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Terrell's Mystic Flute

de Billy Davis ...

Terrell has problems. He lives in a small old apartment. His mother has to work so hard he hardly gets to see her. His English teacher keeps blaming him for things. Two bullies seem to be able to get away with making his life miserable. Animals follow him wherever he goes. Shadows seem to be watching him and a dragon took his father away.When he finds his father's magical flute hidden under his ... Leer más

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Terrell has problems. He lives in a small old apartment. His mother has to work so hard he hardly gets to see her. His English teacher keeps blaming him for things. Two bullies seem to be able to get away with making his life miserable. Animals follow him wherever he goes. Shadows seem to be watching him and a dragon took his father away.When he finds his father's magical flute hidden under his
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Mister Rogers – Now, More Than Ever

de Dennis Scott ...

Narrado por Tom Bergeron, David Newell, Maxwell King, Joel Dulberg, Cory Geishauser, Julie D. Saltman, The Cowsills, Jim Brickman, Kellie Pickler, Lee Greenwood, Jaci Velasquez, Marilyn McCoo, Billy Davis Jr. ...

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1 horas 13 minutos

Ask anyone and they’ll tell you, “We need Mister Rogers more than ever.” This audio collection features interviews with fans, friends, and colleagues whose lives were changed by the simple wisdom and kindness of Fred Rogers. For the first time you’ll hear both celebrities and everyday people tell their stories of how Mister Rogers affected them and, in some cases, even saved their lives.As ... Leer más

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Ask anyone and they’ll tell you, “We need Mister Rogers more than ever.” This audio collection features interviews with fans, friends, and colleagues whose lives were changed by the simple wisdom and kindness of Fred Rogers. For the first time you’ll hear both celebrities and everyday people tell their stories of how Mister Rogers affected them and, in some cases, even saved their lives.As
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Inspired By … The Bible Experience Audio Bible - Today's New International Version, TNIV: New Testament

de Zondervan ...

Narrado por Full Cast, Yolanda Adams, Erika Alexander, Tatyana Ali, Tichina Arnold, Essence Atkins, James Avery, Angela Bassett, Bill Bellamy, A.R. Bernard, Charles Blake, John Boyd, James Brown, Wren Brown, LeVar Burton, Juanita Bynum, Shirley Caesar, Vanessa Calloway, Common Common, Terry Crews, Billy Davis, Loretta Devine, Gary Dourdan, Charles Dutton, Idris Elba, Faith Evans, Kim Fields, Kirk Franklin, Tyrese Gibson, Meagan Good, Cuba Gooding Jr., Robert Guillaume, Jasmine Guy, Anthony Hamilton, Hill Harper, Taraji Henson, Dule Hill, Donald Hilliard, Billy Ingram, Samuel Jackson, T. D. Jakes, Cheryl James, Star Jones, Boris Kodjoe, Nikki Kodjoe, Eriq LaSalle, Harry Lennix, Dawnn Lewis, Tommy Lister, Victor Love, Derek Luke, Tisha Campbell-Martin, Greg Mathis, Clarence McClendon, Donnie McClurkin, MC Lyte, Mo'nique Mo'nique, Garrett Morris, Phil Morris, Mya Mya, Dwight Myers, Keke Palmer, CCH Pounder, Lawrence Powell, Daphne Reid, Tim Reid, Latanya Richardson, Richie Righteous, Wendy Robinson, John Salley, Kenneth Ulmer, Blair Underwood, Iyanla Vanzant, Joseph Walker, Denzel Washington, Marvin Winans, Alfre Woodard, Charlayne Woodard, Jeffrey Wright ...

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20 hora 29 minutos

Some of Today's Leading Black Voices—Including 3 Oscar® Winners, 23 Grammy® Winners, 8 Emmy® Winners, and 5 Golden Globe® Winners—Performing Today’s New International Version (TNIV)This ambitious and critically-acclaimed presentation of the Bible is set to an original musical underscore performed by the Prague Symphony Orchestra and a Hollywood-style sound design created by Technicolor Studios. ... Leer más

$21.99 USD

Some of Today's Leading Black Voices—Including 3 Oscar® Winners, 23 Grammy® Winners, 8 Emmy® Winners, and 5 Golden Globe® Winners—Performing Today’s New International Version (TNIV)This ambitious and critically-acclaimed presentation of the Bible is set to an original musical underscore performed by the Prague Symphony Orchestra and a Hollywood-style sound design created by Technicolor Studios.
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Blues Legacies and Black Feminism

Gertrude Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday

de Angela Y. Davis ...

From one of this country's most important intellectuals comes a brilliant analysis of the blues tradition that examines the careers of three crucial black women blues singers through a feminist lens. Angela Davis provides the historical, social, and political contexts with which to reinterpret the performances and lyrics of Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday as powerful ... Leer más

$10.99 USD

From one of this country's most important intellectuals comes a brilliant analysis of the blues tradition that examines the careers of three crucial black women blues singers through a feminist lens. Angela Davis provides the historical, social, and political contexts with which to reinterpret the performances and lyrics of Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday as powerful
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Honorary Tiger: The Life of Billy Arjan Singh

de Duff Hart-Davis ...

Popularly known as India's latterday Jim Corbett and 'tiger man', 87-year-old Billy Arjan Singh is by any standards an extraordinary man. At Tiger Haven, his home in a magical spot on the edge of the jungle in UP, Singh's experiments with bringing up three orphaned leopards, and also Tara, a tiger cub that he imported from a zoo in England, shot him into both limelight and controversy. His aim was ... Leer más

$8.99 USD

Popularly known as India's latterday Jim Corbett and 'tiger man', 87-year-old Billy Arjan Singh is by any standards an extraordinary man. At Tiger Haven, his home in a magical spot on the edge of the jungle in UP, Singh's experiments with bringing up three orphaned leopards, and also Tara, a tiger cub that he imported from a zoo in England, shot him into both limelight and controversy. His aim was
... Leer más
Musical Landscapes in Color

Conversations with Black American Composers

de William C. Banfield, William C. Banfield, Michael Abels, H. Leslie Adams, Lettie Beckon Alston, Thomas J Anderson, Dwight Andrews, Regina Harris Baiocchi, David Baker, Ysaye Maria Barnwell, Billy Childs0, Noel DaCosta1, Anthony Davis2, George Duke3, Leslie Dunner4, Donal Fox5, Adolphus Hailstork6, Jester Hairston7, Herbie Hancock8, Jonathan Holland9, Anthony Kelley0, Wendell Logan1, Bobby McFerrin2, Dorothy Rudd Moore3, Jeffrey Mumford4, Gary Powell Nash5, Stephen Newby6, Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson7, Michael Powell8, Patrice Rushen9, George Russell0, Kevin Scott1, Evelyn Simpson-Curenton2, Hale Smith3, Billy Taylor4, Frederick C Tillis5, George Walker6, James Kimo Williams7, Julius Williams8, Tony Williams9, Olly Wilson0, Michael Woods1 ...

Series series Music in American Life
Now available in paperback, William C. Banfield’s acclaimed collection of interviews delves into the lives and work of forty-one Black composers. Each of the profiled artists offers a candid self-portrait that explores areas from training and compositional techniques to working in a exclusive canon that has existed for a very long time. At the same time, Banfield draws on sociology, Western ... Leer más

$11.99 USD

Now available in paperback, William C. Banfield’s acclaimed collection of interviews delves into the lives and work of forty-one Black composers. Each of the profiled artists offers a candid self-portrait that explores areas from training and compositional techniques to working in a exclusive canon that has existed for a very long time. At the same time, Banfield draws on sociology, Western
... Leer más
Blues e femminismo nero

Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith e Billie Holiday

de Angela Davis ...

Series series Feminist
Il più importante genere musicale afroamericano degli anni successivi alla schiavitù fu senza dubbio il blues. Nato all'incrocio tra l'eredità della tradizione sacra degli spiritual e quella sociale dei canti di lavoro, affinò le tecniche della musica di schiave e schiavi in cui la resistenza era espressa in maniera sottintesa, comprensibile solo da coloro che ne possedevano il codice. Analizzando ... Leer más

$12.99 USD

Il più importante genere musicale afroamericano degli anni successivi alla schiavitù fu senza dubbio il blues. Nato all'incrocio tra l'eredità della tradizione sacra degli spiritual e quella sociale dei canti di lavoro, affinò le tecniche della musica di schiave e schiavi in cui la resistenza era espressa in maniera sottintesa, comprensibile solo da coloro che ne possedevano il codice. Analizzando
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Notes on the Trial of William (Billy) Davis

de Allen C. Mattson, J.D. ...

"Notes on the Trial of William (Billy) Davis" dives deep into the actualities of a labor union strike and company lockout at two small steel moulding plants in rural Indiana during 1924-25. Following an explosion at a hotel housing strike breakers, 50 union and nonunion men were charged with conspiracy to possess and set a bomb. This book focuses on the true, well-documented facts leading up to ... Leer más

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"Notes on the Trial of William (Billy) Davis" dives deep into the actualities of a labor union strike and company lockout at two small steel moulding plants in rural Indiana during 1924-25. Following an explosion at a hotel housing strike breakers, 50 union and nonunion men were charged with conspiracy to possess and set a bomb. This book focuses on the true, well-documented facts leading up to
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Displaced Heritage

Responses to Disaster, Trauma, and Loss

de Professor Ian Convery, Catherine Roberts, Chia-Li Chen, Claire Twigger-Ross, Diana Walters, Ellie Land, Esther Edwards, Gerard Corsane, Gordon Walker0, Graeme Were1, Hugh Deeming2, Isabelle Lackman3, James Gardner4, Jo Besley5, John Welshman6, Jonathan Skinner7, Josephine Baxter8, Maggie Mort9, Marc Ancrenaz0, Marion Walker1, Professor Peter Davis3, Mark Wilson4, Özgün Emre Can5, Pat Caplan6, Peter Lurz7, Phil O'Keefe8, Philip R Stone9, Rebecca Whittle0, Richard Johnson1, Rob Morley2, Andy Law3, Rupert Ashmore4, Sarah Elliot5, Shalini Sharma6, Stephen Miles7, Susannah Eckersley8, Takashi Harada9, Tim Padley0, William Medd1, Aron Mazel2, Athur McIvor3, Billy Sinclair4, Bryndis Snaebjornsdottir5, Bryony Onciul6 ...

The essays in this volume address the displacement of natural and cultural heritage caused by disasters, whether they be dramatic natural impacts or terrible events unleashed by humankind, including holocaust and genocide. Disasters can be natural or human-made, rapid or slow, great or small, yet the impact is effectively the same; nature, people and cultural heritage are displaced or lost. Yet ... Leer más

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The essays in this volume address the displacement of natural and cultural heritage caused by disasters, whether they be dramatic natural impacts or terrible events unleashed by humankind, including holocaust and genocide. Disasters can be natural or human-made, rapid or slow, great or small, yet the impact is effectively the same; nature, people and cultural heritage are displaced or lost. Yet
... Leer más
Billy and the Big Stick

de Richard Harding Davis ...

"Billy and the Big Stick" is a fictional story that is loosely inspired by the life and actions of Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States. In the story, the character Billy is a courageous and adventurous young man who finds himself in various daring situations, much like Roosevelt was known for his adventurous spirit.The title of the story, "Billy and the Big Stick," alludes ... Leer más

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"Billy and the Big Stick" is a fictional story that is loosely inspired by the life and actions of Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States. In the story, the character Billy is a courageous and adventurous young man who finds himself in various daring situations, much like Roosevelt was known for his adventurous spirit.The title of the story, "Billy and the Big Stick," alludes
... Leer más
Billy and the Big Stick

A Tale of American Courage and Growth in the 1900s

de Richard Harding Davis ...

In "Billy and the Big Stick," Richard Harding Davis employs a lively narrative style imbued with humor and vibrant imagery to explore themes of childhood adventure and moral growth. Set against the backdrop of early 20th-century America, the story follows the young protagonist, Billy, as he embarks on a series of escapades that reflect both the innocence of youth and the burgeoning national ... Leer más

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In "Billy and the Big Stick," Richard Harding Davis employs a lively narrative style imbued with humor and vibrant imagery to explore themes of childhood adventure and moral growth. Set against the backdrop of early 20th-century America, the story follows the young protagonist, Billy, as he embarks on a series of escapades that reflect both the innocence of youth and the burgeoning national
... Leer más
Understanding Inequality

The Intersection of Race/Ethnicity, Class, and Gender

de Barbara A. Arrighi, Judi Addelston, Derrick Bell, Karen Blumenthal, Judith Butler, Jane Jerome Camhi, William J. Chamblis, Marc Cooper, Sally Ann Davies-Netzley, Simone de Beauvoir, G William Domhoff, Susan J. Douglas, Wright Dziech, Susan Estrich, Lawrence Otis Graham, Billie Michelle Fine, Judith Lorber, Arturo Madrid, Julia Marusza, Fatema Mernissi, John Stuart Mill, Timothy Nonn, Katha Pollitt, Mary F. Rogers, Kathleen Rowe, Leslie Marmon Silko, Laureen Snider, Haya Stier, Deborah Tannen, Marta Tienda, Stephen Worchel, Richard L. Zweigenhaft, Anne Fausto-Sterling, Walda Katz-Fishman, Michael Kimmel, Charles Lemert, Diane Reay, Edward H. Thompson,Jr., Lois Weis ...

As the age of globalization and New Media unite disparate groups of people in new ways, the continual transformation and interconnections between ethnicity, class, and gender become increasingly complex. This reader, comprised of a diverse array of sources ranging from the New York Times to the journals of leading research universities, explores these issues as systems of stratification that work ... Leer más

$47.99 USD

As the age of globalization and New Media unite disparate groups of people in new ways, the continual transformation and interconnections between ethnicity, class, and gender become increasingly complex. This reader, comprised of a diverse array of sources ranging from the New York Times to the journals of leading research universities, explores these issues as systems of stratification that work
... Leer más