Bøger af James McBride

From the author of the bestselling, National Book Award-winning, Oprah Book Club-picked, Barack Obama favourite, a compassionate and unforgettable new novel about small-town secrets and the people who keep them

Forfatter og musiker James McBride begiver sig helt konkret ud på sporet efter James Brown og den amerikanske soul. Han afdækker, hvordan Browns sjæl og musik som så mange andres var forankret i det sted, han kom fra. Et sted som blev jævnet med jorden og erstattet af en atombombefabrik, mens Brown afsonede en dom i det lokale ungdomsfængsel. Denne bog er på den ene side historien om den arbejdsomme soul-sanger James Brown, men den er i lige så høj grad en skildring af det sorte USA, han kom fra – med en rød tråd fra Barnwell, South Carolina til Queens, New York. Det er en personlig rejse ind i historien om et land, hvor n-ordet er verboten, men hvor fattigdom blandt sorte er en selvfølge, og hvor sorte den dag i dag slår blikket ned. Et USA som sjældent vises frem for offentligheden.

A personal journey in search of the soul legend James Brown by National Book Award-winning novelist James McBride

In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new development, the last thing they expected to find was a skeleton at the bottom of a well. Who the skeleton was and how it got there were two of the long-held secrets kept by the residents of Chicken Hill, the dilapidated neighborhood where immigrant Jews and African Americans lived side by side and shared ambitions and sorrows. Chicken Hill was where Moshe and Chona Ludlow lived when Moshe integrated his theater and where Chona ran the Heaven & Earth Grocery Store. When the state came looking for a deaf boy to institutionalize him, it was Chona and Nate Timblin, the Black janitor at Moshe's theater and the unofficial leader of the Black community on Chicken Hill, who worked together to keep the boy safe. As these characters' stories overlap and deepen, it becomes clear how much the people who live on the margins of white, Christian America struggle and what they must do to survive. When the truth is finally revealed about what happened on Chicken Hill and the part the town's white establishment played in it, McBride shows us that even in dark times, it is love and community-heaven and earth-that sustain us.

I can't recommend this one highly enough ' HARLAN COBEN 'I keep thinking every time I read one of his books, "That's his best book." No. THIS is his best book' ANN PATCHETT'I loved this book' BONNIE GARMUS'Epic . . . Glorious . . . Uplifting' OBSERVER THE MAJOR INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERBARACK OBAMA'S BOOK OF THE YEAR PICKAMAZON.COM NO.1 BOOK OF THE YEAR BOOK OF THE YEAR IN: THE GUARDIAN, NEW YORKER, NEW YORK TIMES, TIME MAGAZINE, HARPER'S BAZAAR, OPRAH DAILY AND WASHINGTON POST WINNER OF THE 2023 KIRKUS FICTION PRIZEIn 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new development, the last thing they expected to find was a skeleton at the bottom of a well. Who the skeleton was and how it got there were two of the long-held secrets kept by the residents of Chicken Hill, the dilapidated neighbourhood where Jewish immigrants and African Americans lived side by side through the 1920s and '30s. In this novel about small-town secrets and the people who keep them, James McBride shows us that even in dark times, it is love and community - heaven and earth - that sustain us.

The new novel from the bestselling, National Book Award-winning, Oprah Book Club-picked, Barack Obama favourite James McBride. In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new development, the last thing they expected to find was a skeleton at the bottom of a well. Who the skeleton was and how it got there were two of the long-held secrets kept by the residents of Chicken Hill, the dilapidated neighbourhood where immigrant Jews and African Americans lived side by side and shared ambitions and sorrows.As these characters' stories overlap and deepen, it becomes clear how much the people who live on the margins struggle and what they must do to survive. When the truth is finally revealed about what happened on Chicken Hill and the part the town's white establishment played in it, McBride shows us that even in dark times, it is love and community-heaven and earth-that sustain us.

In this unique and fascinating book, James McBride presents a collection of articles on the hollow earth theory and the lectures of John Symmes. With its eclectic mix of historical and contemporary sources, this book provides a thought-provoking exploration of an enduring idea. A must-read for anyone interested in the history of science and the strange and unusual.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The book, Symmes'S Theory Of Concentric Spheres : Demonstrating That The Earth Is Hollow, Habitable Within, And Widely Open About The Poles , has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it was originally first published. Hence any marks or annotations seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.

Pioneer biography: - Sketches of the lives of some of the early settlers of Butler County, Ohio is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1869.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

Addresses the preventability of mass shootings directed at victims in learning environments at all levels K-PhD. The text includes a summary of school and campus shootings in America; an analysis of incident commonalities; historical insights into and social dimensions of school and campus violence; and ten recommendations from the authors.

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