![]() ![]() He is the author of They Came Before Columbus: The African Presence in Ancient America, which was published by Random House in 1977 and is presently in its twenty-ninth printing. ![]() He also compiled the Swahili Dictionary of Legal Terms, based on his field work in Tanzania, East Africa, in 1967. ![]() He was honored as an historian of world repute by being asked to join UNESCO's International Commission for Rewriting the Scientific and Cultural History of Mankind.Īs a linguist, published essays on the dialect of the Sea Islands off the Georgia Coast. He was honored for his work in this field by being asked by the Nobel Committee of the Swedish Academy to nominate candidates for the Nobel Prize in Literature from 1976-1980. He is also the author of several major literary reviews published in Denmark, India, Britain and the United States. He was a literary critic, a linguist, and an anthropologist who made a name in all three fields.Īs a literary critic, he is the author of Caribbean Writers, a collection of critical essays on the Caribbean novel. During the decade of the 1960s he broadcast weekly from Britain to Africa and the Caribbean. From 1957-1959 he served as a Press and Broadcasting Officer in the Guyana Information Services. He was educated at the School of Oriental and African Studies (London University) and the Rutgers Graduate School and held degrees in African Studies and Anthropology. Ivan Van Sertima was born in Guyana, South America. ![]()
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6/27/2023 0 Comments Books by megan shull![]() ![]() ![]() Publisher: New York, NY :Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,2016. Megan Shull’s Amazing Grace will grab you from the first paragraph go ahead, read it! and keep you reading till its satisfying, transporting shhhh happy ending. Creator/Contributor: Shull, Megan,author. Grace gets a make under, a new identity, and a new life in a rugged little town on the edge of nowhere, population 813 including one cute boy: one very cute boy. ![]() For the hottest girl on the planet, life’s about to change. Three simple words and her new life begins. And right there, in her custom made Nike warm ups, tears streaming down her face, Grace says the three magic words that her mom told her she could say anytime, anytime this whole crazy life wasn’t fun anymore. But what happens when America’s ‘It’ girl doesn’t want ‘It’ anymore? With the paparazzi stalking her every move, Grace quietly slips out of a TEEN PEOPLE photo shoot, ducks the press, and calls her mom from the boiler room of the fabled USTA National Tennis Center. Gorgeous teen superstar Grace Kincaid has it all an electric smile, million dollar endorseme*nt deals, and blond cover girl looks. ![]() ![]() ![]() In its second life, Muscle Beach gradually sidelined female weightlifters and glorified the heterosexuality of male bodybuilders, thus reinforcing traditional gender norms and leading to wider acceptance of the male muscular physique by the 1980s. While the Muscle Beach athletes successfully distanced themselves from the taint of homosexuality by associating muscles with heterosexual glamour, the 1958 scandal reversed this trend and reinforced the stigma attached to muscles. The legitimization of visible muscularity was not a simple process. The Muscle Beach phenomenon illuminates the changing meaning of muscles in America, from the conflation of muscu-larity with homosexuality in the 1950s to the triumph of " hard bodies " in the 1980s. In the following decades a new " Muscle Beach " arose in countercultural Venice. ![]() The former body-builder-turned-action-movie-star-turned-California-governor is. In 1958, in the aftermath of a sex crime panic, the site was closed. It’s much too early to predict the nature of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s final Wikipedia entry, much less his legacy. In the 1940s and 1950s, at Santa Monica's Muscle Beach, male and female acrobats and bodybuilders performed stunts and displayed muscular physiques. ![]() 6/26/2023 0 Comments Death at wentwater court![]() ![]() OL24472837W Page_number_confidence 93.87 Pages 328 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.13 Ppi 360 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20210512161506 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 1030 Scandate 20210504075716 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9780750531474 Tts_version 4. ![]() Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 13:00:49 Boxid IA40110620 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier ![]() 6/26/2023 0 Comments The camelot betrayal![]() She's also increasingly worried about who and what she is, which is made all the worse when her sister-or the true Guinevere's sister-shows up in Camelot, looking to reconnect. ![]() ![]() Because Guinevere would never-she even uses magic to bathe to avoid coming in contact with the liquid she's so terrified of.Īfter driving back-but not defeating-the Dark Queen, Guinevere is even more on edge living in Camelot and working to protect the city and its people. The water, however, throws me for a loop. This cover is just as pretty as the first in this series, with the fierce young woman staring off of it as if daring the reader to challenge her. If you’re caught up, however, feel free to continue below. If you haven’t read the first book ( The Guinevere Deception ), man your battle stations turn away now, as there might be spoilers in this review. Red alert! The Camelot Betrayal is the second book in the Camelot Rising series. ![]() ![]() BOOK REPORT for The Camelot Betrayal ( Camelot Rising #2) by Kiersten White ![]() 6/26/2023 0 Comments The mitten a ukrainian folktale![]() Another main idea could be to always help others in need even if it makes your life a little bit harder. ![]() The main idea of this story to listen to your elders because they are wiser and have more life experience. In addition, on the blue pages the illustrations were all in black and white and on the white pages the illustrations were mostly black with little bits of color. It added a little bit of pop to the very simple illustrations. Another small touch I enjoyed with the illustrations was that every other page was a turquoise-blue color. I also enjoyed that majority of the illustrations were in black and white with pops of color here and there. ![]() I also really enjoyed the illustrations, even though they were simple, they were very effective in telling the story. Jan Bretts wonderful adaption of the Ukrainian Folktale 'The Mitten' makes a great base for a unit on mittens to use during the winter months with your preschool and kindergarten children. ![]() The idea that the all the animals generously made room for all the animals to fit into the tiny glove in the extreme cold weather even though there was not nearly enough room. This first reason why I liked it was the plot. I had never heard of this story before but I heard it was popular in the genre of traditional literature so I thought I would read it. ![]() I really enjoyed this traditional story for many reasons. ![]() 6/26/2023 0 Comments Of mice and men digital book![]() ![]() ![]() Eventually they find work on a ranch in California's Salinas Valley, but their hopes are dashed as Lennie - struggling against extreme cruelty, misunderstanding and feelings of jealousy - becomes a victim of his own strength. Drifters in search of work, George and his childlike friend Lennie, have nothing in the world except the clothes on their back - and a dream that one day they will have some land of their own. Tackling universal themes of friendship and shared vision, a. ![]() 6/26/2023 0 Comments The Weight of Air by David Poses![]() David also realized that being sober only means abstaining from whatever it is you’re addicted to, while recovery happens only when you’ve healed the wounds that led you to addiction in the first place. ![]() After trying to find a treatment that worked for him, he soon discovered buprenorphine, an opioid used to treat opioid-use disorders, which also saved his life from heroin. David is the author of The Weight of Air: A Story About the Lies of Addiction and the Truth of Recovery.ĭavid struggled with addiction, which he chose to hide for a long time. A writer, speaker, and activist, David was a tireless advocate for all who struggled with mental health or addiction issues. ![]() Today’s episode is a replay of an interview with David Poses, who recently passed away, in honor of his life and legacy. ![]() However, addiction is not the real problem, but rather the symptom of all these underlying hurts, pains, and suffering. The stigma of addiction is so bad that people who are struggling with it choose to hide it. ![]() 6/25/2023 0 Comments Bread flour salt yeast water![]() ![]() I wanted consistency in my loaves most of all. I do not need open crumb mastery or a super complex method to get results. I am not someone who goes on The Fresh Loaf daily or experiments a lot. It’s healthier and it’s fulfilling to make it. I find sourdough bread tastes better, digests better, and lasts longer. Baking is a hobby and it’s also a way to feed myself and my loved ones. I have had many sourdough bread failures. I rarely have complete failures with baking now and there are edible results.īread baking is a sub category that is much harder especially sourdough baking. I can usually predict if I will like a recipe and what makes it work for me and my taste buds. I am proud to say that after many years with cookies, quick breads, tray bakes, etc. I did not grow up baking a lot and really only started baking for fun as a uni student and as an adult. I find it relaxing and as someone who has had issues with anxiety, the process of baking is controlled and therapeutic. ![]() 6/25/2023 0 Comments Alex haleys![]() ![]() "The third people," said Omoro, "are those waiting to be born."Īlex Haley was born in Ithaca, New York, the son of Simon Alexander "And the third people – who are they?" asked Kunta. First were those you could see – walking around,Įating, sleeping, and working. ![]() You get down to the bottom, beneath these man-imposed differences." He said that three groups of people lived Is that it touches the pulse of how alike we human beings are when Study of mythmaking: "What Roots gets at in whatever form, ![]() The book wasĪdapted to television series, and woke up an interest in genealogy, Generations, starting from his ancestor, Kunta Kinte. In this work,Īlex Haley traced his ancestry back to Africa and covered seven American A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y ZĪmerican biographer, scriptwriter, and novelist, whoseĪ publishing phenomenon and international bestseller. ![]() |