![]() ![]() Here "Douglass revealed for the first time the details of his harrowing escape from slavery in September 1838" (McKivigan, Frederick Douglass Papers, xiv). Life and Times, his third and final autobiography, was published less than ten years after his personal papers and library were destroyed in a fire. ![]() Ferguson's decision legalized segregation in its "separate but equal" doctrine. Born a slave when Jefferson was still alive, he escaped slavery in 1838, and died in 1895, only one year before the Supreme Court's infamous Plessy v. ![]() "The history of 19th-century America cannot be told without reference to slavery… nor can the history of African Americans be told without reference to Douglass' writings" ( Cambridge Companion, 2). Housed in a custom clamshell box.įirst edition of Douglass' first post-bellum memoir and final autobiography, revealing "for the first time the details of his harrowing escape from slavery," with engraved frontispiece portrait and 17 engraved plates, in original gilt-stamped cloth. Octavo, original blind-stamped maroon cloth, all edges gilt pp. His Early Life as a Slave, His Escape from Bondage, And His Complete History to the Present Time. Life and Times of Frederick Douglass, Written by Himself. "THE MOST INFLUENTIAL AFRICAN AMERICAN OF THE 19TH CENTURY": FIRST EDITION OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS' LIFE AND TIMES, 1881ĭOUGLASS, Frederick. ![]()
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![]() Today I continue to share my experience with mental illness with the world. The book changed my life by giving me the courage to share my own story, beginning with difficult, emotional conversations with a few close family members who had no idea of the pain I’d lived with for years and the pills I relied on to function. It put the crack in the foundation of the stigmas that are finally crumbling decades later. But Prozac Nation tackled what was still largely a taboo subject-mental illness-in a way that was new, raw, and entirely unapologetic. The genre is often attributed to “self-indulgent” female writers, but men have been at it for years too: John Berryman, W.D. Think Plath, think Anne Sexton, think Sue Monk Kidd. Of course, the history of the “confessional memoir” goes back way further than Wurtzel. Prozac Nation has stood the test of time because it was ahead of its time. ![]() ![]() How I’m being drowned by some kind of black wave.”Īnd, most recently, at 39, when I realized I’d been self-medicating with alcohol for years: “Insanity is knowing that what you're doing is completely idiotic, but still, somehow, you just can't stop it.” I mourn for the loss of something I never even had,” she wrote.Īnd at 28, when I was clawing my way out of an abusive relationship: “I want to explain how exhausted I am. “I grab at everything, I end up with nothing, and then I feel bereft. They spoke to me at 25, when I was looking for love in all the wrong places. ![]() ![]() ![]() When it doesn’t turn out as he’d hoped, Rook takes Isobel into his magical realm to go before the court to speak on her crime, but become thrust into the enchanting and dangerous land of the Fair Folk and meet many…interesting characters. One day, the Fae prince of the Autumn court arrives on her doorstep, Prince Rook, and is next in line for another masterpiece. The Fae-to have her commission portraits of them in exchange for magical deals. She’s so talented, she’s gathered the attention of the Fair Folk-i.e. The story is about a girl named Isobel, a young human who’s an amazing painter. ![]() ![]() An Enchantment of Ravens is a brief, but wonderfully told story that’s a debut YA Fantasy novel written by Margaret Rogerson. RT Book Reviews A skilled painter must stand up to the ancient power of the faerie courts-even as. ![]() ![]() ![]() Miss Brodie's emphasis on her students being the "creme de la creme" angers other teachers and, at the same time, makes her students feel special in the school. The novel tells the story of the central character, Jean Brodie, a school teacher whose beliefs and practices are unique amongst teachers at the school, and the experience of a group of female students who have her as their teacher in their adolescent years. ![]() Spark was born and spent her childhood and early adulthood in Scotland, and The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, her sixth novel, is set on home turf, in Edinburgh more specifically, in the 1930s. Written by people who wish to remain anonymousįirst published in 1961, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie could be considered Muriel Spark's most famous novel. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. ![]() These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. ![]() ![]() They've created enough colonies so humanity shouldn't go extinct. But after spreading out through space for almost a century, Bob and his clones just can't stay out of trouble. Look for The Bobiverse on Amazonīeing a sentient spaceship really should be more fun. All it will take to save the Earth and perhaps all of humanity is for them to get it to Sol - unless the Others arrive first."-Goodreads.īobiverse fans: a signed limited edition of all three books in a boxed set, signed by the author, is now available on Amazon. A couple of eighth-generation Bobs have found something out in deep space. Yet salvation may come from an unlikely source. ![]() But the Bobs are less disciplined than a herd of cats, and some of the younger copies are more concerned with their own local problems than defeating the Others. Still stinging from getting their collective butts kicked in their first encounter with the Others, the Bobs now face the prospect of a decisive final battle to defend Earth and its colonies. And the Bobs have picked a fight with an older, more powerful species with a large appetite and a short temper. But political squabbles have a bad habit of dying hard, and the Brazilian probes are still trying to take out the competition. ![]() About the Book "Being a sentient spaceship really should be more fun. ![]() ![]() ![]() Forced to assume a new identity, the man Nathan was is now dead. That was before his mission went disastrously wrong…and before his wife, Bella, was told that Nathan was never coming home.īella’s mourned her husband’s death for three long years. All Navy SEAL Nathan Malone had to do was rescue three young girls from a Colombia drug cartel, then allow himself to be captured just long enough to draw out a government spy. Genre wise Wild Card belongs to romance, contemporary romance, erotica and military romance.ĭescription: It was supposed to be simple. Martin’s Paperbacks and is 430 pages long. I also really like the colors of the this cover and everything just looks good and works together well.īasics: Wild Card was released on August 26th 2008, published by St. The Cover: Wild Card‘s cover is perfect for the story and I really like the fact that the dog tags represent Noah. ![]() ![]() For if they are ever to understand each other, Rhoda too must escape the ghosts of the past. Her search leads her back to 1945, but as she gradually uncovers Peter’s wartime secrets she must wrestle with painful memories of her own. Devastated by this betrayal of trust, Rhoda tries to find out how and why her husband, Peter, has kept this friendship hidden for so long. There is only one problem - Rhoda has never even heard of Archie Foster. But when Rhoda tracks her down, she discovers the mysterious woman is not his lover after all, but the wife of his best friend, Archie Foster. ![]() From the moment Rhoda Middleton opens one of her husband’s letters and finds it is from another woman, she is convinced he is having an affair. ![]() ![]() ![]() She writes likeable characters, with good stories. From friends who are funny and likeable, to Tonya's father who was pretty horrible, they all added to the story and we not throwaways. I thought the background characters were well done. Luckily the book would pick up again and I would be back into the story. Maybe 50 less pages and it would have been perfect, just a bit too much time with not much going on. My one complaint is I think the book was too long. This is a very slow burn romance, which I like. And the sex scenes are good and steamy like Williamson always writes. The chemistry and connection the characters have is obvious. This book is a bit like opposites attract, and it worked really well. ![]() Haley is young, but after she mentioned watching Buffy, Firefly, and Game of Thrones, she won me over. ![]() ![]() There is a bit of an age gap, but I liked it and thought it worked. The two main new characters are Tonya, a psychiatrist, and Haley a rookie cop. While I didn't like this as much as Blurred Lines, I thought it was a good read and I enjoyed it. This can be read on its own without reading the first two books. While this is the third book in the series, the characters are completely new. ![]() ![]() "This is the folly of wearing new shoes," she said out loud as she sat on a log at the edge of the woods. If she took off her shoes and stockings, she could cross that field barefooted and cut three miles off her return route. Roxanna Drew was not a lady to trespass on anyone's property, even if the landlord was out of the country, but she had a blister on her foot, and the grass in Moreland Park looked so inviting. It was reported as "unsold and destroyed" to the publisher and neither (he author nor the publisher has received any paymeni for this "stripped book." ![]() If you purchased this hook without a cover you should be aware that this book is stolen property. FOR INFORMATION PLEASE WRITE TO PREMIUM MARKETING DIVISION, PENGUIN BOOKS USA INC. 1994 10 987654 3 2 1Īll rights reserved REGISTERED TRADEMARK-MAKCA REG1STRADA Printed in the United Stales of America Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced intn a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise), without the prior written permission of both the copyright owner and the above publisher of this book.īOOKS ARE AVAILABLE AT QUANTITY DISCOUNTS WHEN USED TO PROMOTE PRODUCTS OR SERVICES. ![]() England First published by Signet, an imprint of Dutlon Signet, a division of Penguin Books USA Inc.įirst Printing. Registered Offices: Harmondsworth, Middlesex. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Even secondhand stories will do, which is why I took so much pleasure from Robert Hudson’s “ Seeing Jesus: Visionary Encounters from the First Century to the Present.” Images of Jesus are all around us, but Hudson’s book is about people who claim to have really seen Jesus, the way the disciples did in the days and years after his death-crucifixion wounds fresh, descending and ascending from heaven onto hilltops, blinding rays of lights all about him: the sort of psychologically upending seeing we do in our lives from time to time, as when we see our ex-husband and go ashen, or see our future wife and blush. I cherish such stories, and collect them the way others do rare works of art or first editions or vintage cars. A father who was dying of lung cancer confided that he had looked up at a crucifix years ago in a church and watched as the body hanging there writhed and wriggled, coming alive before his eyes it had been so terrifying that he had never previously told anyone. An older woman told me that Christ had appeared to her in the afternoon light that poured through her hospital window. ![]() A young man once told me that he had seen the face of Jesus in the trunk of a chestnut tree, the bark moving as if it were flesh. ![]() |