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Languages : en
Pages : 40

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Category : Automobiles
Languages : en
Pages : 176

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Author: Dell Upton
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300211759
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 278

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"An original study of monuments to the civil rights movement and African American history that have been erected in the U.S. South over the past three decades, this powerful work explores how commemorative structures have been used to assert the presence of black Americans in contemporary Southern society. The author cogently argues that these public memorials, ranging from the famous to the obscure, have emerged from, and speak directly to, the region's complex racial politics since monument builders have had to contend with widely varied interpretations of the African American past as well as a continuing presence of white supremacist attitudes and monuments."--Book jacket.

Author: James B. Forman
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Category : Furniture industry and trade
Languages : en
Pages : 24

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Author: Stephanus Johannes Maria Linthorst
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789062311385
Category : Heat
Languages : en
Pages : 217

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Author: Henry Templer Alexander
Publisher: London : Pall Mall Press
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Category : Congo (Democratic Republic)
Languages : en
Pages : 176

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Author: Algonquin College
Publisher: Nepean, ON : Algonquin Publishing Centre
ISBN: 9781553231097
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 52

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Author: Paul Simon
Publisher: Doubleday Books
ISBN: 9780385417716
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32

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A light and tumble journey across town to the zoo can bring encounters with the honest monkeys, kindly elephants, and skeptical orangutans.

Author: Joey Lee Dillard
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 384

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'An important, provocative study....Black English is not a sloppy imitation of white English, Dillard insists, but a precise language with a history and grammar of its own. A teacher of linguistics, he marshals an impressive--and often fascinating--case.'--Charles Michener, Newsweek

Author: Miranda Seymour
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1471149706
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 367

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Born in 1900 to a soon-to-be-widowed postmaster's wife in a small French village, Hélène Delangle's background offered no suggestion of the extraordinary life she was to lead. The first step was to leave the country behind and head to the city -- in this case, a Paris in the grip of an intoxicating 1920s blend of creativity and debauchery. She became a dancer, and then a stripper. But the demi-monde of gauze veils and admirers was not enough. A visit to the Actors' Championships, a uniquely French meeting of the theatrical world with the race-track, opened her eyes to the glamorous combination of machines and speed. Quickly establishing herself as a racer of uncommon talent and audacity, the beautiful woman now known as Hellé Nice -- Hellish Nice to her British fans -- then caught the attention of none other than Ettore Bugatti, founder of the marque with which her name will always be associated. And yet, despite the fame and the fortune she amassed in an unprecedented career, she died penniless and alone, an old woman in a crumbling Nice flat surrounded only by memories. THE BUGATTI QUEEN is the story of a great pioneer of motor racing who happened to be a woman. Re-creating her rollercoaster career with great verve and panache, Miranda Seymour brilliantly shows us a life now forgotten -- and makes it unforgettable.