Author: Michelle R. Scott
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252033388
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
The cultural and industrial reconstruction of the South, explored through a major figure in early black music
Blues Empress in Black Chattanooga
Author: Michelle R. Scott
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252033388
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
The cultural and industrial reconstruction of the South, explored through a major figure in early black music
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252033388
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
The cultural and industrial reconstruction of the South, explored through a major figure in early black music
Black Empress
Author: Bobbi Phelps
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780997068801
Category : Dogs
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
At the age of 29, Bobbi Wolverton became a secretary to the Iran Safari Company in 1972. Working in a foreign country brought her challenges and rewards. Trying to save a throw-away puppy contributed to those challenges, ones that were both threatening and frightening.From the moment of her arrival in Iran, she bonded with a sick puppy, one that was destined to be killed as the dog held no value to the bird-hunting company. To save the puppy, Bobbi defied her host, employer, and the Muslim culture. She survived dreadful incidents and yet witnessed caring locals who aided in the rescue.*Night River Crossing * Interrogations * Attempted Rape In this inspiring memoir, Bobbi tells the rescue story of her beloved dog from Iran. Her bond with a throw-away puppy brought untold happiness and important meaning throughout her life.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780997068801
Category : Dogs
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
At the age of 29, Bobbi Wolverton became a secretary to the Iran Safari Company in 1972. Working in a foreign country brought her challenges and rewards. Trying to save a throw-away puppy contributed to those challenges, ones that were both threatening and frightening.From the moment of her arrival in Iran, she bonded with a sick puppy, one that was destined to be killed as the dog held no value to the bird-hunting company. To save the puppy, Bobbi defied her host, employer, and the Muslim culture. She survived dreadful incidents and yet witnessed caring locals who aided in the rescue.*Night River Crossing * Interrogations * Attempted Rape In this inspiring memoir, Bobbi tells the rescue story of her beloved dog from Iran. Her bond with a throw-away puppy brought untold happiness and important meaning throughout her life.
The Empress' New Clothes
Author: Jaid Black
Publisher: Jaid Black
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Modern day Earth woman Kyra Summers is kidnapped by a seven-foot tall, thickly muscled warrior claiming to be her Sacred Mate. Life on his home planet Tryston takes some getting used to, as the laws of the world cater to erotic hedonism and leave females at the sexual subjugation of the barbarians who claim them. Enjoy Kyra's spicy escapades as she adjusts to life and love in another dimension.
Publisher: Jaid Black
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Modern day Earth woman Kyra Summers is kidnapped by a seven-foot tall, thickly muscled warrior claiming to be her Sacred Mate. Life on his home planet Tryston takes some getting used to, as the laws of the world cater to erotic hedonism and leave females at the sexual subjugation of the barbarians who claim them. Enjoy Kyra's spicy escapades as she adjusts to life and love in another dimension.
Empress Orchid
Author: Anchee Min
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0618562036
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
From a master of the historical novel, Empress Orchid sweeps readers into the heart of the Forbidden City to tell the fascinating story of a young concubine who becomes China's last empress. Min introduces the beautiful Tzu Hsi, known as Orchid, and weaves an epic of a country girl who seized power through seduction, murder, and endless intrigue. When China is threatened by enemies, she alone seems capable of holding the country together. In this "absorbing companion piece to her novel Becoming Madame Mao" (New York Times), readers and reading groups will once again be transported by Min's lavish evocation of the Forbidden City in its last days of imperial glory and by her brilliant portrait of a flawed yet utterly compelling woman who survived, and ultimately dominated, a male world.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0618562036
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
From a master of the historical novel, Empress Orchid sweeps readers into the heart of the Forbidden City to tell the fascinating story of a young concubine who becomes China's last empress. Min introduces the beautiful Tzu Hsi, known as Orchid, and weaves an epic of a country girl who seized power through seduction, murder, and endless intrigue. When China is threatened by enemies, she alone seems capable of holding the country together. In this "absorbing companion piece to her novel Becoming Madame Mao" (New York Times), readers and reading groups will once again be transported by Min's lavish evocation of the Forbidden City in its last days of imperial glory and by her brilliant portrait of a flawed yet utterly compelling woman who survived, and ultimately dominated, a male world.
The Power Game in Byzantium
Author: James Allan Evans
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1441140786
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
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Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1441140786
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
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A Particular Kind of Black Man
Author: Tope Folarin
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 1501171836
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
**One of Time’s 32 Books You Need to Read This Summer** An NPR Best Book of 2019 An “electrifying” (Publishers Weekly) debut novel from Rhodes Scholar and winner of the Caine Prize for African Writing about a Nigerian family living in Utah and their uneasy assimilation to American life. Living in small-town Utah has always been an uncomfortable fit for Tunde Akinola’s family, especially for his Nigeria-born parents. Though Tunde speaks English with a Midwestern accent, he can’t escape the children who rub his skin and ask why the black won’t come off. As he struggles to fit in, he finds little solace from his parents who are grappling with their own issues. Tunde’s father, ever the optimist, works tirelessly chasing his American dream while his wife, lonely in Utah without family and friends, sinks deeper into schizophrenia. Then one otherwise-ordinary morning, Tunde’s mother wakes him with a hug, bundles him and his baby brother into the car, and takes them away from the only home they’ve ever known. But running away doesn’t bring her, or her children, any relief; once Tunde’s father tracks them down, she flees to Nigeria, and Tunde never feels at home again. He spends the rest of his childhood and young adulthood searching for connection—to the wary stepmother and stepbrothers he gains when his father remarries; to the Utah residents who mock his father’s accent; to evangelical religion; to his Texas middle school’s crowd of African-Americans; to the fraternity brothers of his historically black college. In so doing, he discovers something that sends him on a journey away from everything he has known. Sweeping, stirring, and perspective-shifting, A Particular Kind of Black Man is “wild, vulnerable, lived…A study of the particulate self, the self as a constellation of moving parts” (The New York Times Book Review).
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 1501171836
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
**One of Time’s 32 Books You Need to Read This Summer** An NPR Best Book of 2019 An “electrifying” (Publishers Weekly) debut novel from Rhodes Scholar and winner of the Caine Prize for African Writing about a Nigerian family living in Utah and their uneasy assimilation to American life. Living in small-town Utah has always been an uncomfortable fit for Tunde Akinola’s family, especially for his Nigeria-born parents. Though Tunde speaks English with a Midwestern accent, he can’t escape the children who rub his skin and ask why the black won’t come off. As he struggles to fit in, he finds little solace from his parents who are grappling with their own issues. Tunde’s father, ever the optimist, works tirelessly chasing his American dream while his wife, lonely in Utah without family and friends, sinks deeper into schizophrenia. Then one otherwise-ordinary morning, Tunde’s mother wakes him with a hug, bundles him and his baby brother into the car, and takes them away from the only home they’ve ever known. But running away doesn’t bring her, or her children, any relief; once Tunde’s father tracks them down, she flees to Nigeria, and Tunde never feels at home again. He spends the rest of his childhood and young adulthood searching for connection—to the wary stepmother and stepbrothers he gains when his father remarries; to the Utah residents who mock his father’s accent; to evangelical religion; to his Texas middle school’s crowd of African-Americans; to the fraternity brothers of his historically black college. In so doing, he discovers something that sends him on a journey away from everything he has known. Sweeping, stirring, and perspective-shifting, A Particular Kind of Black Man is “wild, vulnerable, lived…A study of the particulate self, the self as a constellation of moving parts” (The New York Times Book Review).
The Accidental Empress
Author: Allison Pataki
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 147679023X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
*NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Discover the “captivating, absorbing, and beautifully told” (Kathleen Grissom) love story of Sisi, the Austro-Hungarian empress and wife of Emperor Franz Joseph—perfect for fans of the Netflix series The Empress! The year is 1853, and the Habsburgs are Europe’s most powerful ruling family. With his empire stretching from Austria to Russia, from Germany to Italy, Emperor Franz Joseph is young, rich, and ready to marry. Fifteen-year-old Elisabeth, “Sisi,” Duchess of Bavaria, travels to the Habsburg Court with her older sister, who is betrothed to the young emperor. But shortly after her arrival at court, Sisi finds herself in an unexpected dilemma: she has inadvertently fallen for and won the heart of her sister’s groom. Franz Joseph reneges on his earlier proposal and declares his intention to marry Sisi instead. Thrust onto the throne of Europe’s most treacherous imperial court, Sisi upsets political and familial loyalties in her quest to win, and keep, the love of her emperor, her people, and of the world. With Pataki’s rich period detail and cast of complex, bewitching characters, The Accidental Empress offers “another absolutely compelling story” (Mary Higgins Clark) with this glimpse into one of history’s most intriguing royal families, shedding new light on the glittering Hapsburg Empire and its most mesmerizing, most beloved “Fairy Queen.”
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 147679023X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
*NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Discover the “captivating, absorbing, and beautifully told” (Kathleen Grissom) love story of Sisi, the Austro-Hungarian empress and wife of Emperor Franz Joseph—perfect for fans of the Netflix series The Empress! The year is 1853, and the Habsburgs are Europe’s most powerful ruling family. With his empire stretching from Austria to Russia, from Germany to Italy, Emperor Franz Joseph is young, rich, and ready to marry. Fifteen-year-old Elisabeth, “Sisi,” Duchess of Bavaria, travels to the Habsburg Court with her older sister, who is betrothed to the young emperor. But shortly after her arrival at court, Sisi finds herself in an unexpected dilemma: she has inadvertently fallen for and won the heart of her sister’s groom. Franz Joseph reneges on his earlier proposal and declares his intention to marry Sisi instead. Thrust onto the throne of Europe’s most treacherous imperial court, Sisi upsets political and familial loyalties in her quest to win, and keep, the love of her emperor, her people, and of the world. With Pataki’s rich period detail and cast of complex, bewitching characters, The Accidental Empress offers “another absolutely compelling story” (Mary Higgins Clark) with this glimpse into one of history’s most intriguing royal families, shedding new light on the glittering Hapsburg Empire and its most mesmerizing, most beloved “Fairy Queen.”
The Black Rose
Author: Thomas B. Costain
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 465
Book Description
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Black Rose" by Thomas B. Costain. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 465
Book Description
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Black Rose" by Thomas B. Costain. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
The Phoenix Empress
Author: K Arsenault Rivera
Publisher: Tor Books
ISBN: 0765392569
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
K Arsenault Rivera's second novel, The Tiger's Daughter, the continuation of a new epic fantasy trilogy "Rich, expansive, and grounded in human truth...simply exquisite.” —V. E. Schwab, New York Times bestselling author of the Shades of Magic series Once they were the heirs to a prophecy that predicted two women would save an empire. Now Shefali is dying—and her wife is unaware of the coming tragedy. Shizuka is too busy trying to reunite a fractured empire and right the wrongs of her ancestors. As the Imperial Army gathers against a demonic invasion, Shizuka must do all she can with an empire on the brink of civil war. Ascendant #1 The Tiger’s Daughter #2 The Phoenix Empress #3 The Warrior Moon At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Publisher: Tor Books
ISBN: 0765392569
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
K Arsenault Rivera's second novel, The Tiger's Daughter, the continuation of a new epic fantasy trilogy "Rich, expansive, and grounded in human truth...simply exquisite.” —V. E. Schwab, New York Times bestselling author of the Shades of Magic series Once they were the heirs to a prophecy that predicted two women would save an empire. Now Shefali is dying—and her wife is unaware of the coming tragedy. Shizuka is too busy trying to reunite a fractured empire and right the wrongs of her ancestors. As the Imperial Army gathers against a demonic invasion, Shizuka must do all she can with an empire on the brink of civil war. Ascendant #1 The Tiger’s Daughter #2 The Phoenix Empress #3 The Warrior Moon At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
From The Black
Author: Michael Chatfield
Publisher: MICHAEL CHATFIELD PUBLICATIONS INC.
ISBN: 1989377297
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
The Universe isn’t always as it appears, something that Salchar and the Free Fleet know only too well. When the black’s own creatures come tearing out from children’s nightmares. The Free Fleet will be there. Some might call those that make up the Free Fleet insane, might call them lunatics. But in this universe, it’s good to have some lunatics on your side.
Publisher: MICHAEL CHATFIELD PUBLICATIONS INC.
ISBN: 1989377297
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
The Universe isn’t always as it appears, something that Salchar and the Free Fleet know only too well. When the black’s own creatures come tearing out from children’s nightmares. The Free Fleet will be there. Some might call those that make up the Free Fleet insane, might call them lunatics. But in this universe, it’s good to have some lunatics on your side.