Divided We Stand is a study of how class and race have intersected in American society--above all, in the "making" and remaking of the American working class in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Focusing mainly on longshoremen in the ports of New York, New Orleans, and Los Angeles, and on steelworkers in many of the nation's steel towns, it examines how European immigrants became American and "white" in the crucible of the industrial workplace and the ethnic and working-clas...

Bruce Nelson grew up in a small black community where he pitched watermelons, picked cotton, swam in the neighborhood canals, and attended the segregated Booker T. Washington School, in Mesa, AZ. The neighborhood was known as North Town. In 1994 Bruce stumbled into Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center located in Venice Beach, California. The eclectic atmosphere nudged him into attending their weekly writing workshops and performances. He was always eager to share his poetry and short storie...

Most books about continuous and process improvement are written in a textbook format with straightforward information and plenty of graphs and charts to convey the points being made. Sometimes, even the best step-by-step instructions can escape even the most adamant of followers for an improvement method in determining exactly how to apply what they’ve learned.Taking a different approach, F****ocus and Leverage is presented in an engaging business-novel format and i...

Bruce Nelson grew up in a small black community where he pitched watermelons, picked cotton, swam in the neighborhood canals, and attended the segregated Booker T. Washington School, in Mesa, AZ. The neighborhood was known as North Town. In 1994 Bruce stumbled into Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center located in Venice Beach, California. The eclectic atmosphere nudged him into attending their weekly writing workshops and performances. He was always eager to share his poetry and short storie...

This is a book about Irish nationalism and how Irish nationalists developed their own conception of the Irish race. Bruce Nelson begins with an exploration of the discourse of race--from the nineteenth--century belief that "race is everything" to the more recent argument that there are no races. He focuses on how English observers constructed the "native" and Catholic Irish as uncivilized and savage, and on the racialization of the Irish in the nineteenth century, especially in Britain and...

Clay Wright struggles to hold together the desultory elements of his life: a tenuous marriage, an accidental career, parenthood. When his unscrupulous employer sells out the business and his job, his safe, predictable existence unravels. A chance encounter with a prodigal friend finds Clay lured into some small-time drug dealing. A seemingly harmless departure from the straight and narrow quickly spins out of control, leaving him reeling as he navigates a morass of betrayal and family secr...

Updating the tools, principles, and methods presented in the bestselling first edition, this updated edition explains how to implement the authors proven improvement methodology that unifies the Theory of Constraints with Lean and Six Sigma.

Evil is as old as man. Dick Starr was exiled by his hellcat grandmother for not following her orders. Now, after an absence of one year, he is returning to his love, Lannie. Fearing that Dick's brother Mike would ambush and kill him, will Lannie be able to save Dick's life?

In this captivating memoir, William Godwin, the renowned philosopher and husband of Mary Wollstonecraft, offers an intimate glimpse into his life and the intellectual landscape of his time. From his early struggles as a dissenting minister to his groundbreaking work on political philosophy, Godwin recounts his journey with candor and wit. Through his personal experiences, he sheds light on the social and political issues that shaped the late 18th century, providing a valuable historical re...

The most comprehensive and up-to-date visual Bible dictionary available.With a fresh new look and updated, full-color photographs and maps, this new and enhanced edition of a classic Bible dictionary is a wealth of Bible study information for any level of study.Nelson's Illustrated Bible Dictionary includes more than 7,000 entries, plus more than 500 full-color photographs, maps, charts, timelines, graphics, and pronunciation guides.

"A must-own title." — National Review OnlineAmerican Conservatism: An Encyclopedia is the first comprehensive reference volume to cover what is surely the most influential political and intellectual movement of the past half century. More than fifteen years in the making—and more than half a million words in length—this informative and entertaining encyclopedia contains substantive entries on those persons, events, organizations, and concepts of ma...

Lewy Body Blues: A Family’s Roller Coaster Experience with Lewy Body Dementia is an insider’s perspective on how one family adapted and learned to cope with this incredibly challenging and progressively debilitating disease. Based on a personal journey and filled with facts and strategies for handling Lewy Body Dementia, this book is essential reading for anyone desiring to learn more about this little-known brain disorder.Do you have a loved one who is living with...