Consuelo (Chelo) Cordero was born in Havana, Cuba. She attended the American Dominican Academy in Havana for the first ten years of her education. Chelo arrived in the USA in 1961 and finished h...więcej »
Our Search For Meaning examines the intellectual history of western civilization as it is portrayed in literature and philosophy within the context of the ALAS Questions: What is truth? What is ...więcej »
In this fascinating chronicle of an African American family, Jewel Waller Davis and Joyce Waller Baden trace the roots of their Waller-Dungee family of Richmond, Virginia. In 1900, their tr...więcej »
Explores a little-known history of exchange between Anishinaabe and American writers, showing how literature has long been an important venue for debates over settler colonial policy and indigen...więcej »
When this work - one that contributes to both the history and anthropology fields - first appeared in 1982, it was hailed as a landmark study of the role of folklore in nation-building. It has...więcej »
Discusses the impact of inner city redevelopment programs and policies on the homeless and shows the methods used (civil protests, squatting, and legal advocacy) by the homeless to organize a ta...więcej »
The first book to address the classic anthropological theme of property through the ethnography of Amazonia, Ownership and Nurture sets new and challenging terms for anthropological deb...więcej »
We are on the verge of a major paradigm shift for investors in the U.S. stock market. Dividend-focused stock investing has been receding in popularity for more than three decades in the U.S.; once ...więcej »
Peace can be elusive. And even for the well educated or the well traveled, one can seek the concept of peace but have difficulty understanding it, much less attaining it. This raises an interesting...więcej »
Do the terms 'pagan' and 'Christian,' 'transition from paganism to Christianity' still hold as explanatory devices to apply to the political, religious and cultural transformation experienced Empir...więcej »
American popular magazines play a role in our culture similar to that of public historians, Carolyn Kitch contends. Drawing on evidence from the pages of more than sixty magazines, including New...więcej »
Have you felt depression? Have you felt like you can't trust anyone? When I started writing this book I didn't have someone to talk to about my depression and didn't have access to a therapist. Pap...więcej »
In this masterly work, Martin O'Kane shows artists at work as readers of the Bible and not simply as illustrators of biblical scenes. The painter's eye commonly sees nuances and subtleties of plot ...więcej »
A supplementary photocopiable resource for teachers, including 17 topic areas, each with three activities at different levels: elementary, intermediate and upper-intermediate. This is a rich resour...więcej »
Originally published in 1893, this classic book contains 'Pan Michael' the historical novel of Poland, the Ukraine and Turkey, and will prove to be a fascinating read. Many of the earliest books, p...więcej »
Panchatantra is perhaps the oldest collection of Indian fables still gaining strength and moving ahead. It is believed to have written around 200BC by the great Hindu Scholar Pandit Vishnu Sharma. ...więcej »