Incredible world history facts for curious kids ages 8 to 12 Kids don\'t need long, boring textbooks to learn about history! Starting in 4000 BCE and finishing in the modern day, World History for Kids helps them explore the past through interesting and memorable facts that they can share with their friends and family. Help kids discover the story of the world with: 500 facts--This book teaches kids

Kelley unearths freedom dreams in this exciting history of renegade intellectuals and artists of the African diaspora in the twentieth century. Focusing on the visions of activists from C. L. R. James to Aime Cesaire and Malcolm X, Kelley writes of the hope that Communism offered, the mindscapes of Surrealism, the transformative potential of radical feminism, and of the four-hundred-year-old dream

Thermal Management of Gallium Nitride Electronics outlines the technical approaches undertaken by leaders in the community, the challenges they have faced, and the resulting advances in the field. This book serves as a one-stop reference for compound semiconductor device researchers tasked with solving this engineering challenge for future material systems based on ultra-wide bandgap semiconductors.

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History is always written wrong, and so always needs to be rewritten. (George Santayana) Enquiries into the relationship between literature and history continue to stir up intense critical and scholarly debate. Alongside the new hybrid categories that have emerged out of this ferment?life-writing, ficto-criticism, history from below, and so on?there has been a welter of new literary histories, new

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This book presents a series of sketches of lives, thought and impact of thirty-seven individuals in relation to Pan-Africanism. Offering overviews of movements, groups, and detailed biographies, the chapters provide insights into the individuals who have animated the \'Pan-African

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Windsor Palace, 2016. The morning after her ninetieth birthday celebrations, the Queen is shocked to discover that one of her guests has been found dead in his

Invoke the Morrigan--the Celtic embodiment of the victory, strength, and power of the Divine Feminine--and be transformed by her fierce and magnificent energy. In this comprehensive, hands-on guide to Celtic Witchcraft, Stephanie Woodfield invites you to explore the Morrigan\'s rich history and origins, mythology, and magic. Discover the hidden lessons and spiritual mysteries of the Dark Goddess as

New collection from well-loved and experimental Trinidadian poet, and 2014 Forward Prize

The decks of the Campania run red with blood when the corpses brought back to a semblance of life by the Aurora Society\'s \"absolute salvation\" turn on the ship\'s passengers in a ghoulish farce. With their investigation waylaid by this primitive struggle for survival, Earl Ciel Phantomhive and his exceptional butler, Sebastian, are trapped at the mercy of both the unnatural and Mother Nature herself.

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In 1991, Dana Gioia\'s provocative essay \"Can Poetry Matter?\" was published in the Atlantic Monthly, and received more public response than any other piece in the magazine\'s history. In his book, Gioia more fully addressed the question: Is there a place for poetry to be part of modern American mainstream culture? Ten years later, the debate is as lively and heated as ever. Graywolf is pleased to

When a Boston judge is being blackmailed, Andy Roark must find out who is behind the threat before lives get ruined in this thrilling mystery featuring the Vietnam veteran turned private investigator.\"Fans of Robert B. Parker\'s Spenser novels . . . will be eager to see more of Roark\" Publishers Weekly \"Roark is genuinely likeable (not too tough, but not a patsy)\" The New York Times Boston, 1985.

Combining Chinese Taoist astrology, Western zodiac astrology, and birth destiny cards to develop your innate talents and transform your negative traits - Includes charts to discover your Chinese animal year, your Western zodiac sun sign, your moon sign, and your birth destiny card as well as those of your friends, lovers, relatives, and colleagues - Provides insightful and accurate descriptions for

Did you know that most of the biggest indie filmmakers, screenwriters, and producers working today each made the same avoidable mistakes early on in their careers? The Reel Truth details the pitfalls, snares, and roadblocks that aspiring filmmakers encounter. Reed Martin interviewed more than one hundred luminaries from the independent film world to discuss the near misses that almost derailed their

From the Riviera, to the Rhine and on to the Colmar pocket, all three operations are covered in this volume by Jean Paul Pallud, and each show the action and locations in our unique then and now