One Saturday afternoon Sylvia is at her sister's wedding, and the next minute, the world as she knows it ends. Liam loses everything after the world ends, but he also gains the most important person in his life. His best friend, his teammate, and the love of his life: Sylvia Blue. When Chairman Clementine ends the world, he starts a new one with one rule he thought would solve everyone's problems: classification. According to him, if everyone knows exactly who they are, what their purpose is, and where they fit into the world, they will be perfectly content and happy in life. The world is black and white, and we like it that way.Ten years later in A World Colored Blue, the people of the community are finding it very hard not to acknowledge the grey area. Specifically, Sylvia Blue and Liam Wood, recent graduates of the House school, who find themselves challenging this idea of a perfect black and white world everyday. Their last names and the way they look classify them into categories, ones they must stick with for fear of being declassified. Sylvia tries to navigate the world around her with Liam by her side. Liam finds himself desperate for answers to questions he's not allowed to ask. He grapples with new discoveries, strange feelings, and one mission: to show his world the value of a human life.

Like cotton, indigo has defied its humble origins. Left alone it might have been a regional plant with minimal reach, a localized way of dyeing textiles, paper, and other goods with a bit of blue. But when blue became the most popular color for the textiles that Britain turned out in large quantities in the eighteenth century, the South Carolina indigo that colored most of this cloth became a major component in transatlantic commodity chains. In Red, White, and Black Make Blue, Andrea Feeser tells the stories of all the peoples who made indigo a key part of the colonial South Carolina experience as she explores indigo's relationships to land use, slave labor, textile production and use, sartorial expression, and fortune building. In the eighteenth century, indigo played a central role in the development of South Carolina. The popularity of the color blue among the upper and lower classes ensured a high demand for indigo, and the climate in the region proved sound for its cultivation. Cheap labor by slaves—both black and Native American—made commoditization of indigo possible. And due to land grabs by colonists from the enslaved or expelled indigenous peoples, the expansion into the backcountry made plenty of land available on which to cultivate the crop. Feeser recounts specific histories—uncovered for the first time during her research—of how the Native Americans and African slaves made the success of indigo in South Carolina possible. She also emphasizes the material culture around particular objects, including maps, prints, paintings, and clothing. Red, White, and Black Make Blue is a fraught and compelling history of both exploitation and empowerment, revealing the legacy of a modest plant with an outsized impact.

Generalisations about language and culture are at best amusing and meaningless, but is there anything sensible left to be said about the relation between language, culture and thought? *Does language reflect the culture of a society? *I

This title identifies places where young readers might find the color blue. Simple text with closely matching pictures and a photo glossary makes this book perfect for beginning readers.

Discover a world of creativity and tradition in this fascinating picture book that explores the history and cultural significance of the color blue. From a critically acclaimed author and an award-winning illustrator comes a vivid, gorgeous book for readers of all ages. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR • New York Public Library • Chicago Public Library • Kirkus Reviews For centuries, blue powders and dyes were some of the most sought-after materials in the world. Ancient Afghan painters ground mass quantities of sapphire rocks to use for their paints, while snails were harvested in Eurasia for the tiny amounts of blue that their bodies would release. And then there was indigo, which was so valuable that American plantations grew it as a cash crop on the backs of African slaves. It wasn't until 1905, when Adolf von Baeyer created a chemical blue dye, that blue could be used for anything and everything--most notably that uniform of workers everywhere, blue jeans. Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond's riveting text combined with stunning illustrations from Caldecott Honor Artist Daniel Minter, this vibrant and fascinating picture book follows one color's journey through time and across the world, as it becomes the blue we know today.

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'A mind-expanding tour of the world without leaving your paintbox. Every colour has a story, and here are some of the most alluring, alarming, and thought-provoking. Very hard painting the hallway magnolia after this inspiring primer.' Simon Garfield The Secret Lives of Colour tells the unusual stories of the 75 most fascinating shades, dyes and hues. From blonde to ginger, the brown that changed the way battles were fought to the white that protected against the plague, Picasso's blue period to the charcoal on the cave walls at Lascaux, acidyellow to kelly green, and from scarlet women to imperial purple, these surprising stories run like a bright thread throughout history. In this book Kassia St Clair has turned her lifelong obsession with colours and where they come from (whether Van Gogh's chrome yellow sunflowers or punk's fluorescent pink) into a unique study of human civilisation. Across fashion and politics, art and war, TheSecret Lives of Colour tell the vivid story of our culture.

This is...The Color Blue, goes around the world and shows what is blue in the world showing beautiful colored photos of each, with the most important or fun fact that is currently known, under each picture. It teaches most of the common things that are blue, including a blue Dart Frog from Suriname, South America and European plums from Quebec. This book also shows you types of cars, flowers, animals and healthy foods with their specific names. This is a book that is very basic, with extensive research done to make sure the reader is getting the proper information. This allows the reader an opportunity to learn something new, EVERY TIME, they read it I also use bright colors, to help stimulate memory and learning as well as a simple format to enhance the reading experience. You are definitely giving the reader in your home the continual opportunity to learn, as well as the ETERNAL GIFT of knowledge with ALL THE BOOKS I write. Come visit our website to see all our books that enhance your readers mind https://www.abookbyjohnnyo.com

From the creator of the worldwide bestsellers World of Flowers and Lost Ocean, a beautiful new coloring book that takes you on a captivating journey through imagined and fantastical realms. This isn't just a book; rather, it is a magical portal to many wondrous worlds. Within these pages you'll find tree-top castles, floating islands, and fairytale villages, all waiting to be brought to life in your colors. Go on an adventure and let your imagination roam from world to world, discovering enchanted sea turtles, curious cats, and lost song birds along the way. In this new coloring book, Johanna Basford lends her signature style of inky illustration to a series of brand new inkscapes and themes, all with a sprinkling of her much-loved botanicals. Get ready to discover whole new worlds of colors!

Suppose I were to begin by saying that I had fallen in love with a color . . . A lyrical, philosophical, and often explicit exploration of personal suffering and the limitations of vision and love, as refracted through the color blue. With Bluets, Maggie Nelson has entered the pantheon of brilliant lyric essayists. Maggie Nelson is the author of numerous books of poetry and nonfiction, including Something Bright, Then Holes (Soft Skull Press, 2007) and Women, the New York School, and Other True Abstractions (University of Iowa Press, 2007). She lives in Los Angeles and teaches at the California Institute of the Arts.

"From the sky to colorful fish to mailboxes, readers will explore where they can find the color blue in the world around them"--