Author: Kim Ruff-Moore Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
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Marta the Mermaid and the Rare Pearl" is a captivating tale of adventure, friendship, and the power of perseverance. Dive into the crystal-clear waters of the Coral Sea alongside Marta, a graceful mermaid with an indomitable spirit and an insatiable curiosity. When Marta discovers an ancient map leading to the legendary Rare Pearl, said to possess extraordinary powers, she embarks on a thrilling quest filled with challenges and unexpected encounters. From navigating treacherous currents to outsmarting cunning adversaries, Marta's journey is fraught with danger and excitement. But it's not just the allure of treasure that drives Marta forward. Along the way, she learns valuable lessons about friendship, cooperation, and the true meaning of wealth. As she forges bonds with unlikely allies and faces her fears head-on, Marta discovers that the greatest treasures in life are not found in riches, but in the connections we make and the lives we touch. Written by Kim Ruff Moore, "Marta the Mermaid and the Rare Pearl" is a heartwarming story that will enchant readers of all ages. Filled with vivid imagery, memorable characters, and an inspiring message of hope, this enchanting tale is sure to capture the imagination and leave a lasting impression.
Author: Melissa Hope Publisher: North Star Editions, Inc. ISBN: 1631634445 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 139
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When their island kingdom falls under siege, royal brothers Noa and Dagan must follow a magical map and confront the legendary one-eyed pirate before evil takes over their world.
Author: Charles L. Eastlake Publisher: Courier Corporation ISBN: 048613671X Category : Architecture Languages : en Pages : 408
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Primary authority on what was proper, beautiful, efficient in all aspects of mid-19th-century interior design. Originally published in 1868. Over 100 illustrations.
Author: Henry John Drewal Publisher: ISBN: 9780974872995 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 236
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This book traces the visual cultures and histories of Mami Wata and other African water divinities. Mami Wata, often portrayed with the head and torso of a woman and the tail of a fish, is at once beautiful, jealous, generous, seductive, and potentially deadly. A water spirit widely known across Africa and the African diaspora, her origins are said to lie "overseas," although she has been thoroughly incorporated into local beliefs and practics. She can bring good fortune in the form of money, and her power increased between the fifteenth and twentieth centuries, the era of growing international trade between Africa and the rest of the world. Her name, which may be translated as "Mother Water" or "Mistress Water," is pidgin English, a language developed to lubricate trade. Africans forcibly carried across the Atlantic as part of that "trade" brought with them their beliefs and practices honoring Mami Wata and other ancestral deities. Henry John Drewal is the Evjue-Bascom Professor of African and African Diaspora Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Other contributors include Marilyn Houlberg, Bogumil Jewsiewicki, Amy L. Noell, John W. Nunley, and Jill Salmons.
Author: Diane Chamberlain Publisher: St. Martin's Press ISBN: 1466839406 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 69
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An e-original short story that sets the stage for bestselling author Diane Chamberlain's novel Necessary Lies (September 2013). The First Lie gives readers an early glimpse into the life of thirteen-year-old Ivy Hart. It's 1958 in rural North Carolina, where Ivy lives with her grandmother and sister on a tobacco farm. As tenant farmers, Ivy and her family don't have much freedom, though she and her best friend, Henry, often sneak away in search of adventure...and their truest selves. But life on the farm takes a turn when Ivy's teenage sister gives birth—all the while maintaining her silence about the baby's father. Soon Ivy finds herself navigating the space between adolescence and adulthood as she tries to unravel a dark web of family secrets and make sense of her ever-evolving life in the segregated South. Advance praise for Diane Chamberlain's Necessary Lies: "It will steal your heart."—Katrina Kittle, author of The Blessings of the Animals "An emotional powerhouse." —Mary Alice Monroe, New York Times bestselling author of Beach House Memories "Enthralling...[it] transfixed me from the very first pages, and its vivid and sympathetic characters haunted me long after the last."—Christina Schwarz, New York Times bestselling author of Drowning Ruth
Author: McKenzie Wark Publisher: Verso Books ISBN: 1781689407 Category : Philosophy Languages : en Pages : 207
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Over fifty years after the Situationist International appeared, its legacy continues to inspire activists, artists and theorists around the world. Such a legend has accrued to this movement that the story of the SI now demands to be told in a contemporary voice capable of putting it into the context of twenty-first-century struggles. McKenzie Wark delves into the Situationists’ unacknowledged diversity, revealing a world as rich in practice as it is in theory. Tracing the group’s development from the bohemian Paris of the ’50s to the explosive days of May ’68, Wark’s take on the Situationists is biographically and historically rich, presenting the group as an ensemble creation, rather than the brainchild and dominion of its most famous member, Guy Debord. Roaming through Europe and the lives of those who made up the movement – including Constant, Asger Jorn, Michèle Bernstein, Alex Trocchi and Jacqueline De Jong – Wark uncovers an international movement riven with conflicting passions. Accessible to those who have only just discovered the Situationists and filled with new insights, The Beach Beneath the Street rereads the group’s history in the light of our contemporary experience of communications, architecture, and everyday life. The Situationists tried to escape the world of twentieth-century spectacle and failed in the attempt. Wark argues that they may still help us to escape the twenty-first century, while we still can.
Author: Ernest Tidyman Publisher: Dynamite ISBN: 1524100196 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 241
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Who is John Shaft? John Shaft is a private eye. John Shaft is a black man made of muscle and ice, and he has no prejudices. John Shaft will kill anyone... black or white. When the cloistered daughter of Harlem's crime boss discovers the true nature of her father's work, she runs off to be as bad as Dad. By the time she disappears, she's into sex, liquor, dope, and a few other scenes. Now, Big Daddy wants Shaft to get his baby back. The tough, take-no-guff detective goes to work... and the Mafia, the Black militants, the NYPD, and City Hall go to work on him. The original and unabridged Shaft novel by Ernest Tidyman, the 1970 tour de force of hardboiled crime fiction that introduced an unsuspecting world to a cultural icon.
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