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The coronation of George VI on 12 May 1937 was one of the biggest
media events of the interwar period. While other photographers
focused on the new King, his family and the ceremonial splendour of
the day, Henri Cartier-Bresson turned his lens on the crowds that
gathered in the streets of London to watch the pageantry. In a
witty reversal of the expected order of proceedings, he shows us
ordinary people of all ages and walks of life, some climbing on
monuments or each other’s shoulders, others straining to get a
better view with cardboard periscopes and mirrors on sticks. A few
even slump on the ground, the festivities having proved too much.
Presented alongside contemporary news clippings from around the
world, these remarkable images reflect Cartier-Bresson’s
unmistakeable photographic eye and capture the British public at a
unique historical moment.
The full story of Taylor Swift's stratospheric rise to fame; all
any dedicated Swifty needs to know about the pop superstar who's
taking over the world. A small-town girl with an incredible talent,
and the strength to realise her dream, Taylor has grown into an
award-winning, chart-topping artist and worldwide star, as well as
a strong and stylish woman. But how did she get there? And what
lies in store for her in the future? From childhood dreams of a
musical future in Pennsylvania, to determined and budding teen
musician with a trademark she's stayed faithful to ever since:
honest lyrics about real-life events; her fight to be taken
seriously in the music industry, through to the rewards of success
and the intense pressure of expectation, Taylor Swift: The Whole
Story is a full account of Taylor's incredible journey, with
everything you need to know about America's Sweetheart. This
compelling book is packed full of fascinating details revealing the
true Taylor - what drives, motivates and moves her, how she
overcame the challenges that loomed on the road to fame and looks
at how authentic her wholesome image is, plus the truth about her
relationships with Harry Styles, Jake Gyllenhaal and Conor Kennedy
and who she's really talking about on her tracks. The full portrait
of a girl who could so easily have faded into the background - but
who blossomed in the spotlight into a grounded, graceful and
inspiring young woman.
For two months every winter, when Pacific storms make landfall,
Oahu's paradisical North Shore turns into a fiery hell. Its
population more than triples as mainlanders, Brazilians,
Australians, and Europeans transform the normally sleepy shore into
a lawless, violent, drug-addled, and adrenaline-soaked mecca where
fearless men paddle into thirty-foot waves breaking over a
razor-sharp reef. And when the sun goes down, the true danger comes
out as drug money, fights, murder, and extortion rule the surfing
underworld. The North Shore during winter is downright dangerous
but also exhilarating, and Chas Smith paints a true picture of what
it feels like to be in the middle of it all. Welcome to Paradise,
Now Go to Hell is both a breathtaking and wildly funny tale of
beauty, wickedness, and the unyielding allure of ocean waves in all
their glory.
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How To Die Famous (Paperback)
Benjamin Dean; Read by Nerissa Bradley, Chas. E. Brown, Troy Glasgow, Julie Rogers
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From award-winning author Benjamin Dean comes a deliciously dark
and addictive YA thriller following the lives of Gen Z’s rich and
famous through the lens of an undercover teen journalist. Perfect
for fans of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder and One of Us is
Lying. 'This [book] has "Netflix adaptation" written all
over it.' The Bookseller London-born Abel has landed the
role of a lifetime for an upcoming blockbuster. On the face of it
he’s Hollywood’s latest teen star, but below the surface he’s
an undercover journalist on a mission to expose the ‘squeaky
clean’ entertainment industry and the part they played in his
brother’s ‘accidental’ death. As Abel steps into the
spotlight alongside fellow actors Lucky, Ryan and Ella, he soon
discovers that beneath the glittering surface of fame and riches
lies a darker world of secrecy, scandal and murder. Nobody is who
they seem when the cameras are off, and everybody has something to
hide. But who’s next in line to die famous?
Drawing on his previous career as a celebrity journalist, Benjamin
Dean examines the dark underbelly of showbiz, leaving no stone
unturned. PRAISE FOR BENJAMIN DEAN’S THE KING IS DEAD:
‘Benjamin Dean has written a royal triumph.’ Juno Dawson,
author of Clean ‘All hail this exquisitely twisty, delightfully
queer mystery.’ Chelsea Pitcher, author of This Lie Will
Kill You ‘A compelling thriller that stays with you long after
you’ve finished reading.’ Kathryn Foxfield, author of
Good Girls Die First ‘More jaw-dropping, OMG-twists than
even the most salacious tabloid journalist could
create.’ Erik J. Brown, author of All That's Left in the
World ‘One page-burning scandal after another. Benjamin
Dean is YA royalty.’ Femi Fadugba, author of The Upper
World ‘Addictive, compelling, and utterly
delicious.’ Simon James Green, author of Noah Can’t Even
Changes at the global, federal, state, and municipal level are
pushing forward the reparations movement for people of African
descent. The distinguished editors of this volume have gathered
works that chronicle the historical movement for reparations both
in the United States and around the world. Sharing a focus on
reparations as an issue of justice, the contributors provide a
historical primer of the movement; introduce the philosophical,
political, economic, legal and ethical issues surrounding
reparations; explain why government, corporations, universities,
and other institutions must take steps to rehabilitate, compensate,
and commemorate African Americans; call for the restoration of
Black people’s human and civil rights and material and
psychological well-being; lay out specific ideas about how
reparations can and should be paid; and advance cutting-edge
interpretations of the complex long-lasting effects that
enslavement, police and vigilante actions, economic discrimination,
and other behaviors have had on people of African descent.
Groundbreaking and innovative, Reparations and Reparatory Justice
offers a multifaceted resource to anyone wishing to explore a
defining moral issue of our time. Contributors: Dedrick
Asante-Muhammad, Hilary McDonald Beckles, Mary Frances Berry,
Sundiata Keita Cha-Jua, Chuck Collins, Ron Daniels, V. P. Franklin,
Danny Glover, Adom Gretachew, Charles Henry, Kamm Howard, Earl
Ofari Hutchinson, Jesse Jackson, Sr., Brian Jones, Sheila Jackson
Lee, James B. Stewart, the Movement 4 Black Lives, the National
African American Reparations Commission, the National Coalition
Black Reparations of Blacks for Reparations in America, the New
Afrikan Peoples Organization/Malcolm X Grassroots Movement
A fascinating and entertaining collection of facts, quotes and
stories, celebrating Sir David Attenborough's wicked sense of
humour and astute wisdom. David Attenborough is a national
treasure, known for his soothing voice, calming presence, passion
for the natural world, and his humble, easy-going nature. Despite
his incredible talent and influence, he tends to play it all down,
one time stating that, 'I can't believe I'm still employed'. So if
he won't celebrate himself, we'll have to do it for him. Filled
with facts, tributes and anecdotes, as well as beautiful
illustrations, this enormously positive book celebrates Sir David,
providing a fascinating insight into his life as well as showcasing
his brilliant sense of humour. Running chronologically, this book
begins with his early days, to his first job at the BBC, to
eventually becoming the most esteemed naturalist on the planet, as
he is today. Such revelations include: - There are 18 plants and
animals named after him - When asked by a reporter how many degrees
he had, he said it would be 'rude to count'* - The single thing
that would improve his quality of life is 'good, workable knees'.
Blending his quips galore with his powerful messages on the
environment and future of the planet, this timely book showcases
everything we love about Sir David, making it the perfect gift for
any fan. * He has over thirty!
In our culture today, the preoccupation over self-identity--or who
we are--is hard to ignore. But the pursuit of self-understanding
has been a recurring theme throughout human history. How many times
have you asked yourself, "Who am I?" The desire to answer this
question--whether it manifests in self-enhancement strategies or
self-serving biases--is part of being human. Yet, through a
Biblical lens, we know something has gone terribly wrong with our
human nature. Brokenness happened when sin separated us from our
Creator God, and the answers we seek are only obtainable when we
reconnect with him. Using the Gospel-Centered Integrated Framework
for Therapy developed at Redeemer Counseling Services, Judy Cha
explains: The human desire for an identity The role of shame and
hurt in shaping who we think we are Self-redemption, and why it
doesn't work The Gospel as God's rescue plan for a lost humanity
How to ardently know your story, truly live in your community, and
deeply connect with God Who You Are shows us that the Gospel is the
only thing that sets you free from the verdict of sin and justifies
you as God's prized possession. When you internalize the
Gospel--this message of restorative love--you come to know who you
are more and more every day. This unique resource is ideal for
those who feel stuck in a perpetual loop of "finding themselves"
and for counselors or ministry leaders seeking to help others with
gospel-centered healing.
A collection of the year’s best mystery and suspense short
fiction selected by New York Times bestselling author
Lisa Unger and series editor Steph Cha. Master of the thriller Lisa
Unger selects twenty mystery and suspense short stories that
represent the best examples of the form published the previous
year.
An unforgettable lyrical picture book that celebrates biracial
identity from the award-winning author of Paper Son: The Inspiring
Story of Tyrus Wong, Immigrant and Artist. Lean in close, my
darling bao bei, and I will whisper a most precious secret about a
powerful magic that lives inside you. Brought to life with lavish
and ornate illustrations, The Truth About Dragons follows a young
child on a journey guided by his mother's bedtime storytelling. He
quests into two very different forests, as his two grandmothers
help him discover two different, but equally enchanting, truths
about dragons. Eastern and Western mythologies coexist and enrich
each other in this warm celebration of mixed cultural identity.
The chapters in this book elucidate the relevant connections
between Kripke’s work and Wittgenstein, specifically concerning
the standard meter, contingent apriori and rule-following.
With opulent fashions the ultimate in style, women of the late
Victorian era wore a great deal of silks and satins. Daring
combinations of bright colors were in. So were large hats,
profusely trimmed. But by the end of the nineteenth century,
ladies' tastes in fashion were changing, along with female
lifestyles. Larger numbers of women were not only working outside
the home, they were also playing tennis and golf, and riding
bicycles and horses. All these activities called for a definite
change in female fashions. Women came to rely on tailored suits
with full skirts and fitted jackets over simple blouses. Riding
habits called for a long, draped skirt worn over a pair of
trousers.
With the dawn of the twentieth century, professional tailors turned
to the comprehensive 1895 "Keystone" guide to create office
outfits, riding pants, shirtwaists, and other garments. Filled with
more than eighty patterns, the handy resource provided tailors with
suggestions for fabric choices as well as instructions for the
proper measurement, fitting, cutting, and sewing of such items as a
bolero jacket, a shirtwaist with yoke, a single-breasted vest, and
riding breeches.
Supplemented with a selection of newly captioned illustrations from
"The Delineator" magazine, this volume will be a valuable reference
for costume designers and fashion historians, and a fascinating
window on the past for nostalgia enthusiasts.
Tulisa Contostavlos has one of the most fascinating and shocking
life-stories in show business. Her childhood included harrowing
episodes of self-harm, bullying, witchcraft, drug abuse and suicide
attempts. Then there has been the ever-present challenge of her
mother's mental disorder which Tulisa--as the only child in a
single-parent family--had to face alone. How did she rise from such
a troubled and dangerous childhood to become first an edgy urban
artist and then the much-loved people's princess of Saturday night
television? And how authentic is the "street girl" image that is
such a key narrative of her official story? This book, written by
leading celebrity biographer Chas Newkey-Burden, tells her eventful
and inspirational story for the first time. It uncovers the rich
show business heritage of her ancestors and then follows her
through her childhood, unflinchingly examining the horrors she
faced. It then traces how music became her salvation, thanks to the
loving mentorship of Uncle B - the man who formed N-Dubz. The book
then follows this never satisfied, always ambitious young woman as
she moved into the mainstream and became the nation's sweetheart on
The X Factor. The reader is taken behind the scenes to discover the
reality of her successful first series on the show, as she guided
Little Mix to victory.
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Bound to Violence
Yambo Ouologuem; Translated by Ralph Manheim; Introduction by Chérif Keïta
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A child and her family take in refugees during the Korean War in
this poignant picture book about courage and what it really means
to care for your neighbors. Every day, more and more people fleeing
war in the north show up at Kyung Tak and her family’s house on
the southeastern shore of Korea. With nowhere else to go, the Taks'
home is these migrants' last chance of refuge “before falling
into the sea,” and the household quickly becomes crowded, hot,
and noisy. Then war sirens cry out over Kyung's city too, and her
family and their guests take shelter underground. When the sirens
stop, Kyung is upset—she wishes everything could go back to the
way it was before: before the sirens, before strangers started
coming into their home. But after an important talk with her
parents, her new friend Sunhee, and Sunhee’s father, Kyung
realizes something important: We’re stronger when we have each
other, and the kindness we show one another in the darkest of times
is a gift we’ll never regret.
Steph Cha, a rising star who brings a fresh perspective as series
editor, takes the helm of the new The Best American Mystery and
Suspense, with best-selling crime novelist Alafair Burke joining
her as the first guest editor."Crime writers, forgive the pun, are
killing it right now creatively," writes guest editor Alafair Burke
in her introduction. "It was difficult--painful even--to narrow
this year's Best American Mystery and Suspense to only twenty
stories." Spanning from a mediocre spa in Florida, to New York's
gritty East Village, to death row in Alabama, this collection
reveals boundless suspense in small, quiet moments, offering
startling twists in the least likely of places. From a powerful
response to hateful bullying, to a fight for health care, to a
gripping desperation to vote, these stories are equal parts
shocking, devastating, and enthralling, revealing the tension
pulsing through our everyday lives and affirming that mystery and
suspense writing is better than ever before. The Best American
Mystery and Suspense 2021includes JENNY BHATT- GAR ANTHONY HAYWOOD-
GABINO IGLESIAS- AYA DE LEON- LAURA LIPPMAN DELIA C. PITTS- ALEX
SEGURA- FAYE SNOWDEN- LISA UNGER and others
This book, first published in 1989, examines how a seemingly
trivial incident can act as a flashpoint for wider disturbances. It
investigates the underlying causes, the immediate context of the
events, and the communication between police and crowd that takes
place within them. The authors' findings are based on first-hand
research into case studies of political demonstrations, community
disorder and industrial picketing in South Yorkshire, UK over a
five-year period. Wide-ranging in its approach, the book covers
industrial relations, police-community relations, and questions of
political representation and legal rights. The authors provide a
novel theoretical analysis, drawing on both sociology and social
psychology, which they apply to their own case studies and to other
instances of disorder, from Grosvenor Square in 1968 to Wapping in
1986. They also consider the possible impact of new public order
legislation, and the policy implications of their research.
Advances in Urban Construction and Management Engineering focuses
on the research of urban traffic, city engineering, ecological city
and management engineering. The proceedings feature the most
cutting-edge research directions and achievements related to Urban
Construction. Subjects in the proceedings include: * Urban
development and construction * Architectural design and urban
planning * Logistics and supply chain management * Management
engineering The works of this proceedings can promote development
of Urban Construction and Management Engineering, resource sharing,
flexibility and high efficiency. Thereby, promote scientific
information interchange between scholars from the top universities,
research centers and high-tech enterprises working all around the
world.
In Kingdom Come, Tshepo Masango Chéry charts a new genealogy of
early twentieth-century Black Christian activists who challenged
racism in South Africa before the solidification of apartheid by
using faith as a strategy against global racism. Masango Chéry
traces this Black freedom struggle and the ways that South African
church leaders defied colonial domination by creating, in
solidarity with Black Christians worldwide, Black-controlled
religious institutions that were geared toward their liberation.
She demonstrates how Black Christians positioned the church as a
site of political resistance and centered specifically African
visions of freedom in their organizing. Drawing on archival
research spanning South Africa, Zimbabwe, Kenya, the United
Kingdom, and the United States, Masango Chéry tells a global story
of the twentieth century that illuminates the formations of racial
identity, state control, and religious belief. Masango Chéry’s
recentering of South Africa in the history of worldwide Black
liberation changes understandings of spiritual and intellectual
routes of dissemination throughout the diaspora.
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Double Booking
Chas! Pangburn, Kim Shearer
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The Book of Denial (Hardcover)
Ricardo Chávez Castañeda; Illustrated by Alejandro Magallanes; Translated by Lawrence Schimel
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From award-winning Mexican author
Ricardo Chávez Castañeda and the visionary Mexican
designer Alejandro Magallanes comes a horror story and
ghost story that is both daringly and beautifully told in word and
image. There are stories so terrible that we tremble to hear even a
whisper of them. Even more terrible, some of them are true.This is
one such story, a story of our deepest inhumanity—one that
confronts the history of violence against children, and
through its young narrator attempts to find a way out. A
horror story and ghost story told as much through art as through
text, The Book of Denial is an antidote to our
collective silence. By uplifting storytelling as a means of
understanding the past and shaping the future, it is
also—improbably—a beacon of hope. Written by genre-defying
Mexican author Ricardo Chávez Castañeda, The Book of
Denial is a dark and powerful story within a story,
illustrated with a striking graphic sensibility by Alejandro
Magallanes and translated by Lawrence Schimel. This is the third
book to appear under Unruly, an imprint of picture books for older
readers, and will include a short note to readers about how it
continues to build this experimental framework of visually complex,
sophisticated picture books for teens and adults.
WHY PUBLISH: - Professor Kim is one of the most prominent
historians in Australia, and in recognition of this has been
granted status as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the
Humanities. - The content of the book is global, and will be of
particular interest to scholars in the Asia Pacific region, as well
as those in the US. - The book includes original, contemporary
source material which has not been explored before in book format.
Two families. One desperate to remember, the other to forget.
Winner of the LA Times Book Prize, Best Mystery/Thriller Winner of
the California Book Awards' Gold Medal for Fiction Shortlisted for
the John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger Shortlisted for the Macavity
Awards, Best Mystery Novel Shortlisted for the Anthony Awards, Best
Novel Finalist for the NYPL Young Lions Fiction Award 'Masterful.'
Ruth Ware 'A searing examination of racial and family politics that
is also an immaculately constructed whodunit.' Daily Telegraph,
Summer Reads 'Writing a page-turner about racial politics in the
U.S. is a delicate enterprise fraught with pitfalls, but Cha
manages it superbly in this thought-provoking family saga.' Daily
Mail, Summer Reads Grace Park and Shawn Mathews share a city, but
seemingly little else. Coming from different generations and very
different communities, their paths wouldn't normally cross at all.
As Grace battles confusion over her elder sister's estrangement
from their Korean-immigrant parents, Shawn tries to help his cousin
Ray readjust to life on the outside after years spent in prison.
But something in their past links these two families. As the city
around them threatens to spark into violence, echoing events from
their past, the lives of Grace and Shawn are set to collide in ways
which will change them all forever. Beautifully written, and marked
by its aching humanity as much as its growing sense of dread, Your
House Will Pay is a powerful and moving family story, perfect for
readers of Celeste Ng's Little Fires Everywhere and Paul Beatty's
The Sellout. What readers are saying: 'Simultaneously thrilling and
thoughtful... a terrific, fast-moving story of two characters
trying to live with the truth.' 'A must-read.' 'This novel is
wonderful... it will stick with you.' 'Sensitive and astute, it's a
book we need right now, and it's a book that lingers, offering
plenty to think about.' 'A smart, powerful, fully-engaged book that
never once blinks or backs down or takes an easy out, and then
nails one of the best endings I've ever read.'
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