The Heavy Pieces in Action
Author: Iakov Damsky
Publisher: Cadogan Books
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9781857440546
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Author: Iakov Damsky
Publisher: Cadogan Books
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9781857440546
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Kiese Laymon
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2018-10-16
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 1501125699
DOWNLOAD EBOOK*Selected as One of the Best Books of the 21st Century by The New York Times* *Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times, Publishers Weekly, NPR, Broadly, BuzzFeed (Nonfiction), The Undefeated, Library Journal (Biography/Memoirs), The Washington Post (Nonfiction), Southern Living (Southern), Entertainment Weekly, and The New York Times Critics* In this powerful, provocative, and universally lauded memoir—winner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal and finalist for the Kirkus Prize—genre-bending essayist and novelist Kiese Laymon “provocatively meditates on his trauma growing up as a black man, and in turn crafts an essential polemic against American moral rot” (Entertainment Weekly). In Heavy, Laymon writes eloquently and honestly about growing up a hard-headed black son to a complicated and brilliant black mother in Jackson, Mississippi. From his early experiences of sexual violence, to his suspension from college, to time in New York as a college professor, Laymon charts his complex relationship with his mother, grandmother, anorexia, obesity, sex, writing, and ultimately gambling. Heavy is a “gorgeous, gutting…generous” (The New York Times) memoir that combines personal stories with piercing intellect to reflect both on the strife of American society and on Laymon’s experiences with abuse. By attempting to name secrets and lies he and his mother spent a lifetime avoiding, he asks us to confront the terrifying possibility that few in this nation actually know how to responsibly love, and even fewer want to live under the weight of actually becoming free. “A book for people who appreciated Roxane Gay’s memoir Hunger” (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel), Heavy is defiant yet vulnerable, an insightful, often comical exploration of weight, identity, art, friendship, and family through years of haunting implosions and long reverberations. “You won’t be able to put [this memoir] down…It is packed with reminders of how black dreams get skewed and deferred, yet are also pregnant with the possibility that a kind of redemption may lie in intimate grappling with black realities” (The Atlantic).
Author: William Gilham
Publisher:
Published: 1861
Total Pages: 676
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Publisher:
Published: 1861
Total Pages: 770
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Bruce Pandolfini
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 1988-10-15
Total Pages: 324
ISBN-13: 0671656880
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAnalyzes a variety of endgames, discusses strategy, and looks at confrontations between unlike pieces.
Author: Ludek Pachman
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 2012-04-26
Total Pages: 322
ISBN-13: 0486135705
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe use of the queen, the active king, exchanges, pawn play, the center, weak squares, more. Often considered the most important book on strategy. 298 diagrams.
Author: W. Gilham
Publisher: Рипол Классик
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Total Pages: 571
ISBN-13: 1142893448
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: William Henry French
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 444
ISBN-13: 9780811701310
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRichly illustrated with 122 highly detailed engravings of all types of artillery equipment and maneuvers Civil War historians, and especially reenactors, will enjoy this addition to the Civil War Reference & Reenactors Guide series This guide provides the most thorough explanation of how Civil War artillery operated in the field; definitions of all the equipment belonging to an artillery battery; explanations on the use of each piece of equipment; details for handling the horses; movement of artillery; and formations for battle. The illustrations show the gun, ancillary equipment, caissons and wagons, harnesses, ammunition types and how they are used, and emplacement positions. Includes all 39 artillery bugle calls. The book was written by a board of officers (the Artillery Board of the Army). This version is authorized for use in the training and employment of Union artillery. This book was also used by Confederate forces, as the Confederate artillerist was trained on and used the identical equipment as the Union forces. In fact, they relied extensively on captured Union artillery.
Author: Jason Reynolds
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2020-10-27
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 1481438298
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"A collection of ten short stories that all take place in the same day about kids walking home from school"--
Author: A. Taubert (captain.)
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Published: 1856
Total Pages: 260
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