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Ghosts of the Pee Dee (Haunted America)
A ghostly Figure hanging in a churchyard...icy fingers that run up your neck...the Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp.... From the swamps of Kershaw County to an abandonedgraveyard underneath South of the Border, the South Carolina Pee Dee is home to a rich heritage and a sometimes frightening past. In t... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2009 -
Resilience: Surviving in the Face of Everything
by Julia Serano • Casey Plett • Amy Heart Editor • Sascha Hamilton • Sophia Quartz • A. K. Blue • Oti Onum • Rahne Alexander • Tobi Hill-Meyer • Lawrence Walker • Connifer Candlewood • Serafima Mintz • Talia Johnson • Tyler Vile • Lina Corvus • Bridget Liang • Sara Oliver Wight • Erica Inchoate • Lillita Lustre • Chrysalisamidst • Ana Valens • Lilith Dawn • A. R. Rushet • Boudicca Walsh • Emily Aviva-Kapor • Luna Merbruja • Magpie Leibowitz • Kokumo • Joss Barton • Ariel Howland • Sugi Pyrrophyta Editor • Larissa Glasser EditorTake a journey through the worlds of over thirty transgender women and (C)AMAB nonbinary writers in what is currently the largest collection of poetry and prose made for and by us. Nominated for Best Transgender Fiction by Lambda Literary in 2017.... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2019 -
Nothing Without Us
"We are the heroes, not the sidekicks."Can you recommend fiction that has main characters who are like us?" This is a question we who are disabled, Deaf, neurodiverse, Spoonie, and/or who manage mental illness ask way too often. Typically, we're faced with stories about us crafted by people who real... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2019 -
The Face That Changed It All
A revelatory and redemptive memoir from Beverly Johnson, the first black supermodel to grace the cover of Vogue, and who, over five hundred magazine covers later, remains one of the most successful glamour girls ever.In The Face That Changed It All, Beverly Johnson brings her own passionate and deep... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1974 -
Harlequin Superromance August 2015 - Box Set
Harlequin® Superromance brings you four new novels for one great price, available now! Experience powerful relationships that deliver a strong emotional punch and a guaranteed happily ever after.This Superromance box set includes:YESTERDAY'S GONETwo Daughters · by Janice Kay JohnsonWhen detective Se... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2015 -
Design School Wisdom
Learn to see the world with the smarts and visual acumen of a great designer. This treasure trove of pithy aphorisms, longer-form essays, and first-person interviews compiles years of design school education into one comprehensive yet compact book. Here are lessons in life and work, learned both in ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2014 -
Feral Youth
by Suzanne Young • Justina Ireland • E. C. Myers • Brandy Colbert • Robin Talley • Tim Floreen • Marieke Nijkamp • Stephanie Kuehn • Shaun Hutchinson • Alaya JohnsonTen teens are left alone in the wilderness during a three-day survival test in this multi-authored novel edited by award-winning author Shaun David Hutchinson.At Zeppelin Bend, an outdoor-education program designed to teach troubled youth the value of hard work, cooperation, and compassion, ten teen... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2014 -
State and Politics in Religious Peacebuilding
In this book, Tale Steen-Johnsen explains how religious peacebuilders are limited by both formal and more subtle political strategies aimed at regulating civil society. Political authorities have a vested interest in keeping social and religious movements under control, which limits the opportuniti... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
The Urban Climate Challenge: Rethinking the Role of Cities in the Global Climate Regime (Cities and Global Governance)
Drawing upon a variety of empirical and theoretical perspectives, The Urban Climate Challenge provides a hands-on perspective about the political and technical challenges now facing cities and transnational urban networks in the global climate regime. Bringing together experts working in the fields ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2012 -
El Mundo Zurdo 4: Selected Works from the 2013 Meeting of the Society for the Study of Gloria Anzaldúa
by Analouise Keating • Inés Hernández-Avila • Rob Johnson • Sonia Saldívar-Hull • Larissa M. Mercado-López • Ire’ne Lara Silva • Adrianna Michelle Santos • April L. Michels • Cindy Cruz • Cristina Rose Smith • Crystal E. Serrano • Cynthia Paccacerqua • Deborah Cole • Gloria M. Rodriguez • Jody A. Briones • Magda García • Michael Lee Gardin • Natalia Deeb-Souza • Rufina Cortez • T. Jackie Cuevas • Tala Khanmalek • Trevor Boffone • Yvette G. FloresA collection of diverse essays and poetry that offer scholarly and creative responses inspired by the life and work of Gloria Anzaldúa, selected from the 2013 meeting of The Society for the Study of Gloria Anzaldúa.... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2015 -
Lost Masters: Rediscovering the Mysticism of the Ancient Greek Philosophers
Ashrams in Europe twenty-five hundred years ago? Greek philosophers studying in India? Meditation classes in ancient Rome? It sounds unbelievable, but it's historically true. Alexander the Great had an Indian guru. Pythagoras, Empedocles, and Plotinus all encouraged their students to meditate. Apoll... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2016