Dead White Guys

Dead White Guys
Author: Matt Burriesci
Publisher: Cleis Press
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2015-05-28
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1632280175

After his daughter was born prematurely in 2010, Burriesci set out to write a book for her 18th birthday. In short, honest, and simple letters, Burriesci teaches his daughter about 32 great books, from Plato to Karl Marx, and how their lessons have applied to his life. As someone who has spent a long and successful career advocating for great literature, Burriesci defends the titles in this series of tender and candid letters, rich in personal experience and full of humor. Dead White Guys is also a timely defense of the great books, arriving in the middle of a national debate about the fate of these books in high schools and universities around the country. Burriesci shows how the great books can enrich our lives as individuals, as citizens, and in our careers.

Batman

Batman
Author: John Shirley
Publisher: Random House Digital, Inc.
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2006
Genre: Batman (Fictitious character)
ISBN: 0345479440

The Dark Knight takes on his ultimate enemy, a psychotic mastermind called White Eyes, who plans to use a host of deadly new weapons, along with his allies, Gotham's racist Bavarian Brotherhood, to pursue his goal of the white supremacist takeover of America.

Dead White

Dead White
Author: Alan Ryan
Publisher: Tor Books
Total Pages: 356
Release: 1983-11
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780812525410

Not All Dead White Men

Not All Dead White Men
Author: Donna Zuckerberg
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 147
Release: 2018-10-08
Genre: History
ISBN: 0674989821

A Times Higher Education Book of the Week A virulent strain of antifeminism is thriving online that treats women’s empowerment as a mortal threat to men and to the integrity of Western civilization. Its proponents cite ancient Greek and Latin texts to support their claims—from Ovid’s Ars Amatoria to Seneca and Marcus Aurelius—arguing that they articulate a model of masculinity that sustained generations but is now under siege. Not All Dead White Men reveals that some of the most controversial and consequential debates about the legacy of the ancients are raging not in universities but online. “A chilling account of trolling, misogyny, racism, and bad history proliferated online by the Alt-Right... Zuckerberg makes a persuasive case for why we need a new, more critical, and less comfortable relationship between the ancient and modern worlds in this important and very timely book.” —Emily Wilson, translator of The Odyssey “Explores how ideas about Ancient Greece and Rome are used and misused by antifeminist thinkers today.” —Time “Zuckerberg presciently analyzes these communities’...embrace of stoicism as a self-help tool to gain confidence, jobs, and girlfriends. Their adoration of men like Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus, and Ovid...is founded in a limited and distorted interpretation of ancient philosophy...lending heft and authority to sexism and abuse.” —The Nation “Traces the application—and misapplication—of classical authors and texts in online communities that see feminism as a threat.” —Bitch Media

The Oldest Dead White European Males and Other Reflections on the Classics

The Oldest Dead White European Males and Other Reflections on the Classics
Author: Bernard Knox
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 152
Release: 1993
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780393312331

"No one carries his learning more gracefully than Knox. That is because he does not, like so many scholars, seal it off from the rest of life. Ancient and current wisdom communicate through him." --Garry Wills

Play Dead

Play Dead
Author: Francine J. Harris
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 9781938584251

Identity, gender, and race politics all collide ferociously in this unflinching collection that actively cuts through cultural and social constructs.

The Living and the Dead

The Living and the Dead
Author: Patrick White
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2011-01-11
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1446435016

To hesitate on the edge of life or to plunge in and risk change -this is the dilemma explored in THE LIVING AND THE DEAD. Patrick White's second novel is set in thirties London and portrays the complex ebb and flow of relationships within the Standish family. Mrs Standish, ageing but still beautiful, is drawn into secret liaisons, while her daughter Eden experiments openly and impulsively with left-wing politics and love affairs. Only the son, Elyot, remains an aloof and scholarly observer - until dramatic events shock him into sudden self-knowledge.

Dead White Writer on the Floor

Dead White Writer on the Floor
Author: Drew Hayden Taylor
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780889226630

A funny yet thought-provoking play about identity politics in which Pocahontas, Tonto, and other native characters rewrite their stereotyped roles.

Dead, White, and Blue

Dead, White, and Blue
Author: Carolyn Hart
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2014-05-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 042526078X

Bookstore owner Annie Darling has no time to enjoy the summer fun when a missing person case turns deadly in this mystery in the New York Times bestselling Death on Demand series. July is a hectic time for Annie and her husband, Max. Sun and scorching temperatures never fail to bring swarms of tourists to their mystery bookstore, Death on Demand, for the latest beach reads. Not to mention the whole island is buzzing with excitement over the upcoming Broward’s Rock Fourth of July dance. But after Wesley Hurst's second wife Shell disappears during the fireworks display, Annie and Max take time out of their busy schedule to find the missing woman. Their investigation reveals a twisted tale of blackmail, betrayal, and adultery that takes them from the corridors of the island’s lovely inn to a pier lashed by pelting rain, to a gathering on the terrace of a country club where a trap is set for a calculating killer...