The Black God S Drums

Author : P. Djèlí Clark
Publisher : Tordotcom
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2018-08-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781250294708

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The Black God's Drums by P. Djèlí Clark Pdf

Rising science fiction and fantasy star P. Djèlí Clark brings an alternate New Orleans of orisha, airships, and adventure to life in his immersive debut novella The Black God's Drums. Alex Award Winner! In an alternate New Orleans caught in the tangle of the American Civil War, the wall-scaling girl named Creeper yearns to escape the streets for the air--in particular, by earning a spot on-board the airship Midnight Robber. Creeper plans to earn Captain Ann-Marie’s trust with information she discovers about a Haitian scientist and a mysterious weapon he calls The Black God’s Drums. But Creeper also has a secret herself: Oya, the African orisha of the wind and storms, speaks inside her head, and may have her own ulterior motivations. Soon, Creeper, Oya, and the crew of the Midnight Robber are pulled into a perilous mission aimed to stop the Black God’s Drums from being unleashed and wiping out the entirety of New Orleans. “A sinewy mosaic of Haitian sky pirates, wily street urchins, and orisha magic. Beguiling and bombastic!”—New York Times bestselling author Scott Westerfeld At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Arthur Huff Fauset
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2014-03-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780812290677

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Black Gods of the Metropolis by Arthur Huff Fauset Pdf

Stemming from his anthropological field work among black religious groups in Philadelphia in the early 1940s, Arthur Huff Fauset believed it was possible to determine the likely direction that mainstream black religious leadership would take in the future, a direction that later indeed manifested itself in the civil rights movement. The American black church, according to Fauset and other contemporary researchers, provided the one place where blacks could experiment without hindrance in activities such as business, politics, social reform, and social expression. With detailed primary accounts of these early spiritual movements and their beliefs and practices, Black Gods of the Metropolis reveals the fascinating origins of such significant modern African American religious groups as the Nation of Islam as well as the role of lesser known and even forgotten churches in the history of the black community. In her new foreword, historian Barbara Dianne Savage discusses the relationship between black intellectuals and black religion, in particular the relationship between black social scientists and black religious practices during Fauset's time. She then explores the complexities of that relationship and its impact on the intellectual and political history of African American religion in general.

Author : Bryan Senn
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2015-09-03
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476610894

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Golden Horrors by Bryan Senn Pdf

From the grindhouse oddities to major studio releases, this work details 46 horror films released during the genre’s golden era. Each entry includes cast and credits, a plot synopsis, in-depth critical analysis, contemporary reviews, time of release, brief biographies of the principal cast and crew, and a production history. Apart from the 46 main entries, 71 additional “borderline horrors” are examined and critiqued in an appendix.

Author : Melanie A. Marotta
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2023-03-24
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781496844996

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African American Adolescent Female Heroes by Melanie A. Marotta Pdf

In the wake of the second wave of the Black Lives Matter movement, inequalities and disparities were brought to light across the publishing industry. The need for more diverse, representative young adult literature gained new traction, resulting in an influx of young adult speculative fiction featuring African American young women. While the #BlackGirlMagic movement inspired a wave of positive African American female heroes in young adult fiction, it is still important to acknowledge the history and legacy of enslavement in America and their impact on literature. Many of the depictions of young Black women in contemporary speculative fiction still rely on stereotypical representations rooted in American enslavement. African American Adolescent Female Heroes: The Twenty-First-Century Young Adult Neo-Slave Narrative investigates the application of the neo-slave narrative structure to the twenty-first-century young adult text. Author Melanie A. Marotta examines texts featuring a female, adolescent protagonist of color, including Orleans, Tankborn, The Book of Phoenix, Binti, and The Black God’s Drums, as well as series like the Devil’s Wake series, Octavia E. Butler’s Parable series, and the Dread Nation series. Taken together, these chapters seek to analyze whether the roles for adolescent female characters of color are changing or whether they remain re-creations of traditional slave narrative roles. Further, the chapters explore if trauma, healing, and activism are enacted in this genre.

Author : Umi Vaughan,Carlos Aldama
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780253357199

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Carlos Aldama's Life in Batá by Umi Vaughan,Carlos Aldama Pdf

Batá identifies both the two-headed, hourglass-shaped drum of the Yoruba people and the culture and style of drumming, singing, and dancing associated with it. This book recounts the life story of Carlos Aldama, one of the masters of the batá drum, and through that story traces the history of batá culture as it traveled from Africa to Cuba and then to the United States. For the enslaved Yoruba, batá rhythms helped sustain the religious and cultural practices of a people that had been torn from its roots. Aldama, as guardian of Afro-Cuban music and as a Santería priest, maintains the link with this tradition forged through his mentor Jesus Pérez (Oba Ilu), who was himself the connection to the preserved oral heritage of the older generation. By sharing his stories, Aldama and his student Umi Vaughan bring to light the techniques and principles of batá in all its aspects and document the tensions of maintaining a tradition between generations and worlds, old and new. The book includes rare photographs and access to downloadable audio tracks.

Author : Dr. Supreme Understanding
Publisher : Supreme Design Publishing
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013-12-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Black God by Dr. Supreme Understanding Pdf

Author : Robert E. Howard
Publisher : Del Rey
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2007-08-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780345500557

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The Best of Robert E. Howard Volume 1 by Robert E. Howard Pdf

Robert E. Howard is one of the most famous and influential pulp authors of the twentieth century. Though largely known as the man who invented the sword-and-sorcery genre–and for his iconic hero Conan the Cimmerian–Howard also wrote horror tales, desert adventures, detective yarns, epic poetry, and more. This spectacular volume, gorgeously illustrated by Jim and Ruth Keegan, includes some of his best and most popular works. Inside, readers will discover (or rediscover) such gems as “The Shadow Kingdom,” featuring Kull of Atlantis and considered by many to be the first sword-and-sorcery story; “The Fightin’est Pair,” part of one of Howard’s most successful series, chronicling the travails of Steve Costigan, a merchant seaman with fists of steel and a head of wood; “The Grey God Passes,” a haunting tale about the passing of an age, told against the backdrop of Irish history and legend; “Worms of the Earth,” a brooding narrative featuring Bran Mak Morn, about which H. P. Lovecraft said, “Few readers will ever forget the hideous and compelling power of [this] macabre masterpiece”; a historical poem relating a momentous battle between Cimbri and the legions of Rome; and “Sharp’s Gun Serenade,” one of the last and funniest of the Breckinridge Elkins tales. These thrilling, eerie, compelling, swashbuckling stories and poems have been restored to their original form, presented just as the author intended. There is little doubt that after more than seven decades the voice of Robert E. Howard continues to resonate with readers around the world.

Author : Danielle N. Boaz
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-03
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780271089621

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Banning Black Gods by Danielle N. Boaz Pdf

Banning Black Gods is a global examination of the legal challenges faced by adherents of the most widely practiced African-derived religions in the twenty-first century, including Santeria/Lucumi, Haitian Vodou, Candomblé, Palo Mayombe, Umbanda, Islam, Rastafari, Obeah, and Voodoo. Examining court cases, laws, human rights reports, and related materials, Danielle N. Boaz argues that restrictions on African diaspora religious freedom constitute a unique and pervasive form of anti-Black discrimination. Emphasizing that these twenty-first-century cases and controversies are not a new phenomenon but rather a reemergence of colonial-era ideologies and patterns of racially motivated persecution, Boaz focuses each chapter on a particular challenge to Black religious freedom. She examines issues such as violence against devotees, restrictions on the ritual slaughter of animals, limitations on the custodial rights of parents, and judicial refusals to recognize these faiths as protected religions. Boaz introduces new issues that have never been considered as a question of religious freedom before—such as the right of Palo Mayombe devotees to possess remains of the dead—and she brings together controversies that have not been previously regarded as analogous, such as the right to wear headscarves and the right to wear dreadlocks in schools. Framing these issues in comparative perspective and focusing on transnational and transregional issues, Boaz advances our understanding of the larger human rights disputes that country-specific studies can overlook. Original and compelling, this important new book will be welcomed by students and scholars of African diaspora religions and discerning readers interested in learning more about the history of racial discrimination

Author : Dan Leissner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2002-07-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1904177026

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Drums of the Lost Gods by Dan Leissner Pdf

Author : Bryan Senn
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 561 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2015-03-26
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476610900

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A Year of Fear by Bryan Senn Pdf

This eclectic overview of horror cinema offers up a collection of horror films for practically any occasion and literally every day of the year. For example, the author recommends commemorating United Nations Day (October 24) with a screening of The Colossus of New York, whose startling climax takes place at the U.N. Building. Each day-by-day entry includes the movie title, production year, plot summary and critique, along with a brief explanation of how the film fits into the history of that particular day and interesting anecdotes on the film's production.

Author : P. Djèlí Clark
Publisher : Tordotcom
Page : 109 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2019-02-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781250294784

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The Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djèlí Clark Pdf

P. Djèlí Clark returns to the historical fantasy universe of "A Dead Djinn in Cairo", with the otherworldly adventure novella The Haunting of Tram Car 015. Finalist for the 2020 Hugo Award Finalist for the 2020 Nebula Award Finalist for the 2020 Locus Award Cairo, 1912: The case started as a simple one for the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural Entities — handling a possessed tram car. Soon, however, Agent Hamed Nasr and his new partner Agent Onsi Youssef are exposed to a new side of Cairo stirring with suffragettes, secret societies, and sentient automatons in a race against time to protect the city from an encroaching danger that crosses the line between the magical and the mundane. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Robert E. Howard
Publisher : Delphi Classics
Page : 5029 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2014-03-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Delphi Complete Works of Robert E. Howard (Illustrated) by Robert E. Howard Pdf

Widely regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery genre, Robert E. Howard produced a diverse body of works, demonstrating his inventive genius with exciting tales of Conan the Barbarian, Kull, Solomon Kane, Sailor Steve Costigan and a host of other captivating creations. This comprehensive eBook presents the most complete edition possible of Howard’s fiction, with numerous illustrations, many rare short stories appearing in digital print for the first time, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 2) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Howard’s life and works * Concise introductions to the novels and other texts * ALL five novels, with individual contents tables * Images of how the books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original pulp magazines * Features 206 short stories – the largest collection of Howard’s fiction ever compiled in a single publication * Many rare tales appearing here for the first time in digital publishing * Excellent formatting of the texts * Special alphabetical index for the short stories * A generous selection of poetry and non-fiction * Easily locate the poems or short stories you want to read * Includes Barlow’s tributary poem to Howard * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres * UPDATED with special ‘Dale Rippke Chronology’ contents table for the Conan series, 4 unfinished Conan stories and 3 posthumous Kull stories Please note: an actual complete works of Howard is not possible due to the copyright status and scarcity of some stories. When new texts become available in your public domain, they will be added to the eBook as a free update. CONTENTS: The Novels Skull-Face The People of the Black Circle The Hour of the Dragon A Gent from Bear Creek Almuric Fantasy Stories Conan the Barbarian Kull Solomon Kane Bran Mak Morn Turlogh Dubh O’Brien James Allison Other Fantasy Stories Boxing Stories Sailor Steve Costigan Sailor Dennis Dorgan Other Boxing Stories Western Stories Breckinridge Elkins Pike Bearfield Buckner Jeopardy Grimes Other Western Stories Historical Stories El Borak Dark Agnes de Chastillon Cormac Fitzgeoffrey Kirby O’Donnell Black Vulmea Helen Tavrel Other Historical Stories Horror Stories John Kirowan The Faring Town Saga De Montour Weird West Other Weird Menace Other Cthulhu Mythos Stories Other Horror Stories Detective Stories Steve Harrison Other Stories Spicy Stories Comedy Stories Short Stories Index List of Short Stories in Alphabetical Order Selected Poetry The Poems of Robert E. Howard The Non-Fiction Essays and Articles The Tribute R. E. H. by R. H. Barlow

Author : Robert E. Howard
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2015-07-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781479406555

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Shadow Kingdoms by Robert E. Howard Pdf

Shadows Kingdoms is the first volume of The Weird Works of Robert E. Howard, presenting all of Howard's Work from the classic magazine Weird Tales, meticulously restored to its original texts. This volume begins with "Spear and Fang," Howard's first professional fiction sale, and concludes with "Red Thunder," a gripping sword & sorcery tale. Series characters present in this volume include King Kull and Solomon Kane.

Author : Robert E. Howard
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 1659 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2017-12-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9788027238828

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The Greatest Fantasy Classics of Robert E. Howard by Robert E. Howard Pdf

This carefully edited collection has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Robert Ervin Howard (1906-1936) was an American author who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. He is well known for his character Conan the Barbarian and is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subgenre. Howard created Conan the Barbarian, a character whose cultural impact has been compared to such icons as Batman, Count Dracula, James Bond, Sherlock Holmes, and Tarzan. Table of Contents: 'Conan the Barbarian' Stories: Cimmeria The Hyborian Age — Conan's World The Frost Giant's Daughter (Gods of the North) The God in the Bowl The Tower of the Elephant Rogues in the House Shadows in the Moonlight (Iron Shadows in the Moon) Black Colossus Queen of the Black Coast The Slithering Shadow (Xuthal of the Dusk) A Witch Shall Be Born The Devil in Iron The People of the Black Circle Shadows in Zamboula (Man-Eaters of Zamboula) The Pool of the Black One Beyond the Black River The Black Stranger Red Nails Jewels of Gwahlur (The Teeth of Gwahlur) The Phoenix on the Sword The Scarlet Citadel The Hour of the Dragon (Conan the Conqueror) Kings of the Night The 'Solomon Kane' Stories: Red Shadows Skulls in the Stars Rattle Of Bones The Moon of Skulls The Hills of the Dead The Footfalls Within Wings in the Night Solomon Kane's Homecoming - A Poem The 'Bran Mak Morn' Stories: Kings of the Night Worms of the Earth The Children of the Night The 'Turlogh Dubh O'Brien' Stories: The Dark Man The Gods of Bal-Sagoth The 'James Allison' Stories: The Valley of the Worm The Garden Of Fear Other Fantasy Stories: Almuric People of the Dark Black Canaan Spear and Fang The Voice of El-Lil Witch from Hell's Kitchen

Author : Richard Klaw
Publisher : Tachyon Publications
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2013-01-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781616961435

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The Apes of Wrath by Richard Klaw Pdf

In the Rue Morgue, the jungles of Tarzan, the fables of Aesop, and outer space, the apes in these seventeen fantastic tales boldly go where humans dare not. Including a foreword from Rupert Wyatt, the director of Rise of the Planet of the Apes, this provocative anthology delves into our fascination with and fear of our simian cousins. “Evil Robot Monkey” introduces a disgruntled chimp implanted with a chip that makes him cleverer than both his cohort and humans alike. In “Murders in the Rue Morgue,” a murder mystery unravels with the discovery of a hair that does not appear quite human. Merging steampunk with slapstick, “The Ape-Box Affair” has a not-so-ordinary orangutan landing on Earth in a spherical flying ship—where he is promptly mistaken for an alien. King Kong sets a terrible example with booze and Barbie dolls in “Godzilla’s 12-Step Program.” If you’ve ever wondered what makes humans different from apes, soon you’ll be asking yourself, is it even less than we think?