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EllRay Jakes finally grows up (a little) by playing basketball in this ninth book in the series. There's a new game in town-basketball! Or in Ellray's case, pre-basketball. Coach Havens has all the third graders dribbling, passing, and shooting, and he's quick to compliment EllRay's skills. No one else seems to notice them, however, and as 'the shortest kid in the class,' EllRay is still chosen last for teams at recess. What's a short guy gotta do to get noticed?? When EllRay comes up with a plan that involves the off-limits teacher's lounge, everyone does a double take! PRAISE FOR THE ELLRAY JAKES SERIES:"Warner is a dead-on observer of playground politics, and has a great ear for dialogue."-School Library Journal on EllRay Jakes Is Not a Chicken!"...ideal for reluctant readers."-Booklist on EllRay Jakes Is Not a Chicken!"Young readers can identify with EllRay, who is neither a bad seed nor a goody-two-shoes; he and his sense of humor are just right."-Kirkus on EllRay Jakes Is a Rock Star!"The EllRay Jakes stories are just right for his real-life peers."-Kirkus on EllRay Jakes Walks the Plank

A critically acclaimed master of suspense, J. A. Jance, the New York Times bestselling author of Fire and Ice, transports readers into the beauty and mystery of the American Southwest . . . and into the very heart of terror. The hunter is free to kill again?and hour by hour, he draws nearer . . .The brilliant psychopath Andrew Carlisle spent only six years in prison for the brutal torture?murder of a young girl of the Tohono O'odham tribe. The testimony of Diana Ladd?a teacher on the reservation?put Carlisle behind bars, and now she can't ignore the dark, mystical signs that say a predator has returned to prowl the Arizona desert. Because no matter where Diana and her young son hide . . . he will find them.

In search of a true and gentle love, fiery Shanelle Ly-San-Ter flees the lustful advances of the blue-eyed barbarian who has been chosen as her lifemate, confused and frightened by the fevered yearnings the handsome brute has awakened in her innocent soul. A warrior, virile and magnificent Falon Vanyer is overwhelmed with intense desire for the spirited beauty who has vowed never to be his. And though the heavens themselves conspire against him, he will pursue his sensuous prize, and brave any peril to conquer and claim the keeper of his heart.

A Sketch Of The Social Organization Of The Nass River Indians is a book written by Edward Sapir in the year 1915. The book provides a detailed account of the social organization of the Nass River Indians, who are a group of indigenous people living in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. Sapir was a renowned anthropologist and linguist who spent a considerable amount of time studying the culture and language of various indigenous groups in North America. In this book, he presents a comprehensive analysis of the social structure and customs of the Nass River Indians. The book is divided into several chapters, each of which focuses on a particular aspect of the social organization of the Nass River Indians. The first chapter provides an overview of the geographical and historical background of the region, while the second chapter discusses the physical characteristics of the people. The subsequent chapters delve deeper into the social organization of the Nass River Indians, covering topics such as kinship, marriage customs, social classes, and religious beliefs. Sapir also examines the role of art, music, and storytelling in the culture of the Nass River Indians. Overall, A Sketch Of The Social Organization Of The Nass River Indians is an insightful and informative book that provides a unique perspective on the culture and customs of an indigenous group in North America. It is an essential read for anyone interested in anthropology, linguistics, or the history of indigenous peoples.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

The book: "under the Sky of the Two Worlds" available at LULU.com, Amazon.com, Ebay.com, Walmart.com and more. It provides you with a whole picture of Vietnamese people fleeing the chaos, living in the subsidy period, trying to escape the border and their harsh life in Vietnam as well as the challenges they deal with in US. It's a true story and with the lively writing style of the author, you will enjoy a reading experience full of adventure, suspense and thrill."... some time passed the moan ceased; even the sound of breathing had ceased. The next morning, Hung died: the blood had dried on his arm. Passengers swarmed over him for his flesh. They cut him up, fighting each other for a piece. They sucked until there was nothing left on his bones until they became polished..." (p37)"...In a second, a razor blade cut across his face and blood shot out. A dreadful scream echoed from the victim, but their shadows quickly disappeared back into the darkness..." (p67)"...They accompanied every sound that came from her pale lips with a whip of a stick applied to her bony legs. Flinging her about, the lady deflected the stick with kicks. It went on for a while: one whip from them matched each sound from her..." (p34)

The Rivers Are Inside Our Homes handles themes of loss and exile, aging generations, fable and fairy tale, marriage and hurt, with the island of Cuba at its heart.These incandescent poems by Cuban American poet Victoria María Castells explore how we can salvage our notion of paradise in an overspent Eden. In thwarted homes located in Havana and Miami, Rapunzel and her prince, persecuted nymphs, Morgause, and Bluebeard¿s wife speak to us directly, all in need of returning to safety. Confronting machismo, illness, heartbreak, and isolation, the poems depict how women are at the mercy of men, either husband or oligarch. Yet all generations of Cubans are bombarded with this need to return or to leave, to have both, to have neither.Meanwhile, hurricane seasons add further instability to shelter and family, growing fiercer every year. Exile and displacement are accepted as permanent conditions. Latin America will mirror Cubäs violent struggles as conquered land and despotic object. From the colonial desecrations to fraught revolutionary aftermath, the search for home is lyrically charted by this contradictory land of suffering and dreams. Through these poems, dictators, grandmothers, mythical characters, and buccaneers are given voices of equal strength, challenging what constitutes truth under a prism of fantasy and desire.

"Behind the wheel of this book is an insistent, humorous voice whose experiences have lent themselves to a deep, intimate knowledge of survival, driven by the pursuit of joy and exalted pleasure. Raised in and near auto body shops, Vickie Vâertiz remembers visiting them to elevate the family car to examine what's underneath, to see what's working and what's not. The poetry in this book is also a body shop, but instead we take our bodies, identities, desires, and see what's firing. In this shop we ask: What needs changing? How do our bodies transcend ways of being we have received so that we may become more ourselves?"--Page 4 of cover.

"Embark on a riveting journey with 'Kwaku Ananse: The Antichrist,' a spellbinding tale that weaves ancient prophecy with modern intrigue. Meet Kwaku Ananse, a seemingly ordinary figure destined to be the messiah, yet his path is shrouded in controversy. As whispers of prophecy surround him, some hail him as the chosen one, while others brand him the Antichrist. Follow Kwaku's odyssey as he undergoes profound training, only to discover the astonishing truth about his destiny - the messiah destined to shape the fate of the world. This thought-provoking narrative challenges perceptions and blurs the lines between good and evil in a mesmerizing exploration of destiny, power, and the ultimate cosmic balance."

T¿puna Rock is a tale of two teenage siblings raised in Canada by their M¿ori mother and Canadian father. While on vacation in Aotearoa New Zealand, their borrowed sloop is disabled in a storm with only the two teens aboard. Having lost their navigation gear, after six days adrift with no sense of direction, they beach their damaged boat on a desolate 'rock'. With no idea where they are and their boat damaged beyond repair, the teens recognize that they cannot save themselves unless they listen to the spirits of their Polynesian ancestors. Recalling knowledge shared by their M¿ori grandparents and basic science and mathematics, the protagonists reinvent enough traditional non-instrument navigation to determine where they are, design and build a boat and plot a course to sail one thousand kilometres back to Aotearoa after more than three months on their 'rock'.T¿puna Rock is written to appeal to a broad range of ages, including secondary-school students among whom engagement in science and mathematics is often declining, particularly among indigenous students. The reader becomes invested in the protagonists and their situation on a purely human level in the novel's first two chapters. In subsequent chapters the protagonists come to understand and value ancestral knowledge in the context of modern science and mathematics. In the process, the teens teach each other, and the reader.

"In this personal story of becoming, belonging and being seen, a psychiatry resident pulls back the curtain on the journey to becoming a doctor."--Provided by publisher.

Centers Cuban cinema to explore how films produced in Havana or Hollywood differently represent Black resistance to slavery.

Offers an interdisciplinary feminist framework for conceptualizing time and temporal justice as a form of reparation.

Explores the role of the South in Black queer lesbian experiences of hurting and healing.

Examines the reception of Brazil's most-canonized writer in the United States to shed light on questions of Blackness and hemispheric American experience.

La colección Trayectórias Musicales presenta un ensayo sobre su vida y obra junto con una entrevista exclusiva (2021) y una amplia discografía.

Cole and Eva are reunited once more. A new terror looms as Mihko Laboratories’s latest human experiments are about to be unleashed. With Brady potentially out of commission, Cole and Eva may be outnumbered. Things look grim until a new discovery changes everything: God Flare. Will it be enough to help them in the coming battle with Mihko?

A cathartic poetic journey.Through the poems of Aderemi T. Adeyemi, you will see that like a free verse poem, there is no predetermined physical shape that our life must take. It is free to move as it dose. However, the thoughts that comes up in judgement of our circumstances do not have to be allowed to create the narrative. Instead we can watch thoughts come and go. Then choose to curate from our thoughts, and the emotions that follow them, the most beautiful verses of our experience and artfully make poetry from it all.

Keep up with the Duncan family down South as we travel to New Orleans in The Family Business 7. Operated by the same family for more than a century, Midnight Blues may be fun for the locals and the tourists, but as of late, the club hasn't been fun for its owner, Big Shirley Duncan, or her son Tyrese, descendants of the original proprietors. The pair finds themselves in the middle of a turf war between local politicians, developers, and a ruthless underworld boss, Jean LeBlanc, who is looking to make a name for himself. Afraid for the first time in her life that her family may lose control of The Blues, Big Shirley sends Tyrese to New York to see her brother-in-law, LC Duncan. In turn, LC enlists his nephew, bounty hunter Curtis Duncan, and his highly trained niece Lauryn Duncan, to help add some muscle and security to their family's struggling business.