Cashews from Africa's Gold Coast, butterflies from Sierra Leone, jalap root from Veracruz, shells from Jamaica—in the eighteenth century, these specimens from faraway corners of the Atlantic ...więcej »
CAREERS IN THE FASHION INDUSTRY is a glossary style guide to careers in the fashion world from industry veteran Tamiko White. This overdue reference book lists and defines jobs in fashion by sub-in...więcej »
In 1868, the state of Georgia began to make its rapidly growing population of prisoners available for hire. The resulting convict leasing system ensnared not only men but also African American wome...więcej »
Changing the Game is set at a fictional university in the mid-1990s. A debate over the role of athletics quickly expands to encompass demands that women's sports and athletes receive more re...więcej »
In August 1968, Democrats gather at their National Convention in Chicago to debate a platform for a deeply divided party. Factions are split over issues such as civil rights, infrastructure, and th...więcej »
Los Angeles incarcerates more people than any other city in the United States, which imprisons more people than any other nation on Earth. This book explains how the City of Angels became the capit...więcej »
The book includes author's personal experiences and reflections on the Cultural Revolution. The essence of the Cultural Revolution is that bypassing the resistance from bureaucrats at various level...więcej »
WHAT COMMON FACTORS CONNECT THE DEATH OF MARY SANDERS DURING A SIMPLE SURGICAL INTERVENTION, CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR DISASTER, AND THE COSTA CONCORDIA SHIPWRECK?
WAS IT A FATAL MINDSET, DEFECTIVE EQUIPM...więcej »
On September 11, 1857, a small band of Mormons led by John D. Lee massacred an emigrant train of men, women, and children heading west at Mountain Meadows, Utah. News of the Mountain Meadows Massac...więcej »
Published thesis discussing the impact of engaging with the public through the medium of crowdsourcing by three UK museums, focusing on the changing roles of curator and historian.więcej »
Culinary Specialists (CS) receive extensive training in cooking, baking, dining and living area management. Navy Culinary Specialists provide food service for admirals and senior government executi...więcej »
After the 1959 Cuban Revolution, hundreds of thousands of Cuban refugees came to Miami. With this influx, the city's health care system was overwhelmed not just by the number of patients but also b...więcej »
Dana has a zest for life - adventure, learning, creating, giving, connecting with others - that has made for a rich and interesting journey. We, her family are very grateful to have been part of t...więcej »
This book explains how to deliver and check quality COBie data during design. Readers will learn where to create ARCHICAD templates to streamline COBie production and coordinate the work of multipl...więcej »
Democracy in Crisis explores one of the world's greatest failures of democracy in Germany during the so-called Weimar Republic, 1919–33—a failure that led to the Third Reich. For...więcej »
Diabetes 101: A Patient Handbook is a publication outlining the disease process of Diabetes Mellitus. It discusses the fundamentals of disease mechanisms all the way through possible complications ...więcej »
e-Jeanne was a precursor of currently popular ?blogs,? although we called her an ?e-zine.? She was assembled early in the morning (right after my morning devotions ? in fact, I realize that many o...więcej »
Once upon a time (okay, early in 2000), I began assembling my random musings (later known as ?e-Editorials?), cutting-and-pasting articles that interested me, compiling jokes I thought were funny, ...więcej »
?Once I got started, I couldn?t stop.? The history of e-Jeanne began around 1999, really ramped up when 9/11 hit our nation, became more organized and intentional thereafter, and continued until ....więcej »
Established by the Army Air Force in 1943, the Women's Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) program opened to civilian women with a pilot's license who could afford to pay for their own transportation, t...więcej »