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Beloved Harlem

A Literary Tribute to Black America's Most Famous Neighborhood, From the Classics to The Contemporary

By: William H. Banks, Jr.

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Beloved Harlem

A Literary Tribute to Black America's Most Famous Neighborhood, From the Classics to The Contemporary

By: William H. Banks, Jr.

A passionate ode to an American mecca, Beloved Harlem is a literary look into the vibrant African-American haven, edited by one of its celebrated native sons. William H. Banks, Jr., combines the classics with the contemporary as he showcases some of the best essays, short stories, and novel excerpts inspired by the diversity of Harlem life, from the early twentieth century to the new millennium. The days and nights of black Manhattan come alive in the words of historically famous writers like W.E.B. Dubois, Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes, Dorothy West, Ossie Davis, and Toni Morrison, along with the works of brilliant newcomers to the neighborhood, including Brian Keith Jackson’s witty examination of identity politics in The Queen of Harlem and Rosemarie Robatham’s “Dreaming in Harlem,” a moving tale about a woman at the edge of society who finds sanctuary with a stranger. From renaissance through tough times to revitalization, this triumphant homage gives Harlem the historical perspective it so rightly deserves. Beloved Harlem is a welcome addition to the libraries of readers who are either already in love with Harlem or ready to take the fall.

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Crown

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0307514072

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9780307514073

A Love So Fine

By: William H. Jr. Banks,William Banks

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A Love So Fine

By: William H. Jr. Banks,William Banks

Anderson Williamson was a Yale student. Vivian Reed was in her first year at Barnard College. This fictional couple's relationship was the basis for the first modern African American romance novel. Andy first saw Vivian across a crowded room at a college mixer. It was the beginning of a love so rare and so fine that it would endure the bitter-sweet pain of infidelity and senseless tragedy as well as the pressures of a new awareness born in the maelstrom of the nineteen sixties. And so love taught me the meaning of my name. And love taught me that my blackness was never darkness. So will love rest me, Even while I work, And whisper in my heart and womb. No waiting space is empty. -A Love So Fine "This book is a vivid and inspiring representation of the 1960s as experienced by the young, gifted and black ." -Publishers Weekly, April 1974

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225

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iUniverse

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0595199127

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9780595199129

Athletic and Sport Issues in Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation

By: David J. Magee,Robert C. Manske,James E. Zachazewski,William S. Quillen

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Athletic and Sport Issues in Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation

By: David J. Magee,Robert C. Manske,James E. Zachazewski,William S. Quillen

Part of David J. Magee's Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation Series, Athletic and Sport Issues in Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation provides expert insight and clear rehabilitation guidelines to help you manage injuries and special medical needs unique to athletic clients. Contributions from leading physical therapists, athletic trainers, and orthopedic surgeons give you a comprehensive, clinically relevant understanding of common sports-related injuries and help you ensure the most effective therapeutic outcomes. - Addresses a broad range of sports-related injuries and conditions - Reinforces key concepts with highlighted content and hundreds of detailed illustrations - Summarizes essential information for fast, easy reference in class or in clinical settings

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822

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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1437715729

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9781437715729

History of Ralston Purina Co. and the Work of William H. and Donald E. Danforth, Protein Technologies International, and Solae with Soy (1894-2020)

Extensively Annotated Bibliography and Sourcebook

By: William Shurtleff; Akiko Aoyagi

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History of Ralston Purina Co. and the Work of William H. and Donald E. Danforth, Protein Technologies International, and Solae with Soy (1894-2020)

Extensively Annotated Bibliography and Sourcebook

By: William Shurtleff; Akiko Aoyagi

The world's most comprehensive, well documented and well illustrated book on this subject. With extensive subject and geographical index. 98 photographs and illustrations - mostly color. Free of charge in digital PDF format.

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518

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Soyinfo Center

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1948436264

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9781948436267

Whispers in the Cedars

Port Gibson, Mississippi’s Wintergreen Cemetery

By: William Sanders

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Whispers in the Cedars

Port Gibson, Mississippi’s Wintergreen Cemetery

By: William Sanders

Whispers in the Cedars: Port Gibson, Mississippi's Wintergreen Cemetery by William L. Sanders “The purpose of this book is not only to list those laid to rest in this beautiful, historic burial ground, but also to provide an easy and accurate way to locate specific graves, by using the maps and locations referenced within.” In this, author Sanders has admirably succeeded. Thoroughly researched, Whispers in the Cedars provides a systematic guide to this revered resting place in Port Gibson, Mississippi. Wanting “to let the stones speak” for themselves, Mr. Sanders records the information contained on each gravestone. And an extensive Index of Last Names offers ready access to the contents. “It is my sincere wish that the reader will find this book not only valuable as a genealogical reference tool, but may find it entertaining as well. I hope you enjoy it!” Again, a wish fulfilled in this book of remembrance and dedication.

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250

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Dorrance Publishing

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1480925136

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9781480925137

Rebels in the Making

The Secession Crisis and the Birth of the Confederacy

By: William L. Barney

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Rebels in the Making

The Secession Crisis and the Birth of the Confederacy

By: William L. Barney

Regardless of whether they owned slaves, Southern whites lived in a world defined by slavery. As shown by their blaming British and Northern slave traders for saddling them with slavery, most were uncomfortable with the institution. While many wanted it ended, most were content to leave that up to God. All that changed with the election of Abraham Lincoln. Rebels in the Making is a narrative-driven history of how and why secession occurred. In this work, senior Civil War historian William L. Barney narrates the explosion of the sectional conflict into secession and civil war. Carefully examining the events in all fifteen slave states and distinguishing the political circumstances in each, he argues that this was not a mass democratic movement but one led from above. The work begins with the deepening strains within Southern society as the slave economy matured in the mid-nineteenth century and Southern ideologues struggled to convert whites to the orthodoxy of slavery as a positive good. It then focuses on the years of 1860-1861 when the sectional conflict led to the break-up of the Union. As foreshadowed by the fracturing of the Democratic Party over the issue of federal protection for slavery in the territories, the election of 1860 set the stage for secession. Exploiting fears of slave insurrections, anxieties over crops ravaged by a long drought, and the perceived moral degradation of submitting to the rule of an antislavery Republican, secessionists launched a movement in South Carolina that spread across the South in a frenzied atmosphere described as the great excitement. After examining why Congress was unable to reach a compromise on the core issue of slavery's expansion, the study shows why secession swept over the Lower South in January of 1861 but stalled in the Upper South. The driving impetus for secession is shown to have come from the middling ranks of the slaveholders who saw their aspirations of planter status blocked and denigrated by the Republicans. A separate chapter on the formation of the Confederate government in February of 1861 reveals how moderates and former conservatives pushed aside the original secessionists to assume positions of leadership. The final chapter centers on the crisis over Fort Sumter, the resolution of which by Lincoln precipitated a second wave of secession in the Upper South. Rebels in the Making shows that secession was not a unified movement, but has its own proponents and patterns in each of the slave states. It draws together the voices of planters, non-slaveholders, women, the enslaved, journalists, and politicians. This is the definitive study of the seminal moment in Southern history that culminated in the Civil War.

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Oxford University Press

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0190076097

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9780190076092

New York's Underground Art Museum

MTA Arts and Design

By: Sandra Bloodworth,William Ayres

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New York's Underground Art Museum

MTA Arts and Design

By: Sandra Bloodworth,William Ayres

Initiated in 1985, the MTA Arts & Design collection of public art now encompasses more than 250 projects, creating a dynamic underground museum of contemporary art that spans the entire city and its immediate environs. Since the program was founded, a diverse group of artists—including Elizabeth Murray, Faith Ringgold, Eric Fischl, Romare Bearden, Acconci Studio, and many others—has created works in mosaic, terra-cotta, bronze, and glass for the stations of the New York City Subways and Buses, Metro-North Railroad, Long Island Rail Road, and Bridges and Tunnels. An update of the classic Along the Way, this expanded edition features nearly 100 new works installed in stations since 2006, including Sol LeWitt’s Whirls and twirls (MTA) at Columbus Circle, Doug and Mike Starn’s See it split, see it change at South Ferry, and the James Carpenter/ Grimshaw/Arup Sky Reflector-Net at Fulton Center. The book illustrates how the program has taken to heart its original mandate: that the subways be “designed, constructed, and maintained with a view to the beauty of their appearance, as well as to their efficiency.” MTA Arts & Design is committed to preserving and restoring the original ornament of the system and to commissioning new works that exemplify the principles of vibrant public art, relating directly to the places where they are located and to the community around them. The definitive guide to works commissioned by MTA Arts & Design, a reference for riders who have wondered about an artist or the meaning behind the art they’ve seen, as well as a memento for visitors, New York’s Underground Art Museum provides 300 color illustrations and insightful descriptions sure to infuse any future trip or viewing with a fresh appreciation and understanding of this historic enterprise.

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265

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The Monacelli Press, LLC

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158093403X

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9781580934039

The Hartford Writers Guild Anthology

By: William Banks

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The Hartford Writers Guild Anthology

By: William Banks

The Stories "A Night In Hartford" By Michelle R. McFarland "THE CURVE" By Patricia McClellan Hot TIME in Hartford By Richard LeGrier, III DREAM CHANT By Earl Shepherd Mr. Boss Man By Gloria Fields Perry HAPPENSTANCE By Stephanie A. Monroe DOORIGHT STILL DOING WRONG By Stan Simpson Eyes Still On Me By Wendell Dean Russell Workshop Leaders William H.Banks, Jr. Grace F.Edwards

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Beloved Harlem

Beloved Harlem

A Love So Fine

A Love So Fine

Athletic and Sport Issues in Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation

Athletic and Sport Issues in Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation

History of Ralston Purina Co. and the Work of William H. and Donald E. Danforth, Protein Technologies International, and Solae with Soy (1894-2020)

History of Ralston Purina Co. and the Work of William H. and Donald E. Danforth, Protein Technologies International, and Solae with Soy (1894-2020)

Whispers in the Cedars

Whispers in the Cedars

Rebels in the Making

Rebels in the Making

New York's Underground Art Museum

New York's Underground Art Museum

The Hartford Writers Guild Anthology

The Hartford Writers Guild Anthology

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