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Langston Hughes, before and beyond Harlem
Published in Unknown Binding by L. Hill ()
Author: Faith Berry
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The real Langston
This a a book that has works by Langston Hughes that perhaps your pat Black History month or American Literature classes never mentioned. Excellent work by a brilliant author.


Pagan Spain
Published in Paperback by Univ Pr of Mississippi (Trd) (June, 2002)
Authors: Richard Wright and Faith Berry
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Valuable perspective from a visitor/outsider
This book had, says the introduction, been out of print for many years before being briefly republished several years ago. If anyone is able to purchase or obtain this work, they will find it an insightful view into a Spain still largely unknown by and officially protected from America and much of Europe. It was written in the mid-fifties after Wright had taken three journeys to that country. His argument is that Spain is still pagan: a primitive land untouched by the outside world for better or worse. On one hand, the Spanish practice an almost superstitious, certainly paternalist Catholicism which straightjackets women and suspects the few Spaniards daring to practice Protestantism. More positively, Wright finds, Spaniards have no race consciousness derived from outside sources. Wright notes that though obviously of African background, he was not discriminated against in terms of accomodation, dining, or socializing. He talks with a variety of Spaniards. Many question the Franco regime; are anticlerical and sceptical of Spanish values and history. Wright's descriptions of the often intimidating landscape, of bullfights and the celebration of Holy Week in Seville, are excellent. He maintains a basic criticism of the domination of the Church throughout.This brought adverse reaction when the work originally appeared, during an ultra-conservative era when religion was considered a bastion against communism. Wright 's sympathies for Spanish women, be they housewives, prospective brides or prostitutes, is farseeing. He understands the stereotypes women are subject to, especially in such a traditional society.Wright, an ex-communist, still had nostalgic feelings for the fledgling Spanish Republic. The Civil War is a subject only mentioned in confidence to him, so then recent was that struggle. For anyone wishing a broad-minded, well-written portrayal of a country that has fascinated many writers, "Pagan Spain" would be very worthwhile.


Articles of Faith: The Story of British Intellectual Journalism
Published in Hardcover by Between the Lines (June, 2003)
Author: Neil Berry
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Celebrating Earth Holy Days: A Resource Guide for Faith Communities
Published in Paperback by Crossroad/Herder & Herder (March, 1992)
Authors: Susan J. Clark and Thomas Berry
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Faith in the center ring : an elephantine question
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Author: Joan P. Berry
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Faith within the hills : a history of the First United Methodist Church, 204 West Main Street, Louisa, Kentucky
Published in Unknown Binding by Heritage Group ()
Author: Mary Eva Berry Repass
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From Bondage to Liberation: Writings by and About Afro-Americans from 1700-1918
Published in Hardcover by Continuum (August, 2001)
Author: Faith Berry
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Good Morning Revolution: Uncollected Writings of Social Protest
Published in Paperback by Citadel Pr (September, 1992)
Authors: Langston Hughes, Faith Berry, Langston Redding, and Saunders Redding
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Langston Hughes
Published in Paperback by Citadel Pr (September, 1992)
Author: Faith Berry
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Real Science, Real Faith: Sixteen Leading British Scientists Discuss Their Science and Their Faith
Published in Paperback by Monarch Books (1991)
Authors: R.J Berry and Philip Hacking
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