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Idlewild

Author : Nick Sagan
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101643277
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Idlewild written by Nick Sagan and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-01-02 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “GRIPPING . . . the kind of book you simply don’t want to stop reading.”—Neil Gaiman He calls himself Halloween. He is a unique student attending a most prestigious boarding school—the Idlewild Immersive Virtual Reality Academy. While his body sleeps, his mind interacts with those of his fellow students under the tutelage of the enigmatic artificial intelligence known as Maestro. An inexplicable energy surge has damaged the IVR and fragmented Halloween’s mind. Convinced this anomaly was deliberately triggered to kill him, Halloween is desperate to recover his memories—only to discover a devastating revelation about his true existence. “Idlewild builds, not just in tension but in what it demands from the reader, ending up as a dark exploration of hidden realities.”—The Guardian “Sagan provides plenty of suspense and perfectly captures the angry adolescent solipsism that makes kids into hackers and superheroes.”—Entertainment Weekly

Members Only

Author : Diana Elizabeth Kendall
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780742545564
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (455 download)

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Download or read book Members Only written by Diana Elizabeth Kendall and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2008 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Members Only addresses how exclusive private clubs maintain and perpetuate class-based privilege and racial/ethnic and religious segregation, and how such patterns of social exclusion heighten social inequality. Members Only continues Kendall's study of the upper classes, whic...

Idlewild

Author : Ronald Jemal Stephens
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738518909
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (189 download)

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Download or read book Idlewild written by Ronald Jemal Stephens and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once considered the most famous African-American resort community in the country, Idlewild was referred to as the Black Eden of Michigan in the 1920s and '30s, and as the Summer Apollo of Michigan in the 1950s and '60s. Showcasing classy revues and interactive performances of some of the leading black entertainers of the period, Idlewild was an oasis in the shadows of legal segregation. Idlewild: Black Eden of Michigan focuses on this illustrative history, as well as the decline and the community's contemporary renaissance, in over 200 rare photographs. The lively legacy of Lela G. and Herman O. Wilson, and Paradise Path is included, featuring images of the Paradise Club and Wilson's Grocery. Idlewild continued its role as a distinctive American resort throughout the 1950s, with photographs ranging from Phil Giles' Flamingo Club and Arthur Braggs's Idlewild Revue.

Idlewild

Author : Jude Sierra
Publisher : Interlude Press
ISBN 13 : 9781945053078
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book Idlewild written by Jude Sierra and published by Interlude Press. This book was released on 2016-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a last ditch effort to revive the Detroit gastropub he opened with his late husband, Asher Schenck hires a new staff. Among them is Tyler Heyward, a recent college graduate working his way toward med school. When they fall for each other, it's not race or class that challenges their love, but the ghosts and expectations of their pasts.

Idlewild

Author : Treasure Hernandez
Publisher : Urban Renaissance
ISBN 13 : 1645562395
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (455 download)

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Download or read book Idlewild written by Treasure Hernandez and published by Urban Renaissance. This book was released on 2021-07-27 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Desiree Johnson hasn't been home to Idlewild, Michigan, in over seventeen years, but she and her son Tyree rush there when she receives news about her father. Tyson Blackwell is taken aback by her return. Their summer relationship was once powerful, but he succumbed to family pressure and let Desiree go. Now that she's back, he vows it will not happen again--despite the presence of a wife in his life.

Idlewild: History and Memories of Pennsylvania's Oldest Amusement Park

Author : Jennifer Sopko
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467119547
Total Pages : 1 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (671 download)

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Download or read book Idlewild: History and Memories of Pennsylvania's Oldest Amusement Park written by Jennifer Sopko and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2018 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Idlewild and SoakZone has charmed people across Western Pennsylvania and beyond since the late 1800s. The park was developed by Pittsburgh's Mellon family as a picnic grove to boost traffic on the Ligonier Valley Rail Road. When C.C. Macdonald took the helm in 1931, rides, entertainment and other attractions came to Idlewild over the next half century, along with the adjacent Story Book Forest. After joining the Kennywood family of amusement parks, Idlewild added a Wild West town, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood of Make-Believe and a water slide complex. Author Jennifer Sopko tells the heartwarming history of a Pennsylvania amusement park that continues to delight generations of families.

Idlewild

Author : Ronald J. Stephens
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 0472029207
Total Pages : 421 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book Idlewild written by Ronald J. Stephens and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2013-09-30 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1912, white land developers founded Idlewild, an African American resort community in western Michigan. Over the following decades, the town became one of the country’s foremost vacation destinations for the black middle class, during its peak drawing tens of thousands of visitors annually and hosting the era’s premier entertainers, such as The Four Tops, Della Reese, Brook Benton, and George Kirby. With the civil rights movement and the resulting expansion of recreation options available to African Americans, Idlewild suffered a sharp social and economic decline, and by the early 1980s the town had become a struggling retirement community in the midst of financial and political crises. Meticulously researched and unearthing never-before-seen historical material, Ronald J. Stephens’s book examines the rapid rise and decline of this pivotal landmark in African American and leisure history, in the process exploring intersections among race, class, tourism, entertainment, and historic preservation in the United States. Featuring a wealth of fieldwork on contemporary Idlewild, the book also takes a candid look at recent revitalization efforts and analyzes the possibilities for a future resurgence of this national treasure.

Idlewild Español: Conversational Spanish (eBook with clickable audio, grammar notes, and 1400 illustrated scenarios)

Author : David Del Vecchio
Publisher : Idlewild Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Idlewild Español: Conversational Spanish (eBook with clickable audio, grammar notes, and 1400 illustrated scenarios) written by David Del Vecchio and published by Idlewild Books. This book was released on 2021-12-12 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique and delightful e-book from one of New York City’s top language schools will teach you Spanish in the easiest, most effective way possible—by combining illustrations of everyday situations with Spanish text and clickable audio. There are no separate audio files or apps to download. Simply click on the images on each page to hear the captions and dialogue spoken by native speakers and repeat what you hear. The emphasis on conversational Spanish, broken down into common phrases and lexical chunks, will teach you to speak and understand Spanish as it is actually spoken, and you’ll pick up grammar and syntax naturally without even realizing it. This immersive textbook is ideal for self study or the classroom, for beginner to intermediate students, and includes: * More than 1400 illustrated scenarios accompanied by captions and dialogue in colloquial Spanish; * Over 200 essential Spanish verbs, with illustrated examples and simple tables covering 11 tenses and moods; * Special thematic sections on 20 topics including food, family, work and travel; and * Links to 100 grammar and usage notes that explain the concepts demonstrated in each section. (But if you read the illustrated pages on your own a few times, you may not need them!) Idlewild’s method is based on the latest research on language acquisition and more than a decade of experience teaching group classes in New York City and online. Idlewild’s classes have been named “Best of New York” by New York Magazineand have been recommended by The New Yorker, Time Out, Vox and Condé Nast Traveler, among others.

Black Eden

Author : Lewis Walker
Publisher : Michigan
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Black Eden written by Lewis Walker and published by Michigan. This book was released on 2002 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before the memories are totally faded, Western Michigan University scholars Walker (sociology) and Wilson (Africana studies) chronicle Idlewild, Michigan as one of the black towns and rural communities that emerged in various part of the US in the aftermath of the Civil War and in the early 20th century. They highlight selected eras in the black resort where residents from nearby cities sought relief from the heat and the racism. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Idlewild

Author : Jeffrey S. Croushore
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738535647
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (356 download)

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Download or read book Idlewild written by Jeffrey S. Croushore and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Located in the scenic Laurel Highlands of western Pennsylvania, America's third oldest amusement park, Idlewild, was founded in 1878 as a picnic ground along the Ligonier Valley Rail Road. Its tranquil setting quickly established Idlewild as the premier place for church, school, and corporate picnics, as well as a recreational getaway for families. Idlewild added new amusements and facilities as its crowds continued to grow, but it always strove to maintain the picturesque landscape of the site. Soon a full-fledged amusement park was in operation, with throngs of visitors disembarking the trains from such places as Latrobe, Greensburg, and Pittsburgh. Home to unique attractions like Story Book Forest, the Rollo Coaster, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood of Make-Believe, and the SoakZone, Idlewild has been the backdrop for generations of fond memories. Idlewild's proximity to the Lincoln Highway helped the park survive the abandonment of the railroad, and careful development by the Mellon and Macdonald families and the Kennywood Entertainment Company continue to help it thrive. This collection of photographs tells the story of how one of America's most beautiful theme parks has grown throughout the years.

Out-Doors at Idlewild; or, The Shaping of a Home on the Banks of the Hudson

Author : Nathaniel Parker Willis
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 1438486243
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (384 download)

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Download or read book Out-Doors at Idlewild; or, The Shaping of a Home on the Banks of the Hudson written by Nathaniel Parker Willis and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2021-11-01 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the 1850s and '60s, by far the most prominent author in all of New York State was the writer, editor, and publisher Nathaniel Parker Willis (1806–1867). Nearly as prominent as Willis himself was his Hudson Valley estate, Idlewild, where literary elites gathered and about which Willis himself wrote and published extensively. In 1846, Willis founded the Home Journal, which would go on to become Town and Country. In Out-Doors at Idlewild, first published in 1855, Willis chronicled the creation of his estate at Cornwall-on-Hudson (near West Point), as well as life amid its countryside. The land afforded brilliant views of the river and the mountains to the East. Calvert Vaux, the famed architect of both landscapes and houses, designed the elaborate and ornate Gothic Revival home, which Willis named Idlewood (whereas he called the estate Idlewild), and into which the Willis family moved in July of 1853. Here, Willis wrote a series of papers for the Home Journal documenting life at the seventy-acre estate. These papers were gathered together in Out-Doors at Idlewild, a celebration of Willis's home and estate.

Edenborn

Author : Nick Sagan
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1440631352
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book Edenborn written by Nick Sagan and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-04-01 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eighteen years ago, the microbial apocalypse christened Black Ep had virtually wiped humanity from the globe. The survivors of the epidemic have now reached adulthood and are committed to the task of rebuilding civilization. But an ideological rift has divided the survivors into two separate factions—one determined to resurrect the human race, the other obsessed with improving humanity via genetic manipulation. And as the factions clash with one another, a new biological threat rises from the ashes of Black Ep, an even deadlier contagion with one purpose: mankind’s extinction. “A compelling work that will appeal to fans of speculative fiction and apocalyptic thrillers.”—Midwest Book Review

What Looks Like Crazy On an Ordinary Day

Author : Pearl Cleage
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061807176
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (618 download)

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Download or read book What Looks Like Crazy On an Ordinary Day written by Pearl Cleage and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-03-17 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This New York Times–bestselling novel is “lively, topical, and fantasy filled. Watch out, Terry McMillian. Cleage is on your tail” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). After a decade of elegant pleasures and luxe living with the Atlanta brothers and sisters with the best clothes and biggest dreams, Ava Johnson has temporarily returned home to Idlewild—her fabulous career and power plans smashed to bits by cold reality. But what she imagines to be the end is, instead, a beginning. Because, in the ten-plus years since Ava left, all the problems of the big city have come to roost in the sleepy North Michigan community whose ordinariness once drove her away; and she cannot turn her back on friends and family who sorely need her in the face of impending trouble and tragedy. Besides which, that one unthinkable, unmistakable thing is now happening to her: Ava Johnson is falling in love. Acclaimed playwright, essayist, New York Times–bestselling author, and columnist Pearl Cleage has created a world rich in character, human drama, and deep, compassionate understanding, in a remarkable novel that sizzles with sensuality, hums with gritty truth, and sings and crackles with life-affirming energy. “Very funny and charming . . . Following Cleage’s twists and turns of the human spirit, readers may find themselves on a very inspired and uplifted plane well before the last page.” —Washington Post Book World “Cleage . . . delivers a work of intelligence and integrity. . . . [A] memorable tale.” —-Publishers Weekly, starred review

New York New York

Author : Hilary Geary Ross
Publisher : powerHouse Books
ISBN 13 : 1576875881
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (768 download)

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Download or read book New York New York written by Hilary Geary Ross and published by powerHouse Books. This book was released on 2011-11-29 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York New York combines the talents of renowned photographer Harry Benson with text by society columnist Hilary Geary Ross to create a stunning portrait of New York's best-known citizens. From captains of industry, politicians, movie stars, dancers, artists, and best-selling authors to celebrated athletes and society doyennes, New York New York captures the glamour of Manhattan from the early 60s to today in hundreds of black-and-white and color photographs. Subjects include Diane Sawyer, Halston, Truman Capote, Robert Redford, Neil Simon, Tom Wolfe, Norman Mailer, Spike Lee, Malcolm Forbes, Al Pacino, Lauren Hutton, Lena Horne, Andy Warhol, Yogi Bera, Jackie Kennedy, Gerard Butler, Cindy Lauper, Daryl Hannah, Mario Cuomo, Birdie Bell, Donald Trump, Brooke Astor, Yoko Ono, Woody Allen, and Michael Kors, among many, many others.

The Negro Motorist Green Book

Author : Victor H. Green
Publisher : Colchis Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Negro Motorist Green Book written by Victor H. Green and published by Colchis Books. This book was released on with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Negro Motorist Green Book was a groundbreaking guide that provided African American travelers with crucial information on safe places to stay, eat, and visit during the era of segregation in the United States. This essential resource, originally published from 1936 to 1966, offered a lifeline to black motorists navigating a deeply divided nation, helping them avoid the dangers and indignities of racism on the road. More than just a travel guide, The Negro Motorist Green Book stands as a powerful symbol of resilience and resistance in the face of oppression, offering a poignant glimpse into the challenges and triumphs of the African American experience in the 20th century.

Everfree

Author : Nick Sagan
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1440631484
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book Everfree written by Nick Sagan and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-06-03 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Sagan’s mind-blowing post-apocalyptic trilogy comes to a satisfying, terrifying conclusion…A knockout.”—Kirkus Reviews “Compelling.”—Alternate Worlds A small group of humans has survived the apocalyptic epidemic called Black Ep, a disease that ravaged the world and left them alone on Earth. Their conflicting ideas about how a new, much less populated planet ought to be governed, however, are a source of terrible strife. The early “post-humans” believed in The Doctrine: "The post-plague world is a collective. We’re all in this together. Let’s look out for each other, share the dirty work, give the needy what they need." Inevitably, though, as more survivors are roused from their frozen sleep, there are those who disagree. People who remember power are waking up to a new world, and they do not intend to wait their turn....

Catherine Lescault

Author : Walter Idlewild
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780998622606
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (226 download)

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Download or read book Catherine Lescault written by Walter Idlewild and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In the delirious and vitalizing novel Catherine Lescault, alternative incarnations of Honoré de Balzac's classic characters from The Unknown Masterpiece enact romances of lunacy and obsession to dramatize their search for the reality of artistic creation. The novelists Frenhofer and Porbus, the painter and muse Gillette, the troubadour Nicolas, and the sculptor Houdon all strive to discover the secret of imbuing art with life, despite the voices of academic critics and students, peers and rivals, relatives and loved ones, and their own withering internal frailties. Some disciples may achieve the dream of allowing the ideal courtesan subject, Catherine Lescault herself, to breathe and live and love, while other artists' fixations lead into monomaniacal madness with unspeakably tragic consequences. Which interpretation will ultimately triumph: sculpture, paint, music, dance, acts on the stage, or words on the page?"--Back cover.