Author: Tyler Spence
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1460211235
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
All jaws drop when high school track and football star Tyler Spence throws in his helmet and cleats to form Dance Machine a, “white boy,” funk band with four fellow classmates. Rising in popularity, the band sets off on a road-trip to a remote corner of their State to play for yet another Sadie Hawkins Dance. Car troubles turn what should have been a simple “gig-n-go” into a two-day ordeal. An unexpected encounter with an old teammate puts conflict into motion for Tyler and his friends when they find themselves at the mercy of the local Sheriff and townsfolk who all agree “they’d never seen boys wearing shoes like those before!” With no way out Tyler is forced to face his rival head-on in a climatic showdown to settle the score. PLATFORMS is a one of a kind, coming-of-age road-trip story with a fun funky vibe making it a timeless classic in the same way the 1970s fashions did for denim, sequins, rainbow knee-socks, and high-heeled shoes, “for men”!
Race with Me
Author: Andre De Grasse
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781443187558
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
A celebration of sport -- and Andre De Grasse's positive, winning attitude Everyone gets nervous butterflies. I don't let that feeling stop me. I love the feeling of being proud of myself. I can only feel it by trying my best. My butterflies just mean I am excited to run. Lace up your shoes and get ready for race day with Canada's 2019 Athlete of the Year, Andre De Grasse! Find out what it was like for him as an underdog, and how he motivates himself to face every challenge, in this inspiring celebration of sport. Filled with full-colour photos and illustrations, this book covers themes of reflection, mindfulness and gratitude sure to motivate all kinds of readers.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781443187558
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
A celebration of sport -- and Andre De Grasse's positive, winning attitude Everyone gets nervous butterflies. I don't let that feeling stop me. I love the feeling of being proud of myself. I can only feel it by trying my best. My butterflies just mean I am excited to run. Lace up your shoes and get ready for race day with Canada's 2019 Athlete of the Year, Andre De Grasse! Find out what it was like for him as an underdog, and how he motivates himself to face every challenge, in this inspiring celebration of sport. Filled with full-colour photos and illustrations, this book covers themes of reflection, mindfulness and gratitude sure to motivate all kinds of readers.
White Like Me
Author: Tim Wise
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1458780910
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
Flipping John Howard Griffin's classic Black Like Me, and extending Noel Ignatiev's How The Irish Became White into the present-day, Wise explores the meanings and consequences of whiteness, and discusses the ways in which racial privilege can harm not just people of color, but also whites. Using stories instead of stale statistics, Wise weaves a narrative that is at once readable and yet scholarly; analytical and yet accessible.
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1458780910
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
Flipping John Howard Griffin's classic Black Like Me, and extending Noel Ignatiev's How The Irish Became White into the present-day, Wise explores the meanings and consequences of whiteness, and discusses the ways in which racial privilege can harm not just people of color, but also whites. Using stories instead of stale statistics, Wise weaves a narrative that is at once readable and yet scholarly; analytical and yet accessible.
Shame on Me
Author: Tessa McWatt
Publisher: Random House Canada
ISBN: 0735277443
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
FINALIST FOR THE GOVERNOR GENERAL'S AWARD FOR NON-FICTION Interrogating our ideas of race through the lens of her own multi-racial identity, critically acclaimed novelist Tessa McWatt turns her eye on herself, her body and this world in a powerful new work of non-fiction. Tessa McWatt has been called Susie Wong, Pocahontas and "black bitch," and has been judged not black enough by people who assume she straightens her hair. Now, through a close examination of her own body--nose, lips, hair, skin, eyes, ass, bones and blood--which holds up a mirror to the way culture reads all bodies, she asks why we persist in thinking in terms of race today when racism is killing us. Her grandmother's family fled southern China for British Guiana after her great uncle was shot in his own dentist's chair during the First Sino-Japanese War. McWatt is made of this woman and more: those who arrived in British Guiana from India as indentured labour and those who were brought from Africa as cargo to work on the sugar plantations; colonists and those whom colonialism displaced. How do you tick a box on a census form or job application when your ancestry is Scottish, English, French, Portuguese, Indian, Amerindian, African and Chinese? How do you finally answer a question first posed to you in grade school: "What are you?" And where do you find a sense of belonging in a supposedly "post-racial" world where shadism, fear of blackness, identity politics and call-out culture vie with each other noisily, relentlessly and still lethally? Shame on Me is a personal and powerful exploration of history and identity, colour and desire from a writer who, having been plagued with confusion about her race all her life, has at last found kinship and solidarity in story.
Publisher: Random House Canada
ISBN: 0735277443
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
FINALIST FOR THE GOVERNOR GENERAL'S AWARD FOR NON-FICTION Interrogating our ideas of race through the lens of her own multi-racial identity, critically acclaimed novelist Tessa McWatt turns her eye on herself, her body and this world in a powerful new work of non-fiction. Tessa McWatt has been called Susie Wong, Pocahontas and "black bitch," and has been judged not black enough by people who assume she straightens her hair. Now, through a close examination of her own body--nose, lips, hair, skin, eyes, ass, bones and blood--which holds up a mirror to the way culture reads all bodies, she asks why we persist in thinking in terms of race today when racism is killing us. Her grandmother's family fled southern China for British Guiana after her great uncle was shot in his own dentist's chair during the First Sino-Japanese War. McWatt is made of this woman and more: those who arrived in British Guiana from India as indentured labour and those who were brought from Africa as cargo to work on the sugar plantations; colonists and those whom colonialism displaced. How do you tick a box on a census form or job application when your ancestry is Scottish, English, French, Portuguese, Indian, Amerindian, African and Chinese? How do you finally answer a question first posed to you in grade school: "What are you?" And where do you find a sense of belonging in a supposedly "post-racial" world where shadism, fear of blackness, identity politics and call-out culture vie with each other noisily, relentlessly and still lethally? Shame on Me is a personal and powerful exploration of history and identity, colour and desire from a writer who, having been plagued with confusion about her race all her life, has at last found kinship and solidarity in story.
So You Want to Talk About Race
Author: Ijeoma Oluo
Publisher: Seal Press
ISBN: 1541619226
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
In this #1 New York Times bestseller, Ijeoma Oluo offers a revelatory examination of race in America Protests against racial injustice and white supremacy have galvanized millions around the world. The stakes for transformative conversations about race could not be higher. Still, the task ahead seems daunting, and it’s hard to know where to start. How do you tell your boss her jokes are racist? Why did your sister-in-law hang up on you when you had questions about police reform? How do you explain white privilege to your white, privileged friend? In So You Want to Talk About Race, Ijeoma Oluo guides readers of all races through subjects ranging from police brutality and cultural appropriation to the model minority myth in an attempt to make the seemingly impossible possible: honest conversations about race, and about how racism infects every aspect of American life. "Simply put: Ijeoma Oluo is a necessary voice and intellectual for these times, and any time, truth be told." ―Phoebe Robinson, New York Times bestselling author of You Can't Touch My Hair
Publisher: Seal Press
ISBN: 1541619226
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
In this #1 New York Times bestseller, Ijeoma Oluo offers a revelatory examination of race in America Protests against racial injustice and white supremacy have galvanized millions around the world. The stakes for transformative conversations about race could not be higher. Still, the task ahead seems daunting, and it’s hard to know where to start. How do you tell your boss her jokes are racist? Why did your sister-in-law hang up on you when you had questions about police reform? How do you explain white privilege to your white, privileged friend? In So You Want to Talk About Race, Ijeoma Oluo guides readers of all races through subjects ranging from police brutality and cultural appropriation to the model minority myth in an attempt to make the seemingly impossible possible: honest conversations about race, and about how racism infects every aspect of American life. "Simply put: Ijeoma Oluo is a necessary voice and intellectual for these times, and any time, truth be told." ―Phoebe Robinson, New York Times bestselling author of You Can't Touch My Hair
PLATFORMS
Author: Tyler Spence
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1460211235
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
All jaws drop when high school track and football star Tyler Spence throws in his helmet and cleats to form Dance Machine a, “white boy,” funk band with four fellow classmates. Rising in popularity, the band sets off on a road-trip to a remote corner of their State to play for yet another Sadie Hawkins Dance. Car troubles turn what should have been a simple “gig-n-go” into a two-day ordeal. An unexpected encounter with an old teammate puts conflict into motion for Tyler and his friends when they find themselves at the mercy of the local Sheriff and townsfolk who all agree “they’d never seen boys wearing shoes like those before!” With no way out Tyler is forced to face his rival head-on in a climatic showdown to settle the score. PLATFORMS is a one of a kind, coming-of-age road-trip story with a fun funky vibe making it a timeless classic in the same way the 1970s fashions did for denim, sequins, rainbow knee-socks, and high-heeled shoes, “for men”!
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1460211235
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
All jaws drop when high school track and football star Tyler Spence throws in his helmet and cleats to form Dance Machine a, “white boy,” funk band with four fellow classmates. Rising in popularity, the band sets off on a road-trip to a remote corner of their State to play for yet another Sadie Hawkins Dance. Car troubles turn what should have been a simple “gig-n-go” into a two-day ordeal. An unexpected encounter with an old teammate puts conflict into motion for Tyler and his friends when they find themselves at the mercy of the local Sheriff and townsfolk who all agree “they’d never seen boys wearing shoes like those before!” With no way out Tyler is forced to face his rival head-on in a climatic showdown to settle the score. PLATFORMS is a one of a kind, coming-of-age road-trip story with a fun funky vibe making it a timeless classic in the same way the 1970s fashions did for denim, sequins, rainbow knee-socks, and high-heeled shoes, “for men”!
Race Me in a Lobster Suit
Author: Kelly Mahon
Publisher: Quirk Books
ISBN: 1683691059
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
This collection of prank Craigslist ads and the real email exchanges that followed is “hilarious, good fun” and the perfect gift for fans of offbeat humor (Huffington Post) When New York City copywriter Kelly Mahon started posting fake gig ads online as a creative outlet, she was surprised to find that there was someone interested in every bizarre job offer she dreamed up. Race Me in a Lobster Suit collects Mahon’s funniest posts, along with the improvised email exchanges with would-be cocoon knitters and lobster racers. Some correspondents became suspicious, while others seemed willing to play along. The result is good-natured comedy gold and a kind of collaborative entertainment that could only exist in the internet gig economy. Irreverent illustrations by cartoonist Graham Annable (creator of the Harvey Award nominated Grickle comics) ensure that this small book offers outsize laughs. A quick, hilarious read, Race Me in a Lobster Suit is perfect for anyone who needs a bit of absurdity to brighten their day.
Publisher: Quirk Books
ISBN: 1683691059
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
This collection of prank Craigslist ads and the real email exchanges that followed is “hilarious, good fun” and the perfect gift for fans of offbeat humor (Huffington Post) When New York City copywriter Kelly Mahon started posting fake gig ads online as a creative outlet, she was surprised to find that there was someone interested in every bizarre job offer she dreamed up. Race Me in a Lobster Suit collects Mahon’s funniest posts, along with the improvised email exchanges with would-be cocoon knitters and lobster racers. Some correspondents became suspicious, while others seemed willing to play along. The result is good-natured comedy gold and a kind of collaborative entertainment that could only exist in the internet gig economy. Irreverent illustrations by cartoonist Graham Annable (creator of the Harvey Award nominated Grickle comics) ensure that this small book offers outsize laughs. A quick, hilarious read, Race Me in a Lobster Suit is perfect for anyone who needs a bit of absurdity to brighten their day.
Iomarbhaidh na bhfileadh
Author: Lambert McKenna
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Irish poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Irish poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
Bulwer's Novels: The pilgrims of the Rhine. The coming race
Author: Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
The Idler
Author: Jerome Klapka Jerome
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 872
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 872
Book Description
Opportunity
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description