Daughters of Earth, Sons of Heaven
Daughters of Earth, Sons of Heaven

Author: Daniel Ricardo Casias

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2014-06-27

Total Pages: 227

ISBN-13: 1496918592

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The human species on earth is a hybrid species born of earthly women and ancient male warriors who fell from outer space. All ancient civilizations knew this because it happened in their time. Their legend and lore tell of the exploits of these heavenly beings and their offspring. The Christian Bible and the Jewish Talmud in the book of Genesis call these extraterrestrial warriors various names in different translations. They are referred to as heavenly beings, sons of God, giants on the earth, and of course sons of heaven. But all translations of the Bible narrate the same simple story. After the fall, the sons of heaven saw that earthly women were beautiful, and they took them for their wives. These daughters of earth were beautiful both to the eye and mind. These daughters of earth carried in them the seeds of our civilization, compassion, cooperation and understanding. The product of this union became not only our hybrid species but the heroes and great men and women throughout recorded and unrecorded history. We are them. Rico is the last remaining son of heaven on earth who fell here in ancient times to father our civilization. Lost, alone, and broken, he grieves the mortality of his hybrid species. They do not share his impossibly long lifespan. Living among them is constant loss, pain, and grief. Rico also grieves his hybrid species dark side. Some offspring retain the unquenchable hunger for flesh of their earth ancestors and the long lifespan of the sons of heaven. The ugly head of Tarquez periodically scars the history of humankind with death, destruction, and sorrow. Tarquez is one of those hybrids born of the first generation of the union who retained both the unquenchable hunger for flesh and the long life span of the sons of heaven.

The True Story of a Mouse Who Never Asked for It
The True Story of a Mouse Who Never Asked for It

Author: Ana Cristina Herreros

Publisher: Unruly Records

Published: 2021-06-22

Total Pages: 108

ISBN-13: 9781592703203

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The True Story of a Mouse Who Never Asked for It is a visually striking, deeply feminist, contemporary retelling of a Spanish folk tale, rediscovered and brought to new life by author Ana Cristina Herreros and illustrator Violeta Lopiz. In Herreros and Lopiz's version--which sharply diverges from the most mainstream and popularized telling of the story--a mouse is approached by many suitors, rejecting all but one: a cat, whose gentle meow assures her that he won't bring her harm. But one must remember that a kitten always grows up to be a cat...and thusly, will devour the mouse.

Somebody's Daughter
Somebody's Daughter

Author: Phonse Jessome

Publisher: Open Road Media

Published: 2016-06-28

Total Pages: 219

ISBN-13: 1504038010

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A stunning exposé of prostitution in Canada, where a criminal syndicate traffics young women across the country, selling their bodies and murdering them at will. Annie Mae Wilson was nineteen years old on the night she died. After five years working the streets of Nova Scotia, she had found a new pimp and cut ties with supermarket bag boy Bruno, who had called himself her man. Bruno was furious and demanded to be compensated. When Annie Mae refused, he lost his temper and killed her with a single punch. People like Bruno call prostitution “The Game,” and Annie Mae lost. Annie Mae was one of twenty-two prostitutes killed in Canada in 1992, victims of an oppressive system of terror and violence that often leads to addiction, rape, and death. In this groundbreaking piece of investigative journalism, Annie Mae’s story is finally told, along with those of other young women caught in the vice of prostitution. Impeccably researched and engagingly written, this true crime account from veteran reporter Phonse Jessome approaches a difficult subject without judgment. Relying on first-person testimony from prostitutes and their pimps, Jessome explores a side of modern life that few people have seen but which no one can afford to ignore.

The Patriot's Daughter
The Patriot's Daughter

Author: Vanessa Lind

Publisher: Vanessa Lind Books

Published: 2024-10-10

Total Pages: 342

ISBN-13:

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Spies, secrets, and sacrifice… The American Revolution has begun, but the deadliest threats may lurk in the shadows. For Phoebe Tredwell, the fight for independence is about to become deeply personal as she uncovers a sinister conspiracy that reaches from the shores of Long Island to the heart of General Washington's army. Aided by a network of brilliant and daring women, Phoebe must use her wit, charm, and courage to navigate a treacherous labyrinth of Loyalist spies, British agents, and a mysterious counterfeit ring. But as she races against time to prevent a devastating plot, she begins to realize that the greatest challenges may lie within her own heart. A gripping tale of intrigue, romance, and revolution that will keep you turning pages late into the night, The Patriot's Daughter is Book One of the Daughters of Liberty, a vivid new historical novel series that illuminates the extraordinary sacrifices and triumphs of the unsung heroines who helped give birth to a new nation.

Lady Byron and Her Daughters
Lady Byron and Her Daughters

Author: Julia Markus

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2015-10-13

Total Pages: 473

ISBN-13: 0393248755

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A startling reevaluation of Lady Byron’s marriage and the untold story of her complex life as single mother and progressive force. The center of public attention after her tumultuous marriage to Lord Byron, Annabella Milbanke transformed herself from a neglected wife into a figure of incredible resilience and social vision. After she and her infant child were cast out of their home, she was left to navigate the stifling and unsupportive social environment of Regency England. Far from a victim or an obstacle to Byron’s work, however, Lady Byron was a rebel against the fashionable snobbery of her class, founding the first Infants School and Co-Operative School in England. A poet and talented mathematician, Lady Byron supported the education of her precocious daughter, Ada Lovelace, now recognized and lauded as a pioneer of computer science, and saved from death her “adoptive daughter” Medora Leigh, the child of Lord Byron’s incest with his sister. Lady Byron was adored by the younger abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe and by many notable friends. Yet her complex relationships with her family, including the sister Byron loved, runs like a live wire through this skillfully told and groundbreaking biography of a remarkable woman who made a life for herself and became a leading light in her century.

Tramps, Unfit Mothers, and Neglected Children
Tramps, Unfit Mothers, and Neglected Children

Author: Sherri Broder

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

Published: 2010-11-24

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 0812201450

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In late Victorian America few issues held the public's attention more closely than the allegedly unnatural family life of the urban poor. In Tramps, Unfit Mothers, and Neglected Children, Sherri Broder brings new insight to the powerful depictions of the urban poor that circulated in newspapers and novels, public debate and private correspondence, including the irresponsible tramp, the "fallen" single mother, and the neglected child. Broder considers how these representations contributed to debates over the nature of family life and focuses on the ways different historical actors—social reformers, labor activists, and ordinary laboring people—made use of the available cultural narratives about family, gender, and sexuality to comprehend changes in turn-of-the-century America. In the decades after the Civil War, Philadelphia was an important center of charity, child protection, and labor reform. Drawing on the rich records of the Pennsylvania Society to Protect Children from Cruelty, Broder assesses the intentions and consequences of reform efforts devoted to women and children at the turn of the century. Her research provides an eloquent study of how the terms used by social workers and their clients to discuss the condition of poverty continue to have a profound influence on social policies and develops a complex historical perspective on how social policy and representations of poor families have been and remain mutually influential.

Between Woman, Man and God
Between Woman, Man and God

Author: Hagith Sivan

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2004-08-01

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13: 9780567080554

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According to the demands of the Decalogue, manhood entails the avoidance of stealing, killing, and coveting, not to mention apostasy and violation of the Sabbath and other men's property. What, then, would be the essence of womanhood, if different? By selecting female characters' narratives as interpretative clues for the "law," this book presents a legal, behavioral, and representational reading of the Decalogue. Beginning with an analysis of the legal contents of each Commandment through allied legal texts which relate to women and to the feminine, each chapter continues with an investigation of the ways in which the activities of the female and male protagonists of select narratives elucidate the range of Commandments.