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Afeni Shakur: Evolution of a Revolutionary
ISBN: 9780743470544 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Before becoming one of the most well-known members of the Black Power movement, Alice Faye Williams was not unlike any other poor, African American girl growing up in the impoverished South. But when her family moved to New York during the radical sixties, she became intoxicated by the promise of social change. By the time she turned twenty-one, Alice had a new name -- Afeni Shakur, derived from the Yoruba term for "lover of people" -- and a new vision for the future. The rest is history.
In 1969, Afeni was arrested along with other members of the Black Panther party on 189 felony... Before becoming one of the most well-known members of the Black Power movement, Alice Faye Williams was not unlike any other poor, African American gi...
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77,45 zł |
A Hip-Hop Story
ISBN: 9780743483230 / Angielski / Miękka / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The first novel to truly capture the fast and furious world of hip-hop -- one in which the line between art and life is blurred for two ambitious MCs whose battle to be #1 is fought with weapons and words.
Rappers Flawless and Hannibal are two talented young men moving toward the same dream: to be the best, to take over the world, to see the big picture, to become the most respected rap artists of their generation. Along the way, they battle the business of mainstream hip-hop, industry honchos, crazy fans, and -- most of all -- each other. Caught up in their intense rivalry are Erika,... The first novel to truly capture the fast and furious world of hip-hop -- one in which the line between art and life is blurred for two ambitious MCs ...
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107,58 zł |
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave, Written by Himself
ISBN: 9780743487771 / Angielski / Miękka (mass market paperbound / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Enriched Classics offer readers accessible editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and commentary. Each book includes educational tools alongside the text, enabling students and readers alike to gain a deeper and more developed understanding of the writer and their work. Frederick Douglass's powerful autobiographical account of life in bondage, his triumphant escape to freedom, and his analysis of slavery as a condition. Enriched Classics enhance your engagement by introducing and explaining the historical and cultural significance of the work, the...
Enriched Classics offer readers accessible editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and commentary. Each book includes educ...
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25,62 zł |
My American Life: From Rage to Entitlement
ISBN: 9780743496223 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Price M. Cobbs, M.D., coauthor, with William H. Grier, of the explosive bestseller Black Rage -- hailed by the New York Times as "one of the most important books on blacks]" in modern literature -- reflects on his extraordinary career and personal history in MY AMERICAN LIFE Medical professional, corporate consultant, freedom fighter, family man -- Dr. Cobbs is diversity defined. A black pioneer in the field of psychiatry who came of age in the Civil Rights era, Dr. Cobbs has devoted his life to the study of race and gender. With My American Life, his first...
Price M. Cobbs, M.D., coauthor, with William H. Grier, of the explosive bestseller Black Rage -- hailed by the New York Times as "one of...
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77,45 zł |
Daddy, We Need You Now!: A Primer on African-American Male Socialization
ISBN: 9780761803805 / Angielski / Miękka / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This work focuses on the Black family and the patterns of socialization within it. It validates the role of responsible fathers and provides empirical evidence that responsible fathers will make a positive difference in the lives of Black youth.
This work focuses on the Black family and the patterns of socialization within it. It validates the role of responsible fathers and provides empirical...
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331,70 zł |
Cultural Identity and Creolization in National Unity: The Multiethnic Caribbean
ISBN: 9780761834472 / Angielski / Miękka / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Through a series of readings, this book explores the dominance of Creolization, the hybrid of African and European culture, in the Caribbean. This book explores how Creolization endangers national unity, good governance, and political stability in the region by ignoring the Caribbean's multiethnic mosaic.
Through a series of readings, this book explores the dominance of Creolization, the hybrid of African and European culture, in the Caribbean. This boo...
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325,67 zł |
Working with African American Males: A Guide to Practice
ISBN: 9780761904717 / Angielski / Twarda / 408 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume examines special issues associated with providing services and guidance to African American men. Although this group of men is like any other in its struggle with its social and economic problems, African American men experience a higher rate of murder, imprisonment, unemployment and racism. The contributors to this book provide a broad, interdisciplinary view of the possible solutions to the different problems facing African American men.
This volume examines special issues associated with providing services and guidance to African American men. Although this group of men is like any ot...
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876,51 zł |
Working with African American Males: A Guide to Practice
ISBN: 9780761904724 / Angielski / Miękka / 408 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume examines special issues associated with providing services and guidance to African American men. Although this group of men is like any other in its struggle with its social and economic problems, African American men experience a higher rate of murder, imprisonment, unemployment and racism. The contributors to this book provide a broad, interdisciplinary view of the possible solutions to the different problems facing African American men.
This volume examines special issues associated with providing services and guidance to African American men. Although this group of men is like any ot...
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609,53 zł |
Black American Intellectualism and Culture: A Social Study of African American Social and Political Thought
ISBN: 9780762306039 / Angielski / Twarda / 324 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This work pursues to critically probe Black American Intellectualism and Culture in the organizational construct of intellectual studies; cultural studies; literary studies; and social thought. Accent has been placed on an interdisciplinary focus of examining the ethos and memory of Africana people. The intangible view of Africana people is reported and illustrated from an African American prism. This study is an unconventional advance reviewing: history, narratives, biography, autobiography, and epistemology. As Africana scholars research society in the form of politics, business, social,...
This work pursues to critically probe Black American Intellectualism and Culture in the organizational construct of intellectual studies; cultural stu...
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1122,17 zł |
Art, Education, and African-American Culture: Albert Barnes and the Science of Philanthropy
ISBN: 9780765802149 / Angielski / Twarda / 474 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A physician who applied his knowledge of chemistry to the manufacture of a widely used antiseptic, Albert Barnes is best remembered as one of the great American art collectors. The Barnes Foundation, which houses his treasures, is a fabled repository of Impressionist, post-Impressionist, and early modern paintings. Less well known is the fact that Barnes attributed his passion for collecting art to his youthful experience of African-American culture, especially music. Art, Education, and African-American Culture is both a biography of an iconoclastic and innovative figure and a... A physician who applied his knowledge of chemistry to the manufacture of a widely used antiseptic, Albert Barnes is best remembered as one of the g... |
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503,69 zł |
Black Men in Interracial Relationships: What's Love Got to Do with It?
ISBN: 9780765803092 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Why is it that successful black men--black men who are "at the top of their game" in the arts, entertainment, politics and athletics--are four times as apt to be married to or dating a woman who is not an African American than they were only thirty years ago? And why are twice as many black men involved in interracial relationships as black women? In addition to their celebrity status, which includes widespread popularity and wealth, black men from Charles Barkley to James Earl Jones to Russell Simmons to Bryant Gumbel share something else in common; something that also characterizes the... Why is it that successful black men--black men who are "at the top of their game" in the arts, entertainment, politics and athletics--are four time... |
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654,86 zł |
The Lineaments of Wrath: Race, Violent Crime and American Culture
ISBN: 9780765808738 / Angielski / Miękka / 339 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Violence has marked relations between blacks and whites in America for nearly four hundred years. In The Lineaments of Wrath, James W. Clarke draws upon behavioral science theory and primary historical evidence to examine and explain its causes and enduring consequences. Beginning with slavery and concluding with the present, Clarke describes how the combined effects of state-sanctioned mob violence and the discriminatory administration of "race-blind" criminal and contract labor laws terrorized and immobilized the black population in the post-emancipation South. In this... Violence has marked relations between blacks and whites in America for nearly four hundred years. In The Lineaments of Wrath, James W. Cla... |
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95,66 zł |
The Bap Handbook: The Official Guide to the Black American Princess
ISBN: 9780767905503 / Angielski / Miękka / 226 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Finally, a book about the Black American Princess If you're already a BAP or just want to act like one, this book is for you "
-- E. Lynn Harris, author of "Not a Day Goes By "In the bestselling tradition of "The Official Preppy Handbook," here is""a must-have manual for the BAP and those who love her. Black American Princess: 1: a pampered female of African American descent, born to an upper-middle or upper-class family 2: an African American female whose life experiences give her a sense of royalty and entitlement 3: BAP ("acronym"): colloquial expression 4: an African... "Finally, a book about the Black American Princess If you're already a BAP or just want to act like one, this book is for you "
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64,58 zł |
Seven Soulful Secrets: For Finding Your Purpose and Minding Your Mission
ISBN: 9780767905824 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the author of "Daily Cornbread, Seven Soulful Secrets" will motivate women to become not just better than they are but the "best "they can be.
In a tone that is as encouraging and comforting as your favorite quilt, veteran journalist and NiaOnline editor in chief Stephanie Stokes Oliver shows women of all ages how to get the most out of life by finding their purpose and minding their mission. In seven wonderfully crafted chapters, Stokes Oliver reveals her soulful secrets in a simple but potent acronym that spells PURPOSE. -Purpose: plan, persevere, and follow your own personal... From the author of "Daily Cornbread, Seven Soulful Secrets" will motivate women to become not just better than they are but the "best "they can be. |
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No Secrets No Lies: How Black Families Can Heal from Sexual Abuse
ISBN: 9780767913454 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With a foreword by Joycelyn Elders, M.D., No Secrets, No Lies is a powerful and daringly honest resource guide for families seeking to understand, prevent, and overcome childhood sexual abuse and its devastating impact on adult survivors.
An estimated one in four women and one in six men is abused by age eighteen, most often by someone they know. Most of these sexual assaults are never disclosed, much less reported to the police. No Secrets, No Lies demystifies the cultural taboos and social dynamics that keep Black families silent and enable abuse to continue for... With a foreword by Joycelyn Elders, M.D., No Secrets, No Lies is a powerful and daringly honest resource guide for families seeking to underst...
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81,80 zł |
Uncle Tom or New Negro?: African Americans Reflect on Booker T. Washington and Up from Slavery 100 Years Later
ISBN: 9780767919555 / Angielski / Miękka / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. On the ninetieth anniversary of Booker T. Washington s death comes a passionate, provocative dialogue on his complicated legacy, including the complete text of his classic autobiography, "Up from Slavery."
Booker T. Washington was born a slave in 1858, yet roughly forty years later he had established the Tuskegee Institute. Befriended by a U.S. president and corporate titans, beloved and reviled by the black community, Washington was one of the most influential voices on the postslavery scene. But Washington s message of gradual accommodation was accepted by some and rejected by others,... On the ninetieth anniversary of Booker T. Washington s death comes a passionate, provocative dialogue on his complicated legacy, including the complet...
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116,24 zł |
The Secrets Men Keep: How Men Make Life and Love Tougher Than It Has to Be
ISBN: 9780785289258 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Every man has secrets. Whether they are sinful or simply not in your best interest. . . whether you wall them off or stuff them down deep, you are not alone. But as author Stephen Arterburn warns, secrets are also the most dangerous force within a man, so finding a way to deal with the unspoken fears and questions that threaten to undo you is among your most important tasks. In this book, the author of the million-selling Every Man's Battle series courageously exposes what nearly 4,000 men like you said they think, feel and question - about themselves,... Every man has secrets. Whether they are sinful or simply not in your best interest. . . whether you wall them off or stuff t... |
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86,06 zł |
Blues Singers
ISBN: 9780786406067 / Angielski / Miękka / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This reference volume is intended for both the casual as well as the most avid blues fan. It is divided into five separately introduced sections and covers 50 artists with names like Muddy, Gatemouth and Hound Dog who helped shape 20th-century American music.
This reference volume is intended for both the casual as well as the most avid blues fan. It is divided into five separately introduced sections and c...
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247,08 zł |
The 92nd Infantry Division and the Italian Campaign in World War II
ISBN: 9780786410095 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This work focuses on the all black 92nd Infantry Division in the Italian Campaign of World War II and the poor combat performance of the Division. It gives an overview of the Italian Campaign and the role of the Division, and examines the reasons for the its troubles on and off the battlefield.
This work focuses on the all black 92nd Infantry Division in the Italian Campaign of World War II and the poor combat performance of the Division. It ...
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186,81 zł |
Race Relations in the United States: A Chronology, 1896-2005
ISBN: 9780786413874 / Angielski / Miękka / 219 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This chronology of significant events affecting race relations in the United States begins with the Plessy v. Ferguson decision on May 18, 1896, which approved the concept of "separate but equal" provisions for blacks and whites and thus set back the cause of real equality for decades, and continues through 2005. More than 200 entries recount decisions and events that had a national impact. Entries include such topics as the American white imperialism of the early 20th century, milestones of the civil rights movement and the implications of the 2000 census. The chronology traces a...
This chronology of significant events affecting race relations in the United States begins with the Plessy v. Ferguson decision on May 18, 1896...
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247,08 zł |