Illuminating African narratives for readers both inside and outside the continent. Representing the very best of African creative nonfiction, Safe House brings together works from Africa's contemporary literary greats. In a collection...
Social conditions
- Author:Wanjala, Barbara, Allfrey, Ellah WakatamaSummary:
- Author:Lee Chaikin, LindaSummary:
Élevée par sa tante et son oncle dans le presbytère du petit village anglais de Grimston Way, la ravissante Evy Varley a bien peu de souvenirs de ses parents et a pratiquement tout oublié de sa vie en Afrique du Sud, le pays où elle est...
- Author:Ibsen, HenrikSummary:
- Author:Burns, EricSummary:
The Roaring Twenties is the only decade in American history with a widely applied nickname, and our fascination with this era continues. From prohibition to immigration, the birth of jazz, and the rise of expatriate literature, 1920 was...
- Author:Short, DonnSummary:
Recent cases of teen suicide linked with homophobic bullying have thrust the issue of school safety into the national spotlight. In "Don't Be So Gay!" Queers, Bullying, and Making Schools Safe, Donn Short considers the effectiveness of...
- Author:Mole, RichSummary:
From the days of the fur trade, one constant thread weaves its way through the tumultuous history of frontier British Columbia, Washington and Oregon—the war over liquor. Between 1840 and 1917, the whisky wars of the west coast were...
- Author:Duder, CameronSummary:
The lives of lesbians who grew up before 1965 remain cloaked in mystery. Historians have illuminated the worlds of upper-middle-class "romantic friends" and working-class butch and femme women who frequented lesbian bars in the ’50s and...