Mixed Media investigates Black and white artists' efforts toward racial integration, from the infamous 1931 Scottsboro Boys trial until Brown v. Board's 1954 desegregation of public schools. Each chapter attends to a distinctive visual ecology fostered by institutions and individuals committed to desegregation to varying degrees, including the nationwide public art initiatives of the New Deal, the imagery and cultural programs of the multiracial Popular Front, graphics pr...

"An exceptional work challenging leaders to question their assumptions about how to achieve organizational excellence . . . a new narrative for leading." —Carol Pearson, author of The Hero WithinIf we are to disentangle the extraordinary challenges that we face today in organizations, communities, and nations we must transcend our divisions and develop solutions together. But what enables us to collectively make wise choices and sound judgments instead of splinterin...

LET'S DRAW MANGA-USING COLOR You've got your black lines down-now what? Will you use paint or markers? Fill in with the computer or use your brushes? Just how do you mix up "skin color?" Where do all of the highlights and shadows go? What colors will you even use?!

A cultural geographer and an art historian offer fresh interpretations of Muybridge’s famous motion studies through the lenses of mobility and race.In 1878, Eadweard Muybridge successfully photographed horses in motion, proving that all four hooves leave the ground at once for a split second during full gallop. This was the beginning of Muybridge’s decades-long investigation into instantaneous photography, culminating in his masterpiece Animal Locomotion. ...

Some battles announce themselves. Others begin quietly a small, hard lump discovered in a shower on an ordinary December morning, the day after a dream job offer arrived in the mail. John Fred Ott was twenty-five years old in 1976 when doctors at Memorial Sloan Kettering told him he had a 30% chance of surviving until the Fourth of July. He was advised to get his affairs in order. He had other plans. Cancer Warrior My Battle / My Blessing is the memoir of a man whose entire life without hi...

Intelligence and the National Security Strategist: Enduring Issues and Challenges presents students with a useful anthology of published articles from diverse sources as well as original contributions to the study of intelligence. The collection includes classic perspectives from the history of warfare, views on the evolution of U.S. intelligence, and studies on the delicate balance between the need for information-gathering and the values of democratic societies. It also includes...

Science fiction. Fantasy. Horror. Thriller. Romance. Drama.All in one book. All by one author. All exceptional.Return to the Bewilderness is your ticket to fifteen different worlds:A veteran superhero could be eclipsed by a newcomer, but if he doesn't learn to coexist, thousands could die. Meet an orc who just wants to break stuff but he has to do the opposite. Ride the winds on a methane sea with the unusual man who might hold the key to peace. And so many...

CAN THEY REUNITE TO SAVE EVERYTHING THEY KNOW?After a staggering betrayal that felled her husband and captured his throne, Queen Everys retreated to the Cold Light Forest. She thought she'd be able to regroup and face her enemies--the invading Dalark Imperium and now King Brencis, who stole her husband's crown. But the return of an ancient evil reveals what's truly at stake. Everys is determined to overcome these challenges for both her kingdom and her Siporan peop...

Our first story, "Small Wishes" by Carol Otte, takes us to some fanciful places but tackles some serious themes. Sing a song, make a wish, all your dreams come true. But should they?Next up we have "The Last Man on Earth--A Mini Novel" by Pulitzer Prize nominated poet John Guzlowski; a heartfelt look into the heart and mind of the grieving. Watch for links to the podcast of this story, as well as our interview with John.Last, but not least, we offer "The Cratch, Thy Keeper" b...

This important study of episcopal office and clerical identity in a socially and culturally dynamic region of medieval Europe examines the construction and representation of episcopal power and authority in the archdiocese of Reims during the sometimes turbulent century between 1050 and 1150. Drawing on a wide range of diplomatic, hagiographical, epistolary and other narrative sources, John S. Ott considers how bishops conceived of, and projected, their authority collectively and individua...

Undertakes a wide-ranging examination of the US-Mexico border as it functions in the rhetorical production of civic unity in the United StatesA “border” is a powerful and versatile concept, variously invoked as the delineation of geographical territories, as a judicial marker of citizenship, and as an ideological trope for defining inclusion and exclusion. It has implications for both the empowerment and subjugation of any given populace. Both real and imagined, th...

Nur wer Liebe wagt, kann Liebe gewinnenSie heißen beide Will Grayson, wohnen beide in Chicago, sind beide siebzehn und tragen neben demselben Namen und demselben Alter dasselbe Problem mit sich herum: Aus lauter Angst, das Ding mit der Liebe zu versemmeln, lassen sie sich auf Romantisches gar nicht erst ein.Der eine Will zögert seit Wochen, sich selbst das einzugestehen, was für alle anderen offensichtlich ist: dass er nämlich bis über beide Ohren in seine w...