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African American Identity
Racial and Cultural Dimensions of the Black Experience
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2012
Jas M. Sullivan and Ashraf M. Esmail’s African American Identity: Racial and Cultural Dimensions of the Black Experience is a collection which makes use of multiple perspectives across the social sciences to address complex issues of race and identity. The contributors tackle questions about what...
by Valerie Cumming, C. W. Cunnington, P. E. Cunnington
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2017
- What is an Apollo knot?
- Who wore a Welch wig?
- When were Zouave jackets the height of fashion?
This new edition of The Dictionary of Fashion History further updates the landmark work of C. Willett Cunnington, Phillis Cunnington and Charles Beard. Featuring over 60 new and revised entries...
Virginia Women
Their Lives and Times
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
Virginia Women is the first of two volumes exploring the history of Virginia women through the lives of exemplary and remarkable individuals. This collection of seventeen essays, written by established and emerging scholars, recovers the stories and voices of a diverse group of women, from the seventeenth...
The Weimar Moment
Liberalism, Political Theology, and Law
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2012
The Weimar Moment’s evocative assault on closure and political reaction, its offering of democracy against the politics of narrow self-interest cloaked in nationalist appeals to Volk and “community” – or, as would be the case in Nazi Germany, “race” – cannot but appeal to us today. This...
HBR's 10 Must Reads 2019
The Definitive Management Ideas of the Year from Harvard Business Review (with bonus article "Now What?" by Joan C. Williams and Suzanne Lebsock) (HBR's 10 Must Reads)
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2018
The definitive management ideas of the year from Harvard Business Review.
Includes the definitive ideas of the year, all in one place, selected by HBR's editors.
Gives readers the opportunity to catch up on a year's worth of recent ideas from HBR quickly--or collect articles over time.
Includes...
by E. Luetjen, C. Umbach, C. Großmann
Language: German
Release Date: July 30, 2009
Language: German
Release Date: July 30, 2009
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2008 im Fachbereich BWL - Controlling, Note: 2,3, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Der Wettbewerb im Flugverkehr und steigender Kostendruck aufgrund der steigenden Treibstoffpreise und anderer Faktoren...
Communicator-in-Chief
How Barack Obama Used New Media Technology to Win the White House
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2010
Communicator-in-Chief: How Barack Obama Used New Media Technology to Win the White House examines the fascinating and precedent-setting role new media technologies and the Internet played in the 2008 presidential campaign that allowed for the historic election of the nation's first African American...
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Natural Childbirth
The Support You Need for the Birth You Want
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2009
Thoughtful planning so mom and her supporters are ready when the baby is!
A midwife helps expecting mothers decide how natural they want their labor to be, what birthing methods are available, and the type of professional they want present. It helps women weigh factors, prepare mentally, make...
Achieving sustainable production of pig meat Volume 2
Animal breeding and nutrition
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2017
Pig meat is the most widely-consumed meat in the world. Previous growth in production has relied, in part, on more intensive systems. In meeting rising demand, these systems face challenges such as the ongoing threat of zoonotic diseases, the need to improve feed efficiency in the face of rising costs,...
Movies in the Age of Obama
The Era of Post-Racial and Neo-Racist Cinema
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2014
The historic election of Barack Obama to the presidency of the United States had a significant impact on both America and the world at large. By voting an African American into the highest office, those who elected Obama did not necessarily look past race, but rather didn’t let race prevent them...
by C.L. Foster, Jessica Surgett, Stina Rubio
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2016
Relationships often suck... until we find that special someone that fits our lives just right.
We clawed, we scratched, and we chomped at the bit for our own slice of the good life. Fights, misspoken words, hardships, battles, and other things made us feel like we weren't going to survive,...
by Bob Brown, Gwyndyn T. Alexander, Lou J. Berger
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2017
More Alternative Truths is an exploration of the potential consequences of today’s politics in our daily lives. More than our individual lives, but our American identity.
This exploration defines this anthology. So many of the stories ask what has America become? What will it be in the...
Wings of Change
Stories about Dragons
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2019
Tales of wise, ancient dragons hoarding treasure, terrorizing villages, and doing battle with noble heroes have long fascinated us. But dragons were not born old and wise, nor were heroes born brave and noble.
Wings of Change gathers tales of young dragons growing into their scales and claws,...
by C.P.E. Bach, J.C. Bach, Yorktown Music Press
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2000
The Joy Of Bach is a volume of 46 original keyboard compositions by members of the Bach family. The pieces are in their original form, neither rearranged nor simplified.