Melissa: 3186 books
Southern Farmers and Their Stories
Memory and Meaning in Oral History
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2006
The industrial expansion of the twentieth century brought with it a profound shift away from traditional agricultural modes and practices in the American South. The forces of economic modernity -- specialization, mechanization, and improved efficiency -- swept through southern farm communities, leaving...
The Politics and Civics of National Service
Lessons from the Civilian Conservation Corps, VISTA, and AmeriCorps
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2013
In 1933 President Franklin D. Roosevelt created America's first domestic national service program: the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). As part of this program-the largest and most highly esteemed of its kind-nearly three million unemployed men worked to rehabilitate, protect, and build the nation's...
Mythical River
Chasing the Mirage of New Water in the American Southwest
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2016
In a lyrical mix of natural science, history, and memoir, Melissa L. Sevigny ponders what it means to make a home in the American Southwest at a time when its most essential resource, water, is overexploited and undervalued. Mythical River takes the reader on a historical sojourn into the story of...
Spiritualism in Nineteenth-Century New Orleans
The Life and Times of Henry Louis Rey
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2016
Modern American Spiritualism blossomed in the 1850s and continued as a viable faith into the 1870s. Because of its diversity and openness to new cultures and religions, New Orleans provided fertile ground to nurture Spiritualism, and many séance circles flourished in the Creole Faubourgs of Tremé...
The Everything Guide to Writing Graphic Novels
From superheroes to manga—all you need to start creating your own graphic works
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2008
Create your own illustrated world with The Everything Guide to Writing Graphic Novels!
Watchmen. V for Vendetta. A History of Violence. The Sandman. 300.
You’ve read them, you’ve loved them, and now you want to write and illustrate them. The Everything Guide to Writing Graphic Novels...
by Melissa Holbrook Pierson
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2015
An intimate, surprising look at man’s best friend and what the leading philosophies of dog training teach us about ourselves.
Years back, Melissa Holbrook Pierson brought home a border collie named Mercy, without a clue of how to get her to behave. Stunned after hiring a trainer whose immediate...
Simple Gatherings
50 Ways to Inspire Connection
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2017
Create Memorable Gatherings with Simplicity and Style
Welcoming friends and family into your home doesn't have to be intimidating! These 50 affordable and inspired ideas from bestselling author Melissa Michaels will help you turn any get-together into a special memory.
Simplify tasks and...
Dwelling
Simple Ways to Nourish Your Home, Body, and Soul
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2019
Feel Well Where You Dwell
Our dwellings—both our home and body—are intricately connected. Each has the potential to inspire the other to be its very best!
Your home is where your life happens. Learn how to create a sanctuary that inspires your well-being, so you can experience a greater...
Barbershops, Bibles, and BET
Everyday Talk and Black Political Thought
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2010
What is the best way to understand black political ideology? Just listen to the everyday talk that emerges in public spaces, suggests Melissa Harris-Lacewell. And listen this author has--to black college students talking about the Million Man March and welfare, to Southern, black Baptists discussing...
Literacy Tools in the Classroom
Teaching Through Critical Inquiry, Grades 5-12
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This innovative resource describes how teachers can help students employ “literacy tools” across the curriculum to foster learning. The authors demonstrate how literacy tools such as narratives, question-asking, spoken-word poetry, drama, writing, digital communication, images, and video...
by Melissa Donovan
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2019
If you’re reading this, you’re probably a writer, or you aspire to be one.
So where do you start? How do you navigate this craft and find your place in it? What’s the best way to turn your thoughts and ideas into words, paragraphs, and pages?
Ready, Set, Write shows you what you...
by Melissa Donovan
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2016
What’s a story? Is it character? Plot? Conflict? Change? Why do some stories fall flat with audiences while others sweep the globe, captivating people in every corner of the world?
Stories are made up of many moving parts: action, dialogue, description, and exposition are just a few components...
by Melissa Donovan
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2018
A story is constructed from many different building blocks: characters, plot, setting, theme, chapters, scenes, action, dialogue, exposition—not to mention point of view, tense, style, tone, and voice.
Stories are complex. There’s a lot to learn. And once we learn the basics, we need practice—lots...
Gardening by Propagation
Simple step by step instruction on cloning and seed germination
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2015
With well over 30 years involvement in gardening I hope to share some information with others who have the same love and passion for gardening. I do refer to the old oak tree in the book, this is a real tree that for whatever reasons everything put under its vast canopy thrives and grows well. ...