29 Ergebnisse - Zeige 21 von 29.

Situating Dakota language and oral tradition within the framework of decolonization, Remember This! Dakota Decolonization and the Eli Taylor Narratives makes a radical departure from other works in Indigenous history because it relies solely on Indigenous oral tradition for its primary sources and privileges Dakota language in the text. Waziyatawin Angela Wilson, both a historian and a member of the Dakota Nation, demonstrates the value of ora...

Excerpt from Fir Trees and Fireflies About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the ori...

The Status of the Geoscience Workforce 2016 report is based on original data collected by AGI as well as from federal data sources, professional membership organizations, and industry. The report integrates all of these various data sources into a comprehensive view of the human and economic parameters of the geosciences, including supply and training of new students, workforce demographics and employment projections, to trends in geosciences ...

Have A Blessed Kinda' Day... This book is filled with simple thought-provoking messages designed to encourage and edify all readers regardless of the season of life you are currently experiencing. There will be some pages you may only read one time. There will be other pages you will read over and over again because the message on those pages will bear the initials of your very soul. Those pages will give you the inner strength you need to lov...

Historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) were originally founded to provide the educational opportunities that other post-secondary schools had denied to black Americans. Today these schools face new challenges, and how they respond is shaped in large part by the men and women at the helm. Ten HBCU presidents speak out in this volume, addressing the fundamental issues confronting minority higher education. They discuss the historic...

THE SMALL SOUTHERN TOWN. The atmosphere is peaceful, quiet, friendly, and unchanged through the years. Little is required for a scandal, but past scandals are long buried and seldom referred to. THE GROUP. They are six friends who have known and loved each other since childhood. The friends, three boys and three girls, are so close they shut out everyone else. THE ROMANCE. One of the group suddenly finds herself the heroine of a fantastic Cind...

THE SMALL SOUTHERN TOWN. The atmosphere is peaceful, quiet, friendly, and unchanged through the years. Little is required for a scandal, but past scandals are long buried and seldom referred to. THE GROUP. They are six friends who have known and loved each other since childhood. The friends, three boys and three girls, are so close they shut out everyone else. THE ROMANCE. One of the group suddenly finds herself the heroine of a fantastic Cind...

A lovely young bride, Laura Wainwright settled into her husband's oppressive family mansion, but could not suppress the feeling of foreboding that both the house and Richard Wainwright's family provoked in her. Hidden by huge oaks and high hedges, the great stone house had always sheltered Richard's two strange sisters and his mysterious widowed brother. Feeling like an intruder, Laura found that her growing disquiet had now become a desperate...

This is the first catalogue raisonne to be published on the distinguished collection of late medieval and Renaissance Italian paintings held in the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. These include significant bequests from New York collector Percy Straus, Samuel H. Kress and others. The collection comprises works from major artistic centers, exemplifying major stylistic developments and characteristic genres. Included are works by Fra Angelico, Gio...