Georgians, like all Americans, experienced the Civil War in a variety of ways. Through selected articles drawn from the New Georgia Encyclopedia (www.georgiaencyclopedia.org), this collection chronicles the diversity of Georgia’s Civil War experience and reflects the most current scholarship in terms of how the Civil War has come to be studied, documented, and analyzed.The Atlanta campaign and Sherman’s March to the Sea changed the course of the war in 1864, in terms both of the up...

Awakening Consciousness – 4 Classic Mystic Manuscripts is a remarkable anthology that delves into the realms of mysticism, spirituality, and the search for inner truth. This collection brings together four seminal texts, each offering a distinctive take on the journey of enlightenment and self-discovery. The manuscripts range from insightful parables to profound philosophical discourses, collectively painting a rich canvas of human consciousness. Throughout the anthology, readers will unco...

Global Backlash is the first book to move beyond the monolithic portrayal of the globalization protests that have escalated since Seattle and are not likely to abate soon. With trenchant analysis and dozens of primary documents from a variety of popular and uncommon sources, Robin Broad explores proposals and initiatives coming from the backlash to answer the question, 'But what do they want?' A range of sophisticated propositions and a vibrant debate among segments of the backlash emerge....

AU COEUR D’UN PAYSAGE ENVOÛTANT, UNE BOULEVERSANTE QUÊTEDE RÉDEMPTIONCal Hooper, ancien flic de Chicago désabusé et avide de tranquillité, se réfugie dans un minuscule village irlandais au sud de Dublin, isolé au milieu des landes aux herbes hautes et des collines battues par le vent.Mais un gamin du coin, Trey, vient bouleverser son quotidien en le suppliant de retrouver son frère aîné. D’abord peu enthousiaste, Cal se rend compte que personne au village ne semble se...

Early Alaska pioneers Dorothy and Grenold Collins managed to create a financial bonanza by engineering their working schedules into the ultimate vacation. And, although they died in the 1990s, their story is not only a good read, but provides an excellent formula for those with similar goals.In addition, In the Right Place at the Right Time offers an intriguing look at how game-rich wilderness world-wide, can be transformed by encroaching civilizations. The scope of the Collins' adv...

Betsy had always wanted to follow in her father's footsteps and took the opportunity to leave Grimsby and do her nursing training in London. The Second World War erupts around her as the Blitz becomes a common and deadly daily occurrence. During an air raid, Betsy meets Jerry, an American flying with the Canadian Air Force, and so begins a "first love" for both of them. With each day bringing the possibility of life or death, their love eased the fear of the war that raged around them. It ...

TV chef, dragon slayer and bestselling author Levi Roots brings carnival to the kitchen with his hot'n'spicy Caribbean cookbook.After winning over the business minds of The Dragon's Den with little more than a song and a smile, entrepreneur Levi Roots has since sold more than one million bottles of his delicious Reggae Reggae Sauce and now he has his very own cookbook!Levi Roots’ Reggae Reggae Cookbook brings the excitement and vitality of Caribbean flavours to your own coo...

La figure d’Einstein est devenue un véritable mythe qui éclipse sa personne. Pour le retrouver, avec son génie et ses failles, il faut conjuguer tous les points de vue possibles: scientifique, philosophique, historique, biographique, politique...C’est la gageure que relève ce recueil de lettres fictives, qui abordent les multiples facettes de l’homme, de sa pensée et de sa vie, sans hésiter à en proposer des visions délibérément personnelles.Le portait d’Einstein ainsi dess...

Si elle n’est déjà plus qu’un souvenir, la Coupe du monde fut un moment exceptionnel de l’histoire du rugby français. Et plus encore. Car elle s’est située à la croisée des chemins de ce sport, entre vieilles traditions toujours entretenues et modernité nécessaire. Jean-Christophe Collin, qui l’a couvert pour L’Équipe, a choisi dix moments de cet événement mondial.Des plus connus, comme la lecture de la Lettre de Guy Môquet ou le haka de France – Nouvelle-Zélande, aux plus...

An author’s talents may seem obvious and indisputable as they move words and ideas into gathered phrases and stories.But where do these ideas and stories come from? A lonely thought that suddenly gathers form? An inspiration from a Muse? A suggestion from an everyday event?Perhaps in the case of their darker, more malevolent stories, other forces are at work. They help to nourish single words into sentences and paragraphs that ease themselves from the shadows and are sudden...

The stereotypical image of a poet is one of unknown talent starving in a garret and who’s faithfulness and legacy to the art is discovered only after their death.In some cases this is undoubtedly true, but Poets being human and with the same building blocks of physical and mental health as the rest of us, also had the same afflictions and problems as the rest of us.The long roll call of names and the truncated legacies that were left behind is filled with these lost talents...

This revised textbook is designed for undergraduate courses in cognitive psychology. It approaches cognitive psychology by asking what it says about how people carry out everyday activities: how people organize and use their knowledge in order to behave appropriately in the world in which they live.; Each chapter of the book starts with an example and then uses this to introduce some aspect of the overall cognitive system. Through such examples of cognition in action, important components ...