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Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp
by Harriet Beecher Stowe Robert S. LevineHarriet Beecher Stowe's second antislavery novel was written partly in response to the criticisms of Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) by both white Southerners and black abolitionists. In Dred (1856), Stowe attempts to explore the issue of slavery from an African American perspective. Through the compelling stories of Nina Gordon, the mistress of a slave plantation, and Dred, a black revolutionary, Stowe brings to life conflicting beliefs about race, the institution of slavery, and the possibilities of violent resistance. Probing the political and spiritual goals that fuel Dred's rebellion, Stowe creates a figure far different from the acquiescent Christian martyr Uncle Tom. In his introduction to the novel, Robert S. Levine outlines the contemporary antislavery debates in which Stowe had become deeply involved before and during her writing of Dred. In addition to its significance in literary history, the novel remains relevant, Levine argues, to present discussions of cross-racial perspectives.
Dred; A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp (Vol. I)
by Harriet Beecher StoweFrom the author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," comes this book showing Stowe's view of the downfall of society from slavery. This is Vol. I of II. British spellings throughout.
Dreg: Una novela de terror
by Terry M. WestUn policía psíquico enfermo persigue un asesino serial, quien es más que humano. Aclamada como una mezcla entre Deliverance (Amada pesadilla en español) y Silent of the Lambs (El silencio de los inocentes), Dreg es un monstruo que no olvidarás pronto. Sin importar cuánto lo intentes. Nueva Orleans. 1940. La locura prospera en los pantanos y un legado oscuro es abrazado. Un niño pantanoso es bautizado con sangre de la ciudad y una manada tan vieja como el tiempo sube de los pantanos. Un hombre bestia escapa de sus grilletes y comienza la caza, una caza que durará por décadas. Una caza alimentada por la luna. Porque cuando hay luna llena, la bestia se levanta. Y la sangre fluye. Houston, Texas. 1999. Lucas Glover es un psíquico local que asiste a la policía. Las habilidades psíquicas de Lucas están vacilando y su salud ha sido extremadamente afectada por su don. Él es llamado por el comisionario de la policía para ayudar a encontrar y rastrear al Asesino del Recuerdo. El Asesino del Recuerdo es un homicida que ha eludido a la policía por décadas. Lucas se une a William Harlson, un duro como uñas, un detective de homicidios escéptico y enfermo terminal, quien ve el hecho de frenar al asesino como su último "hurrah". A medida que progresa la investigación, Lucas es plagado por sueños extraños y desarrolla una conexión con el asesino. Lucas descubre que está tratando con una fuerza principal de la naturaleza mucho más peligrosa que cualquier asesino serial humano. Y cuando el Asesino del Recuerdo ataca cerca de casa, Lucas debe empujar sus habilidades más lejos de lo que jamás lo ha hecho.
Dregs
by Jorn Lier HorstChief Inspector William Wisting is an experienced policeman familiar with the dark side of human nature. He lives in challenging times for the Norwegian police force, meeting them with integrity and humanity, and a fragile belief that he can play a part in creating a better world. Dregs begins with a police report giving the place and time of the discovery of a training shoe washed up on the sand, containing a severed foot. Soon a second shoe is washed up, but it is another left foot. What is the explanation for this? Has there been some kind of terrible accident at sea? Does it indicate the killing and dismembering of two victims? Is there a link with the unsolved mystery of a number of disappearances in the Larvik area in recent months? In this gripping police procedural, Wisting gradually gets to the bottom of the mystery with the help of his all too human colleagues and his journalist daughter, Line.
Drei Jahrhunderte deutschen Lebens in Amerika: Eine Geschichte Der Deutschen In Den Vereinigten Staaten (Classics To Go)
by Rudolf CronauEine Geschichte der Deutschen in den Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika Illustriert
Drei Wochen im letzten Frühjahr
by Victoria HowardFriday Harbor, eine malerische Kleinstadt im pazifischen Nordwesten, ist ein Zufluchtsort für Fischer und Segler. Für Skye Dunbar ist es ein Ort, an dem sie den Schmerz eines gebrochenen Herzens überwinden und ihr Leben wieder in den Griff bekommen kann. Als sie eine Hütte an der Küste mietet, ist das Letzte, womit sie rechnet, dass sie des Computer-Hackings beschuldigt wird. Jedediah Walker untersucht die toten Meeresbewohner, die an den Stränden der Insel angespült wurden. Als er entdeckt, dass die Fische eine hohe Konzentration giftiger Chemikalien enthalten, vermutet er, dass jemand sie absichtlich in den Puget Sound entsorgt hat. Schnell zieht er voreilige Schlüsse und vermutet, dass die rothaarige Frau, die seine Hütte gemietet hat, etwas damit zu tun hat. Skye versucht, ihn zu ignorieren, aber die Not bringt sie zusammen, als sie versuchen, die Verantwortlichen für diese Umweltkatastrophe zu finden.
Dreidel Date
by Eliana WestThe rules of dreidel are simple—unless the hot new rabbi your friends have been wanting you to meet turns out to be your childhood crush. Now Zach Kravitz is playing for more than bragging rights as the dreidel champion—he&’s playing for his heart. Hanukkah parties with the Kravitz family were some of Garrett Fitzpatrick&’s favorite childhood memories. Now that Garrett has a chance to reconnect with Zach, the quiet, artistic young man he has yearned after for years, he&’s ready to put a new spin on an old game. Garrett has eight nights to show Zach the spark between them can turn into a lasting flame that will stay bright long after Hanukkah ends.
Dreidels on the Brain
by Joel Ben IzzyAt last a great American Hanukkah story! This very funny, very touching novel of growing up Jewish has the makings of a holiday classic.<P><P> One lousy miracle. Is that too much to ask?<P> Evidently so for Joel, as he tries to survive Hannukah, 1971 in the suburbs of the suburbs of Los Angeles (or, as he calls it, “The Land of Shriveled Dreams”). That’s no small task when you’re a “seriously funny-looking” twelve-year-old magician who dreams of being his own superhero: Normalman. And Joel’s a long way from that as the only Jew at Bixby School, where his attempts to make himself disappear fail spectacularly. Home is no better, with a family that’s not just mortifyingly embarrassing but flat-out broke. <P> That’s why Joel’s betting everything on these eight nights, to see whether it’s worth believing in God or miracles or anything at all. Armed with his favorite jokes, some choice Yiddish words, and a suitcase full of magic tricks, he’s scrambling to come to terms with the world he lives in—from hospitals to Houdini to the Holocaust—before the last of the candles burns out. <P> No wonder his head is spinning: He’s got dreidels on the brain. And little does he know that what’s actually about to happen to him and his family this Hanukkah will be worse than he’d feared . . . And better than he could have imagined.
Drenched in Light (Tending Roses #4)
by Lisa WingateA woman struggling to find her way forward discovers hope in her bond with a troubled young girl in this heartfelt novel in the Tending Roses series from the New York Times bestselling author of Before We Were Yours.Once a gifted ballet dancer, Julia Costell understands the joy of body and soul lost in a perfect moment. But after buckling under the demands of a professional dance career, she’s landed with a thud in an unglamorous job as a guidance counselor at a performing arts school. Living back home with her parents and feeling lost, Julia is afraid she’ll never soar again—until the day young Dell Jordan is sent to her office.In Dell’s writing, Julia recognizes not only her own despair, but also luminous sparks of hope. But as Julia fights to forge a brighter future for one disadvantaged student, she is drawn into startling undercurrents of conflict and denial within the academy. Now, as she is tested in ways she never imagined, Julia begins to discover that even though her life has seemed off course, she’s been on the right path all along...
Drenched: Stories of Love and Other Deliriums
by Marisa MatarazzoTwo lovers accidentally create a love potion while making a batch of Jell-O. An apartment is filled with water as an act of gravity-defying devotion to an acrobat. At turns blissful, absurd, sexy, and devastating, Marisa Matarazzo's stories don't just push the boundaries of love-they show how very boundless it is. These interconnected shorts take love to a new level-another world, where a sex fever can sweep a town and where sex acts are performed tied to the raised mast of a sailboat. Falling into love, swimming, and drowning in it, the characters often exist in places where land and water collide and morph. A girl without hands is rescued from the sea by an oil-rig worker. A boy transplants a fish into the body of a menacing neighbor. A woman on the rebound has an unexpected encounter with an otherworldly water engineer. Fusing magical realism and fantasy with the heart of the here and now, Matarazzo has established a singular style. As she shifts effortlessly among startling plotlines and peculiar characters, she celebrates the fluid sorcery of love-in its ardor, its ugliness, all of its uncanny and magnificent manifestations, proclaiming love the most wondrous magic of all.
Dress Code Mess
by Sarah St. AntoineMy name is Lenni and this is my rap about me, a new teacher, and a dress code flap. This teacher says, "You only get three tries. No blue jeans, no T-shirts.". She says I have to start dressing like a lady. If she keeps it up she'll drive me crazy.
Dress Coded
by Carrie FirestoneIn this debut middle-grade girl-power friendship story, an eighth grader starts a podcast to protest the unfair dress code enforcement at her middle school and sparks a rebellion.Molly Frost is FED UP... Because Olivia was yelled at for wearing a tank top. Because Liza got dress coded and Molly didn't, even though they were wearing the exact same outfit. Because when Jessica was pulled over by the principal and missed a math quiz, her teacher gave her an F. Because it's impossible to find shorts that are longer than her fingertips. Because girls' bodies are not a distraction. Because middle school is hard enough.And so Molly starts a podcast where girls can tell their stories, and before long, her small rebellion swells into a revolution. Because now the girls are standing up for what's right, and they're not backing down. • Four Starred Reviews • A Kids' Indie Next List Title<
Dress Codes for Small Towns
by Courtney Stevens<p>As the tomboy daughter of the town’s preacher, Billie McCaffrey has always struggled with fitting the mold of what everyone says she should be. She’d rather wear sweats, build furniture, and get into trouble with her solid group of friends: Woods, Mash, Davey, Fifty, and Janie Lee. <p>But when Janie Lee confesses to Billie that she’s in love with Woods, Billie’s filled with a nagging sadness as she realizes that she is also in love with Woods…and maybe with Janie Lee, too. <p>Always considered “one of the guys,” Billie doesn’t want anyone slapping a label on her sexuality before she can understand it herself. So she keeps her conflicting feelings to herself, for fear of ruining the group dynamic. Except it’s not just about keeping the peace, it’s about understanding love on her terms—this thing that has always been defined as a boy and a girl falling in love and living happily ever after. For Billie—a box-defying dynamo—it’s not that simple. Readers will be drawn to Billie as she comes to terms with the gray areas of love, gender, and friendship, in this John Hughes-esque exploration of sexual fluidity.
Dress Culture in Late Victorian Women's Fiction: Literacy, Textiles, and Activism
by Christine Bayles KortschIn her immensely readable and richly documented book, Christine Bayles Kortsch asks us to shift our understanding of late Victorian literary culture by examining its inextricable relationship with the material culture of dress and sewing. Even as the Education Acts of 1870, 1880, and 1891 extended the privilege of print literacy to greater numbers of the populace, stitching samplers continued to be a way of acculturating girls in both print literacy and what Kortsch terms "dress culture." Kortsch explores nineteenth-century women's education, sewing and needlework, mainstream fashion, alternative dress movements, working-class labor in the textile industry, and forms of social activism, showing how dual literacy in dress and print cultures linked women writers with their readers. Focusing on Victorian novels written between 1870 and 1900, Kortsch examines fiction by writers such as Olive Schreiner, Ella Hepworth Dixon, Margaret Oliphant, Sarah Grand, and Gertrude Dix, with attention to influential predecessors like Elizabeth Gaskell, Charlotte Brontë, and George Eliot. Periodicals, with their juxtaposition of journalism, fiction, and articles on dress and sewing are particularly fertile sites for exploring the close linkages between print and dress cultures. Informed by her examinations of costume collections in British and American museums, Kortsch's book broadens our view of New Woman fiction and its relationship both to dress culture and to contemporary women's fiction.
Dress Gray
by Lucian K. Truscott IVThis New York Times–bestselling novel about a crime and cover-up at West Point offers &“a compelling portrait of the military academy&” (The New York Times). Ry Slaight is a young cadet at the United States Military Academy, walking punishment tours in May 1968, when he hears that the body of a plebe has been found floating in Lake Popolopen. Supposedly, it was an accident—but it&’s not long before Slaight learns details about the autopsy suggesting a much darker story. Slaight&’s personal quest to uncover the truth—and the authorities&’ efforts to keep it from him—will reveal both heroes and villains within the Long Gray Line in this &“frightening novel about &‘a secret cult headquartered on the Hudson behind a stone façade.&’ . . . The author mounts an attack on his alma mater with brilliance and fury&” (Newsday).
Dress Her in Indigo: A Travis McGee Novel (Travis McGee #11)
by John D. Macdonald"To diggers a thousand years from now...the works of John D. MacDonald would be a treasure on the order of the tomb of Tutankhamen."Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.A wealthy old man laid up in the hospital is desperate to understand the last months of his daughter's life before she was killed in a car crash in Mexico. It was puzzling. She'd cleaned out her considerable bank account, left Miami and hadn't been heard from again. Travis McGee ventures into the steep hills and strange backwoods of Oaxaca through a bizarre world of dropouts, drug freaks, and kinky rich people--and begins to suspect the beautiful girl's death was no accident....
Dress Me!
by Sarah Frances HardyA young girl makes her way through a variety of career possibilities--dancer, doctor, superhero, plumber--in a variety of costumes. She can be graceful, creative, brave, caring, silly, and even scary. She can wear braids or glasses, a crown or a beret. No matter what she chooses, her puppy is twirling, painting, and hammering right beside her, often with an accessory of his own. The story is simple and yet suggests infinite, limitless opportunities and the little girl’s right to choose who and what she wants to be. The message is one of exploration, choice, and self-expression. And ultimately another option for the little girl is to be "just me. ” From the author and illustrator of Paint Me! comes a new story that teaches children to explore and to be open-minded. Featuring simple text but an inspiring story and lovely, detailed illustrations, Dress Me! is sure to charm young readers and parents alike. This book is perfect for early readers and for reading out loud.
Dress Rehearsal
by Zoe ThurnerLara Pearlman loves acting, cream on her muffins, and her best friend Oggy. She also may be falling in love with Blake Taylor, the cute boy from school with a dubious past. In an attempt to get closer to Blake, Lara joins him in the cast of a school play. Her plans, however, backfire as she ends up battling Oggy and the flirty Chelsea Wilson for his attention. Among love triangles and an increasingly strange school production, events turn sinister and Lara has to decide where her loyalties lie. Sure to appeal to anyone who has ever dreamed of being an actor or had a crush on an unattainable boy, this witty novel offers plenty of action as well as a positive message about being confident in oneself.
Dress Up
by Joel SkeltonBroadway director Wyatt Stark's smash hit, Dress Up, a free-spirited, spaghetti strap of a tale set during New York's legendary fashion week, has played at full capacity for almost two years. Wyatt is taking his wildly successful musical to Hollywood with the help of his business partner, Murphy. But Wyatt is on the edge, overworked by the industry and overwrought by a terrible breakup, and so he agrees to spend the summer before production starts recuperating at Murphy's secluded beach house in Maine. It's there that Wyatt meets and falls for Ryan Taylor--but Ryan isn't who he portrays himself to be. Distressed and desperately in love, Ryan weaves a web of lies in an effort to secure Wyatt's heart, hoping and praying that their romance can survive the deception. When Wyatt discovers the truth, will their love be there to stay, or will it be, like a worn-out fashion trend, yesterday's news?
Dress Your Family In Corduroy And Denim
by David Sedaris'No one has a turn of phrase like David Sedaris. This series of essays about his life and family is a joy from start to finish' Adam KayDavid Sedaris plays in the snow with his sisters.He goes on vacation with his family.He gets a job selling drinks.He attends his brother's wedding.He mops his sister's floor.He gives directions to a lost traveller.He eats a hamburger.He has his blood sugar tested.It all sounds so normal, doesn't it?In his new book David Sedaris lifts the corner of ordinary life, revealing the absurdity teeming below its surface. His world is alive with obscure desires and hidden motives - a world where forgiveness is automatic and an argument can be the highest form of love. Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim finds one of the wittiest and most original writers at work today at the peak of his form.
Dress Your Family In Corduroy And Denim
by David SedarisNo one renders the pathos, chaos, and impossible variety of daily encounters like David Sedaris. On every subject, he is bruisingly painful and tenderly affectionate. Sedaris is unique in American writing, and these readings of his own work are highly skilled performances. This new collection will be eagerly anticipated by his ever-growing crowd of devoted fans.
Dress-Up Fun with Elmo (Play Your Way)
by Cat ReynoldsElmo plays dress-up with his friends—and has fun wearing all kinds of costumes! Children will love this sturdy board book starring their favorite characters from Sesame Street.Elmo and his friends love pretending with dress-up clothes. Sometimes they wear sparkly unicorn costumes, sometimes they pirate hats, and sometimes they dress-up as dancing firefighters. No matter what they pretend to be, everyone has fun when they play dress-up together! This board board has a fun, bold art style and is perfect for children ages 0-3.The books in the Play Your Way series encourage gender-free playtime, showing that boys and girls can do the same things.Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational organization behind Sesame Street, is dedicated to helping kids grow smarter, stronger, and kinder. By creating researched-based media and resources for families around the world, Sesame Workshop is able to meet children&’s most pressing needs. With a focus on foundational knowledge & skills, creativity & playful problem-solving, self-identify & belonging, and emotional well-being, Sesame Street is the most trusted name in early learning.
Dressed To Kill (A Tourist Trap Mystery #4)
by Lynn CahoonJill Gardner--owner of Coffee, Books, and More in the tucked-away town of South Cove, California--is not particularly thrilled to be portraying a twenties flapper for the dinner theater murder mystery. Though it is for charity...Of course everyone is expecting a "dead" body at the dress rehearsal...but this one isn't acting! It turns out the main suspect is the late actor's conniving girlfriend Sherry...who also happens to be the ex-wife of Jill's main squeeze. Sherry is definitely a master manipulator...but is she a killer? Jill may discover the truth only when the curtain comes up on the final act...and by then, it may be far too late.
Dressed Up 4 Murder (Sophie Kimball Mystery #6)
by J.C. EatonA Mystery Tribune&’s Best Books of the MonthLast one standing is the winner . . . The holiday season has arrived and bookkeeper/amateur sleuth, Sophie &“Phee&” Kimball, would love nothing more than to enjoy the comforts of her new home with her detective boyfriend near Arizona&’s Sun City West. Instead, her mother Harriet wants to showcase her chiweenie-chihuahua-dachshund Streetman in the Precious Pooches Holiday Extravaganza costume events. The festivities begin in October and end on St. Patrick&’s Day—with the winner starring in the St. Pat&’s Day parade. But things quickly turn an awful shade of green when Streetman uncovers a dead body under a tarp-covered grill in the neighbor&’s yard. The victim is Cameron Tully, a seafood distributor working out of Phoenix, who died from ingesting a toxic sago palm leaf. Before the police can even find a motive and suspect, another Precious Pooch owner nearly dies from the same poison. With Harriet believing someone&’s targeting her and Streetman because of the costume contests, Phee will need a potful of Irish luck to sniff out a killer . . . Praise for the Sophie Kimball Mysteries &“An eclectic cast of entertaining characters that will keep you wondering whodunit!&”—USA Today Bestselling Author Nicole Leiren, on Staged 4 Murder &“A thoroughly entertaining series debut, with enjoyable, yet realistic characters and enough plot twists—and dead ends—to appeal from beginning to end.&” —Booklist STARRED REVIEW on Booked 4 Murder