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Charles Darwin's The Origin of Species is probably the best-known, least-read book. One of the most important achievements of the past millennium, it did for biology what Galileo did for astronomy: made it into a single science rather than a collection of unrelated facts. Important though Origin remains, its examples and intricate Victorian prose are now a century and a half old. They are ripe for renewal and reaffirmation. Writing as "Darwin'...

/Loyal Jones and Billy Edd Wheeler The more than 450 jokes included here are, like the best of Appalachian humor, dry, colorful and earthy, sometimes aimedat the mountaineer's own foibles, but often at t

Accessible and affordable illustrated biography about English fascist leader

The first book solely devoted to the subject of black fraternity hazing.

In a 1987 article, Southern Magazine called Madison Jones's A Cry of Absence "the last pure tragedy written by a Southerner." Set in 1957 in a small Tennessee town just awakening to shifting racial and social attitudes, the novel concerns the inevitability of change and the consequences for those who resist it. Hester Cameron Glenn, a proud, well-bred southern aristocrat, is the self-appointed guardian of her family's and her community's her...

The complex truth about the color line -- its destructive effects, painful legacy, clandestine crossings, possible erasure -- is revealed more often in private than in public and has sometimes been visited more easily by novelists than historians. In this tradition, Crossing the Color Line, a powerful collection of nineteen contemporary stories, speaks the unspoken, explores the hidden, and voices both fear and hope about relationships between...

Jack Trice was working to earn a degree and go south to help fellow African Americans when tragedy struck.

Mark Perdue and Roger Hoberman have nothing in common-except the joy of adjoining yards. Mark is a whiz-kid physicist who knows that his "genius" stature and his endowed chair at Berkeley are bits of dumb luck, Roger is the owner of a pizza franchise whose luck has turned dumb-in financial and marital distress, he has been denied child visitation rights but not babysitting obligations. Now luck, in the form of an adverse claim on their propert...

New International Business English Updated edition is an upper intermediate (B2) level course for learners who need to use English in their day-to-day work.

Two of the six legendary crowns may have been found, but Trundle's quest is far from over. With bloodthirsty pirates right on their heels, the mild-mannered lamplighter and his friends—courageous Princess Esmeralda and Jack the bard—journey onward to the island of Swallowhaven. The citizens of Swallowhaven live in the lap of luxury, with many riches but little experience battling pirates. And before he can say "cabbages, " Trundle and his crew...

Got the other twelve witches all chasing me. I'll be back for her when I've shook them off. It may take years. Her name is Earwig.Earwig has been at the orphanage ever since she was a baby. That's just how she likes it. She has her best friend, Custard, and everyone always does exactly what Earwig wants. She never wants to leave, so she makes sure no one ever picks her.Then a very strange couple comes to the orphanage. They try to make themsel...

Die wahre Geschichte über die Schwarze Salbe, die Kräutersalbe, die Hautkrebs diagnostiziert, entfernt und heilt.Herzzerreißend geschildert, mit knallharten Fakten und intensiv gelebten Gefühlen in einem Buch zusammengefasst. Der Versuch von Rineke van den Berg, Patienten mit Hautkrebs unter Anwendung der Schwarze Salbe von den elenden, schmerzhaften, trübseligen und vor allem zu kostspieligen, regulären Behandlungsmethoden, zu erlösen läuft a...

What are angels? Where were they first encountered? Can we distinguish angels from gods, fairies, ghosts, and aliens? And why do they remain so popular? This Very Short Introduction investigates stories and speculations about angels in religions old and new, in art, literature, film, and the popular imagination.

Let's Talk Second Edition is a fully revised edition of Let's Talk, the successful three-level speaking and listening course that takes students from a high-beginning to a high-intermediate level.

New edition of the classic work by Daniel Jones includes up-to-date entries and new study pages.

New edition of the classic work by Daniel Jones includes up-to-date entries and new study pages.

Michael Jacksons Thriller, den Charity- Hit We Are the World, die Soul- Legende Ray Charles, die Kultserie Der Prinz von Bel-Air - jeder kennt sie. Doch kaum einer weiß, wer hinter den Kulissen der großen Stars die Fäden zieht. Wie kein Zweiter prägte Quincy Jones die Musik-, Film- und TV-Welt. Und ein Ende seiner erfolgreichen Laufbahn ist nicht abzusehen - dabei ist der Vollblutmusiker und produzent im März 2011 schon stattliche 78 Jahre alt...

Der Umgang mit den indigenen Völkern Nordamerikas, die Unterstützung diktatorischer Regimes in Afrika oder die Rolle der Westmächte im Balkankreg 1999: Oft genug hat sich "der Westen" an Taten beteiligt, die mit seinem gesellschaftlichen Werten nicht vereinbarsind. Das vorliegende Buch beleuchtet diesen wichtigen und unzureichend erforschten Aspekt der Geschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts und untersucht die Beteiligung der Vereinigten Staaten und a...

A poignant and provactive novel of truth, race, and religions.

Brilliant new stand-alone novel with original and pacy plot, lashings of humour and strong characters, from the author of "The Thornthwaite Inheritance. Ages: 9+