Holly Webb Sticker and Activity Book: Puppy Playtime
Title | Holly Webb Sticker and Activity Book: Puppy Playtime PDF eBook |
Author | Holly Webb |
Publisher | Stripes Publishing |
Pages | 24 |
Release | 2016-04-07 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781847156686 |
This gorgeous full-colour activity book is perfect for all pet lovers aged five and up! Holly Webb Sticker and Activity Book: Puppy Playtimeis packed full of amazing puppy-themed puzzles, dot-to-dots, doodle pages, mazes and pictures to colour in!. There’s also a heart-warming puppy story by best-selling author Holly Webb and over 400 cute puppy stickers!
A Home for Rascal
Title | A Home for Rascal PDF eBook |
Author | Holly Webb |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Children's stories |
ISBN | 9781847151285 |
When Ellie names her puppy Rascal she doesn't realise how right she is The naughty little puppy is soon getting himself and Ellie into all sorts of mischief.
White Trash
Title | White Trash PDF eBook |
Author | Nancy Isenberg |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 482 |
Release | 2016-06-21 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 110160848X |
The New York Times bestseller A New York Times Notable and Critics’ Top Book of 2016 Longlisted for the PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction One of NPR's 10 Best Books Of 2016 Faced Tough Topics Head On NPR's Book Concierge Guide To 2016’s Great Reads San Francisco Chronicle's Best of 2016: 100 recommended books A Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of 2016 Globe & Mail 100 Best of 2016 “Formidable and truth-dealing . . . necessary.” —The New York Times “This eye-opening investigation into our country’s entrenched social hierarchy is acutely relevant.” —O Magazine In her groundbreaking bestselling history of the class system in America, Nancy Isenberg upends history as we know it by taking on our comforting myths about equality and uncovering the crucial legacy of the ever-present, always embarrassing—if occasionally entertaining—poor white trash. “When you turn an election into a three-ring circus, there’s always a chance that the dancing bear will win,” says Isenberg of the political climate surrounding Sarah Palin. And we recognize how right she is today. Yet the voters who boosted Trump all the way to the White House have been a permanent part of our American fabric, argues Isenberg. The wretched and landless poor have existed from the time of the earliest British colonial settlement to today's hillbillies. They were alternately known as “waste people,” “offals,” “rubbish,” “lazy lubbers,” and “crackers.” By the 1850s, the downtrodden included so-called “clay eaters” and “sandhillers,” known for prematurely aged children distinguished by their yellowish skin, ragged clothing, and listless minds. Surveying political rhetoric and policy, popular literature and scientific theories over four hundred years, Isenberg upends assumptions about America’s supposedly class-free society––where liberty and hard work were meant to ensure real social mobility. Poor whites were central to the rise of the Republican Party in the early nineteenth century, and the Civil War itself was fought over class issues nearly as much as it was fought over slavery. Reconstruction pitted poor white trash against newly freed slaves, which factored in the rise of eugenics–-a widely popular movement embraced by Theodore Roosevelt that targeted poor whites for sterilization. These poor were at the heart of New Deal reforms and LBJ’s Great Society; they haunt us in reality TV shows like Here Comes Honey Boo Boo and Duck Dynasty. Marginalized as a class, white trash have always been at or near the center of major political debates over the character of the American identity. We acknowledge racial injustice as an ugly stain on our nation’s history. With Isenberg’s landmark book, we will have to face the truth about the enduring, malevolent nature of class as well.
The Film Book
Title | The Film Book PDF eBook |
Author | Ronald Bergan |
Publisher | DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley) |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2021 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9780241484838 |
Story of cinema -- How movies are made -- Movie genres -- World cinema -- A-Z directors -- Must-see movies.
This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed
Title | This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed PDF eBook |
Author | Charles E Cobb Jr. |
Publisher | Basic Books |
Pages | 322 |
Release | 2014-06-03 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0465080952 |
Visiting Martin Luther King Jr. at the peak of the Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott, journalist William Worthy almost sat on a loaded pistol. "Just for self defense," King assured him. It was not the only weapon King kept for such a purpose; one of his advisors remembered the reverend's Montgomery, Alabama home as "an arsenal." Like King, many ostensibly "nonviolent" civil rights activists embraced their constitutional right to selfprotection -- yet this crucial dimension of the Afro-American freedom struggle has been long ignored by history. In This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed, civil rights scholar Charles E. Cobb Jr. describes the vital role that armed self-defense played in the survival and liberation of black communities in America during the Southern Freedom Movement of the 1960s. In the Deep South, blacks often safeguarded themselves and their loved ones from white supremacist violence by bearing -- and, when necessary, using -- firearms. In much the same way, Cobb shows, nonviolent civil rights workers received critical support from black gun owners in the regions where they worked. Whether patrolling their neighborhoods, garrisoning their homes, or firing back at attackers, these courageous men and women and the weapons they carried were crucial to the movement's success. Giving voice to the World War II veterans, rural activists, volunteer security guards, and self-defense groups who took up arms to defend their lives and liberties, This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed lays bare the paradoxical relationship between the nonviolent civil rights struggle and the Second Amendment. Drawing on his firsthand experiences in the civil rights movement and interviews with fellow participants, Cobb provides a controversial examination of the crucial place of firearms in the fight for American freedom.
The Film Appreciation Book
Title | The Film Appreciation Book PDF eBook |
Author | Jim Piper |
Publisher | Allworth |
Pages | 288 |
Release | 2014-11-18 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 9781621534358 |
This is a book for cinephiles, pure and simple. Author and filmmaker, Jim Piper, shares his vast knowledge of film and analyzes the most striking components of the best movies ever made. From directing to cinematography, from editing and music to symbolism and plot development, The Film Appreciation Book covers hundreds of the greatest works in cinema, combining history, technical knowledge, and the art of enjoyment to explain why some movies have become the most treasured and entertaining works ever available to the public, and why these movies continue to amaze viewers after decades of notoriety. Read about such classic cinematic masterpieces as Citizen Kane, Gandhi, Midnight Cowboy, Easy Rider, True Grit, Gone With the Wind, and The Wizard of Oz, as well as more recent accomplishments in feature films, such as Requiem for a Dream, Munich, The King’s Speech, and The Hurt Locker. Piper breaks down his analysis for you and points out aspects of production that movie-lovers (even the devoted ones) would never recognize on their own. This book will endlessly fascinate, and by the time you get to the last chapter, you’re ready to start all over again. In-depth analysis and thoughtful and wide-ranging film choices from every period of cinema history will ensure that you never tire of this reading companion to film. Allworth Press, an imprint of Skyhorse Publishing, publishes a broad range of books on the visual and performing arts, with emphasis on the business of art. Our titles cover subjects such as graphic design, theater, branding, fine art, photography, interior design, writing, acting, film, how to start careers, business and legal forms, business practices, and more. While we don't aspire to publish a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are deeply committed to quality books that help creative professionals succeed and thrive. We often publish in areas overlooked by other publishers and welcome the author whose expertise can help our audience of readers.
Let's Find Mimi
Title | Let's Find Mimi PDF eBook |
Author | Katherine Lodge |
Publisher | Hachette Children's |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2013-10-01 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | 9781444906813 |
Following on from Let's Find Mimi at Home and Let's Find Mimi in the City, join the hunt for Mimi on holiday in this exciting journey. With wonderfully detailed and vibrant illustrations, children will enjoy finding Mimi from the airport to the beach. Hours of eye-boggling, puzzling fun! Includes a fun rhyming story, an exciting holiday board game and over 50 stickers! Mimi enjoys common first experiences in a familiar and comforting world - perfect for preschool and nursery children. 'A lovely, fun book for little ones that follows the Where's Wally? format.' The Bookbag