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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 183 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (612 download)
Download or read book Down Second Avenue written by and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Es'kia Mphahlele
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101616792
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)
Download or read book Down Second Avenue written by Es'kia Mphahlele and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-07-30 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Es’kia Mphahlele’s seminal memoir of life in apartheid South Africa—available for the first time in Penguin Classics Nominated for the Nobel Prize in 1969, Es’kia Mphahlele is considered the Dean of African Letters and the father of black South African writing. Down Second Avenue is a landmark book that describes Mphahlele’s experience growing up in segregated South Africa. Vivid, graceful, and unapologetic, it details a daily life of severe poverty and brutal police surveillance under the subjugation of an apartheid regime. Banned in South Africa after its original 1959 publication for its protest against apartheid, Down Second Avenue is a foundational work of literature that continues to inspire activists today. For more than sixty-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,500 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Author : Joyce Brabner
Publisher : Hill and Wang
ISBN 13 : 1466886862
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)
Download or read book Second Avenue Caper written by Joyce Brabner and published by Hill and Wang. This book was released on 2014-12-09 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Lambda Literary Award for Best LGBT Graphic Novel A Village Voice Best Graphic Novel A triumphant memoir of grassroots activism and change in New York City from renowned graphic novelist Joyce Brabner. Second Avenue Caper is the true story of a tight-knit group of artists and activists living in New York City in the early 1980s who found themselves on the front lines in the fight against AIDS. Struggling to understand the disease and how they could help, they made a deal with a bona fide goodfella, donned masterful disguises, piled into an "A-Team" van, and set off for the border, determined to save their bedridden friends by smuggling an experimental drug into the United States from Mexico. With their community in crisis and the world turned against them, this impassioned gang of misfits never gave up hope as they searched for ways to raise awareness and beat the plague. Fast-paced, poignant, and beautifully illustrated by the award-winning illustrator Mark Zingarelli, Second Avenue Caper is a heartfelt tribute to the generation that faced down AIDS.
Author : Neil Simon
Publisher : Samuel French, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780573614293
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (142 download)
Download or read book The Prisoner of Second Avenue written by Neil Simon and published by Samuel French, Inc.. This book was released on 1972 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Comedy / Characters: 2 males, 4 females Scenery: Interior Mel Edison is a well paid executive of a high-end Manhattan firm which has suddenly hit the skids and he gets the ax. His wife Edna takes a job to tide them over, then she too is sacked. Compounded by the air-pollution killing his plants, and with the walls of the apartment paper-thin, allowing him a constant earfull of his neighbors private lives things cant seem to get any worse ... then hes robbed and his psychiatrist dies with $23,000 of his money. Mel does the only thing left for him to do-he has a nervous breakdown and its the best thing that ever happened to him."--Back cover.
Author : Mukunda Goswami
Publisher : Torchlight Publications
ISBN 13 : 9781937731199
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (311 download)
Download or read book Miracle on Second Avenue written by Mukunda Goswami and published by Torchlight Publications. This book was released on 2016-01-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Miracle on Second Avenue is a short, carefully researched documentary book written in a you-are-there style, that catalogs the start and growth of the Hare Krishna movement. The work is a memoir of Mukunda Goswami, one of the pioneers of the religious group that is now known throughout the world formally as the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). Miracle on Second Avenue is a series of historical events that include the movement's founder, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, and his interactions on two continents with the author over the three-year period from August 1966 until December 1969. Mukunda Goswami's book Miracle on Second Avenue won the 2012 National Indie Excellence Award, as their 2012 Biography-General prize winner.
Author : Mark Kurlansky
Publisher : Random House Digital, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780345448187
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (481 download)
Download or read book Boogaloo on 2nd Avenue written by Mark Kurlansky and published by Random House Digital, Inc.. This book was released on 2005 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his eagerly awaited debut novel, critically acclaimed author Mark Kurlansky entertains readers with a brilliant story bursting with the vivid events and culinary delights-even recipes-that made bestsellers out of his nonfiction works "Cod, "Salt, and "1968. "Nathan woke up on a Friday morning with the unshakable sense that during this day he would commit a catastrophic error in judgment. Something had been written by the gods, and Nathan Seltzer knew this was one Friday that he would regret. . . . It's the boom years of the 1980s, and life is closing in on Nathan Seltzer, who rarely travels beyond his suddenly gentrifying Lower East Side neighborhood. Between paralyzing bouts of claustrophobia, Nathan wonders whether he should cheat on his wife with Karoline, a German pastry maker whose parents may or may not have been Nazis. His father, Harry, is plotting with the 1960s boogaloo star Chow Mein Vega for the comeback of this dance craze. Meanwhile, a homicidal drug addict is terrorizing the neighborhood. With its cast of unforgettable characters, Boogaloo on 2nd Avenue" is a comedy of cultures, of the old and the new, of Latinos, Jews, Sicilians, and Germans. It's about struggling to hold on to life in a rapidly changing world, about food and sex, and about how our lives are shaped by love and guilt.
Author : Es'kia Mphahlele
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101486201
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (14 download)
Download or read book In Corner B written by Es'kia Mphahlele and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-01-25 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The quintessential story collection from "the most important black South African writer of the present age" (George Moore). Originally published in 1967, In Corner B contains the core stories of the original editions, together with more recent pieces, and is the first new edition of Mphahlele's work since his death in 2008. Written after his return from exile, these stories inimitably capture life in both rural and urban South Africa during the days of apartheid. A new introduction by Peter Thuynsma, a South African scholar and former Mphahlele student, presents the "dean of African letters" to a new generation of readers.
Author : Es'kia Mphahlele
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Es'kia written by Es'kia Mphahlele and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essays and public addresses of scholar, teacher, philosopher, and activist Es'kia Mphahlele are presented in this collection spanning 40 years of recent African history. The intellectual and distinctly South African perspective exhibited in these writings is enriched by humor and autobiographical anecdotes. Subjects addressed include African literature and literary criticism, education in a democratic South Africa, relations between Africans and African Americans, negritude, African identity, and African humanism. A critical introduction, full biography, bibliography, and brief synopsis of each essay are included.
Author : Ena Jansen
Publisher : Wits University Press
ISBN 13 : 1776143515
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (761 download)
Download or read book Like Family written by Ena Jansen and published by Wits University Press. This book was released on 2019-04-15 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An analytic and historical perspective of literary texts to understand the position of domestic workers in South Africa More than a million black South African women are domestic workers. Precariously situated between urban and rural areas,rich and poor, white and black, these women are at once intimately connected and at a distant remove from the families they serve. Ena Jansen shows that domestic worker relations in South Africa were shaped by the institution of slavery, establishing social hierarchies and patterns of behavior that persist today. LikeFamily is an updated version of the award-winning Soos familie (2015) and the highly-acclaimed 2016 Dutch translation, Bijna familie.
Author : Philip Mark Plotch
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501745026
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)
Download or read book Last Subway written by Philip Mark Plotch and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2020-03-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Last Subway is the fascinating and dramatic story behind New York City's struggle to build a new subway line under Second Avenue and improve transit services all across the city. With his extraordinary access to powerful players and internal documents, Philip Mark Plotch reveals why the city's subway system, once the best in the world, is now too often unreliable, overcrowded, and uncomfortable. He explains how a series of uninformed and self-serving elected officials have fostered false expectations about the city's ability to adequately maintain and significantly expand its transit system. Since the 1920s, New Yorkers have been promised a Second Avenue subway. When the first of four planned phases opened on Manhattan's Upper East Side in 2017, subway service improved for tens of thousands of people. Riders have been delighted with the clean, quiet, and spacious new stations. Yet these types of accomplishments will not be repeated unless New Yorkers learn from their century-long struggle. Last Subway offers valuable lessons in how governments can overcome political gridlock and enormous obstacles to build grand projects. However, it is also a cautionary tale for cities. Plotch reveals how false promises, redirected funds and political ambitions have derailed subway improvements. Given the ridiculously high cost of building new subways in New York and their lengthy construction period, the Second Avenue subway (if it is ever completed) will be the last subway built in New York for generations to come.
Author : Ezekiel Mphahlele
Publisher : Hassell Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781014993328
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (933 download)
Download or read book The African Image. -- written by Ezekiel Mphahlele and published by Hassell Street Press. This book was released on 2021-09-10 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Es'kia Mphahlele
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781770100077
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 ( download)
Download or read book Down Second Avenue written by Es'kia Mphahlele and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Down second avenue is Es'kia Mphahlele's autobiography of his South African childhood and his struggle against discrimination. The memoir tells of Es'kia's childhood in Maupaneng, a small village outside Pietersburg, and Marabastad, a location in Pretoria. Here he showed academic promise. This resulted in a career as a teacher. After a number of years, though, he was barred from teaching because of his vocal opposition to the segregation and discrimination occurring in schools. Mphahlele then worked for Drum magazine in various capacities. The biography culminates in his exile from South Africa in 1957. Down second avenue is Mphahlele's personal account of his struggle for identity and dignity in the face of the growing discriminatory policies of the South African government. It is a compelling mix of humour and pathos.
Author : Randy Pausch
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780340978504
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (785 download)
Download or read book The Last Lecture written by Randy Pausch and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author, a computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer, explores his life, the lessons that he has learned, how he has worked to achieve his childhood dreams, and the effect of his diagnosis on him and his family.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 183 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (612 download)
Download or read book Down Second Avenue written by and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 : 9781868301393
Total Pages : 107 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)
Download or read book Down Second Avenue, by Ezekiel Mphahlele written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 : 9780869753293
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (532 download)
Download or read book Down Second Avenue written by Sached and published by . This book was released on 1998-12 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Esʹkia Mphahlele (Schriftsteller)
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (729 download)
Download or read book Down Second Avenue written by Esʹkia Mphahlele (Schriftsteller) and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
