Hillary Jordan Books

The International Bestseller Now a major motion picture from Netflix, directed by Dee Rees, nominated in four categories for the Academy Awards. In Jordan's prize-winning debut, prejudice takes many forms, both subtle and brutal. It is 1946, and city-bred Laura McAllan is trying to raise her children on her husband's Mississippi Delta farm—a place she finds foreign and frightening. In the midst of the family's struggles, two young men return from the war to work the land. Jamie McAllan, Laura's brother-in-law, is everything her husband is not—charming, handsome, and haunted by his memories of combat. Ronsel Jackson, eldest son of the black sharecroppers who live on the McAllan farm, has come home with the shine of a war hero. But no matter his bravery in defense of his country, he is still considered less than a man in the Jim Crow South. It is the unlikely friendship of these brothers-in-arms that drives this powerful novel to its inexorable conclusion. The men and women of each family relate their versions of events and we are drawn into their lives as they become players in a tragedy on the grandest scale. As Barbara Kingsolver says of Hillary Jordan, "Her characters walked straight out of 1940s Mississippi and into the part of my brain where sympathy and anger and love reside, leaving my heart racing. They are with me still."

Hannah Payne is a RED. Her crime: MURDER. And her victim, says the state of Texas, was her unborn child.

Twenty-seven well-known writers, their imaginations unleashed by anonymity...

(Drum Instruction). This book demonstrates the role of the left foot as an important facet of learning to play drumset. You'll learn to develop better timing and consistency through a series of exercises designed to improve four-way coordination. The book covers a wide range of topics, from basic music reading and notation to advanced beats and fills. Both rock and jazz styles are highlighted, including exercises to help enhance double bass drumming technique and promote independence. The accompanying CD fatures 50+ tracks demonstrating many of the exercises in the book.

Mississippi, 1946: Laura McAllan ist ihrem Ehemann zuliebe aufs Land gezogen, wo er als Farmer einer Baumwollplantage Fuß fassen will. Doch ihr ist die Umgebung fremd, und auf Mudbound gibt es weder fließendes Wasser noch Strom. Unterstützung erhalten sie durch die Jacksons, ihre afroamerikanischen Pächter. Die aufgeweckte Florence Jackson hilft Laura, wo sie nur kann. Aber auch wenn der Alltag sie an ihre Grenzen treibt und sie für gewöhnlich nicht auf den Mund gefallen ist, würde sie es nicht wagen, Missstände anzumahnen. In diese angespannte Situation geraten zwei Kriegsheimkehrer: Florences Sohn Ronsel und Lauras Schwager Jamie. Deren Freundschaft wird zu einer Herausforderung für beide Familien, und so lassen Missgunst und Ausgrenzung die Stimmung bald kippen ...