![]() ![]() ![]() Alston gives voice not only to these Scots, but to enslaved Africans and their descendants – to those who reclaimed their freedom, to free women of colour, to the Black Caribs of St Vincent, to house servants, and to children of mixed race who found themselves in the increasingly racist society of Britain in the mid-1800s. ![]() Their voices are clearly heard in the archives, while in the same sources their victims’ stories are silenced – reduced to numbers and listed as property.ĭr. This book focuses on the Scottish Highlanders who engaged in or benefitted from these crimes against humanity in the Caribbean Islands and Guyana, some reluctantly but many with enthusiasm and without remorse. David Alston shows how Scots were involved in every stage of the slave trade: from captaining slaving ships to auctioning captured Africans in the colonies and hunting down those who escaped from bondage. In Slaves and Highlanders: Silenced Histories of Scotland and the Caribbean (Edinburgh University Press, 2021), Dr. ![]()
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![]() ![]() When a bewildered Val allows Lolli to talk her into tracking down the hidden lair of the creature for whom Luis and Dave have been working, Val finds herself bound into service by a troll named Ravus. And then there's Luis's brother, Dave, who makes the mistake of letting Val tag along as he makes a delivery to a woman who turns out to have goat hooves instead of feet. Severe Luis claims he can make deals with creatures that no one else can see. ![]() Impulsive Lolli talks of monsters in the subway tunnels they call home and shoots up a shimmery amber-coloured powder that makes the shadows around her dance. But there's something eerily beguiling about Val's new friends. Sporting a new identity, she takes up with a gang of squatters who live in the city's labyrinthine subway system. When 17-year-old Valerie Russell runs away to New York City, she's trying to escape a life that has utterly betrayed her. ![]() ![]() ![]() Merlin's tower is featured in the forest. Back in Camelot's past, Guinevere sets out with Lancelot on a quest to locate the other half of Excalibur, as she begins to sense Arthur's obsession with making Excalibur whole. ![]() In this episode, Mary Margaret decides to take matters into her own hands when she fails to convince David about Lancelot's warning about King Arthur, and Hook’s unwavering love for Emma provides a slight possibility of succeeding in her struggle against the unrelenting voice of Rumplestiltskin, while in Storybrooke, Emma unleashes a weapon to unleash Excalibur by using a brave soul to do the task. " The Broken Kingdom" is the fourth episode of the fifth season of the American fantasy drama series Once Upon a Time, which aired on October 18, 2015. 4th episode of the 5th season of Once Upon a Time " The Broken Kingdom" ![]() ![]() ![]() To solve the massive crises facing us, we must be innovative - we must use collaborative, mission-oriented thinking while also bringing a stakeholder view of public private partnerships which means not only taking risks together but also sharing the rewards. ![]() Mission Economy looks at the grand challenges facing us in a radically new way, arguing that we must rethink the capacities and role of government within the economy and society, and above all recover a sense of public purpose. Taking her inspiration from the ‘moonshot’ programmes which successfully coordinated public and private sectors on a massive scale, Mariana Mazzucato calls for the same level of boldness and experimentation to be applied to the biggest problems of our time. It had no answers to a host of problems, including disease, inequality, the digital divide and, perhaps most blatantly, the environmental crisis. Even before the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, capitalism was stuck. ![]() ![]() If only we had been gifted these starting with book one! This Man Confessed has everything I hope to find in a good romance: sizzling chemistry, wit, angst, tenderness, mystery, romance, and a few tear-jerkers. ![]() I wrote less than stellar reviews for the first two books in the series so I’m happy to say that I thoroughly enjoyed this conclusion. but will he also drive her to the brink of despair? It's time for this man to confess. He knows too well how to take her to a place beyond ecstasy. Their love is profound, their connection powerful, but just when she thinks that she's finally gotten beneath his guarded exterior, more questions arise, leading Ava to believe that Jesse Ward may not be the man she thinks he is. She has accepted that she'll never tame the fierceness in Jesse-and she doesn't want to. The Manor, the very place where their passionate love affair began, fills with guests on what should be the happiest day of Ava and Jesse's lives. THE STUNNING CONCLUSION TO THE THIS MAN TRILOGY! ![]() This Man Confessed (This Man, #3) by Jodi Ellen Malpas ![]() ![]() ![]() 5:37-10:51 - The Appeal of School Choice. ![]() 0:00-5:37 - The Purpose of Education According to Jon Hale.Jon's upcoming book, The Choice We Face: How Segregation, Race, and Power Have Shaped America's Most Controversial Education Reform Movement, addresses the same topics in greater detail he is also the author of The Freedom Schools: Student Activists in the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement and To Write in the Light of Freedom. Much of Jon's work focuses on past school choice movements and Civil Rights era freedom schools he makes invaluable contributions to the on-going ClassCast discussion of school choice and freedom by provide clear historical context and common sense predictions about what the future may hold. ClassCast Podcast Ep.063 features education historian, professor at the University of Illinois, and author Jon Hale discussing school choice, its dark history, and the problems it may spawn in the future. ![]() ![]() ![]() In this sexy, breathtaking sequel to the #1 bestsellers House of Earth and Blood and House of Sky and Breath, Sarah J. He's desperate to help her, but until he can escape the Asteri's leash, his hands are quite literally tied. After a few brief months with everything he ever wanted, he's in the Asteri's dungeons again, stripped of his freedom and without a clue as to Bryce's fate. Hunt Athalar has found himself in some deep holes in his life, but this one might be the deepest of all. And that's no easy feat when she has no idea who to trust. ![]() Stranded in a strange new world, she's going to need all her wits about her to get home again. ![]() Everything she loves is in Midgard: her family, her friends, her mate. The stunning third book in the sexy, action-packed Crescent City series, following the global bestsellers House of Earth and Blood and House of Sky and Breath.īryce Quinlan never expected to see a world other than Midgard, but now that she has, all she wants is to get back. ![]() ![]() There were many very good things in this book that I’ll explain later but also what I experienced as “inconsistencies” and missed opportunities. It is strongly recommended that you have read Corrupt prior to reading this.ĭon’t shoot me please and know right away that I’m a big fan of Penelope Douglas. While the romance is a stand-alone, the plot is a continuation of events that began in CORRUPT (Devil’s Night, #1). *Hideaway is a romantic suspense suitable for ages 18+. So many ways in, and good luck finding your way out. I want that hotel, I want to find him, and I want this over.īut the more I’m around you, the more I realize this new me is exactly who I was meant to be. You don’t know what I had to become to survive three years in prison for a crime I would gladly commit again. You have no idea what I seek, Little One. On Devil’s Night, the hunt will be coming to you. Because even though I struggle to hide everything I feel when you look at me-and have ever since I was a girl-I think maybe what you seek is so much closer than you’ll ever realize. You and your friends can try to scare me. ![]() You think I can help you find that secret hideaway and get to him, don’t you? The mystery of the dark guest who never checked in and never checks out. Ailing, empty, and dark-it sits abandoned and surrounded by a forgotten mystery.īut you think it’s true, don’t you, Kai Mori? The story about the hidden twelfth floor. ![]() ![]() ![]() DEVIL’S NIGHT is returning! Hiding places, chases, and all the games are back… BANKSīuried in the shadows of the city, there’s a hotel called The Pope. ![]() ![]() Having a good girl on his arm should do the job just fine. The s0urce alleged that Jenner and Chalamet met during a fashion event in Europe and have “a lot to chat about. Kylie Scott returns with the highly anticipated follow-up to international bestseller LICK Mal Ericson, drummer for the world famous rock band Stage Dive, needs to clean up his image fast-at least for a little while. After years of back and forth with Travis, she just wants to date without any pressure.” “She is getting to know him,” the source added. “ hang out every week, it's not serious.” ![]() It's new and exciting for Kylie and she's having a lot of fun.”Ī source told Peopleon April 19 that Chalamet and Jenner have been secretly seeing each other very regularly. It's been really fun for her because it feels a lot different than her past relationships. “It's not serious, but Kylie is enjoying hanging out with Timothée and seeing where it goes. “They are keeping things casual at this point,” the source said. On April 17, Entertainment Tonight reported that Jenner and Chalamet were officially dating. ![]() This year Jenner is in the news for her alleged romantic relationship with fashion darling Timothée Chalamet. ![]() ![]() ![]() I was not a dog person, but I was starting to develop a soft spot for my girlfriend’s family canine.įast forward to about two years ago, and I watched the film for a second time. I don’t know if you could say I suceeded or failed, there was definitely tears in my eyes. At the time I had only been going out with the eventual mother of my child for a few months, and I did my darnedest not to cry. The rollercoaster of emotions I felt watching that film were completely unexpected. I wasn’t at all ready for what I was about to experience. I had assumed it was a chick flick or for kids -I mean come on, it’s a dog film at Christmas, clearly a marketing stunt right? I watched a pirate copy on DVD not long after it came out, which I’m guessing was early 2009, or I might have even seen it before the official release of the film in December 2008 - given that it was a pirate copy I was watching. It was either on TV or on a billboard, or both. ![]() I first became aware of Marley when I saw an add for the movie. It’s been thirteen years since the book was first published and the best part of ten years since the film of the same name was released. I finally got around to reading Marley and Me: Life and Love with the World’s Worst Dog by John Grogan. *possible spoilers for both the film and book below* Marley and Me, an inspiring tale of a man and his family’s undying love for their dog ![]() |