White Studies

Excerpt from Blood in the Streets: The world is smaller than it used to be. We all live closer together, brushing elbows more often, getting on each other's nerves, causing confrontation to happen more and more. It is inevitable. When the pool gets crowded, people bump elbows. Sometimes I wonder what has become of America. When I grew up, we didn't even lock our doors at night. Only a fool would do that now. I suspect that the breakdown of society was caused by a combination of many things. Our families are no longer healthy and intact.

Holmes is charged by the permanent special adviser to the prime minister, his brother Mycroft, to plot a new course for Great Britain following the country's vote in a plebiscite to secede from the Entente Cordiale. Holmes demonstrates that politics truly is an art and that all things are possible as he travels to Washington, Moscow, and Paris meeting statesmen who bear no resemblance at all to the present-day holders of the equivalent posts.

In Lost, medical historian Shannon Withycombe weaves together women’s personal writings and doctors’ publications from the 1820s through the 1910s to investigate the transformative changes in how Americans conceptualized pregnancy, understood miscarriage, and interpreted fetal tissue over the course of the 19th century. Withycombe’s pathbreaking research reveals how Americans construed, and continue to understand, miscarriage within a context of reproductive desires, expectations, and abilities.

Just before her father's sudden death, Cuban-American artist Veronica Gonzalez is offered her first gallery exhibit, a real chance to break into the art world. Torn between the need to mourn and the pressure to create new artwork, Veronica is propelled into a fever-dream of productivity and grief, amidst memories of her tumultuous relationship with her colorful but infuriating Cuban emigre father, a volatile man of outsize appetites and passions who never stopped longing for his homeland.

In 1955, Rosa Parks, an African-American seamstress, had no idea she was changing history when, fed up and tired, she refused to surrender her seat to a white passenger on a bus in segregated Alabama. Today, she is immortalized for the defiance that sent her to jail and triggered a bus boycott that catapulted Martin Luther King, Jr. into the national spotlight. Who was she, before and after her historic act, and how did that act sound the death knell for Jim Crow?

White Fang is the story of a wolf dog that is rescued from its brutal owner and gradually becomes domesticated through the patience and kindness of its new owner, Weedon Scott. White Fang eventually defends Scott's father from attack by an escaped convict.

In the book Fear: Trump in the White House we get a fascinating story of the tycoon’s presidential journey. Bob Woodward exposes us to the politics, drama and decision-making tactics of key players in the United States’ leadership scene and what influences their decisions. And the spotlight centers on the number one citizen: Donald Trump. (Disclaimer: This is NOT the original book. If you’re looking for the original book, it is available from Amazon and Audible.)

In We Can’t Breathe, Jabari Asim disrupts what Toni Morrison has exposed as the “Master Narrative” and replaces it with a story of black survival and persistence through art and community in the face of centuries of racism. In eight wide-ranging and penetrating essays, he explores such topics as the twisted legacy of jokes and falsehoods in black life; the importance of black fathers and community; the significance of black writers and stories; and the beauty and pain of the black body.

In this anthology of creative nonfiction, 28 writers set out to discover what they know, and don't know, about the person they call Mother. Celebrated writers Samia Serageldin and Lee Smith have curated a diverse and insightful collection that challenges stereotypes about mothers and expands our notions of motherhood in the South. The mothers in these essays were shaped, for good and bad, by the economic and political crosswinds of their time.

Do you want to be a better ally to people who are blind or have low vision? Reading this book is a great first step. Have you seen someone struggling with accessibility and wanted to help them with what they can't see... but you were afraid of offending them? Do you want to help your friend who is struggling with with their low vision? Do you want to get to know your blind neighbor, visually impaired co-worker, or a customer having trouble seeing? Can You See Me Now? tackles 14 different topics and offer strategies meant to teach you about the disability on vision loss so you can be there ...

Learn the key points and lessons of Summary & Discussions of White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin J. DiAngelo and Michael Eric Dyson by Wizer for your self-development or discussion group in 15 minutes without missing any highlights - guaranteed!

Ever feel like you don't know enough about the Bible? Does the idea of sharing your faith terrify you? Dive into this short study to find answers to the toughest questions, while empowering you to live a solid Christian life. The perfect study to do alone or with a friend. Prepare for 10 days of detective work in your Bible and gain a firm foundation in God's word. Find answers to some of the most challenging questions about God, Jesus, and the Bible.

How to speak English? Speaking English as a second language is not difficult! In this book, I provide a step-step method to learn 65 percent of the English language in three weeks, speak with American pronunciation, and improve the fundamentals of English grammar. What's inside this book? In this book are free tools which will aid, motivate, and inspire you to continue practicing English.

Mother Trouble traces white maternal angst in popular culture across a span of more than fifty years, from the iconic Rosemary’s Baby to anti-vaxx mom memes and HGTV shows. The book narrows in on popular media to think about white maternal angst as a manifestation of feminism’s unrealized possibilities and continued omissions since the second wave. It interrogates intersecting systems of power which make mothers and their children the most impoverished people in the world and urges a greater appreciation in academic and popular thinking of the work that mothers do.

Seit Beginn der Frauenbewegung gibt eine bestimmte Art Frauen den Ton an: bürgerliche Frauen aus westlichen Nationen, die vor allem eins sind – 'weiß'. Doch während sie in Vorstandspositionen aufsteigen, bleibt politische Unterstützung für alle anderen Frauen aus. Rafia Zakarias brillante Polemik enthüllt das rassistische Erbe der Frauenbewegung. Sie zeigt, wie der Wunsch nach Gleichberechtigung auf Vorurteilen und Ausbeutung fußt und wie ein gemeinschaftlicher Kampf für politische Teilhabe aussehen kann.

Immerse yourself in the NIV New Testament Gospels as they are read by some of country music’s biggest stars. Whether it’s nine-time GRAMMY award winner Hillary Scott reading Luke or legendary Country Music Hall of Famer Charlie Daniels reading Mark, you will find encouragement and faith as you listen to Scripture read by some of your favorite performers.

The Passion of Private White describes the meeting of two worlds: that of the intensely driven anthropologist Neville White, and the world of hunter-gatherer clans in remote northern Australia with whom he has lived and worked for half a century, mapping their culture and history in breathtaking detail. As White began to understand this ancient culture struggling between the demands of Western modernity and the equally pressing need to preserve their lands, customs, laws and language, he was also trying to transcend the mental scars inflicted on the battlefields of Vietnam.

An inspired and original compilation for the 2016 election year, God Is in the House is a collection of essays by members of Congress who reflect on their deep faith and how it guides them as legislators. Compiled by Representative Virginia Foxx, who personally asked for contributions from congressional colleagues and coworkers, God Is in the House features essays from 18 members of Congress from both political parties, representing 11 faiths and denominations.

The first comprehensive history of Hollywood's high-flying career women during the studio era, Nobody's Girl Friday covers the impact of the executives, producers, editors, writers, agents, designers, directors, and actresses who shaped Hollywood film production and style, led their unions, climbed to the top during the war, and fought the blacklist. Based on a decade of archival research, author J. E. Smyth uncovers a formidable generation working within the American film industry and brings their voices back into the history of Hollywood.

In the current climate of racial tension and outcries for equality, why does talking about race seem so difficult? In Robin DiAngelo's best-selling book, White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism, she takes on this difficult topic. In less than one hour, this summary will help you recall the key ideas if you already listened to the book or quickly grasp the key ideas from White Fragility if you're considering listening to it.