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The Promise of the West
Young Pioneers on the Overland Trails
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2015
Driven by the promise of prosperity and opportunity on the frontier, thousands of men and women traveled west in the mid-1800s to forge a new life. Accompanying them were their children, wide-eyed and excited about the adventures that awaited them as they headed toward the setting sun. Little did...
Secret Lives of the Civil War
What Your Teachers Never Told You about the War Between the States
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014
Legendary Heroes of U.S. History—As You’ve Never Seen Them Before!
Secret Lives of the Civil War features irreverent and uncensored profiles of men and women from the Union and the Confederacy—complete with hundreds of little-known and downright bizarre facts. You’ll discover that:
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by Suzanne Crawford O Brien
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2015
Focusing on three diverse indigenous traditions, Native American Religious Traditions highlights the distinct oral traditions and ceremonial practices; the impact of colonialism on religious life; and the ways in which indigenous communities of North America have responded, and continue to respond, to colonialism and Euroamerican cultural hegemony.
by Gregory O'Brien
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Making unexpected connections, this book collects poems written from a variety of times, locations, and experiences—from the water frontage of Fiji, Fiordland, and the Mediterranean to the built history of Moscow and Berlin. Filled with a thoughtful musicality, a shambling romance, and a sense of...
Action Movies
The Cinema of Striking Back
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2012
Action Movies: The Cinema of Striking Back is a study of action cinema, exploring the ethics and aesthetics of the genre with reference to its relatively short history. It moves from seminal classics like Bullitt (1968) and Dirty Harry (1971) through epoch-defining films like Rambo: First Blood Part...
by Kathleen O'Brien
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2014
The Great Wedding Giveaway - Book 7
Once upon a time, Marly Akers had believed that, for better or worse, people made their own luck…
Marly wonders how she could ever have believed it. Jilted and pregnant, she’s come back to Marietta with her tail between her legs, the blow to her...
by Ace Atkins, Laura Lippman, Patty Friedmann
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
New Orleans is a great city for regionally-themed books. Akashic Books Noir Series is selling great; nearly every title has gone into multiple printings. Whole series to be promoted at major trade conferences and mystery conferences. Major media push: print, radio, television.
Princes of Cotton
Four Diaries of Young Men in the South, 1848-1860
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2010
A rogue, a megalomaniac, a plodder, and a depressive: the men whose previously unpublished diaries are collected in this volume were four very different characters. But they had much in common too. All were from the Deep South. All were young, between seventeen and twenty-five. All had a connection...
by William O'Brien
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2016
If you love poetry and magic you will love this wonderful collection - ChristophFischerBooks TOP 500 REVIEWER
Peter: The World - Short Poems and Tiny Thoughts is a collection of 26 poems based upon the surreal, magical story Peter: A Darkened Fairytale.
Inside these pages, you...
Rhetoric and Writing Studies in the New Century
Historiography, Pedagogy, and Politics
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2017
This collection of essays investigates the historiography of rhetoric, global perspectives on rhetoric, and the teaching of writing and rhetoric, offering diverse viewpoints. Addressing four major areas of research in rhetoric and writing studies, contributors consider authorship and audience, discuss...
Wesleyan-Holiness Churches in Australia
Hallelujah under the Southern Cross
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
Most Wesleyan-Holiness churches started in the US, developing out of the Methodist roots of the nineteenth-century Holiness Movement. The American origins of the Holiness movement have been charted in some depth, but there is currently little detail on how it developed outside of the US. This book...
by Dan O'Brien
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2016
An Introduction to the Theory of Knowledge, 2nd Edition guides the reader through the key issues and debates in contemporary epistemology. Lucid, comprehensive and accessible, it is an ideal textbook for students who are new to the subject and for university undergraduates.
The book is divided...
by Nancy Abel, LCSW, LADC
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2014
Mental health practitioners must be prepared to treat addiction-related issuesóaffecting up to 50% of mental health clientsówhether or not clients present with addiction as a primary concern. This practical roadmap to the treatment of addictions advocates an underutilizedóyet highly effectiveómethod...
Homemade Cleaners
Quick-and-Easy, Toxin-Free Recipes to Replace Your Kitchen Cleaner, Bathroom Disinfectant, Laundry Detergent, Bleach, Bug Killer, Air Freshener, and more
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014
SIMPLE STEPS TO A NATURALLY CLEAN HOME Toxic chemicals are found in almost all commercial cleaners—the very products you buy to make your home hygenic and healthy. Homemade Cleaners offers a better solution. Its tips, tricks and formulas guarantee to make your home sparkling and germ-free. Homemade...