Project: 307 books
Ethnic Dress in the United States
A Cultural Encyclopedia
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2014
The clothes we wear tell stories about us—and are often imbued with cultural meanings specific to our ethnic heritage. This concise A-to-Z encyclopedia explores 150 different and distinct items of ethnic dress, their history, and their cultural significance within the United States.
The clothing...
by Project Itoh
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
The war on terror exploded, literally, the day Sarajevo was destroyed by a homemade nuclear device. The leading democracies transformed into total surveillance states, and the developing world has drowned under a wave of genocides. The mysterious American John Paul seems to be behind the collapse...
by The Kerouac Project, Darlyn Finch Kuhn, Michael Hawley
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2013
The name of this series is inspired by the famous Kerouac Quote: The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing but burn, burn, burn like fabulous roman candles exploding...
Super Scratch Programming Adventure! (Covers Version 2)
Learn to Program by Making Cool Games (Covers Version 2)
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2013
Scratch is the wildly popular educational programming language used by millions of first-time learners in classrooms and homes worldwide. By dragging together colorful blocks of code, kids can learn computer programming concepts and make cool games and animations. The latest version, Scratch 2, brings...
by Steven Louis Brawley, St. Louis LGBT History Project
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2016
In the late 19th century, St. Louis--America's fourth-largest city--was a hub of robust commerce and risqué entertainment. It provided an oasis for those who lived "in the shadows." Since 1764, the Gateway to the West's LGBT community has experienced countless struggles and successes, including protests,...
by Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts Book Project
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2003
Randy Trabold was the chief photographer for the North Adams Transcript from 1935 until he retired in 1979. Randy Trabold's Northern Berkshire County documents his formidable capacity to record the pulse of the northern Berkshire area-from tragedy to laughter and from the bizarre to the incredibly beautiful....
Because Writing Matters
Improving Student Writing in Our Schools
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2012
This updated edition of the best-selling book Because Writing Matters reflects the most recent research and reports on the need for teaching writing, and it includes new sections on writing and English language learners, technology, and the writing process.
English Latin Bible No3
American Standard 1901 - Biblia Sacra Vulgata 405
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2017
This publication contains American Standard Bible (1901) and Biblia Sacra Vulgata (405) translation. It has 173,761 references and shows 2 formats of The Bible. It includes American Standard Bible and Biblia Sacra Vulgata formatted in a read and navigation friendly format, or the Navi-format for short....
Los Angeles in the 1930s
The WPA Guide to the City of Angels
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2011
Los Angeles in the 1930s returns to print an invaluable document of Depression-era Los Angeles, illuminating a pivotal moment in L.A.’s history, when writers like Raymond Chandler, Nathanael West, and F. Scott Fitzgerald were creating the images and associations—and the mystique—for which the...
California in the 1930s
The WPA Guide to the Golden State
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2013
Alive with the exuberance, contradictions, and variety of the Golden State, this Depression-era guide to California is more than 700 pages of information that is, as David Kipen writes in his spirited introduction, "anecdotal, opinionated, and altogether habit-forming." Describing the history,...
English Latin Bible No2
Webster's 1833 - Biblia Sacra Vulgata 405
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2017
This publication contains Webster's Bible (1833) and Biblia Sacra Vulgata (405) translation. It has 173,736 references and shows 2 formats of The Bible. It includes Webster's Bible and Biblia Sacra Vulgata formatted in a read and navigation friendly format, or the Navi-format for short. Here you will...
by Project, Eads High School Local History, Kiowa County Historical Society
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2010
Carved out of Bent County in 1889, Kiowa County is a rural, agricultural area with a rich and varied history. Located in southeastern Colorado in the heart of the Great Plains, Kiowa County was originally dominated by cattle ranches; however, farming quickly became just as important. The construction...
A Match on Dry Grass
Community Organizing as a Catalyst for School Reform
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2011
The persistent failure of public schooling in low-income communities constitutes one of our nation's most pressing civil rights and social justice issues. Many school reformers recognize that poverty, racism, and a lack of power held by these communities undermine children's education and development,...