Morris County Library New Non-Fiction
Newsletter #396 - 5/21/2021
Here is a selection of new non-fiction that we have added to our collection. If any of these titles sparks your interest, just click on the title to be taken to our online catalog for more information. Happy reading!
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2020
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Copies in all libraries: 2 (of 2)
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Publisher, Date: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2020]
Description: xv, 235 pages ; 25 cm
Summary: "How do gods and spirits come to feel vividly real to people-as if they were standing right next to them? Humans tend to see supernatural agents everywhere, as the cognitive science of religion has shown. But it isn't easy to maintain a sense that there are invisible spirits who care about you. In How God Becomes Real, acclaimed anthropologist and scholar of religion T. M. Luhrmann argues that people must work incredibly hard to make gods real and that this effort-by changing the people who do it and giving them the benefits they seek from invisible others-helps to explain the enduring power of faith"-- Provided by publisher. |
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2020
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Copies in all libraries: 1 (of 1)
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Publisher, Date: Grand Rapids, Michigan : Brazos Press, a division of Baker Publishing Group, [2020]
Description: xx, 316 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Summary: The Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible encourages readers to explore how the vital roots of the ancient Christian tradition inform and shape faithfulness today. In this volume, one of today's leading theologians offers a theological reading of 1 and 2 Thessalonians. As with other series volumes, this commentary is designed to serve the church--providing a rich resource for preachers, teachers, students, and study groups--and to demonstrate the continuing intellectual and practical viability of theological interpretation of the Bible. - Publisher.
Series: Brazos theological commentary on the Bible. |
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2021
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Copies in all libraries: 0 (of 1)
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Edition: First edition.
Publisher, Date: Sebastopol, CA : O'Reilly Media, 2019.
Description: 352 pages ; 24 cm |
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2020
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Copies in all libraries: 2 (of 2)
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Publisher, Date: Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, [2020]
Description: xii, 362 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Summary: "Flutter for Dummies is your friendly, ground-up route to creating multi-platform apps. From how to construct your initial frameworks to writing code in Dart, you'll find the essentials you need to ride the Flutter revolutionary wave to success. This book includes guidance on how to create an intuitive and stunning UI, add interactivity, and easily pull in data." -- Amazon.com.
Series: --For dummies. |
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2021
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Copies in all libraries: 1 (of 1)
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Publisher, Date: [Berkeley, California?] : Apress, [2021]
Description: xix, 346 pages ; 26 cm
Summary: Learn the C programming language easily and in a straightforward way. This book teaches the basics of C, the C Standard Library, and modern C standards. No previous programming experience is required. C is a language that is as popular today as it was decades ago. C covers a wide variety of domains. It can be used to program a microcontroller, or to develop an entire operating system. This book is an effort to introduce the reader to the C programming language in a concise and easy to follow manner. The author takes you through the C programming language, the Standard Library, and the C standards basics. Each chapter is the right balance of theory and code examples. After reading and using this book, you'll have the essentials to start programming in modern C. You will: The C programming language fundamentals ; The C Standard Library fundamentals ; New C Standards features ; The basics of types, operators, statements, arrays, functions, and structs ; The basics of pointers, memory allocation, and memory manipulation ; Take advantage of best practices in C. |
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2020
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Copies in all libraries: 4 (of 4)
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Edition: First edition.
Publisher, Date: New York ; Nashville : FaithWords, 2020.
Description: ix, 267 pages ; 24 cm
Summary: Fear is the devil's favorite tool in the toolbox of schemes he uses to destroy God's good plan for you. He uses it to hold you back and prevent progress in your relationships, career, and more. In Do It Afraid, Joyce Meyer explains that fear is everywhere and affects everyone. It rules many people, but it doesn't have to rule you any longer. She will teach you how to: Understand fear and recognize how it works in your life. Confront those fears that are holding you back. Change your mindset for lasting freedom from some of the most common fears people face. Remember, courage isn't the absence of fear; it is learning how to move forward in the presence of fear. Courageous people do what they believe in their hearts they should do, no matter how they feel or what doubts fill their minds. When you take ownership of your problems and open your heart to God, He will help bring light into darkness so that you can be free. |
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2020
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Copies in all libraries: 1 (of 1)
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Edition: First edition.
Publisher, Date: Portland, Oregon : International Society for Technology in Education, [2020]
Description: xvii, 156 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Summary: "There are numerous books on STEAM, but most are either arts and crafts project books designed for children or high-level books that can be weighty and inaccessible for new teachers. As an artist/educator who has taught art and technology for years, Tim Needles brings a fresh and unique approach to these topics, focusing on creativity, innovation and collaboration. This accessible and engaging book offers creative ideas for blending arts and STEM learning (STEAM). It covers the fundamentals of STEAM, with project ideas and best practices, while providing insight from educators in the field. Technologies covered include: coding, robotics, 3D printing, virtual and augmented reality, photography, video, animation and digital drawing. In addition, the book addresses several different approaches to bringing STEAM learning to the next level, such as collaboration, global learning, project-based learning, makerspaces and social-emotional learning"-- Provided by publisher. |
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2021
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Copies in all libraries: 2 (of 2)
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Publisher, Date: Washington, DC : Brookings Institution Press, [2021]
Description: xii, 337 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, photographs ; 24 cm
Summary: The chilliest years of the Cold War marked the entrance of a young man who would go on to become one of America's preeminent diplomatic correspondents. Handpicked by the legendary Edward R. Murrow to join the ranks of an esteemed news network that was just beginning to enter a new world of televised news broadcasting, Marvin Kalb takes readers back to his first days as a journalist, and what also were the first days of broadcast news. |
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2021
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Copies in all libraries: 2 (of 8)
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Edition: First edition.
Publisher, Date: New York, NY : Basic Books, 2021.
Description: xviii, 331 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Summary: "Hummingbirds are a glittering, sparkling collective of over three hundred wildly variable, colorful species. For centuries they have captured our imaginations - revered by indigenous Americans, coveted by European collectors, and to this day admired worldwide for their unsurpassed metallic, jewel-like plumage, acrobatic flight, and immense character. Yet they exist on a knife-edge -- theirs is a precarious life, dependent upon finding sufficient nectar to provide the high energy their bodies demand daily. They live fast and die young. And they do this in habitats that range from boreal woodlands to deserts, from dripping cloud-forests to montane paramo, and on islands both tropical and sub-polar. They are, perhaps, the ultimate embodiment of evolution's power to carve a niche for a seemingly delicate creature in even the harshest of places. This tells the colorful story of these fabulous birds -- their history, their compelling life cycles, and their perilous position in a changing landscape -- and the stories of the people, past and present, whose lives have been shaped by the zealous passion hummingbirds inspire. Enthusiastic amateur birdwatchers, conservation workers, scientists, smugglers, witches, and celebrities -- all have been consumed in one way or another with passion for the most remarkable family of all the birds. Travelling the full length of their worldwide range, from the very edge of the Arctic Circle to the sub-Antarctic islands off the tip of South America, nature writer Jon Dunn embarks on a search for the most remarkable examples of their kind, exploring their rich cultural heritage, and encountering a host of human characters as colorful as the birds themselves"-- Provided by publisher. |
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2021
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Copies in all libraries: 1 (of 16)
Current Holds: 5 |
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Edition: First edition.
Publisher, Date: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2021]
Description: 385 pages : color illustrations, maps (some color) ; 25 cm
Summary: "An exhilarating exploration of the science and wonder of global bird migration. In the past two decades, our understanding of bird migration-the navigational and physiological feats that enable birds to cross immense oceans or fly above the highest mountains, to go weeks without sleep, or remain in unbroken flight for months at a stretch-has exploded. Scientists have made astounding discoveries: certain species, such as thrushes, can avoid dehydration over long flights by "drinking" from their own muscles and organs, extending their flight range by almost thirty percent, or more than two thousand miles, and while we've known for decades that birds are somehow able to orient themselves using earth's magnetic field, a new leading theory is that they do sothrough a form of quantum entanglement. In A World on the Wing, author and researcher Scott Weidensaul shares these and other revelations to convey both the wonder of bird migration and its global sweep, taking the reader from the shores and mudflats of the Yellow Sea in China, to the remote mountains of northeastern India, and to the salt lakes in southern Cyprus in the Mediterranean. Weidensaul also introduces those trying to preserve global migratory patterns in the face of climate change and other rising challenges"-- Provided by publisher. |
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2021
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Copies in all libraries: 2 (of 8)
Current Holds: 1 |
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Edition: First Edition.
Publisher, Date: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]
Description: xvii, 334 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Summary: A Dartmouth anthropologist whose team discovered two ancient human species explores how our evolution toward bipedalism rendered us dominant, innovative, more compassionate, and more susceptible to health problems. |
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2020
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Copies in all libraries: 1 (of 1)
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Publisher, Date: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2020]
Description: x, 337 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Summary: "From Boots to Business is designed to help guide service members interested in pursuing a career in the field of business post-military service on their journey by guiding them through the maze of possibilities and assisting them in maximizing their available choices"-- Provided by publisher. |
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2021
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Copies in all libraries: 8 (of 33)
Current Holds: 1 |
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Edition: First edition.
Publisher, Date: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2021.
Description: 257 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Summary: "Bill Gates shares what he's learned in more than a decade of studying climate change and investing in innovations to address the problems, and sets out a vision for how the world can build the tools it needs to get to zero greenhouse gas emissions. Bill Gates explains why he cares so deeply about climate change and what makes him optimistic that the world can avoid the most dire effects of the climate crisis. Gates says, "We can work on a local, national, and global level to build the technologies, businesses, and industries to avoid the worst impacts of climate change." His interest in climate change is a natural outgrowth of the efforts by his foundation to reduce poverty and disease. Climate change, according to Gates, will have the biggest impact on the people who have done the least to cause it. As a technologist, he has seen firsthand how innovation can change the world. By investing in research, inventing new technologies, and by deploying them quickly at large scale, Gates believes climate change can be addressed in meaningful ways. According to Gates, "to prevent the worst effects of climate change, we have to get to net-zero emissions of greenhouse gases. This problem is urgent, and the debate is complex, but I believe we can come together to invent new carbon-zero technologies, deploy the ones we have, and ultimately avoid a climate catastrophe""-- Provided by publisher. |
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2020
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Copies in all libraries: 2 (of 2)
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Publisher, Date: New York, NY : The Experiment LLC, 2020.
Description: xviii, 221 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Summary: "The most up-to-date science on the genetics of who we are and where we come from, showing us a more scientifically enlightened way to talk colloquially about race"-- Provided by publisher. |
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2021
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Copies in all libraries: 7 (of 8)
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Publisher, Date: New York : Atria Books, 2021.
Description: xx, 299 pages ; 24 cm
Summary: "A timely and impassioned exploration of how our society has commodified feminism and continues to systemically shut out women of color-perfect for fans of White Fragility and Good and Mad"-- Provided by publisher. |
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2021
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Copies in all libraries: 1 (of 6)
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Publisher, Date: Portland, Oregon : Timber Press, 2021.
Description: 223 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 23 cm
Summary: "Expert gardener Lorene Edwards Forkner shares all the information you need to create a thriving garden, from facts about soil and sun to tips on fertilizing, mulching, and watering. Regional planting charts show what to plant when, and a month-by-month planner takes you from January through December... Whether your garden grows in the ground, on a balcony, or in containers on a sunny patio, this is your guide to grow-your-own success."--Page 4 of cover. |
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2021
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Copies in all libraries: 0 (of 7)
Current Holds: 1 |
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Publisher, Date: Boston, MA : America's Test Kitchen, [2021]
Description: ix, 534 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Summary: "Say Goodbye to Boring Chicken with 500 Recipes for Easy Dinners, Braises, Wings, Stir-Fries, and So Much More"-- Provided by publisher. |
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2020
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Copies in all libraries: 0 (of 1)
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Publisher, Date: London ; New York : Bloomsbury, 2020.
Description: 285 pages : color illustrations, color map, portraits ; 25 cm
Summary: Beyond Indonesia's lush rainforests, tropical seas and abundant rice fields lies a country not often seen by visitors. It is one of bustling local markets, lively street food stalls, colourful shops and houses and generous community spirit. From these islands comes one of the most diverse cuisines in the world, weaving flavours of lemongrass, chilli, tamarind and coconut into dishes that are fragrant, colourful and bold. Australian-born chef Lara Lee takes us on a journey to trace her family's Indonesian roots, and in the kitchens of her grandmother and extended family, she discovers the secrets to real Indonesian cookery. Now she shares more than 80 authentic, mouth-watering recipes that have been passed down through the generations, so you can recreate dishes such as Nasi goreng, Beef rendang, Chilli prawn satay and Pandan cake. There are also recipes for a variety of sambals: fragrant, spicy relishes - ranging from mild to fiery - that are undoubtedly the heart and soul of every meal. The recipes in Coconut & Sambal use easily accessible ingredients and simple techniques and are interwoven with beguiling tales of life on the islands and vibrant food and travel photography, shining a light on the magnificent but little-known cuisine of Indonesia. |
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2020
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Copies in all libraries: 0 (of 2)
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Edition: First edition.
Publisher, Date: New York : Ecco, [2020]
Description: xvi, 252 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Summary: "Tucked into a crook of Doyers Street in New York City's Chinatown, Nom Wah Tea Parlor has been serving some of the world's greatest dim sum for a hundred years. Here are the century-old secrets and recipes behind the restaurant's legendary dishes, including giant pork bao, soup dumplings, egg rolls, chef's specials, moon cakes, and more. Owner Wilson Tang captures a community at the crossroads, poised between respect for tradition and adaptation, as Chinatown looks to the future." -- Back cover. |
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2020
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Copies in all libraries: 4 (of 4)
Current Holds: 0 |
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Publisher, Date: New York : Skyhorse Publishing, [2020].
Description: xiii, 161 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
Summary: "The Must-Have Guide for Renters and Small-Space DwellersRental Style, which doubles as a decor piece and handy design guide, shows readers how to decorate and organize small, rented spaces on a budget. The book will cover all home development stages from searching for a rental home to decorating and organizing it. Many people are reluctant to design their spaces due to renter restrictions, which leaves homes bland and boring. Rental Style will erase that unease and demonstrate how you can turn a rented space into a home using temporary, creative tricks that won't drive landlords crazy. Rental Style will demonstrate how to 'renovate' a rental through clever design and budget-friendly tips and hacks on the following topics: beating the stress of finding a homeItems to switch out when moving into a rental; furniture to invest in when living in a small home; decorating to maximize small spacesMyths many renters believe; removable products meant for renters; incorporating more seating into your smaller home; combating limited storageWays to 'renovate' a rental kitchenHosting in a very small home; and more! The budget and time-friendly tools, tips, and advice in this book will give readers the ability to stand out among the rest and revamp their rental spaces!" -- Description provided by publisher. |
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2020
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Copies in all libraries: 1 (of 1)
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Publisher, Date: London ; New York, NY : Thames and Hudson, 2020.
Description: 391 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 28 cm
Summary: Sculpture is the universal art. It has been practised by every culture throughout the world and stretches back into the distant past. The first surviving shaped stones may even predate the advent of language. The drive to form stone, clay, wood and metal into shapes evidently runs deep in our psyche and biology. This links the question 'What is sculpture?' to the question 'What is humanity?' 0 In this wide-ranging book, two complementary voices - one belonging to an artist who looks to Asian and Buddhist traditions as much as to Western sculptural history, the other to a critic and historian - consider how sculpture has been central to the evolution of our potential for thinking and feeling. Sculpture cannot be seen in isolation as an aesthetic pursuit; it is related to humankind's compelling urge to make its mark on the landscape, build, make pictures, practise religion and develop philosophical thought. 0 Drawing on examples from thousands of years bce to now, and from around the globe, the authors treat sculpture as a transnational art form with its own compelling history. They take into account materials and techniques, and consider overarching themes such as space, light and darkness. Above all, they discuss their view of sculpture as a form of physical thinking capable of altering the way people feel and of inviting them to look at sculpture they encounter and more broadly the world around them in a completely different way. |
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2020
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Copies in all libraries: 2 (of 2)
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Publisher, Date: Ithaca ; London : Cornell University Press, 2020.
Description: xvi, 315 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Summary: "This book of essays explores connections between Hamilton: The Musical and contemporary legal issues"-- Provided by the publisher. |
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2021
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Copies in all libraries: 2 (of 2)
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Publisher, Date: New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, [2021]
Description: xii, 173 pages ; 22 cm.
Summary: "Liars are causing devastating problems. They are endangering public health. They are threatening self-government. They are destroying the reputation of good people - and inflating the reputation of people who are not so good. Nonetheless, falsehoods ought not to be censored or regulated, even if they are lies. Free societies allow them. Public officials should not be allowed to act as the truth police. A key reason is that we cannot trust officials to separate truth from falsehood; their own judgments are unreliable, and their own biases get in the way. If officials are licensed to punish falsehoods, they will end up punishing dissent. The best response to falsehoods is usually to correct them, rather than to punish or censor them. At the same time, governments should have the power to regulate the most harmful lies and falsehoods. In brief: False statements are not constitutionally protected if the government can show that they threaten to cause serious harm. Public officials should be able to restrict and punish lies and falsehoods that pose serious threats to public health and safety. To protect the democratic process, public officials should be able to restrict certain lies and falsehoods. They should be able to safeguard people's reputations. Private institutions, including television networks, magazines, and newspapers, and social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter, should be doing much more to slow or stop the spread of lies and falsehoods"-- Provided by publisher.
Series: Inalienable rights series |
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2021
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Copies in all libraries: 1 (of 1)
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Publisher, Date: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2021.
Description: xxv, 222 pages ; 23 cm.
Summary: "Spanning from the debut of A Raisin in the Sun on Broadway in 1959 to her early death from cancer in January 1965, Lorraine Hansberry's short stint in the public eye changed the landscape of American theater. With A Raisin in the Sun, Hansberry (1930-1965) became both the first African American woman to have a play produced on Broadway and the first to win the prestigious New York Drama Critics' Circle Award. Resonating deeply with the aims of the civil rights movement, Raisin also ushered in a new era of black representation on the stage and screen, displacing the cartoonish stereotypes that were the remnants of blackface minstrelsy in favor of complex three-dimensional portrayals of black characters and black life. Hansberry's public discourse in the aftermath of Raisin's success also disrupted mainstream critical tendencies to diminish the work of black artists, helping pave the way for future work by black playwrights. Conversations with Lorraine Hansberry is the first volume to collect all of her substantive interviews in one place, including many radio and television interviews that have never before appeared in print. The twenty-one interviews collected here-ranging from just before the Broadway premier of A Raisin in the Sun to less than six months before Hansberry's death-offer an incredible window into Hansberry's aesthetic and political thought. In these conversations, Hansberry explores many of the questions most often put to black writers of the mid-twentieth century-including everything from her thinking about the relationship between art and protest, universality and particularity, and realism and naturalism, to her sense of the relationship between black intellectuals and the black masses, integration and Black Nationalism, and African American and Pan-African liberation. Taken together, these interviews reveal the insight, intensity, and eloquence that made Hansberry such a transformative figure in American letters"-- Provided by publisher.
Series: Literary conversations series. |
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2020
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Copies in all libraries: 1 (of 1)
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Edition: First edition.
Publisher, Date: New York : Fordham University Press, 2020.
Description: 160 pages ; 23 cm.
Summary: "Radical Ambivalence: Race in Flannery O'Connor, the first book-length study of O'Connor's complex and sometimes troubling attitude towards race in her fiction and correspondence, contends that O'Connor's race-haunted writing serves as the literary incarnation of her uncertainty about the great question of her era and of her urgent need, despite considerable reluctance, to address the fraught relationship between the races"-- Provided by publisher.
Series: Studies in the Catholic imagination. |
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