5/30/2023 0 Comments Family Properties by Beryl Satter![]() Subsequent chapters depict the campaigns for social justice that arose from these practices. Satter writes of one chilling case in 1957, when a mob of 200 teenagers gathered outside an African-American homeowner’s house, chanting, “We want blood.” When they sought redress in the courts, plaintiffs often met opposition from openly racist judges. ![]() Even if they managed to stay afloat financially, black families often had to contend with hostile, even violent, white neighbors. ![]() One late monthly payment allowed the owner to void the contract, evict the tenants and start the process anew with another family. ![]() The houses were often in disrepair and grossly overpriced initial down payments were massive. Taking advantage of the fact that few banks would give mortgages to African-Americans, owners pushed a scheme called “contract selling,” which was basically a high-interest installment plan with exorbitant monthly payments. Her father was a civil-rights attorney who represented many black families against exploitative real-estate contracts in the 1950s and ’60s. ![]() Each Mind a Kingdom: American Women, Sexual Purity, and the New Thought Movement, 1875–1920, 1999) views this issue through the personal lens of family history. An engrossing look at the history of racist real-estate practices in Chicago, and the activists who fought for justice. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Her crime novels have been translated into 30 languages. She won a few awards, including the Edgar Allan Poe Awards for her first novel. Her first novel, A Great Deliverance, is published in 1988, introduced to the reader her famous inspector. At the same time, she completed a master’s degree in counseling and psychology. She is recognized for her whodunit books featuring Inspector Lynley, in the pure British tradition of the genre.Īfter receiving her teaching certificate from the University of California, Riverside, Elizabeth George worked as a teacher in the public school system. Affiliate disclosure: As an Amazon Associate, we may earn commissions from qualifying purchases from Amazon.Īll of Elizabeth George’s Books in Order! Who is Elizabeth George?īorn Susan Elizabeth George on February 26 of 1949, Elizabeth George is an American crime novelist. ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments Hofstadter the paranoid style![]() ![]() Vann Woodward called this volume of seven essays "the most balanced and authoritative analysis we have of a formidable and apparently permanent force in American politics" ( New York Times). To John Higham, Hofstadter was "the finest and also the most humane historical intelligence of our generation" (ANB). $1000.įirst edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian's pivotal volume of seven essays, including the title work that expresses his alarm at "the arena of uncommonly angry minds" that dominates the nation's politics, manufacturing a "vast and sinister conspiracy… as the motive force in historical events… Time is forever just running out." Octavo, original navy cloth, original dust jacket. ![]() The Paranoid Style in American Politics and Other Essays. "A FORMIDABLE AND APPARENTLY PERMANENT FORCE IN AMERICAN POLITICS": FIRST EDITION OF RICHARD HOFSTADTER'S HIGHLY INFLUENTIAL WORK, THE PARANOID STYLE IN AMERICAN POLITICS AND OTHER ESSAYS, 1965 ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments The dark tower series books![]() The third door leads to 1977 and the mind of a psychopath called The Pusher, the very criminal responsible for Odetta’s injuries. The second leads to 1964 and the divided personality of Odetta Holmes/Detta Walker, an African American woman who has lost the bottom half of her legs but gained a second, psychotic self. The first opens onto New York, 1987, and the mind of a heroin addict called Eddie Dean. Fighting off the delirium brought on by the lobstrosity’s poison, Roland forces himself along the beach where he discovers three freestanding doorways that lead into our world. Roland kills the clawed creature, but not before it bites off two of his fingers and half of one big toe. Tab will move on to the next part of the site rather than go through menu items.Īfter his final confrontation with the Man in Black in a remote mountain Golgotha, an exhausted Roland awakes on the beach of the Western Sea and is immediately attacked by a shoreline monster known as a lobstrosity. Enter and space open menus and escape closes them as well. Up and Down arrows will open main level menus and toggle through sub tier links. ![]() Left and right arrows move across top level links and expand / close menus in sub levels. ![]() ![]() The site navigation utilizes arrow, enter, escape, and space bar key commands. ![]() ![]() ![]() Travel through time from before the American Revolution to the present. ![]() Learn about the geological forces that shaped the valley, the Catskills, and the Adirondacks into the national landmarks they are today. ![]() Explore the same pastoral scenes the Hudson River School painters of the nineteenth century found so inspiring. Through their photographs of an eclectic variety of buildings and stunning landscapes, this Photographic Tour puts the spotlight on the tycoons, generals, and politicians, as well as farmers, artisans, and artists, whose legacies and dreams have shaped this region's land and culture. With passion and expertise, Nancy de Flon and Anton de Flon expose the history, infrastructure, architecture, and natural beauty of their beloved Hudson Valley. ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments Envy by Anna Godbersen![]() ![]() Carey Lewis Longhorn, who continues to provide for her financially. Carolina Broad, a maid turned socialite, is content befriending a wealthy elderly gentleman, Mr. Her sister, Elizabeth Holland, grieves over the loss of her true love, while growing weaker and more fragile every day. She continues to avoid any confrontations with Henry. Diana Holland is heartbroken about the marriage, but she acts to appear genuine and gay at the many balls and parties she is obligated to attend to, in order to preserve her family's reputation. Henry refuses to even sleep in the same room as his new wife, as he remains infatuated with Diana Holland. ![]() Henry Schoonmaker, the handsome son of a wealthy tycoon, is now married to Penelope Hayes, due to her scheming. Envy: A Luxe Novel is a young adult novel by author Anna Godbersen. ![]() ![]() ![]() She has also served on working groups dealing with race at Stanford’s Center for Applied Science and Behavioral Studies, the Aspen Institute, and the United Nations. Her research has garnered substantial fellowships from the American Council of Learned Societies, the Ford Foundation, National Humanities Center, Harvard University, and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. She is also the author of Eyes Off the Prize: The United Nations and the African American Struggle for Human Rights, 1944-1955 Bourgeois Radicals: The NAACP and the Struggle for Colonial Liberation, 1941-1960, and One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression is Destroying Our Democracy, which was long-listed for the National Book Award and a finalist for the PEN/Galbraith Award in non-fiction. ![]() Carol Anderson is the Charles Howard Candler Professor of African American Studies at Emory University and author of White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Nation's Divide, a New York Times Bestseller, Washington Post Notable Book of 2016, and a National Book Critics Circle Award winner. ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments Lisa cron ted talk![]() “Writing is the handmaiden of story,” she said. Throughout her speech, she gave attendees a snapshot into the science behind storytelling that will help craft a work of fiction that is more than “a perfectly-penned ‘who cares?’” “If beautiful writing is what we really crave, would 50 Shades of Grey have sold 100 million copies?” she asked during her keynote speech at Writers & Illustrators Day on Feb. ![]() In her books Wired for Story: The Writer’s Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence and its follow up Story Genius: How to Use Brain Science to Go Beyond Outlining and Write a Riveting Novel (Before You Waste Three Years Writing 327 Pages That Go Nowhere), Cron maintains that it’s not beautiful prose that captures readers, but the emotions driven by story. Author and story coach Lisa Cron writes books for writers, but she doesn’t teach writing. ![]() 5/29/2023 0 Comments Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card![]() ![]() Negative language around body size, with a character referred to as "unpleasantly fat." Few girls are in Battle School because "too many centuries of evolution are working against them." A female character is highly skilled, but her strength is described as having "more balls than anyone else in the room," which continues to value boys over girls. Her older brother calls her "little woman" on one occasion. ![]() A fictional slang called "giria" is condescendingly described as the "pidgin English of uneducated people." Offensive reference to an Asian character as "slanty eyed." Many examples of antisemitism including a character name-called "circumcised dog." Gender stereotypes are commonplace: Ender's sister is positioned as the empathetic one of the three siblings. There's no rebuke the two continue their training. One scene includes use of the "N" word, with main character joking that his grandfather would sell a Black character's grandfather. While characters of different races appear in supporting roles, main character is White and many racist incidents occur. ![]() ![]() Writing this in 1996, she then went onto further refine and hone her chosen genre. This passion soon branched off into the military romance genre mixing both suspense and intrigue, as she created her ‘Tall, Dark and Dangerous’ series that looked into the lives and loves of a group of Navy SEALs. This practice came back to her though after she began to focus on scripts for television, primarily that of ‘Star Trek’ novels, before finding what it was that she loved romance stories. Having attended the Boston University where she went to their ‘School of Broadcasting and Film’, she soon dropped out to join a band after studying both film and creative writing. Born and raised in New Jersey, she lives with her dogs which she cares for, as she continues to write her unique brand of fiction. Suzzanne Brockmann was born in 1960 and is an American author who has become well known for her romantic literature. ![]() Still writing today she continues to enjoy a long and illustrious career writing within the area of both romance and the military genres. ![]() Living just outside of Boston, Massachusetts, she currently resides with her husband and two children. ![]() ![]() American author Suzanne Brockmann is a writer of romantic fiction who’s produced a number of works that have been well-received within her field. ![]() |
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