As the United States transitioned from a rural nation to an urbanized, industrial giant between the War of 1812 and the early twentieth century, ordinary people struggled over the question of what it meant to be American. As Brian Roberts shows in Blackface Nation, this struggle is especially evident in popular culture and the interplay between two specific strains of music: middle-class folk and blackface minstrelsy.The Hutchinson Family Singers, the Northeast's most popul...

California during the gold rush was a place of disputed claims, shoot-outs, gambling halls, and prostitution; a place populated by that rough and rebellious figure, the forty-niner; in short, a place that seems utterly unconnected to middle-class culture. In American Alchemy, however, Brian Roberts offers a surprising challenge to this assumption.Roberts points to a long-neglected truth of the gold rush: many of the northeastern forty-niners who ventured westward were in f...

Roberts’ Rule: Tribal identity is proportional to discrimination by outsiders.ESSAYS ON ABORIGINALISM is the first collection from Dr Brian Roberts on Indigenous Futures and aims to present a more nuanced alternative to the simplistic Left/Right binary view offered by the contemporary Australian commentariat. The essays revisit the worldview of the de-colonisation idealists and employ the records of global colonisation as a means of rationalising historic migrations.Dr Robe...

WHITEFELLA DREAMING: ESSAYS IN SEARCH OF BLACKFELLA TRUTHS is Dr Brian Roberts’ second collection of essays challenging Australia’s Indigenous policies. He sets the record straight on the evolution of intelligent species, Indian and Mungo ancestors, and the serious divide between Indigenous traditionalists and modernists, exemplifying Philip Roberts, a Northern Territory ambulance driver and Elder as an individual successfully integrating two worlds. Noel Pearson and Marcus Waters are comp...

Having worked in the transport industry for many years, my curious nature alerted me to the fact that I was witnessing to many deaths amongst colleagues. This had to be challenged and investigated, as I had never worked in any industry where fatalities amongst work colleagues were so high. Having previously worked in recreation sports and leisure management. I was not going to pass-up this opportunity to apply some old skills of individual health and wellness to assist fellow workers, my e...

A comprehensive analysis of the history and devel- opment of rural settlement in both the developed and developing worlds. Complete with detailed case studies and fully illustrated, this is essential reading for all geographers and archaeologists.

A classic who-done-it, with a thrilling plot line and perfect foreshadowing of events! Sebastian Clark is almost murdered, but it's Detective Greene that puts the pieces together

“There’s no use trying to escape. You’re miles from anywhere. You have no clothes, no food, no money... You’re dead, Mason.”As far as everyone else is concerned, Mason Bushing died over a year ago, but now he’s running from Dr. Harlow who is secretly conducting an unauthorized experiment for a drug he calls Purify. It saved Mason’s life, but Mason is focused on getting what he wants most—his old life back. His plans change when he realizes his wife is more interested in the insuran...

If you want to grow as a leader and you are an introvert, read this game-changing book. You don't have to come across as extroverted or outgoing to succeed.Introverts are too quiet and flimsy to be leaders. Have you given it any thought?What characteristics spring to mind when you consider an introvert and what characteristics strike you when you consider a leader? The two words are not often used together. Society usually stereotypes introverted persons as being quiet, res...

Embark on a transformative journey where science meets the extraordinary, as "Biohacking: Optimize Your Health and Performance" takes you on a mind-bending exploration of human potential. In this groundbreaking book, discover the awe-inspiring world of biohacking, where cutting-edge technology and ancient wisdom converge to unlock the secrets of peak performance. From enhancing cognition to supercharging vitality, this captivating guide equips you with the tools and knowledge to unleash yo...

He dropped the camera and stared at its monitor. The video paused. His face, in lustful pleasure, was frozen on the screen.Marcus grew up a gangster kid, but now he's a Priest. He's come back home to re-start a 19th century Catholic church that has been completely vandalized. He finds out the community is heavily influenced by Satanism—something Marcus intends on changing, but his past lingers and sin is in his blood.Jada is a Satanist, and she seduces Marcus. Sex is the re...

"Just think of it as a bad haircut." Hubert watched the surgeon hold up a sterile bag of circumcision tools. "A week from now you won't feel a thing."For geeky teenager, Hubert Pubes Rawlings, his new job as a shopping center food court cleaner is one thing, but a picture with the hot cleaning crew exposing him as the only cleaner who's uncut is too much, too fast. When his obscure mother stresses over his nightly dream adventures then catches his father in a single handed affair, ...