Voices From the Past

Reducere. Medieval and early modern literature was fascinated with the material remains of the past. Scenes involving the discovery, description, circulation...

In 2018, Palestinians mark the 70th anniversary of the Nakba, when over 750, 000 people were uprooted and forced to flee their homes in the early d...

Ten years ago, The Great New Wilderness Debate began a cross-disciplinary conversation about the varied constructions of "wilderness" and the contr...

Social work focuses on serving the most vulnerable members of society, and social workers must often address the contextual forces that contribute ...

Reducere. DescriptionThis Reader from the Uncovering the Past series provides a comprehensive introduction to American Indianhistory. Over 60 primary documen...

Reducere. Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, was once synonymous with steel. But after the factories closed, the city bet its future on a new industry: casino gambling...

DescriptionFive centuries of fascinating female creativity presented in more than 400 compelling artworks and one comprehensive volume The most ext...

The next generation of Parisian interior designers curated by the editors of French Architectural Digest. From Vincent Darre and Joseph Dirand to I...

The subject of race and identity is a burning issue which continues to occupy the attention not only of South Africans but also the wider residents...

In How to Be Childless: A History and Philosophy of Life Without Children, Rachel Chrastil explores the long and fascinating history of childlessne...

Reducere. After years of occupying a vexed position in the American academy, Philippine studies has come into its own, emerging as a trenchant and dynamic sp...

Reducere. Recipes from a very small kitchen by a man with a very large talent. Nobody better embodies the present-day mantra "Eat real food in season" than D...

Reducere. This lavishly illustrated book features a body of new works by renowned American artist Lesley Dill. Lesley Dill is an American artist working at t...

Reducere. Knowing that queer voices have been making themselves heard in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria decades before Stonewall, editors Gary Schmidt and...

Reducere. Joe Grimm of the Detroit Free Press has combined a fascinating collection of old family letters, diaries, journals, photos, and other memorabilia i...

No state has been so frequently mocked, maligned, or misunderstood as New Jersey. Yet the state is filled with amazing places and people who rarely...

Provides behind-the-scenes explanations from nineteen former BJU students from the past few decades who now identify as LGBT+. They write about the...

Reducere. Fiction. Translated by Will Firth. A NOVEL OF LONDON is a classic of European modernism that established Serbian writer Milos Crnjanski as one of t...

Reducere. Confucius, the Buddha, Jesus, and Muhammad are among the most thoughtful and influential people in history. By their words and examples, they have ...

Reducere. Description Indigenous students learn and retain more when teachers value the language and culture of the students' community and incorporate them ...

Reducere. It's an awful story. It's an awful story. Why do you want to bring this up now?--Chief Awusa of Atorkor For centuries, the story of the Atlantic sl...

Reducere. The Storied South features the voices--by turn searching and honest, coy and scathing--of twenty-six of the most luminous artists and thinkers in t...

This title focuses on the goals, changes, and political conflicts of the Reconstruction era, especially the advances and setbacks related to civil ...

"Describes the Siege of Vicksburg and the Battle of Gettysburg, including Pickett's Charge, that turned the tide of the American Civil War. Include...

"Describes the social and political differences between the American North and South that lead to the secession of eleven states, the formation of ...

Reducere. In the rich and varied life stories in Under the Black Umbrella, elderly Koreans recall incidents that illustrate the complexities of Korea during ...

Reducere. As Cole Swensen argues in the introduction to this comprehensive new anthology, the long-acknowledged "fundamental division" between experimental a...

Reducere. The rich diversity of Australian poetry stands in no need of makeovers or prescriptions. What will benefit it is attentive and brilliant readers, o...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Anand Vivek TanejaIn the ruins of a medieval palace in Delhi, a unique phenomenon occurs: Indians of all castes and creeds ...

Reducere. As the modern celebration of Christmas took shape across the nineteenth century, American writers gave it new meaning in the pages of countless boo...

This volume examines the legacy of the East-West divide since the implosion of the communist regimes in Europe. The ideals of 1989 have largely bee...

From Miss Lou to Bob Marley and Usain Bolt to Kamala Harris, Jamaica has had an outsized reach in global mainstream culture. Yet many of its most i...

With racial justice struggles on the rise, a probing collection considers the past and future of Black radicalismBlack rebellion has returned. Dram...

Reducere. One of the first steps in our spiritual journey is the relationship with Egun. We setup an ancestor alter and faithfully make offerings and discuss...

Reducere. HIS POWERS--INHUMAN HIS PASSION--BEYOND IMMORTAL... All her life, Ashlyn Darrow has been tormented by voices from the past. To end the nightmare, s...

Reducere. In Indian Voices, Alison Owings takes readers on a fresh journey across America, east to west, north to south, and around again. Owings's most rece...

"In this remarkable new cookbook, Bergo provides stories, photographs and inventive recipes."--Star Tribune With a passion for bringing a taste of ...

Reducere. What does life ask of us, and how are we to answer that summons? Are we here just to propagate the species anew? Do any of us really believe that w...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Piri ThomasIn this collection of short stories, Piri Thomas (author of the bestselling autobiography, Down These Mean Stree...

Reducere. Gain Insights on Mark's Christology from Today's Leading ScholarsThe Gospel of Mark, widely assumed to be the earliest narrative of Jesus's life an...

Reducere. Explorers like Amelia Earhart and Chris Hadfield. Pioneers like Marie Curie and Margaret E. Knight. Modern icons like John Green and the Dalai Lama...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Nikki GiovanniWhen Nikki Giovanni's poems first emerged from the Black Rights Movement in the late 1960s, she immediately t...

Reducere. From New York Times bestselling author Karen Robards, whom Newsweek magazine calls "one of the most popular voices in women's fiction, " comes a th...

Reducere. Description"This is history at its most immediate and moving....A marvelous and memorable book." --Jon Meacham "The Only Plane in the Sky is a stun...

Reducere. Stretching from Natchez, Mississippi to Nashville, Tennessee, the Natchez Trace is one of the oldest, most historically significant routes in Ameri...

Reducere. DescriptionCemeteries have stories to tell, voices to unearth--and lessons from the past that we can draw upon to better shape the future. If These...

366 quotations - one for every day of the (leap) year - each with a fascinating historical story

The US presidential election in 2016 brought to a head myriad political activism around the world, around the rights of minorities, women, the LGBT...

Reducere. Penguin's landmark poetry anthology Rita Dove, Pulitzer Prize winner and former Poet Laureate of the United States, introduces readers to the most ...

Reducere. Elise is fractured inside, stained by a past she refuses to remember. Merrick is scarred both inside and out, a half-breed with a brutal background...

DescriptionThis lively and compelling book by Paul Murray OP names and celebrates aspects of the Dominican tradition which are at the very core of ...

Reducere. A triumphant, genre-bending breakout novel from one of the boldest new voices in contemporary fiction Vern--seven months pregnant and desperate to ...

DescriptionThe gripping stories of ordinary Germans who lived through World War II, the Holocaust, and Cold War partition--but also recovery, reuni...

Reducere. FBI agent Genna Snow's successful career cannot fully erase the heartache of a shattered childhood. After breaking the silence surrounding the abus...

Reducere. Storytelling is a precious, vibrant tradition among the Native peoples of the Far North. Collected here for the first time are stories from the com...

Reducere. 475In 1959, the Prince Edward County, Virginia public schools closed. For five years. Back then, it wasn't over a health pandemic, but because coun...

Reducere. DescriptionOur past does not simply disappear. The painful history of our ancestors and their rich cultural wisdom intertwine within us to create t...

Reducere. More than 1.5 million North Carolinians today live in poverty. More than one in five are children. Behind these sobering statistics are the faces o...

Reducere. Recipient of the 2002 Bruce Catton Prize for Lifetime Achievement in Historical Writing. In this "stunning collection of documents" (Washington Pos...

Reducere. Pariahs is a book full of wild flames, of tigers, of tigers, burning bright, in the forests of the night. The construction of this book may at firs...

Reducere. A collection of 36 extraordinary stories originally told on stage, featuring work by writers, entertainers, thinkers, and community leaders. Spanni...

Reducere. In a book that will touch hearts and minds, acclaimed cultural historian Marilyn Yalom presents firsthand accounts of six witnesses to war, each of...

Reducere. "McPherson, through this oral history of Navajo Women living in Monument Valley, provides a unique story of cultural understanding specific to the ...

Reducere. A beautiful series of full-color portraits of LGBTQ people over the age of fifty Even with the extraordinary strides the LGBTQ movement has made in...

Reducere. In this historical fiction novel, thirteen-year-old Cinda Parker knows she and her brother Ian have a special mental connection. When a mysterious ...

Reducere. Fresh Voices from the Periphery is evidence that history matters - not only the study of the past - but also by shedding light on how events of the...

Reducere. Like Rachel, stepmoms and moms can turn their cries into song by finding their voices and healing the past with spiritual tools, speaking their tru...

Reducere. From one of Spain's most celebrated writers, an extraordinary, inspired book--at once fiction, history, and memoir--that draws on the Sephardic dia...

"...a gripping saga backed by historical precedent and individual lives alike." -Midwest Book ReviewTwo distinct voices emerge: one, a jaded ex-cop...

Reducere. Dead End in Norvelt is the winner of the 2012 Newbery Medal for the year's best contribution to children's literature and the Scott O'Dell Award fo...