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An unfiltered exploration of United States history, from Jamestown to the War on Terrorism, a tracing of morality and mortality, presumption and prejudice and the shifting shapes of the American landscape.

Over the years, I have written a lot of songs, rhymes and poems that refer directly to the complexities of love and relationships. I found myself speaking on the topic fairly often in interviews and discussion in regards to my music. More often, fans comment on how the things I've written and recorded were so relative to their own situation. This has always been a very important connection and a large part of why I continue to do music. ...

Please join me as I share with you the often humorous but so profound and enlightening Pearls From My Tante.

In April 1864, the Union garrison at Fort Pillow was composed of almost 600 troops, about half of them black. The Confederacy, incensed by what it saw as a crime against nature, sent its fiercest cavalry commander, Nathan Bedford Forrest, to attack the fort with about 1, 500 men. The Confederates overran the fort and drove the Federals into a deadly crossfire. Only sixty-two of the colored Union troops survived the fight unwounded. Many accuse...

Set in the turbulent Middle East, The Third Temple is a suspenseful chronicle of the lives of an aviation family, seen through the eyes of several generations and spanning decades. The novel begins in future Israel, on the verge of collapse, with a Canadian journalist searching for his missing daughter. The reader is then taken back in time to 1940s Israel, when an ex-RAF pilot Jack Hamilton, begins flying for the fledgling Israeli Air Force. ...

About the Book Khennaleem brings havoc to her own realm by creating the Infiniteers.

An objective treatment of the most important but often neglected or glossed over national issues of relevance to the stability and progress of the nation state of Nigeria

Included are classics of short-form fiction such as `A Bear Hunt', `A Rose for Emily', `Two Soldiers' and `The Brooch'. Faulkner's ability to compress his epic vision into narratives of such grace and tragic intensity defines him as one of the finest and most original writers America has ever produced.

The first publication of its kind, Body Beats is an exciting and comprehensive approach to the popular art of contemporary body drumming. Author Bob Stoloff gets right to the heart of fundamental body drumming techniques using his unique Tap-Slap-N-Thump method. This book is easy to learn and has everything you need to know from basic hand patterns to specific jazz, pop, funk and Latin drum beats. If you love rhythm this is the book for you!

Inspired by the music of Wayne Shorter, Chick Corea, The Yellowjackets and others, this text is a clear, concise study of contemporary harmonic progressions that are created and derived from the melody rather than from the key.

Canadian sport is the brunt of many jokes, but Canucks take the jabs in stride and still find the humour in what's laughable from the ice to the water to the field and the court: * The head coach of the Toronto Raptors asked one of his forwards, ''Is your bad play due to ignorance or apathy?'' The player replied, ''I don't know and I don't care!'' * Q: Why did the Toronto Argonauts quarterback never have a phone installed in his home? A: Becau...

Surrounded by the historic remnants of the Gold Rush, with a tiny population and a huge landmass comprising a variety of subregions and topographies, the south-central region of the British Columbia interior's trails have always been famous for great hiking. In this completely revised, updated and full-colour edition of Trails of the Southern Cariboo, residents and tourists alike will learn about and experience both traditional hiking and cros...

Even if you?ve never picked up a brush, you will be amazed at how easy it is to complete your first project. This book walks you through such essential topics as materials, value, color and composition. There are also helpful demonstrations on proper brush technique and planning a painting. This new edition includes a bonus DVD to review basic techniques in action!

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Climate change is acknowledged to be the major problem currently facing the human race, and the need to reduce our carbon footprint becomes ever more urgent as the scientific predictions of the effects of climate change become increasingly dire. Whether we are fully aware of the social and political consequences of striving for a significant reduction is more questionable. The Carbon Footprint Wars identifies the many dangers inherent in the p...

The Literary Cold War" concentrates on authors who straddle the line between aesthetic project and political allegory, paying particular attention to the work of Vladimir Nabokov and Graham Greene. A paranoid plotline informs these and other Anglo-American texts, from Storm Jameson and John Dos Passos to Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes, and they commonly trade in the figure of the non-aligned neutral observer who finds himself caught up in sacrifi...