Author: Margo Jefferson Publisher: Vintage ISBN: 1101870648 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 256
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NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • An extraordinary look at privilege, discrimination, and the fallacy of post-racial America by the renowned Pulitzer Prize–winning cultural critic Jefferson takes us into an insular and discerning society: “I call it Negroland,” she writes, “because I still find ‘Negro’ a word of wonders, glorious and terrible.” Margo Jefferson was born in 1947 into upper-crust black Chicago. Her father was head of pediatrics at Provident Hospital, while her mother was a socialite. Negroland’s pedigree dates back generations, having originated with antebellum free blacks who made their fortunes among the plantations of the South. It evolved into a world of exclusive sororities, fraternities, networks, and clubs—a world in which skin color and hair texture were relentlessly evaluated alongside scholarly and professional achievements, where the Talented Tenth positioned themselves as a third race between whites and “the masses of Negros,” and where the motto was “Achievement. Invulnerability. Comportment.” Jefferson brilliantly charts the twists and turns of a life informed by psychological and moral contradictions, while reckoning with the strictures and demands of Negroland at crucial historical moments—the civil rights movement, the dawn of feminism, the falsehood of post-racial America.
Author: John Green Publisher: A&C Black ISBN: 140884818X Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 321
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Quentin Jacobson has spent a lifetime loving Margo Roth Spiegelman from afar. So when she cracks open a window and climbs into his life - dressed like a ninja and summoning him for an ingenious campaign of revenge - he follows. After their all-nighter ends, Q arrives at school to discover that Margo has disappeared.
Author: Susan Mallery Publisher: HQN Books ISBN: 1488096872 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 427
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The Baxter sisters come from a long line of women with disastrous luck in love. But this summer, Sunshine and Margot will turn disasters into destiny… As an etiquette coach, Margot teaches her clients to fit in. But she’s never faced a client like Bianca, an aging movie star who gained fame—and notoriety—through a campaign of shock and awe. Schooling Bianca on the fine art of behaving like a proper diplomat’s wife requires intensive lessons, forcing Margot to move into the monastery turned mansion owned by the actress’s intensely private son. Like his incredible home, Alec’s stony exterior hides secret depths Margot would love to explore. But will he trust her enough to let her in? Sunshine has always been the good-time sister, abandoning jobs to chase after guys who used her, then threw her away. No more. She refuses to be “that girl” again. This time, she’ll finish college, dedicate herself to her job as a nanny, and she 100 percent will not screw up her life again by falling for the wrong guy. Especially not the tempting single dad who also happens to be her boss. Master storyteller Susan Mallery weaves threads of family drama, humor, romance and a wish-you-were-there setting into one of the most satisfying books of the year! Don't miss The Happiness Plan, a new novel coming from #1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery where three women experience hope, heartache, and the power of friendship as they search for true happiness!
Author: Drew Weing Publisher: First Second ISBN: 1626729328 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 136
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Charles just moved to Echo City, and some of his new neighbors give him the creeps. They sneak into his room, steal his toys, and occasionally, they try to eat him. The place is teeming with monsters! Lucky for Charles, Echo City has Margo Maloo, monster mediator. No matter who’s causing trouble, Margo knows exactly what to do—the neighborhood kids say monsters are afraid of her. It's a good thing, because Echo City's trolls, ogres, and ghosts all have one thing in common: they don't like Charles very much.
Author: Claire Farrell Publisher: Claire Farrell ISBN: Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 357
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Margo and Dorian's lives have only just begun to run smoothly when a new threat approaches, a harbinger with a deadly secret who knows exactly how to push Margo to her limits. To survive, she must change - whether the pack likes it or not.
Author: Richard Layh Publisher: Covenant Books, Inc. ISBN: 163814186X Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 266
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Herding the Wind—a Wall Street novel. It is the story of two people caught in the riptides of young love, memory and loss, jazz and dance, and the arduous impulse of striving for happiness in the heart of a pulsating city.
Author: Candice Dow Publisher: Grand Central Publishing ISBN: 1455518298 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 178
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From award-winning author Candice Dow comes a raw, sizzling, and emotional novel about a woman who must fight for what she wants-before she loses everything . . . She's the hottest relationship expert around. Her get-real advice and tough-world experience have earned Ayana Blue money, fame, and a successful life she never imagined. And handsome Realtor Cameron Small is the sexy, steady Mr. Right she wasn't looking for yet always hoped she'd find. But Cam's unstable, in-denial ex-wife, Yasmin, isn't about to let him go-or allow anyone else take "her place." And if that means wrecking everything Ayana has worked so hard to build, then so be it. Now with her peace of mind shattered, her private business in the hole, and her reputation on the line, Ayana needs to figure out fast which dreams she can save, and what she'll have to let go. When it comes down to the ex-wife v. the next-wife, the only thing guaranteed is a scorched-earth battle-and it's winner takes all . . .
Author: Jillian Bartlett Publisher: ISBN: Category : Drama Languages : en Pages : 188
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An anthology of women's responses to the body, containing critical, literary and anecdotal contributions in the form of poetry, short stories, drama, essays, photographs and drawings. Bodies are considered in a physical and conceptual sense, both individually and in relation to others. Includes biographical notes on all 55 contributors.
Author: Lynn Roberts Publisher: iUniverse ISBN: 0595228208 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 324
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Kate Baxter is a happy, young professional woman whose life is torn apart when David, her husband, becomes physically abusive. For the first few years, they had what Kate often called a "too normal" marriage. Two years ago, all that mysteriously changed. An unexplained moodiness has now turned to anger and rage. When Kate threatens to leave with their son if the abuse doesn't stop, David promises to kill her if she does and then whispers a shocking secret that she's not sure she even believes. Discouraged by ineffective legal remedies, Kate flees with their son to another city and takes on a new identity. While David searches for clues to their whereabouts, he is questioned by a police detective who has new leads in a baffling homicide investigation. David and the detective both race against time in their respective pursuits. A Simple Choice is a gripping story of how the human spirit can be paralyzed by fear and doubt, yet set free by a simple choice. It touches the place within each of us that cries out for hope, courage, and freedom.
Author: Ramon Delgado Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation ISBN: 9781557831873 Category : Performing Arts Languages : en Pages : 560
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(Applause Books). Lose yourself in a universe of forces familiar and frightening in the 21 plays presented in this exclusive volume. The playwrights included here succeed in pushing back the boundaries of conventional dramatic expression. Among them, Lanford Wilson dissects a survivor's anguish after his lover's death in A Poster of the Cosmos and Deborah Pryor spins an eerie tale of spellbinding romance in The Love Talker . Richard Greenberg plots a battle of wills between a young writer and his elusive muse, while Sheila Walsh examines the exchange of a woman's soul for her husband's fame in Molly and James . From the starkly realistic to the fantastic, these plays challenge their audiences to confront the universal from a new perspective.
Author: Margo Jefferson
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Author: Susan Mallery
Author: Drew Weing
Author: Claire Farrell
Author: Richard Layh
Author: Candice Dow
Author: Jillian Bartlett
Author: Lynn Roberts
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