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Dirty Bird Blues

By: Clarence Major

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A quietly influential force in African American literature and art, Clarence Major makes his Penguin Classics debut with the twenty-fifth-anniversary edition of Dirty Bird Blues The PRH Audio book of Dirty Bird Blues by Clarence Major won a 2022 EARPHONE AWARD. Narrated by Dion Graham. A Penguin Classic Set in post-World War II Chicago and Omaha, the novel features Manfred Banks, a young, harmonica-blowing blues singer who is always writing music in his head. Torn between his friendships with fellow musicians and nightclub life and his responsibilities to his wife and child, along with the pressures of dealing with a racist America that assaults him at every turn, Manfred seeks easy answers in "Dirty Bird" (Old Crow whiskey) and in moving on. He moves to Omaha with hopes of better opportunities as a blue-collar worker, but the blues in his soul and the dreams in his mind keep bringing him back to face himself. After a nightmarish descent into his own depths, Manfred emerges with fresh awareness and possibility. Through Manfred, we witness and experience the process by which modern American English has been vitalized and strengthened by the poetry and the poignancy of the African-American experience. As Manfred struggles with the oppressive constraints of society and his private turmoil, his rich inner voice resonates with the blues.

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Penguin

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0143136593

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9780143136590

My Other Self

Conversations with Christ on Living Your Faith

By: Clarence Enzler

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My Other Self

Conversations with Christ on Living Your Faith

By: Clarence Enzler

Modeled on the fifteenth-century classic The Imitation of Christ, this well-loved Clarence Enzler masterwork helps Christians today hear the voice of Christ. In this powerful book, Christ addresses you personally as “my other self,” urging you to embody his love and compassion for others. Through a creative dialogue between Jesus and the reader, Clarence Enzler leads you through the journey of the Christian life, beginning with the call to live in friendship with Christ and fulfill his desire. Enzler then examines elements of the Christian life: detachment, virtue, prayer, the Eucharist, and avoidance of sin. Finally, he explores the goal of the journey—a life of union with Christ as his disciple and complete joy with him in eternity. Each chapter includes short, eloquent meditations on scripture and beautiful prayers, making My Other Self ideal as a daily devotional and source of prayer.

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Ave Maria Press

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0870612638

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9780870612633

History of Seattle, Volume 1

By: Clarence B. Bagley

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History of Seattle, Volume 1

By: Clarence B. Bagley

The preparation of a "History of Seattle" has been the exploration of a new field and the amount of patient research and careful investigation involved has been a task of colossal proportions. The printed and written records of the first twenty years of Seattle's existence are scanty almost beyond belief. Not until 1863 was a newspaper established there and, for many years, more space in it was devoted to eastern and foreign politics than to the record of local passing events. Few, if any, pioneers kept diaries and none of these, except that of the writer, has been accessible. And yet has this work become one of the most detailed and accurate narratives of the history of this beautiful town on the West coast. A must read - and not only for Seattle citizens. This is volume two out of two.

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Jazzybee Verlag

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3849650235

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9783849650230

IMPACT Learning

Librarians at the Forefront of Change in Higher Education

By: Clarence Maybee

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IMPACT Learning

Librarians at the Forefront of Change in Higher Education

By: Clarence Maybee

IMPACT Learning: Librarians at the Forefront of Change in Higher Education describes how academic libraries can enable the success of higher education students by creating or partnering with teaching and learning initiatives that support meaningful learning through engagement with information. Since the 1970s, the academic library community has been advocating and developing programming for information literacy. This book discusses existing models, extracting lessons from Purdue University Libraries' partnership with other units to create a campus-wide course development program, Instruction Matters: Purdue Academic Course Transformation (IMPACT), which provides academic libraries with tools and strategies for working with faculty and departments to integrate information literacy into disciplinary courses. - Describes how academic libraries can help students succeed through partnering with teaching and learning initiatives - Helps teachers and students deal with information in the context of a discipline and its specific needs - Presents an informed learning approach where students learn to use information as part of engagement with subject content

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Chandos Publishing

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0081021038

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9780081021033

Nostradamus: the Truth Be Told

A Complete History of Europe

By: Clarence Gregory

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Nostradamus: the Truth Be Told

A Complete History of Europe

By: Clarence Gregory

This is the definitive work on Nostradamus and how his predictions relate to known historical fact. Within these pages the secret order of the quatrains is revealed as well as the codes the prophet used to describe a future that he had no known way to predict. The writings of Nostradamus were far more exact and telling than we have, up till now, imagined. This work not only illustrate this but will prove useful to anybody wishing to interpret the works pertaining to the future. By providing a Rosetta Stone for the predictions of Nostradamus, this work will remove the mysteries of both our past and future.

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506

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iUniverse

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1469758415

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9781469758411

Miles Davis

A Research and Information Guide

By: Clarence Bernard Henry

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Miles Davis

A Research and Information Guide

By: Clarence Bernard Henry

This research and information guide provides a wide range of scholarship on the life, career, and musical legacy of Miles Davis, and is compiled for an interdisciplinary audience of scholars in jazz and popular music, musicology, and cultural studies. It serves as an excellent tool for librarians, researchers, and scholars sorting through the massive amount of material in the field.

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Routledge

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1317228391

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9781317228394

Alligators of the North

The Story of the West & Peachey Steam Warping Tugs

By: Harry Barrett,Clarence F. Coons

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Alligators of the North

The Story of the West & Peachey Steam Warping Tugs

By: Harry Barrett,Clarence F. Coons

The Alligator was an amphibious machine designed and patented in Canada in the late 1880s. This warping tug was capable of towing a log boom across a lake and then portaging itself to the next body of water. Steam-powered and rugged, it was one of the pioneers in the mechanization of the forest industry and for more than thirty years was ubiquitous in northern Ontario until eclipsed by its worthy successor the Russel tug. "This long-overdue book on the Alligator Warping Tug, designed and built by West & Peachey of Simcoe, Ontario, is a welcome addition to the libraries of those intrigued by Canada’s story and particularly lumbering history." — R. John Corby, curator emeritus, Canada Science and Technology Museum "By enabling access to the upper reaches of the Ottawa River and its many tributaries, the Alligator tug extended the social and economic stability provided by the timber industry and supported the populating of this vast region. Alligators of the North is a wonderful touchstone for all who share this heritage." — Mary Campbell, mayor of McNab-Braeside Township, Renfrew County

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Dundurn

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1459704738

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9781459704732

Too Much of a Good Thing Ain't Bad

A Novel

By: Clarence Nero

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Too Much of a Good Thing Ain't Bad

A Novel

By: Clarence Nero

In this daring, original sequel to Three Sides to Every Story, acclaimed writer Clarence Nero takes us back into the lives of Johnny and James, who once again must battle their demons and the drama they can’t seem to escape. Johnny and James survived the tough streets of New Orleans, but when Hurricane Katrina lays waste to their beloved Ninth Ward, they are forced to begin a new chapter in Washington, D.C. For Johnny, this means finally pursuing his dream of becoming a student at the historic Wheatley College. James soon joins Johnny in the nation’s capital, but their relationship, though strong, is strained by the pressures of their new lives. Then Johnny’s brother Carl and his wife, Tiffany, introduce Johnny to the beautiful, sexy, and smart Sheila Doggett with the intent of steering Johnny in a different direction. The entire family rallies around Johnny and Sheila’s budding friendship, and Johnny prepares to join the frat that is a legacy in his family. But once James gets wind of what Johnny’s family is up to, he decides that he’ll stop at nothing to save his relationship. Meanwhile, Johnny is struggling to keep the peace with everyone and to keep a potentially deadly secret that could stand in the way of his dreams. Everyone is soon confronted with the miserable truth that the havoc in their lives has only just begun . . . How far will would you go for love? Our heroes and sheroes wrestle with this question as they struggle to do right by themselves and those they love, and the result is a fast-paced, thought-provoking roller coaster of a read.

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Crown

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0767932226

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9780767932226

Twenty Dollars and Change

Harriet Tubman and the Ongoing Fight for Racial Justice and Democracy

By: Clarence Lusane

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Twenty Dollars and Change

Harriet Tubman and the Ongoing Fight for Racial Justice and Democracy

By: Clarence Lusane

Twenty Dollars and Change places Harriet Tubman’s life and legacy in a long tradition of resistance, illuminating the ongoing struggle to realize a democracy in which her emancipatory vision prevails. America is in the throes of a historic reckoning with racism, with the battle for control over official narratives at ground zero. Across the country, politicians, city councils, and school boards are engaged in a highly polarized debate about whose accomplishments should be recognized, and whose point of view should be included in the telling of America’s history. In Twenty Dollars and Change, historian Clarence Lusane, author of the acclaimed The Black History of the White House, writes from a basic premise: Racist historical narratives and pervasive social inequities are inextricably linked—changing one can transform the other. Taking up the debate over the future of the twenty-dollar bill, Lusane uses the question of Harriet Tubman vs. Andrew Jackson as a lens through which to view the current state of our nation's ongoing reckoning with the legacies of slavery and foundational white supremacy. He places the struggle to confront unjust social conditions in direct connection with the push to transform our public symbols, making it plain that any choice of whose life deserves to be remembered and honored is a direct reflection of whose basic rights are deemed worthy of protection, and whose are not. "Engaging and insightful, Twenty Dollars and Change illuminates the grassroots effort to have our national currency reflect the diversity of America and all of its citizens—those ordinary and extraordinary people who have stood up and demanded freedom, equality and justice. A must read!"—Kate Clifford Larson, author of Bound for the Promised Land: Harriet Tubman, Portrait of an American Hero

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City Lights Books

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0872868591

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9780872868595

True Tales of the South at War

How Soldiers Fought and Families Lived, 1861-1865

By: Clarence Hamilton Poe,Betsy Seymour

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True Tales of the South at War

How Soldiers Fought and Families Lived, 1861-1865

By: Clarence Hamilton Poe,Betsy Seymour

Treasury of reminiscences includes battlefield correspondence, diary entries, journals kept on the homefront, stories told to children and grandchildren, more. Intimate, compelling record.

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Courier Corporation

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0486284514

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9780486284514

The Papers of Clarence Mitchell Jr., Volume VI

The Struggle to Pass the 1960 Civil Rights Act, 1959–1960

By: Clarence Mitchell Jr.

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The Papers of Clarence Mitchell Jr., Volume VI

The Struggle to Pass the 1960 Civil Rights Act, 1959–1960

By: Clarence Mitchell Jr.

The Civil Rights Act of 1960 aimed to close loopholes in its 1957 predecessor that had allowed continued voter disenfranchisement for African Americans and for Mexicans in Texas. In early 1959, the newly seated Eighty-Sixth Congress had four major civil rights bills under consideration. Eventually consolidated into the 1960 Civil Rights Act, their purpose was to correct the weaknesses in the 1957 law. Mitchell’s papers from 1959 to 1960 show the extent to which congressional resistance to the passage of meaningful civil rights laws contributed to the lunch counter sit-ins in Greensboro, North Carolina, and to subsequent demonstrations. The papers reveal how the repercussions of these events affected the NAACP’s work in Washington and how, despite their dislike of demonstrations, NAACP officials used them to intensify the civil rights struggle. Among the act’s seven titles were provisions authorizing federal inspection of local voter registration rolls and penalties for anyone attempting to interfere with voters on the basis of race or color. The law extended the powers of the US Commission on Civil Rights and broadened the legal definition of the verb to vote to encompass all elements of the process: registering, casting a ballot, and properly counting that ballot. Ultimately, Mitchell considered the 1960 act unsuccessful because Congress had failed to include key amendments that would have further strengthened the 1957 act. In the House, representatives used parliamentary tactics to stall employment protections, school desegregation, poll-tax elimination, and other meaningful civil rights reforms. The fight would continue. The Papers of Clarence Mitchell Jr. series is a detailed record of the NAACP leader’s success in bringing the legislative branch together with the judicial and executive branches to provide civil rights protections during the twentieth century.

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Ohio University Press

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0821447467

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9780821447468

History of Seattle, Volume 2

By: Clarence B. Bagley

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History of Seattle, Volume 2

By: Clarence B. Bagley

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Jazzybee Verlag

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3849650243

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9783849650247

The Essential Clarence Major

Prose and Poetry

By: Clarence Major

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The Essential Clarence Major

Prose and Poetry

By: Clarence Major

Clarence Major is one of America's literary masters. He has published numerous books, from novels to poetry and short story collections. Among his many accolades, he was a finalist for the National Book Award and a Fulbright scholar and received the PEN Oakland/Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award. His work has been featured in many literary journals, newspapers, and magazines, including the New Yorker, the New York Times, and Ploughshares. Whether you've known Major's work for decades or are new to his singular style, The Essential Clarence Major offers a thrilling overview of an exceptional career, from his early groundbreaking fiction to his most recent poems. Included here are excerpts from Major's best novels, a selection of his finest short stories and poetry, more than a dozen thought-provoking essays, a taste of his autobiography. Award-winning playwright, novelist, and screenwriter Kia Corthron introduces the collection, artfully illuminating Major's importance as one of the foremost and original voices in contemporary American literature.

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UNC Press Books

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1469656019

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9781469656014

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Dirty Bird Blues

Dirty Bird Blues

My Other Self

My Other Self

History of Seattle, Volume 1

History of Seattle, Volume 1

IMPACT Learning

IMPACT Learning

Nostradamus: the Truth Be Told

Nostradamus: the Truth Be Told

Miles Davis

Miles Davis

Alligators of the North

Alligators of the North

Too Much of a Good Thing Ain't Bad

Too Much of a Good Thing Ain't Bad

Twenty Dollars and Change

Twenty Dollars and Change

True Tales of the South at War

True Tales of the South at War

The Papers of Clarence Mitchell Jr., Volume VI

The Papers of Clarence Mitchell Jr., Volume VI

History of Seattle, Volume 2

History of Seattle, Volume 2

The Essential Clarence Major

The Essential Clarence Major

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