Download or read book The Problem of Post Racialism written by M. Vickerman and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-10-24 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book argues that Americans' belief in post-racialism, rooted in both ideology and material progress among racial minorities, is wrong because both old and new patterns of racism continue to hinder the acceptance of African Americans as true equals in American society, despite the recent mobility of the black middle class.

Download or read book Coming Home to the Highlands written by Lisa Hobman and published by Boldwood Books Ltd. This book was released on 2023-04-04 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sometimes life is full of surprises, especially when you least expect them... Born into the Scottish Clan MacBain and the 17th century ancestral home, Drumblair Castle, Liv MacBain has always dreamt of leaving the ancient homestead and becoming her own person in the world of fashion. From a young age, she worshipped the trailblazing designs of the haute couture glitterati, hoping one day to join them. With older brother Kerr, the rightful heir, Liv has been free to spread her wings. Fast forward. Liv, is now 28 years old, working at a high-end fashion house and living her dream life in New York. She’s never been happier. Until everything changes with one devastating phone call from her brother, Kerr, that brings her rushing back to Scotland. Old friends and adversaries resurface and Liv faces a difficult decision that could mean her dream future can no longer be a reality. Or can you have your castle and your career? Praise for Lisa Hobman 'Involving and intriguing!' - Sue Moorcroft ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐ Heart-warming and sometimes heart-wrenching journey of discovery' - Heidi Swain ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 'I love it! - A feel-good, uplifting story of lost love and second chances...' - Holly Martin 'I loved the book. It’s a captivating story with a relatable heroine and beautifully vivid settings. A perfect holiday read!' - Darcie Boleyn 'Simply gorgeous’- Jessica Redland 'A really uplifting, feel-good read about hope and love that really did warm my heart.'- Kim Nash 'A gorgeous, heart-warming romantic journey, reminds us to never give up on love...' - Lucy Coleman 'You will fall in love with this story of fresh starts and mending broken hearts' - Mandy Baggot 'Be prepared to fall in love over and over again.'- Nancy Barone 'What a beautiful read' - Sarah Bennett

Download or read book Life Stories written by Maureen O'Connor and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2011-08-23 with total page 768 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Memoirs, autobiographies, and diaries represent the most personal and most intimate of genres, as well as one of the most abundant and popular. Gain new understanding and better serve your readers with this detailed genre guide to nearly 700 titles that also includes notes on more than 2,800 read-alike and other related titles. The popularity of this body of literature has grown in recent years, and it has also diversified in terms of the types of stories being told—and persons telling them. In the past, readers' advisors have depended on access by names or Dewey classifications and subjects to help readers find autobiographies they will enjoy. This guide offers an alternative, organizing the literature according to popular genres, subgenres, and themes that reflect common reading interests. Describing titles that range from travel and adventure classics and celebrity autobiographies to foodie memoirs and environmental reads, Life Stories: A Guide to Reading Interests in Memoirs, Autobiographies, and Diaries presents a unique overview of the genre that specifically addresses the needs of readers' advisors and others who work with readers in finding books.

Download or read book The Silurian Rocks of Britain written by Benjamin Nieve Peach and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 852 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The Silurian Rocks of Britain Scotland by B N Peach and John Horne with petrological chapters and notes by J J H Teall written by Geological Survey of Great Britain and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 850 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Drumblair written by Rachel Manley and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rachel Manley, granddaughter and daughter of two of Jamaica's national leaders, tells the story of the brilliant and artistic Manleys, Jamaica's most prominent and glamorous political family, and the house in which they lived, Drumblair. Manley vividly recreates the world in which she came of age in this intimate and captivating memoir of the people who most changed Jamaica's intellectual, social, and cultural landscape.

Download or read book Chasing a Highland Dream written by Lisa Hobman and published by Boldwood Books Ltd. This book was released on 2024-02-28 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brand new uplifting, feel-good fiction, set at Drumblair Castle in the Scottish Highlands from bestselling author Lisa Hobman Can you live your dreams and also find your destiny? Since having to drop out of her design degree, Bella Douglas has been unlucky in just about everything life has thrown at her. She’s lost more jobs than she cares to remember and despite her Granny Isla’s best attempts to set her up with every eligible bachelor in the Scottish Highlands and she’s still single. Currently PA to her best friend, aka, Lady Olivia MacBain, at the 17th century Drumblair Castle, Bella is yet to find a role that sets her soul on fire. But when disaster strikes for Olivia, Bella steps into the breach to rescue her best friend from a fate worse than a bad interior designer. When Bella and her Granny Isla find themselves homeless, they relocate to the castle where a handsome new neighbour brings mystery, intrigue and a spark of romance. Is Bella finally on the track to find true happiness? Or do more catastrophes lie ahead? And does true love hide where you least expect it? Escape to the Highlands with this wonderful feel-good read. Perfect for the fans of Jessica Redland and Heidi Swain Praise for Lisa Hobman: 'Involving and intriguing!' - Sue Moorcroft 'Heart-warming and sometimes heart-wrenching journey of discovery' - Heidi Swain 'I love it! - A feel-good, uplifting story of lost love and second chances...' - Holly Martin 'I loved the book. It’s a captivating story with a relatable heroine and beautifully vivid settings. A perfect holiday read!' - Darcie Boleyn 'Simply gorgeous’ - Jessica Redland 'A really uplifting, feel-good read about hope and love that really did warm my heart.' - Kim Nash 'A gorgeous, heart-warming romantic journey, reminds us to never give up on love...' - Lucy Coleman 'You will fall in love with this story of fresh starts and mending broken hearts' -Mandy Baggot 'Be prepared to fall in love over and over again.' - Nancy Barone 'What a beautiful read' - Sarah Bennett

Download or read book Journal of West Indian Literature written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Out of Order written by Kim Robinson-Walcott and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a preliminary overview of writing by white West Indians, identifying stereotypes and relating Anthony C. Winkler's books to prevalent trends demonstrated by other white West Indians.

Download or read book Mastering English for CXC written by Clive Borely and published by Nelson Thornes. This book was released on 2002 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This textbook provides a full two-year course for students in the fourth and fifth years of Caribbean secondary schools. The book revises and develops all the language skills that students need to help them achieve the best result in their examinations. The text features: a wide range of stimulating passages; writing from all genres; exercises and activites to challenge and motivate all abilities; attention to developing competence in all the language skills; and particular focus on improved accuracy in comprehension and writing.

Download or read book A Man Divided written by Douglas Hall and published by Kingston, Jamaica : Press University of the West Indies. This book was released on 1997 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michael Garfield Smith was an internationally distinguished anthropologist. He was also a poet of merit, but few people knew that or really understood the conflicts, personal and professional, that made him, in the opinion of many who knew him, appear arrogant and unapproachable. This account tries to show the whole man, and it is to date the only biography of M. G. Smith. A Man Divided is a brief account of M. G. Smith the man, "the talented, hardworking Jamaican and how he made his way, rather than of the academic performance of Professor M. G. Smith the internationally distinguished anthropologist". Preface

Download or read book Encyclopedia of Post Colonial Literatures in English written by Eugene Benson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-11-30 with total page 1950 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " ... Documents the history and development of [Post-colonial literatures in English, together with English and American literature] and includes original research relating to the literatures of some 50 countries and territories. In more than 1,600 entries written by more than 600 internationally recognized scholars, it explores the effect of the colonial and post-colonial experience on literatures in English worldwide.

Download or read book Celtic Fiddle Tunes for Solo and Ensemble Viola Violin 3 Ensemble Score written by Craig Duncan and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2015-12-29 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection contains 14 arrangements of 22 traditional tunes from Ireland and Scotland in a variety of styles including jigs, reels, hornpipes, slip jigs, strathspeys, waltzes and airs. the harmonies are written so that various combinations from solo instrument with piano, to duets and trios, to full string quartet/orchestra are possible. the viola book includes melody (solo) viola, viola harmony, third violin, and full score including violin, viola and cello parts with piano accompaniment. All of the Celtic Tunes for Solo and Ensemble books (Violin, Viola and Cello/Bass) are written as ensemble books, so they can be played as solo books or together as ensemble.

Download or read book Rex Nettleford His Works written by Albertina Jefferson and published by University of the West Indies Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bibliografie van het werk van Rex Nettleford. Bevat ook Nettleford's choreografie voor het National Danstheater van Jamaica.

Download or read book Starting Over At Sunset Cottage written by Lisa Hobman and published by Boldwood Books Ltd. This book was released on 2021-10-21 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you love someone enough to let them go? It was love at first sight when talented art student Felicity “Flick” Johnston-Hart and Jim MacDuff’s worlds collided at Oxford University. However, after years of blissful marriage, everything crashes down when their marriage comes to a painful and abrupt end, thanks to Flick’s interfering mother Penelope. Finally succumbing to maternal pressure, Flick falls into the high-flying career her mother believed she was destined for. However, she soon realises life without Jim isn’t all she’d hoped, and that some decisions, once made, cannot be undone. Meanwhile, Jim is settling back into life as a single man in the beautiful Highland village of Shieldaig, when an unexpected visitor brings painful news. A letter from beyond the grave leads him to do something he never imagined and takes him on a journey he didn’t anticipate. Can either of them heal and truly move on? Or is it true that a broken heart can never be a blank canvas? This book was previously published as Through the Glass. Praise for Lisa Hobman: 'I love it! - escape to the beautiful Isle of Skye with this feel-good, uplifting story of lost love and second chances...' Holly Martin 'Simply gorgeous. An uplifting story of two broken individuals trying to find the courage to take a chance on love again’ Jessica Redland 'A really uplifting, feel-good read about hope, love and second chances, that really did warm my heart.' Kim Nash 'A gorgeous, heart-warming romantic journey, reminds us to never give up on love...' Lucy Coleman 'You will fall in love with this story of fresh starts and mending broken hearts' Mandy Baggot 'A heart-breakingly beautiful story of love and loss set in the stunning village of Glentorrin. Be prepared to fall in love over and over again.' Nancy Barone 'What a beautiful read this was. I was rooting for Juliette from the first page. Lisa handled some tough subjects with a delicate and deft touch. I'm ready to escape to Skye!' Sarah Bennett