Black Stars

Author : Dan Krokos
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2014-10-14
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781466809994

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The Black Stars by Dan Krokos Pdf

Mason Stark has a problem with minding his own business. This worked to his advantage when he helped bring peace between humans and the alien Tremist. He's now considered an intergalactic hero, but that hasn't made school any easier. With his new reputation, any bully with something to prove wants to fight him. With the new peace treaty on shaky ground, Mason is called upon to infiltrate the Tremist school for soldiers. Mason's bound to find trouble, especially now that he has the power to channel electricity through his Tremist gloves, but when his new classmates begin to disappear under mysterious circumstances, trouble might find him first. The Tremist are working on a secret project, but what Mason discovers goes beyond that, to an ancient, powerful enemy. With that very enemy threatening to invade, Mason must call on his friends, both human and Tremist, to fight. They call him a hero, and now that's what he must be—even if it requires the ultimate sacrifice. In this stellar follow-up to The Planet Thieves, Dan Krokos imbues The Black Stars with all the tension and action that made his first middle-grade novel such a gripping tale. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Lonnie Nadler
Publisher : Vault Comics
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2020-08-11
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781638490296

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Black Stars Above by Lonnie Nadler Pdf

Deep cosmic terror waits in the center of a dream-like winter. It is 1887. Eulalie Dubois is offered a small fortune to deliver a package through the wilderness to a nameless town. Lost in a relentless winter storm, Eulalie soon finds something sinister lurks in the forest, seeking what she carries. LET THE BLACK STARS GUIDE YOUR WAY. The year is 1887 and a storm brews. Eulalie Dubois has spent her entire life tending to her family’s trapline, isolated from the world. A chance at freedom comes in the form of a parcel that needs delivering to a nameless town north of the wilderness. Little does Eulalie know, something sinister hides in those woods and it yearns for what she carries. A chilling historical cosmic horror tale of survival from the deranged minds of Lonnie Nadler (The Dregs, Marvelous X-Men) and debut artist Jenna Cha. Collects the complete five issue series. Perfect for fans of Something is Killing the Children, Harrow County, Alan Moore's Providence, and fans of horror.

Author : Ngo Tu Lap
Publisher : Milkweed Editions
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-21
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781571319005

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Black Stars by Ngo Tu Lap Pdf

Simultaneously occupying past, present, and future, Black Stars escapes the confines of time and space, suffusing image with memory, abstraction with meaning, and darkness with abundant light. In these masterful translations, the poems sing out with the kind of wisdom that comes to those who have lived through war, traveled far, and seen a great deal. While the past may evoke village life and the present a postmodern urban world, the poems often exhibit a dual consciousness that allows the poet to reside in both at once. From the universe to the self, we see Lap’s landscapes grow wider before they focus: black stars receding to dark stairways, infinity giving way to now. Lap’s universe is boundless, yes, but also “just big enough / To have four directions / With just enough wind, rain, and trouble to last.”

Author : Khephra Burns,William Miles
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : African American astronauts
ISBN : 0152002766

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Black Stars in Orbit by Khephra Burns,William Miles Pdf

Documents the inspiring story of the first African Americans to journey into space and highlights the contributions of the black scientists who have been working at NASA since the 1950s.

Author : Nisi Shawl
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2016-09-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781466837843

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Everfair by Nisi Shawl Pdf

From acclaimed short fiction writer Nisi Shawl comes a brilliant alternate history set in the Congo, where heroes strive for a Utopia and endeavor to live together despite their differences. Now with a foreward from award-winning author Cadwell Turnbull. In this re-imagining of Belgium's disastrous colonization of the Congo, African American missionaries join forces with British socialists to purchase land from the Congo Free State's "owner," King Leopold II. This land, which they name Everfair, is set aside as a safe haven for native populations of the Congo as well as settlers from around the world, including dream-eyed Europeans attempting to create a better society, formerly enslaved people returning from America, and Chinese railroad builders escaping hard labor. Using the combined knowledge of four continents, Everfair becomes a land of spying cats and gulls, nuclear dirigibles buoyed by barkcloth balloons, and silent pistols that shoot poison knives. With this technology, Everfair will attempt to defeat the Belgian tyrant Leopold II. But even if they can defeat their great enemy, a looming world war and political infighting may threaten to destroy everything they have built. “A book with gorgeous sweep, spanning years and continents, loves and hates, histories and fantasies... Everfair is sometimes sad, often luminous, and always original. A wonderful achievement.” — Karen Joy Fowler At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Stanlee Brimberg
Publisher : Dodd Mead
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0396069142

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Black Stars by Stanlee Brimberg Pdf

Profiles of twelve black people--a poet, scientist, athlete, cowboy, militant, civil rights worker, and others--representative of the black struggle for freedom and self-identity.

Author : Dan Krokos
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-21
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781466809987

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The Planet Thieves by Dan Krokos Pdf

The Planet Thieves is the first thrilling installment of a new middle-grade series by Dan Krokos. Two weeks ago, thirteen-year-old Mason Stark and seventeen of his fellow cadets from the Academy for Earth Space Command boarded the SS Egypt. The trip was supposed to be a short routine voyage to log their required spacetime for summer quarter. But routine goes out the airlock when they're attacked by the Tremist, an alien race who have been at war with humanity for the last sixty years. With the captain and crew dead, injured, or taken prisoner, Mason and the cadets are all that's left to warn the ESC. And soon they find out exactly why the Tremist chose this ship to attack: the Egypt is carrying a weapon that could change the war forever. Now Mason will have to lead the cadets in a daring assault to take back the ship, rescue the survivors, and recover the weapon. Before there isn't a war left to fight. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Robert M. Wald
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Science
ISBN : 0226870359

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Black Holes and Relativistic Stars by Robert M. Wald Pdf

A comprehensive summary of progress made during the past decade on the theory of black holes and relativistic stars, this collection includes discussion of structure and oscillations of relativistic stars, the use of gravitational radiation detectors, observational evidence for black holes, cosmic censorship, numerical work related to black hole collisions, the internal structure of black holes, black hole thermodynamics, information loss and other issues related to the quantum properties of black holes, and recent developments in the theory of black holes in the context of string theory. Volume contributors: Valeria Ferrari, John L. Friedman, James B. Hartle, Stephen W. Hawking, Gary T. Horowitz, Werner Israel, Roger Penrose, Martin J. Rees, Rafael D. Sorkin, Saul A. Teukolsky, Kip S. Thorne, and Robert M. Wald.

Author : Ransford Tetteh
Publisher : Graphic Communications Group
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2014-09-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Daily Graphic by Ransford Tetteh Pdf

Author : Joe Aggrey
Publisher : Graphic Communications Group
Page : 12 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2000-02-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Graphic Sports by Joe Aggrey Pdf

Author : Felix Abayateye
Publisher : Graphic Communications Group
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2010-02-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Graphic Sports by Felix Abayateye Pdf

Author : Mavis Kitcher (Mrs)
Publisher : Graphic Communications Group
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2010-07-14
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Junior Graphic by Mavis Kitcher (Mrs) Pdf

Author : JonArno Lawson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : PSU:000060654168

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Black Stars in a White Night Sky by JonArno Lawson Pdf

Presents a collection of poetry that explores everything from love and conformity to the nature of time, stretching the boundaries of various poetic forms to create verses that are at turns humorous and thought-provoking.

Author : Yaw Boadu-Ayeboafoh
Publisher : Graphic Communications Group
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2006-06-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Daily Graphic by Yaw Boadu-Ayeboafoh Pdf

Author : Monica White Ndounou
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2014-04-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780813562575

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Shaping the Future of African American Film by Monica White Ndounou Pdf

In Hollywood, we hear, it’s all about the money. It’s a ready explanation for why so few black films get made—no crossover appeal, no promise of a big payoff. But what if the money itself is color-coded? What if the economics that governs film production is so skewed that no film by, about, or for people of color will ever look like a worthy investment unless it follows specific racial or gender patterns? This, Monica Ndounou shows us, is precisely the case. In a work as revealing about the culture of filmmaking as it is about the distorted economics of African American film, Ndounou clearly traces the insidious connections between history, content, and cash in black films. How does history come into it? Hollywood’s reliance on past performance as a measure of potential success virtually guarantees that historically underrepresented, underfunded, and undersold African American films devalue the future prospects of black films. So the cycle continues as it has for nearly a century. Behind the scenes, the numbers are far from neutral. Analyzing the onscreen narratives and off-screen circumstances behind nearly two thousand films featuring African Americans in leading and supporting roles, including such recent productions as Bamboozled, Beloved, and Tyler Perry’s Diary of a Mad Black Woman, Ndounou exposes the cultural and racial constraints that limit not just the production but also the expression and creative freedom of black films. Her wide-ranging analysis reaches into questions of literature, language, speech and dialect, film images and narrative, acting, theater and film business practices, production history and financing, and organizational history. By uncovering the ideology behind profit-driven industry practices that reshape narratives by, about, and for people of color, this provocative work brings to light existing limitations—and possibilities for reworking stories and business practices in theater, literature, and film.