Kategoria BISAC: Biography & Autobiography >> Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - General

Tautai is the story of a man who came from the edge of a mighty empire and then challenged it at its very heart. This biography of Ta'isi O. F. Nelson chronicles the life of a man described as the "archenemy" of New Zealand and its greater whole, the British Empire. He was Samoa's richest man who used his wealth and unique international access to further the Samoan cause and was financially ruined in the process. In the aftermath of the hyper-violence of the First World War, Ta'isi embraced nonviolent resistance as a means to combat a colonial surge in the Pacific that gripped his country...

Shortly after the 1964 Civil Rights Act, Daniel Patrick Moynihan authored a government report titled The Negro Family: A Case for National Action that captured the attention of President Lyndon Johnson. Responding to the demands of African American activists that the United States go beyond civil rights to secure economic justice, Moynihan thought his analysis of black families highlighted socioeconomic inequality. However, the report's central argument that poor families headed by single mothers inhibited African American progress touched off a heated controversy. The long-running...

After searching for so long, now you have finally found "The Book." The author wishes to extend congratulations and his heartiest appreciation to you, upon your patronage. Be assured, you'll have no regrets when recalling how these (your) dollars were spent.

You are strongly advised that when this book is read and its contents properly understood, you, the readers, will be the initial decision makers as to which direction our nation--America proposes to travel in the next millennium.

The author guarantees you, the readers (which I anticipate will be numerous), that there are...

After searching for so long, now you have finally found "The Book." The author wishes to extend congratulations and his heartiest appreciation to you, upon your patronage. Be assured, you'll have no regrets when recalling how these (your) dollars were spent.

You are strongly advised that when this book is read and its contents properly understood, you, the readers, will be the initial decision makers as to which direction our nation--America proposes to travel in the next millennium.

The author guarantees you, the readers (which I anticipate will be numerous), that there are...

The story begins when Nelson stars in the YouTube video, BKK 1st Time, (Bangkok First Time) produced by his friend Benz, a Thai videographer. The script is about cursing, common in Thailand. Nelson follows the script and to his amazement, the show goes viral, with over four million hits

Seventy-seven-year-old Nelson suddenly finds himself a celebrity in Bangkok. He is mobbed by viewers of the video who address him as "John, John, John, Nelson?" when they approach him for selfies. This is only slightly less bewildering than the bows from hotel personnel, whenever he's entering or...

Born a slave and reared a sharecropper, Alonzo Herndon (1858-1927) was destined to drudgery in the red clay fields of Georgia. Within forty years of Emancipation, however, he had amassed a fortune that far surpassed that of his White slave-master father.

Through his barbering, real estate, and life insurance ventures, Herndon would become one of the wealthiest and most respected African American business figures of his era. This richly illustrated book chronicles Alonzo Herndon's ascent and his remarkable family's achievements in Jim Crow Atlanta.

In this first biography of the...