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AP Human Geography Premium, 2026: Prep Book with 6 Practice Tests+ Comprehensive Review + Online Practice

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Report copyright infringementby Barron's Educational Series (Author), Meredith Marsh (Author), Peter S. Alagona (Author)Be prepared for exam day with Barron's. Trusted content from AP experts! Barron's AP Human Geography Premium, 2026 includes in-depth content review and practice. It's the only book you'll need to be prepared for exam day. Written by Experienced Educators Learn from Barron's--all content is written and reviewed by AP experts Build your understanding with comprehensive re...

Mythopedia: A Brief Compendium of Natural History Lore

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Report copyright infringementby Adrienne Mayor (Author), Michele M. Angel (Illustrator)From acclaimed folklorist and historian Adrienne Mayor, an enchanting collection of the ancient myths that emerged out of the wonders--and disasters--of the natural world Mythopedia is a fun, fact-filled A-Z treasury of myths inspired by natural events. Bringing together fifty legends from antiquity to the present, this delightfully entertaining book takes you around the world to explore sunken kingdoms and...

Gardener's Folklore: The Ancient Secrets for Gardening Magic. - Hardcover

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by Margaret Baker (Author)Ever wondered if there's any truth behind planting by the moon? Or why wassailing is still a common folk practice in some parts of the world? In Gardener's Folklore, the record of these practices is unveiled, with plenty of tips and tricks to try in your own 21st century garden for blooming bushes and plentiful potatoes. First published in 1976, Gardener's Folklore collects the little bits of magic and myth to be found in the gardens of Britain and North America. Com...

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Report copyright infringementby D. W. Harding (Author)More wide ranging, both geographically and chronologically, than any previous study, this well-illustrated book offers a new definition of Celtic art. Tempering the much-adopted art-historical approach, D.W. Harding argues for a broader definition of Celtic art and views it within a much wider archaeological context. He re-asserts ancient Celtic identity after a decade of deconstruction in English-language archaeology.Harding argues that t...

Curious Coffins and Riveting Rituals: Death Practices Around the World

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Report copyright infringementby Yy Liak (Author)Discover the world's most fascinating death and funeral traditions in this illustrated modern-day memento mori. Embark on a whirlwind tour of burial, preservation, and memorial practices and landmarks from across the globe and throughout history, ranging from the customs of our ancestors to contemporary practices. In these vibrantly illustrated pages, you can explore how humans from time immemorial have honored and remembered the dead, including...

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Report copyright infringementby Kelly-Ann Allen (Editor)This is a comprehensive compendium of school belonging research from expert contributors. We bring you the latest empirical research and discourse on school belonging drawn from the scientific peer-reviewed literature. This book has a strong applied and functional purpose in schools.Author BiographyKelly-Ann Allen, Ph.D. (2015), Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne, is an endorsed Educational and Developmen...

I Like Your Chutzpah: And Other Yiddish Words You'll Like - Board Book

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by Suzy Ultman (Author), Suzy Ultman (Illustrator)The first in a stylish, current, and multifaceted series of Jewish-themed board books for curious young readers. This modern and whimsical Jewish-themed board book series is the first of its kind incorporating both Jewish traditions and Jewish culture, offering a unique depiction of Judaism. Author and artist Suzy Ultman melds her own Jewish upbringing with her current trend-setting aesthetic to create a much-needed series of gorgeous, appeali...

Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America - Hardcover

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by Michael Harriot (Author)NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NAACP IMAGE AWARD NOMINEE * AMAZON'S TOP 20 HISTORY BOOKS OF 2023 * B&N BEST OF EDUCATIONAL HISTORY * THE ROOT'S BEST BOOKS OF 2023 * CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2023 From acclaimed columnist and political commentator Michael Harriot, a searingly smart and bitingly hilarious retelling of American history that corrects the record and showcases the perspectives and experiences of Black Americans. “Michael Harriot has...

How to Be Old: Lessons in Living Boldly from the Accidental Icon - Hardcover

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by Lyn Slater (Author)One of Elle's Most Anticipated Nonfiction Books of 2024 A personal memoir in which Lyn Slater, known on Instagram as "Accidental Icon," brings her characteristic style, optimism, forward-thinking, and rules-are-meant-to-be-broken attitude to the question of how to live boldly at any age. When Lyn Slater started her fashion blog, Accidental Icon, at age sixty-one, she discovered that followers were flocking to her account for more than just her A-list style. As Lyn flau...

World of Cultures: Exploring Diversity Through the Eyes of Children - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby So S S (Author)This captivating children's book is an invitation to explore the rich and diverse tapestry of our planet's cultures, customs, and traditions through the eyes of children from across the globe.Within these pages, young readers aged 6-8 will embark on an enchanting voyage, visiting countries near and far, and meeting fellow adventurers who celebrate life in their own unique ways. From the vibrant festivals of India to the mesmerizing dances of Sout...

The Lumbee Indians: An American Struggle - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Malinda Maynor Lowery (Author)Jamestown, the Lost Colony of Roanoke, and Plymouth Rock are central to America's mythic origin stories. Then, we are told, the main characters--the "friendly" Native Americans who met the settlers--disappeared. But the history of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina demands that we tell a different story. As the largest tribe east of the Mississippi and one of the largest in the country, the Lumbees have survived in their original h...

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Report copyright infringementby Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz (Author) Number of Pages: 61 Dimensions: 0.13 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: June 30, 2022

Pressed for All Time: Producing the Great Jazz Albums from Louis Armstrong and Billie Holiday to Miles Davis and Diana Krall - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Michael Jarrett (Author)In histories of music, producers tend to fall by the wayside--generally unknown and seldom acknowledged. But without them and their contributions to the art form, we'd have little on record of some of the most important music ever created. Discover the stories behind some of jazz's best-selling and most influential albums in this collection of oral histories gathered by music scholar and writer Michael Jarrett. Drawing together interview...

African American Slave Medicine: Herbal and non-Herbal Treatments

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Report copyright infringementby Herbert C. Covey (Author)African-American Slave Medicine offers a critical examination of how African-American slaves medical needs were addressed during the years before and surrounding the Civil War. Drawing upon ex-slave interviews conducted during the 1930s and 1940s by the Works Project Administration (WPA), Dr. Herbert C. Covey inventories many of the herbal, plant, and non-plant remedies used by African-American folk practitioners during slavery. He demo...

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Report copyright infringementby Kathleen Drowne (Author), Patrick Huber (Author)The American 1920s had many names: the Roaring Twenties, the Jazz Age, the Dry Decade, and the Flapper generation. Whatever the moniker, these years saw the birth of modern America. This volume shows the many colorful ways the decade altered America, its people, and its future. American Popular Culture Through History volumes include a timeline, cost comparisons, chapter bibliographies, and a subject index. Writer...

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Report copyright infringementby Maria Herrera-Sobek (Author)Chicanos and Chicanas, or Mexican Americans, are deeply rooted in the cultures of African, European, and Native American groups. The richness of Chicano culture is especially evident in such folklore genres as myths, tales, legends, traditional beliefs, songs, games, and riddles. Written especially for high school students and general readers, this book is an introductory guide to Chicano folklore. It defines and classifies the folkl...

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Report copyright infringementby Geralyn G. Brostrom (Author), Jack Brostrom (Author)Wine has been a beverage staple since ancient times, especially in Europe. Today's global wine business is thriving, and American consumption of wine has increased dramatically in recent years, with the health benefits touted in the media. More Americans are becoming interested in learning about wine, and they are taking winery tours and attending wine tastings. The Business of Wine: An Encyclopedia is a neces...

The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom - Paperback

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by Don Miguel Ruiz (Author), Janet Mills (Author)In The Four Agreements, bestselling author don Miguel Ruiz reveals the source of self-limiting beliefs that rob us of joy and create needless suffering. Based on ancient Toltec wisdom, The Four Agreements offer a powerful code of conduct that can rapidly transform our lives to a new experience of freedom, true happiness, and love. - A New York Times bestseller for over a decade - An international bestseller published in 52 languages worldwide ...

Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to Be an Ally - Paperback

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by Emily Ladau (Author)An approachable guide to being a thoughtful, informed ally to disabled people, with actionable steps for what to say and do (and what not to do) and how you can help make the world a more inclusive place ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: NPR, Booklist - "A candid, accessible cheat sheet for anyone who wants to thoughtfully join the conversation . . . Emily makes the intimidating approachable and the complicated clear."--Rebekah Taussig, author of Sitting Pretty: The Vi...

Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist - Paperback

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by Sesali Bowen (Author)"Sesali Bowen is poised to give Black feminism the rejuvenation it needs. Her trendsetting writing and commentary reaches across experiences and beyond respectability. I and so many Black girls still figuring out who they are in this world will gain so much from whatever she has to say."--Charlene A. Carruthers, activist and author of Unapologetic: A Black, Queer and Feminist Mandate for Radical Movements"Sesali perfectly vocalizes the inner dialogue, and daily mantras...

A Brief History of Japan: Samurai, Shogun and Zen: The Extraordinary Story of the Land of the Rising Sun - Paperback

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by Jonathan Clements (Author)This fascinating history tells the story of the people of Japan, from ancient teenage priest-queens to teeming hordes of salarymen, a nation that once sought to conquer China, yet also shut itself away for two centuries in self-imposed seclusion. First revealed to Westerners in the chronicles of Marco Polo, Japan was a legendary faraway land defended by a fearsome Kamikaze storm and ruled by a divine sovereign. It was the terminus of the Silk Road, the furthest en...

The World War II Bond Campaign - Paperback

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by Lawrence R. Samuel (Author)How America's greatest marketing triumph in World War II shaped race, ethnicity, and class in modern America The World War II Bond Campaign is a history of the World War II bond drive led by the federal government, an effort called the most successful marketing operation in history. By the war's end, some 85 million Americans had spent $186 billion in an unprecedented outpouring of patriotism that contributed to the military victory and the prosperity of the foll...

Arkansas/Arkansaw: How Bear Hunters, Hillbillies, and Good Ol' Boys Defined a State - Paperback

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by Brooks Blevins (Author)What do Scott Joplin, John Grisham, Gen. Douglas MacArthur, Maya Angelou, Brooks Robinson, Helen Gurley Brown, Johnny Cash, Alan Ladd, and Sonny Boy Williamson have in common? They're all Arkansans. What do hillbillies, rednecks, slow trains, bare feet, moonshine, and double-wides have in common? For many in America these represent Arkansas more than any Arkansas success stories do. In 1931 H. L. Mencken described AR (not AK, folks) as the "apex of moronia." While, i...

Dancing in the Forest: Korean Shamans in the United States - Paperback

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by Helen Hong (Author)Why do Koreans search for shamans? Confrontation with jarring reality, magnified in the context of immigration, pulls them to look for cultural roots in moral solidarity with their ancestors. Ancestral spirits travel by carrying culturally engrained remedial power to the "othered" life of the Korean immigrant community in the country of Protestantism. Korean shamans mediate the present with the past, life with death, the living with the ancestral spirits, and Confucian m...

HBCU Experience - The Book: A Collection of Essays Celebrating the Black College Experience - Paperback

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by Tyree &. Cathcart (Author) Number of Pages: 188 Dimensions: 0.43 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: August 06, 2014

An Autobiography: The Story of My Life and Work - Paperback

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by Booker T. Washington (Author)Booker T. Washington was an African-American educator and author who was considered the most influential figure in the African-American community in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Washington, who was born into slavery, promoted peaceful protest. Washington wrote much about his life and education including an autobiography on his life and works. Number of Pages: 142 Dimensions: 0.3 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN Publication Date: December 15, 2013

Over Your Dead Body: the history and future of how we deal with the dead - Paperback

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by Robert Connolly (Author)Over Your Dead Body is about the history and future of how we deal with the dead: everything about death, funerals and what happens to the body afterwards. It features vivid personal experiences of the business of death, but also the science, history, and ecology of death - what undertakers do, their curious obsession with embalming, what people did before undertakers, new high-tech replacements for burial and cremation, plus Green funerals and advice on arranging a...

Grooming Sexual Abuse of Teenage Girls - Paperback

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by Acie Cargill (Author)Child grooming is befriending and establishing an emotional connection with a child, and sometimes the family, to lower the child's inhibitions with the objective of sexual abuse. Child grooming is also regularly used to lure minors into various illicit businesses such as child trafficking, child prostitution, or the production of child pornography.This is a 5000 word booklet describing the practice of grooming and ensuing sexual abuse of teenage girls. A featured char...

Sacred Flames: The Power of Artificial Light in Ancient Egypt - Hardcover

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by Meghan E. Strong (Author)A fascinating examination of the role of lighting in ancient Egyptian culture Artificial lighting is one of the earliest tools used by humans. By the time we began to paint cave walls, we were producing lamps consisting of an illuminant, a fat or oil, and a wick, such as a strip of fabric or a piece of reed or wood. Drawing on archaeological, textual, and iconographic sources, Meghan Strong examines the symbolic part that artificial lighting played in religious, e...

Raising Goats for Beginners: The Ultimate Guide to Raising a Happy and Healthy Herd of Goats - Breeds Selection, Housing, Feeding, Goat Care, Breed - Paperback

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by Eric Jason (Author)Learn to Raise a Beautiful and Flourishing Herd Do you want to raise a herd of goats full of milkers? Or maybe raise meat goats to make some money? Are you interested in keeping some fiber goats for mohair and cashmere or a few Pygmies as pets? If your answer to any of these questions is yes, then this is right book for you.Goats are a versatile animal that make a great addition to a farm with suitable space and facilities. You can raise them for milk, meat, fiber, or ju...

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by George E. Laidlaw (Author)A collection of traditional tales from the Ojibwa people, one of the largest indigenous tribes in North America. These stories, passed down from generation to generation, offer insights into the cultural and spiritual beliefs of the Ojibwa, as well as their skills as hunters, fishermen, and craftspeople.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public ...

Blackness in Mexico: Afro-Mexican Recognition and the Production of Citizenship in the Costa Chica - Hardcover

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by Anthony Russell Jerry (Author)An up-closeview of the movement to make "Afro-Mexican" an official cultural category Through historical and ethnographic research, Blackness in Mexico delvesinto the ongoing movement toward recognizing Black Mexicans as a cultural groupwithin a nation that has long viewed the non-Black Mestizo as the archetypal citizen. Anthony Jerry focuses on this process in Mexico'sCosta Chica region in order to explore the relational aspects of citizenshipand the place ...