Casting Her Own Shadow

Author : Allida M. Black
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780231104050
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Casting Her Own Shadow written by Allida M. Black and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1997-02-06 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Black shows how Eleanor Roosevelt, after being freed from the constraints imposed by her role in the White House, eagerly expanded her career and unabashedly challenged both the Democratic party and American liberals to practice what they preach.

Author : James MacGregor Burns
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN 13 : 1555846157
Total Pages : 1103 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Three Roosevelts written by James MacGregor Burns and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 1103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An “immensely interesting” account of how Theodore, Franklin, and Eleanor led the United States through some of its most turbulent decades (David McCullough). The Three Roosevelts is the extraordinary political biography of the intertwining lives of Theodore, Franklin, and Eleanor Roosevelt, who emerged from the closed society of New York’s Knickerbocker elite to become the most prominent American political family of the twentieth century. As Pulitzer Prize– and National Book Award–winning author James MacGregor Burns and acclaimed historian Susan Dunn follow the evolution of the Roosevelt political philosophy, they illuminate how Theodore’s example of dynamic leadership would later inspire the careers of his distant cousin Franklin and his niece Eleanor, who together forged a progressive political legacy that reverberated throughout the world. Theodore, Franklin, and Eleanor Roosevelt led America through some of the most turbulent times in its history. The Three Roosevelts takes readers on an exhilarating voyage through these tumultuous decades of our nation’s past, and these momentous events are seen through the Roosevelts’ eyes, their actions, and their passions. Insightful and authoritative, this is a fascinating portrait of three of America’s greatest leaders, whose legacy is as controversial today as their vigorous brand of forward-looking politics was in their own lifetimes. “A remarkable example of narrative and biographical history at its best.” —Pittsburgh Post-Gazette “A detailed study . . . Written with impeccable scholarship.” —Houston Chronicle “Show[s] how TR set FDR off on reform, and how Eleanor pushed Franklin, and how FDR used Eleanor as his legs . . . and as his conscience.” —The Boston Globe

Author : Sarah Porter
Publisher : Tor Teen
ISBN 13 : 0765397560
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book When I Cast Your Shadow written by Sarah Porter and published by Tor Teen. This book was released on 2017-09-12 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2017 Bram Stoker Awards Finalist for Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel (Horror Writers Association) “Engrossing. Filled with nightmarish dreamscapes and menacing villains, it also treads the tender terrain of family....Highly recommended!”—Kendare Blake, New York Times bestselling author of Three Dark Crowns “Darkly seductive. Sarah Porter’s writing glitters and her storytelling stuns in this twisted tale of siblings, love, and death.” —Stephanie Garber, New York Times bestselling author of Caraval "Porter offers a poignant consideration of how far we will go for the people we love." —School Library Journal, starred review "A wildly innovative, whip-smart, and utterly spellbinding testament to family, memory, and love—and the messes and miracles of each—poised to possess legions of readers." —Booklist, starred review IN WHEN I CAST YOUR SHADOW, A TEENAGE GIRL CALLS HER BELOVED OLDER BROTHER BACK FROM THE GRAVE, WITH DISASTROUS CONSEQUENCES.... RUBY Haunted by her dead brother, unable to let him go, Ruby must figure out whether his nightly appearances in her dreams are the answer to her prayers—or a nightmare come true... EVERETT He’s always been jealous of his dashing older brother. Now Everett must do everything he can to save his twin sister Ruby from his clutches. DASHIELL Charming, handsome, and manipulative, Dash has run afoul of some very powerful forces in the Land of the Dead. His only bargaining chips are Ruby and Everett. At stake is the very survival of the Bohnacker family, bodies and souls.... "A haunting tale of possession that explores the ghostly landscape of dreams and nightmares—but more importantly, the particular dynamics among siblings, both oppressive and redemptive." —Kirkus Reviews At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Brigid O'Farrell
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 0801462452
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book She Was One of Us written by Brigid O'Farrell and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2012-01-15 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although born to a life of privilege and married to the President of the United States, Eleanor Roosevelt was a staunch and lifelong advocate for workers and, for more than twenty-five years, a proud member of the AFL-CIO's Newspaper Guild. She Was One of Us tells for the first time the story of her deep and lasting ties to the American labor movement. Brigid O'Farrell follows Roosevelt—one of the most admired and, in her time, controversial women in the world—from the tenements of New York City to the White House, from local union halls to the convention floor of the AFL-CIO, from coal mines to political rallies to the United Nations. Roosevelt worked with activists around the world to develop a shared vision of labor rights as human rights, which are central to democracy. In her view, everyone had the right to a decent job, fair working conditions, a living wage, and a voice at work. She Was One of Us provides a fresh and compelling account of her activities on behalf of workers, her guiding principles, her circle of friends—including Rose Schneiderman of the Women's Trade Union League and the garment unions and Walter Reuther, "the most dangerous man in Detroit"—and her adversaries, such as the influential journalist Westbrook Pegler, who attacked her as a dilettante and her labor allies as "thugs and extortioners." As O'Farrell makes clear, Roosevelt was not afraid to take on opponents of workers' rights or to criticize labor leaders if they abused their power; she never wavered in her support for the rank and file. Today, union membership has declined to levels not seen since the Great Depression, and the silencing of American workers has contributed to rising inequality. In She Was One of Us, Eleanor Roosevelt's voice can once again be heard by those still working for social justice and human rights.

Author : Norma Tevis Matthews
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1543451470
Total Pages : 435 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hope over Fear written by Norma Tevis Matthews and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2017-10-06 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For those of us who lived through the Cold War years in Dallas, this book is a sometimes-painful journey through a past we would most like to forget. For younger people, it fills in gaps in our local history that had national and international dimensions. At the same time, it is a reminder of the integrity, tenacity, and courage of the few brave souls who kept faith in the sure knowledge that right will win out and whose leadership has led us to a new day in our citywarts and all! This is the story of the Dallas Chapter United Nations Association, long overdue. Norma and Bill Matthews, both of whom are past presidents of DUNA, have done a masterful job of probing the past, ferreting out nuggets of history tucked into boxes and stashed away in family attics, backroom nooks, and office storerooms. For much of the time since its founding in 1953, DUNA has had no permanent home or office, and its records have been at the mercy of whoever was its leader, always with the possibility that succeeding generations of its founders would not recognize the merits of those sealed boxes and would destroy them. Using endless newspaper files, mostly from the Dallas Morning News and some from the late Dallas Times Herald and Fort Worth Star-Telegram, the Matthews writing team has been able to follow the founding, development, and leadership of DUNA, vastly enriched by personal stories of individuals who kept the flame alive in good times and bad. Norma and Bill Matthews teamed their professional degrees in education, communication, music, and theology to serve as volunteer activists for human rights and peace endeavors. Married 63 years, and retiring as teacher and minister, they committed themselves to research and preserve the history of advocacy for support of sustainable goals of individual and universal dignity and freedom.

Author : Victoria Aarons
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 1978802552
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Holocaust Graphic Narratives written by Victoria Aarons and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2019-12-19 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Holocaust Graphic Narratives examines Holocaust graphic novels and memoirs, analyzing the genre as one that enables intergenerational transmission of trauma and memory. Here, the graphic novel becomes a medium uniquely positioned to create a sense of felt immediacy, urgency, and authenticity at the intersection of history and the imagination.

Author : Mark Roland Langdale
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1805147528
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Kaleidoscopic Worlds of Poe Black written by Mark Roland Langdale and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2024-01-28 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What would you do if you lost yourself in another world? Orphan Poe Black finds himself lost in a forest inside an attic fighting both real and imaginary entities from the spirit world. Here he meets a young girl, named Sorrow, who he shares a connection with. Two is better than one and they forge ahead together, aware of the danger that creeps ever closer toward them. Set in Finland, just after the covid pandemic, this dark and supernatural, fairy tale follows Poe Black as he manoeuvres through three entirely different worlds, the real world, a parallel world and the spirit world. Can Poe and Sorrow defeat the dark and mysterious entity and make their way back to the so called real world or will they be stuck in the other realms for all eternity?

Author : William Seale
Publisher : UPNE
ISBN 13 : 9781555535476
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.7X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The White House written by William Seale and published by UPNE. This book was released on 2002 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "These scholarly essays are full of interesting and surprising tidbits that will delight even the casual reader." -- Publishers Weekly

Author : Dario Fazzi
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 331932182X
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Eleanor Roosevelt and the Anti-Nuclear Movement written by Dario Fazzi and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-12-19 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores Eleanor Roosevelt’s involvement in the global campaign for nuclear disarmament. Based on an extensive multi-archival research, it assesses her overall contribution to the global anti-nuclear campaign of the early cold war and shows how she constantly tried to raise awareness of the real hazards of nuclear testing. She strove to educate the general public about the implications of the nuclear arms race and, in doing so, she became for many a trustworthy anti-nuclear leader and a reliable voice of conscience.​

Author : Maurizio Bettini
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520354249
Total Pages : 593 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Portrait of the Lover written by Maurizio Bettini and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-12-22 with total page 593 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are a surprising number of stories from antiquity about people who fall in love with statues or paintings, and about lovers who use such visual representations as substitutes for an absent beloved. In a charmingly conversational, witty meditation on this literary theme, Maurizio Bettini moves into a wide-ranging consideration of the relationship between self and image, the nature of love in the ancient world, the role of representation in culture, and more. Drawing on historical events and cultural practices as well as literary works, The Portrait of the Lover is a lucid excursion into the anthropology of the image. The majority of the stories and poems Bettini examines come from Greek and Roman classical antiquity, but he reaches as far as Petrarch, Da Ponte, and Poe. The stories themselves—ranging from the impassioned to the bizarre, and from the sublime to the hilarious—serve as touchstones for Bettini's evocative explorations of the role of representation in literature and in culture. Although he begins with a consideration of lovers' portraits, Bettini soon broadens his concerns to include the role of shadows, dreams, commemorative statues, statues brought to life, and vengeful statues—in short, an entire range of images that take on a life of their own. The chapters shift skillfully from one theme to another, touching on the nature of desire, loss, memory, and death. Bettini brings to the discussion of these tales not only a broad learning about cultures but also a delighted sense of wonder and admiration for the evocative power and endless variety of the stories themselves.