James Baldwin - Libros y biografía

In "Se la strada potesse parlare" James Baldwin ci racconta una struggente storia d'amore in un mondo fatto di dolore e ingiustizia. Attraverso gli occhi di Tish, una diciannovenne bella e innamorata,...

In 'The Story of Abraham Lincoln' by James Baldwin, the author masterfully weaves a compelling narrative of the life of one of America's most influential presidents. Baldwin's immersive storytelling and...

"It comes as a great shock to discover that the country which is your birthplace and to which you owe your life and your identity, has not, in its whole system of reality, evolved any place for you"....

There are numerous time-honored stories which have become so incorporated into the literature and thought of our race that a knowledge of them is an indispensable part of one's education. These stories...

Legendary tales of the lives of famous people and historic episodes. Of these fifty stories, some have historical value, some are useful as giving point to certain great moral truths, and others are...

YOU have heard of Homer, and of the two wonderful poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey, which bear his name. No one knows whether these poems were composed by Homer, or whether they are the work of many different...

PERHAPS no other stories have ever been told so often or listened to with so much pleasure as the classic tales of ancient Greece. For many ages they have been a source of delight to young people and...

THE romance entitled "The Achievements of the Ingenious Gentleman, Don Quixote de la Mancha," was originally written in Spanish by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. It was published in two parts, the first...

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS discovered America on the 12th of October, 1492. He had spent eighteen years in planning for that wonderful first voyage which he made across the Atlantic Ocean. The thoughts and...

IN the year 1719 an Englishman whose name was Daniel Defoe wrote a very long story, which he called "The Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe." His story was not designed for children, and...

James Baldwin's 'Fifty Famous Stories Retold' is a captivating collection of well-known tales from various cultures around the world. Baldwin masterfully reimagines these stories, preserving their original...

This is an 1897 reader by an American educator and administrator, James Baldwin. It will help the students learn to spell, define, and pronounce words. It aimed to engage the young reader, develop a taste...

This book is intended for young scholars. The stories told are well-known and are about figures such as King Arthur and Pocahontas. They are the stories that are part of a common culture of the Western...

"Fifty Famous People: A Book of Short Stories" by James Baldwin. Published by e-artnow. e-artnow publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary...

Publicado em 1963, Da próxima vez, o fogo se tornou um clássico incontornável no debate sobre os direitos civis nos Estados Unidos.Não acredite na palavra de ninguém, inclusive na minha, mas confie em...

James Baldwin has collected fifty wonderful stories, including Robin Hood, William Tell, King Alfred and Julius Caesar. Your child will be delighted to hear or read these, and will not only be entertained,...

Si Beale Street pouvait parler, elle raconterait à peu près ceci : Tish, dix-neuf ans, est amoureuse de Fonny, un jeune sculpteur noir. Elle est enceinte et ils sont bien décidés à se marier. Mais Fonny,...

Rufus Scott n’en pouvait plus de vivre dans le monde cruel et implacable des Blancs, humilié, abandonné de tous, écrasé par le poids d’une cité inhumaine. Par une nuit froide de novembre, il est allé...

En dépit des bouleversements psychologiques et sociaux qu'il exige, cet ouvrage ne veut que proposer la solution de bon sens au problème de la place des Noirs dans la société américaine. Malgré le ton...

Dans le Harlem des années cinquante, se nouent les destins de quatre adolescents : Julia l’enfant évangéliste qui enflamme les foules, Jimmy son jeune frère, Arthur le talentueux chanteur de gospel et...

Entre 1979 et 1981, vingt-huit enfants, tous âgés entre 7 et 16 ans, tous noirs, tous issus de familles pauvres sont assassinés à Atlanta, Géorgie, dans le Sud profond des États-Unis.En juin 1981, un...

Les quatorze essais regroupés dans ce volume, publiés à l’origine dans divers journaux et revues, couvrent une période allant de 1960 à 1985. James Baldwin y évoque les marches pour les droits civiques,...

In the realm of literature, few characters have captured the imagination like Don Quixote, the chivalrous knight errant. Now, in this captivating collection, James Baldwin presents a fresh and insightful...

An engaging introduction to four of the greatest Americans George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Daniel Webster, and Abraham Lincoln. Their lives are set forth in a simple manner, yet with many interesting...

Includes fifty legendary tales depicting certain romantic episodes in the lives of well known heroes and famous men, or in the history of a people. Children naturally take a deep interest in such stories....

Dans le Harlem des années cinquante, se nouent les destins de quatre adolescents : Julia l’enfant évangéliste qui enflamme les foules, Jimmy son jeune frère, Arthur le talentueux chanteur de gospel et...

États-Unis, années 1960. Au sommet de sa carrière, l’acteur noir américain Leo Proudhammer est terrassé par une crise cardiaque. Alors qu’il oscille entre la vie et la mort, il se remémore les choix qui...

"J’aime l’Amérique plus que n’importe quel autre pays au monde, et, exactement pour la même raison, je tiens au droit de la critiquer en permanence." Dans ces essais écrits durant les années 1940 et...

"Certains échappaient à cette prison. La plupart y demeuraient. Ceux qui s'en échappaient laissaient toujours quelque chose d'eux-mêmes en arrière, comme certains animaux qui se coupent une patte et la...

Au soir de ses quatorze ans, dans une boutique désaffectée de Harlem, au milieu des prières et des trépignements cadencés de ses frères, au rythme hallucinant des tambourins, John Grimes traverse un moment...