wyszukanych pozycji: 4
Goodbye Uncle Bengy, Hello Uncle Sam: A Journey to Citizenship
ISBN: 9781466267350 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 362 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Goodbye Uncle Bengy, Hello Uncle Sam is the story of a gifted young businessman from Jamaica who comes to America in search of education and financial success. Instead he finds economic struggle and a more complex society than he imagined. Born to a large, evangelical family in rural Jamaica, he must learn how to excel in his new home with an unexpected new identity: as a minority in a racially sensitive country. More than ever, there are tensions with his childhood religious convictions as he looks inward for strength from his past and the will to overcome setbacks and relationship...
Goodbye Uncle Bengy, Hello Uncle Sam is the story of a gifted young businessman from Jamaica who comes to America in search of education and financial...
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86,17 zł |
Langston Hughes: Folk Dramatist in the Protest Tradition, 1921-1943
ISBN: 9780313287190 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Though known primarily as a poet, Langston Hughes crafted well over 40 theatrical works. This book examines Hughes's stage pieces from his first published play, The Gold Piece (1921), through his post-radical wartime effort, For This We Fight (1943). Hughes's plays of this period reflect the influence of folk drama, Russian constructivist theatre, and black history. The Broadway run of Mulatto (1935), a tragic protest melodrama, earned Hughes national recognition. McLaren demonstrates that Hughes's folk comedies, such as Mule Bone (1930) and Little Ham (1936), valorize folk humor and black...
Though known primarily as a poet, Langston Hughes crafted well over 40 theatrical works. This book examines Hughes's stage pieces from his first publi...
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404,82 zł |
Autobiography: I Wonder as I Wander
ISBN: 9780826214348 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 426 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. I Wonder As I Wander (1956), Hughes's second volume of autobiography, is a continuation from The Big Sea, detailing his global travels to such areas as Cuba, Haiti, Paris, the Soviet Union, and the Far East. It culminates in his 1937 coverage for the Baltimore Afro-American of the Spanish Civil War. The travelogue highlights the beginning of Hughes's career as a journalist, a further realization of his goal to live as a professional writer. Furthermore, it shows the influence of legendary black educator Mary McLeod Bethune, who inspired Hughes to travel through the... I Wonder As I Wander (1956), Hughes's second volume of autobiography, is a continuation from The Big Sea, detailing his global trave... |
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317,29 zł |
I Walked with Giants: The Autobiography of Jimmy Heath
ISBN: 9781439901984 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Composer of more than 100 jazz pieces, three-time Grammy nominee, and performer on more than 125 albums, saxophonist Jimmy Heath has earned a place of honor in the history of jazz. In this extraordinary autobiography, the legendary Heath creates a "dialogue" with musicians and family members. By turns funny, poignant, and extremely candid, Heath's story captures the rhythms of a life in jazz.
Composer of more than 100 jazz pieces, three-time Grammy nominee, and performer on more than 125 albums, saxophonist Jimmy Heath has earned a place of...
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181,89 zł |