![]() ![]() The story of both a personal and national legacy, it is a powerful reminder that while the past is gone, we still live in its wake. The Untold Stories of the Women Who Led Slave Revolts Their inspiring acts of resistance were ignored or erased for centuriesuntil now. Illustrated beautifully in black and white by Hugo Martinez, Wake will take its place alongside classics of the graphic novel genre, like Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis and Art Spiegelman’s Maus. But Rebecca decides to look deeper, and her journey takes her through old court records, slave ship captain’s logs, crumbling correspondence, and even the forensic evidence from the bones of enslaved women from the “negro burying ground” uncovered in Manhattan. RT WakeRevolt: Imaginably years ago, a Black woman speaker from the LGBTQ+ community, who has authored a major graphic book titled Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts, would not have needed escort and protection. The accepted history of slave revolts has always told her that enslaved women took a back seat. ![]() ![]() Rebecca Hall, a historian, granddaughter of slaves, and a woman haunted by the legacy of slavery. They fought their enslavers throughout the Americas. ![]() Women warriors planned and led slave revolts on slave ships during the Middle Passage. Part graphic novel, part memoir, Wake is an imaginative tour-de-force that tells the story of women-led slave revolts and chronicles scholar Rebecca Hall’s efforts to uncover the truth about these women warriors who, until now, have been left out of the historical record. In this eight-page excerpt Hall’s dogged efforts to research a slave revolt in 1712 in New York City sends her on a passionate academic quest that will take her to vast and sometimes restricted. ![]()
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John grisham books a time for mercy5/31/2023 ![]() ![]() Hell yeah! My wishes came true! Matthew McConaughey will reprise his role as Jake Brigance for HBO limited series! He’s back!□ ![]() ĭon’t miss John Grisham’s new book, THE AFTER THE FIRM, coming soon! There is a time to kill and a time for justice. The result is a richly rewarding novel that is both timely and timeless, full of wit, drama, and-most of all-heart.īursting with all the courthouse scheming, small-town intrigue, and stunning plot twists that have become the hallmarks of the master of the legal thriller, A Time for Mercy is John Grisham’s most powerful courtroom drama yet. ![]() In what may be the most personal and accomplished legal thriller of John Grisham’s storied career, we deepen our acquaintance with the iconic Southern town of Clanton and the vivid cast of characters that so many readers know and cherish. ![]() Jake’s fierce commitment to saving Drew from the gas chamber puts his career, his financial security, and the safety of his family on the line. Many in Clanton want a swift trial and the death penalty, but Brigance digs in and discovers that there is more to the story than meets the eye. Jake Brigance finds himself embroiled in a deeply divisive trial when the court appoints him attorney for Drew Gamble, a timid sixteen-year-old boy accused of murdering a local deputy. ![]() Daughter of Sparta by Claire M. Andrews5/31/2023 ![]() ![]() In the midst of a treaty summit among the monarchs of Greece, Daphne and Helen uncover a plot of betrayal-and soon, a battle begins that leads to all-out war. When their command finally comes, it is deceptively simple: secure herself a spot as one of Queen Helen’s guards.Ī war is coming, and all of Sparta must be prepared. ![]() The sequel to Daughter of Sparta thrusts warrior Daphne and her love interest, the Olympian god Apollo, into the middle of the Trojan War in this epic YA fantasy reimagining of Greek mythology.Ī year after saving the powers of Olympus by defeating Nyx, the Goddess of Darkness, Daphne is haunted by still-looming threats, her complicated feelings for the god Apollo, and the promise she made to the Olympian gods that she would help them again when they called upon her. ![]() The Miserable Mill by Lemony Snicket5/31/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() This time it involves hypnosis and is targeted specifically at Klaus. Unfortunately, Foreman Flacutono is one of Count Olaf's cronies and it's not long before the latest plan to gain the Baudelaire fortune is enacted. Not even in the big creepy house that's shaped like an eye. And Count Olaf doesn't seem to be anywhere. So he puts them to work at the Lumbermill under the authority of Foreman Flacutono. Luckily for them boss dude who is probably not even related to them is willing to treat them like family. ![]() But he owns Lucky Smells Lumbermill and Mr Poe thinks this guy is fine - so much so he doesn't even bother getting off the train with them. The fourth installment, The Miserable Mill, sees the Baudelaire's heading to Paltryville (what a name!) to be placed with.some random guy? It never actually explains how they're related to this one.or what his name is.or what his face looks like (it makes total sense that cigar smoke would cover his face, duh). ![]() |