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The Atlas of Early Modern Wildlife

Britain and Ireland between the Middle Ages and the Industrial Revolution

By: Lee Raye

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The Atlas of Early Modern Wildlife

Britain and Ireland between the Middle Ages and the Industrial Revolution

By: Lee Raye

What was the state of wildlife in Britain and Ireland before modern records began? The Atlas of Early Modern Wildlife looks at the era before climate change, before the intensification of agriculture, before even the Industrial Revolution. In the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries, beavers still swim in the River Ness. Isolated populations of wolves and lynxes linger in the uplands. Sea eagles are widespread around the coasts. Wildcats and pine martens remain common in the Lake District. In this ground-breaking volume, the observations of early modern amateur naturalists, travellers and local historians are gathered together for the very first time. Drawing on more than 10,000 records from across Britain and Ireland, the book presents maps and notes on the former distribution of over 160 species, providing a new baseline against which to discuss subsequent declines and extinctions, expansions and introductions. A guide to identification describes the reliable and unreliable names of each species, including the pre-Linnaean scientific nomenclature, as well as local names in early modern English and, where used in the sources, Irish, Scots, Scottish Gaelic, Welsh, Cornish and Norn. Raising a good number of questions at the same time as it answers many others, this remarkable resource will be of great value to conservationists, archaeologists, historians and anyone with an interest in the natural heritage of Britain and Ireland.

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Britain and Ireland between the Middle Ages and the Industrial Revolution

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The Movies Go to College

Hollywood and the World of the College-life Film

By: Wiley Lee Umphlett

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The Movies Go to College

Hollywood and the World of the College-life Film

By: Wiley Lee Umphlett

Tracing the collegiate film genre from the first silent offerings starting around 1915 to the realistic recent critical portrayals of college life, this study examines how collegiate films have reflected our changing tastes and values. An extensive filmography is also included.

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Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press

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0838631339

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The Light Side of Damnation

By: William F. Lee

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The Light Side of Damnation

By: William F. Lee

War is serious business. However, within all the torment of war, the strongest of bonds are created and nurtured. Through these ties and perhaps because of them, instances of wit along with humorous episodes breathe light into the darkness and damnation of war.The thread that binds this story together is the mentoring affiliation the Commanding General has with Captain Barney Quinn, Company Commander and later, Aide. Barney's, at times roguish behavior, his sense of humor, and playfully prankish mind both clash and support this steely-eyed Old Corps Marine, Lieutenant General Walter Barto.Through Barney's eyes and voice, you will live among a cast of loveable Marines. All names are fictitious. Experiences, real. REVIEWS The Light Side of DamnationByWilliam F. Lee What are readers saying? Here is a sampling: “Just to let you know...I’ve been reading your book before I go to sleep...and I’m losing sleep as it’s hard to put down.” - BB, Princeton, TX “I’m overwhelmed...just finished your book and I am speechless. Your characters are so well developed and believable...and the humor, terrific. I bawled trying to tell a friend about it. It was a real page-turner for me.” - NS, Abington, PA “Sir, I doubt if you remember me but I certainly do you, and with much respect.

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Fantastic Four Masterworks Vol. 22

By: John Byrne,Stan Lee

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Fantastic Four Masterworks Vol. 22

By: John Byrne,Stan Lee

Collects Fantastic Four (1961) #241-250; What If? (1977) #36; Silver Surfer (1982) #1; Marvel Fanfare (1982) #2. Master storyteller John Byrne’s groundbreaking FANTASTIC FOUR run continues! From a mysterious Wakandan adventure to the chilling return of Galactus, Byrne orchestrates epic adventures that capture the spirit of what makes the FF Marvel’s greatest super-team. Each issue explores the essence of these beloved characters while also putting them in extremely unexpected places - like side by side with Doctor Doom in a battle for Latveria! Byrne also recognizes the power of Sue Richards, has changes in store for Nova and the Thing and returns to the X-Men for a supersized 250th-issue extravaganza! Plus: John Byrne’s SILVER SURFER collaboration with Stan Lee, an alternate-universe exploration of a Fantastic Four without super-powers and a rare story spotlighting Mister Fantastic!

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1302521020

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Psychopathology

A Social Neuropsychological Perspective

By: Alison Lee,Robert Irwin

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Psychopathology

A Social Neuropsychological Perspective

By: Alison Lee,Robert Irwin

In Psychopathology: A Social Neuropsychological Perspective, Lee and Irwin demonstrate that mental distress often defies traditional forms of medical classification. Integrating both psychosocial and neuropsychological frameworks, they present a unique and balanced perspective on psychopathology, emphasising the importance of context, relationships and neuroplasticity. Written to support teaching and learning at the undergraduate level, Psychopathology: A Social Neuropsychological Perspective encourages students to explore alternatives to traditional diagnostic models. Pedagogical features such as reflection points in each chapter encourage critical engagement and classroom debate. The result is an original examination of mental distress and a stand-alone resource for students in this area.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108546781

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I Danced on Broadway

Memoir of a Career on Stage

By: Lee Wilson

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I Danced on Broadway

Memoir of a Career on Stage

By: Lee Wilson

In this uplifting memoir, Lee Wilson shares stories from her four decades of dancing on Broadway, with anecdotes about theatre legends including Agnes de Mille, Richard Rodgers, Michael Bennett, Donna McKechnie, and Bernadette Peters. She details the economic, political, and social events that led from the Golden Age to the slump of the early 1970s to the rejuvenation of Broadway with the huge success of A Chorus Line. Wilson's feminist viewpoint gives readers new insight into well-known musicals and examines why Golden Age musicals are still relevant to Broadway audiences today. This book is for musical theatre students in high schools and colleges, performers in community and regional theatre, professionals on and off-Broadway, dance moms, lovers of musical theatre, and readers who want to peek into the rehearsal rooms, dressing rooms, and hearts of Broadway dancers.

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McFarland

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1476696365

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Fantastic Four

Grand Design

By: Tom Scioli,Stan Lee

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Fantastic Four

Grand Design

By: Tom Scioli,Stan Lee

Also collects Fantastic Four (1961) #51. The best-selling Grand Design format continues with Marvel's First Family! Critically acclaimed cartoonist Tom Scioli re-examines the FF's early days in the "sole-authorship" tradition made famous by Ed Piskor's X-MEN: GRAND DESIGN trilogy! Join the Watcher and witness how it all began for Mister Fantastic, the Invisible Girl, the Human Torch and the Thing! And relive the debuts of the biggest friends and foes in the FF's history - Doctor Doom, the Black Panther, Galactus, the Mole Man, the Inhumans and more - as the fabulous Fantastic Four receive the Grand Design treatment!

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1302518062

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Timeless Youth Ministry

A Handbook for Successfully Reaching Today's Youth

By: Lee Vukich,Steve Vandegriff

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Timeless Youth Ministry

A Handbook for Successfully Reaching Today's Youth

By: Lee Vukich,Steve Vandegriff

Most adults feel uncomfortable in the teen subculture. From this uneasy position, adults like to 'handle' the teens like children because they are threatening. The purpose of Timeless Youth Ministry is to help people in the church and Christian youth organizations minister to teenagers. As former youth pastors and current professors of youth ministry, the authors have 'been there, done that' in this field. They've run programs, camps, and ministry trips in such diverse places as southern California, east Tennessee, northeast Ohio and Alberta, Canada,to name a few. This book is a needed resource to examine afresh what it means to be an adolescent in today's culture and how those who minister to young people can best reach them.

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1575673770

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Rock Music in American Popular Culture III

More Rock 'n' Roll Resources

By: Frank Hoffmann,B Lee Cooper,Wayne S Haney

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Rock Music in American Popular Culture III

More Rock 'n' Roll Resources

By: Frank Hoffmann,B Lee Cooper,Wayne S Haney

Rock Music in American Popular Culture III: More Rock ’n’Roll Resources explores the fascinating world of rock music and examines how this medium functions as an expression of cultural and social identity. This nostalgic guide explores the meanings and messages behind some of the most popular rock ’n’roll songs that captured the American spirit, mirrored society, and reflected events in our history. Arranged by themes, Rock Music in American Popular Culture III examines a variety of social and cultural topics with related songs, such as: sex and censorship--“Only the Good Die Young” by Billy Joel and “Night Moves” by Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band holiday songs--“Rockin’Around the Christmas Tree” by Brenda Lee and “The Christmas Song” by Nat King Cole death--“Leader of the Pack” by The Shangri-Las and “The Unknown Soldier” by The Doors foolish behavior--“When a Man Loves a Woman” by Percy Sledge and “What Kind of Fool” by Barbra Streisand and Barry Gibb jobs and the workplace--“Don’t Stand So Close to Me” by The Police and “Dirty Laundry” by Don Henley military involvements--“Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” by the Andrews Sisters and “War” by Edwin Starr novelty recordings--“The Purple People Eater” by Sheb Wooley and “Eat It” by Weird Al Yankovic letters and postal images--“P. S. I Love You” by The Beatles and “Return to Sender” by Elvis Presely In addition, a discography and a bibliography after each section give further examples of the themes and resources being discussed, as do extensive lists of print references at the end of the text.

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Merle Haggard's Okie from Muskogee

By: Rachel Lee Rubin

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Merle Haggard's Okie from Muskogee

By: Rachel Lee Rubin

Every now and then, a song inspires a cultural conversation that ends up looking like a brawl. Merle Haggard's Okie from Muskogee, released in 1969, is a prime example of that important role of popular music. Okie immediately helped to frame an ongoing discussion about region and class, pride and politics, culture and counterculture. But the conversation around the song, useful as it was, drowned out the song itself, not to mention the other songs on the live album-named for Okie and performed in Muskogee-that Haggard has carefully chosen to frame what has turned out to be his most famous song. What are the internal clues for gleaning the intended meaning of Okie? What is the pay-off of the anti-fandom that Okie sparked (and continues to spark) in some quarters? How has the song come to be a shorthand for expressing all manner of anti-working class attitudes? What was Haggard's artistic path to that stage in Oklahoma, and how did he come to shape the industry so profoundly at the moment when urban country singers were playing a major role on the American social and political landscape?

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1501321447

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Fantastic Four

Behold… Galactus! Marvel Select

By: Stan Lee,John Byrne

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Fantastic Four

Behold… Galactus! Marvel Select

By: Stan Lee,John Byrne

Collects Fantastic Four (1961) #48-50, #120-123 and #242-244. Continuing the series of graphic novels handpicked by Marvel Editorial to showcase pivotal storylines written and drawn by some of Marvel’s most acclaimed creators! Three of the greatest Galactus stories of all — by a fantastic foursome of comic-book titans! First, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby introduce the World-Eater and his enigmatic herald, the Silver Surfer, as the Fantastic Four stand in defense of Earth in one of the most beloved sagas ever told! Next, John Buscema’s powerful pencils illustrate the arrival of new herald Gabriel the Air-Walker, signaling doom for the human race! Then, John Byrne takes over as Terrax leads the Devourer back to Earth — and the entire Marvel Universe pitches in to help save the planet from becoming his next meal! The FF plus the big G spells cosmic action in the Mighty Marvel Manner!

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1302517635

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Texas Aggies in Vietnam

War Stories

By: Michael Lee Lanning

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Texas Aggies in Vietnam

War Stories

By: Michael Lee Lanning

From its inception, graduates of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, now Texas A&M University, have marched off to fight in every conflict in which the United States has been involved. The Vietnam War was no different. The Corps of Cadets produced more officers for the conflict in Southeast Asia than any institution other than the US service academies. Michael Lee Lanning, Texas A&M University class of 1968, has now gathered over three dozen recollections from those who served. As Lanning points out, “anytime Aggie Vietnam veterans get together—whether it is two or two hundred of them—war stories begin.” The tales they relate about the paddies, the jungles, the highlands, the waterways, and the airways provide these veterans with an even greater understanding of the war they survived. They also allow glimpses into the frequent dangers of firefights, the camaraderie of patrol, and often humorous responses to inexplicable situations. These revelations provide insight not only into the realities of war but also speak to the character of the graduates of Texas A&M University. As Lanning concludes, “these war stories are as much a part of service as is that old green duffle bag, a few rows of colorful ribbons, and a pride that does not diminish. In reality, there is only one story about the Vietnam War. We all just tell it differently.”

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1623494702

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Robert Mitchum

"Baby I Don't Care"

By: Lee Server

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Robert Mitchum

"Baby I Don't Care"

By: Lee Server

One of the movies' greatest actors and most colorful characters, a real-life tough guy with the prison record to prove it, Robert Mitchum was a movie icon for an almost unprecedented half-century, the cool, sleepy-eyed star of such classics as The Night of the Hunter; Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison; Cape Fear; The Longest Day; Farewell, My Lovely; and The Winds of War. Mitchum's powerful presence and simmering violence combined with hard-boiled humor and existential detachment to create a new style in movie acting: the screen's first hipster antihero-before Brando, James Dean, Elvis, or Eastwood-the inventor of big-screen cool. Robert Mitchum: "Baby, I Don't Care" is the first complete biography of Mitchum, and a book as big, colorful, and controversial as the star himself. Exhaustively researched, it makes use of thousands of rare documents from around the world and nearly two hundred in-depth interviews with Mitchum's family, friends, and associates (many going on record for the first time ever) ranging over his seventy-nine years of hard living. Written with great style, and vividly detailed, this is an intimate, comprehensive portrait of an amazing life, comic, tragic, daring, and outrageous.

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1429908734

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To Love, Honor, and Kill

By: Lee Butcher

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To Love, Honor, and Kill

By: Lee Butcher

Describes the investigation and trial related to the 2002 murder of April Barber by her seemingly devoted husband Justin, who needed to collect on her life insurance policy to fund his vast array of mistresses.

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Pinnacle Books

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0786019085

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Healing from the Dilly Bag

By: Bilawara Lee

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Healing from the Dilly Bag

By: Bilawara Lee

Healing from the Dilly Bag Bilawara's book offers information to help you get a better understanding of Australian Aboriginal people's deep connection to Mother Earth and their beliefs about health and wellbeing. She will share with you her wisdoms to help you achieve an increased empathy for the Aboriginal peoples psyche and how they traditionally overcome the effects of illness and injury. The book carries Bilawara's message from her knowledge and teachings as a spiritual healer. She will share with you information on how she uses her knowledge and skills from ancient traditional teaching in a contemporary world. Holistic spiritual healing treats your body, soul and spirit. This is different from western medicine which focuses on parts of the body and mind but ignores the spirit, expecting patients to seek spiritual healing from their religious and cultural organisations. Spiritual healing aims to restore balance for each person in their body, soul and spirit.

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1479784990

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The Next Twenty-five Years

Affirmative Action in Higher Education in the United States and South Africa

By: David Lee Featherman,Marvin Krislov,Martin Hall

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The Next Twenty-five Years

Affirmative Action in Higher Education in the United States and South Africa

By: David Lee Featherman,Marvin Krislov,Martin Hall

A penetrating exploration of affirmative action's continued place in 21st-century higher education, The Next Twenty-five Years assembles the viewpoints of some of the most influential scholars, educators, university leaders, and public officials. Its comparative essays range the political spectrum and debates in two nations to survey the legal, political, social, economic, and moral dimensions of affirmative action and its role in helping higher education contribute to a just, equitable, and vital society. David L. Featherman is Professor of Sociology and Psychology and Founding Director of the Center for Advancing Research and Solutions for Society at the University of Michigan. Martin Hall is Vice-Chancellor of the University of Salford, Greater Manchester, and previously was Deputy Vice- Chancellor at the University of Cape Town. Marvin Krislov is President of Oberlin College and previously was Vice President and General Counsel at the University of Michigan.

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University of Michigan Press

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0472033778

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For Every Decision I Make There Is a Consequence

By: Aurora Lee

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For Every Decision I Make There Is a Consequence

By: Aurora Lee

Absent fathers, crazy mothers, lost families, and communities full of thieves and murderers. Dont trust anybody and don't take anything for granted because in the hood the one thing everybody wants is to get out. This is a collection of short stories where teenagers are faced with very real dangers and are forced to make life changing decisions. The journey on which these characters travel shows proof that for every decision one makes there is a consequence.

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1491841753

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Secret Invasion

Rise Of The Skrulls

By: Stan Lee, John Byrne, Roy Thomas, Roger Stern, Steve Englehart, Brian Reed, Justin Gray, Jimmy Palmiotti, More

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Secret Invasion

Rise Of The Skrulls

By: Stan Lee, John Byrne, Roy Thomas, Roger Stern, Steve Englehart, Brian Reed, Justin Gray, Jimmy Palmiotti, More

Collects Fantastic Four (1961) #2, #18 And Annual #19; Avengers (1963) #97 And Annual #14; Silver Surfer (1987) #25; Marvel: The Lost Generation #11; Captain Marvel (2007) #1-5; Ms. Marvel (2006) #25-27; And Material From Fantastic Four (1961) #257; Marvel Westerns: Kid Colt And The Arizona Girl; Avengers: The Initiative Annual #1; And Secret Invasion: Who Do You Trust? Chart the history of the Skrulls from their first visits to Earth to their devastating Secret Invasion! Meet the Super-Skrull who wields all the Fantastic Fours powers! Witness the Kree/Skrull Wars cataclysmic climax alongside the Avengers! The legendary Mar-Vell returns from the dead or does he? And Carol Danvers is swept up in the alien intrigue as the SECRET INVASION begins! Plus: 1800s and 1950s infiltration attempts! Galactus targets the Skrull throneworld! The Skrulls lose their shape-shifting powers! And more!

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1302505289

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Spike Lee

Interviews

By: Spike Lee

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Interviews

By: Spike Lee

Since his first feature movie, She's Gotta Have It (1986), gave him critical and commercial success, Spike Lee has challenged audiences with one controversial film after another. Lee has made a broad range of movies, including documentaries (4 Little Girls), musicals (School Daze), crime dramas (Clockers), biopics (Malcolm X).

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Univ. Press of Mississippi

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1578064708

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Her Secret to Keep

By: Makenna Lee

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Her Secret to Keep

By: Makenna Lee

A secret that bound them together… And split them apart! Decades earlier, Sage Dalton gave a family their greatest gift: their daughter, Loren. But when an unwanted connection sparked between the surrogate and the father-to-be, they immediately cut contact. Years later, when widowed Grayson DeLuca reappears in small-town Channing to start over, something still sizzles between them. Grayson had made a sacred promise to his wife: to stay away from Sage—and to never disclose to their daughter the secret of her birth. But the bond between Sage and troubled Loren is as palpable as the day the teenager was born…even if Loren has no idea who Sage is. Are some secrets meant to be told? From Harlequin Special Edition: Believe in love. Overcome obstacles. Find happiness. The Women of Dalton Ranch Book 1: The Rancher's Love Song Book 2: Her Secret to Keep

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0369746309

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Bird Songs Don't Lie

Writings from the Rez

By: Gordon Lee Johnson

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Bird Songs Don't Lie

Writings from the Rez

By: Gordon Lee Johnson

In this collection of essays and short stories, the Native American author explores reservation life through a range of genres and perspectives. In this moving collection, Gordon Lee Johnson (Cupeño/Cahuilla) distinguishes himself not only as a wry commentator on American Indian reservation life but also as a master of fiction writing. In Johnson’s stories, all of which are set on the fictional San Ignacio reservation in Southern California, we meet unforgettable characters like Plato Pena, the Stanford-bound geek who reads Kahlil Gibran during intertribal softball games; hardboiled investigator Roddy Foo; and Etta, whose motto is “early to bed, early to rise, work like hell, and advertise,” as they face down circumstances by turns ordinary and devastating. The nonfiction featured in Bird Songs Don’t Lie is equally revelatory in its exploration of complex connections between past and present. Whether examining his own conflicted feelings toward the missions as a source of both cultural damage and identity or sharing advice for cooking for eight dozen cowboys and -girls, Johnson plumbs the comedy, catastrophe, and beauty of his life on the Pala Reservation to thunderous effect.

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Heyday.ORIM

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1597144568

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Gotham Diaries

A Novel

By: Tonya Lewis Lee,Crystal McCrary Anthony

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Gotham Diaries

A Novel

By: Tonya Lewis Lee,Crystal McCrary Anthony

A hilarious first novel that provides a peek into the world of the super-rich, super-connected African Americans in Manhattan. Lauren is trying to be an independent woman, starting her own documentary film company, but it's difficult when you're married to Ed Thomas, one of the wealthiest African-American businessmen in the country -- and particularly when he seems to have a roving eye. Manny is an up-and-coming gay real estate agent who arrived in Manhattan from Alabama with only the clothes on his back. He's made his way to the top of his profession--yet he still wants more. Tandy is one of the "ladies who lunch" -- but she's desperate to reinvent herself and find a new source of cash flow. As we follow these three and other characters in this compelling first novel, we see the fascinating world of New York City's upper-crust African American society with all their scandals, foibles and skeletons in the closet revealed.

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1401381561

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Sissieretta Jones

"The Greatest Singer of Her Race," 1868-1933

By: Maureen D. Lee

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Sissieretta Jones

"The Greatest Singer of Her Race," 1868-1933

By: Maureen D. Lee

Matilda Sissieretta Joyner Jones, whose nickname the "Black Patti" likened her to the well-known Spanish-born opera star Adelina Patti, was a distinguished African American soprano during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Performing in such venues as Carnegie Hall and Madison Square Garden, Jones also sang before four U.S. presidents. In this compelling book-length biography of Jones, Maureen Donnelly Lee chronicles the successes and challenges of this musical pioneer. Lee details how Jones was able to overcome substantial obstacles of racial bias to build a twenty-eight-year career performing in hundreds of opera houses and theaters throughout North America and Europe. Serving as a role model for other African American women who came after her, Jones became a successful performer despite the many challenges she faced. She confronted head on the social difficulties African American performers endured during the rise of Jim Crow segregation. Throughout her career Jones was a concert singer performing ballads and operatic pieces, and she eventually went on to star in her own musical comedy company, the Black Patti Troubadours. Critics praised Jones as America's leading African American prima donna, with some even dubbing her voice one in a million. Lee's research, utilizing many Black newspapers, such as the New York Age and the Indianapolis Freeman, concert reviews, and court documents brings overdue recognition to an important historical songstress. Sissieretta Jones: "The Greatest Singer of Her Race," 1868-1933 provides a comprehensive, moving portrait of Jones and a vivid overview of the exciting world in which she performed.

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1611172810

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Salmagundi Vietnam

By: Don Pratt,Lee Blair

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Salmagundi Vietnam

By: Don Pratt,Lee Blair

This collection of some 200 anecdotes emanating from the war in Vietnam presents a realistic picture of the ups and downs of American's Best serving a tour in Vietnam. A potpourri of booze, sex, satire, humor, and, of course, not to be forgotten, fire-fights with "Charlie," and death. Author’s say "when the hard-core Bonnie Rat returns home from a tour in Vietnam, he also has no qualms about telling it how it is." This is precisely what the authors have done in Salmagundi Vietnam. Often their accounts dwell on the ugly side of the war, but for the most part they have included a good measure of good ol’ GI humor, that special virtue of the American fighting man that enables him to make the most of any situation.

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Tuttle Publishing

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1462912214

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Queen of the Cookbooks

By: Ashton Lee

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Queen of the Cookbooks

By: Ashton Lee

To celebrate the town's new library, librarian Maura Beth McShay and the Cherry Cola Book Club organizes a cooking contest to crown the "Queen of the Cookbooks.

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257

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Cherry Cola Book Club Novel

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ISBN 10

1496705785

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9781496705785

Book's by Lee Raye

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