During the Harlem Renaissance African Americans used written and visual texts to shape ideas about themselves and to redefine African American identity. The author argues that these collaborative volumes show how participants engaged in the processes of representation and identity formation in sophisticated and largely successful ways.
Their father, George Boole, went to primary school only but become a famous mathematician, now known as the 'father of the computer age'. He has an asteroid and a crater on the moon named after him! Their mother Mary Everest taught herself mathematics in a time when it wasn't considered suitable for boys or girls and wrote books about algebra. Mary Ellen, the eldest girl, married a famous mathematician. Her son invented the Jungle Gym. Her granddaughter was a nuclear scientist. Margaret's eldest son was knighted for his work in physics. Her younger son was a brain surgeon. Alicia never went to university but became the first woman Professor of Chemistry in England. Ethel wrote the famous revolutionary novel The Gadfly. She become a hero in Russia and had an asteroid named after 2032 Ethel! INCLUDES CLASS DISCUSSION TOPICS, GLOSSARY AND TIMELINE.
From the time they meet the lives of Diarmuid and Gráinne are filled with danger as Fionn Mac Cumhaill, the powerful leader of the Fianna, tries to destroy them, determined to have his revenge on the young couple he feels has betrayed him.--Back cover
The Vikings were great warriors and cruel enemies. They were wonderful boat-builders and loved the challenge of invading unknown lands. Their heroes were remembered in fine stories called sagas. But the Irish hated and feared them because for more than 200 years they murdered and plundered along our coast. It seemed they were invincible! Then at last a powerful Irish leader emerged to fight the greatest battle of his life.
Dojemný příběh o rodině a rozličných tvářích lásky, odehrávající se částečně v Itálii a zčásti v Austrálii, dává autorce dostatek prostoru, aby mistrně vylíčila životní osudy svých hrdinů a představila je v situacích, do kterých se může dostat kdokoliv. Hlavní hrdinka Lilian musí učinit to nejtěžší rozhodnutí, před jaké může být žena postavena. Ve čtyřicátých letech dvacátého století je ve venkovském Novém Jižním Walesu donucena vybrat si mezi svou dceruškou a životní láskou, italským válečným zajatcem. Po letech života v Itálii, kde se živí jako spisovatelka románů, se nečekaně se svou dcerou Franceskou, kterou opustila, setkává. Toto osudové setkání odstartuje novou kapitolu v životech obou žen.
