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The Wisdom of W.E.B. Du Bois
By Aberjhani. 2003
The men and women who shaped our world—in their own words. The Wisdom Library invites you on a journey through…
the lives and works of the world’s greatest thinkers and leaders. Compiled by scholars, this series presents excerpts from the most important and revealing writings of the most remarkable minds of all time. THE WISDOM OF W.E.B. DU BOIS “Throughout history, the powers of single blacks flash here and there like falling stars, and die sometimes before the world has rightly gauged their brightness.” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., wrote of W.E.B. Du Bois, “History cannot ignore [him] because history has to reflect truth, and Dr. Du Bois was a tireless explorer and a gifted discoverer of social truths. His singular greatness lay in his quest for truth about his own people.” Du Bois was the first African-American to receive a Ph.D. from Harvard (1896). A brilliant writer and speaker, he was the outstanding African-American intellectual of his time. His lifelong active struggle for racial equality and civil rights resulted in the founding of both the Niagara Movement and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). As editor of the NAACP’s magazine, The Crisis, Du Bois presented the literary genius of many of the Harlem Renaissance’s most compelling voices; and his own works—the sociological study The Philadelphia Negro and his famous 1903 treatise, The Souls of Black Folk—eloquently delineated the African-American struggle for identity in America. During his lifetime, Du Bois was a powerful force in academia, literature, civil rights, and the peace movement. Using excerpts from his many books as well as from articles, essays, poems, letters, and speeches, The Wisdom of W.E.B. Du Bois provides a telling portrait of the man and his groundbreaking ideas. It is a tribute to a voice that would not be silenced and to a pioneer who, in his passion for justice movingly declared, “the cost of liberty is less than the price of repression.”The Bride's Guide to Glow: Everything you need for beautiful skin on your big day
By Tarren Brooks. 2020
The Bride's Guide to Glow is the go-to skincare guide for any bride-to-be.Written by a licensed esthetician, this book features…
simple practices that cover all the how-tos for that wedding day glow.With elegant illustrations and actionable techniques, this holistic approach to healthy, nourished skin will be cherished by any soon-to-be newlywed.• Includes night and day routines• Filled with ideas for at-home treatments• Features tips for last-minute breakouts and day-of skin emergenciesFeaturing ideas for what to do a year before the wedding up until the day before, this handy book has it all for the bride-to-be.• The key to wedding day radiance and enhancing natural beauty• Focuses on a steady routine, natural skincare, and healthy lifestyle choices• A perfect purchase for bridal showers, the newly engaged bride-to-be, and skincare junkies• You'll love this book if you love books like Buff Brides: The Complete Guide to Getting in Shape and Looking Great for Your Wedding Day by Sue Fleming; Bridal Bootcamp by Cynthia Conde; and Radiant Bride: The Beauty, Diet, Fitness, and Fashion Plan for Your Big Day by Alexis Wolfer.Dr. Isadore Rosenfeld's 2005 Breakthrough Health: Up-To-The-Minute Medical News You Need to Know
By Isadore Rosenfeld. 2005
Bestselling author and America's most trusted doctor provides quick, clear, concise advice about the latest medical discoveries, treatments, and cures.…
Dr. Rosenfeld's superb annual guide to medical breakthroughs is sought after by his legions of admirers as the one source they can trust for the most accurate health information. Dr. Rosenfeld once again combines his trademark humor with an enormous depth of knowledge to translate the latest medical news into information you can use, including: • The common kitchen spice that lowers blood sugar levels in diabetics • The one bottle in your medicine cabinet that you must throw away—and what you should replace it with • Surprising uses for Botox: it can do more for your health than erase wrinkles • The latest advances in vitamins, supplements, prescriptions, over-the-counter medications, herbs, and vaccines This edition covers such diverse topics as arthritis, heart disease, nosebleeds, and weight loss. Dr. Rosenfeld separates hype from hope and imparts the same bottom-line advice to readers that he gives his own patients.501 Italian Verbs (Barron's 501 Verbs)
By Marcel Danesi, John Colaneri, Vincent Luciani. 2020
The original and most trusted verb book in the market with over 50 years of proven excellence! Barron&’s 501 Italian…
Verbs provides students, travelers, and adult learners with fingertip access to the 501 most common and useful Italian verbs in all 15 tenses and moods. Fluency in Italian begins with a knowledge of correct verb formation and usage. Having a quick reference guide such as this classic book is an absolute essential for those learning the language or those who just need a quick refresher. The authors provide clear, easy-to-follow instruction along with synonyms, antonyms and idiomatic expressions. Each verb is listed alphabetically in chart form—one verb per page along with its English translation.Highlights of this brand new edition include:One verb per page conjugated in all tenses and moodsSynonyms, antonyms and idiomatic phrases for each verbThe 55 most essential Italian verbs highlighted and used in contextA pull-out reference card featuring the most essential verbsAn extensive index including many more regular verbs conjugated like the book's 501 model verbsPassive and active voice formationsEven more entries in the English-Italian verb index covering impersonal verbs, weather expressions, and moreOnline practice and exercises to reinforce verb conjugations and usageAudio program to model native speaker rhythms and intonationNew pronoun chart on the inside front cover501 French Verbs (Barron's 501 Verbs)
By Christopher Kendris, Theodore Kendris. 2020
Learning the French language is easy with help from the 501 Verb Series ! Optimized for use on the Kindle,…
this book presents the most important and commonly used verbs from the French language. The verbs are arranged alphabetically with English translations in chart form, one verb per page, and conjugated in all persons and tenses, both active and passive. In addition, this comprehensive guide to French verb usage offers a wealth of reference material and language tips, including a bilingual list of more than 1,250 additional verbs, helpful expressions and idioms for travelers, and verb drills and short tests with all questions answered and explained.Rooted in the printed sources of the period, this book reconstructs the attitudes of a pioneer generation of young women…
to the conflicts brought about by their new experience of employment outside their homes, and to changes in work and family relationships. In the 1890s and after the still prevalent Victorian conception of respectable womanhood excluded wage-earning women. Yet working-class women themselves did not acquiesce in this judgement, and Eisenstein’s exploration of Victorian ideas about women and work – using the contemporary middle-class literature of advice and prescription to this new workforce – makes a historical study which is a classic of its kind. The book was originally published in 1983.Cultural Analysis: The Work of Peter L. Berger, Mary Douglas, Michel Foucault, and Jürgen Habermas (Routledge Library Editions: Michel Foucault)
By Robert Wuthnow, James Davison Hunter, Albert J. Bergesen, Edith Kurzweil. 1984
First published in 1984, Cultural Analysis is a systematic examination of the theories of culture contained in the writings of…
four contemporary social theorists: Peter L. Berger, Mary Douglas, Michel Foucault, and Jürgen Habermas. This study of their work clarifies their contributions to the analysis of culture and shows the converging assumptions that the authors believe are laying the foundation for a new approach to the study of culture. The focus is specifically on culture, a concept that remains subject to ambiguities of treatment, and concentrates on questions concerning the definition and content of culture, its construction, its relations with social conditions, and the manner in which it may be changing. The books demonstrates how these writers have made strides towards defining culture as an objective element of social interaction which can be subjected to critical investigation.Women Workers in the First World War (Routledge Library Editions: Women's History)
By Gail Braybon. 1981
Commentators writing soon after the outbreak of the First World War about the classic problems of women’s employment (low pay,…
lack of career structure, exclusion from "men’s jobs") frequently went on to say that the war had "changed all this", and that women’s position would never be the same again. This book looks at how and why women were employed, and in what ways society’s attitudes towards women workers did or did not change during the war. Contrary to the mythology of the war, which portrayed women as popular workers, rewarded with the vote for their splendid work, the author shows that most employers were extremely reluctant to take on women workers, and remained cynical about their performance. The book considers attitudes towards women’s work as held throughout society. It examines the prejudices of government, trade unions and employers, and considers society’s views about the kinds of work women should be doing, and their "wider role" as the "mothers of the race". First published in 1981, this is an important book for anyone interested in women’s history, or the social history of the twentieth century. Companion volumes, Women Workers in the Second World War by Penny Summerfield, and Out of the Cage: Women's Experiences in Two World Wars by Gail Braybon and Penny Summerfield, are also published by Routledge.Quotations for the Fast Lane
By Richard W. Pound. 2013
Richard Pound has spent half a lifetime identifying, collecting, and organizing thousands of quotations. Quotations for the Fast Lane is…
the result of that effort, selected by someone with an impressive range of local, national, and international experience, and arranged alphabetically by theme to be easily accessible for all readers and all occasions. Words from personalities ranging from William Blake to Warren Buffett on all topics imaginable, serve to elevate and inspire. The great majority of the quotations in this book are pithy, often humorous and sardonic, but always containing an interesting perspective on life, conduct, and achievement. Quotations for the Fast Lane: "I have great faith in fools - my friends call it self-confidence." Edgar Allan Poe "It is better to be approximately right than precisely wrong." Warren Buffett "The last refuge of the insomniac is a sense of superiority to the sleeping world." Leonard CohenHistory in the Age of Abundance?: How the Web Is Transforming Historical Research
By Ian Milligan. 2019
Bizarre Bluegrass: Strange but True Kentucky Tales
By Keven McQueen. 2020
From ghost towns to circus performers to mass hysteria, the Bluegrass State is no stranger to the strange. Read stories…
of famed President Abraham Lincoln you've never heard before. Find possible solutions to the mystery of Pearl Bryan's missing head and decipher the outrageous hoaxes involving an unsolvable puzzle and monkeys trained to perform farm work. Learn about the time when the author wrote to Charles Manson as a joke and Manson wrote back--four times. Join author Keven McQueen as he recounts some of the weirder vignettes from Kentucky lore.Strategies for Successful Writing: A Rhetoric, Research Guide, Reader, and Handbook (Tenth Edition)
By James A. Reinking, Robert von der Osten. 2014
Strategies for Successful Writing keeps instruction brief and to-the-point so that students spend less time reading about writing and more…
time writing. Instruction delivered through extensive examples helps students see what different strategies look like when applied in real texts.The Longman Writer: Rhetoric, Reader, Research Guide, and Handbook (7th edition)
By John Langan, Judith Nadell, Eliza A. Comodromos. 2009
Clear, step-by-step writing instruction, ample annotated student essays, and extensive practice opportunities for writing have made The Longman Writer one…
of the most successful methods-of-development guides for college writing. Created by the authors of the best-selling Longman Reader, the text draws on decades of teaching experience to integrate the best of the "product" and "process" approaches to writing. Its particular strengths include an emphasis on the reading-writing connection, a focus on invention and revision, attention to the fact that patterns blend in actual writing, and an abundance of class-tested activities and assignments--more than 350 in all.The Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln (Wisdom Ser.)
By Kees De Mooy. 2004
The men and women who shaped our world—in their own words. The Wisdom Library invites you on a journey through…
the lives and works of the world’s greatest thinkers and leaders. Compiled by scholars, this series presents excerpts from the most important and revealing writings of the most remarkable minds of all time. THE WISDOM OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” —Abraham Lincoln Politician. Statesman. Civil rights leader. Literary craftsman. For a century and a half, the life—and words—of 16th president, Abraham Lincoln, have been praised as a shining example of American leadership. But Lincoln’s path to greatness was a humble one. The son of a frontier farmer, Lincoln was largely self-educated. When he took the national stage as a politician, his simple, straightforward prose was revolutionary for its time—resonating with men and women from all walks of life. In fact, with his “jogtrot prose, compacted of words and phrases still with the bark on,” Lincoln almost single-handedly changed the way the English language is spoken in America. And while he will always be remembered as the man dedicated to restoring a shattered Union, and—with the Thirteenth Amendment—freeing slaves, Lincoln was also one of the greatest communicators this country has ever seen. Now, in this one essential volume, excerpts have been collected from all of Lincoln’s finest documents, letters, and, of course, speeches like his famous Gettysburg Address. The Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln pays tribute to the president and patriot who, through both his words and deeds, changed the course of history.The words of 100 prominent TED Conference speakers will help you achieve your personal and professional goals. In 2006, TED…
Talks became accessible online, and have since been viewed more than a billion times by people across the world. Great TED Talks: Leadership highlights the words of 100 TED Conference speakers and discusses how their ideas can be applied to your own life. Whether you’re a leader of a business group or the organizer of a small social club, the advice in this book will help you visualize and achieve your goals. Included in each section are URLs directing readers to the TED website so they can watch the original videos in their entirety.Insights and advice on the creative process from 100 prominent TED Conference speakers. Online TED Talks have provided inspiration to…
a worldwide audience since 2006, focusing not only on subjects of technology, entertainment, and design but also on cultural, social, and political issues. Great TED Talks: Creativity gathers the ideas presented by 100 speakers and condenses them into a nutshell of practical advice for boosting your own creativity. Also included are URLs directing readers to the TED website so they can watch the original videos in their entirety.Become more innovative by applying the ideas of 100 prominent TED Conference speakers to your own life.Great TED Talks: Innovation…
features words of wisdom from 100 speakers and condenses their ideas into accessible advice for becoming more innovative in how you approach and organize your life. Since 2006, online TED Talks have provided inspiration to a worldwide audience. Besides subjects like technology, entertainment, and design, TED Talks also focus on cultural, social, and political issues. Included in each section are URLs directing readers to the TED website so they can watch the original videos in their entirety.They Say / I Say: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing
By Gerald Graff, Cathy Birkenstein. 2006
"They Say / I Say" shows that writing well means mastering some key rhetorical moves, the most important of which…
involves summarizing what others have said ("they say") to set up one's own argument ("I say"). In addition to explaining the basic moves, this book provides writing templates that show students explicitly how to make these moves in their own writing.An imaginative, thought-provoking gift book to awaken your senses and attune them to the things that matter in your life.Welcome…
to the era of white noise. Our lives are in constant tether to phones, to email, and to social media. In this age of distraction, the ability to experience and be present is often lost: to think and to see and to listen.Enter Rob Walker's The Art of Noticing. This gorgeously illustrated volume will spark your creativity--and most importantly, help you see the world anew. Through a series of simple and playful exercises--131 of them--Walker maps ways for you to become a clearer thinker, a better listener, a more creative workplace colleague and finally, to rediscover your sense of passion and to notice what really matters to you.Blake and Tradition (Routledge Library Editions Ser.)
By Kathleen Raine. 1968
Blake and Tradition is an investigation of the sources of Blake's knowledge of the Neoplatonic and Hermetic tradition and allied…
currents of thought. The volumes contain what was then new information on Blake's vast fund of exact knowledge in these fields, and Kathleen Raine interprets his works in the light of the ideas that originally inspired and informed them.The core of this important work of scholarship formed the A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts in 1962 at the National Gallery of Art in Washington. The expanded, two-volume work was originally published by Routledge & Kegan Paul in 1969.