The Myth of Aunt Jemima is a bold and exciting look at the way three centuries of white women writers have tackled the subject of race in both Britain and America. Diane Roberts challenges the widely-held belief that white women writers have simply acquiesed in majority cultural inscriptions of race. The Myth of Aunt Jemima shows how 'the mythic spheres of race, of the separation of black and white into low and high, other and originary, tainted and pure, remain to trouble a society struggling still to free itself from debilitating racial representations.' Beautifully...
The Myth of Aunt Jemima is a bold and exciting look at the way three centuries of white women writers have tackled the subject of race in bot...
Part family memoir, part political commentary, part apologia, Dream State tells the grand and sometimes crazy story of Florida through the eyes of one of its native daughters. Acclaimed journalist and NPR commentator Diane Roberts has many family secrets to tell. Roberts s ancestors helped settle Florida, kill off its pesky Indians, enslave some of its inhabitants, clear its forests, lay its train tracks, and pave its roads, all the time weaving themselves into the very fabric of the state. With a storyteller s talent for setting great scenes, Roberts lays out the sweeping history of...
Part family memoir, part political commentary, part apologia, Dream State tells the grand and sometimes crazy story of Florida through the eyes...
Part introspective soul searching, part cultural analysis, Tribal tackles the controversies plaguing college athletics, tracing the dubious historical underpinnings of Americans' most popular sport, offering a visceral and often funny analysis of its tribal thrills and deep contradictions.
Florida State's football team is always in the headlines, producing Heisman Trophy candidates, winning championships, and, at the same time, dealing with federal investigations into corruption and rape. Same as many big time collegiate sports programs. Seems no matter how the team...
Part introspective soul searching, part cultural analysis, Tribal tackles the controversies plaguing college athletics, tracing the dubiou...
Sex was God's idea. Yet many Christians seem to think the more spiritual they are, the less sexual they will be. Dr. Ted and Diane Roberts help readers learn why men and women see sex differently, what the greatest aphrodisiac is, and how to avoid the most lethal killer to a great sex life. They also explore men's and women's sexual needs and why they are so different, sex from God's perspective, and the differences between male and female sexual response cycles. End-of-chapter questions encourage couples to apply the book's principles at home.
Sex was God's idea. Yet many Christians seem to think the more spiritual they are, the less sexual they will be. Dr. Ted and Diane Roberts help reader...
Oklahoma Special Education teacher Linda Reed's fresh, contemporary storytelling engages children's minds in social contexts as they join Jaci and her new friend, Astoria, on their first day of school. Jaci's strong personality and compulsion with even numbers both bolsters Astoria and helps their new teacher, Mrs. White, turn lemons into lemonade.
Oklahoma Special Education teacher Linda Reed's fresh, contemporary storytelling engages children's minds in social contexts as they join Jaci and her...
