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Author : Quiara Alegría Hudes
Publisher : Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0822236109
Total Pages : 65 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (222 download)
Download or read book Daphne's Dive written by Quiara Alegría Hudes and published by Dramatists Play Service, Inc.. This book was released on 2017-09-29 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a tucked away corner of North Philly, six regulars gather at a neighborhood watering hole. Over twenty years, they turn their collective memories into a vivacious mythology. The tales they’d rather forget, however, keep sneaking up and tapping them on the shoulder. At Daphne’s Dive, an aloe plant, a girl’s sneaker, a stiff drink, and mounds of trash become talismanic treasures to a group of outsiders trying to be “in” together.
Author : Bruce A. Ragsdale
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674246381
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (742 download)
Download or read book Washington at the Plow written by Bruce A. Ragsdale and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2021-10-12 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fresh, original look at George Washington as an innovative land manager whose singular passion for farming would unexpectedly lead him to reject slavery. George Washington spent more of his working life farming than he did at war or in political office. For over forty years, he devoted himself to the improvement of agriculture, which he saw as the means by which the American people would attain the Òrespectability & importance which we ought to hold in the world.Ó Washington at the Plow depicts the Òfirst farmer of AmericaÓ as a leading practitioner of the New Husbandry, a transatlantic movement that spearheaded advancements in crop rotation. A tireless experimentalist, Washington pulled up his tobacco and switched to wheat production, leading the way for the rest of the country. He filled his library with the latest agricultural treatises and pioneered land-management techniques that he hoped would guide small farmers, strengthen agrarian society, and ensure the prosperity of the nation. Slavery was a key part of WashingtonÕs pursuits. He saw enslaved field workers and artisans as means of agricultural development and tried repeatedly to adapt slave labor to new kinds of farming. To this end, he devised an original and exacting system of slave supervision. But Washington eventually found that forced labor could not achieve the productivity he desired. His inability to reconcile ideals of scientific farming and rural order with race-based slavery led him to reconsider the traditional foundations of the Virginia plantation. As Bruce Ragsdale shows, it was the inefficacy of chattel slavery, as much as moral revulsion at the practice, that informed WashingtonÕs famous decision to free his slaves after his death.
Author : Jonathan Evison
Publisher : Algonquin Books
ISBN 13 : 1616209232
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (162 download)
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Author : Cheryl Somers Aubin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780983833406
Total Pages : 37 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (334 download)
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Author : Robert Burleigh
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 1683354710
Total Pages : 101 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (833 download)
Download or read book O Captain, My Captain written by Robert Burleigh and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2019-04-02 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This beautifully illustrated children’s book explores how Walt Whitman was affected by the Civil War and inspired by President Lincoln. O Captain, My Captain tells the story of one of America’s greatest poets and how he was inspired by one of America’s greatest presidents. Whitman and Lincoln shared the national stage in Washington, DC, during the Civil War. Though the two men never met, Whitman would often see Lincoln’s carriage on the road. The president was never far from the poet’s mind, and Lincoln’s “grace under pressure” was something Whitman returned to again and again in his poetry. Whitman witnessed Lincoln’s second inauguration and mourned along with America as Lincoln’s funeral train wound its way across the landscape to his final resting place. The book includes the poem “O Captain! My Captain!” and an excerpt from “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d,” as well as brief bios of Lincoln and Whitman, a timeline of Civil War events, endnotes, and a bibliography.
Author : Armistead Maupin
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062391232
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (623 download)
Download or read book Logical Family written by Armistead Maupin and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2017-10-03 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A book for any of us, gay or straight, who have had to find our family. Maupin is one of America’s finest storytellers."—Neil Gaiman "I fell in love with Maupin’s effervescent Tales of the City decades ago, and his genius turn at memoir is no less compelling. Logical Family is a must read."—Mary Karr In this long-awaited memoir, the beloved author of the bestselling Tales of the City series chronicles his odyssey from the old South to freewheeling San Francisco, and his evolution from curious youth to ground-breaking writer and gay rights pioneer. Born in the mid-twentieth century and raised in the heart of conservative North Carolina, Armistead Maupin lost his virginity to another man "on the very spot where the first shots of the Civil War were fired." Realizing that the South was too small for him, this son of a traditional lawyer packed his earthly belongings into his Opel GT (including a beloved portrait of a Confederate ancestor), and took to the road in search of adventure. It was a journey that would lead him from a homoerotic Navy initiation ceremony in the jungles of Vietnam to that strangest of strange lands: San Francisco in the early 1970s. Reflecting on the profound impact those closest to him have had on his life, Maupin shares his candid search for his "logical family," the people he could call his own. "Sooner or later, we have to venture beyond our biological family to find our logical one, the one that actually makes sense for us," he writes. "We have to, if we are to live without squandering our lives." From his loving relationship with his palm-reading Grannie who insisted Maupin was the reincarnation of her artistic bachelor cousin, Curtis, to an awkward conversation about girls with President Richard Nixon in the Oval Office, Maupin tells of the extraordinary individuals and situations that shaped him into one of the most influential writers of the last century. Maupin recalls his losses and life-changing experiences with humor and unflinching honesty, and brings to life flesh-and-blood characters as endearing and unforgettable as the vivid, fraught men and women who populate his enchanting novels. What emerges is an illuminating portrait of the man who depicted the liberation and evolution of America’s queer community over the last four decades with honesty and compassion—and inspired millions to claim their own lives. Logical Family includes black-and-white photographs.
Author : Neil Goldberg
Publisher : Brown Books Kids
ISBN 13 : 9781612545394
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (453 download)
Download or read book Pomp, Snow and Cirqueumstance written by Neil Goldberg and published by Brown Books Kids. This book was released on 2021-12-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this holiday story of Pomp, Snow and Cirqueumstance, three fantastical elves share their special gifts with the world, and learn a valuable lesson in humility and service to others.
Author : Maia Kobabe
Publisher : Oni Press
ISBN 13 : 9781637150726
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (57 download)
Download or read book Gender Queer: A Memoir Deluxe Edition written by Maia Kobabe and published by Oni Press. This book was released on 2022-05-31 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2020 ALA Alex Award Winner 2020 Stonewall — Israel Fishman Non-fiction Award Honor Book In 2014, Maia Kobabe, who uses e/em/eir pronouns, thought that a comic of reading statistics would be the last autobiographical comic e would ever write. At the time, it was the only thing e felt comfortable with strangers knowing about em. Now, Gender Queer is here. Maia’s intensely cathartic autobiography charts eir journey of self-identity, which includes the mortification and confusion of adolescent crushes, grappling with how to come out to family and society, bonding with friends over erotic gay fanfiction, and facing the trauma and fundamental violation of pap smears. Started as a way to explain to eir family what it means to be nonbinary and asexual, Gender Queer is more than a personal story: it is a useful and touching guide on gender identity—what it means and how to think about it—for advocates, friends, and humans everywhere. This special deluxe hardcover edition of Gender Queer features a brand-new cover, exclusive art and sketches, and a TK from creator Maia Kobabe.
Author : Ruby Waldeck
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)
Download or read book The Fairfax County Courthouse written by Ruby Waldeck and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-09-04 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Fairfax County Courthouse" by Ruby Waldeck, Ross De Witt Netherton. 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.
Author : J. Lloyd Michener
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0190936010
Total Pages : 569 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (99 download)
Download or read book The Practical Playbook II written by J. Lloyd Michener and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2019 with total page 569 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive guide to the secret sauce of improving public and population health Nontraditional collaborations have produced some of the most sweeping, health-improving results in recent memory. But whether it's public/private, cross-discipline, or interagency, the formula for identifying these partnerships -- not to mention making them work -- remains very much in progress. The Practical Playbook II is the first resource to elucidate what works (and what doesn't) when it comes to collaborating for change in and around health. It brings together voices of experience and authority to answer this topic's most challenging questions and provide guideposts for applying what they've learned to today's thorniest problems. Readers will find answers to common and advanced questions around multisector partnerships, including: · Identifying sectors and actors that can help to collaborate to improve health · Best practices for initial engagement · Specifics related to collaborations with government, business, faith communities, and other types of partners · The role of data in establishing and running a partnership · Scaling up to maximize impact and remain sustainable · The role of financing · Implications for policy Written in practical terms that will resonate with readers from any background and sector, The Practical Playbook II is the resource that today's helping professions need -- and a roadmap for the next generation of health-improving partnerships.
Author : Julianna Fields
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1422298531
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (222 download)
Download or read book Kids Growing Up Without a Home written by Julianna Fields and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-02-03 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What happens when a family has nowhere to live? Some families have lost their houses because of financial difficulties or natural disasters and don't have the resources to find new homes. Their lives become a struggle to meet their basic needs. Some live in shelters, some with friends or relatives, some on the streets or in their cars. Many have trouble staying together. Can children growing up in these families really survive and have good lives? Are there good things these family members have learned from their situations? This book tells the stories of several families who have experienced homelessness and tries to answer some of those questions.
Author : United States. Congress
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1240 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (117 download)
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (3 download)
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Author : The New York Times Editorial Staff
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN 13 : 1642823252
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (428 download)
Download or read book Journalism written by The New York Times Editorial Staff and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2019-12-15 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since establishing the importance of journalistic freedoms in the nineteenth century, The New York Times has continually demonstrated the importance of free communication between press and public, from the publication of the controversial Pentagon Papers in 1971, to its navigation of the contentious relationship between the press and the Trump administration. The articles collected in this volume take readers through decades of American journalism, with a particular focus on the changing notions of press freedoms, notable cases of censorship defiance, addressing bias and controversy in different media outlets, and highlighting the lives and legacies of journalists in the 21st century. Media literacy questions and terms are included to help readers further analyze news coverage and reporting styles.
Author : Michael Whitney Straight
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780934160063
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (6 download)
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, and International Law
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 656 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)
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