This one-volume reference work examines a broad range of topics related to the establishment, maintenance, and eventual dismantling of the discriminatory system known as Jim Crow. * Provides a one-stop source of information for students researching the period of American history dominated by the dis[...]

This groundbreaking book collects black women's personal recollections of their public and private lives during the period of legal segregation in the American South. Using first-person narratives, collected through oral history interviews, the book emphasizes women's role in their families and comm[...]

"Among the most indelible American novelists of the last hundred years...[Harrison] remains at the height of his powers."-Dwight Garner, The New York Times on The River Swimmer New York Times best-selling author Jim Harrison is one of America's most beloved writers, and of all his creations, Brown [...]

Brown ale is the chameleon of all beers. Its ever-evolving identity lends to its elusive reputation. Ray Daniels and Jim Parker harness the mystery of this beer style and divulge some of its secrets. They also reveal how Samuel Smith's and Scottish and Newcastle breweries craft their world-renown al[...]

Stretching is an essential preamble for sports and activities of all kinds. Here sports and fitness expert Jim Brown details 100 stretches to help any athlete at any level in any sport. Stretching can improve flexibility, enhance performance, prevent injuries and much more -- if done right. From sel[...]

In a volatile world, America's worst nightmares canbecome real--anywhere, anytime, and with no warning.But there is one potent defense: a top-secret military facility in the Nevada desert where the high-tech future of warfare is being conceived and constructed. Masters of astonishing military techno[...]

The mission is classified . . . and illegalIn the blistering heat of the Sudan, the CIA has gone rogue.On the trail of a notorious terrorist, Agency operatives have overstepped their sanctioned boundaries. And now theultimate weapon has fallen into the wrong hands. As Danny Freah and his spec-ops te[...]

To fight the war on terror, America's warriors need new weapons. And here is where the future will be won.In the Nevada desert, the high-tech future of warfare is being conceived and constructed at a top-secret military facility called Dreamland.As extremist Islamic pirates, armed and supported by a[...]

In a volatile world, America's worst nightmares canbecome real--anywhere, anytime, and with no warning.But there is one potent defense: a top-secret military facility in the Nevada desert where the high-tech future of warfare is being conceived and constructed. Masters of astonishing military techno[...]

"Like nature, only better. Nature with all the awkward bits smoothed out. And then picturesque, like a landscape painting," states Jim Lewis' protagonist, defining an English garden in Cecily Brown's newest book of paintings. An imaginative pas de deux, The English Garden sees British painter Brown [...]