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Joseph Gomez, an A.M.E. minister who rose through the ministerial ranks to be ordained a bishop in 1948, was also a teacher, civil rights pioneer, scholar, writer, and humanitarian. Gomez's daughter draws on his letters, journals, and church records for this biography and a history of the age in which he lived.

The superbly illustrated autobiography of a Pacific Northwest hiking, climbing, and skiing icon.

From Michael Cunningham, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "The Hours, " comes this widely praised novel of two boyhood friends: Jonathan, lonely, introspective, and unsure of himself, and Bobby, hip, dark, and inarticulate. In New York after college, Bobby moves in with Jonathan and his roommate, Clare, a veteran of the city's erotic wars. Bobby and Clare fall in love, scuttling the plans of Jonathan, who is gay, to father Clare's child. T...

In Horsing Around, Clayton, Davis, and Collins draw upon the vast number of anecdotes portraying the lighter side of working on the range.

Features more than 300 authentic Chinese recipes, ranging from simple preparations to cure specific ailments to traditional "longevity banquets". The authors explain the underlying theories behind traditional Chinese beliefs about health and reconcile these ancient beliefs with Western medical knowledge about bacteria, viruses, and other causes of disease. Includes a complete fitness program on the popular Chinese qi gong exercises. 14 b&w, ph...

Follows the discover/inquiry approach recommended by the National Science Teacher's Association the over 100 activities in each volume at grade level encourage students to analyze, synthesize, and infer based on their own hands-on experiences.

A delightful pictorial history of hats from the Middle Ages to the straw boaters of the 1920s with an introduction in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, and Dutch.

Emmerich, a bronzeworker on the town's new cathedral and Monika, a young widow are befriended by a small band of believers. Will they overcome the mistakes of their past and find lasting happiness and true love?

From the spruce forests of Tennessee and the leafy gorges of Virginia to the rolling Pennsylvania hills and the rocky heights of New England, the Appalachian Trail offers 2, 200 miles of hiking opportunities. The five books in this series present accurate, detailed information for 170 day hikes (and a few overnighters), all recommended by AT experts. Where to start and finish, water sources and shelters, early exit options, and what to expect ...

The most versatile and highly respected academic leader in the United States, Father Theodore Hesburgh was known for his rare energy and ability to carry out a staggering variety of assignments with distinction. He combined an exceptional blend and balance of qualities -- intellect, character, personality, spirituality, and management skill. A man of enormous good will, he tried to embody the compassion of Christ.During his career as president...

Everything you need to know about Golden Retrievers is here, from buying one to grooming, training, understanding the breed standard, breeding and health concerns.

How were male and female deities understood in ancient Canaan and Israel? How was the Yahweh cult affected by religious and political features of Egypt, Assyria, and Canaan? Justifying the use of symbols and visual remains to investigate ancient religion, the authors reconstruct the emergence and development of the Yahweh cult in relation to its immediate neighbors and competitors.

The comic strips of Colin B. Morton and Chuck Death deliver an irreverent, heartfelt, and devastatingly funny history of rock and roll. Like Monty Python at its best, their version is surreal and ridiculous - yet somehow everything in it rings true. According to Morton and Death, the bass player in Led Zeppelin was Jean-Paul Sartre. And despite having been able to think up brilliant titles for their first three albums, Led Zeppelin were stuck ...

By writing "Uncle Tom's Cabin", Harriet Beecher Stowe hastened the Civil War and changed the course of American history. In telling the life story of Harriet Beecher Stowe, "Fritz explores not only a life, but also a family, an era, and vitally important social achievements" ("School Library Journal", starred review).

A collection of essays about prominent African-American Benjamin E. Mays, a clergyperson, educator, ecumenist, counselor, civil rights activist, and author. As president of Atlanta's Morehouse College in 1948, Mays introduced Martin Luther King, Jr., to Gandhi's philosophy of nonviolence, and delivered the eulogy at King's funeral in 1968.

This new volume is a collection of essays and poems on George Garrett's best-selling trilogy of Elizabethan England: "Death of the Fox, The Succession, " and "Entered from the Sun." Contributors of the essays include Richard Betts, "'To Dream of Kings': George Garrett's "The Succession", Nicholas Delbanco, "The Succession" A Novel of Elizabeth and James", Joseph Dewey, "'A Golden Age for Fanta-sticks': Imagination, Faith, and Mistery in "Enter...

This series is designed to bring to North American readers the once-unheard voices of writers who have achieved wide acclaim at home, but are not recognized beyond the borders of their native lands. With special emphasis on women writers, Interlink's Emerging Voices series publishes the best of the world's contemporary literature in translation or original English.

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Flashbacks and Premonitions" is populated by the entire spectrum of contemporary alternative culture: slackers, Goths, punks, hippies, and ravers. Surreal yet strangely realistic, Jon Longhi's carnival is a portrait of modern America in decline, a wasted human landscape choking on its own polluted broken dreams.

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