New Releases by Ann Jacobs

Fear has engulfed the tight-knit community of Pittman. In this cozy mystery, join the Super Sleuths as they unmask a thief, and not one, but three hitmen. Sadie, a Lebanese immigrant, arms herself to protect her adopted family in her new home. As tensions escalate, a renowned journalist delves into the depths of this quaint New England town, filming a documentary. Will tourists avoid their crime-ridden town, leaving the merchants at risk of financial ruin? Meet the members of the Geezer Book Club and discover the future plans of the characters you first met and loved in Don’t Mess with Me, #1 in The Berkshire Mystery Series.

Lydia and her loyal companion, Taylor, embark on a peaceful hike in the deep woods of the Adirondacks. However, their trip takes a dangerous turn when they are faced with supernatural forces that threaten their survival. To ensure her safety, Lydia must rely on a family heirloom, a silver amulet. As she continues her journey, she uncovers the secrets of the woods and must learn to fight against the darkness that seeks to consume her. Lydia discovers that love and healing can come from unexpected sources. that love and healing come from unexpected places.

African American literature is the body of literature produced in the United States by writers of African descent. It begins with the works of such late 18th-century writers as Phillis Wheatley. Before the high point of enslaved people narratives, African-American literature was dominated by autobiographical spiritual narratives. The genre known as slave narratives in the 19th century were accounts by people who had generally escaped from slavery, about their journeys to freedom and ways they claimed their lives. The Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s was a great period of flowering in literature and the arts, influenced both by writers who came North in the Great Migration and those who were immigrants from Jamaica and other Caribbean islands. Novels and short stories William Wells Brown CLOTEL; OR, THE PRESIDENT''S DAUGHTER Frederick Douglass THE HEROIC SLAVE Harriet E. Wilson OUR NIG; OR, SKETCHES FROM THE LIFE OF A FREE BLACK Nella Larsen QUICKSAND PASSING THE WRONG MAN FREEDOM SANTUARY Alice Dunbar-Nelson A CARNIVAL JANGLE VIOLETS THE WOMAN TEN MINUTES MUSING TITIEE Charles W. Chesnutt THE GOOPHERED GRAPEVINE PO'' SANDY SIS'' BECKY''S PICKANINNY THE DOLL THE WIFE OF HIS YOUTH DAVE''S NECKLISS THE PASSING OF GRANDISON A MATTER OF PRINCIPLE THE SHERIFF''S CHILDREN BAXTER''S PROCRUSTES Paul Laurence Dunbar THE SCAPEGOAT Jean Toomer BECKY Poetry Phillis Wheatley POEMS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS, RELIGIOUS AND MORAL Frances E. W. Harper POEMS Langston Hughes THE WEARY BLUES Countee Cullen COLOR COPPER SUN THE BALLAD OF THE BROWN GIRL Non-fiction Olaudah Equiano THE INTERESTING NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE OF OLAUDAH EQUIANO, OR GUSTAVUS VASSA, THE AFRICAN Mary Prince THE HISTORY OF MARY PRINCE, A WEST INDIAN SLAVE Charles Ball A NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF CHARLES BALL Frederick Douglass NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE Josiah Henson THE LIFE OF JOSIAH HENSON Solomon Northup TWELVE YEARS A SLAVE Harriet Ann Jacobs INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF A SLAVE GIRL Elizabeth Keckley BEHIND THE SCENES Louis Hughes THIRTY YEARS A SLAVE Booker T. Washington UP FROM SLAVERY William Still THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD Henry Box Brown James Hambleton Christian Theophilus Collins Seth Concklin William And Ellen Craft Abram Galloway And Richard Eden Charles Gilbert Samuel Green Jamie Griffin Harry Grimes James Hamlet And Others John Henry Hill Ann Maria Jackson And Her Seven Children Jane Johnson Matilda Mahoney Mary Frances Melvin Aunt Hannah Moore Alfred S. Thornton Essays W. E. B. Du Bois THE SOULS OF BLACK FOLK Charles W. Chesnutt THE DISFRANCHISEMENT OF THE NEGRO Paul Laurence Dunbar REPRESENTATIVE AMERICAN NEGROES

Sheriff Houtman, who left Boston to have a more peaceful career, finds himself faced with two murders, and he is challenged by a band of amateur sleuths who doubt his competence. Will his conclusions hold, or will he have to admit defeat? Unfortunately, Sheriff Houtman is quite infatuated with Sadie, a refugee from Lebanon who escaped ISIS. Robin George narrates the story. She is a widow with a young son who moves to the Berkshires after her beloved husband died. Her bookstore, Bookworms, and Sweet Indulgences, her best friend Sadie’s restaurant, become the hubs for Robin’s amateur detective group where they plan how to solve the local crimes and exonerate Billy, the Sheriff’s main suspect. Will they prove the Sheriff wrong?

How does a man with a quiet demeanor, a sense of humor, loyalty to a fault, and a modest opinion of himself such as Nelson Edward Jacobs (Jake) survive being a dive bomber during the horrific World War in the Pacific? How does a man who had experienced so much emotional pain in his life remain so good? This book tells Jake's story beginning with him unexpectedly joining the US Armed Forces at age nineteen like so many young men do, to get away from home! Chronologically, Jake encountered being a China Marine, a dive bomb pilot, an army officer, and consultant for Boeing all while he tried to manage some harsh setbacks in his personal life. It shares with the reader Jake's contentment and strength in the military as well as his inability to find the right woman. It gives the inside stories of a man who in the last years of his life should have been celebrated not victimized through exploitation. Near Misses is a historically correct memoir told in a way that the reader cannot stop reading from Jake's first love in Arkansas to the greatest emotional tragedy of his life---his last days!

The purpose of this book is to not only persuade leaders that action research is leadership, but that leadership can be more deliberate in promoting human dignity when leaders engage in a reflective process of continuous improvement. An action research frame of mind is the impetus for efforts toward continuous improvement -- dissatisfaction with what is the beginning of improvement! The caveat is that leadership is not a position, leadership is action. Those who want to make their work better, their service better, their clients, customers, stakeholders, children, or students better -- are leaders, with or without a bureaucratic or hierarchical position. Professional leadership, executive leadership, company leadership, and everyday leadership requires action and reflection on those actions to determine the effectiveness of the continuous improvement process. The rationale for this book is to provide leaders at all levels with a framework that progresses through six steps of action and research from considering the challenge faced by the leader within an organization to reflecting on the improvement and next steps to continue the improvement process - thus Leading Up: From Problem to Possibility.

A verdadeira história da luta de um indivíduo pela autoidentidade, autopreservação e liberdade, este livro permanece entre as poucas narrativas de escravas escritas por uma mulher. Um relato autobiográfico, narra a notável odisseia de Harriet Ann Jacobs, cujo espírito destemido e a fé a levaram de uma vida de servidão e degradação na Carolina do Norte para a liberdade e o reencontro com os filhos no Norte dos Estados Unidos. Este foi um dos primeiros livros a tratar da luta pela liberdade das pessoas escravizadas, falando de abuso e assédio sexual, além da dificuldade de manterem seus papéis de mãe e mulheres.

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, written by herself is an autobiography by Harriet Jacobs, a mother and fugitive slave, published in 1861 by L. Maria Child, who edited the book for its author. Jacobs used the pseudonym Linda Brent. The book documents Jacobs''s life as a slave and how she gained freedom for herself and for her children. Jacobs contributed to the genre of slave narrative by using the techniques of sentimental novels "to address race and gender issues. She explores the struggles and sexual abuse that female slaves faced as well as their efforts to practice motherhood and protect their children when their children might be sold away.In the book, Jacobs addresses white Northern women who fail to comprehend the evils of slavery. She makes direct appeals to their humanity to expand their knowledge and influence their thoughts about slavery as an institution.Chapters 1 and 2 describe the narrator''s childhood and the story of her grandmother until she got her freedom. The narrator''s story is then continued in chapters 4 to 7, which tell of the longing for freedom she shares with her uncle Benjamin and her brother William, Benjamin''s escape, the sexual harassment by Dr. Flint, the jealousy of his wife, and the lover who she is forbidden to marry. Chapters 10 and 11 tell of her affair with Mr. Sands and the birth of her first child. Chapters 14 to 21 tell of the birth of her second child, her removal from the town to Flint''s plantation, her flight and her concealment in her grandmother''s garret. The nearly seven years she had to spend in that narrow place are described in chapters 22 to 28, the last chapters of which concentrate on the fate of family members during that time: the escape of her brother William (chapter 26), the plans made for the children (27), and the cruel treatment and death of her aunt Nancy (28). Her dramatic escape to Philadelphia is the subject of chapters 29 and 30. Chapters 31 to 36 describe her short stay in Philadelphia, her reunion with the children, her new work as nanny for the Bruce family, and her flight to Boston when she is threatened with recapture by Flint. Chapter 35 focusses on her experiences with northern racism. Her journey to England with Mr. Bruce and his baby Mary is the subject of chapter 37. Finally, chapters 38 to 41 deal with renewed threats of recapture, which are made much more serious by the Fugitive Slave Law, the "confession" of her affair with Mr. Sands to her daughter, her stay with Isaac and Amy Post in Rochester, the final attempt of her legal owner to capture her, the obtaining of her legal freedom, and the death of her grandmother.The other chapters are dedicated to special subjects: Chapter 3 describes the hiring out and selling of slaves on New Year''s Day, chapter 8 is called What Slaves Are Taught to Think of the North, chapter 9 gives various example of cruel treatment of slaves, chapter 12 describes the narrator''s experience of the anti-black violence in the wake of Nat Turner''s Rebellion, and chapter 13 is called The Church And Slavery.

African American history is the part of American history that looks at the past of African Americans or Black Americans. Of the 10.7 million Africans who were brought to the Americas until the 1860s, 450 thousand were shipped to what is now the United States. Most African Americans are descended from Africans who were brought directly from Africa to America and became slaves. The future slaves were originally captured in African wars or raids and transported in the Atlantic slave trade. Our collection includes the following works: Narrative Of The Life by Frederick Douglass. The impassioned abolitionist and eloquent orator provides graphic descriptions of his childhood and horrifying experiences as a slave as well as a harrowing record of his dramatic escape to the North and eventual freedom. Incidents In The Life Of A Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs. Powerful by portrayal of the brutality of slave life through the inspiring tale of one woman''s dauntless spirit and faith. Up From Slavery by Booker T. Washington. Washington rose to become the most influential spokesman for African Americans of his day. He describes events in a remarkable life that began in slavery and culminated in worldwide recognition. The Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. Du Bois. W. E. B. Du Bois was an American sociologist, socialist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, writer and editor. Contents: 1. Frederick Douglass: Narrative Of The Life 2. Harriet Ann Jacobs: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl 3. Booker Taliaferro Washington: Up From Slavery 4. W. E. B. Du Bois: The Souls of Black Folk

Il chirurgo Jake Levinson si innamora di Meghan Bryant, mamma vedova di uno dei suoi pazienti, ma gra loro ci sono l''etica professionale e le sottili differenze religiose. Le loro rispettive famiglie, un angeo di cinque anni, il suo gatto e un cucciolo di nome Patches li riuniranno... o li faranno a pezzi? Un commovente racconto d''amore che supera ostacoli che a volte sembrano impossibili da superare.

Quando Kate Black è stata costretta a scegliere tra stare con il suo fidanzato testardo e prenderi cura del padre malato, ha scelto di tornare da suo padre e dalla terra in cui si sentiva più radicata. Ma salvare la terra di sui padre significa prendere la difficile decisione di affittarlaa una compagnia petrolifera e all''uomo robusto e bella che gestisce l''operazione. Quella che le fa trattenere il fiato e risveglia un bisogno sensualeche Kate non sapeva nemmeno esistesse. Jake Green ha l''olio nel sangue, insieme a un chip grande quanto un Texas sulla spalla. In seguito al tradimento della sua ex moglie, ha giurato di rinunciare alle donne e ha dedicato la sua vita a far crescere gli affari della sua famiglia. Ma quando il suo lavoro lo porta da Kate, non può negare l''attrazione ardente che brucia tra di loro e asseconda i suoi desideri, anche se combatte per proteggere il suo cuore tormentato. Mentre i due si arrendono a una passine inestinguibile e scoprono piaceri innegabili l''uno nelle braccia dell''altro, Kate deve trovare un modo per guarire il cuore di Jake - e Jake deve ammettere a se stesso che un amore come nessuno che abbia mai conosciuto sta per consumarli completamente.

Dos almas torturadas escapan del encarcelamiento, encuentran la paz juntas. Leila al Sinan tiene las cicatrices de una guerra que se llevó a su esposo y la dejó desolada y sola. Al refugiarse en un campo de prisioneros de guerra, se encuentra mirando a un prisionero enemigo para obtener el placer que aún puede obtener de la vida. Esperando nada más que unos pocos momentos robados de confort sensual, pronto descubre que descubre pasión más allá de sus imaginaciones más salvajes, y cuando el hombre enciende su cuerpo y agita su corazón hacia una nueva vida, Leila se ve obligada a tomar una decisión que puede cambiarla. vida para siempre Durante once años, Jamil como Hassan ha sufrido a manos del brutal director de la prisión y solo piensa en la supervivencia y la eventual fuga. Cuando una misteriosa figura envuelta entra en su celda y se sienta a horcajadas sobre su figura propensa, susurrando una solicitud impactante, él responde instantáneamente a su suave belleza y al placer que le han negado desde que comenzó su cautiverio. A medida que su deseo y satisfacción se vuelven más intensos, Jamil trama un plan que puede salvar su vida, pero también lo obliga a traicionar su honor y su corazón. Atreviéndose a arriesgarse todo, los dos escapan a la noche para una caminata larga y peligrosa que conducirá a la salvación o la muerte súbita. A medida que crece la confianza entre los antiguos enemigos, los dos descubren que el amor no conoce fronteras, y deben luchar para mantenerse vivos para encontrar una felicidad forjada por el fuego y sellada por la pasión.

Un fatidico passo falso per Gayla Levine è stato tutto quello che il suo fidanzato prese per andarsene e suo padre esigente per rinnegarla. Determinata a cambiare definitivamente la sua vita e ad abracciare la sua nuova indipendenza, non vuole avere niente a che fare con uomini o relazioni, finché non incontra Dan Newman, un chirurgo sexy che invia una scarica di elettricità attraverso di lei ogni volta che si toccano. Dan Newman ha trascorso la sua vita lottando per superare il proprio passato paralizzante dedicandosi a guarire gli altri che hanno sofferto. Adesso un chirurgo di livello mondiale, è fiducioso nella sua capacità di affrontare qualsiasi cosa la vita gli lanci contro - fino a quando incontra una testarda bellezza del Texas che gli fa battere il cuore e riempie i suoi sogni di visioni incredibilmente sensuali. Mentre cadono in una storia d''amore appassionata che li porta entrambi ai limiti ardenti del piacere, questa due anime danneggiate devono affrontare entrmbi i loro demoni più oscuri.Perché Gayla è ossessionata dagli echi di essere considerata un fallimento e lacerata dalla paura di essere respinta ancora una volta, e Dan, che ha dimostrato il suo valore a così tanti altri, ora deve convincere se stesso e Gayla che meritano il potente amore che hanno trovato. "La signora Jacobs intreccia abilmente una storia commovente tra queste due anime ferite." - Michelle Nauman, notiziario di recensioni romantiche erotiche.

Leila al Sinan portano le cicatrici di una guerra che porta suo marito e la lasciano desolata e sola. Rifugiandosi in un campo di prigionia, lei trova se stessa che guarda un prigioniero nemico per avere il piacere che può ancora dalla vita. Aspettandosi nient''altro che qualche momento rubato di conforto sensuale, molto presto lei trova se stessa che scopre la passione al si là delle sue molte immagini selvaggi, e mentre l''uomo accende il corpo e agita il suo cuore verso una nuova vita, Leila è spinta a prendere una decisione che potrebbe cambiare la sua vita per sempre. Per undici anni Jamil come Hassan ha sofferto per le mani delò brutale guardiano della prigione e pensa solo alla sopravvivenza e all''eventuale fuga. Quando una misteriosa figura ammantata entra nella sua cella e a cavallo della sua figura incline, sussurrando una scioccante richiesta, lui istantaneamente risponde alla sua morbida bellezza ed un piacere che lui ha negato da quando iniziò la sua prigionia. Quando il loro desiderio e la loro realizzazione crebbe più intensa, Jamil tratteggia un piano che potrebbe salvare la sua vita - ma anche spingerlo a tradire il suo onore,- e il suo cuore. Sfidando tutto il rischio, i due fuggono nella notte per un lungo e pericoloso pe4rcorso verso la salvezza oppure l''improvvisa morte. Mentre la fiducia cresce tra gli ex nemici, i due scoprono che l''amore non conosce frontiere, e loro devono combattere per rimanere vivi e trovare una felicità forgiata dal fuoco e sigillata dalla passione.

Erin Winters non ha lottato mai da quando l''incidente che ha avuto suo marito e ha lasciato il suo giovane figlio gravemente ferito. Nel disperato tentativo di fare avere a suo figlio l''intervento di cui ha bisogno, lei accetta di diventare una madre surrogata. Ma quando la moglie muore inaspettatamente, Erin si trova improvvisamente di fronte con le esigenze del lutto del marito e trasporta un bambino che ha cominciato a pensare come suo. Blake Tanner aveva tutto ciò - il matrimonio con una donna che adorava, una carriera di successo come avvocato, e un bambino in arrivo. Ora, tormentato dalla sua perdita e sopraffatto dalla prospettiva di essere un padre single, Blake trova una soluzione che potrebbe essere la sua roviona finale. Nella speranza che lui possa dare alla sua bambina la vita che merita, chiede a Erin e suo figlio di vivere con lui. In cambio, lui fornirà tutti i vantaggi che un Texas miliardario può offrire. Si tratta di un semplice accordo finanziario che ha perfettamente senso, finchè il dolore di Blake non viene lentamente sostituito da un barlume di speranza - e desidera che la bella donna si agiti in lui. Quando Erin e Blake danno alla potente forza sensuale che nessuno può ignorare, i due si devono aiutare a vicenda a superare la loro angoscia e il coraggio di costruire una nuova vita, e l''amore, insieme.

Os promotores por Ann Jacobs Uma coleção de três romances curtos Três casais, três histórias de amor ... Os promotores A advogada assistente estadual Sandra Giancone enfrenta os melhores defensores de Tampa, buscando justiça para o povo. Conhecida por sua maneira imperturbável e dedicação à sua carreira, Sandra surpreende sua amiga Rocky Delgado quando revela, sem querer, um lado submisso de sua personalidade que combina perfeitamente com a tendência do grande chefe de detetives de dominar sexual. Amigos . . . amantes. . . eles podem encontrar o tipo de compromisso vitalício que nenhum deles antecipara? Rocky deve mostrar a Sandra que enviar não significa renunciar à sua independência e que os JOGOS DE AMOR podem se fortalecer com o passar do tempo. (Esta é uma história totalmente nova sobre personagens cuja história muito diferente foi contada em Mastered, originalmente lançada na antologia de Ellora''s Cave. O procurador adjunto Craig McDermott tem ambições tão grandes que deixou de lado preocupações pessoais até atingir seus objetivos - incluindo experiências com membros do sexo oposto. Casey Thompson, sua personal trainer, quer uma coisa: abandonar sua imagem problemática de “boa garota” e continuar com o jovem advogado gostoso. Quando os dois se olham, uma história às vezes comovente e geralmente bem-humorada resulta em GETTIN ''IT ON. A advogada assistente sênior do estado, Marcy Kramer, desistiu do amor após o amargo rompimento de seu casamento com o ensino médio, o especialista em fertilidade Sam Kramer, optando por encontrar o prazer em uma noite. O casamento de um amigo em comum de seus dias mais felizes une Marcy e Sam em uma ilha barreira durante o OLHO DA TEMPESTADE, onde eles enfrentam uma possível morte e percebem que o que tinham juntos não está morto, afinal. Eles devem revisitar velhas mágoas, ouvir o que não podiam dizer na época e decidir se os remanescentes de seu profundo e comprometi

Alina el Rashid è un tizzone sexy e selvaggio i cui modi hanno provocato uno scandalo per la sua famiglia molto conservatrice. In esilio a suo fratello nella villa distante come una punizione, Alina è morta di fame per il tocco di un uomo e dolorante non riesce a ribellarsi - quando incontra Brian Shearer, il pilota mericano incredibilmente bello che viene salutato come un eroe. E come la sua tranquilla sensualità eccita i suoi modi anche la selvaggia Alina, lei giura di trovare un modo per superare il suo ostinato rifiuto di aprire il suo cuore. Dopo parecchi anni infernali come un nemico prigioniero, Brian è stato schiacciato in una ulteriore disperazione quando lui tornò a casa per scoprire che la moglie lo aveva creduto morto e sposò un altro uomo. Senza niente per cui vivere, si muove a metà strada intorno alla parola per sfuggire il suo dolore - e incontra Alina, la cui bellezza provocante e gli occhi scuri lampeggiano di passione per le infinite promesse sensuali. Sopraffatto da questa donna intensamente seducente e le sue inibizioni, Brian lotta per resistere alle sue intenzioni apertamente erotiche e i desiderio per il suo amore. Quando questi due vulnerabili cuori scoiprono un innegabile desiderio crescente tra di loro. Alina deve convincere Brian della sua ritrovata devozione, mentre Brian deve liberare se stesso da tutte le forze che riempiono entrambe le loro vite con squisito piacere ed eterno amore.

I Procuratori, avvocati incaricati di guardare ciò che le persone accusate di crimini per cui sono stati accusati e puniti provando la loro colpevolezza oltre ogni ragionevole dubbio... L''assistente anziano dell''avvocato Sandra Giancone va avanti contro i difensori migliori di Tampaalla ricerca di giustizia per le persone. Conosciuta per i suoi modi imperturbabili e la sua dedizione alla sua carriera, Sandra sorprende il suo amico Rocky Delgado quando lei involontariamente rivela un lato nascosto della sua personalità che s''incontra perfettamente con la tendenza del grande capo degli investigatori verso la dominazione sessuale. Amici... amanti... loro possono trovare il genere di stile di impegno a vita che nessuno di loro aveva anticipato? Rocky deve mostrare a Sandra chesottomissione non significa rinuinciare alla sua indipendenza, e che i loro GIOCHI D''AMORE possono crescere più forti più si vha avanti. L''Assistente del Procuratore Craig McDermott ha dei grandi obiettivi. ha messo da parte le preoccupazioni personali fino a quando non raggiunge i propri obiettivi - compresa la sperimentazione con i membri del sesso opposto. Casey Thompson, l''avvocato personale, vuole una cosa - perdere la sua immagine fastidiosa di "brava ragazza" e prenderlo con il giovane avvocato arrapato. Quando entrambi loro si vedono, una commovente e spesso divertente storia appare in ACCENDENDOLO. L''assistenteanziano dell''avvocato di stato, Marcy Kramer, si apre all''amore seguendo la rottura amara del suo matrimoniocon un compagno della scuola superiore, specialista della fertilità Sam Kramer, il quale al contrario sceglie di trovare piacere in avventure di una notte. Il matrimonio di un amico comune dai giorni felici porta insieme Marcy e Sam sulla barriera di un''isola durante l''OCCHIO DEL CICLONE, dove fronteggiano una morte possibile e comprendono che quello che hanno avuto insieme non è morto, dopotutto. Devono rivisitare delle vecchie ferite, asco

This scholarly book focuses on stroke in Africa. Stroke is a leading cause of disability among adults of all ages, contributing significantly to health care costs related to long term implications, particularly if rehabilitation is sub-optimal. Given the burden of stroke in Africa, there is a need for a book that focuses on functioning African stroke survivors and the implications for rehabilitation within the African context. In addition, there is a need to progress with contextualised, person-centred, evidence-based guidance for the rehabilitation of people with stroke in Africa, thereby enabling them to lead socially and economically meaningful lives. The research incorporated in the book used a range of primary and secondary methodological approaches (scoping reviews, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, descriptive studies, surveys, health economics, and clinical practice guideline methodology) to shed new insights into African-centred issues and strategies to optimise function post-stroke.

Rand e Lily, adolescenti distrutti anni fa, riuniti da un insensato atto di violenza contro suo padre, il suo caposquadra del ranch di vecchia data - La scintilla è ancora qui, ma suo padre invia un avvertimento ripetuto dalla tomba, dicendo che non devono essere copinvolti di nuovo. Sfortunatamente il suo avvertimento non include un motivo. I due si rendono conto mentre lavorano insieme per risolvere gli affari di suo padre che il loro amore era reale. è reale. Una vecchia istantanea fornisce un indizio, ma fino a quando non svelano segreti familiari apparentemente non correlati, non osano ignorare i suoi avvertimenti criptici e si trovano felici e contenti insieme.

Poderoso e contundente relato autobiográfico sobre a vida das mulheres escravizadas nos eua. Um dos mais poderosos relatos sobre o período da escravidão norte-americana, esta é a história de uma mulher em busca de sua identidade, sua sobrevivência e sua liberdade. Como diz Jarid Arraes no posfácio desta edição: "O fim da escravidão não foi o fim do racismo. Não foi o fim da pobreza, [...] da exclusão, do pensamento supremacista. [...] E, para os que se desconfortam nas cadeiras pensando ''quantas vezes ainda temos que falar sobre isso'', minha resposta é: todas elas".

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, written by herself is an autobiography by Harriet Ann Jacobs, a young mother and fugitive slave, published in 1861 by L. Maria Child, who edited the book for its author. Jacobs used the pseudonym Linda Brent. The book documents Jacobs''s life as a slave and how she gained freedom for herself and for her children. Jacobs contributed to the genre of slave narrative by using the techniques of sentimental novels "to address race and gender issues." She explores the struggles and sexual abuse that female slaves faced on plantations as well as their efforts to practice motherhood and protect their children when their children might be sold away.

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl is a book that was published in 1861 by Harriet Jacobs, using the pen name "Linda Brent." It is considered a work of feminist literature. While on one level it chronicles the experiences of Harriet Jacobs as a slave, and the various humiliations she had to endure in that unhappy state, it also deals with the particular tortures visited on women at her station. Often in the book, she will point to a particular punishment that a male slave will endure at the hands of slave holders, and comment that, although she finds the punishment brutal in the extreme, it cannot compare to the abuse that a young woman must face while still on the cusp of girlhood

"Harriet Jacobs''s 1861 autobiography was the first written narrative by a female slave in America. Using the pseudonym Linda, Jacobs recounts the horrors of her life as a slave and a mother. She documents the physical and sexual abuse she went through prior to her escape from slavery and gaining freedom for herself and two children."--Provided by publisher

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl is an autobiography by a young mother and fugitive slave published in 1861 by L. Maria Child, who edited the book for its author, Harriet Ann Jacobs. Jacobs used the pseudonym Linda Brent. The book documents Jacobs'' life as a slave and how she gained freedom for herself and for her children. Jacobs contributed to the genre of slave narrative by using the techniques of sentimental novels "to address race and gender issues. She explores the struggles and sexual abuse that female slaves faced on plantations as well as their efforts to practice motherhood and protect their children when their children might be sold away.... Plot summary: Born into slavery in Edenton, NC in 1813, Linda has happy years as a young child with her brother, parents, and maternal grandmother, who are relatively well-off slaves in good positions. It is not until her mother dies that Linda even begins to understand that she is a slave. At the age of six, she is sent to live in the big house under the extended care of her mother''s mistress, who treats her well and teaches her to read. After a few years, this mistress dies and bequeaths Linda to a relative. Her new masters are cruel and neglectful, and Dr. Flint, the father, takes an interest in Linda. He tries to force her into a sexual relationship with him when she comes of age. The girl resists his entreaties and maintains her distance. Knowing that Flint will do anything to get his way, as a young woman Linda consents to a relationship with a white neighbor, Mr. Sands, hoping he can protect her from Flint. As a result of their relations, Sands and Linda have two mixed-race children: Benjamin, often called Benny, and Ellen. Because they were born to a slave mother, they are considered slaves, under the principle of partus sequitur ventrem, which had been part of southern slave law since the 17th century. Linda is ashamed, but hopes this illegitimate relationship will protect her from assault at the hands of Dr. Flint. Linda also hopes that Flint would become angry enough to sell her to Sands, but he refuses to do so. Instead, he sends Linda to his son''s plantation to be broken in as a field hand. When Linda discovers that Benny and Ellen are also to be sent to the fields, she makes a desperate plan. Escaping to the North with two small children would be nearly impossible. Unwilling either to submit to Dr. Flint''s abuse or abandon her family, she hides in the attic of her grandmother Aunt Martha''s cabin. She hopes that Dr. Flint, believing that she has fled to the North, will sell her children rather than risk having them escape as well. Linda is overjoyed when Dr. Flint sells Benny and Ellen to a slave trader secretly representing Sands. Promising to free the children one day, Sands assigns them to live with Aunt Martha. Linda becomes physically debilitated by being confined to the tiny attic, where she can neither sit nor stand. Her only pleasure is to watch her children through a tiny peephole. Mr. Sands marries and is elected as a congressman. When he takes the slave girl Ellen to Washington, D.C., to be an eventual companion for his newborn daughter, Linda realizes that he may never free their children. Worried that he will eventually sell them, she determines to escape with them to the North. But Dr. Flint continues to hunt for her, and leaving the attic is still too risky...... Harriet Ann Jacobs (February 11, 1813 - March 7, 1897) was an African-American writer who escaped from slavery and was later freed. She became an abolitionist speaker and reformer. Jacobs wrote an autobiographical novel, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, first serialized in a newspaper and published as a book in 1861 under the pseudonym Linda Brent............

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl is a book that was published in 1861 by Harriet Jacobs, using the pen name "Linda Brent." It is considered a work of feminist literature. While on one level it chronicles the experiences of Harriet Jacobs as a slave, and the various humiliations she had to endure in that unhappy state, it also deals with the particular tortures visited on women at her station. Often in the book, she will point to a particular punishment that a male slave will endure at the hands of slave holders, and comment that, although she finds the punishment brutal in the extreme, it cannot compare to the abuse that a young woman must face while still on the cusp of girlhood

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl is an autobiography by a young mother and fugitive slave published in 1861 by L. Maria Child, who edited the book for its author, Harriet Ann Jacobs. Jacobs used the pseudonym Linda Brent. The book documents Jacobs'' life as a slave and how she gained freedom for herself and for her children. Jacobs contributed to the genre of slave narrative by using the techniques of sentimental novels "to address race and gender issues."She explores the struggles and sexual abuse that female slaves faced on plantations as well as their efforts to practice motherhood and protect their children when their children might be sold away. Jacobs'' book is addressed to white women in the North who do not fully comprehend the evils of slavery. She makes direct appeals to their humanity to expand their knowledge and influence their thoughts about slavery as an institution. Jacobs began composing Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl after her escape to New York, while living and working at Idlewild, the Hudson River home of writer and publisher Nathaniel Parker Willis.Portions of her journals were published in serial form in the New-York Tribune, owned and edited by Horace Greeley. Jacobs'' reports of sexual abuse were deemed too shocking for the average newspaper reader of the day, and publication ceased before the completion of the narrative. Boston publishing house Phillips and Samson agreed to print the work in book form if Jacobs could convince Willis or abolitionist author Harriet Beecher Stowe to provide a preface. She refused to ask Willis for help and Stowe never responded to her request. The Phillips and Samson company closed.Jacobs eventually signed an agreement with the Thayer & Eldridge publishing house, and they requested a preface by abolitionist Lydia Maria Child, who agreed. Child also edited the book, and the company introduced her to Jacobs. The two women remained in contact for much of their remaining lives. Thayer & Eldridge, however, declared bankruptcy before the narrative could be published...... Lydia Maria Francis Child (born Lydia Maria Francis) (February 11, 1802 - October 20, 1880), was an American abolitionist, women''s rights activist, Native American rights activist, novelist, journalist, and opponent of American expansionism. Her journals, both fiction and domestic manuals, reached wide audiences from the 1820s through the 1850s. At times she shocked her audience as she tried to take on issues of both male dominance and white supremacy in some of her stories. Despite these challenges, Child may be most remembered for her poem "Over the River and Through the Wood." Her grandparents'' house, which she wrote about visiting, was restored by Tufts University in 1976 and stands near the Mystic River on South Street, in Medford, Massachusetts....... Harriet Ann Jacobs (February 11, 1813 - March 7, 1897) was an African-American writer who escaped from slavery and was later freed. She became an abolitionist speaker and reformer. Jacobs wrote an autobiographical novel, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, first serialized in a newspaper and published as a book in 1861 under the pseudonym Linda Brent. It was a reworking of the genres of slave narrative and sentimental novel, and was one of the first books to address the struggle for freedom by female slaves, and to explore their struggles with sexual harassment and abuse, and their effort to protect their roles as women and mothers. After being overshadowed by the Civil War, the novel was rediscovered in the late 20th century, when there was new interest in minority and women writers. One scholar researched the novel, identifying Harriet Jacobs as the author and documenting many events and people in her life that corresponded to this fictionalized, autobiographical account..........

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl is an autobiography by a young mother and fugitive slave published in 1861 by L. Maria Child, who edited the book for its author, Harriet Ann Jacobs. Jacobs used the pseudonym Linda Brent. The book documents Jacobs' life as a slave and how she gained freedom for herself and for her children. Jacobs contributed to the genre of slave narrative by using the techniques of sentimental novels "to address race and gender issues."[1] She explores the struggles and sexual abuse that female slaves faced on plantations as well as their efforts to practice motherhood and protect their children when their children might be sold away. Jacob's book is addressed to white women in the North who do not fully comprehend the evils of slavery. She makes direct appeals to their humanity to expand their knowledge and influence their thoughts about slavery as an institution.Jacobs began composing Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl after her escape to New York, while living and working at Idlewild, the Hudson River home of writer and publisher Nathaniel Parker Willis.[2] Portions of her journals were published in serial form in the New-York Tribune, owned and edited by Horace Greeley. Jacobs' reports of sexual abuse were deemed too shocking for the average newspaper reader of the day, and publication ceased before the completion of the narrative. Boston publishing house Phillips and Samson agreed to print the work in book form if Jacobs could convince Willis or abolitionist author Harriet Beecher Stowe to provide a preface. She refused to ask Willis for help and Stowe never responded to her request. The Phillips and Samson company closed.[3] Jacobs eventually signed an agreement with the Thayer & Eldridge publishing house, and they requested a preface by abolitionist Lydia Maria Child, who agreed. Child also edited the book, and the company introduced her to Jacobs. The two women remained in contact for much of their remaining lives. Thayer & Eldridge, however, declared bankruptcy before the narrative could be published. Lydia Maria Francis Child (born Lydia Maria Francis) (February 11, 1802 - October 20, 1880), was an American abolitionist, women's rights activist, Native American rights activist, novelist, journalist, and opponent of American expansionism. Her journals, both fiction and domestic manuals reached wide audiences from the 1820s through the 1850s. At times she shocked her audience as she tried to take on issues of both male dominance and white supremacy in some of her stories. Despite these challenges, Child may be most remembered for her poem "Over the River and Through the Wood." Her grandparents' house, which she wrote about visiting, was restored by Tufts University in 1976 and stands near the Mystic River on South Street, in Medford, Massachusetts.