"A well-told, stereotype-busting tale about a nineteenth century black financier who dared to be larger than life, and got away with it!" —Elizabeth Dowling Taylor, New York Times–bestselling authorIn the middle decades of the nineteenth century Jeremiah G. Hamilton was a well-known figure on Wall Street. Cornelius Vanderbilt, America's first tycoon, came to respect, grudgingly, his one-time opponent. Their rivalry even made it into Vanderbilt's obituary.

For over two centuries, in the North as well as the South, both within their own community and in the public arena, African Americans have presented their bodies in culturally distinctive ways. Shane White and Graham White consider the deeper significance of the ways in which African Americans have dressed, walked, danced, arranged their hair, and communicated in silent gestures. They ask what elaborate hair styles, bright colors, bandanas, long watch chains, and zoot suits, for example, h...

A Moment in the Sun dispels the pernicious narrative that in New York City, slavery was followed by a hundred years of poverty and destitution.Dispelling the persistent narrative that abject poverty followed the end of slavery in New York City, acclaimed historian Shane White finally sets the historical record straight. A Moment in the Sun, a revisionist and immersive retelling of antebellum Manhattan, depicts a long-forgotten, nineteenth-century ...

A Moment in the Sun dispels the pernicious narrative that in New York City, slavery was followed by a hundred years of poverty and destitution.Dispelling the persistent narrative that abject poverty followed the end of slavery in New York City, acclaimed historian Shane White finally sets the historical record straight. A Moment in the Sun, a revisionist and immersive retelling of antebellum Manhattan, depicts a long-forgotten, ni...

In "Four Years Aboard the Whaleship," William B. Whitecar offers a meticulously detailed account of his experiences as a sailor during the age of American whaling. Delving into the quotidian life aboard a whaling vessel, Whitecar's narrative is infused with vivid imagery and a lyrical prose style that captures both the awe and harsh realities of the maritime world. The book is situated within the larger context of 19th-century American literature, reflecting a burgeoning interest in nature...

To support communication and language for K-12 students who use AAC, educators need practical, evidence-based strategies they can readily implement in the classroom. That’s what they’ll find in this authoritative guidebook, an ideal professional development resource for special educators and other service providers working with students who are non- or minimally speaking.Created by AAC pioneer Howard Shane and speech-language pathologist Leigh Anne...

ONE IS his beloved.Leaving L.A.'s Parker Center, Shane Scully and his wife, Alexa, agree to meet at home…but Alexa never arrives. Then Shane's called to a crime scene on Mulholland Drive, where the victim, an apparent gang member, has been executed—and left in Alexa's car. Her gun is the likely murder weapon.THE OTHER Is his Nemesis.As Shane desperately tries to find Alexa, his leads point to a feud between two gangsta-rap record compa...

Introduction: You are Good Enough at Sales, Get Better at This…Why did I call this book White Collar Prospecting? It’s not because I dislike or disrespect blue-collar work. I grew up in Marion, Indiana, a General Motors factory town, and I worked plenty of blue-collar jobs as a kid. For most of my sales career, I had a blue-collar attitude toward prospecting: bulldozing through endless cold calls and emails, wearing rejection as a badge of...

It all started with one harmless little fib...Fifteen years ago Candy Raines moved to California to get far away from her high profile political family--and all the baggage that comes with them. She's built a damn fine life for herself in Tinseltown as the resident tech specialist for Elite Protection, complete with the perfect no-strings relationship. If she had to invent a husband to get her Machiavellian mother off her back, that lie is just the price of her freedom. But now her...

Fred M. White's 'The Mystery of the Four Fingers' is a captivating detective novel that follows the thrilling investigation of a puzzling crime. Set in the late 19th century, the book combines elements of mystery, suspense, and intrigue, keeping readers on the edge of their seats as the plot unfolds. White's literary style is marked by vivid descriptions, intricate plot twists, and well-developed characters, making this book a classic example of Victorian-era detective fiction. In the lite...

Winner, CCCC Outstanding Book Award in the Edited Collection Category, 2018With the election of our first black president, many Americans began to argue that we had finally ended racism, claiming that we now live in a postracial era. Yet near-daily news reports regularly invoke white as a demographic category and recount instances of racialized violence as well as an increased sensitivity to expressions of racial unrest. Clearly, American society isn’t as color-blind as pe...

The prince loses his true love when an evil witch transforms her into a white duck. The itch then takes her place in the palace, in the form of the princess, fooling the unsuspecting prince. But when his sons, who existence he never knew of, are in danger, the princess ventures into the palace once more.