Twelve Years a Slave

Twelve Years a Slave
Author: Solomon Northup
Publsiher: Lindhardt og Ringhof
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2024-01-04
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9788726609059

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Filmatized in 2013 and the official recipient of three Oscars, Solomon Northup's powerful slave narrative 'Twelve Years a Slave' depicts Nortup's life as he is sold into slavery after having spent 32 years of his life living as a free man in New York. Working as a travelling musician, Northup goes to Washington D.C, where he is kidnapped, sent to New Orleans, and sold to a planter to suffer the relentless and brutal life of a slave. After a dozen years, Northup escapes to return to his family and pulls no punches, as he describes his fate and that of so many other black people at the time. It is a harrowing but vitally important book, even today. For further reading on this subject, try 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Solomon Northup (c.1807-c.1875) was an American abolitionist and writer, best remembered for his powerful race memoir 'Twelve Years a Slave'. At the age of 32, when he was a married farmer, father-of-three, violinist and free-born man, he was kidnapped in Washington D.C and shipped to New Orleans, sold to a planter and enslaved for a dozen years. When he gained his freedom, he wrote his famous memoir and spent some years lecturing across the US,on behalf of the abolitionist movement. 'Twelve Years a Slave' was published a year after 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' by Harriet Beecher Stowe and built on the anti-slavery momentum it had developed. Northup's final years are something of a mystery, though it is thought that he struggled to cope with family life after being freed.

The Word Rhythm Dictionary

The Word Rhythm Dictionary
Author: Timothy Polashek
Publsiher: Scarecrow Press
Total Pages: 708
Release: 2014-04-18
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780810884175

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This new kind of dictionary reflects the use of “rhythm rhymes” by rappers, poets, and songwriters of today. Users can look up words to find collections of words that have the same rhythm as the original and are useable in ways that are familiar to us in everything from vers libre poetry to the lyrics and music of Bob Dylan and hip hop groups.

Melodious Accord

Melodious Accord
Author: Alice Parker,Linda Ekstrom
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 100
Release: 1991
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0929650433

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Sissy Dreams From Boyfriend to Girlfriend

Sissy Dreams  From Boyfriend to Girlfriend
Author: Paul Zante
Publsiher: Paul Zante
Total Pages: 20
Release: 2024
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781005967581

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Receiving a text from Sasha, my girlfriend, at work was always risky. Especially when she wanted to know if her girlfriend was horny. A short and sweet (and filthy) story.

The Acharnians

The Acharnians
Author: Aristophanes
Publsiher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 66
Release: 2019-09-25
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9783734064111

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Reproduction of the original: The Acharnians by Aristophanes

Adonais ed by H B Forman Titlepage reprod from the 1821 ed

Adonais  ed  by H B  Forman  Titlepage reprod  from the 1821 ed
Author: Percy Bysshe Shelley
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 44
Release: 1821
Genre: Electronic Book
ISBN: OXFORD:600050504

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Affective Health and Masculinities in South Africa

Affective Health and Masculinities in South Africa
Author: Hans Reihling
Publsiher: Routledge
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2020-04-03
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9781000050547

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Affective Health and Masculinities in South Africa explores how different masculinities modulate substance use, interpersonal violence, suicidality, and AIDS as well as recovery cross-culturally. With a focus on three male protagonists living in very distinct urban areas of Cape Town, this comparative ethnography shows that men’s struggles to become invulnerable increase vulnerability. Through an analysis of masculinities as social assemblages, the study shows how affective health problems are tied to modern individualism rather than African ‘tradition’ that has become a cliché in Eurocentric gender studies. Affective health is conceptualized as a balancing act between autonomy and connectivity that after colonialism and apartheid has become compromised through the imperative of self-reliance. This book provides a rare perspective on young men’s vulnerability in everyday life that may affect the reader and spark discussion about how masculinities in relationships shape physical and psychological health. Moreover, it shows how men change in the face of distress in ways that may look different than global health and gender-transformative approaches envision. Thick descriptions of actual events over the life course make the study accessible to both graduate and undergraduate students in the social sciences. Contributing to current debates on mental health and masculinity, this volume will be of interest to scholars from various disciplines including anthropology, gender studies, African studies, psychology, and global health.

A Series of Plays

A Series of Plays
Author: Joanna Baillie
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 424
Release: 1799
Genre: Rare books
ISBN: PRNC:32101067567618

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