The Midwest has produced a robust literary heritage. Its authors have won half of the nation's Nobel Prizes for Literature plus a significant number of Pulitzer Prizes. This volume explores the rich racial, ethnic, and cultural diversity of the region. It also contains entries on 35 pivotal Midwestern literary works, literary genres, literary, cultural, historical, and social movements, state and city literatures, literary journals and magazines, as well as entries on science fiction, film...

Discover the cognitive tools that lead to creative thinking and problem-solving with this "well-written and easy-to-follow" guide ( Library Journal).Explore the "thinking tools" of extraordinary people, from Albert Einstein and Jane Goodall to Mozart and Virginia Woolf, and learn how you can practice the same imaginative skills to become your creative best. With engaging narratives and examples, Robert and Michèle Root-Bernstein investigate cognitive tools...

The author of Elizabeth I's Secret Lover " places Ireland into a much wider context and takes it beyond the simplistic Catholic v Protestant dichotomy" ( The British Empire Blog ).Over the course of three decades in the late twentieth century, Northern Ireland was embroiled in the Troubles, a conflict characterized by the violent and bitter struggle between nationalists and unioni...

Un vrai roman d'amour, d'une sensualité subtile et torride.Emportés par une attirance physique irrésistible, un homme et une femme dans la force de l'âge vont s'aimer avec toute la fougue de la jeunesse retrouvée.Un rêve, une passion qui hante chacun de nous.

We rely on the soil and its rich biodiversity for our food, traditions and folklore, but are we guilty of taking it for granted?In Down to Earth, Robert Ashton traces our evolving relationship with the soil from Neolithic flint miners to modern day naturists. By engaging with the people who work the land – gardeners, farmers, gravediggers and archaeologists – he unearths a wealth of practical wisdom, moving from the mysteries of ancient folklore to the urg...

A New York Times BestsellerTaking the story of white supremacy in America back to 1493, and examining contemporary communities in Mississippi, Minnesota, and Oklahoma for models of racial repair, The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy is “full of urgency and insight” (The New York Times) as it helps chart a new course toward a genuinely pluralistic democracy.Beginning with contemporary efforts to reckon with the lega...

In "Robert Toombs," Pleasant A. Stovall meticulously chronicles the life of one of the most enigmatic figures of the antebellum South. Through a blend of biographical detail and historical analysis, Stovall paints a nuanced portrait of Toombs, exploring his significant yet often contentious role in the political landscape leading up to the Civil War. Employing an engaging prose style, Stovall navigates the complexities of Toombs' ideologies and the pivotal events of his time, providing rea...

In 1946, God gave Oral Roberts a new Buick.And this just one of many miracles the young, broke preacher learned to expect, as Oral Roberts would go on to build an evangelistic ministry worth millions of dollars, a medical complex, and a university. How do we interpret the life of a man who seemed to combine rampant consumerist excess with a sincere devotion to the gospel?Seeking to answer this question, Jonathan Root weaves together accounts of Oral Roberts...

Common Roots turns the searchlight of historic Christianity on twenty-first-century evangelicalism. Originally published in 1978 as a clarion call to all evangelicals, this reprint presents Webber’s thoughts to a new generation and includes a foreword by David Neff, the executive director of the center that pays tribute to Webber’s work and supports the ancient-future faith movement.Webber’s primary concern is to uncover the roots of evangelical Christianity. In so doing, he looks critical...

Intended to be an overall reference guide to all aspects of NLP theory and practice, Roots of Neuro-Linguistic Programming provides much of the important scientific background information that is not covered in the other “how-to” books written about Neuro-Linguistic Programming. This information is used to give important insights into how and why the specific NLP techniques work so effectively.Each part has been written to build on the information provided by the previous ...

Scientists as artists?! The idea may sound strange, even unlikely, yet The Arts of Eminent Scientists demonstrates that many of the world's most respected scientists have been extraordinarily talented amateur, even professional, artists.56 scientists, 40 of them Nobel Prize winners or nominees, produced the rarely- or never-before-seen paintings, prints, drawings, sculptures, textile art, jewelry, and bespoke puzzles that illustrate this book. A brief text describes the motivations...

Environmentalists have turned to Eastern religion, Deep Ecology and Native American religion for alternatives to the Western view that humans should dominate nature. In Economics, Ecology, and the Roots of Western Faith, Robert R. Gottfried persuasively demonstrates that the ancient Hebrew worldview, found in the Torah and the New Testament, is remarkably 'green.' Drawing on these insights from ancient Western thought and economic understanding of ecosystems and natural processess, Gottfri...