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The Buffalo Soldiers: A Narrative of the Black Cavalry in the West, Revised Edition - Paperback

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by William H. Leckie (Author), Shirley A. Leckie (Author)Originally published in 1967, William H. Leckie's The Buffalo Soldiers was the first book of its kind to recognize the importance of African American units in the conquest of the West. Decades later, with sales of more than 75,000 copies, The Buffalo Soldiers has become a classic. Now, in a newly revised edition, the authors have expanded the original research to explore more deeply the lives of buffalo soldiers in the Ninth and Tenth C...

Sikh Festivals and Traditions - Hardcover

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by Jasneet Kaur (Author)Although Sikhs celebrate each day as new by singing praises of Vaheguru, certain Sikh festivals hold historic significance. In the fall, people decorate their homes with lights to celebrate Bandi Chhor Divas. In spring, many Sikh families celebrate Vaisakhi by visiting their local gurdwara wearing the traditional colors of blue and orange. In November, early morning parades commemorate the birth of Guru Nanak during Gurpurab celebrations. Clear text and vibrant photos ...

Gender Equity: Global Policies and Perspectives on Advancing Social Justice - Paperback

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by Elena V. Shabliy (Editor), Kimarie Engerman (Editor), Dmitry Kurochkin (Editor)Gender Equity: Global Policies and Perspectives on Advancing Social Justice provides an in-depth analysis of global perspectives on advancing public and social gender policy. Shedding new light on inequalities faced by women and girls around the world, the essays in this collection emphasize cultural biases and societal prejudices women face in STEM and in creative economies as well as in political decision maki...

All Souls: A Family Story from Southie - Paperback

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by Michael Patrick MacDonald (Author)The anti-busing riots of 1974 forever changed Southie, Boston's working class Irish community, branding it as a violent, racist enclave. Michael Patrick MacDonald grew up in Southie's Old Colony housing project. He describes the way this world within a world felt to the troubled yet keenly gifted observer he was even as a child: "[as if] we were protected, as if the whole neighborhood was watching our backs for threats, watching for all the enemies we coul...

For Times Such as These: A Radical's Guide to the Jewish Year - Paperback

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by Ariana Katz (Author), Jessica Rosenberg (Author) A revolutionary guide to Jewish practice rooted in social justice, feminism, and queer liberation. This contemporary companion to the Jewish year cycle is not only a bellwether for radical Jews who want their lives and practice to be rooted in their political commitments but also an educational resource in Jewish tradition, holidays, and ritual. With a chapter for each month of the Hebrew calendar, For Times Such as These offers spiritual pr...

Driving the Green Book: A Road Trip Through the Living History of Black Resistance - Paperback

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by Alvin Hall (Author)Join award-winning broadcaster Alvin Hall on a journey through America's haunted racial past, with the legendary Green Book as your guide.For countless Americans, the open road has long been a place where dangers lurk. In the era of Jim Crow, Black travelers experienced locked doors, hostile police, and potentially violent encounters almost everywhere, in both the South and the North. From 1936 to 1967, millions relied on The Negro Motorist Green Book, the definitive gui...

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by Sheryl G. Ziegler (Author)The ultimate must-read handbook for the modern mother: a practical, and positive tool to help free women from the debilitating notion of being the "perfect mom," filled with funny and all too relatable true-life stories and realistic suggestions to stop the burnout cycle, and protect our kids from the damage burnout can cause.Moms, do you feel tired? Overwhelmed? Have you continually put off the things you need to do for you? Do you feel like it's all worth it bec...

The Black Butterfly: The Harmful Politics of Race and Space in America - Paperback

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by Lawrence T. Brown (Author)The best-selling look at how American cities can promote racial equity, end redlining, and reverse the damaging health- and wealth-related effects of segregation.Winner of the IPPY Book Award Current Events II by the Independent PublisherThe world gasped in April 2015 as Baltimore erupted and Black Lives Matter activists, incensed by Freddie Gray's brutal death in police custody, shut down highways and marched on city streets. In The Black Butterfly--a reference t...

Georgetown Mysteries and Legends - Paperback

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by Elizabeth Huntsinger Wolf (Author)Elizabeth Huntsinger, the author of two popular Low Country ghost-story collections, returns with a third volume of 18 stories. In this collection, she moves beyond local haints and tells about eerie events and unsolved mysteries from the area. Included are stories about a treasure buried along the Sampit River during the Civil War; the pirate Drunken Jack; Tom Yawkey and his beloved Cat Island; the mysterious fire that destroyed Kensington Park; the Pawle...

Archaeology on the Great Plains - Paperback

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by W. Raymond Wood (Editor)Stretching from the Gulf of Mexico to central Canada, North America's great interior grasslands were home to nomadic hunters and semisedentary farmers for almost 11,500 years before the arrival of Euro-American settlers. Pan-continental trade between these hunters and horticulturists helped make the lifeways of Plains Indians among the richest and most colorful of Native Americans. This volume is the first attempt to synthesize current knowledge on the cultural hist...

On Gold Hill: A Personal History of Wheat, Farming, and Family, from Punjab to California - Paperback

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by Jaclyn Moyer (Author)Author BiographyJaclyn Moyer grew up in northern California's Sierra Foothills. Her nonfiction has appeared in The Atlantic, High Country News, Salon, Guernica, Orion, Ninth Letter, and other publications. She has been a Fishtrap Fellow, a Sozopol Literary Seminars Fellow, and a finalist for the PEN/Fusion Emerging Writers Prize. She has worked as a vegetable farmer, bread baker, teacher, and native seed collector. Moyer lives with her partner and 2 young children in C...

New Worlds for All: Indians, Europeans, and the Remaking of Early America - Paperback

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by Colin G. Calloway (Author)The interactions between Indians and Europeans changed America--and both cultures.Although many Americans consider the establishment of the colonies as the birth of this country, in fact early America existed long before the arrival of the Europeans. From coast to coast, Native Americans had created enduring cultures, and the subsequent European invasion remade much of the land and society. In New Worlds for All, Colin G. Calloway explores the unique and vibrant n...

A Guide to Midwestern Conversation - Hardcover

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by Taylor Kay Phillips (Author)Learn (and love) the language of the landlocked in this bitingly funny illustrated guide to the common phrases and sentiments of the American Heartland, from the author of the McSweeney's series "A Guide to Midwestern Conversation." If you end an evening by slapping your thighs and saying, "Welp, I'll go ahead and get outta your hair," then you don't need this guide, but you sure as heck might like it. Full of common Midwestern phrases (and what they really mean...

Building Up a New World: Congregational Organizing for Transformative Impact - Paperback

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by Anne Dunlap (Editor), Vahisha Hasan (Editor)The church is an organizing body. No matter how big or small the membership roll, no matter a rural or urban setting, churches organize people. So what might happen if churches organized (more) effectively for community impact, for policy reform, for justice?Building Up a New World explores possible--and practical--answer to this critical question from culturally diverse perspectives. Written by community organizers, ministers, healers, and resis...

This Is Rome: A Children's Classic - Hardcover

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by Miroslav Sasek (Author)Like the other Sasek classics, this is a facsimile edition of the original book. The brilliant, vibrant illustrations have been meticulously preserved, remaining true to his vision more than 40 years later. Facts have been updated for the 21st-century, appearing on a "This is . . . Today" page at the back of the book. These charming illustrations, coupled with Sasek's witty, playful narrative, make for a perfect souvenir that will delight both children and their pare...

Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison - Paperback

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by Michel Foucault (Author)A brilliant work from the most influential philosopher since Sartre. In this indispensable work, a brilliant thinker suggests that such vaunted reforms as the abolition of torture and the emergence of the modern penitentiary have merely shifted the focus of punishment from the prisoner's body to his soul.Author BiographyMichel Foucault was born in Poitiers, France, in 1926. He lecturerd in universities throughout the world; served as director at the Institut Francai...

Dungeons & Dragons Art & Arcana: A Visual History - Hardcover

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by Michael Witwer (Author), Kyle Newman (Author), Jon Peterson (Author)An illustrated guide to the history and evolution of the beloved role-playing game told through the paintings, sketches, illustrations, and visual ephemera behind its creation, growth, and continued popularity. FINALIST FOR THE HUGO AWARD - FINALIST FOR THE LOCUS AWARD - NOMINATED FOR THE DIANA JONES AWARD From one of the most iconic game brands in the world, this official DUNGEONS & DRAGONS illustrated history provide...

The Heroine's Journey: Woman's Quest for Wholeness - Paperback

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by Christine Downing (Foreword by), Maureen Murdock (Author)The Heroine's Journey describes contemporary woman's search for wholeness in a society where she has been defined according to masculine values. Drawing on cultural myths and fairy tales, ancient symbols and goddesses, and the dreams of contemporary women, Murdock illustrates the need for--and the reality of--feminine values in Western culture. This special anniversary edition, with a new foreword by Christine Downing and preface by ...

Gaa-Izhi-Miinigoowizid A'Aw Anishinaabe: What We Were Given as Anishinaabe - Paperback

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by Lee Obizaan Staples (Author), Chato Ombishkebines Gonzalez (Author)A respected Ojibwe elder records the many traditions and ceremonies, from birth customs and dream catchers to fasting and first-kill feasts, practiced by Ojibwe children and their parents. The Ojibwe have many ways of marking important moments in an Ojibwe child's life. Customs surrounding pregnancy and childbirth. Handling of a baby's belly button. A child's first moccasins. What happens when a child first touches the gr...

Those Who Helped Us: Assisting Japanese Americans During the War - Paperback

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by Kiku Hughes (Illustrator), Ken Mochizuki (Author)In this blend of fiction and nonfiction, two young Japanese American sisters try to make sense of a world where their government imprisons them in World War II concentration camps while some of their friends and neighbors come to their aid. Number of Pages: 160 Dimensions: 0.6 x 10.1 x 6.5 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: November 22, 2022

What the Fact?: Finding the Truth in All the Noise - Hardcover

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by Seema Yasmin (Author)From acclaimed writer, journalist, and physician Dr. Seema Yasmin comes a "savvy, accessible, and critical" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) book about the importance of media literacy, fact-based reporting, and the ability to discern truth from lies. What is a fact? What are reliable sources? What is news? What is fake news? How can anyone make sense of it anymore? Well, we have to. As conspiracy theories and online hoaxes increasingly become a part of our national di...

Weird But True! Know-It-All Greek Mythology - Paperback

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by Sarah Wassner Flynn (Author)Classic stories from Greek mythology come to life in this latest single-subject themed book in the Weird But True spin-off series, Know-It-All. Zeus, Hades, Aphrodite, Hera, Poseidon, Hercules, Achilles, Ares, Apollo, Athena, Artemis, Dionysus, Prometheus! Fans of Rick Riordan will find this is the perfect companion book to dive a little deeper into the incredible stories from Greek mythology. Weird-but-true facts accompanied by lush original full-color art cov...

Magicians of the Gods: Updated and Expanded Edition - Sequel to the International Bestseller Fingerprints of the Gods - Paperback

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by Graham Hancock (Author)With over 5 million copies sold worldwide of Fingerprints of the Gods, its New York Times bestselling sequel Magicians of the Gods brings new evidence supporting Hancock's thesis that a global cataclysm wiped out a great global civilization. On the heels of the very successful hardcover edition, Hancock returns with this paperback version including three new chapters brimming with recent reporting of fresh scientific advances (ranging from DNA to astrophysics) that s...

Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress - Paperback

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by Steven Pinker (Author)INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2018ONE OF THE ECONOMIST'S BOOKS OF THE YEAR"My new favorite book of all time." --Bill Gates If you think the world is coming to an end, think again: people are living longer, healthier, freer, and happier lives, and while our problems are formidable, the solutions lie in the Enlightenment ideal of using reason and science. By the author of the new book, Rationality. Is the world really falling apart?...

Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst - Paperback

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by Robert M. Sapolsky (Author)The New York Times Bestseller"It's no exaggeration to say that Behave is one of the best nonfiction books I've ever read." --David P. Barash, The Wall Street Journal "It has my vote for science book of the year." --Parul Sehgal, The New York Times "Hands-down one of the best books I've read in years. I loved it." --Dina Temple-Raston, The Washington PostNamed a Best Book of the Year by The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal From the celebrated neurobiol...

Playing Big: Practical Wisdom for Women Who Want to Speak Up, Create, and Lead - Paperback

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by Tara Mohr (Author)A groundbreaking women's leadership expert and popular conference speaker gives women the practical skills to voice and implement the changes they want to see--in themselves and in the world In her coaching and programs for women, Tara Mohr saw how women were "playing small" in their lives and careers, were frustrated by it, and wanted to "play bigger." She has devised a proven way for them to achieve their dreams by playing big from the inside out. Mohr's work helping w...

Techgnosis: Myth, Magic, and Mysticism in the Age of Information - Paperback

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by Erik Davis (Author), Eugene Thacker (Foreword by)TechGnosis is a cult classic of media studies that straddles the line between academic discourse and popular culture; it appeals to both those secular and spiritual, to fans of cyberpunk and hacker literature and culture as much as new-thought adherents and spiritual seekers How does our fascination with technology intersect with the religious imagination? In TechGnosis--a cult classic now updated and reissued with a new afterword--Erik Dav...

Dancing in the Flames: The Dark Goddess in the Transformation of Consciousness - Paperback

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by Marion Woodman (Author)Dark, earthy, and immensely powerful, the Black Goddess has been a key force in world history, manifesting in images as diverse as the Indian goddess Kali and the Black Madonnas of medieval Europe. She embodies the energy of chaos and creativity, creation and destruction, death and rebirth. Images of Her, however, have been conspicuously missing in the Western world for centuries--until now, when awareness of the Goddess is re-arising in many spheres, from the women'...

The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America - Paperback

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by Thomas King (Author)In The Inconvenient Indian, Thomas King offers a deeply knowing, darkly funny, unabashedly opinionated, and utterly unconventional account of Indian-White relations in North America since initial contact. Ranging freely across the centuries and the Canada-U.S. border, King debunks fabricated stories of Indian savagery and White heroism, takes an oblique look at Indians (and cowboys) in film and popular culture, wrestles with the history of Native American resistance and...

The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature - Paperback

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by Steven Pinker (Author)A brilliant inquiry into the origins of human nature from the author of Rationality, The Better Angels of Our Nature, and Enlightenment Now. "Sweeping, erudite, sharply argued, and fun to read..also highly persuasive." --Time Finalist for the Pulitzer PrizeUpdated with a new afterwordOne of the world's leading experts on language and the mind explores the idea of human nature and its moral, emotional, and political colorings. With characteristic wit, lucidity, and i...

The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town - Paperback

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by John Grisham (Author)#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - John Grisham's first work of nonfiction: a true crime story that will terrify anyone who believes in the presumption of innocence. - LOOK FOR THE NETFLIX ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY SERIES "Both an American tragedy and [Grisham's] strongest legal thriller yet, all the more gripping because it happens to be true."--Entertainment Weekly In the town of Ada, Oklahoma, Ron Williamson was going to be the next Mickey Mantle. But on his way to the Big L...

Captivate: The Science of Succeeding with People - Hardcover

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by Vanessa Van Edwards (Author)Do you feel awkward at networking events? Do you wonder what your date really thinks of you? Do you wish you could decode people? You need to learn the science of people. As a human behavior hacker, Vanessa Van Edwards created a research lab to study the hidden forces that drive us. And she's cracked the code. In Captivate, she shares shortcuts, systems, and secrets for taking charge of your interactions at work, at home, and in any social situation. These are...