Books with author Christopher Biggs

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Her eyes flashed open and she pointed out the window at the creeling birds. “As future ruler of Tyleeria and its principalities, I banish you all from this land. Begone, squawking beasts!” Almost on cue, a gull flew closer, its squawking resembling laughter. She turned away and slammed the window closed, pouting. “See how they mock me?”A young princess must fight for her birthright in Christopher A. Beyer’s enthralling debut, Tyleeria. Meet Emma Selene Aldarain. The twelve-year-old daughter of King Kaelyn Aldarain, she is unexpectedly thrust into the role of heiress when her father goes missing.Naïve to the ways of the court, Emma does not suspect that the king’s own advisor is plotting to take the throne for himself. But her personal guard knows better, and when Emma shockingly decides not to cede her royal rights to the king’s advisor at the Right of Ascension ceremony, the guard whisks her away onboard a ship helmed by the infamous Captain Brennan.With her life in imminent danger, Captain Brennan takes charge of the young princess and finds himself thrust into the middle of a dangerous political game that can only have one outcome.

In the years following World War II a group of gay writers established themselves as major cultural figures in American life. Truman Capote, the enfant terrible, whose finely wrought fiction and nonfiction captured the nation's imagination. Gore Vidal, the wry, withering chronicler of politics, sex, and history. Tennessee Williams, whose powerful plays rocketed him to the top of the American theater. James Baldwin, the harrowingly perceptive novelist and social critic. Christopher Isherwood, the English novelist who became a thoroughly American novelist. And the exuberant Allen Ginsberg, whose poetry defied censorship and exploded minds. Together, their writing introduced America to gay experience and sensibility, and changed our literary culture. But the change was only beginning. A new generation of gay writers followed, taking more risks and writing about their sexuality more openly. Edward Albee brought his prickly iconoclasm to the American theater. Edmund White laid bare his own life in stylized, autobiographical works. Armistead Maupin wove a rich tapestry of the counterculture, queer and straight. Mart Crowley brought gay men's lives out of the closet and onto the stage. And Tony Kushner took them beyond the stage, to the center of American ideas. With authority and humor, Christopher Bram weaves these men's ambitions, affairs, feuds, loves, and appetites into a single sweeping narrative. Chronicling over fifty years of momentous change-from civil rights to Stonewall to AIDS and beyond-EMINENT OUTLAWS is an inspiring, illuminating tale: one that reveals how the lives of these men are crucial to understanding the social and cultural history of the American twentieth century.

In its brief seven-year existence, the Freedmen’s Bureau became the epicenter of the debate about Reconstruction. Historians have only recently begun to focus on the Bureau’s personnel in Texas, the individual agents termed the “hearts of Reconstruction.” Specifically addressing the historiographical debates concerning the character of the Bureau and its sub-assistant commissioners (SACs), Too Great a Burden to Bear sheds new light on the work and reputation of these agents.Focusing on the agents on a personal level, author Christopher B. Bean reveals the type of man Bureau officials believed qualified to oversee the Freedpeople’s transition to freedom. This work shows that each agent, moved by his sense of fairness and ideas of citizenship, gender, and labor, represented the agency’s policy in his subdistrict. These men further ensured the former slaves’ right to an education and right of mobility, something they never had while in bondage.

CHRISTOPHER Name Tracing Workbook – Preschoolers Kindergarten Practice Workbook - Toddlers Writing Notebook - Learn How to Write CHRISTOPHER - Preschoolers Activities Teaching your child the basics of writing is a difficult task especially if he or she is full of energy and finds it more difficult to focus. In order to give him a push in the first years of school or kindergartner, we are presenting a revolutionary way of teaching your baby the basics of the alphabet: the name tracing workbook for children. Why our workbook? The name tracing workbook has been designed specifically to teach children the basic of spelling and writing. By learning to write his own name, your child will develop the abilities and skills needed in the first years of schools while having fun. The 100 pages activity book is the perfect choice if you are searching to invest in your child’s education from the beginning so don’t hesitate and get him the only workbook he needs! LEARNING THE FIRST LETTERS: teaching your toddler the first letters and how to spell his or her name is difficult, which is why we have designed a special workbook that will make the learning process easier and a lot more fun, adding to the baby’s educational fund. PERSONALIZED WORKING: the name is the first word any child should learn how to spell, but it is almost impossible to find special help for that task. CHRISTOPHER Name Tracing Workbook is divided in 12 themed chapters that will teach your toddler how to spell his or her name in a fun and interactive way. WHAT IT CONTAINS: CHRISTOPHER Name Tracing Workbook counts no less than 100 pages divided in 12 themed sheets that propose recognition activities, letter tracing practice and letter games, that are sure to teach your child the basics of writing and spelling. FOR TODDLERS: CHRISTOPHER Name Tracing Workbook is made especially for children aged 3 to 6 so your son or daughter will be well prepared for both kindergarten and first grade! Learning the alphabet will be a piece of cake if your kid will already have the foundation letter tracing so why not give him a head start in school. THE PERFECT GIFT: offering a present to a toddler that is both fun and parents-approved is an almost impossible task, but the name tracing workbook has it all: it is educational, personalized and made especially for youngsters ages 3 to 6 so, if you’re trying to bring a smile on a kid’s face, this is it!

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Eleven-year-old Alex Peterson may be the least-athletic boy at his school, yet he dreams of accomplishing something “not a whole lot of other people in the world have ever done:” a 200-mile, single-day bicycle ride from Seattle to Portland. Alex discovers that if he’s to reach even the starting line, he must overcome more than his physical disability. He must also find a way to revive his father’s own long-dormant dreams, and convince his dad to join forces with him, before they can achieve together what neither would on his own.

In its brief seven-year existence, the Freedmen’s Bureau became the epicenter of the debate about Reconstruction. Historians have only recently begun to focus on the Bureau’s personnel in Texas, the individual agents termed the “hearts of Reconstruction.” Specifically addressing the historiographical debates concerning the character of the Bureau and its sub-assistant commissioners (SACs), Too Great a Burden to Bear sheds new light on the work and reputation of these agents.Focusing on the agents on a personal level, author Christopher B. Bean reveals the type of man Bureau officials believed qualified to oversee the Freedpeople’s transition to freedom. This work shows that each agent, moved by his sense of fairness and ideas of citizenship, gender, and labor, represented the agency’s policy in his subdistrict. These men further ensured the former slaves’ right to an education and right of mobility, something they never had while in bondage.