Author: Sarah-Jane Stratford
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0698195302
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
When two brave women flee from the Communist Red Scare, they soon discover that no future is free from the past. Amid the glitz and glamour of 1950s New York, Phoebe Adler pursues her dream of screenwriting. A dream that turns into a living nightmare when she is blacklisted—caught in the Red Menace that is shattering the lives of suspected Communists. Desperate to work, she escapes to London, determined to keep her dream alive and clear her good name. There, Phoebe befriends fellow American exile Hannah Wolfson, who has defied the odds to build a career as a successful television producer in England. Hannah is a woman who has it all, and is now gambling everything in a very dangerous game—the game of hiring blacklisted writers. Neither woman suspects that danger still looms . . . and their fight is only just beginning.
Red Letter Days
Author: Sarah-Jane Stratford
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0698195302
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
When two brave women flee from the Communist Red Scare, they soon discover that no future is free from the past. Amid the glitz and glamour of 1950s New York, Phoebe Adler pursues her dream of screenwriting. A dream that turns into a living nightmare when she is blacklisted—caught in the Red Menace that is shattering the lives of suspected Communists. Desperate to work, she escapes to London, determined to keep her dream alive and clear her good name. There, Phoebe befriends fellow American exile Hannah Wolfson, who has defied the odds to build a career as a successful television producer in England. Hannah is a woman who has it all, and is now gambling everything in a very dangerous game—the game of hiring blacklisted writers. Neither woman suspects that danger still looms . . . and their fight is only just beginning.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0698195302
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
When two brave women flee from the Communist Red Scare, they soon discover that no future is free from the past. Amid the glitz and glamour of 1950s New York, Phoebe Adler pursues her dream of screenwriting. A dream that turns into a living nightmare when she is blacklisted—caught in the Red Menace that is shattering the lives of suspected Communists. Desperate to work, she escapes to London, determined to keep her dream alive and clear her good name. There, Phoebe befriends fellow American exile Hannah Wolfson, who has defied the odds to build a career as a successful television producer in England. Hannah is a woman who has it all, and is now gambling everything in a very dangerous game—the game of hiring blacklisted writers. Neither woman suspects that danger still looms . . . and their fight is only just beginning.
Red Danger Days
Author: Kimani Lauren
Publisher: Perfectly Polished Words
ISBN: 1736953907
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
South Sanford needs an angel when their government is trying to be their God… Beloved bully Rahshaan Bailey is home after being wrongfully incarcerated. The welcome home he receives is warm, but there’s an expectation that he will take over work that his predecessors began. In a city that is locked behind a bridge, and forced to go under curfew because of mysterious kidnappings, people want Rahshaan to be their savior. All he wants is to find his son and to find out more about the beautiful woman who has been helping to take care of his grandmother since he went away. Shatima Thomas has got 99 problems, and her stalker is the main one. When every man who tries to get close to her disappears, she moves into the belly of the beast and awaits her payback for the lives she’s ruined. Instead, she meets a world cruel enough to blame the victims for the crimes committed against them. If only a change of power can take place and give her hope… Red Danger Days is a coming of age tale of hopelessness turned to hope, and mystery mixed with murder. It is the survival story of two lost souls hoping to redeem themselves. When the two cross paths, will they be able to unite and become the saviors their city is desperately seeking?
Publisher: Perfectly Polished Words
ISBN: 1736953907
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
South Sanford needs an angel when their government is trying to be their God… Beloved bully Rahshaan Bailey is home after being wrongfully incarcerated. The welcome home he receives is warm, but there’s an expectation that he will take over work that his predecessors began. In a city that is locked behind a bridge, and forced to go under curfew because of mysterious kidnappings, people want Rahshaan to be their savior. All he wants is to find his son and to find out more about the beautiful woman who has been helping to take care of his grandmother since he went away. Shatima Thomas has got 99 problems, and her stalker is the main one. When every man who tries to get close to her disappears, she moves into the belly of the beast and awaits her payback for the lives she’s ruined. Instead, she meets a world cruel enough to blame the victims for the crimes committed against them. If only a change of power can take place and give her hope… Red Danger Days is a coming of age tale of hopelessness turned to hope, and mystery mixed with murder. It is the survival story of two lost souls hoping to redeem themselves. When the two cross paths, will they be able to unite and become the saviors their city is desperately seeking?
Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe
Author: Vera B. Williams
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0688040721
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Follow the red canoe from page to page as it journeys down river carrying the family on a camping tour. It's the next best thing to paddling it yourself.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0688040721
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Follow the red canoe from page to page as it journeys down river carrying the family on a camping tour. It's the next best thing to paddling it yourself.
Hustler Days
Author: R. A. Dyer
Publisher: Lyons Press
ISBN: 9781592286461
Category : Billiard players
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A rollicking portrait of the kings of the cues
Publisher: Lyons Press
ISBN: 9781592286461
Category : Billiard players
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A rollicking portrait of the kings of the cues
Red, White, and Blue Letter Days
Author: Matthew Dennis
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501723707
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
The Fourth of July, Thanksgiving, Washington's Birthday, Memorial Day, Columbus Day, Labor Day, Martin Luther King's Birthday, and other celebrations matter to Americans and reflect the state of American local and national politics. Commemorations of cataclysmic events and light, apparently trivial observances mirror American political and cultural life. Both reveal much about the material conditions of the United States and its citizens' identities, historical consciousness, and political attitudes. Lying dormant within these festivals is the potential for political consequence, controversy, even transformation. American political fetes remain works in progress, as Americans use historical celebrations as occasions to reinvent themselves and their nation, often with surprising results. In six engaging chapters 'assaying particular political holidays over the course of their histories, Red, White, and Blue Letter Days examines how Americans have shaped and been shaped by their calendar. Matthew Dennis explores this vast political and cultural terrain, charting how Americans defined their identities through celebration. Independence Day invited African Americans to demand the equality promised in the Declaration of Independence, for example, just as Columbus Day—celebrating the Italian, Catholic explorer—helped immigrants proclaim their legitimacy as Americans. Native Americans too could use public holidays, such as Thanksgiving or Veterans Day, to express dissent or demonstrate their claims to citizenship. Merchants and advertisers colonized the American calendar, moving in to sell their products by linking them, often tenuously, with holiday occasions or casting consumption as a patriotic act.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501723707
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
The Fourth of July, Thanksgiving, Washington's Birthday, Memorial Day, Columbus Day, Labor Day, Martin Luther King's Birthday, and other celebrations matter to Americans and reflect the state of American local and national politics. Commemorations of cataclysmic events and light, apparently trivial observances mirror American political and cultural life. Both reveal much about the material conditions of the United States and its citizens' identities, historical consciousness, and political attitudes. Lying dormant within these festivals is the potential for political consequence, controversy, even transformation. American political fetes remain works in progress, as Americans use historical celebrations as occasions to reinvent themselves and their nation, often with surprising results. In six engaging chapters 'assaying particular political holidays over the course of their histories, Red, White, and Blue Letter Days examines how Americans have shaped and been shaped by their calendar. Matthew Dennis explores this vast political and cultural terrain, charting how Americans defined their identities through celebration. Independence Day invited African Americans to demand the equality promised in the Declaration of Independence, for example, just as Columbus Day—celebrating the Italian, Catholic explorer—helped immigrants proclaim their legitimacy as Americans. Native Americans too could use public holidays, such as Thanksgiving or Veterans Day, to express dissent or demonstrate their claims to citizenship. Merchants and advertisers colonized the American calendar, moving in to sell their products by linking them, often tenuously, with holiday occasions or casting consumption as a patriotic act.
Radio Girls
Author: Sarah-Jane Stratford
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0698195299
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
The Great War is over, and change is in the air, in this novel that brings to life the exciting days of early British radio…and one woman who finds her voice while working alongside the brilliant women and men of the BBC. London, 1926. American-raised Maisie Musgrave is thrilled to land a job as a secretary at the upstart British Broadcasting Corporation, whose use of radio—still new, strange, and electrifying—is captivating the nation. But the hectic pace, smart young staff, and intimidating bosses only add to Maisie’s insecurity. Soon, she is seduced by the work—gaining confidence as she arranges broadcasts by the most famous writers, scientists, and politicians in Britain. She is also caught up in a growing conflict between her two bosses, John Reith, the formidable Director-General of the BBC, and Hilda Matheson, the extraordinary director of the hugely popular Talks programming, who each have very different visions of what radio should be. Under Hilda’s tutelage, Maisie discovers her talent, passion, and ambition. But when she unearths a shocking conspiracy, she and Hilda join forces to make their voices heard both on and off the air…and then face the dangerous consequences of telling the truth for a living. READERS GUIDE INCLUDED
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0698195299
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
The Great War is over, and change is in the air, in this novel that brings to life the exciting days of early British radio…and one woman who finds her voice while working alongside the brilliant women and men of the BBC. London, 1926. American-raised Maisie Musgrave is thrilled to land a job as a secretary at the upstart British Broadcasting Corporation, whose use of radio—still new, strange, and electrifying—is captivating the nation. But the hectic pace, smart young staff, and intimidating bosses only add to Maisie’s insecurity. Soon, she is seduced by the work—gaining confidence as she arranges broadcasts by the most famous writers, scientists, and politicians in Britain. She is also caught up in a growing conflict between her two bosses, John Reith, the formidable Director-General of the BBC, and Hilda Matheson, the extraordinary director of the hugely popular Talks programming, who each have very different visions of what radio should be. Under Hilda’s tutelage, Maisie discovers her talent, passion, and ambition. But when she unearths a shocking conspiracy, she and Hilda join forces to make their voices heard both on and off the air…and then face the dangerous consequences of telling the truth for a living. READERS GUIDE INCLUDED
Eighty Days Red
Author: Vina Jackson
Publisher: Eighty Days
ISBN: 9781453287408
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Finale to the Eighty Days trilogy, Eighty days yellow and Eighty days blue.
Publisher: Eighty Days
ISBN: 9781453287408
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Finale to the Eighty Days trilogy, Eighty days yellow and Eighty days blue.
The Last Days of Louisiana Red
Author: Ishmael Reed
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
ISBN: 9781564782366
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
"The Last Days of Louisiana Red blends paradox, hyperbole, understatement and signifyin' so expertly you can almost hear a droll black voice telling the tales as you read it." The New Republic
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
ISBN: 9781564782366
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
"The Last Days of Louisiana Red blends paradox, hyperbole, understatement and signifyin' so expertly you can almost hear a droll black voice telling the tales as you read it." The New Republic
The Dot
Author: Peter H. Reynolds
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 153621809X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
Vashti believes that she cannot draw, but her art teacher's encouragement leads her to change her mind and she goes on to encourage another student who feels the same as she had.
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 153621809X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
Vashti believes that she cannot draw, but her art teacher's encouragement leads her to change her mind and she goes on to encourage another student who feels the same as she had.
Red Letter Days
Author: Jeanne L. Jackson
Publisher: Nelson Thornes
ISBN: 9780748719341
Category : Christian education
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Covering the main festivals and saints' days, these 81 stories for primary-school assemblies, or for use with smaller groups of children, reflect the rhythm and punctuation of the Christian year. The stories are organized chronologically from Advent, through the full year, to St Catherine's Day, and each one is preceded by an explanatory note or short biography. Appendices include the dates of Easter and the other main Christian festivals for the next 30 years, a chronology of saints, and two indexes - alphabetical and by theme.
Publisher: Nelson Thornes
ISBN: 9780748719341
Category : Christian education
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Covering the main festivals and saints' days, these 81 stories for primary-school assemblies, or for use with smaller groups of children, reflect the rhythm and punctuation of the Christian year. The stories are organized chronologically from Advent, through the full year, to St Catherine's Day, and each one is preceded by an explanatory note or short biography. Appendices include the dates of Easter and the other main Christian festivals for the next 30 years, a chronology of saints, and two indexes - alphabetical and by theme.