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Rehearsing Revolutions

The Labor Drama Experiment and Radical Activism in the Early Twentieth Century

By: Mary McAvoy

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Rehearsing Revolutions

The Labor Drama Experiment and Radical Activism in the Early Twentieth Century

By: Mary McAvoy

Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2019 George Freedley Memorial Award Finalist, 2020 Between the world wars, several labor colleges sprouted up across the U.S. These schools, funded by unions, sought to provide members with adult education while also indoctrinating them into the cause. As Mary McAvoy reveals, a big part of that learning experience centered on the schools’ drama programs. For the first time, Rehearsing Revolutions shows how these left-leaning drama programs prepared American workers for the “on-the-ground” activism emerging across the country. In fact, McAvoy argues, these amateur stages served as training grounds for radical social activism in early twentieth-century America. Using a wealth of previously unpublished material such as director’s reports, course materials, playscripts, and reviews, McAvoy traces the programs’ evolution from experimental teaching tool to radically politicized training that inspired overt—even militant—labor activism by the late 1930s. All the while, she keeps an eye on larger trends in public life, connecting interwar labor drama to post-war arts-based activism in response to McCarthyism, the Cold War, and the Civil Rights movement. Ultimately, McAvoy asks: What did labor drama do for the workers’ colleges and why did they pursue it? She finds her answer through several different case studies in places like the Portland Labor College and the Highlander Folk School in Tennessee.

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University of Iowa Press

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1609386418

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9781609386412

Gardens for All Seasons

By: Mary Horsfall

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Gardens for All Seasons

By: Mary Horsfall

Gardens for All Seasons is a gardening lifestyle book by bestselling author Mary Horsfall, celebrating the role of gardens in our lives and advising on the timing of jobs in the gardening year throughout Australia. Monthly chapters include topics such as planning, bushfire preparation, watering, pot plant care, mulching, weeding, fertilising, pruning, propagating, pest control, what to plant for different climate zones and what garden venues and events to visit. Mary details her own gardening year, including jobs done, fruits and vegetables harvested, food cooked based on the harvest, what was in flower and wildlife observations – all on a month by month basis. Each chapter includes a special topic of the month, such as fun for kids in the garden, biodiversity, manipulating microclimate, and fragrance and first aid. Covering both edible and decorative gardens, and including colour photographs as well as some of Mary’s own recipes, Gardens for All Seasons is sure to please all types of gardeners.

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336

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CSIRO PUBLISHING

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0643106782

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9780643106789

Texas Getting Started Garden Guide

Grow the Best Flowers, Shrubs, Trees, Vines & Groundcovers

By: Mary Irish

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Texas Getting Started Garden Guide

Grow the Best Flowers, Shrubs, Trees, Vines & Groundcovers

By: Mary Irish

DIVHave you ever wondered which plants and flowers to growin Texas, and how to do it?/divDIV/divDIVThe Texas Getting Started Garden Guide features region-specific advice on planting, growing, and caring for more than 150 of Texasâ€™ top ornamental plants. From flowers and grasses to trees and native plants, this step-by-step guide includes useful information for the novice and experienced gardener alike, geared exclusively toward the particular climatic concerns of Texans. With gorgeous full-color photos of each plant, this book will increase the enjoyment and satisfaction of any gardener hoping to learn aboutâ€”and masterâ€”the natural environment of Texas./div

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240

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Cool Springs Press

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1610587391

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9781610587396

Harlequin Historical January 2017 - Box Set 2 of 2

An Anthology

By: Lynna Banning,Mary Brendan,Harper St. George

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Harlequin Historical January 2017 - Box Set 2 of 2

An Anthology

By: Lynna Banning,Mary Brendan,Harper St. George

Harlequin® Historical brings you a collection of three new titles, available now! This box set includes: BABY ON THE OREGON TRAIL by Lynna Banning (Western) Pregnant widow Jenna Borland needs Lee Carver to drive her wagon over the Great Plains. Could this be the start of a new life for them both? COMPROMISING THE DUKE'S DAUGHTER by Mary Brendan (Regency) Lady Joan Morland has already risked her reputation once with dashing Drew Rockleigh. And after a sizzling kiss, she finds herself compromised all over again! Available via Reader Service and online: IN BED WITH THE VIKING WARRIOR Viking Warriors by Harper St. George (Viking) Injured in battle, Magnus awakens with no memory of who he is. Will his hidden identity threaten the desire he feels with Saxon maiden Aisly?

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527

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Harlequin

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1488021082

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9781488021084

The Civil War Era and Reconstruction

An Encyclopedia of Social, Political, Cultural and Economic History

By: Mary Ellen Snodgrass

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The Civil War Era and Reconstruction

An Encyclopedia of Social, Political, Cultural and Economic History

By: Mary Ellen Snodgrass

The encyclopedia takes a broad, multidisciplinary approach to the history of the period. It includes general and specific entries on politics and business, labor, industry, agriculture, education and youth, law and legislative affairs, literature, music, the performing and visual arts, health and medicine, science and technology, exploration, life on the Western frontier, family life, slave life, Native American life, women, and more than a hundred influential individuals.

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857

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Routledge

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1317457919

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9781317457916

Arizona & New Mexico Getting Started Garden Guide

Grow the Best Flowers, Shrubs, Trees, Vines & Groundcovers

By: Judith Phillips,Mary Irish

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Arizona & New Mexico Getting Started Garden Guide

Grow the Best Flowers, Shrubs, Trees, Vines & Groundcovers

By: Judith Phillips,Mary Irish

Arizona & New Mexico Getting Started Garden Guide features region-specific advice on planting, growing, and caring for more than 150 of the best-performing and most desirable plants across Arizona and New Mexico.

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243

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1591865913

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9781591865919

Unlikely General

"Mad" Anthony Wayne and the Battle for America

By: Mary Stockwell

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Unlikely General

"Mad" Anthony Wayne and the Battle for America

By: Mary Stockwell

A vivid and engaging biography of the remarkable Revolutionary Era military figure who scored a crucial victory at Fallen Timbers despite profound personal troubles

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374

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Yale University Press

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0300214758

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9780300214758

Fireworks

By: Mary Brooks

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Fireworks

By: Mary Brooks

Another entertaining selection of short stories by author Mary Brooks.

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134

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Xlibris Corporation

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1503508366

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9781503508361

Political Worlds of Women, Student Economy Edition

Activism, Advocacy, and Governance in the Twenty-First Century

By: Mary Hawkesworth

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Political Worlds of Women, Student Economy Edition

Activism, Advocacy, and Governance in the Twenty-First Century

By: Mary Hawkesworth

This book examines female engagement in both traditional and unconventional political arenas, including female sociability, salons, child-rearing and education, health, consumption, religious reform and nationalism.

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449

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Routledge

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0429961855

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A Writer's Guide to Active Setting

How to Enhance Your Fiction with More Descriptive, Dynamic Settings

By: Mary Buckham

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A Writer's Guide to Active Setting

How to Enhance Your Fiction with More Descriptive, Dynamic Settings

By: Mary Buckham

Enhance Your Fiction with the Power of an Active Setting! Setting is one of the most underutilized and misunderstood elements of the writing craft. And when writers do focus on setting, they often pull readers out of the narrative and jolt their attention from the action on the page. A Writer's Guide to Active Setting will show you how to create vivid, detailed settings that bring your story to life. You'll learn how to deepen character development, anchor readers to a specific time and place, reveal backstory without slowing things down, elevate action sequences, and more. Drawing upon examples from authors writing across a variety of genres, Mary Buckham will illustrate exactly how the proper use of setting can dramatically improve your story. You'll learn what's effective about each passage and how you can use those techniques to make your story shine. "Takes an all too often overlooked technique, and elevates it to a next-level game changer for powerful fiction." --Cathy Yardley, author of Rock Your Plot "A powerful combination of fresh insights, practical examples, and how-to advice on the often overlooked but critical element of setting...written in a quick-to-read and easy-to-understand style, and packed with useful application exercises." --Kelly L. Stone, author of Thinking Write: The Secret to Freeing Your Creative Mind "If you're a writer, then Mary Buckham's book is a must-have tool for your writer's toolkit. Creating settings that are rich and believable is not an easy task, but with this book, I found that each chapter gave me great tips that I could immediately implement in my manuscript." --Laurie G. Adams, author of Finding Atticus

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257

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Penguin

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1599639300

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9781599639307

Incidents in the Life of a Blind Girl

By: Mary L. Day

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Incidents in the Life of a Blind Girl

By: Mary L. Day

Reprint of the original, first published in 1859. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3382310139

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9783382310134

In a Silent Way

A Novel

By: Mary Jo Hetzel

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In a Silent Way

A Novel

By: Mary Jo Hetzel

In a Silent Way chronicles the coming of age in the late sixties of young Jeanna Kendall as she quietly facilitates a close-knit community of learners in a progressive urban school, grapples with racism and sexism within her community activist group, and experiences the extreme highs and lows of her first intimate relationship—which happens to be with a revered and powerful community leader. Jeanna encounters all the same issues we confront today: youth of color demeaned and destroyed, wise community elders discounted by leaders who “know better,” and the “sexploitation” of women in the movement. Gradually overwhelmed by the mounting challenges she faces on all fronts, and on the verge of a breakdown, a crisis emerges within her movement group that transforms everything and everyone and opens up a new world of possibilities—ones deeply relevant to us today.

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398

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Simon and Schuster

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1631521365

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9781631521362

I Await the Devil's Coming: Annotated & Unexpurgated

By: Mary MacLane

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I Await the Devil's Coming: Annotated & Unexpurgated

By: Mary MacLane

“Mary MacLane comes off the page quivering with life. She is before her time ... Moving.” - London Times With her first book - written in 1901 in Butte, Montana at age nineteen - she was hailed as a marvel by the likes of H.L. Mencken, Clarence Darrow, and Harriet Monroe. She went on to become a pioneering newswoman, gambler extraordinaire, bon vivant, and a star of the silent screen. She influenced Gertrude Stein, inspired F. Scott Fitzgerald, and upon her death in 1929 was eulogized as “an errant daughter of literature ... the first of the self-expressionists, and also the first of the Flappers,” as the creator of “that revolution in manners, that transvaluation of values in the female code of behavior known as the Roaring Twenties.” Too radical in style for 1902, its original publisher made countless changes to the author’s far-superior original - the same pacification reprinted by all other publishers. This annotated, unexpurgated affordable edition makes Mary Mac-Lane’s striking teenage debut - “the first of the blogs” - available in its unalterd, uncompromised form. “Mary MacLane’s first book was the first of the confessional diaries ever written in this nation, and it was a sensation.” - N.Y. Times editoral “Anyone who reads her will never forget her voice.” - Biographile “She reminds us of the power of personal narrative, honestly told.” - The Atlantic “In a pre-soundbite age she already knew how to draw blood in one direct sentence.” - The Awl “She had a short but fiery life of writing and misadventure, and her writing was a template for the confessional memoirs that have become ubiquitous.” - The New Yorker “One of the most fascinatingly self-involved personalities of the 20th century.” - The Age “A girl wonder.” - Harper’s “Confessional journalists have people like Mary MacLane to thank.” - Flavorwire “Her diaries ignited a national uproar, ushering in a new era for women’s voices. Her elegant, ambitious embrace of full-disclosure opened a door to what was possible for women.” - The Atlantic “Fiery frankness made her a pioneer.” - Time Out Chicago “Her poetry is one of extremes: lust for happiness, despair for life.” - Hairy Dog Review “Riveting.” - N.H. Public Radio “I Await The Devil’s Coming is a small masterpiece, full of camp and swagger.” - Parul Sehgal, NPR “Pioneering newswoman, later silent-screen star, considered the veritable spirit of the iconoclastic Twenties.” - Boston Globe “A pioneering feminist - a sensation.” - Feminist Bookstore News “First of the self-expressionists, and the first of the Flappers.” - Chicagoan Check www.marymaclane.com for exclusive content, news, and previews.

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600

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Petrarca Press

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1883304059

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9781883304058

Billabong Gold

By: Mary Grant Bruce

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Billabong Gold

By: Mary Grant Bruce

It is the height of the gold rush when Dick and his sister Betty make their first visit to stay at Billabong and encounter rather more excitement than they’d bargained for. News of the gold strike has brought hopeful prospectors into the Billabong hills, among them an unscrupulous ex-prize fighter named McGill and Lee Wing, the Chinese gardener turned cook, whose ingenious plan to outwit McGill makes him the hero of the day. At the end of the adventure, everyone agreed with Dick - it certainly was something they’d never forget!

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254

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Rare Treasure Editions

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1774643375

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9781774643372

Human Days: A Mary MacLane Reader

By: Mary MacLane

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Human Days: A Mary MacLane Reader

By: Mary MacLane

“Anyone who reads her will never forget her voice.” - Biographile Mary MacLane (1881-1929) was the first of the modern media personalities: a pioneer in self-revelation, in defiance of established rules, in living on her own terms - and writing it in brilliant style. At age 19 she burst upon the world out of Butte, Montana with a journal of private thoughts and longings that incited national then international attention. In the books and newspaper articles that followed she evolved a completely new, individual voice decades ahead of its time. She influenced Gertrude Stein, inspired F. Scott Fitzgerald, and was hotly discussed by everyday people - and America’s biggest writers. Yet despite sparking film, stage, and music projects today - and being endlessly quoted on the Internet - the writer behind the writing has remained unknown until now. HUMAN DAYS: A MARY MACLANE READER features the complete texts of all her books (with expurgated passages restored), her colorful newspaper articles (much never before reprinted), an intriguing 1902 interview, the first viewing ever of her striking personal letters, illuminating introductions to each era in her life, and comprehensive notes that open the door to her influences and the age she came from and impacted so profoundly. A foreword from actress Bojana Novakovic provides a contemporary artist’s creative appreciation of the author’s still-powerful effect upon readers. “Mary MacLane comes off the page quivering with life. Moving.” - London Times “She reminds us of the power of personal narrative, honestly told.” - The Atlantic “In a pre-soundbite age she already knew how to draw blood in one direct sentence.” - The Awl “She had a short but fiery life of writing and misadventure, and her writing was a template for the confessional memoirs that have become ubiquitous.” - The New Yorker “One of the most fascinatingly self-involved personalities of the 20th century.” - The Age “A girl wonder.” - Harper’s “Confessional journalists have people like Mary MacLane to thank.” - Flavorwire “Her diaries ignited a national uproar, ushering in a new era for women’s voices. Her elegant, ambitious embrace of full-disclosure opened a door to what was possible for women.” - The Atlantic “Fiery frankness made her a pioneer.” - Time Out Chicago “Her poetry is one of extremes: lust for happiness, despair for life.” - Hairy Dog Review “Riveting.” - N.H. Public Radio “I Await The Devil’s Coming is a small masterpiece, full of camp and swagger.” - Parul Sehgal, NPR “Pioneering newswoman, later silent-screen star, considered the veritable spirit of the iconoclastic Twenties.” - Boston Globe “A pioneering feminist - a sensation.” - Feminist Bookstore News “First of the self-expressionists, and the first of the Flappers.” - Chicagoan Check www.marymaclane.com for exclusive content, news, and previews.

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1883304032

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Rehearsing Revolutions

Rehearsing Revolutions

Gardens for All Seasons

Gardens for All Seasons

Texas Getting Started Garden Guide

Texas Getting Started Garden Guide

Harlequin Historical January 2017 - Box Set 2 of 2

Harlequin Historical January 2017 - Box Set 2 of 2

The Civil War Era and Reconstruction

The Civil War Era and Reconstruction

Arizona & New Mexico Getting Started Garden Guide

Arizona & New Mexico Getting Started Garden Guide

Unlikely General

Unlikely General

Fireworks

Fireworks

Political Worlds of Women, Student Economy Edition

Political Worlds of Women, Student Economy Edition

A Writer's Guide to Active Setting

A Writer's Guide to Active Setting

Incidents in the Life of a Blind Girl

Incidents in the Life of a Blind Girl

In a Silent Way

In a Silent Way

I Await the Devil's Coming: Annotated & Unexpurgated

I Await the Devil's Coming: Annotated & Unexpurgated

Billabong Gold

Billabong Gold

Human Days: A Mary MacLane Reader

Human Days: A Mary MacLane Reader

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