First published anonymously in 1912, this resolutely unsentimental novel gave many white readers their first glimpse of the double standard -- and double consciousness -- that ruled the lives of black people in modern America. Republished in 1927, at the height of the Harlem Renaissance, with an int[...]
You can activate your 'skinny gene' with "The Alternate-Day Diet", by James B Johnson. Surviving on rabbit food every day is miserable, let alone in the dark, cold depths of January which is why "The Alternative-Day Diet" is perfect ...may sound too good to be true but it really does work". ("Elle M[...]
The number and complexity of health promotion programs continues to grow as professionals, the public, and policymakers embrace prevention and health education as essential elements of the nation's well being. Additionally, the scope of health promotion programs is increasing as globalization and sh[...]
Explaining the theory and underlying math, this book introduces the basics of fluid power. It describes the differences and similarities between hydraulics and pneumatics, and outlines the construction and function of components of each system. Color illustrations, photographs, and schematics are us[...]
Moving, Personal Accounts of God's Love from 12 Noted Leaders
The Church is known for many things. Love is not usually one of them.
Is it possible to show a hungry world the kind of love the Bible promises? Here are candid stories from twelve respected leaders in the renewal today, promising[...]
Presents a personal perspective on the American light-skinned Negro's experience in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries[...]
"Treat Your Own Knees shows how to reduce or end knee pain by improving knee function. In easy-to-grasp language, author Jim Johnson covers the physiology of the knee and the kinds of pain that affect it, along with the psychological aspects. He offers a series of straightforward exercises based on [...]
Uses three themes to show how the United States was transformed from hunter-gatherer and agricultural Native American societies into the powerful industrial nation on earth. This title includes approach that helps students understand the impact of the notions of liberty and equality, which are often[...]
Uses three themes to show how the United States was transformed from hunter-gatherer and agricultural Native American societies into the powerful industrial nation on earth. This title includes an approach that helps students understand the impact of the notions of liberty and equality, which are of[...]
Uses three themes to show how the United States was transformed from hunter-gatherer and agricultural Native American societies into the powerful industrial nation on earth. This title includes an approach that helps students understand the impact of the notions of liberty and equality, which are of[...]
R. G. Collingwood is an important 20th-century historian, archaeologist and philosopher whose works are the subject of continued interest, analysis and study. There is an unquestionable need to support this research activity with the provision of a reference guide which is fully up-to-date, informed[...]
What would today's technology look like with Victorian-era design and materials? That's the world steampunk envisions: a mad-inventor collection of 21st century-inspired contraptions powered by steam and driven by gears. In this book, futurist Brian David Johnson and cultural historian James Carrott[...]