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7 Cards in this Set
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A pandemic has devastated the planet, sorting humanity into two types: the uninfected and the infected, the living and the living dead. After the worst of the plague is over, armed forces stationed in Chinatown’s Fort Wonton have successfully reclaimed the island south of Canal Street. Mark Spitz is a member of one of the three-person civilian sweeper units tasked with clearing lower Manhattan of the remaining feral zombies. The book unfolds over three surreal days in which Spitz is occupied with the mundane mission of straggler removal, the rigors of Post-Apocalyptic Stress Disorder (PASD), and the impossible task of coming to terms with a fallen world. And then things start to go terribly wrong…
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"Zone One" (2011)
Colson Whitehead |
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Giving a historical account of the Andes from the earliest human beings to the Incas and the Spanish conquest; it was also meant as a call of attention towards the deep problems caused by Spanish government in the region. The manuscript was never published and its location for the next several centuries was unknown.
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"The First New Chronicle and Good Government" (1615)
Felipe Guaman Pomo de Ayala |
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One of the most important narratives of the slave experience in the Americas. This book describes in detail the reality of the slave experience: the dehumanization of Black people, the moral degradation of their masters, and the ever-present violence. The story is also an important early defense of the humanity of people of African descent.
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"The History of Mary Prince" (1831)
Mary Prince |
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The first fictional narrative written and published in English from the perspective of the conquered Mexican population that, despite being granted the full rights of citizenship under the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo in 1848, was, by 1860, a subordinated and marginalized national minority.
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"The Squatter and the Don" (1885)
Maria Ruiz de Burton |
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Based on personal experiences in Haiti and Jamaica—where she participated as an initiate rather than just an observer during her visits in the 1930s—it is a fascinating firsthand account of the mysteries of Voodoo. An invaluable resource and remarkable guide to Voodoo practices, rituals, and beliefs, it is a travelogue into a dark, mystical world that offers a vividly authentic picture of ceremonies, customs, and superstitions.
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"Tell My Horse" (1938)
Zora Neale Hurston |
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Here was the testament of a born outsider: a Puerto Rican in English-speaking America; a dark-skinned morenito in a family that refused to acknowledge its African blood. Here was an unsparing document of his plunge into the deadly consolations of drugs, street fighting, and armed robbery--a descent that ended when the twenty-two-year-old was sent to prison for shooting a cop.
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"Down These Mean Streets" (1967)
Piri Thomas |
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Set during the epic Philadelphia yellow fever epidemic of 1793, the classic gothic novel connects the outbreak with the upheavals of the revolutionary era and the murderous financial networks of Atlantic slavery.
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"Arthur Mervyn" (1799)
Charles Brockden Brown |
