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The Rhetoric of Black Mayors
In Their Own Words
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2010
The Rhetoric of Black Mayors explores the rhetorical and practical efforts of Black mayors in building coalitions to win elections and govern cities. Atwater discusses and analyzes the process of creating coalitions by each mayor by dealing with the news coverage of the mayors by both the black and...
Political Rules of the Road
Representatives, Senators and Presidents Share their Rules for Success in Congress, Politics and Life
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2012
Political Rules of the Road is a collection of informal rules that members of Congress have used to guide their political careers and private lives. Our current and former representatives, senators, governors, cabinet officials, and presidents have valuable advice to offer about how to be successful...
by Alán Saúl Saucedo Estrada
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014
This book includes biographical information on Carlos Prieto, his contributions to music, as well as a detailed catalog of 72 pieces commissioned and/or dedicated to him. A graduate of MIT and a former director of Fundidora, the biggest steel company in Mexico, Carlos Prieto decided at the age of...
Power and Influence
Self-Development Lessons from African Proverbs and Folktales
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2012
Power and Influence demonstrates how the indigenous wisdom contained in African proverbs and folktales can be used to enhance modern life. The timeless wisdom contained in African proverbs and folktales enriches self-development and positive influence. The inspiring results provide deeper understanding...
The Roots of Balkanization
Eastern Europe C.E. 500-1500
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2010
'Balkanization' is a modern term describing the fragmentation and re-division of countries and nations in the Balkan Peninsula, as well as a dynamic meaning 'the Balkan way of doing things.' The Roots of Balkanization describes the historical changes that took place in the Balkan Peninsula after the...
Images Out of Africa
The Virginia Garner Diaries of the Africa Motion Picture Project
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2011
Missionaries played a fundamental role in introducing cinema into the developing world in the early twentieth century. These representatives of the Christian community diligently produced films about far-flung cultures to bolster fundraising for mission efforts around the globe. By the interwar period,...
Gratitude and Grace
The Writings of Michael Mayne
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2009
Gratitude and Grace: The Writings of Michael Mayne offers an introduction and overview of the five bestselling books by one of the United Kingdom's finest spiritual writers, Michael Mayne, who served as dean of Westminster Abbey from 1986 to 1996. Previously, he had served as vicar of Great St. Mary's...
Tales of and about Jewish Youth during the Fin-de-siécle Era
An Annotated Gazette for a Transitional Decade in Upstate New York
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2009
This is the story of Jewish youth in upstate New York during the fin-de-siZcledecade of the nineteenth century. Ginsburg details periods of transition for these youths, such as exploring life at various Jewish orphanages, where children were sheltered, educated, and taught trade skills to support...
The Rhetorical Short Story
Best American Short Stories on War and the Military, 1915-2006
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2009
In The Rhetorical Short Story, Purcell examines over ninety short stories as rhetorical artifacts of nearly a century of American history. The words of over seventy-five authors present a pastiche of American voices, from the early days of the Great War to the ongoing conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan....
Pseudoscience and Deception
The Smoke and Mirrors of Paranormal Claims
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2013
Pseudoscience and Deception is a compilation of some of the most eye-opening skeptical articles pertaining to extraordinary claims and pseudoscience. The articles explore paranormal, extraordinary, or fringe-science claims and reveal logical explanations or outline the deceptive tactics involved in...
The Light Gray People
An Ethno-History of the Lipan Apaches of Texas and Northern Mexico
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2009
Although Lipan Apache culture was studied by one of the most eminent anthropologists of the twentieth century, many important questions remain. What is the meaning of the tribal name Lipan? Did Morris Opler's 1935 study of historical Lipan culture conform to practices seen by eighteenth century Spaniards?...
by Yücel Güçlü
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2015
Historical Archives and the Historians' Commission to Investigate the Armenian Events of 1915 demonstrates the vital importance of Ottoman and other relevant archives in Turkey for the study of the Armenian question. Historians, assisted by newly discovered or recently published materials, must continually...
Greater Freedom
The Evolution of the Civil Rights Struggle in Wilson, North Carolina
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2010
Greater Freedom offers a groundbreaking long-term community study of Wilson County, North Carolina. Charting the evolution of Wilson's civil rights movement, Charles McKinney argues that African Americans in Wilson created an expansive notion of freedom that influenced every aspect of life in the...
Unlocked Memories
Young Russians under German Rule
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2012
Unlocked Memories is a collection of memories that were shared by Russians who witnessed the German invasion of the Leningrad region in 1941. All were children or young people during World War Two and nearly all were natives of Luga, Oredezh, or villages that were clustered around these two towns....