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During the last century, there are differences of opinion as to the use of alcohol; there are comparatively none as to the abuse of it. Leaving then, for the present, the question of the use of alcohol in disease, its effect upon the body temperature, and its position as a food, we may profitably...

There were few who believed Parker Chamberlain, and those that did were immediate family. Those that didn't tried to dissuade her from making an even bigger fool of herself by leveling charges against such an upstanding citizen like Lawrence Williamson. Did Parker listen to those who thought her...

This book analyzes the complex conversations taking place in texts of all sorts traveling between Africans, African diasporas, and Japanese across disciplinary, geographic, racial, ethnic, and cultural borders. The volume turns its attention away from questions of representation to ones concerning...

If you only had 48 hours to make a decision that would change your life forever, what would you do? What if it meant leaving everything you’ve ever known behind and never looking back – the only man you’ve ever loved, the life you’ve built together? What about your children? This is the life altering decision she must make in 48 hours…

Originally published in 1963. The ‘Americanness’ of the American novel is as readily apparent as it is elusive of definition. It is the purpose of this study not to discover the reluctant formula, the comprehensive statement of national identity, but to examine the evidences of this identity in...

Once upon a time not too long ago, young teens converged on the vibrant thriving city of Atlanta every spring in the bacchanal that was Freaknic. It was a party that grew from one park to eventually stretch the entire breadth of the metro area. The celebration descended on malls, concert halls, parks,...

Esta antología presenta una compilación de la obra de Lizardi en versiones parcialmente modernizadas para facilitar la lectura. Los textos aquí reunidos recorren varios géneros literarios como la poesía, la fábula o la dramaturgia.

This book is a slim volume of songs and poems that I composed between 1978 and 2013, give or take. I am not sure when I began it or when I put the final touches to it, but the songs and the poems contained herein have been my most constant companions in many a dark and lonely hour.

Over the last half of the twentieth century, television has become the predominant medium through which the public accesses information about the world. Through the news, situation comedies, police dramas, and commercials, we learn about the world around us, and our role within it. These genres, narratives,...

From the epic of Gilgamesh to Aristotle and Cicero, and from Shakespeare and the King James Bible to Wuthering Heights, War and Peace, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and the Nobel-winning lyrics of Bob Dylan, the world of literature is an integral part of our lives. Great literature can shape...

Lights in the sky. Strange visitors. Clashes between the FBI and a mysterious group of men clad in black. For as far back as history goes, there has been one unanswered question that just won’t seem to go away: What are those unidentifiable flying objects in the sky? And furthermore, who...

God is the only source of true Divine Love. This Love is unique: It reaches out to people of all walks of life, beyond all man-made Religious borders, beyond National borders, beyond Language borders and beyond all Social borders. One day LOVE will rule Supreme in all the hearts of the people all...

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,...

The fourteen stories in Undercurrents ply the literary oceans of time and space, possibility and imagination. Inside are stories that ripple and swell with the unusual: fiddle-playing ghosts, malevolent cats, urbane vampires, and ordinary folks who have drifted into the realms of the extraordinary. Set your oars in these unusual waters and see for yourself what swirls in the undercurrents.