Author: Kanishk Banka
Publisher: Notion Press
ISBN: 1945400994
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 763
Book Description
A new world order under the Brotherhood has been established. It is a world of one government, one world time, one religion. Benjamin Oraon, a young man in his twenties, from Jharkhand, India, is struggling with his identity as a Naxalite. He embarks on a journey to discover his own truth, a journey to find his love back and a journey which pits him against the monstrous Brotherhood, which rules the world. But is he a willing warrior or just a puppet in the hands of forces beyond him? Will he succumb or survive? Jane in San Diego, USA, finds herself leading a bunch of outlaws against the unholy-warriors. She is searching for hope, love and friendship in a desert which is an inferno for humanity. The memories of past propel her, the will for a future of freedom fires her up. But is her war enough to topple the Regime of the invincible Brotherhood? Korfa, wakes up in a hospital in Khartoum, Sudan, to find his world changed forever. He embarks on a journey of chaos and revenge. Bruised by life, hit by love, Korfa crosses the continents to satisfy his fire of revenge. His journey leads to his unwilling encounter with the Brotherhood, which decides his fate. Will it finally give him salvation or add more chaos to his life? What price will he pay for his revenge? Saief, held a prisoner in Locarno, Switzerland, escapes into a world of religious extremism. Having lost his wife in the Syrian crisis, he contemplates over the interpretation of Islam. How will he deal with his faith in a faithless new world? Will he join the forces against the Regime? Will he accept the violent version propagated by the Brotherhood, or will he fight for his own interpretation? Is religion the only loyalty that matters? Or will love and compassion break the barriers? Will sanity return to the world or will the fire of fanaticism consume the world, forever? Will there be a world of real brotherhood, beyond The Black Barrier?
The Black Barrier
Author: Kanishk Banka
Publisher: Notion Press
ISBN: 1945400994
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 763
Book Description
A new world order under the Brotherhood has been established. It is a world of one government, one world time, one religion. Benjamin Oraon, a young man in his twenties, from Jharkhand, India, is struggling with his identity as a Naxalite. He embarks on a journey to discover his own truth, a journey to find his love back and a journey which pits him against the monstrous Brotherhood, which rules the world. But is he a willing warrior or just a puppet in the hands of forces beyond him? Will he succumb or survive? Jane in San Diego, USA, finds herself leading a bunch of outlaws against the unholy-warriors. She is searching for hope, love and friendship in a desert which is an inferno for humanity. The memories of past propel her, the will for a future of freedom fires her up. But is her war enough to topple the Regime of the invincible Brotherhood? Korfa, wakes up in a hospital in Khartoum, Sudan, to find his world changed forever. He embarks on a journey of chaos and revenge. Bruised by life, hit by love, Korfa crosses the continents to satisfy his fire of revenge. His journey leads to his unwilling encounter with the Brotherhood, which decides his fate. Will it finally give him salvation or add more chaos to his life? What price will he pay for his revenge? Saief, held a prisoner in Locarno, Switzerland, escapes into a world of religious extremism. Having lost his wife in the Syrian crisis, he contemplates over the interpretation of Islam. How will he deal with his faith in a faithless new world? Will he join the forces against the Regime? Will he accept the violent version propagated by the Brotherhood, or will he fight for his own interpretation? Is religion the only loyalty that matters? Or will love and compassion break the barriers? Will sanity return to the world or will the fire of fanaticism consume the world, forever? Will there be a world of real brotherhood, beyond The Black Barrier?
Publisher: Notion Press
ISBN: 1945400994
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 763
Book Description
A new world order under the Brotherhood has been established. It is a world of one government, one world time, one religion. Benjamin Oraon, a young man in his twenties, from Jharkhand, India, is struggling with his identity as a Naxalite. He embarks on a journey to discover his own truth, a journey to find his love back and a journey which pits him against the monstrous Brotherhood, which rules the world. But is he a willing warrior or just a puppet in the hands of forces beyond him? Will he succumb or survive? Jane in San Diego, USA, finds herself leading a bunch of outlaws against the unholy-warriors. She is searching for hope, love and friendship in a desert which is an inferno for humanity. The memories of past propel her, the will for a future of freedom fires her up. But is her war enough to topple the Regime of the invincible Brotherhood? Korfa, wakes up in a hospital in Khartoum, Sudan, to find his world changed forever. He embarks on a journey of chaos and revenge. Bruised by life, hit by love, Korfa crosses the continents to satisfy his fire of revenge. His journey leads to his unwilling encounter with the Brotherhood, which decides his fate. Will it finally give him salvation or add more chaos to his life? What price will he pay for his revenge? Saief, held a prisoner in Locarno, Switzerland, escapes into a world of religious extremism. Having lost his wife in the Syrian crisis, he contemplates over the interpretation of Islam. How will he deal with his faith in a faithless new world? Will he join the forces against the Regime? Will he accept the violent version propagated by the Brotherhood, or will he fight for his own interpretation? Is religion the only loyalty that matters? Or will love and compassion break the barriers? Will sanity return to the world or will the fire of fanaticism consume the world, forever? Will there be a world of real brotherhood, beyond The Black Barrier?
Breaking the Color Barrier
Author: Robert J. Schneller, Jr.
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814740553
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 343
Book Description
The African-American Community's Battle to Combat the U.S. Naval Academy's Legacy of Racism
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814740553
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 343
Book Description
The African-American Community's Battle to Combat the U.S. Naval Academy's Legacy of Racism
Racialised Barriers
Author: Stephen Small
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136132120
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
A systematic comparison of key differences and similarities in the experience of black people in the US and England amidst racial hostility. Small argues for an approach to combatting this built on shared racial identities.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136132120
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
A systematic comparison of key differences and similarities in the experience of black people in the US and England amidst racial hostility. Small argues for an approach to combatting this built on shared racial identities.
The Black Diamond
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Coal trade
Languages : en
Pages : 546
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Coal trade
Languages : en
Pages : 546
Book Description
The Many Deaths of the Black Company
Author: Glen Cook
Publisher: Tor Books
ISBN: 1466831138
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 789
Book Description
"Let me tell you who I am, on the chance that these scribblings do survive. . . "I am Murgen, Standardbearer of the Black Company, though I bear the shame of having lost that standard in battle. I am keeping these Annals because Croaker is dead, One-Eye won't, and hardly anyone else can read or write. I will be your guide for however long it takes the Shadowlanders to force our present predicament to its inevitable end. . ." The Many Deaths of the Black Company comprises the novels Water Sleeps and Soldiers Live—the fourth and final omnibus volume of Glen Cook's Chronicles of the Black Company, one of the greatest fantasy epics of our age. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Publisher: Tor Books
ISBN: 1466831138
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 789
Book Description
"Let me tell you who I am, on the chance that these scribblings do survive. . . "I am Murgen, Standardbearer of the Black Company, though I bear the shame of having lost that standard in battle. I am keeping these Annals because Croaker is dead, One-Eye won't, and hardly anyone else can read or write. I will be your guide for however long it takes the Shadowlanders to force our present predicament to its inevitable end. . ." The Many Deaths of the Black Company comprises the novels Water Sleeps and Soldiers Live—the fourth and final omnibus volume of Glen Cook's Chronicles of the Black Company, one of the greatest fantasy epics of our age. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
The House of the Black Ring
Author: Fred Lewis Pattee
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271059435
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Fred Lewis Pattee, long regarded as the father of American literary study, also wrote fiction. Originally published in 1905 by Henry Holt, The House of the Black Ring was Pattee’s second novel—a local-color romance set in the mountains of Central Pennsylvania. The book’s plot is driven by family feud, forbidden love, and a touch of the supernatural. This new edition makes this novel accessible to new generations of modern-day readers. General readers will find in The House of the Black Ring a thriller that preserves details of rural life and language during the late nineteenth century. Scholars will read it as an expression of cultural anxiety and change in the decades after the Civil War. An introduction by poet and essayist Julia Spicher Kasdorf situates the novel within the context of social and literary history, as well as Pattee’s own biography, and provides a compelling argument for its importance, not only as a literary artifact or record of local customs, but also as a reflection of Pattee’s own story intertwined with the history of Penn State at the turn of the twentieth century. Joshua Brown draws on his expertise in Pennsylvania German ethno-linguistics to interpret the dialect writing and to give readers a clearer view of the customs and regionalisms depicted in the book.
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271059435
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Fred Lewis Pattee, long regarded as the father of American literary study, also wrote fiction. Originally published in 1905 by Henry Holt, The House of the Black Ring was Pattee’s second novel—a local-color romance set in the mountains of Central Pennsylvania. The book’s plot is driven by family feud, forbidden love, and a touch of the supernatural. This new edition makes this novel accessible to new generations of modern-day readers. General readers will find in The House of the Black Ring a thriller that preserves details of rural life and language during the late nineteenth century. Scholars will read it as an expression of cultural anxiety and change in the decades after the Civil War. An introduction by poet and essayist Julia Spicher Kasdorf situates the novel within the context of social and literary history, as well as Pattee’s own biography, and provides a compelling argument for its importance, not only as a literary artifact or record of local customs, but also as a reflection of Pattee’s own story intertwined with the history of Penn State at the turn of the twentieth century. Joshua Brown draws on his expertise in Pennsylvania German ethno-linguistics to interpret the dialect writing and to give readers a clearer view of the customs and regionalisms depicted in the book.
The Black Chicago Renaissance
Author: Darlene Clark Hine
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252078586
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
"The "New Negro" consciousness with its roots in the generation born in the last and opening decades of the 19th and 20th centuries replenished and nurtured by migration, resulted in the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920s then reemerged transformed in the 1930s as the Black Chicago Renaissance. The authors in this volume argue that beginning in the 1930s and lasting into the 1950s, Black Chicago experienced a cultural renaissance that rivaled the cultural outpouring in Harlem. The Black Chicago Renaissance, however, has not received its full due. This book addresses that neglect. Like Harlem, Chicago had become a major destination for black southern migrants. Unlike Harlem, it was also an urban industrial center that gave a unique working class and internationalist perspective to the cultural work that took place here. The contributors to Black Chicago Renaissance analyze a prolific period of African American creativity in music, performance art, social science scholarship, and visual and literary artistic expression. Each author discusses forces that distinguished and link the Black Chicago Renaissance to the Harlem Renaissance as well as placing the development of black culture in a national and international context by probing the histories of multiple (sequential and overlapping--Philadelphia, Cleveland, Detroit, Los Angeles, Memphis) black renaissances. Among the topics discussed in this volume are Chicago writers Gwendolyn Brooks and Richard Wright, The Chicago Defender and Tivoli Theater, African American music and visual arts, as well as the American Negro Exposition of 1940"--
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252078586
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
"The "New Negro" consciousness with its roots in the generation born in the last and opening decades of the 19th and 20th centuries replenished and nurtured by migration, resulted in the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920s then reemerged transformed in the 1930s as the Black Chicago Renaissance. The authors in this volume argue that beginning in the 1930s and lasting into the 1950s, Black Chicago experienced a cultural renaissance that rivaled the cultural outpouring in Harlem. The Black Chicago Renaissance, however, has not received its full due. This book addresses that neglect. Like Harlem, Chicago had become a major destination for black southern migrants. Unlike Harlem, it was also an urban industrial center that gave a unique working class and internationalist perspective to the cultural work that took place here. The contributors to Black Chicago Renaissance analyze a prolific period of African American creativity in music, performance art, social science scholarship, and visual and literary artistic expression. Each author discusses forces that distinguished and link the Black Chicago Renaissance to the Harlem Renaissance as well as placing the development of black culture in a national and international context by probing the histories of multiple (sequential and overlapping--Philadelphia, Cleveland, Detroit, Los Angeles, Memphis) black renaissances. Among the topics discussed in this volume are Chicago writers Gwendolyn Brooks and Richard Wright, The Chicago Defender and Tivoli Theater, African American music and visual arts, as well as the American Negro Exposition of 1940"--
The Black-White Achievement Gap
Author: Rod Paige
Publisher: AMACOM
ISBN: 0814415202
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
When it comes to race in America, we must face one uncomfortable but undeniable fact. Almost 50 years after the birth of the civil rights movement, inequality still reigns supreme in our classrooms. At a time when African-American students trail their white peers on academic tests and experience high dropout rates, low college completion rates, and a tendency to shy away from majors in hard sciences and mathematics, the Black-White achievement gap in our schools has become the major barrier to racial equality and social justice in America. In fact, it is arguably the greatest civil rights issue of our time. The Black-White Achievement Gap is a call to action for this country to face up to and confront this crisis head on. Renowned former Secretary of Education Rod Paige believes we can close this gap. In this thought-provoking book, he and Elaine Witty trace the history of the achievement gap, discuss its relevance to racial equality and social justice, examine popular explanations, and offer suggestions for the type of committed leadership and community involvement needed to close it. African-American leaders need to rally around this important cause if we are to make real progress since students’ academic performance is a function not only of school quality, but of home and community factors as well. The Black-White Achievement Gap is an unflinching and long overdue look at the very real problem of racial disparity in our schools and what we must do to solve it.
Publisher: AMACOM
ISBN: 0814415202
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
When it comes to race in America, we must face one uncomfortable but undeniable fact. Almost 50 years after the birth of the civil rights movement, inequality still reigns supreme in our classrooms. At a time when African-American students trail their white peers on academic tests and experience high dropout rates, low college completion rates, and a tendency to shy away from majors in hard sciences and mathematics, the Black-White achievement gap in our schools has become the major barrier to racial equality and social justice in America. In fact, it is arguably the greatest civil rights issue of our time. The Black-White Achievement Gap is a call to action for this country to face up to and confront this crisis head on. Renowned former Secretary of Education Rod Paige believes we can close this gap. In this thought-provoking book, he and Elaine Witty trace the history of the achievement gap, discuss its relevance to racial equality and social justice, examine popular explanations, and offer suggestions for the type of committed leadership and community involvement needed to close it. African-American leaders need to rally around this important cause if we are to make real progress since students’ academic performance is a function not only of school quality, but of home and community factors as well. The Black-White Achievement Gap is an unflinching and long overdue look at the very real problem of racial disparity in our schools and what we must do to solve it.
Race, Racism, and Science
Author: John P. Jackson
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 9780813537368
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
Since the eighteenth century when natural historians created the idea of distinct racial categories, scientific findings on race have been a double-edged sword. For some antiracists, science holds the promise of one day providing indisputable evidence to help eradicate racism. On the other hand, science has been enlisted to promote racist beliefs ranging from a justification of slavery in the eighteenth century to the infamous twentieth-century book, The Bell Curve, whose authors argued that racial differences in intelligence resulted in lower test scores for African Americans. This well-organized, readable textbook takes the reader through a chronological account of how and why racial categories were created and how the study of "race" evolved in multiple academic disciplines, including genetics, psychology, sociology, and anthropology. In a bibliographic essay at the conclusion of each of the book's seven sections, the authors recommend primary texts that will further the reader's understanding of each topic. Heavily illustrated and enlivened with sidebar biographies, this text is ideal for classroom use.
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 9780813537368
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
Since the eighteenth century when natural historians created the idea of distinct racial categories, scientific findings on race have been a double-edged sword. For some antiracists, science holds the promise of one day providing indisputable evidence to help eradicate racism. On the other hand, science has been enlisted to promote racist beliefs ranging from a justification of slavery in the eighteenth century to the infamous twentieth-century book, The Bell Curve, whose authors argued that racial differences in intelligence resulted in lower test scores for African Americans. This well-organized, readable textbook takes the reader through a chronological account of how and why racial categories were created and how the study of "race" evolved in multiple academic disciplines, including genetics, psychology, sociology, and anthropology. In a bibliographic essay at the conclusion of each of the book's seven sections, the authors recommend primary texts that will further the reader's understanding of each topic. Heavily illustrated and enlivened with sidebar biographies, this text is ideal for classroom use.
The Black-Scholes Model
Author: Marek Capiński
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107001692
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 179
Book Description
Master the essential mathematical tools required for option pricing within the context of a specific, yet fundamental, pricing model.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107001692
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 179
Book Description
Master the essential mathematical tools required for option pricing within the context of a specific, yet fundamental, pricing model.