Showing posts with label Rosetta Books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rosetta Books. Show all posts

Sunday, September 9, 2018

In My TBR Stack:

We Can Do It: A Community Takes on the Challenge of School Desegregation
by Michael T. Gengler
Rosetta Books
Hardcover

From the publisher's website:

After Brown v. Board of Education, the South's separate white and black schools continued under lower court opinions, provided black students should choose to go to white schools. Not until 1968 did the NAACP Legal Defense Fund convince the Supreme Court to end dual school systems. Almost fifty years later, African Americans in Alachua County remain divided over that outcome.

A unique study including extensive interviews, We Can Do It asks important questions, among them: How did both races, without precedent, work together to create desegregated schools? What conflicts arose, and how were they resolved (or not)? How was the community affected? And at a time when resegregation and persistent white-black achievement gaps continue to challenge public schools, what lessons can we learn from the generation that desegregated our schools?

Monday, December 15, 2014

On My Radar:

I Hated to Do It: Stories of a Life
by Donald C. Farber
Rosetta Books
Hardcover

From the book publicity:

For over 40 years, Donald C. Farber was Kurt Vonnegut's attorney, literary agent, and close friend. In this deeply felt memoir, Farber offers a rare portrait of Vonnegut that is both candid and entertaining. A renowned entertainment lawyer with a largely famous clientele and a highly acclaimed author in his own right, Farber provides colorful anecdotes that detail the daily realities of working with Vonnegut from the perspective of the person who knew him best. The millions of fans around the world who mourned Vonnegut's passing will treasure this new and intimate portrait of him, not just as an acclaimed author, but also as a witty, eclectic, and brave personality that contributed greatly to our culture.