Outliving The White Lie

Author : James Wiggins
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2024-02-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781496848109

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Part history, part memoir, Outliving the White Lie: A Southerner’s Historical, Genealogical, and Personal Journey charts conflicting narratives of American and southern identity through a blend of public, family, and deeply personal history. Author James Wiggins, who was raised in rural Mississippi, pairs thorough historical research with his own lived experiences. Outliving the White Lie looks squarely at the many untruths regarding the history and legacy of race that have proliferated among white Americans, from the misrepresentations of Black Confederates to the myth of a “postracial” America. Though the US was ostensibly established to achieve freedom and shrug off an oppressive English monarchy, this mythology of the United States’ founding belies a glaring paradox—that this is a country whose foundation depends entirely on coercion and enslavement. How, then, could generations of decent people, people who valued individual liberty and personal autonomy, coexist within and alongside such a paradox? Historians suggest an answer: that these apparently dissonant points of view were reconciled in antebellum America by white citizens learning “to live with slavery by learning to live a lie.” The operative lie throughout American history and the lie underpinning the institution of slavery, they argue, has always been the fallacy of race—deliberately propagated tenets asserting skin color as the preeminent marker of identity and value. Wiggins takes accepted delusions to task in this moving reconciliation of southern living.

Author : James Wiggins
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2024
Category : African Americans
ISBN : 149684811X

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Outliving the White Lie by James Wiggins Pdf

"Part history, part memoir, Outliving the White Lie: A Southerner's Historical, Genealogical, and Personal Journey charts conflicting narratives of American and southern identity through a blend of public, family, and deeply personal history. Author James Wiggins, who was raised in rural Mississippi, pairs thorough historical research with his own lived experiences. Outliving the White Lie looks squarely at the many untruths regarding the history and legacy of race that have proliferated among white Americans, from the misrepresentations of Black Confederates to the myth of a "postracial" America. Though the US was ostensibly established to achieve freedom and shrug off an oppressive English monarchy, this mythology of the United States' founding belies a glaring paradox-that this is a country whose foundation depends entirely on coercion and enslavement. How, then, could generations of decent people, people who valued individual liberty and personal autonomy, coexist within and alongside such a paradox? Historians suggest an answer: that these apparently dissonant points of view were reconciled in antebellum America by white citizens learning "to live with slavery by learning to live a lie." The operative lie throughout American history and the lie underpinning the institution of slavery, they argue, has always been the fallacy of race-deliberately propagated tenets asserting skin color as the preeminent marker of identity and value. Wiggins takes accepted delusions to task in this moving reconciliation of southern living"--

Author : Andrea Gillies
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 463 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780544061033

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The White Lie by Andrea Gillies Pdf

A gothic tale of a declining aristocratic Scottish family, their dilapidated mansion in the Scottish highlands, and the poisonous effects of the secrets and tragedies it holds.

Author : Lynnette Hallberg
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2011-09-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781426892226

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Just a Little White Lie by Lynnette Hallberg Pdf

Lucinda Darling thinks she's ready to get married. Even though Donald doesn't give her butterflies, the heiress is ready to make her marriage work. She's got the dress, she's at the church and her fiancé…is making out with his ex. So Lucinda stuffs her tulle skirts into her tiny sports car and hits the road…only to have her car break down. Jake Parker knows he's not ready to settle down. But Grandma Hattie is sick, so, to make her happy, he's returning home to find himself a fake fiancée. When Jake rescues Lucy from the side of the highway, she goes from runaway bride to temporary fiancée. Lucy hopes to escape the public eye in small-town Georgia, but she doesn't expect to fall for Jake's charming hometown, let alone Jake himself. Soon Jake and Lucy both start to wish their lie were true. But Lucy knows she must stop their pretense before Jake's family—and her heart—are hurt so badly they'll never recover. 62,000 words

Author : Madison Night
Publisher : Totally Entwined Group (USA+CAD)
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2017-05-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781786511522

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Little White Lie by Madison Night Pdf

Sydney was being coerced into marrying a man she didn't love. Then Caleb crashed into her life and one little white lie turned her universe upside down. Sydney Bennett has a bit of a problem. Blackmailed into marrying a man she doesn't love in order to save her father from extradition? Check. Falling head over heels in love with Caleb Jones, lead guitarist of her favorite band, Divine Intervention? Check. Spilling a little white lie—that quickly evolves into a gigantic white lie—by not telling Caleb she is engaged, just so she can spend more time with him and escape the terrible reality of her future? Check, damn it. Check. To top it all off, every time she breaks up with him, Caleb sees through her feeble excuses and refuses to let her go. He loves her and she loves him, but when the ugly truth comes to light, will he ever be able to see her situation for what it is and forgive her? Or will she lose him forever?

Author : Jani Abro
Publisher : Austin Macauley Publishers
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2024-05-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781035820269

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Those Trees Outlive Them by Jani Abro Pdf

Spanning five generations from 1870 to 2013, this fascinating saga begins in a small village in colonial India and ends in modern-day New York City. Each chapter unfurls both an individual story and part of an epic family history. Jani’s prose is visually rich and poetically weaves characters’ tales with intense, lyrical details. From British colonial rule in India, to Pakistan’s chaotic democracy, to 21st century America, inquisitive readers will adore this multi-dimensional cultural journey. We first meet Fakir, a fatherless child who becomes a mystical storyteller, then an unlikely entrepreneur. Runaway teen Alam reinvents himself as an art teacher and womanizer over his adventures. Ambitious Ali Gohar journeys from Pakistan to attend NYU, while Jani grows up enduring racial tensions in 1980s Sindh before pursuing the “American Dream.” Finally, young physician Kabeer gives up a lucrative U.S. career to volunteer overseas, only to get swept back to his homeland by devastating floods. Spanning continents and colourful personalities, Those Trees Outlived Them is an intimate look at one family’s roots across borders and generations.

Author : Jack Gratus
Publisher : Monthly Review Press
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1973-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0853452881

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Great White Lie by Jack Gratus Pdf

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Author : Poul Anderson
Publisher : Baen Publishing Enterprises
Page : 501 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2007-03-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781618245571

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To Outlive Eternity and Other Stories by Poul Anderson Pdf

From the aftermath of World War III to a world inherited by robots, where humans are unwelcome . . . from a handful of human survivors on a starship desperately searching for other ships carrying survivors of the destruction of the entire Earth by an unknown enemy, who may strike again at any time, to another starship hurtling through the cosmos at a speed so close to that of light¾and unable to slow down¾that relativistic effects make millennia fly by for each tick of the clock onboard . . . from a team striving to make Venus habitable for humans to a group of men who find the ominous secret behind a new quasi-religious philosophy that is sweeping the world. . . . The wide-ranging imagination and exciting storytelling of Poul Anderson brings many different worlds to vivid life in a great volume of his best stories that will thrill all fans of science fiction. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).

Author : Michal Grynberg
Publisher : Metropolitan Books
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2003-11-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781466804340

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Words to Outlive Us by Michal Grynberg Pdf

The story of the Warsaw Ghetto told through twenty-eight never-before-published accounts-a precious and historic find. In the history of the Holocaust, the Warsaw Ghetto stands as the enduring symbol of Jewish suffering and heroism. This collective memoir-a mosaic of individual diaries, journals, and accounts-follows the fate of the Warsaw Jews from the first bombardments of the Polish capital to the razing of the Jewish district. The life of the ghetto appears here in striking detail: the frantic exchange of apartments as the walls first go up; the daily battle against starvation and disease; the moral ambiguities confronting Jewish bureaucracies under Nazi rule; the ingenuity of smugglers; and the acts of resistance. Written inside the ghetto or in hiding outside its walls, these extraordinary testimonies preserve voices otherwise consigned to oblivion: a woman doctor whose four-year-old son is deemed a threat to the hideout; a painter determined to complete his mural of Job and his trials; a ten-year-old girl barely eluding blackmailers on the Aryan side of the city. Stunning in their immediacy, the urgent accounts recorded here provide much more than invaluable historical detail: they challenge us to imagine the unimaginable.

Author : Richard Pettinger
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 609 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2013-05-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781135158255

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Organizational Behaviour by Richard Pettinger Pdf

This book offers a fresh and comprehensive approach to the essentials that constitute the discipline of organizational behaviour with a strong emphasis on the application of organizational behaviour and performance management in practice. It concentrates on the development of effective patterns of behaviour, values and attitudes, and relates these issues to effective organization performance in times of organizational and environmental change and turbulence. The book is divided into four parts, providing a clear structure for the study of the subject: Part One: The context of organizational behaviour Part Two: The disciplines of organizational behaviour Part Three: Organizational behaviour in practice Part Four: Organizational behaviour – expertise and application Organizational Behaviour is packed with references to current topics, practical examples and case studies from large corporations from around the world, including Ryanair, The Body Shop and RBS. This book covers examples of both good and bad practice, making it an interesting and unique introduction to the study of organizational behaviour.

Author : Michael Powell
Publisher : Union Square + ORM
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2011-09-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781435138919

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Curious Events in History by Michael Powell Pdf

Forty strange-but-true historical happenings—from a thirty-eight-minute war to the time when a top-hat caused a riot—from the author of Lies You Learned in School. Here are forty of the most curious events in world history. Though they span the centuries and circle the globe, they share one common trait: all were too peculiar to make it into the standard history books. Read these fascinating accounts and learn about: The craze for consuming powdered mummy to cure all ailments The medieval courtroom advocate who pled the case of plaintiff rats The U.S. President who was shot by an assassin but killed by his doctor’s earnest efforts to treat him If you thought you knew all you needed to know about history, this book will show you some truly curious gaps in your knowledge.

Author : Sarah L. Delany,A. Elizabeth Delany,Amy Hill Hearth
Publisher : Delta
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780385312523

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Having Our Say by Sarah L. Delany,A. Elizabeth Delany,Amy Hill Hearth Pdf

Warm, feisty, and intelligent, the Delany sisters speak their mind in a book that is at once a vital historical record and a moving portrait of two remarkable women who continued to love, laugh, and embrace life after over a hundred years of living side by side. Their sharp memories show us the post-Reconstruction South and Booker T. Washington; Harlem's Golden Age and Langston Hughes, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Paul Robeson. Bessie breaks barriers to become a dentist; Sadie quietly integrates the New York City system as a high school teacher. Their extraordinary story makes an important contribution to our nation's heritage--and an indelible impression on our lives.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 982 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Chemical industry
ISBN : UCSD:31822036043461

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ICIS Chemical Business by Anonim Pdf

Author : Larry King
Publisher : Nan A. Talese
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2004-03-23
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780385512657

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Remember Me When I'm Gone by Larry King Pdf

“Show me Heaven! I have seen hell.” —Patricia Neal Larry King, world-famous radio and television personality, has asked the talented, the beautiful, the wise, and the rich a question all of us have pondered: How would you like to be remembered after your death? The result is REMEMBER ME WHEN I'M GONE, an entertaining and eloquent collection of “last words” from people in the arts, in politics, in sports, and in business, mostly still alive. In telling and moving reflections, often leavened by self-deprecating humor, these celebrities look back on their lives, their ambitions, their mistakes, and their accomplishments. The contributions range from pithy one-liners by Yogi Berra (“It’s over.”), Dave Barry, George Carlin, and Liz Smith (“Excuse my dust!”); to inspired sketches by Stephen King and Peter Falk; to candid reflections from Don Shula, Fred Rogers, and Chevy Chase; to hilarious rants from Margaret Cho and Tommy Lee; and a last request by Arthur Hailey. Often surprising and always memorable, REMEMBER ME WHEN I'M GONE is a timeless collection by stars who will live on forever.

Author : Marian Keyes
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2012-08-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781405910866

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Mammy Walsh's A-Z of the Walsh Family by Marian Keyes Pdf

Dive into Mammy Walsh's A-Z of the Walshes with this laugh-out-loud ebook-only short guide to everyone's favourite dysfunctional Irish family 'Marian Keyes: what a genius' DAILY MAIL ________ It does exactly what it says on the tin, but here's a brief word from its author, Mammy Walsh herself: "There's this woman I know from bridge, Mona Hopkins, a lovely woman she is, even if I must admit I'm not that keen on her myself, and she said a great thing the other day. I was expecting her to say "Two no trumps," but instead she comes out with a saying about her children. She says, "Boys wreck your house and girls wreck your head." Isn't that a marvellous bit of wisdom - "Boys wreck your house and girls wreck your head!" And God knows it's the truest thing I've heard in a long time. I should know. I have five girls. Five daughters. And let me tell you, my head is wrecked from them. Although, now that I think of it, so is my house . . ." Mammy Walsh's A-Z of the Walshes is the perfect re-introduction to the beloved Walsh family, featured in Marian's bestselling novels about the Walsh sisters: Watermelon, Rachel's Holiday, Angels, Anybody Out There and The Mystery of Mercy Close. Praise for Marian Keyes: 'When it comes to writing page-turners that put a smile on your face and make you think, Keyes is in a class of her own' Daily Express 'An astounding writer and chronicler of our times' Independent on Sunday 'The voice of a generation' Daily Mirror