From your A-Z vocabulary builder, to what food to bring to a funeral, to what to do when the Confederate flag comes up for discussion, this book is packed with humorous advice for the relocated Yankee.
Written in the 1840s and published here for the first time, Julia Ward Howe's novel about a hermaphrodite is unlike anything of its time - or, in truth, of our own. Narrated by Laurence, who is raised and lives as a man, is loved by men and women alike, and can respond to neither, this unconventional story explores the understanding 'that fervent ...
There are 18 landscapes represented in this book, each a landmark in American landscape design. Every la ndscape will be accompanied by a plan, a brief history and t echnical commentary on how the photographs were taken. '
W.D. and Jesse, cousins from the back hills of Tennessee, head to Missouri "just to pick some cotton." Swimming the Mississippi River and being caught in a hailstorm turns out to be the easiest part of their life-changing trip. The old sea captain they find in a pool of blood aboard the Tiptonville ferry is alive, but barely! He's been robbed of a ...
Barry Bolton's "New General Catalogue of the Ants of the World", published in 1995, was the first attempt in more than one hundred years to collect all taxonomic decisions for ants worldwide, including extinct as well as extant taxa. One reviewer said of it, "There is no longer an excuse for nomenclatural mistakes, since all past decisions are ...
MEMOIRS OF A WINNER is subtitled STUBBORN INTENTIONS. These are an experienced journalist's true accounts and personal reflections concerning Metastatic Melanoma, world travel, retirement, Third World countries, aging, relationships, comparisons of present U.S. culture, economy, and politics with those of other times and countries, and the roots ...
Preceded by three introductory essays and a chronology of major events in black religious history from 1618 to 1991, this A-Z encyclopedia includes three types of entries: * Biographical sketches of 773 African American religious leaders * 341 entries on African American denominations and religious organizations (including white churches with ...
As punishment for killing Lugh's father, Cian, the three sons of Tuireann must recover the Seven Magical Treasures of Antiquity within twenty days--or die.
Teachers tell us that non-fiction texts are the most difficult to find. "50 Shared Texts: Non-fiction Book and CD Set" provides teachers with a wealth of resources to cover all the non-fiction they need. The book contains 50 non-fiction texts with annotations. The CD provides: 50 non-fiction texts to share on an interactive white board; ...
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