Download or read book Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna written by Alda P. Dobbs and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2021-09-14 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2022 Pura Belpré Honor Book NYPL Best Book of 2021 Texas Bluebonnet Master List Selection NPR Best Book of 2021 Based on a true story, the tale of one girl's perilous journey to cross the U.S. border and lead her family to safety during the Mexican Revolution. "Wrenching debut about family, loss, and finding the strength to carry on."—Booklist, starred review "Blazes bright, gripping readers until the novel's last page."—Publishers Weekly, starred review "Vital and perilous and hopeful."—Alan Gratz, New York Times bestselling author of Refugee It is 1913, and twelve-year-old Petra Luna's mama has died while the Revolution rages in Mexico. Before her papa is dragged away by soldiers, Petra vows to him that she will care for the family she has left—her abuelita, little sister Amelia, and baby brother Luisito—until they can be reunited. They flee north through the unforgiving desert as their town burns, searching for safe harbor in a world that offers none. Each night when Petra closes her eyes, she holds her dreams close, especially her long-held desire to learn to read. Abuelita calls these barefoot dreams: "They're like us barefoot peasants and indios—they're not meant to go far." But Petra refuses to listen. Through battlefields and deserts, hunger and fear, Petra will stop at nothing to keep her family safe and lead them to a better life across the U.S. border—a life where her barefoot dreams could finally become reality. "Dobbs' wrenching debut, about family, loss, and finding the strength to carry on, illuminates the harsh realities of war, the heartbreaking disparities between the poor and the rich, and the racism faced by Petra and her family. Readers will love Petra, who is as strong as the black-coal rock she carries with her and as beautiful as the diamond hidden within it."—Booklist, starred review

Download or read book Petra s Legacy written by Jane Clements Monday and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this biography of Petra Vela Kenedy, the authors not only tell her story but also relate the history of South Texas through a woman's perspective. Utilizing previously unpublished letters, journals, photographs, and other primary materials, the authors reveal the intimate stories of the families who for years dominated governments, land acquisition, commerce, and border politics along the Rio Grande and across the Wild Horse Desert.

Download or read book Conversion After Socialism written by Mathijs Pelkmans and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2009 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The large and sudden influx of missionaries into the former Soviet Union after seventy years of militant secularism has been controversial, and the widespread occurrence of conversion has led to anxiety about social and national disintegration. Although these concerns have been vigorously discussed in national arenas, social scientists have remained remarkably silent about the subject. This volume's focus on conversion offers a novel approach to the dislocations of the postsocialist experience. In eight well-researched ethnographic accounts the authors analyse a range of missionary encounters as well as aspects of conversion and 'anti-conversion' in different parts of the region, thus challenging the problematic idea that religious life after socialism involved a simple 'revival' of repressed religious traditions. Instead, they unravel the unexpected twists and turns of religious dynamics, and the processes that have challenged popular ideas about religion and culture. The contributions show how conversion is rooted in the disruptive qualities of the new 'capitalist experience' and document its unsettling effects on the individual and social level." --Book Jacket.

Download or read book Contesting Archives written by Nupur Chaudhuri and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Contesting Archives makes vivid and concrete the way historians must proceed when faced with partial or contradictory sources. Historians and anyone interested in how historians work will appreciate the authors' strategies for, and cautions about, unearthing information about women from documents inside and outside the archive." Margaret Strobel, coeditor of Expanding the Borders of Women's History --

Download or read book Performing Queer Female Identity on Screen written by Jamie Stuart and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2008-07-15 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Film audiences have grown used to seeing female characters in "performance roles," singing or dancing on stages in nightclubs, musical arenas, or theaters--performing their "femaleness" for the fictional audience as well as the film viewing audience. But queer women in film perform on yet another level. In addition to performing their gender for the world, they also perform their sexuality for either a general or an "insider" audience, in ways that can be read to establish a queer visibility, to establish a sense of community, or to show romantic lesbian interest. This work examines "performance spaces" for lesbian identities in films, evaluating how queer femaleness is signified in contemporary cinema. It studies five films in particular: When Night Is Falling, Better Than Chocolate, Tipping the Velvet, Slaves to the Underground, and Prey for Rock and Roll. Through close textual analysis, evaluations of the conditions under which each film was produced and received, and dozens of audience surveys, it reveals much about both the story worlds of the films and the ways that queer women react to and feel about them.

Download or read book Capitalists and Conquerors written by Peter McLaren and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2005-04-07 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Capitalists and Conquerors is a series of path-breaking essays in the political sociology of education on topics hotly debated within the educational community. In this volume Peter McLaren addresses some of the most daunting political challenges of the current times, including the globalization of capitalism, the United States' drive towards world domination, strategies, tactics and models of resistance to neoliberalism and the ravages of empire-building, the role of the educator as a social agent and public citizen, the purposes and possibilities of public schooling, and the struggle for socialism. As a Marxist-humanist philosopher and social theorist, McLaren is able to offer new philosophical premises and socialist principles for building an alternative to capitalism. The passion, poetry and fierce political conviction for which McLaren is known is very much present in this volume.

Download or read book Without Mercy written by Eric Thomson and published by Sanddiver Books Inc.. This book was released on 2018-10-04 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the value of one life in an interstellar war that has already claimed millions? And if that single life doesn’t matter, are any others worth saving? A distress signal draws Siobhan Dunmoore’s Q-ship Iolanthe, a battlecruiser disguised as a bulk freighter, away from her devastatingly successful hunt through Shrehari occupied space and plunges Dunmoore into a dark, merciless universe of competing government organizations, undercover warfare, and organized crime on a galactic scale. Along the way, she crosses paths with an old foe and an uncertain ally as she and her crew race against time and determined opposition to rescue innocent civilians condemned merely because they were in the wrong place at the wrong moment. Powerful forces within the Commonwealth would call a handful of lives collateral damage in humanity’s existential struggle against the Shrehari Empire. But Dunmoore won’t accept that they aren’t worth saving even if it puts her at cross-purposes with her new commanding officer and the Commonwealth’s fearsome security bureau. After all, her oath to serve and defend has no limitations and no expiry date. Keyword Tags: Siobhan Dunmoore, sci-fi, science fiction, military science fiction, war, strong female character, space opera, science fiction action adventure, alien invasion, starfleet, space fleet, sci-fi adventure, military sci-fi, Eric Thomson, science fiction series, interstellar war, galactic war, space pirates, mercenaries, colonies, political, intrigue

Download or read book Songbird written by Robin Ive and published by Robin Ive. This book was released on 2022-11-17 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There’s music, and there’s madness… They come from nowhere. Nobody knows why they’re doing it. Nobody knows who’s sending them – and nobody knows who’s going to be their next victim… The orbs are attacking, and their deranged, supernatural music is unravelling minds, hurling people over the edge and down into insanity. Folk singer Michaela Lockhart doesn’t understand her uneasy relationship with the orbs but it seems to be protecting her – until one day she finds out just how wrong she’s been about that. She has no choice but to flee into the wild, dangerous and empty countryside beyond Brighton where she discovers how deeply mired in the horror she really is. She’s forced to confront astonishing secrets about herself and her music that propel her headlong into a conflict with an ancient and unstoppably powerful entity. Saving humanity is all well and good; but for Micky, it’s personal…

Download or read book Revenge of the Spellmans written by Lisa Lutz and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-02-23 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Private investigator Isabel Spellman is back on the case and back on the couch. She's in court-ordered therapy after getting a little too close to her previous subject. Filled with signature Spellman antics, this work is a hilarious and tender installment in the series.

Download or read book Ghosts of Petra written by Clifford D. Cope and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2010-05 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: GHOSTS OF PETRA tells the story of an unexpected encounter in a once thriving city. This city exists in modern day Jordan just south of the Dead Sea. Sam and his girlfriend Jill on on summer break from college between graduation and graduate school. They encounter the question of: What is life, Does the soul physically exist, and can the soul be re-born? This book is a suspenseful spirituality event that takes place from 106 A.D. to the era of Nanoscience.

Download or read book Pedagogy and Praxis in the Age of Empire written by Peter McLaren and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ONE OF THE FIRST EDUCATIONAL BOOKS TO CHALLENGE THE BUSH REGIME’s WAR ON TERROR, ITS EDUCATIONAL POLICY, ITS FOREIGN POLICY AND ITS ASSAULT ON THE POOR Written by two leading international exponents of critical pedagogy, this book is a pioneering attempt to create a Marxist humanist and feminist pedagogy for the new century. Critical pedagogy is discussed as an important revolutionary act in bringing about a socialist future. In their conclusion, McLaren and Jaramillo cite an observation made by Arundhati Roy (2004) who insists that "there is no discussion taking place in the world today that is more crucial than the debate about strategies of resistance" (p. 195). McLaren and Jaramillo have clearly contributed to such a conversation with Pedagogy and Praxis in the Age of Empire and their work must be understood as a relevant component in that ongoing dialogue. Moreover, they have been courageous enough to remind us (following Roy) that if we believe democracy should be something more than the "free world’s whore, " something more than "Empire’s euphemism for neoliberal capitalism" (Roy, 2004, p. 54, 56), we can no longer afford to remain indifferent to the horror and savagery unleashed by capitalism’s barbaric machinations. . . . We believe that McLaren and Jaramillo have introduced in PPAE an important and highly productive framework that can help lay the groundwork for expanding human relationships with nature, or, for beginning to ask questions such as who or what should be considered democratic participants. Valerie Scatamburlo-D'Annibale, Ghada Chehade, Richard Kahn, Clayton Pierce and Sheila L. MacrineJCEPS: Vol. 5 No. 2 (November 2007) Perhaps this book is more than just a symbolic warning, since what has transpired during the past decade, perhaps longer, is a reversal in true social justice, often accompanied by blatant denial to the children of the lesser gods of everything that makes up human dignity. Ben Tanosborn http: //www. mwcnews. net/content/view/1696 Critical pedagogy reveals the social relations and institutional structures that mediate how educators approach the concept of curriculum, design, evaluation, and classroom instruction, in order to help students locate their agency so that they can act more coherently as individuals growing up in social conditions not of their own making. As McLaren and Jaramillo see it, a critical pedagogy against capitalism, empire, and imperialism is a pedagogy that works in the interests of working people, empowerment, and democracy. It is a pedagogy for socialism. Andrew Michael Lee, Socialism and Democracy, 2008

Download or read book The Obsidian Stallion written by Anna Charlotte Fox and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-07-31 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From London's fog to Arabia's sands, a legend gallops into myth. When a murdered aristocrat and a stolen obsidian statuette draw Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson into a web of intrigue, they embark on a journey that will challenge their wit, courage, and very understanding of the world. The trail leads from the thundering hooves of the Epsom Derby to the ancient trade routes of Constantinople, and deep into the heart of the Arabian desert. As they uncover the secrets of the Obsidian Guild, Holmes and Watson find themselves entangled in a mystery that spans centuries, threatens empires, and reveals the timeless bond between man and horse. Joined by an extraordinary team - the enigmatic Dr Amal El-Sharif, the determined Princess Liyana Sultan, the skilled artisan Adrien d'Arcy, and the horse-whispering Khalid Al-Fahmi - our intrepid duo must decipher cryptic scrolls, navigate treacherous alliances, and confront an enemy as old as civilisation itself. With each hoofbeat, the line between myth and reality blurs, and the stakes race ever higher. In a quest that intertwines the fate of nations with the legacy of legendary steeds, Holmes will be tested as never before. Can logic and reason prevail against forces that defy explanation? Or will the legendary detective finally encounter a mystery that outruns even his formidable powers? "The Obsidian Stallion" heralds the dawn of Anna Charlotte Fox's thrilling new series, "Sherlock Holmes - Echoes Through Time". Brimming with equestrian lore, historical intrigue, and a touch of the mystical, this tale will enthral both devoted Holmes aficionados and newcomers alike. Saddle up for a journey where ancient wisdom and Victorian ingenuity race neck-and-neck, and the game is most definitely afoot!

Download or read book The Politics of Imperialism and Counterstrategies written by and published by Aakar Books. This book was released on 2004 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The God S Cowboy Warrior Holds World To Ransom. White, Green And Saffron Guards All Play Their Part In This Grand Inquisition, Extending And Intensifying It.The Papers In This Collection Grounding Themselves In Diverse Marxist Traditions Are United In Their Pursuit To Understand The Ongoing Political Conflicts Around The Globe. Imperialism And All Its De-Humanised Representations Are Realisations Of The Systemic Logic Of Capitalism. If Alternative Has To Be Anti-Capitalist, Its Evolving Forms/Contents Have To Be Identified.One Cannot Simply Go On Rhetoricising Ad Infinitum Another World Is Possible . Even If We Refrain From Identifying That World , The System Will Define It In Its Own Way. Anti-Capitalist Indifference Leads To Barbaric Conclusions, Reflected In Nationalist Vandalism Of Rss And Shiv Sena In India, Al Qaeda In The Middle- East, Anti-Immigrant Racist Resurgence In The Advanced Societies Anti-Capitalist Capitalism .

Download or read book Policing Gender and Alicia Gim nez Bartlett s Crime Fiction written by Nina L. Molinaro and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-03 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alicia Giménez Bartlett’s popular crime series, written in Spanish and organized around the exploits of Police Inspector Petra Delicado and Deputy Inspector Fermin Garzon, is arguably the most successful detective series published in Spain during the previous three decades. Nina L. Molinaro examines the tensions between the rhetoric of gender differences espoused by the woman detective and the orthodox ideology of the police procedural. She argues that even as the series incorporates gender differences into the crime series formula, it does so in order to correct women, naturalize men’s authority, sanction social hierarchies, and assuage collective anxieties. As Molinaro shows, with the exception of the protagonist, the women characters require constant surveillance and modification, often as a result of men’s supposedly intrinsic protectiveness or excessive sexuality. Men, by contrast, circulate more freely in the fictional world and are intrinsic to the political, psychological, and economic prosperity of their communities. Molinaro situates her discussion in Petra Delicado’s contemporary Spain of dog owners, ¡Hola!, Russian cults, and gated communities.

Download or read book Latin American Peasants written by Tom Brass and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-08-02 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essays in this collection examine agrarian transformation in Latin America and the role in this of peasants, with particular reference to Bolivia, Peru, Chile, Brazil and Central America. Among the issues covered are the impact of globalization and neo-liberal economic policies.

Download or read book Lucia Joyce written by Carol Loeb Shloss and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2005-03-01 with total page 698 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Whatever spark or gift I possess has been transmitted to Lucia and it has kindled a fire in her brain." —James Joyce, 1934 Most accounts of James Joyce's family portray Lucia Joyce as the mad daughter of a man of genius, a difficult burden. But in this important new book, Carol Loeb Shloss reveals a different, more dramatic truth: her father loved Lucia, and they shared a deep creative bond. Lucia was born in a pauper's hospital and educated haphazardly across Europe as her penniless father pursued his art. She wanted to strike out on her own and in her twenties emerged, to Joyce's amazement, as a harbinger of expressive modern dance in Paris. He described her then as a wild, beautiful, "fantastic being" whose mind was "as clear and as unsparing as the lightning." The family's only reader of Joyce, she was a child of the imaginative realms her father created, and even after emotional turmoil wrought havoc with her and she was hospitalized in the 1930s, he saw in her a life lived in tandem with his own. Though most of the documents about Lucia have been destroyed, Shloss painstakingly reconstructs the poignant complexities of her life—and with them a vital episode in the early history of psychiatry, for in Joyce's efforts to help her he sought the help of Europe's most advanced doctors, including Jung. In Lucia's world Shloss has also uncovered important material that deepens our understanding of Finnegans Wake, the book that redefined modern literature.

Download or read book Stella and the Golden Crystal written by Karina Wetherbee and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011-10-14 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagine a boundless palette upon which musings can soar, where young minds turn toadstools into tables for mice or mossy banks into condos for moles. Enter a world where faeries dance over sparkling streams, their wings shimmering, while malevolent beasts of legend peer out from the dark, craggy caves in some forgotten valley. In the tradition of Redwall, Wind in the Willows, and Mistmantle Chronicles, with a little splash of Lord of the Rings-style adventure, comes Stella and the Golden Crystal. Stella is a small gray squirrel, a reluctant heroine who must embark on a quest to recover the missing Crystal DOr, a mystical gem of great power stolen away by the goblins who dwell in the high mountain caves in the distant Valley of No Trees, a place no young squirrel would dare go alone. The goblins are bent on discovering a way to turn the faerie magic of the Crystal DOr to ill. A clumsy rabbit, a pair of fellow orphan squirrels, a beaver, an ermine, and a marmot make up some of the unlikely allies who join Stella in her attempt to save the Woodland Realm.