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Hella Town

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Author : Mitchell Schwarzer
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520391535
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book Hella Town written by Mitchell Schwarzer and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2022-08-16 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hella Town reveals the profound impact of transportation improvements, systemic racism, and regional competition on Oakland’s built environment. Often overshadowed by San Francisco, its larger and more glamorous twin, Oakland has a fascinating history of its own. From serving as a major transportation hub to forging a dynamic manufacturing sector, by the mid-twentieth century Oakland had become the urban center of the East Bay. Hella Town focuses on how political deals, economic schemes, and technological innovations fueled this emergence but also seeded the city’s postwar struggles. Toward the turn of the millennium, as immigration from Latin America and East Asia increased, Oakland became one of the most diverse cities in the country. The city still grapples with the consequences of uneven class- and race-based development-amid-disruption. How do past decisions about where to locate highways or public transit, urban renewal districts or civic venues, parks or shopping centers, influence how Oaklanders live today? A history of Oakland’s buildings and landscapes, its booms and its busts, provides insight into its current conditions: an influx of new residents and businesses, skyrocketing housing costs, and a lingering chasm between the haves and have-nots.

Billy Ball

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Author : Dale Tafoya
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493043633
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Billy Ball written by Dale Tafoya and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-03-24 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the early 1970s, the Oakland Athletics became only the second team in major-league baseball history to win three consecutive World Series championships. But as the decade came to a close, the A's were in free fall, having lost 108 games in 1979 while drawing just 307,000 fans. Free agency had decimated the A’s, and the team’s colorful owner, Charlie Finley, was looking for a buyer. First, though, he had to bring fans back to the Oakland Coliseum. Enter Billy Martin, the hometown boy from West Berkeley. In Billy Ball, sportswriter Dale Tafoya describes what, at the time, seemed like a match made in baseball heaven. The A’s needed a fiery leader to re-ignite interest in the team. Martin needed a job after his second stint as manager of the New York Yankees came to an abrupt end. Based largely on interviews with former players, team executives, and journalists, Billy Ball captures Martin’s homecoming to the Bay area in 1980, his immediate embrace by Oakland fans, and the A’s return to playoff baseball. Tafoya describes the reputation that had preceded Martin—one that he fully lived up to—as the brawling, hard-drinking baseball savant with a knack for turning bad teams around. In Oakland, his aggressive style of play came to be known as Billy Ball. A’s fans and the media loved it. But, in life and in baseball, all good things must come to an end. Tafoya chronicles Martin’s clash with the new A’s management and the siren song of the Yankees that lured the manager back to New York in 1983. Still, as the book makes clear, the magical turnaround of the A’s has never been forgotten in Oakland. Neither have Billy Martin and Billy Ball. During a time of economic uncertainty and waning baseball interest in Oakland, Billy Ball filled the stands, rejuvenated fans, and saved professional baseball in the city.

Black Roses

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Author : Harold Green
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0063135558
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (631 download)

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Download or read book Black Roses written by Harold Green and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2022-03-15 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The poet and founder of the music collective Flowers for the Living pays tribute to all Black women by focusing on visionaries and leaders who are making history right now, including Ava DuVernay, Janelle Monae, Kamala Harris, Misty Copeland, Nikole Hannah-Jones, Robin Roberts, Roxane Gay, and Simone Biles—with this compilation of celebratory odes featuring full-color illustrations by Melissa Koby. Black women are exceptional. To honor how Black women use their minds, talent, passion, and power to transform society, Harold Green began writing love letters in verse which he shared on his Instagram account. Balm for our troubled times, his tributes to visionaries and leaders quickly went viral and became a social media sensation. Now, in this remarkable collection, Green brings together many of these popular odes with never-before-seen works. A timely celebration of contemporary Black figures who are making history and shaping our culture today, Black Roses is divided into five sections—advocates, curators, innovators, luminaries, trailblazers—reflecting the diversity of Black women’s achievements and the depth of their reach. These inspiring changemakers are leaving their mark on the world by creating new beauty in their respective art forms, heading movements, fighting for equality and to change the status quo, and championing new definitions of what’s possible in every meaningful way. Green lifts them up to create meaningful connections between these figures and our own lives and experiences. Black Roses spotlights and urges readers to learn more about Allyson Felix, Angelica Ross, Ava DuVernay, Bisa Butler, Bozoma Saint John, Charisma Sweat-Green, Dr. Eve Ewing, Dr. Janice Jackson, Dr. Johnnetta Cole, Eunique Jones-Gibson, Issa Rae, Janelle Monae, Jennifer Hudson, Jessica Matthews, Kamala Harris, Keisha Bottoms, Kimberly Bryant, Kimberly Drew, Lisa Green, Lizzo, Mandilyn Graham, Mellody Hobson, Michelle Alexander, Misty Copeland, Naomi Beckwith, Nikole Hannah-Jones, Phylicia Rashad, Rapsody, Raquel Willis, Robin Roberts, Roxane Gay, Shellye Archambeau, Simone Biles, Stacey Abrams, Tabitha Brown, Tamika Mallory, Tarana Burke, Tasha Bell, Tomi Adeyemi, and Tracee Ellis Ross.

Hearing Homer's Song

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Author : Robert Kanigel
Publisher : Knopf
ISBN 13 : 0525520945
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (255 download)

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Download or read book Hearing Homer's Song written by Robert Kanigel and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2021-04-27 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the acclaimed biographer of Jane Jacobs and Srinivasa Ramanujan comes the first full life and work of arguably the most influential classical scholar of the twentieth century, who overturned long-entrenched notions of ancient epic poetry and enlarged the very idea of literature. In this literary detective story, Robert Kanigel gives us a long overdue portrait of an Oakland druggist's son who became known as the "Darwin of Homeric studies." So thoroughly did Milman Parry change our thinking about the origins of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey that scholars today refer to a "before" Parry and an "after." Kanigel describes the "before," when centuries of readers, all the way up until Parry's trailblazing work in the 1930's, assumed that the Homeric epics were "written" texts, the way we think of most literature; and the "after" that we now live in, where we take it for granted that they are the result of a long and winding oral tradition. Parry made it his life's work to develop and prove this revolutionary theory, and Kanigel brilliantly tells his remarkable story--cut short by Parry's mysterious death by gunshot wound at the age of thirty-three. From UC Berkeley to the Sorbonne to Harvard to Yugoslavia--where he traveled to prove his idea definitively by studying its traditional singers of heroic poetry--we follow Parry on his idiosyncratic journey, observing just how his early notions blossomed into a full-fledged theory. Kanigel gives us an intimate portrait of Parry's marriage to Marian Thanhouser and their struggles as young parents in Paris, and explores the mystery surrounding Parry's tragic death at the Palms Hotel in Los Angeles. Tracing Parry's legacy to the modern day, Kanigel explores how what began as a way to understand the Homeric epics became the new field of "oral theory," which today illuminates everything from Beowulf to jazz improvisation, from the Old Testament to hip-hop.

Marked by Scorn

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Author : Dominica Malcolm
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780980508451
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Marked by Scorn written by Dominica Malcolm and published by . This book was released on 2016-07-31 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of stories and poems that explore the experiences of people in nontraditional family roles and in different cultures.

Abandoned East Bay San Francisco

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Author : Xan Blood Walker
Publisher : America Through Time
ISBN 13 : 9781634992718
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (927 download)

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Download or read book Abandoned East Bay San Francisco written by Xan Blood Walker and published by America Through Time. This book was released on 2020-11-09 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The San Francisco East Bay is home to a large and expanding variety of graffiti artists. In this collection of cities, you can find their expressions and experimentations in secret places that hold surprising bursts of color, pattern, and texture. This area is centered in two bustling cities: Oakland and Berkeley. These two adjacent cities hold a diverse population of over 500,000 people. But to locals, it also includes tiny Emeryville, which is pocketed in between these two cities; the quaint island city of Alameda, which is a short bridge away from Oakland; San Leandro on the outskirts of Oakland to the South; and the gritty city of Richmond to the north of Berkeley. This geographic area is lovingly called "the East Bay." Xan Blood Walker resonates strongly with the aesthetic these artists bring to the area. Coming from a background of being a homeless, drug addicted punk rocker in the 80s, she transformed herself into a recovering psychotherapist, art therapist, and photographer. In these hidden spaces, she finds the magic and tragic beauty that was once her world.

Oakland

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Author : Beth Bagwell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780615629162
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (291 download)

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Download or read book Oakland written by Beth Bagwell and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Flavors of Oakland

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Author : Elazar Sontag
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780964435278
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book Flavors of Oakland written by Elazar Sontag and published by . This book was released on 2016-07-01 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flavors of Oakland will take you on a culinary tour through one of America's most vibrant cities. In each of the 20 chapters you will meet an Oakland resident who shares their story and a treasured recipe from their culture. Magnificent photos of the people and recipes bring the Flavors of Oakland to your own kitchen wherever you may be.

ABC Oakland

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Author : Michael Wertz
Publisher : Heyday Books
ISBN 13 : 9781597143714
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (437 download)

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Download or read book ABC Oakland written by Michael Wertz and published by Heyday Books. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bursting with civic pride, ABC Oakland encourages children and adults alike to explore the possibilities that "the Town" has to offer.

Report

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Author : Oakland Free Library
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 478 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book Report written by Oakland Free Library and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Oakland Library Oakland Centennial, 1852-1952

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Author : Oakland Public Library (Calif.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 41 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (313 download)

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Download or read book Oakland Library Oakland Centennial, 1852-1952 written by Oakland Public Library (Calif.) and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Organic Structure of Oakland Public Library

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Author : Peter Thomas Conmy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Organic Structure of Oakland Public Library written by Peter Thomas Conmy and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Annual Report of the Oakland Public Library, the Oakland Public Museum, the Snow Museum of Natural History, the Oakland Art Gallery, for the Year ...

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Author : Oakland (Calif.) Library Department
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 78 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Annual Report of the Oakland Public Library, the Oakland Public Museum, the Snow Museum of Natural History, the Oakland Art Gallery, for the Year ... written by Oakland (Calif.) Library Department and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Summary Report on a Survey of the Oakland Public Library, Including the Oakland Art Gallery, the Oakland Public Museum, the Snow African Collection

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Author : Oakland Free Library
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Summary Report on a Survey of the Oakland Public Library, Including the Oakland Art Gallery, the Oakland Public Museum, the Snow African Collection written by Oakland Free Library and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Staff Handbook

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Author : Oakland Free Library. Staff Association
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.M/5 ( download)

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The Oakland Public Library

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Author : Oakland Free Library
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (183 download)

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Download or read book The Oakland Public Library written by Oakland Free Library and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

An Evaluation of Civil Service in the Public Library

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Author : Carl C. Fisher
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book An Evaluation of Civil Service in the Public Library written by Carl C. Fisher and published by . This book was released on 1940 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: