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Includes thirteen of the original sixteen presidential addresses, with some modifications, documentation, and enhancements for publication purposes. One additional paper represents a contemporaneous article the editors chose to include in lieu of the presidential address, which is no longer available.

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Features fifty-one original woodcuts drawn and cut by Master Printer Charles Jones. Twenty-six of the images are colour woodcuts of forest insects chosen to represent each letter of the alphabet and accompanied by twenty-three black and white wood engravings. The book features forest insects important for their beauty, impact on the forest environment and intricate ecology.

The poems in Working Class integrate the experiences of construction labour, Sicilian roots, family and spiritual life. These mostly free-verse poems incorporate subtle metrics, rhymes, and stanza structures to make the poems both accessible and lyrical.

A collection of heart-warming and inspiring stories drawn from everyday life. Colourful and endearing, Castle's work keeps us mindful about how important it is to remain grounded in the order of first things: love, belief, faith, and hope. These principles, so firmly rooted in his work, evoke a timelessness that is sure to delight readers while bringing them ongoing encouragement.

A collection of abstract, psychedelic narratives delivered through the actions of several creatures of the insect family, to sea-life, domesticated animals, and amphibians. The action is conveyed in a rapid fire of subliminal imagery which is interconnected and builds upon itself, crafting messages of self-destruction, voyage, divinities, unfamiliarity, and the strength to persist forward.

The prose and poetry collected here by these bright young writers capture, almost all at once, what their lives are truly about, how their lives have been challenged, and yet, most importantly, how these youth almost always manage to triumph, through the very act of writing. Interspersed throughout are valuable writing prompts other young writers can use to develop their own literacy and literary skills.

Love is a good thing - so true in The Spark and Fire of It, this classic one-act romance: two young people smitten to the point of delirium and a gruff father who will have none of it. The father sees his daughter's suitor only as a penniless lad with nothing to offer. But the young woman's mother sees her own husband in the young man, remembering a time when he, too, was an empty-handed suitor.

From a maintenance worker whose long-simmering grief pushes him to steal a wealthy client's child, to an out of work manager plotting revenge on the boss who fired him, Eric Lloyd Blix explores the fallout of American progress. The stories in Physically Alarming Men span landscape and history, from the Depression-era Midwest to a speculative Middle-East.

Patsy Hallman's collection of East Texas folk tales, vignettes, and memories is a delightful foray into times past. Readers will discover courtships determined by the washing of bread bowls, hear about Sam Houston's baptism and amorist pursuits, and find out what role Nacogdoches played in the Civil War South, among a wide range of other topics.

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For readers interested in East Texas history or for alumni of Stephen F. Austin State University, Well Done provides an exceptional pictorial profile and overview of the university, its campus, its events, and its array of characters spanning 90 years.

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The stories in Eleanor Swanson's Little Houses are full of subtle mystery and nuance - of what we tell each other, and the secrets we keep, how we connect, and fail to connect, how we love, and how we betray those we love. And how there are no answers, not anywhere, though looking for them is what keeps us alive.

This is a collection of poems about parenthood. And horror movies. It's about that other side of things, the bit with the wonder and the magic as well as the terror of trying to redefine yourself and your place in the universe with what is really a very strange and monumental change in who you are, what you do, and what you truly fear.

This is a story about four children who take a hike and the adventures they encounter - giant spiders, giant birds, pirates, monkeys, and other exciting happenings. A collaboration between Myrna and her four grandchildren, Let's Take a Hike is a fun story to share with all generations.

This is an exercise in intellectual history. The topics discussed are among the most argumentative in the study of American history. Combined with a simple-minded view of history, The First Republic and A. Lincoln will not present 'new' facts, but instead will focus on new scholarship.

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Examining the Franciscan missionary Venerable Friar Antonio Margil de Jesus, tis was book was published in a Spanish edition in March 2012 by the Franciscan Province of Saints Peter and Paul of Michoacan, Mexico. The book was reviewed and approved by the postulator of the canonisation cause for Venerable Father Antonio Margil de Jesus in Rome, and is now being translated into English.

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