Bricktop's Paris

Bricktop's Paris
Author: T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2015-01-31
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 143845502X

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2015 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Longlisted for the 2015 American Library in Paris Book Award During the Jazz Age, France became a place where an African American woman could realize personal freedom and creativity, in narrative or in performance, in clay or on canvas, in life and in love. These women were participants in the life of the American expatriate colony, which included F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gertrude Stein, and Cole Porter, and they commingled with bohemian avant-garde writers and artists like Picasso, Breton, Colette, and Matisse. Bricktop's Paris introduces the reader to twenty-five of these women and the city they encountered. Following this nonfiction account, T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting provides a fictionalized autobiography of Ada "Bricktop" Smith, which brings the players from the world of nonfiction into a Paris whose elegance masks a thriving underworld.

The Theology of Paul in Three Dimensions

The Theology of Paul in Three Dimensions
Author: Richard H. Bell
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 219
Release: 2022-09-29
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1666701475

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Paul of Tarsus, the Pharisee who tried to destroy the church of God, experienced a conversion to faith in Jesus Christ that was to turn his life upside down and lead to his becoming one of the greatest missionaries and theologians of all time. His theology is highly controversial and has both inspired and appalled his listeners. Richard Bell presents the major themes in Paul’s theology and also asks what he got right, what he got wrong, and what in his theology needs reinterpreting for the twenty-first century. The book thereby shows the ongoing relevance of Paul’s thought for today. To accompany this volume, a website of music designed to add an experiential dimension in discovering Paul’s message for the world can be found at richardhbell.co.uk.

I'll Show Myself Out

I'll Show Myself Out
Author: Jessi Klein
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2022-04-26
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 0062981617

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An instant New York Times bestseller, I'll Show Myself Out is the eagerly anticipated second essay collection from Jessi Klein, author of the acclaimed debut You’ll Grow Out of It. Longlisted for the PEN Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay “Sometimes I think about how much bad news there is to tell my kid, the endlessly long, looping CVS receipt scroll of truly terrible things that have happened, and I want to get under the bed and never come out. How do we tell them about all this? Can we just play Billy Joel’s We Didn’t Start the Fire and then brace for questions? The first of which should be, how is this a song that played on the radio?” In New York Times bestselling author and Emmy Award-winning writer and producer Jessi Klein’s second collection, she hilariously explodes the cultural myths and impossible expectations around motherhood and explore the humiliations, poignancies, and possibilities of midlife. In interconnected essays like “Listening to Beyoncé in the Parking Lot of Party City,” “Your Husband Will Remarry Five Minutes After You Die,” “Eulogy for My Feet,” and “An Open Love Letter to Nate Berkus and Jeremiah Brent,” Klein explores this stage of life in all its cruel ironies, joyous moments, and bittersweetness. Written with Klein’s signature candor and humanity, I'll Show Myself Out is an incisive, moving, and often uproarious collection.

Spanked Husbands Satisfied Wives

Spanked Husbands Satisfied Wives
Author: Keri Pentauk
Publisher:
Total Pages: 96
Release: 1998-04-01
Genre: Corporal punishment
ISBN: 9781928568018

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"This book contains scenes of explicit husband training"--Cover.

JJP Supplement 31 (2017) Journal of Juristic Papyrology

JJP Supplement 31 (2017) Journal of Juristic Papyrology
Author: Dorota Dzierzbicka
Publisher: JJP Supplements
Total Pages: 527
Release: 2018-06-30
Genre: Egypt
ISBN: 9788394684815

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The aim of this book is to investigate the role of local and imported wines on the Egyptian market during the Graeco-Roman period. In order to study the supply of wine and its economic role, two separate topics must be considered: local production, and import of foreign vintages. In this book, the part devoted to Egyptian wine seeks to establish where and how wine was manufactured, what was the social base for this industry and what kinds of wine were locally produced in Egypt, as well as what patterns of distribution wine followed after it left the winery. The aim of the part devoted to import, in turn, is to try to determine which foreign wines reached Egypt during the Graeco-Roman period. This part seeks to trace the supply-and-demand mechanisms and channels of distribution of the country's foreign wine market, and to view Egypt in a wider perspective of Mediterranean trade routes. Why did some wines find their way to Egypt and others did not? Lastly, what changes on the wine market can we trace over time?

Revelation

Revelation
Author: Allen Daves
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Total Pages: 480
Release: 2013-12-12
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1490705910

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The book of Revelation offers us an interesting theological dilemma. It states Rev 22:16. I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. Revelation also states it is “the true sayings” of Jesus and that it is “the testimony of Christ”. If this is not “the gospel of Jesus Christ” then what is it and should we consider it accursed testimony of an angel? If it is not to be considered accursed, then it cannot be some other gospel message then what was already given previously. However, this is the conundrum, for if this is the gospel message, then why do so few understand it? There is a possibility which few consider but is the overall thesis of this apology. The reason people don’t understand revelation is because they never understood what the gospel message was in the first place! In that case, where does that put those who claim it is not essential for salvation? Do you not find it quite curious that the most "Personally" given NT book By Jesus himself, is the least understood and given the least importance for Salvation in Christendom?....There are numerous preachers and bible exegetes but as Paul said “... I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge” . Most who profess the name of Christ are feeding on doctrines of devils and the ignorant.. There are, without question, many “qualified” teachers and scholars with many years of “dedication” and “solid education”. However, teachers, no matter how well lettered or numbered in degrees; if obtained from others; who are just as equally ignorant in such matters, are just “ blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.”

Wanted!

Wanted!
Author: Bob Turney
Publisher: Waterside Press
Total Pages: 145
Release: 2005
Genre: Ex-convicts
ISBN: 1904380131

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In Wanted!, ex-burglar and long time prisoner Bob Turney explains how he progressed from being 'wanted by the police' to being in demand as a writer, broadcaster, commentator and public speaker across criminal justice networks in the UK and elsewhere. He tells of the people he has met along the way, often mixing their perspectives with his own from his past and present lives. Few ex-offenders can say that they have been saluted by the policeman outside No. 10 Downing Street, have become a probation officer and have acted as an aide to Archbishop Desmond Tutu on his visit to Britain. Wanted! is a book rich in insights, experiences, contrasts and messages about crime and punishment.

The Way of the Panda

The Way of the Panda
Author: Henry Nicholls
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 386
Release: 2012-06-01
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1605987581

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Learn how the extraordinary impact of the panda—from obscurity to fame—is also the story of China’s transition from shy beginnings to center stage. Giant pandas have been causing a stir ever since their formal scientific discovery just over 140 years ago. Yet in spite of humankind’s evident obsession with the giant panda, it is only in the last few decades that scientific research has begun to show us what this mysterious, frequently misunderstood creature is really like. Henry Nicholls uses the rich and curious history of the giant panda to do several things: to ponder our changing attitudes toward the natural world; to offer a compelling history of the conservation movement; and to chart the rise of modern China on its journey to become the self-sufficient, twenty-first-century superpower it is today.

You'll Grow Out of It

You'll Grow Out of It
Author: Jessi Klein
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2016-07-12
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1455531197

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From Emmy award-winning comedy writer Jessi Klein, You'll Grow Out of It hilariously and candidly explores the journey of the 21st-century woman. As both a tomboy and a late bloomer, comedian Jessi Klein grew up feeling more like an outsider than a participant in the rites of modern femininity. In You'll Grow Out of It, Klein offers - through an incisive collection of real-life stories - a relentlessly funny yet poignant take on a variety of topics she has experienced along her strange journey to womanhood and beyond. These include her "transformation from Pippi Longstocking-esque tomboy to are-you-a-lesbian-or-what tom man," attempting to find watchable porn, and identifying the difference between being called "ma'am" and "miss" ("miss sounds like you weigh 99 pounds"). Raw, relatable, and consistently hilarious, You'll Grow Out of It is a one-of-a-kind book by a singular and irresistible comic voice.

Letter to My Grandchild

Letter to My Grandchild
Author: Liv Ullmann
Publisher:
Total Pages: 119
Release: 1998
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 9780871137289

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A collection of more than thirty letters written by celebrities to their grandchildren gives an intimate look at the writers' own lives and how they foresee the challenges of the next generation, in a book whose proceeds benefit the Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children.