This incomparable anthology collects articles, interviews, fiction, and poetry from the Original Chicago Blues Annual, one of music history's most significant periodical blues publications. Founded and operated from 1989 to 1995 by African American musician and entrepreneur Lincoln T. Beauchamp Jr., OCBA gave voice to the blues community and often frankly addressed contentious issues within the blues such as race, identity, prejudice, wealth, gender, and inequity.OCBA ofte...

Fifteen years after he tormented fellow students at Catahoula Bayou School, Junior Guidry is broke, drunk, one-legged, and living in a wreck of a trailer on the edge of a snake-infested swamp. He's survived an oil-rig accident that would've killed most men but, with the help of a good lawyer, made him rich instead. But he's squandered his fortune on drink, blackjack, womanizing, and brawling, leaving a wake of wrecked cars and friendships, not to mention lost or stolen wooden legs. Then th...

A Complete Introduction to Home Herbalism, Natural Remedies, and Plant-Based WellnessBy Alexandria JuniorStep into the timeless world of herbal healing and rediscover the power of nature’s medicine cabinet.The Apothecary Book is a practical and beginner-friendly guide designed to help you explore the foundations of home herbalism, natural remedies, and plant-based wellness in a safe, balanced, and approachable way. Whether you are completely new to herbs or looking ...

A Complete Introduction to Home Herbalism, Natural Remedies, and Plant-Based WellnessBy Alexandria JuniorStep into the timeless world of herbal healing and rediscover the power of nature’s medicine cabinet.The Apothecary Book is a practical and beginner-friendly guide designed to help you explore the foundations of home herbalism, natural remedies, and plant-based wellness in a safe, balanced, and approachable way. Whether you are completely new to herbs or looking to deepen your understan...

A Complete Introduction to Home Herbalism, Natural Remedies, and Plant-Based WellnessBy Alexandria JuniorStep into the timeless world of herbal healing and rediscover the power of nature’s medicine cabinet.The Apothecary Book is a practical and beginner-friendly guide designed to help you explore the foundations of home herbalism, natural remedies, and plant-based wellness in a safe, balanced, and approachable way. Whether you are completely new to herbs or looking to deepen your understan...

Este livro é a antítese da agenda econômica dominante no Brasil. Professores e pesquisadores revelam como a agenda da austeridade é anacrônica ao negar o papel da política fiscal como indutora do crescimento e do emprego e é cruel ao propor sacrificar as garantias constitucionais do financiamento dos direitos sociais. Seus capítulos denunciam as consequências sociais dos cortes de gastos e mostram como o discurso da austeridade fiscal é ideológico, falacioso e dogmático. Além disso, o livr...