Author: M. NourbeSe PhilipPublisher: Wesleyan University Press
ISBN: 0819568767
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
A haunting lifeline between archive and memory, law and poetry
Test This Book!
Author: Louie ZongPublisher: Imprint
ISBN: 1250800609
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 19
Book Description
A bear and a frog attempt to answer the age-old question "How do books work?" in this clever, interactive picture book from animator Louie Zong. Test This Book! features a bear scientist and a frog scientist testing how books work in a variety of exciting, dramatic experiments. What happens when readers sit on their books? Shake them? Whisper secrets to them? The results are funny, surprising, and very, very informative. This hilarious picture book is a great read-aloud experience, as readers are rewarded for physically interacting with the book. And they also learn a little about the scientific method—the basis of all STEM education. An Imprint Book
The Zong
Author: James WalvinPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300180756
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
“A lucid, fluent and fascinating account of the Zong. The book details the horror of the mass killing of enslaved Africans on board the ship in 1781.”—Gad Heuman, co-editor of The Routledge History of Slavery On November 29, 1781, Captain Collingwood of the British ship Zong commanded his crew to throw overboard one-third of his cargo: a shipment of Africans bound for slavery in America. The captain believed his ship was off course, and he feared there was not enough drinking water to last until landfall. This book is the first to examine in detail the deplorable killings on the Zong, the lawsuit that ensued, how the murder of 132 slaves affected debates about slavery, and the way we remember the infamous Zong today. Historian James Walvin explores all aspects of the Zong’s voyage and the subsequent trial—a case brought to court not for the murder of the slaves but as a suit against the insurers who denied the owners’ claim that their “cargo” had been necessarily jettisoned. The scandalous case prompted wide debate and fueled Britain’s awakening abolition movement. Without the episode of the Zong, Walvin contends, the process of ending the slave trade would have taken an entirely different moral and political trajectory. He concludes with a fascinating discussion of how the case of the Zong, though unique in the history of slave ships, has come to be understood as typical of life on all such ships. “Engaging . . . [Walvin’s] expertise shines through with surgical use of statistics and absorbing deviations into subjects such as Turner’s masterpiece The Slave Ship and the slave-fueled growth of Liverpool.”—Daily Mail
Granville Sharp's Uncovered Letter and the Zong Massacre
Author: Michelle FaubertPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319927868
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
This book delineates the discovery of a previously unknown manuscript of a letter from Granville Sharp, the first British abolitionist, to the “Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty.” In the letter, Sharp demands that the Admiralty bring murder charges against the crew of the Zong for forcing 132 enslaved Africans overboard to their deaths. Uncovered by Michelle Faubert at the British Library in 2015, the letter is reproduced here, accompanied by her examination of its provenance and significance for the history of slavery and abolition. As Faubert argues, the British Library manuscript is the only fair copy of Sharp’s letter, and extraordinary evidence of Sharp’s role in the abolition of slavery.
The Song of Zong
Author: William A. MosesPublisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1664133054
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 29
Book Description
THE SONG OF ZONG takes you to a far place called the planet of Zong, where the people love to dance, play and sing. When a group of friends Fling Flong, Wing Wong, & Bing Bong, travel to adventurous places they communicate through song and dance. Inspired by the love of hip-hop culture this story promotes linguistic curiosity through the eyes of aliens. Through the influence of hip hop rhythms and poetry you can communicate using effective repetitive speech. Language development is paramount in early years of communication. The Song of Zong is a playful tale for making speech-building fun.
Miracle Recovery of Brain Injury: Dr. Shinn-Zong Lin and His Patients
Author: Cindy TuPublisher: Rhythms Monthly, Tzu-Chi Culture and Communication Foundation
ISBN: 6267205983
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Superintendent Shinn-Zong Lin explained through various cases and touching stories— Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital provides various treatments that are helpful to brain injury patients. Patients who cannot wake up should be allowed to wake up, and patients who cannot stand up should be allowed to stand up; The key point is to restore the patient’s good quality of life, Be able to take care of themselves and regain the dignity of life!
A Chinese Paradigm of the Jingtu Famen
Author: Kwong Chuen ChingPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004545530
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
This vigorously-researched publication for advanced graduate students and fellow scholars of the Chinese Pure Land tradition (Jingtu famen) in the wider context of Chinese Buddhism extends the horizon opened up by recent leading scholars to reconstruct a more insightful understanding of the Jingtu famen and the notion of zong. Focusing on previously unstudied writings of Sheng'an Shixian 省庵實賢 (1686–1734), the findings support the argument that the Jingtu famen is an advanced form of Mahāyānist meditation rooted in the Mādhyamika and Yogācāra traditions. The original English translation of Master Shixian’s writings provided also paves the way for other researchers to conduct new and extended studies.
China's Great Temples, Tombs & Palaces
Author: Derrick FluddPublisher: Global Image Books
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 391
Book Description
China’s Great Temples, Tombs & Palaces has been completely redesigned and rewritten for GooglePlay. This new version covers Xianyang Palace (Xian), New Yuanming Palace/Old Yuanming (Zhuhai/Beijing), Forbidden City (Beijing), Summer Palace (Beijing), Epang Palace (Xian), Mukden Palace (Shenyang), Hauqing Palace (Xian), Ming Tomb village (Xian), Beiling Park Palace (Shenyang), Maoling Tomb (Xian), Tomb of Crown Prince Yide/Qianling (Xian), Fuling Tomb (Shenyang), Yunlin Temple (Hangzhou), North Temple Pagoda (Suzhou), Han Shan Shi (Suzhou), Ruigang Pagoda (Suzhou), Famen Temple (Xian), Temple of Heaven (Beijing), Beita Temple (Shenyang), Wang Tai Sin Temple (Hong Kong), Liurong Temple (Guangzhou), Ancestral Temple of Chen (Guangzhou), Putuo Temple (Zhuhai), Jintai Temple (Zhuhai), Tangs’ Ancestral Temple (Zhuhai), Ma Temple (Macau). With 100's of photographs, 24 maps, diagrams and charts and links to videos. This book really explores the heart of Chinese culture and archeological discoveries. You can also count on updates to the volume as we continue to document and explore China’s temples, tombs and palaces.
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