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Reducere. In Marshall Island Legends and Stories, Daniel A. Kelin II preserves the qualities of oral storytelling in 50 stories recorded from 18 storytellers...

Reducere. "Opening these pages is like stepping through a secret doorway to discover a menagerie of wonders, impossibly beautiful. There are sentences here s...

Reducere. In the midst of a water shortage, a mango vendor weighs her sexual desire for a taxi driver against wanting to bathe first. Protesting an illegal e...

Reducere. In Madam Bessie Jones, Her Life and Times, Jones emerges from the shadows of Carlisle (PA) history, first turning tricks in her mother Cora Andrews...

DescriptionThis edited collection of new essays focuses on Bess of Hardwick, one of the most extraordinary figures of Elizabethan England. She was ...

Reducere. Stock up for Black History Month and Women's History Month As a young black woman in the 1920s, Bessie Coleman's chances of becoming a pilot were s...

Reducere. Nicknamed the Queen of the Blues, Bessie Smith rose up from poverty in the American South to become one of the most famous and respected recording ...

``Undoing is just as much a democratic right as doing.``---Gordon Matta-Clark This revealing book looks at the groundbreaking work of Gordon Matta-...

In this compelling graphic novel, follow the amazing life of Bessie Coleman, who became the first African American woman to earn a pilot's license....

DescriptionA history of design that is often overlooked-until we need it Have you ever hit the big blue button to activate automatic doors? Have yo...

Focuses on how playwrights have written stage directions that engage readers, production team members, and scholars in a process of embodied creati...

Reducere. Abbie Deal, the matriarch of a pioneer Nebraska family, has died at the beginning of A White Bird Flying, leaving her china and heavy furniture to ...

Reducere. First published in 1928, A Lantern in Her Hand has outlasted literary fashions to touch generations of readers. In this classic story of a pioneer ...

This fascinating story of Elizabeth 'Bess' Clements Abell (1933-2020) offers a window into Abell's life as former social secretary to President Joh...

Reducere. DescriptionThis book is an overview of jazz and jazz-influenced pop singers. Among the major figures discussed are Armstrong, Crosby, Holiday, Fitz...

Reducere. A Pair of Wings is a novel based on the life of pioneer aviatrix Bessie Coleman. Arriving in Chicago in 1915 from Waxahachie, Texas, Coleman is amo...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Bess Lomax HawesAuthor: Bessie JonesGrowing up in the rural South, Bessie Jones sang her way through long hours of field wo...