5/26/2023 0 Comments Begin again book eddie glaude![]() ![]() As Glaude bears witness to the difficult truth of racism’s continued grip on the national soul, Begin Again is a searing exploration of the tangled web of race, trauma, and memory, and a powerful interrogation of what we must ask of ourselves in order to call forth a new America. In these brilliant and stirring pages, Glaude finds hope and guidance in Baldwin as he mixes biography-drawn partially from newly uncovered Baldwin interviews-with history, memoir, and poignant analysis of our current moment to reveal the painful cycle of Black resistance and white retrenchment. ![]() Glaude Jr., when white Americans met the civil rights movement’s call for truth and justice with blind rage and the murders of movement leaders, so in our moment were the Obama presidency and the birth of Black Lives Matter answered with the ascendance of Trump and the violent resurgence of white nationalism. Glaude Jr., Begin Again: James Baldwins America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own 1 likes Like We have to muster the moral strength to reimagine America.The moral stamina to fight this fight requires that we cultivate our own elsewhere, because the one who finds no way to rest cannot long survive the battle. Just as in Baldwin’s “after times,” argues Eddie S. Begin Again is one of the great books on James Baldwin and a powerful reckoning with America’s ongoing failure to confront the lies it tells itself about race. ![]()
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5/26/2023 0 Comments Murder and Mayhem by Rhys Ford![]() ![]() ![]() If one dead con artist wasn’t bad enough, others soon follow, and as the bodies pile up around Rook’s feet, he’s forced to reach out to the last man he’d expect to believe in his innocence – and the only man who’s ever gotten under Rook’s skin. Rook is determined to shake loose the murder charge against him, even if it means putting distance between him and the rugged Cuban-Mexican detective who brought him down. So when he tackled a fleeing murder suspect, Dante was shocked to discover the blood-covered man was none other than the thief he’d fought to put in prison and who still makes his blood sing. It was one thing to find a former associate inside Potter’s Field, his pop culture memorabilia shop, but quite another to stumble across her dead body.ĭetective Dante Montoya thought he’d never see Rook Stevens again – not after his former partner falsified evidence to entrap the jewelry thief and Stevens walked off scot-free. Former cat burglar Rook Stevens stole many a priceless thing in the past, but he’s never been accused of taking a life – until now. ![]() 5/26/2023 0 Comments Ayer logical positivism![]() ![]() He was known for his advocacy of humanism, and was the second president of the British Humanist Association (now known as Humanists UK).Īyer was president of the Homosexual Law Reform Society for a time he remarked, "as a notorious heterosexual I could never be accused of feathering my own nest."Īyer was born in St John's Wood, in north west London, to Jules Louis Cyprien Ayer and Reine (née Citroen), wealthy parents from continental Europe. He was president of the Aristotelian Society from 1951 to 1952 and knighted in 1970. ![]() Īyer was Grote Professor of the Philosophy of Mind and Logic at University College London from 1946 until 1959, after which he returned to Oxford to become Wykeham Professor of Logic at New College. ĭuring the Second World War Ayer was a Special Operations Executive and MI6 agent. From 1933 to 1940 he lectured on philosophy at Christ Church, Oxford. ![]() Ayer, was an English philosopher known for his promotion of logical positivism, particularly in his books Language, Truth, and Logic (1936) and The Problem of Knowledge (1956).Īyer was educated at Eton College and the University of Oxford, after which he studied the philosophy of logical positivism at the University of Vienna. Sir Alfred Jules " Freddie" Ayer FBA ( / ɛər/ AIR 29 October 1910 – 27 June 1989), usually cited as A. ![]() 5/26/2023 0 Comments Tears of the Moon by Nora Roberts![]() ![]() A talented songwriter, Shawn Gallagher spends his days lost in reverie and wonder, oblivious to the wiles of woman and the ways of the world. ![]() In this splendid story Nora Roberts evokes a land filled with magic, music and myth, and captures the secret dreams and enduring passions of three extraordinary siblings. ![]() Tears of the Moon is her second book in the enchanting Irish trilogy featuring the Gallagher siblings of Ardmore, Ireland. With over one hundred and twelve million books in print and forty-two New York Times bestsellers to date, Nora Roberts is indisputably the most celebrated and loved women's fiction writer today. ![]() ![]() ![]() Next he pulled the ocelot from its carrying case and held the cat-sized drone by its neck as its legs unfolded. Took off, beeping through the intercom while gaining altitude and distance. If we had a choice, some of us might have “ How are you getting off the planet? Jump ships?” Left for those of us who intend to leave. You are not the only friend that we have, and someone in the movement is helping those of us who have been named. “ How…” As Kills-With-His-Hands said, the Resistance has its own means, and we’re used to being cautious. It was good to see you again, and to see that your heart is still in the right place. Word has already been sent, and our people gather as we speak. You have to get word out to your people.” She stood, slinging her staff weapon. She knew what was happening – her eyes gave it away. From one warrior to another.” She nodded, but didn’t say anything. “After everything we’ve been through together, you deserve the truth. They don’t know how to live in the brain of the enemy. ![]() 5/25/2023 0 Comments We own this city book![]() ![]() ![]() Drug and violent crime are surging, and Baltimore will reach its highest murder count in more than two decades: 342 homicides in a single year, in a city of just 600,000 people. Riots are erupting across the city as citizens demand justice for Freddie Gray, a twenty-five-year-old Black man who has died under suspicious circumstances while in police custody. The astonishing true story of "one of the most startling police corruption scandals in a generation" ( The New York Times ), from the Pulitzer Prize-nominated reporter who exposed a gang of criminal cops and their yearslong plunder of an American city "A work of journalism that not only chronicles the rise and fall of a corrupt police unit but can stand as the inevitable coda to the half-century of disaster that is the American drug war."-David Simon, author of Homicide, co-author of The Corner, and creator of The Wire Baltimore, 2015. ![]() ![]() Shipment/delivery time of order processing starts from the day the order is placed with. ![]() wrong name or shipping address), an extra cost for the re-delivery of the products shall be claimed from the user placing the order. In the event that a non-delivery occurs on account of a mistake by you (i.e. ![]() In the event the payment has been processed, the same shall be credited to your account and duly notified to you by email. 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All the information obtained in this site is strictly for our own customer service use. ![]() 5/25/2023 0 Comments Fiercely happy![]() ![]() Like John Hughes wrote in The Breakfast Club, 'We're all pretty bizarre. "Most of my favorite people are dangerously fucked-up but you'd never guess because we've learned to bare it so honestly that it becomes the new normal. I say he should have been clearer about that before I rented all those kangaroos. My husband says that none is the new limit. And that would be ridiculous because no one would invite a herd of kangaroos into their house. "Some people might think that being 'furiously happy' is just an excuse to be stupid and irresponsible and invite a herd of kangaroos over to your house without telling your husband first because you suspect he would say no since he's never particularly liked kangaroos. ![]() A hysterical, ridiculous book about crippling depression and anxiety? 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Jennifer Block, award winning journalist, she has written for the Washington Post, Newsweek, Reveal and other publications. On This Episode Of The En(gender)ed Podcast, Our Guest Is Jennifer Block, Journalist And Author Of The Book, Everything Below The Waist: Why Health Care. Women’s healthcare providers themselves are to an extent stuck in the past according to a new book. ![]() It’s not just anti-abortionists and the evangelical right that fantasizes about women’s healthcare returning to medieval times. But particularly over the last decade, with increasing attacks on women’s ability to access reproductive healthcare, we have an inordinate amount of political attention being paid to what goes on in women’s bodies below the waist. ![]() FEATURING JENNIFER BLOCK – Women’s healthcare has always been problematic in the US. ![]() |