![]() ![]() ![]() After the war he sometimes argued politically with younger African Americans, but he never forsook either the Republican party or the cause of black civil and political rights. In his unique and eloquent voice, written and spoken, Douglass was a fierce critic of the United States as well as a radical patriot. By the Civil War, Douglass had become the most famed and widely travelled orator in the nation. Initially mentored by William Lloyd Garrison, Douglass spoke widely, using his own story to condemn slavery. His very existence gave the lie to slave owners: with dignity and great intelligence he bore witness to the brutality of slavery. ![]() He was fortunate to have been taught to read by his slave owner mistress, and he would go on to become one of the major literary figures of his time. “Extraordinary.a great American biography” ( The New Yorker) of the most important African-American of the nineteenth century: Frederick Douglass, the escaped slave who became the greatest orator of his day and one of the leading abolitionists and writers of the era.Īs a young man Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) escaped from slavery in Baltimore, Maryland. Named one of the Best Books of 2018 by The New York Times Book Review, The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, The Chicago Tribune, The San Francisco Chronicle, and Time *Winner of the Bancroft, Parkman, Los Angeles Times (biography), Lincoln, Plutarch, and Christopher Awards* ![]() **Winner of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize in History** ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() In other sections, the author recounts an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation and illuminates the imagery of abuse in two films by George Cukor. As Machado recounts, she fell in love with a woman who seemed wonderful-they had sex, went on road trips, met parents-but who eventually became oppressively terrifying. Instead of tracing her past with linear continuity, the author fractures it, diving into beautifully or painfully remembered moments with a harrowing emotional logic. The relationship at the heart of this memoir is resurrected with visceral potency. As Machado points out, when you are invisible from the collective narrative, it is harder to imagine what your own feelings mean. ![]() History has largely ignored the queer experience, particularly the existence of domestic abuse between queer women. “I toss the stone of my story into a vast crevice measure the emptiness by its small sound.” She is writing to record her experience of queer sexuality and intimate psychological violence by telling her story, she's committing its existence to history. In this daringly structured and ruthlessly inquisitive memoir, Machado ( Her Body and Other Parties, 2017) examines an abusive relationship with an eye to both personal truth and cultural assumption. ![]() 5/28/2023 0 Comments African Air by George Steinmetz![]() George has won numerous awards for photography during his 25-year career, including two first prizes in science and technology from World Press Photo. He began his career in photography after hitchhiking through Africa for 28 months. He has explored subjects ranging from the remotest stretches of Arabia's Empty Quarter to the unknown tree people of Irian Jaya.īorn in Beverly Hills in 1957, George graduated from Stanford University with a degree in Geophysics. George Steinmetz is a regular contributor to National Geographic and GEO Magazines in Germany. His expeditions culminated in a gorgeous book – his first - called African Air. This experimental aircraft enables him to capture unique images of the world, inaccessible by traditional aircraft and most other modes of transportation. ![]() Best known for his exploration photography, George Steinmetz, spent ten years flying above the African landscape in a gas-powered paraglider, engine and propeller strapped to his back, camera in both hands. ![]() 5/27/2023 0 Comments Dots & Dashes by Jehanne Dubrow![]() ![]() “Mary, Mother Incarnate, carny / of the most marvelous yarn” is the invocation of “The Girl Who Gave Birth to Rabbits.” Society spends a lot of time debating nature versus nurture, but what is deemed “natural” carries its own politic. In Conjoining, Heidi Czerwiec interrogates what happens when progeny is made spectacle. ![]() It is, quite clearly, a triumph.” Allison Joseph, author of Confessions of a Barefaced Woman This book amplifies the very alphabet, bringing us new language for the most ancient of stories and rituals. The concerns of this book are tensely painful, but Heidi Czerwiec, a poet so silky-smooth in her use of form, compels us to read and read further, giving voice to the marginalized and slighted lives she depicts with true and tender mercies. Conjoining is not an easy book, but then again, it traverses some of the hardest territory a writer can encounter and confront–loss and pain, the “parasitic” twinning of vulnerable lives. “The fierce and fertile imagination of Heidi Czerwiec is a force to be reckoned with in this sublime collection of poems. ![]() ![]() Sable Books is pleased and proud to announce the poetry collection Conjoining, by Heidi Czerwiec. ![]() 5/27/2023 0 Comments Tiny beautiful things review![]() There is nothing more human than knowing someone is experiencing the same things that you are. I’d take this book over Cheryl’s memoir any day. And if you have read (or watched) Wild, I assure you this book has a better writing style. ![]() Sugar, later revealed, was beloved Cheryl Strayed. Strangers ask another stranger (Sugar) about their problems on love, life, paying bills, relationships, sex, and every other possible topic under the sun. ![]() This isn’t an ordinary advice column of sappy life-advice that tells you to tattoo YOLO on your forearm. I know the reputation advice columns have but stick with me here. This book is a series of advice columns addressed to “Sugar” that was run at The Rumpus. I have 104 Highlights/Notes marked on Cheryl Strayed’s Tiny Beautiful Things – my highest ever in the six years of Kindle reading. ![]() 5/27/2023 0 Comments Penelope and the monsters book![]() ![]() CanWest Raise-A-Reader selection for September 2005.An “Our Choice” selection of the Canadian Children’s Book Centre for 2006.Second place in the 2006-2007 Chocolate Lily Awards.Shortlisted for the 2007 Blue Spruce Award.In this new Penelope misadventure, our spunky heroine takes on gnomes and trolls and giants with the same comic flair that brought down the house in Penelope and the Humongous Burp. How else can she explain the dancing drawers, creeeeaking closet, and bounce-bouncing bed? Will Penelope have the confidence to turn on the lights and call out the things that go bump in the night? Her father doesn’t believe her, but Penelope knows there are monsters lurking in the dark. Never ever not in a million trillion gazillion years. ![]() ![]() I was still so easily, pathetically, punctured.” She thinks she is weak though because she does get hurt: “I still cared too much. She also works out her frustrations physically by practicing break-dancing after school with her brother and some of his friends. Mostly she tries to tune it all out (literally) by listening to music all day through headphones that are invisible because of her hijab. Since the attack on 9/11, however, it has gotten much worse. Shirin has a virtual spike-covered wall around her to protect her from the slings and arrows of degrading, ill-informed, and cruel insults from fellow high schoolers and even high school teachers. ![]() ![]() Navid has an easier time adjusting than Shirin he is a good-looking male who can protect himself, and perhaps most importantly, he doesn’t wear a head scarf, as does Shirin. Shirin and her older brother Navid have moved a lot, because her parents are always trying to improve their lives. This short young adult novel about Shirin, a 16-year-old Muslim girl in 2002, born in America to Iranian parents, has won numerous awards, including a nomination for the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature in 2018. ![]() 5/26/2023 0 Comments Bravo two zero story![]() ![]() ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc. "Immediate Action" is a no-holds-barred account of an extraordinary life, from the day McNab was found in a carrier bag on the steps of Guy's Hospital to the day he went to fight in the Gulf War.' (Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper) ***A third printing of the true first edition, in its original dustwrapper, in nice, bright condition, and not often found signed by the author. Now he has written a book that is even more explosive and compelling. ![]() ***'Andy McNab gripped more than a million and a half readers worldwide with his number-one bestseller "Bravo Two Zero", the true story of an SAS patrol behind enemy lines in Iraq. ![]() 389 pages including a glossary at the back of the book. ***In a near fine colour printed dustwrapper that has been corner price-clipped. Pages slightly tanned as usual otherwise pages clean. ![]() No bumps or creases, but there is a slight curve to the back board. ***Very good in black cloth-covered boards with embossed gilt titles to the spine. Illustrated with 16pp of colour photographs. Bravo Two Zero was the code-name of the famous SAS operation: a classic story of bravery in the face of overwhelming odds. A third printing of the true first edition - SIGNED by the AUTHOR on the title-page, using his full name. ![]() ![]() ![]() Rudy Ruiz, author THE RESURRECTION OF FULGENCIO RAMIREZ, VALLEY OF SHADOWS, and THE BORDER BETWEEN US (Blackstone) She not only helped make my lifelong aspiration of being a published author into a magical reality, she also has guided me patiently and strategically to enhance my manuscripts and build my writing career. Laura Strachan is an insightful, supportive and responsive literary agent that gets things done. Chris Bernard, author of CHASING ALASKA (Lyons Press), SMALL ANIMALS CAUGHT IN TRAPS and ORDINARY BEAR (Blackstone) If you’re looking for an agent to champion your work, I recommend her wholeheartedly. In a world of big agencies and aggressive tactics, she is refreshingly human and brings a much-needed personal touch to her representation. Laura has sold three books for me, made each better with her incisive feedback, and fought for my best interests at every opportunity-all while being a delight to work with. ![]() 5/26/2023 0 Comments Blood sweat pixels![]() Just under half (49%) indicated that they have been in the industry for six or fewer years, while 36% had worked in the industry for ten years or more. ![]() The majority of employees in the industry were relatively inexperienced. This quote from an IGDA 2017 survey is particularly telling: Like most stories, Blood, Sweat, and Pixels started with a question: Why are video games so hard to make? Book two asks a darker question: Why is the video game industry so volatile? Why is it that so many people who have worked on video games have "war stories" or trauma as a result? And why is it that for veteran game developers, a phrase as innocuous as "all-hands meeting" can trigger anxiety? So as we get into the thick of summer-and as I prepare to lock myself in a room for a while-I wanted to share a couple of quick thoughts about the direction of the book. I'm taking the next four weeks off from Kotaku to work on this thing. Thank you! I appreciate your support more than I can say. ![]() ![]() Hello! If you're reading this, you've signed up to get updates on Untitled Book Two. ![]() |