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

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Report copyright infringementby 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 th...

A Guide to Butterflies (In Your Stomach): A Book for Kids' Worries

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Report copyright infringementby Sophia Rose (Author), Alyssa Pontz (Illustrator)This heartwarming picture book explores just how normal feeling anxious is for everyone. It names that feeling as having "butterflies" and shares skills to practice that help deal with the butterflies before they happen.Princess Talk-a-Lots and Rowdy Rabbit explain how nervousness can come up in lots of different corners of life and how to face it, as they are given a frightening new school project! N...

Furries Among Us: Essays on Furries by the Most Prominent Members of the Fandom

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Report copyright infringementby Kyell Gold (Contribution by), Jonathan W. Thurston (Contribution by), Connor Methvin (Contribution by)Are they human, or are they beast? Over the past several decades, the world has seen a new phenomenon on the rise, a group of people identifying as "furries." They have appeared in the news and popular TV shows as adults wearing fursuits and participating in sex parties, but what are they really? This collection of essays on the furry fandom reveals furries thr...

Dancing in the Forest: Korean Shamans in the United States

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Report copyright infringementby 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 ances...

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

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Report copyright infringementby 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

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Report copyright infringementby 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 ...

Prepping for Beginners: A Collection of 4 Survival Books

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Report copyright infringementby Robert Paine (Author)Are You and Your Family Ready to Survive the Next Disaster? If you have ever thought about prepping, you have probably been a bit overwhelmed, at least once or twice. It can seem like a monumental task that will take too much work. Where do you start? You have to start somewhere. You can start with this collection of 4 best-selling prepping guides. With Prepping for Beginners: A Collection of 4 Survival Books, you'll get: 10 Ways to Start P...

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

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Report copyright infringementby 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 funer...

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Report copyright infringementby 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 t...

Sacred Flames: The Power of Artificial Light in Ancient Egypt

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Report copyright infringementby 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 li...

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

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Report copyright infringementby 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...

The Honey Bee and the Apple Tree: A Rosh Hashanah Story

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Report copyright infringementby Joseph B. Meszler (Illustrator), Kris Graves (Illustrator)What happens when a friendly little bee sets out in search of a new home?Fly along and find out in this sweet Rosh Hashanah story!A heart-warming illustrated story about a beloved Jewish tradition. Number of Pages: 30 Dimensions: 0.08 x 8.5 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: August 31, 2021

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Report copyright infringementby 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...

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

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Report copyright infringementby 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...

The Sacred Hoop: Recovering the Feminine in American Indian Traditions

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Report copyright infringementby Paula Gunn Allen (Author)This pioneering work, first published in 1986, documents the continuing vitality of American Indian traditions and the crucial role of women in those traditions.Author BiographyPaula Gunn Allen (1939-2008) was a professor of English at the University of California, Los Angeles, and a Native American of Laguna Pueblo and Sioux heritage. She authored many books, including The Sacred Hoop: Recovering the Feminine in American Indian Traditi...

Sueños Americanos: Barrio Youth Negotiating Social and Cultural Identities

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Report copyright infringementby Julio Cammarota (Author)Education is a primary route to rewarding employment and economic security. It is particularly significant for the future prospects of children who are ethnic minorities, were born into disadvantaged economic circumstances, or are dealing with language barriers. For nearly a decade Julio Cammarota interviewed and observed Latino youth between the ages of seventeen and twenty-four who lived in a barrio in a city on the California coast. ...

Brown in the Windy City: Mexicans and Puerto Ricans in Postwar Chicago

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Report copyright infringementby Lilia Fernández (Author)Brown in the Windy City is the first history to examine the migration and settlement of Mexicans and Puerto Ricans in postwar Chicago. Lilia Fernández reveals how the two populations arrived in Chicago in the midst of tremendous social and economic change and, in spite of declining industrial employment and massive urban renewal projects, managed to carve out a geographic and racial place in one of America's great cities. Through their e...

Stories, Myths, Chants, and Songs of the Kuna Indians

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Report copyright infringementby Joel Sherzer (Author), Olokwagdi de Akwanusadup (Illustrator) The Kuna Indians of Panama, probably best known for molas, their colorful appliqué blouses, also have a rich literary tradition of oral stories and performances. One of the largest indigenous groups in the South American tropics, the majority of them (about 70,000) reside in Kuna Yala, a string of island and mainland villages stretching along the Caribbean coast. It is here that Joel Sherzer lived am...

Barrios Norteños: St. Paul and Midwestern Mexican Communities in the Twentieth Century

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Report copyright infringementby Dionicio Nodín Valdés (Author) Mexican communities in the Midwestern United States have a history that extends back to the turn of the twentieth century, when a demand for workers in several mass industries brought Mexican agricultural laborers to jobs and homes in the cities. This book offers a comprehensive social, labor, and cultural history of these workers and their descendants, using the Mexican barrio of "San Pablo" (St. Paul) Minnesota as a window on th...

Kuna Art and Shamanism: An Ethnographic Approach

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Report copyright infringementby Paolo Fortis (Author)Known for their beautiful textile art, the Kuna of Panama have been scrutinized by anthropologists for decades. Perhaps surprisingly, this scrutiny has overlooked the magnificent Kuna craft of nuchukana-wooden anthropomorphic carvings-which play vital roles in curing and other Kuna rituals. Drawing on long-term fieldwork, Paolo Fortis at last brings to light this crucial cultural facet, illuminating not only Kuna aesthetics and art producti...

Chicana Feminist Thought: The Basic Historical Writings

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Report copyright infringementby Alma M. Garcia (Editor)Chicana Feminist Thought brings together the voices of Chicana poets, writers, and activists who reflect upon the Chicana Feminist Movement that began in the late 1960s. With energy and passion, this anthology of writings documents the personal and collective political struggles of Chicana feminists.Author BiographyAlma Garcia is Professor of Ethnic Studies and Director of the Women's Studies Program at Santa Clara University. ...

Whitewashed Adobe: The Rise of Los Angeles and the Remaking of Its Mexican Past

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Report copyright infringementby William F. Deverell (Author)Chronicling the rise of Los Angeles through shifting ideas of race and ethnicity, William Deverell offers a unique perspective on how the city grew and changed. Whitewashed Adobe considers six different developments in the history of the city--including the cementing of the Los Angeles River, the outbreak of bubonic plague in 1924, and the evolution of America's largest brickyard in the 1920s. In an absorbing narrative supported by a...

Profiling The Criminal Mind: Behavioral Science and Criminal Investigative Analysis

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Report copyright infringementby Robert J. Sr. Girod (Author)Profiling the Criminal Mind is, as the subtitle indicates, is a text and reference on behavioral science and criminal investigative analysis for investigators, forensic scientists, prosecutors, behavioral scientists, and academics. This compilation combines crime scene forensics and experience with behavioral science to get into the criminal's mind and interpret crime scenes. A practical guide to applied criminology, the author bring...

Ojibwe Sky Star Map - Constellation Guidebook: An Introduction to Ojibwe Star Knowledge

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Report copyright infringementby Annette Sharon Lee (Author), William Peter Wilson (Author), Carl Gawboy (Author)A constellation guidebook focusing on Ojibwe Star Knowledge. Greek constellations and astronomical objects of interest are included along with the Ojibwe constellations organized by the four seasons and north circumpolar stars. Written by four native authors: Annette Lee, William Wilson, Jeff Tibbetts, Carl Gawboy. Accompanies the "Ojibwe Giizhig Anung Masinaaigan" - Ojibwe Sky Star...

Search and Rescue Dogs: Training the K-9 Hero

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Report copyright infringementby American Rescue Dog Association (Arda) (Created by)Winner 1991 Maxwell Medallion - Best Special Volume ABOUT THE FIRST EDITION"...the techniques and the case studies here are so interesting that a read will prove rewarding to ordinary trainers and fanciers alike." -Publisher's Weekly From the devastation of the World Trade Center to earthquakes in Central Asia, search and rescue dogs have proven invaluable in helping to find victims of disasters whether man-mad...

Ethnic Chicago: A Multicultural Portrait

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Report copyright infringementby Peter D'a Jones Jones (Author), Melvin Holli (Author)This award-winning study of ethnic life in Chicago richly details the various peoples and ethnic institutions in America's heartland city. This newly revised and expanded edition also includes chapters on African-American migration, Chatham, Latino Chicago, the Chinese in Chicago, Asian Indians, Korean-Americans, the new entrepreneurial immigrants, and the Swedes. There is also a new six-chapter section that ...

Southern Ute Women: Autonomy and Assimilation on the Reservation, 1887-1934

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Report copyright infringementby Katherine M. B. Osburn (Author), Katherine M. B. Osburn (Introduction by)After the passage of the Dawes Severalty Act in 1887, the Southern Ute Agency was the scene of an intense federal effort to assimilate the Ute Indians. The Southern Utes were to break up their common land holdings and transform themselves into middle-class patriarchal farm and pastoral families. In this assimilationist scheme, women were to surrender the considerable autonomy they enjoyed ...

No One Ever Asked Me: The World War II Memoirs of an Omaha Indian Soldier

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Report copyright infringementby Hollis D. Stabler (Author), Victoria Smith (Editor)As a young adolescent, Hollis Dorion Stabler underwent a Native ceremony in which he was given the new name Na-zhin-thia, Slow to Rise. It was a name that no white person asked to know during Hollis's tour of duty in Anzio, his unacknowledged difference as an Omaha Indian adding to the poignancy of his uneasy fellowship with foreign and American soldiers alike. Stabler's story--coming of age on the American pla...

Boarding School Seasons: American Indian Families, 1900-1940

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Report copyright infringementby Brenda J. Child (Author), Brenda J. Child (Introduction by)The paperback edition features a new introduction by the author. Boarding School Seasons offers a revealing look at the strong emotional history of Indian boarding school experiences in the first half of the twentieth century. At the heart of this book are the hundreds of letters written by parents, children, and school officials at Haskell Institute in Kansas and the Flandreau School in South Dakota. T...

Indigenous American Women: Decolonization, Empowerment, Activism

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Report copyright infringementby Devon a. Mihesuah (Author)Oklahoma Choctaw scholar Devon Abbott Mihesuah offers a frank and absorbing look at the complex, evolving identities of American Indigenous women today, their ongoing struggles against a centuries-old legacy of colonial disempowerment, and how they are seen and portrayed by themselves and others. Mihesuah first examines how American Indigenous women have been perceived and depicted by non-Natives, including scholars, and by themselves....

An Apache Life-Way: The Economic, Social, and Religious Institutions of the Chiricahua Indians

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Report copyright infringementby Morris E. Opler (Author), Charles R. Kraut (Introduction by)Originally published in 1941, An Apache Life-Way remains one of the most important and innovative studies of southwestern Native Americans, drawing upon a rich and invaluable body of data gathered by the ethnographer Morris Edward Opler during the 1930s. Blending the analysis of individual Apache lives with the analysis of their culture, this landmark study tells of the ceremonies, religious beliefs, s...

Myths and Tales of the Chiricahua Apache Indians

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Report copyright infringementby Morris E. Opler (Author), Scott Rushforth (Introduction by)"We are dealing here with a living literature," wrote Morris Edward Opler in his preface to Myths and Tales of the Chiricahua Apache Indians. First published in 1942 by the American Folk-Lore Society, this is another classic study by the author of Myths and Tales of the Jicarilla Apache Indians. Opler conducted field work among the Chiricahuas in the American Southwest, as he had earlier among the Jicar...