Little Devil

Author : Hanif Abdurraqib
Publisher : Random House
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781984801210

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A Little Devil in America by Hanif Abdurraqib Pdf

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • A sweeping, genre-bending “masterpiece” (Minneapolis Star Tribune) exploring Black art, music, and culture in all their glory and complexity—from Soul Train, Aretha Franklin, and James Brown to The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Whitney Houston, and Beyoncé ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Chicago Tribune, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Dallas Morning News, Publishers Weekly “Gorgeous essays that reveal the resilience, heartbreak, and joy within Black performance.”—Brit Bennett, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Vanishing Half “I was a devil in other countries, and I was a little devil in America, too.” Inspired by these few words, spoken by Josephine Baker at the 1963 March on Washington, MacArthur “Genius Grant” Fellow and bestselling author Hanif Abdurraqib has written a profound and lasting reflection on how Black performance is inextricably woven into the fabric of American culture. Each moment in every performance he examines—whether it’s the twenty-seven seconds in “Gimme Shelter” in which Merry Clayton wails the words “rape, murder,” a schoolyard fistfight, a dance marathon, or the instant in a game of spades right after the cards are dealt—has layers of resonance in Black and white cultures, the politics of American empire, and Abdurraqib’s own personal history of love, grief, and performance. Touching on Michael Jackson, Patti LaBelle, Billy Dee Williams, the Wu-Tan Clan, Dave Chappelle, and more, Abdurraqib writes prose brimming with jubilation and pain. With care and generosity, he explains the poignancy of performances big and small, each one feeling intensely familiar and vital, both timeless and desperately urgent. Filled with sharp insight, humor, and heart, A Little Devil in America exalts the Black performance that unfolds in specific moments in time and space—from midcentury Paris to the moon, and back down again to a cramped living room in Columbus, Ohio. WINNER OF THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL AND THE GORDON BURN PRIZE • FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD AND THE PEN/DIAMONSTEIN-SPIELVOGEL AWARD ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, Time, The Boston Globe, NPR, Rolling Stone, Esquire, BuzzFeed, Thrillist, She Reads, BookRiot, BookPage, Electric Lit, The Rumpus, LitHub, Library Journal, Booklist

Author : Bethany Winters
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2023-04-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798390235607

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Little Devil (Alternate Cover Edition) by Bethany Winters Pdf

JORDYN My life's been laid out for me since before I was born. Graduate high school, marry the mayor's son, get my degree and take over my mother's company. I don't want it - I don't want any of it - but I'd never say that out loud. Girls like me aren't supposed to speak our minds. We're supposed to smile and look pretty and do as we're told without argument. I keep my mouth shut for an easy life. A boring life. But then I met him. Xander Reid doesn't follow rules. He's a cocky bad boy with a devil may care attitude and a tongue bar I can't stop staring at. He treats life like a game and dares me to play with him. And even though I know he's bad for me, I'm not sure how much longer I can resist. XANDER Lakewood is supposed to be a punishment. A way to fix me and my unusual take on life. Seven months before the end of my senior year, my parents ship me off to live in a strange town with a family I barely know and a private school full of entitled rich kids. They seem to forget change doesn't bother me. I get bored easily, can't sit still for five minutes and nothing holds my attention. But then I met her. Jordyn James isn't as innocent as she makes out to be. She's a bad girl trapped in a life fit for a princess, desperate for freedom from the chains that hold her back. Making her mine just might be the worst thing I've ever done, and yet I regret nothing. This is a 65k word, opposites attract romance with themes some readers might find offensive. Complete standalone with a HEA and no cliffhanger.

Author : Pierre Gripari
Publisher : Pushkin Press
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2013-08-29
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781782690382

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The Good Little Devil and Other Tales by Pierre Gripari Pdf

Absurd fairy tales, very sensibly told ;There once was a good little devil - did you read that right? Yes you did: not a wicked little devil but a good one, and boy, was he in a fix! ;Instead of doing bad things like forgetting his homework and playing tricks on his teachers, this little devil kept trying to be good. He did all his homework - and sometimes enjoyed it! He was never rude and he even encouraged sinners to say sorry. His parents were at their wits' end. So the little devil struck out on his own.On his quest to learn to be good, our little devil meets all kinds of people, from priests to police and from the Pope in Rome to Little Jesus himself. But will the angels let a little red devil with black horns into Heaven? ;In these thirteen tales, clever young people find nifty ways to overcome greedy kings, wicked witches, unlucky spells and even silly names. And there's a big dash of magic to help them on the way!

Author : Nancy Holder
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2007-01-11
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781101217740

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Pretty Little Devils by Nancy Holder Pdf

Hazel Stone wants nothing more than to be a part of the hottest clique in school, the Pretty Little Devils, but she’s stuck at a lunch table full of high school C-listers. Hazel has resigned herself to life as a nobody—when suddenly everything changes. The PLDs invite Hazel to one of the group’s famous parties, held at the site of one of their babysitting jobs. Before Hazel knows it, she’s in with the in crowd—and she couldn’t be more thrilled! But nothing turns out the way she expects. Especially when one her classmates becomes jealous of her newfound status—deadly jealous. Author Nancy Holder weaves a wicked tale about the price of popularity, and having the kind of friends some girls would just die for.

Author : Alexei Remizov
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2021-04-13
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780231545167

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The Little Devil and Other Stories by Alexei Remizov Pdf

In a dilapidated and isolated old house, something peculiar seems to happen whenever the town’s bestial exterminator visits. On a seemingly bucolic country estate, the head of the household is a living corpse obsessed with other corpses. An adolescent boy who passes his days in private dream worlds experiences a sexual awakening spurred by his family’s scandalous tenant. In these and other stories, the modernist writer Alexei Remizov offers a panorama of Russian mythology, the supernatural, rural grotesques, and profound religious faith in fiery revolutionary settings. Alexei Remizov was one of the greatest writers of the Russian symbolist movement of the early twentieth century. In the thirteen stories collected in this volume, his exceptional stylistic achievements are on full display. Equally drawing on rural colloquial speech, the language of Russian fairy tales, and the customs of the Old Believers and Russian Orthodoxy, they transport the reader into a mysterious world in between uncanny folktales and encroaching modernity. The Little Devil and Other Stories includes works from across Remizov’s career, encompassing his thematic preoccupations and stylistic experimentation. Antonina W. Bouis’s translation captures Remizov’s many registers to offer English-language readers a sampling of a remarkable Russian writer.

Author : Robert J. Blake
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Mother and child
ISBN : 0399243224

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Little Devils by Robert J. Blake Pdf

When their mother fails to return one night, three Tasmanian Devil cubs venture out of their den in search of food and, by doing what Tasmanian Devils are supposed to do, manage to save their mother from a trap.

Author : Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
Publisher : Doubleday Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Devil
ISBN : 0385142102

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Little Devil Gets Sick by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat Pdf

Little Devil unsuccessfully tries all sorts of nasty things to help him get well. His cure eventually comes about, but the reason for it is controversial.

Author : Hanif Abdurraqib
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2019-02-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781477318447

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Go Ahead in the Rain by Hanif Abdurraqib Pdf

A New York Times Best Seller A February IndieNext Pick Named A Most Anticipated Book of 2019 by Buzzfeed, Nylon, The A. V. Club, CBC Books, and The Rumpus. And a Winter's Most Anticipated Book by Vanity Fair and The Week Starred Reviews: Kirkus and Booklist "Warm, immediate and intensely personal."—New York Times How does one pay homage to A Tribe Called Quest? The seminal rap group brought jazz into the genre, resurrecting timeless rhythms to create masterpieces such as The Low End Theory and Midnight Marauders. Seventeen years after their last album, they resurrected themselves with an intense, socially conscious record, We Got It from Here . . . Thank You 4 Your Service, which arrived when fans needed it most, in the aftermath of the 2016 election. Poet and essayist Hanif Abdurraqib digs into the group’s history and draws from his own experience to reflect on how its distinctive sound resonated among fans like himself. The result is as ambitious and genre-bending as the rap group itself. Abdurraqib traces the Tribe's creative career, from their early days as part of the Afrocentric rap collective known as the Native Tongues, through their first three classic albums, to their eventual breakup and long hiatus. Their work is placed in the context of the broader rap landscape of the 1990s, one upended by sampling laws that forced a reinvention in production methods, the East Coast–West Coast rivalry that threatened to destroy the genre, and some record labels’ shift from focusing on groups to individual MCs. Throughout the narrative Abdurraqib connects the music and cultural history to their street-level impact. Whether he’s remembering The Source magazine cover announcing the Tribe’s 1998 breakup or writing personal letters to the group after bandmate Phife Dawg’s death, Abdurraqib seeks the deeper truths of A Tribe Called Quest; truths that—like the low end, the bass—are not simply heard in the head, but felt in the chest.

Author : Steven Levingston
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2015-03-17
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9780307950307

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Little Demon in the City of Light by Steven Levingston Pdf

A delicious true crime account of a murder most gallic—think CSI Paris meets Georges Simenon—whose lurid combination of sex, brutality, forensics, and hypnotism riveted first a nation and then the world. In 1889, the gruesome murder of a lascivious court official at the hands of a ruthless con man and his pliant mistress launched the trial of the century. When Toussaint-Augustin Gouffé entered 3, rue Tronson du Coudray, expecting a delightful assignation with the comely Gabrielle Bompard, he was instead murdered by Gabrielle and her lover, Michel Eyraud. An international manhunt chased the infamous couple from Paris to America’s West Coast, culminating in a sensational trial that investigated the power of hypnosis to possess, control, and even kill. As the inquiry into the guilt or innocence of the woman the French tabloids dubbed the “Little Demon” intensified, the most respected minds in France vehemently debated: Was Gabrielle Bompard the pawn of her mesmerizing lover or simply a coldly calculating murderess capable of killing a man in cold blood?

Author : Desmond Power
Publisher : Desmond Power author
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : 9780969412212

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Little Foreign Devil by Desmond Power Pdf

Author : Michel Debost
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780195399653

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The Simple Flute by Michel Debost Pdf

Drawing from his highly praised French work, Une simple flute, distinguished flutist and teacher Michel Debost has compiled a useful and imaginative introduction to playing the flute. This alphabetically arranged compendium of advice and insight covers essential topics such as breathing, articulation, and tone, but also explores "jawboning," "finger phrasing," "the little devils," and other quirky and vexing aspects of flute playing. Full of practical advice on technique and axioms that lend moral support during tough practice sessions, The Simple Flute will be a welcome addition to any serious or novice flutist's library. In addition, the book includes original exercises such as "Debost's Scale Game," making it an excellent resource for flute teachers. Debost concludes each essay with "In a nutshell" and "Please refer to" boxes that make the book easy to browse, dog-ear, and return to again and again. Offering concise, common-sense solutions for flutists of all levels, this book is an ideal reference guide on flute performance.

Author : Jack V. Haney
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2019-07-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317457763

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The Complete Russian Folktale: v. 4: Russian Wondertales 2 - Tales of Magic and the Supernatural by Jack V. Haney Pdf

These stories of heroism and magic, and of terrifying encounters with Baba Yaga, Zmei the serpent and Koschchei the Immortal, represent at least one example of every wondertale type known in Russia.

Author : Michel Debost
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0195145216

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The Simple Flute by Michel Debost Pdf

For professional and amateur flutists as well as students of the flute, this book offers a practical introduction to all aspects of playing the flute. Using an accessible A-Z format, Debost offers a logical and imaginitive work on flute performance that places technique at the service of music on every page.

Author : Irene Tremper
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2001-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0533138256

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The Little Devil by Irene Tremper Pdf

Author : Shelley Munro
Publisher : Shelley Munro
Page : 822 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2016-11-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780473380557

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House of the Cat Bundle by Shelley Munro Pdf

Cats in outer space... Aliens kidnap troubled jockey. A plot to overthrow the royal family. Aliens visit Earth for Christmas. Read all about it! House of the Cat is a clan of feline shapeshifters from the planet Viros. This box set includes the first three paranormal romances in the series: Captured & Seduced, Claimed & Seduced and Merry & Seduced. In Captured & Seduced, Ry Coppersmith, a pirate shapeshifter with no knowledge of his heritage, struggles with his sudden ability to turn into a black leopard and his consuming attraction to the female jockey he and his crew have kidnapped from Earth. There is no time for missteps in this action-packed adventure as he and his crew run from the law and plot revenge on Ry’s stepbrother, a wizard who isn’t afraid to use his magic to win. In Claimed & Seduced, Prince Jarlath Leandros is heir to the House of the Cat and the king and queen are pushing him to choose a suitable mate. For once, Jarlath is digging in his heels and following his heart, which is leading him straight to Keira who is from the House of Cawdor—their enemy. Can enemies become lovers during war-time? We’re about to learn that the heart wants what it wants and new friends can become lovers. But consequences…oh, yes. There is always a cost for every action. In Merry & Seduced we’re back with the crew of the Indefatigable as Ry keeps his promise to Camryn and takes her home for Christmas. This time, the visit to Earth isn’t as clandestine and the entire crew make friends with Camryn’s family. A cyborg and an Earthman—an inter-species romance? Enjoy this holiday romance as the crew experience a New Zealand Christmas and a billionaire businessman learns that family is just as important as money.