By Cécile

Author : Tereska Torres
Publisher : The Feminist Press at CUNY
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781558618060

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By Cécile by Tereska Torres Pdf

A coming of age novel set in post-war France by an author who “launched the modern genre of the lesbian paperback” (Susan Stryker, author of Queer Pulp). When eighteen-year-old Cécile is orphaned at the end of World War II, the curious and adventurous Catholic student finds refuge in Paris, and with an older man. A former member of the Resistance with Cécile’s parents, Maurice is handsome, a thrilling cultured patron of the arts, and a mentor eager to introduce the budding young author to his intimate circle of friends—Cocteau, Sartre, and Eartha Kitt! As liberating an influence as he is, Maurice also encourages Cécile to shed her inhibitions he sees as bourgeois. Possessing a sensual and passionate temperament, Cécile is eager to begin exploring—by sharing Maurice’s mistress, and writing of every life-changing and delightfully scandalous new experience. Credited with penning the first, candidly lesbian novel—Women’s Barracks, in 1950—Tereska Torrès “scandalized mid-century America” (The New York Times). In By Cécile, written in 1963, “Madame Torres has re-imagined a youthful Colette (here called Cécile) in the infinitely seductive post-World War II period in Paris, where she moves like a sleeping princess through the perverse fairy tales of man-made cafe society. [It’s] a sharply perceptive novel” (Joan Schenkar, author of The Talented Miss Highsmith).

Author : QuickRead,Alyssa Burnette
Publisher : QuickRead.com
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-17
Category : Study Aids
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Summary of "Make Trouble" by Cecile Richards - Free book by QuickRead.com by QuickRead,Alyssa Burnette Pdf

Want more free books like this? Download our app for free at https://www.QuickRead.com/App and get access to hundreds of free book and audiobook summaries. Make Trouble is the story of maverick and activist Cecile Richards, who lives by the mantra, “If you want to make change, you have to make trouble!” Her memoir explores the origins of this mantra, which originated in her childhood, and the struggles and triumphs which developed along the way as she put it into practice. Make Trouble also illustrates how Cecile’s success can be emulated by future activists seeking to making the world a better place and provides a comprehensive guide to Cecile’s tips for success.

Author : Shortcut Edition
Publisher : Shortcut Edition
Page : 22 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2021-06-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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SUMMARY - The Gut: Our Second Brain By Cecile Denjean by Shortcut Edition Pdf

* Our summary is short, simple and pragmatic. It allows you to have the essential ideas of a big book in less than 30 minutes. By reading this summary, you will discover that your health depends mainly on your belly. You will also discover : that scientists consider the belly as a second brain; that your belly has allowed your brain to develop; that your belly and your brain are connected and communicate constantly; that Chinese medicine explores this relationship to cure certain diseases; that the composition of your microbiota plays a vital role in your health; that your behavior is influenced by your microbiota. Your belly is a concentrate of intelligence that is often underestimated. Indeed, your intestine contains 200 million neurons, that is to say approximately as much as in the cortex of a cat or a dog! These neurons help you to digest correctly: they are therefore essential to your survival. They are also in direct contact with your brain and influence, with the help of the bacteria in the intestine, your behaviour and your decisions. In other words, your belly is a primordial organ that sometimes directs your life without your knowledge. Are you ready to understand how it works? *Buy now the summary of this book for the modest price of a cup of coffee!

Author : Cécile Révauger
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2015-12-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781620554883

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Black Freemasonry by Cécile Révauger Pdf

The history of black Freemasonry from Boston and Philadelphia in the late 1700s through the Civil War to the Civil Rights Movement • Examines the letters of Prince Hall, legendary founder of the first black lodge • Reveals how many of the most influential jazz musicians of the 20th century were also Masons, including Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, and Nat King Cole • Explores the origins of the Civil Rights Movement within black Freemasonry and the roles played by Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. Du Bois When the first Masonic lodges opened in Paris in the early 18th century their membership included traders, merchants, musketeers, clergymen, and women--both white and black. This was not the case in the United States where black Freemasons were not eligible for membership in existing lodges. For this reason the first official charter for an exclusively black lodge--the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Massachusetts--was granted by the Grand Lodge of England rather than any American chapter. Through privileged access to archives kept by Grand Lodges, Masonic libraries, and museums in both the United States and Europe, respected Freemasonry historian Cécile Révauger traces the history of black Freemasonry from Boston and Philadelphia in the late 1700s through the Abolition Movement and the Civil War to the genesis of the Civil Rights Movement in the early 1900s up through the 1960s. She opens with a look at Prince Hall, legendary founder and the chosen namesake when black American lodges changed from “African Lodges” to “Prince Hall Lodges” in the early 1800s. She reveals how the Masonic principles of mutual aid and charity were more heavily emphasized in the black lodges and especially during the reconstruction period following the Civil War. She explores the origins of the Civil Rights Movement within black Freemasonry and the roles played by Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. Du Bois, founder of the NAACP, among others. Looking at the deep connections between jazz and Freemasonry, the author reveals how many of the most influential jazz musicians of the 20th century were also Masons, including Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Nat King Cole, Eubie Blake, Cab Calloway, and Paul Robeson. Unveiling the deeply social role at the heart of black Freemasonry, Révauger shows how the black lodges were instrumental in helping American blacks transcend the horrors of slavery and prejudice, achieve higher social status, and create their own solid spiritually based social structure, which in some cities arose prior to the establishment of black churches.

Author : Brianna West
Publisher : Brianna West
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2019-10-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Cecile by Brianna West Pdf

Pandora is finally free of her Fae Oracle isolation and starting anew with the Guardians. Cecile is the femme fatale leader of Pandora's new team. Their attraction is hauntingly powerful. So haunting, a vision foretells it to be fatal. Pandora has worked for the Fae Council as its primary Oracle for nearly her entire life, isolated. Wanting to live a life with others, she pursues a spot with the Promiscus Guardians, where she is quickly promoted. When she is brought to the highest level to work alongside one of the most infamous Guardians, Cecile, she's faced with a conflict of the heart and mind. But her feelings can't be stopped, and soon she finds herself questioning what is truth and what is lie with her visions.

Author : I. Klatzo
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783709161418

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Cécile and Oskar Vogt: The Visionaries of Modern Neuroscience by I. Klatzo Pdf

Human greatness has many connotations. Since the requirements for membership in this category are vague and poorly defined, admittance to the Mount Olympus is frequently erratic and subjective, especially in view of a wide "penumbra zone"* of border cases. Nevertheless, rising above a twilight zone of debatable cases, there are individuals whose right for mem bership is unquestionable. In science, one of the unequivocal criteria for "greatness" relates to how far one's scientific achievement affects the opening of new horizons, and points to directions for future development and progress. Unveiling new visions can derive only from creative people who conceive original ideas and con cepts, and who are daring enough to promote them against the indifference or opposition of the establishment. Maintaining the integrity and the faith to one's own ideals may require extraordinary strength of character, - up to courting persecution or even death, - as happened in the middle ages, and more recently, in the first half of this century with regard to Cecile and Os kar Vogt, whose lives and accomplishments are described in this book. Thus the greatness of the Vogts is based both on their penetrating vision of the future for brain research and on the sterling quality of their character, which sustained a "test of fire" during the Nazi years in Germany.

Author : Cecile Boyer
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2014-03-11
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1452127085

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Run, Dog! by Cecile Boyer Pdf

Wherever a buoyant red ball goes, a dog follows close behind, running, jumping, and wreaking delightful havoc in its wake! Turn the distinctive pages to discover what happens as the ball and the dog enter each new scene. Children and adults alike will be amused by this simple story featuring easy-to-learn action words. The fast pace and unique story arc—16 sequences that stand alone yet are all interconnected—give readers the fun, satisfying sense that they are propelling the action forward with every turn of the page!

Author : Hawley Smart
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2022-12-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783368136161

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Cecile by Hawley Smart Pdf

Reprint of the original, first published in 1871.

Author : Cecile Richards
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2018-04-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781501187612

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Make Trouble by Cecile Richards Pdf

From Cecile Richards, the former president of Planned Parenthood for more than a decade, daughter of the late Ann Richards, featured speaker at the Women’s March on Washington, and “the heroine of the resistance” (Vogue), comes “an enthralling memoir” (Booklist, starred review) filled with “practical advice and inspiration for aspiring leaders everywhere” (Hillary Rodham Clinton). Cecile Richards has been an activist since she was taken to the principal’s office in seventh grade for wearing an armband in protest of the Vietnam War. Richards had an extraordinary childhood in ultra-conservative Texas, where her civil rights attorney father and activist mother taught their kids to be troublemakers. She had a front-row seat to observe the rise of women in American politics and watched her mother, Ann, transform from a housewife to an electrifying force in the Democratic party. As a young woman, Richards worked as a labor organizer alongside women earning minimum wage, and learned that those in power don’t give it up without a fight. She experienced first-hand the misogyny, sexism, fake news, and the ever-looming threat of violence that constantly confront women who challenge authority. Now, after years of advocacy, resistance, and progressive leadership, she shares her “truly inspiring” (Redbook) story for the first time—from the joy and heartbreak of activism to the challenges of raising kids, having a life, and making change, all the while garnering a reputation as “the most badass feminist EVER” (Teen Vogue). In the “powerful and infinitely readable” (Gloria Steinem) Make Trouble, Richards reflects on the people and lessons that have gotten her through good times and bad, and encourages the rest of us to take risks, make mistakes, and make trouble along the way.

Author : Robert W. Soule
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2011-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781426972690

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Gaspard and Cecile by Robert W. Soule Pdf

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Author : Hawley Smart
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1881
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:N11540983

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Cecile; Or, Modern Idolaters by Hawley Smart Pdf

Author : Cécile Fromont
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2014-12-19
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781469618722

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The Art of Conversion by Cécile Fromont Pdf

Between the sixteenth and the nineteenth centuries, the west central African kingdom of Kongo practiced Christianity and actively participated in the Atlantic world as an independent, cosmopolitan realm. Drawing on an expansive and largely unpublished set of objects, images, and documents, Cecile Fromont examines the advent of Kongo Christian visual culture and traces its development across four centuries marked by war, the Atlantic slave trade, and, finally, the rise of nineteenth-century European colonialism. By offering an extensive analysis of the religious, political, and artistic innovations through which the Kongo embraced Christianity, Fromont approaches the country's conversion as a dynamic process that unfolded across centuries. The African kingdom's elite independently and gradually intertwined old and new, local and foreign religious thought, political concepts, and visual forms to mold a novel and constantly evolving Kongo Christian worldview. Fromont sheds light on the cross-cultural exchanges between Africa, Europe, and Latin America that shaped the early modern world, and she outlines the religious, artistic, and social background of the countless men and women displaced by the slave trade from central Africa to all corners of the Atlantic world.

Author : Cécile Fromont
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2022-04-25
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780271094106

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Images on a Mission in Early Modern Kongo and Angola by Cécile Fromont Pdf

Early modern central Africa comes to life in an extraordinary atlas of vivid watercolors and drawings that Italian Capuchin Franciscans, veterans of Kongo and Angola missions, composed between 1650 and 1750 for the training of future missionaries. These “practical guides” present the intricacies of the natural, social, and religious environment of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century west-central Africa and outline the primarily visual catechization methods the friars devised for the region. Images on a Mission in Early Modern Kongo and Angola brings this overlooked visual corpus to public and scholarly attention. This beautifully illustrated book includes full-color reproductions of all the images in the atlas, in conjunction with rarely seen related material gathered from collections and archives around the world. Taking a bold new approach to the study of early modern global interactions, art historian Cécile Fromont demonstrates how visual creations such as the Capuchin vignettes, though European in form and crafstmanship, emerged not from a single perspective but rather from cross-cultural interaction. Fromont models a fresh way to think about images created across cultures, highlighting the formative role that cultural encounter itself played in their conception, execution, and modes of operation. Centering Africa and Africans, and with ramifications on four continents, Fromont’s decolonial history profoundly transforms our understanding of the early modern world. It will be of substantial interest to specialists in early modern studies, art history, and religion.

Author : Cécile Boyer
Publisher : Seven Footer Press
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1934734608

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Woof Meow Tweet-Tweet by Cécile Boyer Pdf

Follow a dog, a cat, and a bird as they do their favorite things, and then encounter each other.

Author : Sarah Masters Buckey,Denise Lewis Patrick
Publisher : American Girl Publishing Incorporated
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1593697104

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Cecile and Marie-Grace by Sarah Masters Buckey,Denise Lewis Patrick Pdf

Two girls. Two stories. One amazing adventure! This keepsake boxed set includes all six illustrated books about historical characters Cécile and Marie-Grace, friends who are growing up in 1850s New Orleans. The box opens up to reveal a fun-filled mini board game - girls will love earning points as they move around the board collecting cards. Board game and pieces tuck into a storage pouch that folds up with an elegant ribbon closure. Includes Meet Marie-Grace, Meet Cécile, Marie-Grace and the Orphans, Troubles for Cécile, Marie-Grace Makes a Difference, and Cécile's Gift.