Offers an introduction to the political successes, failures, and persistent challenges of African-American political participation in the United States. This book provides the reader with an analysis of what appears to be 'irreconcilable differences' between the American political system and its historically subjugated constituency groups.
Curves can drive a man crazy and sometimes straight into a world of destruction. Curves, hips, and thighs; keep the men on their toes and takes them on a ride they never thought they could go. Join us as we press play on your favorite record with the juiciest stories by none other than Kendra Rainey-King, Monica Howard & Sunni Nykohl .
So you thought you killed me? But, I came back for the life you thought you tookfrom me. The dreams you shattered of mine like glass, the heart you broke intwo and the adolescence you stole."---CharismaCharisma Peyton is back for revenge in this grimy, epic story of the deadliestsins. You can't break and discourage what was meant to be the rose thatgrew from concrete.On her journey from a petrifying childhood, Charisma is back and wantsrevenge in the worst way. Find out exactly why she is the sweetest, Recipe for a Disaster that becomes the ultimate Savage with Karmain full swing when she's left for dead.
Love is blind, and it will take over your mindWhat you think is love, is truly notYou need to elevate and find," -Eve I starred at myself in the mirror, serenading the room as I listened to Eve on the radio. I couldn't help but feel ashamed as I bobbed my head to the beat and sang along to the lyrics as I placed a bag of ice gently over My blackened eye. How could I be this woman? This woman of substance and a woman of voice to help others, but here I was being beaten. Sometimes love is blind and it for sure took over my mind...I just prayed that I would find the courage to leave and be the woman I was destined to be.
Family, I wish I had that. Security, I wish I knew what that was. Adolescence, well that was pretty much ripped out of my hands. I was born in Dallas but moved abruptly to live with my grandmother when my mother took the bid for him at a young age. Unfortunately, the streets were hot but not hot enough for my father to choose me first. I had no choice but to move to a small country town in Huntsville, Texas with my grandmother, where I discovered who I was or who I was going to be. Life caused a lot of different trials and tribulations also uncertainty that I would survive. Life wasn
A desperate boy finds that when the sun goes dark, hope is the only magic left. A royal guard learns what he is willing to do—and willing to give up—to guard his queen. And an arranged marriage turns into political intrigue when a princess learns that her king is a prisoner in his own castle. All the Mark of the Least short stories are collected here for the first time in one volume! Read some old favorites and discover new stories, including a brand-new novella. This collection includes: When Quiet Comes to Call Aria at the Opera A Galadon Exile Blood and Hope Faire-Weather Magic Chasing Waves Rising To Guard a Queen The King in the Tower
Do you ever wonder what the Bible means when referring to the mighty hand of God or how His hand would apply to your own life? Matt Buckles and his daughter Kendra Watson, both devoted believers, weave biblical references to the hand of God with real-life stories to ignite the faith of believers and to inspire nonbelievers to find the Lord. They reveal how the hand of God is still at work, showing the truth of what is in God’s heart and how He keeps His promises to those who believe. They also answer questions such as: • How can we make a spiritual connection between the biblical account of God’s hand at work to His hand upon us today? • What can we learn from examples that seem to suggest we are trapped in a downward spiral of humanity? • How can we defend the historical Christian faith and oppose the progressive, deadly version of it? Fellow believers must unite to trust, love, and serve our Heavenly Father, who seeks to work in each one of you, as He has done in us. By spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ and extending His kingdom through discipleship, you’ll be carrying out what God wants you to know and do.
Enjoy these SAMPLE pages from Live Free- Women today need to be reminded that regardless of their situations, they have the power to control their attitudes. Kendra Smiley has written Live Free to teach women that they can make choices which will help them develop and maintain a positive state of mind. She introduces us to women who share their real-life experiences to show readers by example how to make those empowering choices.
Her truth could start a war…or set her heart free. The world has always been a bit baffling to Lysandra with its unspoken rules and unnecessary metaphors. Even magic doesn’t work the same way for her as it does for the council of mages. Luckily, Lys has always had Issy, the princess of their island nation, who has shielded Lys from the world that doesn’t quite understand her. But as a princess, Issy has new duties while Lys wants nothing more than to live quietly, protecting the islands from the storms that ravage them. But to do that, Lys will have to go to the mages and explain the impossible way she does magic. Lys can’t imagine anything worse. She’d even rather live Issy’s life for a few days. So begins the scheme that will give them both what they want. The girls trade places, and Issy goes to plead with the mages while Lys pretends to be royalty. But as soon as Issy leaves, Lys learns there’s a visiting prince and a king vying for the princess’s hand. Now she’s stuck hiding who she is with a king who is determined to start a war and a prince who is determined to see Lys as her true self. Keeping her secret might be the most important thing she’s ever done when the truth could break the fragile peace of the islands. Not to mention her heart.
Shakespeare's three political tragedies_Hamlet, Macbeth, and King Lear_have numerously been presented or adapted on film. These three plays all involve the recurring trope of madness, which, as constructed by Shakespeare, provided a wider canvas on which to detail those materials that could not be otherwise expressed: sexual desire and expectation, political unrest, and, ultimately, truth, as excavated by characters so afflicted. Music has long been associated with madness, and was often used as an audible symptom of a victim's disassociation from their surroundings and societal rules, as well as their loss of self-control. In Shakespeare, Madness, and Music: Scoring Insanity in Cinematic Adaptations, Kendra Preston Leonard examines the use of music in Hamlet, Macbeth, and King Lear. Whether discussing contemporary source materials, such as songs, verses, or rhymes specified by Shakespeare in his plays, or music composed specifically for a film and original to the director's or composer's interpretations, Leonard shows how the changing social and scholarly attitudes towards the plays, their characters, and the conditions that fall under the general catch-all of 'madness' have led to a wide range of musical accompaniments, signifiers, and incarnations of the afflictions displayed by Shakespeare's characters. Focusing on the most widely distributed and viewed adaptations of these plays for the cinema, each chapter presents the musical treatment of individual Shakespearean characters afflicted with or feigning madness: Hamlet, Ophelia, Lady Macbeth, King Lear, and Edgar. The book offers analysis and interpretation of the music used to underscore, belie, or otherwise inform or invoke the characters' states of mind, providing a fascinating indication of culture and society, as well as the thoughts and ideas of individual directors, composers, and actors. A bibliography, index, and appendix listing Shakespeare's film adaptations help complete this fascinating volume.
Thank you for visiting our website. Would you like to provide feedback on how we could improve your experience?
This site does not use any third party cookies with one exception — it uses cookies from Google to deliver its services and to analyze traffic.Learn More.