![]() ![]() ![]() Trapped inside a picture-perfect, make-believe world that is home to a frightening reality, Martin must find a way out that will allow him to stay alive without becoming the very thing he hates.Ī novel of rage and compassion, good and evil, trust and betrayal, Forty Acres is the thought-provoking story of one man’s desperate attempt to escape the clutches of a terrifying new moral order. Martin finds out that his glittering new friends are part of a secret society dedicated to the preservation of the institution of slavery-but this time around, the black men are called “Master.” Joining them seems to guarantee a future without limits rebuking them almost certainly guarantees his death. But far from home and cut off from everyone he loves, he discovers a disturbing secret that challenges some of his deepest convictions… They invite him for a weekend away from it all-no wives, no cell phones, no talk of business. He’s dazzled by what they’ve accomplished, and they seem to think he has the potential to be as successful as they are. ![]() Martin Grey, a smart, talented black lawyer working out of a storefront in Queens, becomes friendly with a group of some of the most powerful, wealthy, and esteemed black men in America. Read the page-turning, provocative thriller that will forever change the way you think about slavery and its legacy in today’s America. “A thriller in a class by itself - brilliant and scary!” - Terry McMillan FORTY ACRES By Dwayne Alexander Smith - Hardcover Excellent Condition ISBN-10: 0571317421 Book Title: Forty Acres Author: Smith, Dwayne Alexander Language. ![]()
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![]() Lolita became America’s sweetheart.Īnd yet, there is also a sense in which the citizens of Lolita, Texas, have been proved right. In the sixty years since she first appeared, Lolita transcended her original textual instance: She became an archetype, an icon of youthful desirability. (Gatsby, by contrast, had to settle for a mere adjective: “Gatsbyesque.”) At a certain echelon of pop music megastardom (the domain of Britney, Miley, Katy Perry, Lana Del Rey) they are all Lolitas now, trafficking in the iconography of lollipops and stuffed animals and schoolgirl outfits. Her very name entered the language as a common noun: “a precociously seductive girl,” according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary. With the possible exception of Gatsby, no twentieth-century American literary character penetrated the public consciousness quite like Lolita. ![]() ![]() In the ensuing decades, Nabokov’s novel spawned two films, musical adaptations, ballets, stage adaptations (including one legendarily disastrous Edward Albee–directed production starring Donald Sutherland as Humbert Humbert), a Russian-language opera, spin-off novels, bizarre fashion subcultures, and memorabilia that runs the gamut from kitschy to creepy: from heart-shaped sunglasses to anatomically precise blow-up dolls. In fairness to the good people of Lolita, nobody in 1959 could have predicted what the future had in store for Lolita. ![]() ![]() ![]() Slave morality emphasizes compassion, patience and turning the other cheek. ![]() Nietzsche’s Two Moralities: Master morality and Slave morality. Nietzsche’s new interpretation, which he cast in terms of “will to power,” was linked to a project he called the “revaluation of all values.” It revolved around the ideas of an “enhancement of life” and an attainable “higher humanity.” ![]() He rejected Kant’s morality of intentions by stating that the value of any action lay in the unintentional, especially those motives that are below the surface of the conscious mind. Nietzsche viewed most ethical ideas as attempts by people to protect themselves against dynamic and powerful individuals. He called Utilitarianism the “morality of the herd.” He urged people to make their own moral choices rather than to unthinkingly accept the values of the majority. Nietzsche was extremely critical of most traditional ethics. He did so because he believed that human life had no moral purpose except for the meaning that human beings gave it. He rejected the view that people are ultimately accountable only to God. ![]() Nietzsche attacked traditional ethical theories, especially those rooted in religion. ![]() ![]() ![]() “Before I held you in my arms, I sang you down from the stars.” When she finds a white eagle plume, it becomes “the first gift in a bundle that will be yours.” The young mother finds more items for her child’s bundle: cedar, sage, a “star blanket,” and a special river stone “so that you always remember that you belong to this place.” The baby arrives in the spring, “with the waters that come when the ice breaks and the rivers flow again.” Goade uses a white “swoosh” of stars throughout the illustrations to intertwine traditional origin stories with a family’s experience of “love and joy” upon the arrival of the new baby, in scenes that pulse with both emotions. ![]() Spillett-Sumner’s lyrical text begins as an Indigenous mother plans the journey with her unborn child. These items will keep the growing child’s connection to their identity strong. Sacred items are collected and placed in a medicine bundle to be given to the baby at birth. When a baby chooses its mother, special gatherings of family and community are held to prepare for the child’s arrival. ![]() Anticipation, pregnancy, and the birth of a baby are celebrated in this story from Spillett-Sumner (Inniniwak) and Caldecott medalist Goade (Tlingit). ![]() ![]() ![]() In 1839, The New Monthly Magazine claimed, "No other author of the present day has been at once so read, so much admired, and so much abused". Some recent scholars note that modernist critics have omitted women writers such as Frances Trollope. ![]() ![]() She also wrote social novels: one against slavery is said to have influenced Harriet Beecher Stowe, and she also wrote the first industrial novel, and two anti-Catholic novels, which used a Protestant position to examine self-making. Her book, Domestic Manners of the Americans (1832), observations from a trip to the United States, is the best known. Frances Milton Trollope, also known as Fanny Trollope (10 March 1779 – 6 October 1863), was an English novelist who wrote as Mrs. ![]() ![]() The Trouble with Valentine’s Day introduces us to Kate, a city girl who has recently moved to the country and is trying her hardest to adapt to the changes. Jane has recently started covering the local hockey team, and she is determined to show goalie Luc that there is more to her than meets the eye. But will he be willing to help her once again? The second book covers the story of reporter Jane. Seven years later, Georgeanne is reunited with the man who helped her escape on her wedding day: hockey star John Kowalsky. In the first book of the series, which happens to be one of Rachel Green’s best-selling books, we meet Georgeanne, who leaves her fiance at the altar.Īfter all, she cannot truly be expected to marry a man the same age as her grandfather, can she? Even if he is filthy rich. ![]() These Rachel Gibson books in order are Simply Irresistible, See Jane Score, The Trouble with Valentine’s Day, True Love and Other Disasters, Nothing But Trouble, Any Man of Mine, and The Art of Running in Heels. ![]() This best Rachel Gibson series is composed of seven primary works and a lot of popularity and high ratings. ![]() ![]() ![]() In many cases in the study of historiography, the whole medieval period from the fall of the Western Roman Empire (476 AD) to the beginning of the Renaissance (circa 1350) are ignored. But how did this system of dates come to be so widespread, literally used around the world? The credit for this widespread use can be given to Bede, an 8th century historian whose works popularized the anno Domini system and whose historical methods were far ahead of his time. But why is this year numbered in this way? You are likely aware that the system of numbering years is derived from the medieval Christian system known as anno Domini, literally meaning “in the year of our lord”, referring to the birth of Jesus Christ. What year is it? As I write this, 2019 is nearing its end. ![]() there are no surviving contemporary images of Bede, and so all depictions of him are thus figments of various artists’ imaginations. ![]() ![]() The Venerable Bede, from The Last Chapter, c. This site uses Just the Docs, a documentation theme for Jekyll.Įamon Bisbee Bede A Case Study in Medieval Historiography Introduction and historical context ![]() ![]() Through the 1990s she was a nutritional anthropologist/consultant to a number of organizations providing nutrition education in Mali, while performing field research there. She taught at Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas in the Anthropology department from 1987 until 2000, when she took early retirement from her position as a tenured Associate Professor and moved to Delaware with her husband and children. ![]() Professional career ĭettwyler taught as a Visiting Assistant Professor at the Department of Sociology and Anthropology of the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Mississippi from 1985 to 1987. in Anthropology also from IU Bloomington in 1985. She earned her BS in Anthropology from the University of California, Davis, in 1977, her MA from Indiana University Bloomington in 1981, and her Ph.D. Katherine Ann Dettwyler was born on February 3, 1955. In 2017, she gained media attention for her comments regarding Otto Warmbier, a 22-year-old college student who received fatal brain damage while imprisoned in North Korea. She was an adjunct professor at the University of Delaware. ![]() ![]() Katherine Ann Dettwyler is an American anthropologist and advocate of breastfeeding. ![]() ![]() ![]() Considering Shahab's reputation as a man of integrity and a Sufi, Dawn wrote that "he mainly told the truth but there were things that he stretched." (en) , a close friend of Shahab, was one of those who criticised the book for its exaggerations, inaccuracies and stretched truths. It covers his childhood, education, work life, admission to Imperial Civil Service, thoughts about Pakistan and his religious and spiritual experiences. It is his most notable publication and a bestselling Urdu autobiography. ![]() The 1248-page long book was published posthumously in 1987, shortly after Shahab's death. It is an eyewitness account of the background of the subcontinent's Muslims' independence movement and of the demand, establishment and the history of Pakistan. ![]() Shahab Nama (Urdu: شہاب نامہ, lit. 'Book of Shahab' pronounced ) is an Urdu autobiography by renowned Pakistani writer and diplomat Qudrat Ullah Shahab. ![]() ![]() ![]() Zoe and her father soon begin corresponding regularly and Marcus shares his favorite songs with her and is supportive of her baking-competition dreams. Because Zoe's mom has never wanted her to have a relationship with Marcus, Zoe keeps the letter a secret. One day, Zoe receives a letter from her father, Marcus, who was sent to prison right before she was born. ![]() "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" centers around middle-schooler and aspiring pastry chef Zoe, who sets her sights auditioning as a contestant on Food Network's "Kids Bake Challenge" the summer before seventh grade. The announcement was made at today's Television Critics Association Virtual Summer Press Tour. ![]() Brown ("Dear White People") of Gamechanger Films are set to executive produce. Multiple award-winning actress Kerry Washington (ABC's "Scandal") and Academy Award ®-nominated Pilar Savone ("Django Unchained"), both of Simpson Street Productions, and Effie T. BURBANK, Calif.-( BUSINESS WIRE)-Disney Branded Television is developing the original movie "From the Desk of Zoe Washington," based on the critically acclaimed book from debut author Janae Marks. ![]() |