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1000 tulosta hakusanalla Patricia Powell Johnson
Sabbath School Lessons 2017-18
Patricia Powell; Robert Johnson Jr; James Taylor
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2017
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With a New Introduction by Edwidge Danticat Me Dying Trial, Patricia Powell's masterful debut novel, establishes her as a major voice in Caribbean literature. Gwennie Augusta Glaspole, a schoolteacher, is trapped in an unhappy marriage and quickly saddled with six children. Gwennie resists Jamaican cultural expectations of playing dutiful wife and mother, struggling in a loveless, often abusive relationship, she eventually relocates to Connecticut. Dealing with issues of religion, sexuality, immigration, domestic violence, and gender inequality, Powell has proven to be "a Generation-X vanguard for the Caribbean literary world" (Boston Magazine), and much more.
It's 1978, and Dale Singleton is becoming alarmed as his friend, Ian Kaysen, is afflicted with a mysterious and seemingly untreatable illness characterized by pneumonia, lesions, and dementia. This novel of the first days of AIDS is viscerally affecting, as it conveys the shocked puzzlement of those troubled by Ian's condition while simultaneously documenting Jamaican society's struggle to accept the dignity of gay love. Dale's world collapses, yet his experience of being gay in a middle-class culture circumscribed by church, family, and compulsory heterosexuality is hauntingly memorable-and familiar. "
Me Dying Trial, Patricia Powell's masterful debut novel, establishes her as a major voice in Caribbean literature. Gwennie Augusta Glaspole, a schoolteacher, is trapped in an unhappy marriage and quickly saddled with six children. Gwennie resists Jamaican cultural expectations of playing dutiful wife and mother. Struggling in a loveless, often abusive relationship, she eventually relocates to Connecticut. Dealing with issues of religion, sexuality, immigration, domestic violence, and gender inequality, Powell has proven to be "a Generation-X vanguard for the Caribbean literary world" (Boston Magazine), and much more.
An emotionally powerful biography told in verse of a dancer, singer, comedienne, and enduring figure - Josephine Baker - from her birth in the slums, her fantastic success, and her fight against racial prejudice.
Loving vs. Virginia: A Documentary Novel of the Landmark Civil Rights Case
Patricia Hruby Powell
CHRONICLE BOOKS
2017
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From acclaimed author Patricia Hruby Powell comes the story of a landmark civil rights case, told in spare and gorgeous verse. In 1955, in Caroline County, Virginia, amidst segregation and prejudice, injustice and cruelty, two teenagers fell in love. Their life together broke the law, but their determination would change it. Richard and Mildred Loving were at the heart of a Supreme Court case that legalized marriage between races, and a story of the devoted couple who faced discrimination, fought it, and won.
Tricia Perkins knows first-hand the struggles Aspergers Syndrome can bring to daily life. Despite a privileged upbringing, she was raised in a lonely home and has never had a boyfriend, much less a first kiss. Only her best friend, Kate, seems to understand Tricias loneliness. Clay Gibson, a race car drivin cowboy from North Carolina, is the hottest name on the NASCAR circuit and getting hotter with every race. Unfortunately, his personal life hits the wall when he discovers his soon-to-be fiance Nikki has been untruewith another driverClays friend, Logan. Understandably, Clays heart is on caution when he meets Tricia. Despite the odds, Tricia and Clays feelings for one another continue to blossom. Will deceit and jealousy endanger the only romance Tricia has ever known? Or will Tricia Perkins let Clay Gibson introduce her to an old-fashioned romance for the modern day?
Tricia Perkins knows first-hand the struggles Aspergers Syndrome can bring to daily life. Despite a privileged upbringing, she was raised in a lonely home and has never had a boyfriend, much less a first kiss. Only her best friend, Kate, seems to understand Tricias loneliness. Clay Gibson, a race car drivin cowboy from North Carolina, is the hottest name on the NASCAR circuit and getting hotter with every race. Unfortunately, his personal life hits the wall when he discovers his soon-to-be fiance Nikki has been untruewith another driverClays friend, Logan. Understandably, Clays heart is on caution when he meets Tricia. Despite the odds, Tricia and Clays feelings for one another continue to blossom. Will deceit and jealousy endanger the only romance Tricia has ever known? Or will Tricia Perkins let Clay Gibson introduce her to an old-fashioned romance for the modern day?
Night Before Wishkas
Patricia Kelley Powell
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2016
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Struttin' with Some Barbecue
Patricia Hruby Powell; Rachel Himes
Charlesbridge Publishing,U.S.
2018
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Lil Hardin and her man, Louis Armstrong, were musical royalty--inventing a new kind of sound--makin' jazz. Believe it, baby This is the true story of Lil Hardin Armstrong: pianist, composer, and bandleader in the early days of jazz. Ahead of her time, Lil made a career for herself--and for Louis Armstrong, her modest, unassuming husband. Louis might never have become the groundbreaking jazz player he was, if it hadn't been for Lil. Scat-inspired verse celebrates how Lil overcame race and gender barriers to become the first lady of the Chicago jazz scene.
