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Author
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Few people can write on the English language with the authority of Bryan A. Garner. The author of The Chicago Manual of Style{u2019}s popular "Grammar and Usage" chapter, Garner explains the vagaries of English with absolute precision and utmost clarity. With The Chicago Guide to Grammar, Usage, and Punctuation, he has written the definitive guide for writers who want their prose to be both memorable and correct. Throughout the book Garner describes...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.6 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
This collection of essays by scholar-activist W.E.B. Du Bois is a masterpiece in the African American canon. Du Bois, arguably the most influential African American leader of the early twentieth century, offers insightful commentary on black history, racism, and the struggles of black Americans following emancipation. In his groundbreaking work, the author presciently writes that "the problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line,"...
Author
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"How do we talk about Black history and racism in the United States on college campuses? In a series of essays, Professor Leonard Moore outlines how he has taught courses on African American history at colleges with a largely white student body. As an African American professor, he has had to find ways to teach to a diverse classroom, but one that is often dominated by white students with little prior knowledge of this history. Moore discusses how...
Author
Series
Pot thief mysteries volume 8
Publisher
Open Road Integrated Media
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Ranmaru Kurisu comes from a family of hardy, rough-and-tumble fisherfolk and he sticks out at home like a delicate, artistic sore thumb. It s given him a raging inferiority complex and a permanently pessimistic outlook. Now that he s in college, he s hoping to find a sense of belonging. But after a whole life of being left out, does he even know how to fit in?! Love is in the air at Shichikoku University, until it plummets to the ground to be trampled...
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Ranmaru Kurisu comes from a family of hardy, rough-and-tumble fisherfolk and he sticks out at home like a delicate, artistic sore thumb. It's given him a raging inferiority complex and a permanently pessimistic outlook. Now that he's in college, he's hoping to find a sense of belonging. But after a whole life of being left out, does he even know how to fit in?! The Art Squad has always felt like home to its members, but as their chief s final year...
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media LLC
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Ranmaru spends his whole life not fitting in, until the oddballs of the Art Squad adopt him as one of their own. Ranmaru Kurisu comes from a family of hardy, rough-and-tumble fisherfolk and he sticks out at home like a delicate, artistic sore thumb. It's given him a raging inferiority complex and a permanently pessimistic outlook. Now that he's in college, he's hoping to find a sense of belonging. But after a whole life of being left out, does he...
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