Sophisticated Giant

Author : Maxine Gordon
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520350790
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sophisticated Giant written by Maxine Gordon and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon was one of the major innovators of modern jazz. In a context of biography, history, and memoir, Maxine Gordon has completed the book that her late husband began, weaving his "solo" turns with her voice and a chorus of voices from past and present. She shows that his image of the cool jazzman fails to come to terms with the three-dimensional man full of humor and wisdom, a figure who struggled to reconcile being both a creative outsider who broke the rules and a comforting insider who was a son, father, husband, and world citizen. --

Author : Jim Harris
Publisher : Cooper Square Pub
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 46 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jack and the Giant written by Jim Harris and published by Cooper Square Pub. This book was released on 1997 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jack and the Beanstalk told with hilarious western flavor

Author : Douglas Whynott
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 1466805978
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Giant Bluefin written by Douglas Whynott and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 1996-06-30 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This elegantly written and compelling work portrays the way the Japanese demand for giant bluefin tuna has altered the lives of Cape Cod fishermen. In telling the story of one man's passionate hunt for giant bluefin, Douglas Whynott's Giant Bluefin details the competition and camaraderie in the bluefin fishery, the pressures of a conservationist movement seeking to limit the bluefin harvest, and the struggle of the fisherman himself against "the wild horses of [the] fish species."

Author : Tamara Draut
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 110187306X
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sleeping Giant written by Tamara Draut and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2018-04-17 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: REVISED AND UPDATED WITH A NEW PREFACE Today’s working class is a sleeping giant. And as Tamara Draut makes abundantly clear, it is just now waking up to its untapped political power. Sleeping Giant is the first major examination of the new working class and the role it will play in our economic and political future. Blending moving individual narratives, historical background, and sophisticated analysis, Draut forcefully argues that this newly energized class is far along in the process of changing America for the better. Draut examines the legacy of exclusion based on race and gender that contributes to the invisibility of the new working class, despite their entwinement in everyone’s day-to-day life. No longer confined to the assembly line, today’s working class watches our children and cares for our parents. They park our cars, screen our luggage, clean our offices, and cook and serve our meals. They are us. With “Fight for $15” minimum-wage protests popping up throughout the country (and in some places winning) and economic inequality being recognized as one of the defining issues of our time, today’s working class will soon become impossible to ignore and foolish to dismiss. Sleeping Giant is the first book to tell the story of this extraordinary transformation in full and inspiring detail.

Author : Carolyn Mackler
Publisher : Candlewick Press
ISBN 13 : 9780763619589
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big, Round Things written by Carolyn Mackler and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Feeling like she does not fit in with the other members of her family, who are all thin, brilliant, and good-looking, fifteen-year-old Virginia Shreves tries to deal with her self-image, her first physical relationship, and her disillusionment with some of the people closest to her. 10,000 first printing.

Author : Keith Graves
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 0811872378
Total Pages : 21 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chicken Big written by Keith Graves and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2010-08-18 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A giant chicken hatches from an enormous egg, but the other chickens cannot accept that he is one of them.

Author : Anne Weil
Publisher : Clarkson Potter
ISBN 13 : 0451499212
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Weaving Within Reach written by Anne Weil and published by Clarkson Potter. This book was released on 2018-08-21 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern weaving projects like you've never seen—within easy reach of anyone. Weaving is a satisfying hobby for making home or clothing accessories that look plucked from your favorite stores. Here are Pinterest-worthy projects for creating earrings, clutches, pillows, wall hangings, and more, all organized by skill level. From complete beginner to intermediate, Weaving Within Reach allows you to craft at your comfort level, even if you don’t yet know the difference between the warp and the weft. Lacking a loom? Most of the materials can be woven on found objects—such as an embroidery hoop or cardboard box—or achieved with a simple over-under pattern using no loom at all. As you progress, there are plenty of exciting designs for a frame loom to keep you inspired. With a detailed introduction, stunning lifestyle and step-by-step photographs, and a helpful resource section, Weaving Within Reach unravels the possibilities of the beautiful things you can make with your hands.

Author : Margaret Mahy
Publisher : Frances Lincoln Children's Books
ISBN 13 : 0711254028
Total Pages : 39 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bubble Trouble written by Margaret Mahy and published by Frances Lincoln Children's Books. This book was released on 2020-03-31 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A hilarious rhyming romp from Margaret Mahy and Polly Dunbar. With a poetic text, a fun and funny story, and bright artwork, this is a perfect read aloud for story time.

Author : Mohamed Zayani
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476612013
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Culture of Al Jazeera written by Mohamed Zayani and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2017-09-29 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the mid 1990s, the emir of Qatar conceived the idea of a satellite channel that would further the progressive image he hoped to establish for his small Arabian/Persian Gulf state. At the same time, a short-lived partnership between the BBC and a Saudi company had left a handful of BBC-trained Arab journalists and broadcasters up for grabs. That was the inception of Al Jazeera—a satellite channel which changed forever the face of Arab broadcasting with its uncensored news and bold talk show programs. The September 11 attacks on the United States and the war on terrorism vaulted Al Jazeera to international prominence but also turned it into a source of controversy. Despite the controversy—or perhaps in part because of it—in less than a decade the channel has transformed itself from an obscure regional news broadcaster to a multi-channel, multi-lingual, multi-service global enterprise. This book’s in-depth look at Al Jazeera examines whether its global success reflects particular organizational strengths. It explores whether Al Jazeera is merely a fad thriving on the thirst for free speech in the Middle East, or a new medium whose success will be sustained by its organizational culture and model. This work delves deep into the culture, workings and challenges of this powerful media organization to provide insights on its achievements, its future, and the true measure of its success.

Author : Arthur Yorinks
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780788164644
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Miami Giant written by Arthur Yorinks and published by . This book was released on 1999-07-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Giuseppe Giaweeni sails from Italy to look for China, he lands in Miami instead, where he discovers a lost tribe of dancing giants, one of whom he brings back to Europe.