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Book Dread Locks  1

Download or read book Dread Locks 1 written by Neal Shusterman and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-08-03 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dread Locks is the first entry in the Dark Fusion series from master storyteller Neal Shusterman. He cleverly weaves together familiar parts of fairy tales and Greek mythology to tell the story of fourteen-year-old Parker Bear, rich and utterly bored with life—until a new girl arrives in town. Tara's eyes are always hidden behind designer sunglasses, and her hair, blond with glimmering spirals, seems almost alive. Parker watches, fascinated, as one by one Tara chooses high school students to befriend; he even helps her by making the necessary introductions. Over time, her “friends” develop strange quirks, such as drinking gallons of milk, eating dirt, and becoming lethargic. By the time Parker realizes what Tara is doing, he is too embroiled to stop her. In fact, she has endowed him with certain cravings of his own. . . .To say more would spoil the spooky fun of this wild thriller—let the twist speak for itself and leave you still as a statue.

Book Dreads

    Book Details:
  • Author :
  • Publisher : Artisan Books
  • Release : 1999-01-01
  • ISBN : 9781579651503
  • Pages : 146 pages

Download or read book Dreads written by and published by Artisan Books. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents portraits of dread-heads from every walk of life and includes a brief history of this hairstyle

Book Twisted

    Book Details:
  • Author : Bert Ashe
  • Publisher : Agate Publishing
  • Release : 2015-06-09
  • ISBN : 1572847492
  • Pages : 250 pages

Download or read book Twisted written by Bert Ashe and published by Agate Publishing. This book was released on 2015-06-09 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Twisted: My Dreadlock Chronicles, professor and author Bert Ashe delivers a witty, fascinating, and unprecedented account of black male identity as seen through our culture's perceptions of hair. It is a deeply personal story that weaves together the cultural and political history of dreadlocks with Ashe's own mid-life journey to lock his hair. Ashe is a fresh, new voice that addresses the importance of black hair in the 20th and 21st centuries through an accessible, humorous, and literary style sure to engage a wide variety of readers. After leading a far-too-conventional life for forty years, Ashe began a long, arduous, uncertain process of locking his own hair in an attempt to step out of American convention. Black hair, after all, matters. Few Americans are subject to snap judgements like those in the African-American community, and fewer communities face such loaded criticism about their appearances, in particular their hair. Twisted: My Dreadlock Chronicles makes the argument that the story of dreadlocks in America can’t be told except in front of the backdrop of black hair in America. Ask most Americans about dreadlocks and they immediately conjure a picture of Bob Marley: on stage, mid-song, dreads splayed. When most Americans see dreadlocks, a range of assumptions quickly follow: he's Jamaican, he's Rasta, he plays reggae; he stinks, he smokes, he deals; he's bohemian, he's creative, he's counter-cultural. Few styles in America have more symbolism and generate more conflicting views than dreadlocks. To "read" dreadlocks is to take the cultural pulse of America. To read Twisted: My Dreadlock Chronicles is to understand a larger story about the truths and biases present in how we perceive ourselves and others. Ashe's riveting and intimate work, a genuine first of its kind, will be a seminal work for years to come.

Book The Symbolism and Communicative Contents of Dreadlocks in Yorubaland

Download or read book The Symbolism and Communicative Contents of Dreadlocks in Yorubaland written by Augustine Agwuele and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-08-13 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers an interpretation of Yoruba people’s affective responses to an adult Yoruba male with a ‘deviant’ hairstyle. The work, which views hairstyles as a form of symbolic communicative signal that encodes messages that are perceived and interpreted within a culture, provides an ontological and epistemological interpretation of Yoruba beliefs regarding dreadlocks with real-life illustrations of their treatment of an adult male with what they term irun were (insane person’s hairdo). Based on experiential observations as well as socio-cultural and linguistic analyses, the book explores the dynamism of Yoruba worldview regarding head-hair within contemporary belief systems and discusses some of the factors that assure its continuity. It concludes with a cross-cultural comparison of the perceptions of dreadlocks, especially between Nigerian Yoruba people an d African American Yoruba practitioners.

Book Don t Worry  be Nappy

Download or read book Don t Worry be Nappy written by Jeffery Bradley and published by NetNia Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This manual is both educational and instructive. A practical guide for maintaining and living with dreadlocks, a hairstyle that most in American society consider impractical. This book is full of good advice and even contains helpful diagrams. I am buying a copy for a friend

Book The Rastafarians

    Book Details:
  • Author : Leonard Barrett
  • Publisher : Beacon Press
  • Release : 2010-07-01
  • ISBN : 0807097055
  • Pages : 324 pages

Download or read book The Rastafarians written by Leonard Barrett and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2010-07-01 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic work on the history and beliefs of the Rastafarians, whose roots of protest go back to the seventeenth-century maroon societies of escaped slaves in Jamaica. Based on an extensive study of the Rastafarians, their history, their ideology, and their influence in Jamaica, The Rastafarians is an important contribution to the sociology of religion and to our knowledge of the variety of religious expressions that have grown up during the West African Diaspora in the Western Hemisphere.

Book Scorpion Shards

Download or read book Scorpion Shards written by Neal Shusterman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-05-07 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Six teens struggle to discover the source of their strange and horrific abilities in this first book of The Star Shards Chronicles. Dillon has the terrifying power to create massive amounts of destruction with the slightest tweak of his will. Deanna is so consumed by fear, it has become like a black hole, drawing to her the very things that terrify her. Then, when the glare of a supernova sixteen light-years away illuminates the night sky, they have a vision: There are six of them out there, all teenagers, and all suffering from supernatural afflictions that disfigure their bodies and souls. Only by finding one another will the six ever be strong enough to defeat these mysterious forces that, bit by bit, are devouring their souls from the inside out. Acclaimed author Neal Shusterman “combines personal quest, horror, and science fiction into an absorbing exploration of good and evil, guilt, forgiveness and personal responsibility” (VOYA) in this thrilling start to a riveting trilogy. Originally published by Tor Fantasy in 1995.

Book Dreadlocks in Babylon

    Book Details:
  • Author : Petra S. E. Slinkard
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2006
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 196 pages

Download or read book Dreadlocks in Babylon written by Petra S. E. Slinkard and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Dreadlocks and the Three Bears

Download or read book Dreadlocks and the Three Bears written by Alile Sharon Larkin and published by . This book was released on 2019-08-20 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Which Way Dreadlocks

Download or read book Which Way Dreadlocks written by No Locks (S.B.G.) and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Locks Hair Care Manual

Download or read book The Locks Hair Care Manual written by Breanna S. Rutter and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-09-27 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Locks Hair Care Manual is a pocket guide that will help you to successfully maintain Dread Locks (Traditional Locks), Sister Locks and Free Form Locks with step by step details! Even though there are differences in maintenance required to keep up the look of your specific choice of locks, their hair care needs are very similar. What differs slightly is your approach based on your unique texture and health state of your locks, which will be discussed further in more detail. Growing locks take patience and dedication, with the application of the “Lock Hair Care Regimen” shown in (Chapter 11) coupled with a fundamental understanding of what healthy hair is, will allow you to gain the necessary knowledge you need, to successfully put you on the path to growing long healthy locks.This manual breaks down understanding locks externally and internally as we discuss everything thing from Lock Maturation, Twisting Techniques, and Lock Repair as well as providing insight on an alternative locking option called Lock Extensions! These are just a couple of topics that will be addressed in this manual and after reading, you will know exactly how to achieve your best locks whether you are beginning your Lock Journey or you want to perfect your journey towards healthy thriving locks!

Book Princess Hair

    Book Details:
  • Author : Sharee Miller
  • Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
  • Release : 2017-10-31
  • ISBN : 0316441201
  • Pages : 32 pages

Download or read book Princess Hair written by Sharee Miller and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2017-10-31 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Princesses with curls wear pearls. Princesses with head wraps take long naps. And princesses with teeny-weeny Afros wear teeny-weeny bows. Celebrate different hair shapes, textures, and styles in this self-affirming picture book! From dreadlocks to blowouts to braids, Princess Hair shines a spotlight on the beauty and diversity of black hair, showing young readers that every kind of hair is princess hair. Debut author-illustrator Sharee Miller encourages confidence and pride in this playful, colorful picture book that teaches readers to love every bit of themselves.

Book Outside the Gates

    Book Details:
  • Author : Molly Gloss
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 2019-01-01
  • ISBN : 1534403116
  • Pages : 115 pages

Download or read book Outside the Gates written by Molly Gloss and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-01-01 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Villagers were always warned that monsters live outside the gates, but when a young boy named Vren is cast out, he finds a home in the world beyond, in Whiting Award winner Molly Gloss’s classic fantasy novel. Vren has always been told that the world beyond the gates of his village is one filled with monsters, giants, and other terrifying creatures. But when he confides with his family about his ability to talk to animals, he’s outcast to the very world he’s been taught to fear his whole life. He expects to die alone, lost and confused, but he finds something different altogether—refuge in a community of shadowed people with extraordinary powers. Thirty years later, Molly Gloss’s dystopian fantasy novel is just as timely, poignant, and stirring as ever, in a brand-new edition!

Book More Than a Hair Journey

    Book Details:
  • Author : Keisha Charmaine Felix
  • Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Release : 2017-03-05
  • ISBN : 9781540380814
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book More Than a Hair Journey written by Keisha Charmaine Felix and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-03-05 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Keisha takes you along her natural hair journey, which became her self-love journey, through teachable memoirs. Offering her perspective on a black woman's experience with family, friendships, relationships and most importantly self-love, Keisha bares it all. The role hair plays in a black woman's life is major; it impacts her confidence, sense of beauty and self-esteem. Read how transitioning from chemically straightened hair to natural locs (commonly referred to as dreadlocks or dreads) can open a black woman's eyes to her true self. Get some of Keisha's tips on nurturing your self-love and learn all about cultivating and maintaining locs. You will find Keisha Charmaine's hair tutorials on www.youtube.com/KeishaCharmaine Follow Keisha Charmaine on Instagram and twitter, @killadoesthat

Book Be Creative   a Styling Guide for Natural Hair  Braids and Dread Locs

Download or read book Be Creative a Styling Guide for Natural Hair Braids and Dread Locs written by Calisa Cruickshank and published by . This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a naturalista I want to inspire persons to Be Creative with their type. This simple yet creative styling guide will teach you how to do a variety of hairstyles that will be envied, loved and embraced by almost everyone. Buy it, Try it and Be Creative.

Book Dreadlocks

    Book Details:
  • Author : Les Isaac
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1984
  • ISBN : 9780551010970
  • Pages : 126 pages

Download or read book Dreadlocks written by Les Isaac and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the age of 13 he was a practiced street fighter, leading West Indian gangs in running battles with white skinheads in North London. By the age of 17 he had identified fully with the Rastafarians, a Jamaican sect, with their long dreadlocks of hair, heavy ganja smoking, and vision of liberation from white political and economic slavery. In the style of The Cross and the Switchblade, Les Isaacs tells how the gospel of Jesus transformed his life and bought him true freedom.

Book Hairlocking  Everything You Need to Know  African  Dread   Nubiam Locks

Download or read book Hairlocking Everything You Need to Know African Dread Nubiam Locks written by Nekhena Evans and published by Eworld. This book was released on 2000-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: