![]() Massachusetts born, American sociologist, socialist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, writer & editor, William E.B. Discoloration to front/rear covers verso. Softcover, illustrated by Mark Burckhardt/NF sound w/trace edge rubs & closed tear to lower front edge. Mark Burckhardt (Cover Illustration) (illustrator). ![]()
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It's a fast-moving adventure with a fierce battle against sinister foes, and there's a brilliant twist at the end. Summary: Podkin One Ear is a lovely book for both young children and older readers. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Would you use that gun, knowing you could get away with murder?Īs the series progresses it becomes increasingly evident that this isn't a game, it's not even a private obsession. How is that possible? Why is he doing it? ![]() By "untraceable" I mean that if even a single bullet is found at the scene of any crime, investigations into it will cease immediately. There's also a gun and 100 rounds of untraceable ammunition. In that case is irrefutable evidence that someone has seriously screwed you over plus the culprit's identity. Gripping conspiracy crime fiction which, initially, looks simple enough: Agent Graves, a man of almost pensionable age in a suit and tie, arrivals on your doorstep with a briefcase. Collects first three 100 BULLETS volumes in one! 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He is acutely aware of the ambiguities and nuances surrounding the issues of war and death and that makes this a fine and troubling book, as well as a riveting read’ Literary Review David Crane writes exuberant, joyful prose. And he reveals that this Herculean task was accomplished largely due to the efforts of one man: Fabian Ware’ Independent on Sunday Crane shows how extraordinary a physical, logistical and administrative feat it was to bury or commemorate more than half a million dead in individual graves. Crane succeeds in doing so by looking at the achievement of Fabian Ware, who to this day is almost an unknown in the pantheon of heroes or villains associated with the conflict’ Evening Standard It strikes at the heart of the current debate about what we are commemorating, celebrating or deploring in the flood of ceremony, debate and literary rows about the meaning of the First World War today. Mercifully, it is also one of the shortest. ‘Of the avalanche of books to commemorate the centennial of the opening of the Great War, ‘Empires of the Dead’ is the most original, best written and most challenging so far. ![]() ![]() Tiffany can't avoid being funny-it's just who she is, whether she's plotting shocking, jaw-dropping revenge on an ex-boyfriend or learning how to handle her newfound fame despite still having a broke person's mind-set. ![]() None of that worked (and she's still single), but it allowed Tiffany to imagine a place for herself where she could do something she loved for a living: comedy. ![]() Or at least she could make enough money-as the paid school mascot and in-demand Bar Mitzvah hype woman-to get her hair and nails done, so then she might get a boyfriend. If she could do that, then her classmates would let her copy their homework, the other foster kids she lived with wouldn't beat her up, and she might even get a boyfriend. ![]() Growing up in one of the poorest neighborhoods of South Central Los Angeles, Tiffany learned to survive by making people laugh. From stand-up comedian, actress, and breakout star of Girls Trip, Tiffany Haddish, comes The Last Black Unicorn, a sidesplitting, hysterical, edgy, and unflinching collection of (extremely) personal essays, as fearless as the author herself. ![]() ![]() ![]() Harris has three daughters, Cadence's mother Penny, and her aunts Carrie and Bess. ![]() Although her family pretends to be perfect, Cadence knows that beneath the surface, the wealth and privilege have taken an insidious toll on her family and any unhappiness or odd behavior is ignored or repressed to perpetuate the image of refinement. However, not every summer is the same-when something happens to Cadence during the summer of her fifteenth year, the four "Liars" (Cadence, Johnny, Gat and Mirren) re-emerge two years later to prompt Cadence to remember the incident.Ĭadence Sinclair Eastman is the eldest grandchild of the wealthy Harris Sinclair. It is centered on the wealthy, seemingly perfect Sinclair family, who spend every summer sitting gathered on their private island. We Were Liars focuses on the theme of consequences of one's mistakes. ![]() ![]() It was also listed as an ALA Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults for 2015. The novel has received critical acclaim and won the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Young Adult Fiction. We Were Liars is a 2014 psychological horror young-adult novel by E. 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WINNERS TAKE ALL The Elite Charade of Changing the WorldĪn insider’s groundbreaking investigation of how the global elite’s efforts to “change the world” preserve the status quo and obscure their role in causing the problems they later seek to solve.įormer New York Times columnist Anand Giridharadas takes us into the inner sanctums of a new gilded age, where the rich and powerful fight for equality and justice any way they can–except ways that threaten the social order and their position atop it. ![]() ![]() ![]() But when Colin returns to London from a trip abroad, he discovers nothing in his life is quite the same-especially Penelope Featherington! The girl who was always simply… there is suddenly the girl haunting his dreams. ![]() After half a lifetime of watching Colin Bridgerton from afar, she thinks she knows everything about him, until she stumbles across his deepest secret… and fears she doesn’t know him at all.Ĭolin Bridgerton is tired of being thought nothing but an empty-headed charmer, tired of the neverending sameness of his life, and, most of all, tired of everyone’s preoccupation with the notorious gossip columnist Lady Whistledown, who can’t seem to publish an edition without mentioning him in the first paragraph. Penelope Featherington has secretly adored her best friend’s brother for… well, it feels like forever. ![]() |