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Sugar Money

A Novel

by Jane Harris ...

Set in 1765 on the Caribbean islands of Grenada and Martinique, Sugar Money opens as two enslaved brothers - Emile and Lucien - are sent on an impossible mission forced upon them by their masters, a band of mendicant French monks.The monks run hospitals in the islands and fund their ventures through farming cane sugar and distilling rum. Seven years earlier - after a series of scandals - they were ... Read more

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Set in 1765 on the Caribbean islands of Grenada and Martinique, Sugar Money opens as two enslaved brothers - Emile and Lucien - are sent on an impossible mission forced upon them by their masters, a band of mendicant French monks.The monks run hospitals in the islands and fund their ventures through farming cane sugar and distilling rum. Seven years earlier - after a series of scandals - they were
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Early Chinese Cinema and Two-Way World Flows

Edited by Jane M. Gaines, Kristine Harris ...

Early Chinese Cinema and Two-Way World Flows explores how the term ‘transnational’ became a condition—a site of translations, transactions, and transitions in Chinese cinema. Drawing on a broad range of previously untapped sources by and about female directors, writers, actresses, and moviegoers, including personal recollections from the family of female director Marion Evelyn Hong, this book ... Read more

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Early Chinese Cinema and Two-Way World Flows explores how the term ‘transnational’ became a condition—a site of translations, transactions, and transitions in Chinese cinema. Drawing on a broad range of previously untapped sources by and about female directors, writers, actresses, and moviegoers, including personal recollections from the family of female director Marion Evelyn Hong, this book
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The Observations

by Jane Harris ...

The Observations is a hugely assured and darkly funny debut set in nineteenth-century Scotland. Bessy Buckley, the novel's heroine, is a cynical, wide-eyed, and tender fifteen-year-old Irish girl who takes a job as a maid in a once-grand country house outside Edinburgh, where all is not as it seems. Asked by her employer, the beautiful Arabella, to keep a journal of her most intimate thoughts, ... Read more

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The Observations is a hugely assured and darkly funny debut set in nineteenth-century Scotland. Bessy Buckley, the novel's heroine, is a cynical, wide-eyed, and tender fifteen-year-old Irish girl who takes a job as a maid in a once-grand country house outside Edinburgh, where all is not as it seems. Asked by her employer, the beautiful Arabella, to keep a journal of her most intimate thoughts,
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The Anthology. African American literature. Novels and short stories. Poetry. Non-fiction. Essays. Illustrated

by William Wells Brown, Harriet E. Wilson, Nella Larsen, Alice Dunbar-Nelson, Charles W. Chesnutt, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Frances E. W. Harper, Langston Hughes, Phillis Wheatley, Solomon Northup, Frederick Douglass, Jean Toomer, Countee Cullen, Olaudah Equiano, Mary Prince, Charles Ball, Josiah Henson, Harriet Ann Jacobs, Elizabeth Keckley, Louis Hughes, Booker T. Washington, Henry Box Brown, James Hambleton Christian, Theophilus Collins, Seth Concklin, Charles Gilbert, Samuel Green, Jamie Griffin, Harry Grimes, John Henry Hill, Jane Johnson, Matilda Mahoney, Mary Frances Melvin, Aunt Hannah Moore, Alfred S. Thornton, W. E. B. Du Bois ...

African American literature is the body of literature produced in the United States by writers of African descent. It begins with the works of such late 18th-century writers as Phillis Wheatley. Before the high point of enslaved people narratives, African-American literature was dominated by autobiographical spiritual narratives. The genre known as slave narratives in the 19th century were ... Read more

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African American literature is the body of literature produced in the United States by writers of African descent. It begins with the works of such late 18th-century writers as Phillis Wheatley. Before the high point of enslaved people narratives, African-American literature was dominated by autobiographical spiritual narratives. The genre known as slave narratives in the 19th century were
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The Observations

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Scotland, 1863. In an attempt to escape her past, Bessy Buckley takes a job as a maid in a big house outside Edinburgh working for the beautiful Arabella. Bessy is intrigued by her new employer, but puzzled by her increasingly strange requests and her insistence that Bessy keep a journal of her most intimate thoughts. And it seems that Arabella has a few secrets of her own - including her near ... Read more

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Scotland, 1863. In an attempt to escape her past, Bessy Buckley takes a job as a maid in a big house outside Edinburgh working for the beautiful Arabella. Bessy is intrigued by her new employer, but puzzled by her increasingly strange requests and her insistence that Bessy keep a journal of her most intimate thoughts. And it seems that Arabella has a few secrets of her own - including her near
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WHISPERS BENEATH NEON

A Psychological Thriller Set in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Shadows

by HARRY JANE ...

What secrets hide in the city that never sleeps?When foreign journalist Elena Morita arrives in Tokyo, she expects neon lights, crowded alleys, and endless stories waiting to be told. What she doesn’t expect is the trail of vanishings leading straight into Shinjuku’s glittering underworld. Every clue points to Club Kuroyami, an exclusive haven where charm hides cruelty and whispers are more ... Read more

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What secrets hide in the city that never sleeps?When foreign journalist Elena Morita arrives in Tokyo, she expects neon lights, crowded alleys, and endless stories waiting to be told. What she doesn’t expect is the trail of vanishings leading straight into Shinjuku’s glittering underworld. Every clue points to Club Kuroyami, an exclusive haven where charm hides cruelty and whispers are more
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THE MUMBAI WIDOW'S SECRET

A Widow’s Secret, A City’s Silence.

by HARRY JANE ...

What if the man you loved built an empire of lies and left you to inherit every one of them?When Anaya Deshmukh’s wealthy husband dies suddenly, her perfect life in Mumbai’s high society collapses overnight. But grief turns to terror when she discovers a hidden cache of files beneath his study, proof that he controlled a secret network of blackmail, betrayal, and murder.As the city’s glittering ... Read more

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What if the man you loved built an empire of lies and left you to inherit every one of them?When Anaya Deshmukh’s wealthy husband dies suddenly, her perfect life in Mumbai’s high society collapses overnight. But grief turns to terror when she discovers a hidden cache of files beneath his study, proof that he controlled a secret network of blackmail, betrayal, and murder.As the city’s glittering
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CALLED FORWARD

When Fear Says Stay but Faith Leads You to Freedom

by Debbie-Jane Harris ...

What do you do when everything in you knows it’s time to go — but fear is making a very convincing case for staying? Called Forward is for anyone standing at the edge of a life-changing decision. The person lying awake at 3am running the same loop. The one who has outgrown their career, their relationship, or the version of themselves that everyone around them has already decided they are. The one ... Read more

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What do you do when everything in you knows it’s time to go — but fear is making a very convincing case for staying? Called Forward is for anyone standing at the edge of a life-changing decision. The person lying awake at 3am running the same loop. The one who has outgrown their career, their relationship, or the version of themselves that everyone around them has already decided they are. The one
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The Rogues

by Robert J. Harris, Jane Yolen ...

A Highland lad joins forces with a notorious Scottish "Robin Hood" to seek revenge on the greedy laird who destroyed the boy's villageAuthors Jane Yolen and Robert J. Harris have garnered resounding critical acclaim for their thrilling historical novels that bring Scotland's colorful past to breathtaking life. Now they return to the Highlands with an enthralling tale of a young boy's lawless ... Read more

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A Highland lad joins forces with a notorious Scottish "Robin Hood" to seek revenge on the greedy laird who destroyed the boy's villageAuthors Jane Yolen and Robert J. Harris have garnered resounding critical acclaim for their thrilling historical novels that bring Scotland's colorful past to breathtaking life. Now they return to the Highlands with an enthralling tale of a young boy's lawless
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Gillespie and I

A Novel

by Jane Harris ...

From the Orange Prize-nominated author of The Observations comes an absorbing, atmospheric exploration of one young woman's friendship with a volatile artist and her place in the controversy that consumes him. Jane Harris's Gillespie and I presents a strongly voiced female protagonist evocative of Moll Flanders and Becky Sharp, who offers a keen sensibility, deeply felt observations, and poignant ... Read more

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From the Orange Prize-nominated author of The Observations comes an absorbing, atmospheric exploration of one young woman's friendship with a volatile artist and her place in the controversy that consumes him. Jane Harris's Gillespie and I presents a strongly voiced female protagonist evocative of Moll Flanders and Becky Sharp, who offers a keen sensibility, deeply felt observations, and poignant
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Prince Across the Water

by Jane Yolen, Robert J. Harris ...

A Highland lad comes of age at the brutal battle of Culloden in 18th-century ScotlandIn the year 1745, the cry goes out across the Scottish Highlands for every able-bodied Scotsman to take up arms in support of Bonnie Prince Charlie. Stalwart and brave but prone to sudden seizures, young Duncan longs to join his da and the other men of clan MacDonald in the noble fight against the English. His ... Read more

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A Highland lad comes of age at the brutal battle of Culloden in 18th-century ScotlandIn the year 1745, the cry goes out across the Scottish Highlands for every able-bodied Scotsman to take up arms in support of Bonnie Prince Charlie. Stalwart and brave but prone to sudden seizures, young Duncan longs to join his da and the other men of clan MacDonald in the noble fight against the English. His
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Stephen Harris—Writer, Educator, Anthropologist

Kantriman Blanga Melabat (Our Countryman)

Edited by Brian Clive Devlin, Joy Kinslow-Harris, Nancy Regine Friedman Devlin, Jane Elizabeth Harris ...

Series series Education (R0)
This book documents the impact of Stephen Harris’s works in Aboriginal education, Aboriginal learning styles, domains of language use and bilingual-bicultural education. It provides a summary and critique of Stephen Harris's key ideas, particularly those on bilingual-bicultural education. This book also profiles the man, his background, his beliefs and talents. It showcases contributions and ... Read more

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This book documents the impact of Stephen Harris’s works in Aboriginal education, Aboriginal learning styles, domains of language use and bilingual-bicultural education. It provides a summary and critique of Stephen Harris's key ideas, particularly those on bilingual-bicultural education. This book also profiles the man, his background, his beliefs and talents. It showcases contributions and
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