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This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 11 - 17 working days Marcus Mosiah Garvey his name is a legend from the Americas to Zanzibar. One of the most influential figures of the 20th century, Garvey's powerful message of black pride remains as relevant today as it was almost a hundred years ago. Across generations and continents, leaders like Malcolm X; Kwame Nkrumah; Jomo Kenyatta and musical icon Bob Marley readily acknowledge the influence of Garvey’s philosophy on their lives, thoughts and actions. Born in Jamaica, Marcus Garvey (1887-1940) was a journalist and entrepreneur who led an influential movement aimed at encouraging people of African descent to return to Africa. It was the world’s first Pan-African movement. Now the story of Garvey's colourful life, his exploits and compelling message are captured for young readers in text by Suzane Francis-Brown and in brilliant colour illustrations by Jean-Jacque Vayssieres. Features Summary Marcus Mosiah Garvey his name is a legend from the Americas to Zanzibar. One of the most influential figures of the 20th century, Garvey's powerful message of black pride remains as relevant today as it was almost a hundred years ago.. Author Jean-Jacques Vaysierres (Author), Suzanne Francis Brown (Author) Publisher David Philip, Publishers Release date 20071023 Pages 64 ISBN 0-86486-711-5 ISBN 13 978-0-86486-711-7

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days The craft of writing is a lot like spinning a web: You take threads and weave them skillfully together, and only you know where this intricate network of twists and turns begin and how it will end. Now, with Lawrence Bloock's expert advice, you can learn this art of entrapping your reader in a maze of facinating fiction. Spider, Spin Me a Web is the perfect companion volume to Block's previous book on writing, Telling Lies for Fun and Profit, which Sue Grafton noted "should be a permanent part of every writer's library." As helpful and supportive as always, Block shares what he's learned over the course of writing over one hundred published books: techniques to help you to write a solid piece of fiction; strategies for getting a reader (or editor) to reaad--and buy--your book; ideas for increasing your creativity and developing an environment that will nourish you and your craft. Spider, Spin Me a Web is a complete guide to achieving your full potential as awriter. Features Summary In his characteristically elegant style, Block offers expert writing advice and shares the experiences and attitudes of a fiction writer, in this companion guide to the popular Telling Lies for Fun & Profit... Author Lawrence Block Publisher William Morrow Release date 19960831 Pages 264 ISBN 0-688-14690-2 ISBN 13 978-0-688-14690-0

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days A wonderful story of what family means, of the flesh-level pain of sibling rivalry, and the discovery of love. It is a fantastic and beautiful tapestry of some of the most imaginative and precise prose writing going on in America today. Toby Olson stands tall among the handful of writers I most admire and respect.--Richard Wiley "Write A Letter to Billy" is a delectably complicated maze that kept me spellbound from start to finish. Only the most sophisticated of writers could manage to combine the seriousness of a quest for identity and meaning with the intensity of a thriller, not to mention an excursion into deep-sea diving and the resort life of southern California. Once again, Toby Olson has written a terrific novel full of peril and surprise, offering startling revelations and sudden expansions of the heart and mind."--Lynne Sharon Schwartz United with a long-lost teenage daughter, a retired Navy underwater repair specialist investigates a mysterious list his father had written just before his death. Some of the items are crossed off, but one of the unfinished tasks haunts him: "Write letter to Billy." What had his father planned to tell him? What he learns changes his life forever. Influenced by D.H. Lawrence, William Faulkner, and Charles Dickens, Toby Olson's pointed examination of memory and consciousness illustrates how the unraveling of external mystery leads to self discovery. Toby Olson, winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction, has published eight books of fiction and twenty-two books of poetry. His work has appeared in over two hundred newspapers, magazines, and anthologies. Olson's novels include "At Sea," "Dorit in Lesbos, Utah, " and "The Woman Who Escaped from Shame." He lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and North Truro, Massachusetts. Features Summary In this literary adventure tale, Bill teaches deep sea diving to his daughter and discovers deep secrets about his own past. Author Toby Olson Publisher Coffee House Press Release date 20001001 Pages 407 ISBN 1-56689-103-5 ISBN 13 978-1-56689-103-5

(This title is available on demand: expected date of dispatch will be 4-7 working days once ordered) 'My name is Raphael Ignatius Phoenix and I am a hundred years old - or will be in ten days' time, in the early hours of January 1st, 2000, when I kill myself...' Raphael Ignatius Phoenix has had enough. Born at the beginning of the 20th century, he is determined to take his own life as the old millennium ends and the new one begins. But before he ends it all, he wants to get his affairs in order and put the record straight. That includes making sense of his own long life - a life that spanned the century. He decides to write it all down and, eschewing the more usual method of pen and paper, begins to record his story on the walls of the isolated castle that is his final home. Beginning with a fateful first adventure with Emily, the childhood friend who would become his constant companion, Raphael remembers the multitude of experiences, the myriad encounters and, of course, the ten murders he committed along the way...And so begins one man's wholly unorthodox account of the twentieth century - or certainly his own riotous, often outrageous, somewhat unreliable and undoubtedly singular interpretation of it. Format:Paperback Pages:416