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Book The Color of Trouble

    Book Details:
  • Author : Dyanne Davis
  • Publisher : Kensington Books
  • Release : 2009-01-27
  • ISBN : 9781585712946
  • Pages : 388 pages

Download or read book The Color of Trouble written by Dyanne Davis and published by Kensington Books. This book was released on 2009-01-27 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kari Anderson, buckling under the pressure of society, breaks up with Jonathan because he is white, but regrets her decision when he unexpectedly comes back into her life. Original.

Book The Problem of the Color blind

Download or read book The Problem of the Color blind written by Brandi Wilkins Catanese and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2011-06-07 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Catanese's beautifully written and cogently argued book addresses one of the most persistent sociopolitical questions in contemporary culture. She suggests that it is performance and the difference it makes that complicates the terms by which we can even understand 'multicultural' and 'colorblind' concepts. A tremendously illuminating study that promises to break new ground in the fields of theatre and performance studies, African American studies, feminist theory, cultural studies, and film and television studies." ---Daphne Brooks, Princeton University "Adds immeasurably to the ways in which we can understand the contradictory aspects of racial discourse and performance as they have emerged during the last two decades. An ambitious, smart, and fascinating book." ---Jennifer DeVere Brody, Duke University Are we a multicultural nation, or a colorblind one? The Problem of the Color[blind] examines this vexed question in American culture by focusing on black performance in theater, film, and television. The practice of colorblind casting---choosing actors without regard to race---assumes a performing body that is somehow race neutral. But where, exactly, is race neutrality located---in the eyes of the spectator, in the body of the performer, in the medium of the performance? In analyzing and theorizing such questions, Brandi Wilkins Catanese explores a range of engaging and provocative subjects, including the infamous debate between playwright August Wilson and drama critic Robert Brustein, the film career of Denzel Washington, Suzan-Lori Parks's play Venus, the phenomenon of postblackness (as represented in the Studio Museum in Harlem's "Freestyle" exhibition), the performer Ice Cube's transformation from icon of gangsta rap to family movie star, and the controversial reality television series Black. White. Concluding that ideologies of transcendence are ahistorical and therefore unenforceable, Catanese advances the concept of racial transgression---a process of acknowledging rather than ignoring the racialized histories of performance---as her chapters move between readings of dramatic texts, films, popular culture, and debates in critical race theory and the culture wars.

Book Toil   Trouble

Download or read book Toil Trouble written by Mairghread Scott and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-09-20 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Something wicked this way comes. The three fates—Riata, Cait, and Smertae—have always been guiding and protecting Scotland unseen, indirectly controlling the line of kings according to the old religion. When there is a disagreement between the weird sisters, Riata and Smertae will use men as pawns, and Smertae will direct Macbeth to a crown he was never meant to have. This re-telling of Macbeth from the witches point of view is brought to life by Mairghread Scott (TRANSFORMERS: Windblade, LANTERN CITY), and illustrated by talented duo Kelly & Nichole Matthews. TOIL AND TROUBLEbrings a new and inventive take on the tragedy we all know and love.

Book Four Colors Suffice

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  • Author : Robin J. Wilson
  • Publisher : Princeton University Press
  • Release : 2002
  • ISBN : 9780691120232
  • Pages : 284 pages

Download or read book Four Colors Suffice written by Robin J. Wilson and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On October 23, 1852, Professor Augustus De Morgan wrote a letter to a colleague, unaware that he was launching one of the most famous mathematical conundrums in history--one that would confound thousands of puzzlers for more than a century. This is the amazing story of how the "map problem" was solved. The problem posed in the letter came from a former student: What is the least possible number of colors needed to fill in any map (real or invented) so that neighboring counties are always colored differently? This deceptively simple question was of minimal interest to cartographers, who saw little need to limit how many colors they used. But the problem set off a frenzy among professional mathematicians and amateur problem solvers, among them Lewis Carroll, an astronomer, a botanist, an obsessive golfer, the Bishop of London, a man who set his watch only once a year, a California traffic cop, and a bridegroom who spent his honeymoon coloring maps. In their pursuit of the solution, mathematicians painted maps on doughnuts and horseshoes and played with patterned soccer balls and the great rhombicuboctahedron. It would be more than one hundred years (and countless colored maps) later before the result was finally established. Even then, difficult questions remained, and the intricate solution--which involved no fewer than 1,200 hours of computer time--was greeted with as much dismay as enthusiasm. Providing a clear and elegant explanation of the problem and the proof, Robin Wilson tells how a seemingly innocuous question baffled great minds and stimulated exciting mathematics with far-flung applications. This is the entertaining story of those who failed to prove, and those who ultimately did prove, that four colors do indeed suffice to color any map.

Book Color Problems

    Book Details:
  • Author : Emily Noyes Vanderpoel
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1902
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 396 pages

Download or read book Color Problems written by Emily Noyes Vanderpoel and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Trouble Boys

    Book Details:
  • Author : Bob Mehr
  • Publisher : Da Capo Press
  • Release : 2016-03-01
  • ISBN : 0306818795
  • Pages : 521 pages

Download or read book Trouble Boys written by Bob Mehr and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2016-03-01 with total page 521 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trouble Boys is the first definitive, no-holds-barred biography of one of the last great bands of the twentieth century: The Replacements. With full participation from reclusive singer and chief songwriter Paul Westerberg, bassist Tommy Stinson, guitarist Slim Dunlap, and the family of late band co-founder Bob Stinson, author Bob Mehr is able to tell the real story of this highly influential group, capturing their chaotic, tragic journey from the basements of Minneapolis to rock legend. Drawing on years of research and access to the band's archives at Twin/Tone Records and Warner Bros. Mehr also discovers previously unrevealed details from those in the group's inner circle, including family, managers, musical friends and collaborators.

Book Here Comes Trouble

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  • Author : Donna Kauffman
  • Publisher : Brava
  • Release : 2010-02-01
  • ISBN : 0758256612
  • Pages : 336 pages

Download or read book Here Comes Trouble written by Donna Kauffman and published by Brava. This book was released on 2010-02-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get Lucky A child of Vegas, Brett Hennessey knows about luck--especially the bad kind. But when this poker superstar hops on his Harley to outrun Lady Misfortune and ends up at a pretty B&B run by an even prettier proprietor, he can't help thinking he's stumbled onto a winning streak. . . Sure, Kirby Farrell's new B&B ski lodge opened to the warmest winter in Vermont memory, but fate brought her a bad boy on a hot bike and settled him into her best room. She's still broke, but the view across the breakfast table has definitely improved. . . Only now Brett's past has finally caught up to him. He has two choices: run again--and lose the best hand fortune's dealt him yet. Or stay and risk everything for something he never thought would come his way. . .

Book Trouble the Water

Download or read book Trouble the Water written by Idina Santino and published by Archway Publishing. This book was released on 2019-08-16 with total page 637 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fevers and aches were not unusual for twelve-year-old Jada Petersen. Since she was involved in several activities and sometimes fell during ice skating practice, the fatigue and bruises didn't raise alarms either. Routines and expectations changed abruptly, however, as her initiation into leukemia gradually transformed her life. Growing from a willful adolescent into womanhood is often awkward; yet, as Jada balanced on the edge of life and death, she converted endurance into empowerment. Trouble the Water shines light on Jada's mission to strengthen her voice, command attention, and exert power in an environment that benevolently mutes individuality. Wherever readers are in the journey to claim their power, they will find parts of themselves in Jada's story. Brimming with grace, she became the woman she was meant to be.

Book The Trouble Between Us

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  • Author : Winifred Breines
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Release : 2006-04-06
  • ISBN : 0198039808
  • Pages : 280 pages

Download or read book The Trouble Between Us written by Winifred Breines and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2006-04-06 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspired by the idealism of the civil rights movement, the women who launched the radical second wave of the feminist movement believed, as a bedrock principle, in universal sisterhood and color-blind democracy. Their hopes, however, were soon dashed. To this day, the failure to create an integrated movement remains a sensitive and contested issue. In The Trouble Between Us, Winifred Breines explores why a racially integrated women's liberation movement did not develop in the United States. Drawing on flyers, letters, newspapers, journals, institutional records, and oral histories, Breines dissects how white and black women's participation in the movements of the 1960s led to the development of separate feminisms. Herself a participant in these events, Breines attempts to reconcile the explicit professions of anti-racism by white feminists with the accusations of mistreatment, ignorance, and neglect by African American feminists. Many radical white women, unable to see beyond their own experiences and idealism, often behaved in unconsciously or abstractly racist ways, despite their passionately anti-racist stance and hard work to develop an interracial movement. As Breines argues, however, white feminists' racism is not the only reason for the absence of an interracial feminist movement. Segregation, black women's interest in the Black Power movement, class differences, and the development of identity politics with an emphasis on "difference" were all powerful factors that divided white and black women. By the late 1970s and early 1980s white feminists began to understand black feminism's call to include race and class in gender analyses, and black feminists began to give white feminists some credit for their political work. Despite early setbacks, white and black radical feminists eventually developed cross-racial feminist political projects. Their struggle to bridge the racial divide provides a model for all Americans in a multiracial society.

Book Bakers  Helper  the Baking Industry Magazine

Download or read book Bakers Helper the Baking Industry Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 1266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Trouble with Tribbles

    Book Details:
  • Author : David Gerrold
  • Publisher : BenBella Books, Inc.
  • Release : 2014-01-28
  • ISBN : 1939529565
  • Pages : 190 pages

Download or read book The Trouble with Tribbles written by David Gerrold and published by BenBella Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2014-01-28 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Gerrold, the creator of "Tribbles," recalls how this popular episode of Star Trek was made, from conceptualizing the first draft to the final script, shooting on set, and explaining the techniques and disciplines of TV writing. Plus, receive 32 pages of photos, original illustrations by Tim Kirk, and much more!

Book Cowboy Kind of Trouble

Download or read book Cowboy Kind of Trouble written by Becca Turner and published by Becca Turner. This book was released on 2023-09-21 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After a life-altering car wreck takes his ability to walk, his wife, and his bull riding career, Will Baxter is determined to rescue his struggling ranch from a threat only he believes in. Against his instincts, Will, urged by his brother, begrudgingly agrees to hire Jessi Dixon as his home healthcare aide. Despite the lingering bitterness from his past, Jessi's radiant personality breaks through his stormy demeanor, guiding them on a journey toward healing. Facing challenges not only to the ranch but also to their growing affection, Will navigates through a maze of uncertainties to protect the promise of a future he can share with Jessi. ___ The West isn't won until a cowboy holds your heart. Filled with stubborn and swoony cowboys and heroines with backbones who star in heart-warming small town romances, the Only an Okie Will Do storyverse ticks all the boxes. If you enjoy emotional closed door romance stories with low level heat, you'll want to read them all. Book 1: Cowboy Kind of Trouble Book 2: Cowboy Kind of Commitment Book 3: Cowboy Kind of Reckless Book 4: Cowboy Kind of Peace Book 5: Cowboy Kind of Spark Book 6: Cowboy Kind of Harmony Book 7: Cowboy Kind of Courage Book 8: Cowboy Kind of Hooked Under Oklahoma Skies: An Only an Okie Will Do Collection Under Oklahoma Stars: An Only an Okie Will Do Collection

Book Trouble

    Book Details:
  • Author : Gary D. Schmidt
  • Publisher : HarperCollins
  • Release : 2010-04-12
  • ISBN : 0547487738
  • Pages : 305 pages

Download or read book Trouble written by Gary D. Schmidt and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2010-04-12 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Henry Smith’s father told him that if you build your house far enough away from Trouble, then Trouble will never find you.” But Trouble comes careening down the road one night in the form of a pickup truck that strikes Henry’s older brother, Franklin. In the truck is Chay Chouan, a young Cambodian from Franklin’s preparatory school, and the accident sparks racial tensions in the school—and in the well-established town where Henry’s family has lived for generations. Caught between anger and grief, Henry sets out to do the only thing he can think of: climb Mt. Katahdin, the highest mountain in Maine, which he and Franklin were going to climb together. Along with Black Dog, whom Henry has rescued from drowning, and a friend, Henry leaves without his parents’ knowledge. The journey, both exhilarating and dangerous, turns into an odyssey of discovery about himself, his older sister, Louisa, his ancestry, and why one can never escape from Trouble.

Book SAE Transactions

    Book Details:
  • Author : Society of Automotive Engineers
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1923
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 938 pages

Download or read book SAE Transactions written by Society of Automotive Engineers and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 938 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning in 1985, one section is devoted to a special topic

Book The Trouble with Diversity

Download or read book The Trouble with Diversity written by Walter Benn Michaels and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2016-06-14 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A critique of the American obsession with diversity argues that we are ignoring the ever-widening economic divide in American society, that diversity has created a false notion of social justice, and that we need to emphasize equality over diversity.

Book Perpetuating Trouble

Download or read book Perpetuating Trouble written by Chris Orcutt and published by Have Pen, Will Travel Publishing. This book was released on 2017-10-06 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dear Reader…have you ever wished you could earn a living by making stuff up? Have you ever fantasized about living the life of a writer? If so, PERPETUATING TROUBLE is the humorous cautionary tale you need to read. “I avoided writers very carefully because they can perpetuate trouble as no one else can,” wrote F. Scott Fitzgerald. In this memoir, novelist Chris Orcutt shows how true this is. Debunking the myths, Orcutt reveals that the writing life is really one of crushing solitude, chronic dissatisfaction, mood swings and self-doubt, and where successes, when they come, are like diner mints—sweet, but short-lived. And everyday life is equally stressful, with callous urologists, curmudgeonly painters, flirtatious receptionists, personal feuds and petty thefts. For the writer, all of this leads to one thing—perpetual trouble. Yet, Orcutt’s deep love of language, his saintly wife, and his indomitable sense of humor keep him going. Whether picking up two female hitchhikers who later turn out to be aliens from another planet, or divesting himself of a hoard of tacky paintings, or using philosophy to get out of a traffic ticket, Orcutt finds the humor and the art in his trials. It’s also a life of love and sadness, as he recounts a whirlwind love affair with a ravishing redhead, and the death of his beloved writing companion, his cat. In the end, Orcutt discovers that to be a writer, he must be part adventurer, crusader, humorist, lover, philosopher, and, of course, troublemaker. PERPETUATING TROUBLE is Orcutt’s tenth book, and by far his most personal work to date.

Book Trouble

    Book Details:
  • Author : Colet Abedi
  • Publisher : Colet Abedi
  • Release : 2020-01-16
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 262 pages

Download or read book Trouble written by Colet Abedi and published by Colet Abedi. This book was released on 2020-01-16 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scarred by her past, Kerri frequents an elite sex club to experience the intimacy she craves — and when she comes face-to-face with dangerously sexy Trouble, their explosive chemistry will turn her world upside down… I’ve been watching you. I feel like I’ve been watching you forever. It started as revenge. You were a means to an end, a way to pay your father back. To avenge my sister. Her death. Her life. But it turned into something else. An obsession. An addiction. Dangerous. Unwanted. But, maybe, inevitable. And so here we are. I’m sorry, Kerri… I didn’t want this. I didn’t want to shatter you. But you should know... You make me weak.