Speak: The Graphic Novel
Title | Speak: The Graphic Novel PDF eBook |
Author | Laurie Halse Anderson |
Publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) |
Pages | 388 |
Release | 2018-02-06 |
Genre | Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | 1466897872 |
The bestselling, award-winning modern classic Speak is now a stunning graphic novel—adapted by Laurie Halse Anderson herself and brought to life visually by Eisner Award winner Emily Carroll. "Speak up for yourself—we want to know what you have to say." From the first moment of her freshman year at Merryweather High, Melinda knows this is a big lie, part of the nonsense of high school. She is friendless, an outcast, because she busted an end-of-summer party by calling the cops. Now nobody will talk to her, let alone listen to her. As time passes, Melinda becomes increasingly isolated and practically stops talking altogether. Only her art class offers any solace, and it is through her work on an art project that she is finally able to face what really happened at that terrible party: she was raped by an upperclassman, a guy who still attends Merryweather and is still a threat to her. Her healing process has just begun when she has another violent encounter with him. But this time Melinda fights back—and refuses to be silent. The groundbreaking National Book Award Finalist and Michael L. Printz Honor Book about consent, healing, and finding your voice comes alive for new audiences and fans of the original novel in Speak: The Graphic Novel.
Black and White
Title | Black and White PDF eBook |
Author | David Macaulay |
Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Pages | 62 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0395521513 |
Four brief stories about parents, trains, and cows, or is it really all one story? The author recommends careful inspection of words and pictures to both minimize and enhance confusion.
Knights of the Black and White
Title | Knights of the Black and White PDF eBook |
Author | Jack Whyte |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 820 |
Release | 2006-08-08 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 110121502X |
A brother of the Order-a medieval secret society uniting noble families in a sacred bond-Sir Hugh de Payens has emerged from the First Crusade a broken man seeking to dedicate his life to God. But the Order has other plans for him: to uncover a deadly secret that could shatter the very might of the Church itself.
White Over Black
Title | White Over Black PDF eBook |
Author | Winthrop D. Jordan |
Publisher | UNC Press Books |
Pages | 692 |
Release | 2013-02-06 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0807838683 |
In 1968, Winthrop D. Jordan set out in encyclopedic detail the evolution of white Englishmen's and Anglo-Americans' perceptions of blacks, perceptions of difference used to justify race-based slavery, and liberty and justice for whites only. This second edition, with new forewords by historians Christopher Leslie Brown and Peter H. Wood, reminds us that Jordan's text is still the definitive work on the history of race in America in the colonial era. Every book published to this day on slavery and racism builds upon his work; all are judged in comparison to it; none has surpassed it.
Charleston in Black and White
Title | Charleston in Black and White PDF eBook |
Author | Steve Estes |
Publisher | UNC Press Books |
Pages | 233 |
Release | 2015-07-10 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1469622335 |
Once one of the wealthiest cities in America, Charleston, South Carolina, established a society built on the racial hierarchies of slavery and segregation. By the 1970s, the legal structures behind these racial divisions had broken down and the wealth built upon them faded. Like many southern cities, Charleston had to construct a new public image. In this important book, Steve Estes chronicles the rise and fall of black political empowerment and examines the ways Charleston responded to the civil rights movement, embracing some changes and resisting others. Based on detailed archival research and more than fifty oral history interviews, Charleston in Black and White addresses the complex roles played not only by race but also by politics, labor relations, criminal justice, education, religion, tourism, economics, and the military in shaping a modern southern city. Despite the advances and opportunities that have come to the city since the 1960s, Charleston (like much of the South) has not fully reckoned with its troubled racial past, which still influences the present and will continue to shape the future.
America in Black and White
Title | America in Black and White PDF eBook |
Author | Stephan Thernstrom |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 708 |
Release | 2009-07-14 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1439129096 |
In a book destined to become a classic, Stephan and Abigail Thernstrom present important new information about the positive changes that have been achieved and the measurable improvement in the lives of the majority of African-Americans. Supporting their conclusions with statistics on education, earnings, and housing, they argue that the perception of serious racial divisions in this country is outdated -- and dangerous.
Black and White
Title | Black and White PDF eBook |
Author | Jackie Kessler |
Publisher | Spectra |
Pages | 466 |
Release | 2009-06-02 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0553906666 |
It's the ultimate battle of good versus good. They were best friends at an elite academy for superheroes in training, but now Callie Bradford, code name Iridium, and Joannie Greene, code name Jet, are mortal enemies. Jet is a by-the-book hero, using her Shadow power to protect the citizens of New Chicago. Iridium, with her mastery of light, runs the city’s underworld. For the past five years the two have played an elaborate, and frustrating, game of cat and mouse. But now playtime’s over. Separately Jet and Iridium uncover clues that point to a looming evil, one that is entwined within the Academy. As Jet works with Bruce Hunter—a normal man with an extraordinary ability to make her weak in the knees—she becomes convinced that Iridium is involved in a scheme that will level the power structure of America itself. And Iridium, teaming with the mysterious vigilante called Taser, uncovers an insidious plot that’s been a decade in the making…a plot in which Jet is key. They’re both right. And they’re both wrong. Because nothing is as simple as Black and White.