Author: Marva Woods Stith
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1440195803
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Things will change, and you must be ready for different opportunities, John W. Woods Jr. told his children. Author Marva Woods Stith followed her fathers sound advice and later became a professional black woman in corporate America. In this memoir, she shares the remarkable story of her father, her family, and her challenges and successes. Black Star Girl provides a poignant account of Stiths life journey as an African American woman beginning in the 1940s with stories of family, most particularly the influence of a beloved, strong, entrepreneurial father who was her role model. The story continues with her account of her tenacious rise through the ranks and how she joined the vanguard of professional African American women in the 1950s and 1960s while facing the challenges of discrimination in the corporate world. A vivid and personal portrait with photographs included, Black Star Girl addresses an array of themesAfrican American and womens studies, the South of the 40s and 50s, black entrepreneurship, the racial divide, and black women in corporate America. This inspirational memoir not only serves as a family legacy but provides an insightful socialhistorical documentary.
Black Star Girl
Author: Marva Woods Stith
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1440195803
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Things will change, and you must be ready for different opportunities, John W. Woods Jr. told his children. Author Marva Woods Stith followed her fathers sound advice and later became a professional black woman in corporate America. In this memoir, she shares the remarkable story of her father, her family, and her challenges and successes. Black Star Girl provides a poignant account of Stiths life journey as an African American woman beginning in the 1940s with stories of family, most particularly the influence of a beloved, strong, entrepreneurial father who was her role model. The story continues with her account of her tenacious rise through the ranks and how she joined the vanguard of professional African American women in the 1950s and 1960s while facing the challenges of discrimination in the corporate world. A vivid and personal portrait with photographs included, Black Star Girl addresses an array of themesAfrican American and womens studies, the South of the 40s and 50s, black entrepreneurship, the racial divide, and black women in corporate America. This inspirational memoir not only serves as a family legacy but provides an insightful socialhistorical documentary.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1440195803
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Things will change, and you must be ready for different opportunities, John W. Woods Jr. told his children. Author Marva Woods Stith followed her fathers sound advice and later became a professional black woman in corporate America. In this memoir, she shares the remarkable story of her father, her family, and her challenges and successes. Black Star Girl provides a poignant account of Stiths life journey as an African American woman beginning in the 1940s with stories of family, most particularly the influence of a beloved, strong, entrepreneurial father who was her role model. The story continues with her account of her tenacious rise through the ranks and how she joined the vanguard of professional African American women in the 1950s and 1960s while facing the challenges of discrimination in the corporate world. A vivid and personal portrait with photographs included, Black Star Girl addresses an array of themesAfrican American and womens studies, the South of the 40s and 50s, black entrepreneurship, the racial divide, and black women in corporate America. This inspirational memoir not only serves as a family legacy but provides an insightful socialhistorical documentary.
Black Star, Bright Dawn
Author: Scott O'Dell
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0547053193
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 117
Book Description
Bright Dawn must face the challenge of the Iditarod dog sled race alone when her father is injured. Soon she realizes that the race and her life depend on how much she can rely on her lead dog, Black Star.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0547053193
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 117
Book Description
Bright Dawn must face the challenge of the Iditarod dog sled race alone when her father is injured. Soon she realizes that the race and her life depend on how much she can rely on her lead dog, Black Star.
Black Star
Author: Eric A. Glover
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN: 1683357787
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Stranded on an alien planet, two astronauts must battle deadly elements and each other to recover a reserve shuttle built for one Black Star is a debut graphic novel by Eric Anthony Glover, based on his original unproduced screenplay, and illustrated by Arielle Jovellanos. In the future, interstellar travel is past its prime and sending shuttles beyond our solar system—even for vital scientific research—is a life-threatening gamble. However, in order to retrieve samples of an alien flower that may hold the key to saving countless lives, Harper North and her crew of scientists must journey to Eleos, a dangerous planet in deep space. But as they approach Eleos, their ship is caught in an asteroid storm and as it hurtles towards the surface, its reserve shuttle detaches, landing over 100 kilometers away. When the rest of the crew perishes in the burning wreckage of the ship, North races towards the rescue shuttle built for one, hoping to fulfill their mission and survive. But North isn’t alone: The team’s wilderness expert is still alive and hell-bent on hunting North down and claiming the shuttle for herself. Now, North has no choice but to reach the shuttle first—and fast. The fuel is leaking. Her GPS battery is dying. And the planet’s deadly seasonal change is coming. As she battles the flora and fauna and tries to elude her ruthless former crew mate, North will find the cost of survival is dear . . . Will she be willing to pay that price?
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN: 1683357787
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Stranded on an alien planet, two astronauts must battle deadly elements and each other to recover a reserve shuttle built for one Black Star is a debut graphic novel by Eric Anthony Glover, based on his original unproduced screenplay, and illustrated by Arielle Jovellanos. In the future, interstellar travel is past its prime and sending shuttles beyond our solar system—even for vital scientific research—is a life-threatening gamble. However, in order to retrieve samples of an alien flower that may hold the key to saving countless lives, Harper North and her crew of scientists must journey to Eleos, a dangerous planet in deep space. But as they approach Eleos, their ship is caught in an asteroid storm and as it hurtles towards the surface, its reserve shuttle detaches, landing over 100 kilometers away. When the rest of the crew perishes in the burning wreckage of the ship, North races towards the rescue shuttle built for one, hoping to fulfill their mission and survive. But North isn’t alone: The team’s wilderness expert is still alive and hell-bent on hunting North down and claiming the shuttle for herself. Now, North has no choice but to reach the shuttle first—and fast. The fuel is leaking. Her GPS battery is dying. And the planet’s deadly seasonal change is coming. As she battles the flora and fauna and tries to elude her ruthless former crew mate, North will find the cost of survival is dear . . . Will she be willing to pay that price?
Go Girl!
Author: Elaine Lee
Publisher: The Eighth Mountain Press
ISBN: 9780933377424
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
The first travel book for the sisters!
Publisher: The Eighth Mountain Press
ISBN: 9780933377424
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
The first travel book for the sisters!
The Black Star
Author: Lin Carter
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1473220874
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 121
Book Description
It was rarer and more beautiful and more precious than any piece of mineral, and its dark glory outshone the lights of the heavens. The Gods had wrought it in the Country of the Immortals, and no other thing like it had ever been upon the earth. No emperor could hold the Throne without the Black Star. And now it was missing. The evil Green-Robed One who had usurped the Throne would use his darkest powers to reclaim it - and the young warrior fleeing across the embattled land with his beautiful lady to save this treasure of all the world would know the torments of the damned...
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1473220874
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 121
Book Description
It was rarer and more beautiful and more precious than any piece of mineral, and its dark glory outshone the lights of the heavens. The Gods had wrought it in the Country of the Immortals, and no other thing like it had ever been upon the earth. No emperor could hold the Throne without the Black Star. And now it was missing. The evil Green-Robed One who had usurped the Throne would use his darkest powers to reclaim it - and the young warrior fleeing across the embattled land with his beautiful lady to save this treasure of all the world would know the torments of the damned...
Black Star
Author: M. J. Jones
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781735409917
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Black Star published in 2020, is a science fiction novel by American author M.J. Jones. A single mother living in Ohio discovers that her daughter has disappeared without a trace. As she searches for the truth about her daughter, Mia must come to terms with her past and her sanity. Follow Mia Black in this alternate reality on a journey of discovery to take back control of her life.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781735409917
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Black Star published in 2020, is a science fiction novel by American author M.J. Jones. A single mother living in Ohio discovers that her daughter has disappeared without a trace. As she searches for the truth about her daughter, Mia must come to terms with her past and her sanity. Follow Mia Black in this alternate reality on a journey of discovery to take back control of her life.
Blackstar Theory
Author: Leah Kardos
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1501365398
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
Blackstar Theory takes a close look at David Bowie's ambitious last works: his surprise 'comeback' project The Next Day (2013), the off-Broadway musical Lazarus (2015) and the album that preceded the artist's death in 2016 by two days, Blackstar. The book explores the swirl of themes that orbit and entangle these projects from a starting point in musical analysis and features new interviews with key collaborators from the period: producer Tony Visconti, graphic designer Jonathan Barnbrook, musical director Henry Hey, saxophonist Donny McCaslin and assistant sound engineer Erin Tonkon. These works tackle the biggest of ideas: identity, creativity, chaos, transience and immortality. They enact a process of individuation for the Bowie meta-persona and invite us to consider what happens when a star dies. In our universe, dying stars do not disappear - they transform into new stellar objects, remnants and gravitational forces. The radical potential of the Blackstar is demonstrated in the rock star supernova that creates a singularity resulting in cultural iconicity. It is how a man approaching his own death can create art that illuminates the immortal potential of all matter in the known universe.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1501365398
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
Blackstar Theory takes a close look at David Bowie's ambitious last works: his surprise 'comeback' project The Next Day (2013), the off-Broadway musical Lazarus (2015) and the album that preceded the artist's death in 2016 by two days, Blackstar. The book explores the swirl of themes that orbit and entangle these projects from a starting point in musical analysis and features new interviews with key collaborators from the period: producer Tony Visconti, graphic designer Jonathan Barnbrook, musical director Henry Hey, saxophonist Donny McCaslin and assistant sound engineer Erin Tonkon. These works tackle the biggest of ideas: identity, creativity, chaos, transience and immortality. They enact a process of individuation for the Bowie meta-persona and invite us to consider what happens when a star dies. In our universe, dying stars do not disappear - they transform into new stellar objects, remnants and gravitational forces. The radical potential of the Blackstar is demonstrated in the rock star supernova that creates a singularity resulting in cultural iconicity. It is how a man approaching his own death can create art that illuminates the immortal potential of all matter in the known universe.
The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl
Author: Issa Rae
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476749078
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
An introvert braves the cybersex, the pitfalls of eating out alone, the difficulties of weight gain, and other hurdles faced by shy people living in a world that urges us to be cool as "J" humorously recounts her life in all its awkward glory.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476749078
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
An introvert braves the cybersex, the pitfalls of eating out alone, the difficulties of weight gain, and other hurdles faced by shy people living in a world that urges us to be cool as "J" humorously recounts her life in all its awkward glory.
Stargirl
Author: Jerry Spinelli
Publisher: Laurel Leaf
ISBN: 0440416779
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE’S 100 BEST YA BOOKS OF ALL TIME • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A modern-day classic from Newbery Medalist Jerry Spinelli, this beloved celebration of individuality is now an original movie on Disney+! And don't miss the author's highly anticipated new novel, Dead Wednesday! Stargirl. From the day she arrives at quiet Mica High in a burst of color and sound, the hallways hum with the murmur of “Stargirl, Stargirl.” She captures Leo Borlock’ s heart with just one smile. She sparks a school-spirit revolution with just one cheer. The students of Mica High are enchanted. At first. Then they turn on her. Stargirl is suddenly shunned for everything that makes her different, and Leo, panicked and desperate with love, urges her to become the very thing that can destroy her: normal. In this celebration of nonconformity, Newbery Medalist Jerry Spinelli weaves a tense, emotional tale about the perils of popularity and the thrill and inspiration of first love. Don’t miss the sequel, Love, Stargirl, as well as The Warden’s Daughter, a novel about another girl who can't help but stand out. “Spinelli is a poet of the prepubescent. . . . No writer guides his young characters, and his readers, past these pitfalls and challenges and toward their futures with more compassion.” —The New York Times
Publisher: Laurel Leaf
ISBN: 0440416779
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE’S 100 BEST YA BOOKS OF ALL TIME • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A modern-day classic from Newbery Medalist Jerry Spinelli, this beloved celebration of individuality is now an original movie on Disney+! And don't miss the author's highly anticipated new novel, Dead Wednesday! Stargirl. From the day she arrives at quiet Mica High in a burst of color and sound, the hallways hum with the murmur of “Stargirl, Stargirl.” She captures Leo Borlock’ s heart with just one smile. She sparks a school-spirit revolution with just one cheer. The students of Mica High are enchanted. At first. Then they turn on her. Stargirl is suddenly shunned for everything that makes her different, and Leo, panicked and desperate with love, urges her to become the very thing that can destroy her: normal. In this celebration of nonconformity, Newbery Medalist Jerry Spinelli weaves a tense, emotional tale about the perils of popularity and the thrill and inspiration of first love. Don’t miss the sequel, Love, Stargirl, as well as The Warden’s Daughter, a novel about another girl who can't help but stand out. “Spinelli is a poet of the prepubescent. . . . No writer guides his young characters, and his readers, past these pitfalls and challenges and toward their futures with more compassion.” —The New York Times
Star Girl
Author: Henry Winterfeld
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 0486794687
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
"This Dover edition, first published in 2015, is an unabridged republication of the work originally published by Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, in 1957"--Title page verso.
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 0486794687
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
"This Dover edition, first published in 2015, is an unabridged republication of the work originally published by Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, in 1957"--Title page verso.