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Nimrod J. Bell worked as a conductor for several southern railroads in their formative period, from 1857 to 1894. After his career was cut short by an accident, he wrote his memoirs detailing his first glimpses of some of the earliest trains in the South and his thirty-eight years as a conductor. Published in Atlanta in 1896, his book offers a firsthand account of working conditions on the railroads, operational procedures, wartime railroading...

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Wilbur H. "Ping" Ferry (1910-1995) was a self-styled "town crank, " an influential and iconoclastic figure who seemingly knew everyone worth knowing in the mid-twentieth century. Businessman, thinker, activist, government advisor, and philanthropist, Ping's career was as varied as his pronouncements. In Victor Navasky's words, his ultimate importance was "the impossible example he set for the rest of us.

Institutional racism may be described as a self-perpetuating and opaque process where, either intentionally or unintentionally, barriers and procedures which disadvantage ethnic minority groups are supported and maintained. It is often the direct linkage and thus the underlying cause for the lack of diversity and cultural competency in the workplace. Yet institutional racism, as a research topic, has been ignored by scholars because it forces ...

From Percy Harris, and his failed attempts at escapology and hypnotism, to Jimmy Jumper's search for love, the Stubbleton and District Magic Circle boasts some of the least employable magicians you could ever hope to meet. Then, of course, there's Jeanie Potter, whose quest for the perfect card trick threatens to tear the club apart. Rodney Ramsgate is certifiably insane, while young Norman Stagg couldn't magic himself out of a paper bag. Sett...

In late 1910, three American adventurers set off on a remarkable around-the-world journey by automobile. This book follows the drivers on their extraordinary trip.

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A world renowned theologian shows Christians what faithful political discipleship looks like under the realities of our global, post-everything world.

In July 1965, an Artesian Turquoise Chevrolet Biscayne rolled off a General Motors assembly line. Little did James Ward know that this car would become a cherished member of his family, playing a role in his wedding, honeymoon, years of graduate school, birth of his daughter, and her wedding, among countless other memories. Four decades?and a lot of history?later, the author still drives this rolling historical artifact dubbed Phoebe. Using th...

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