Book DescriptionTwo poets. Two perspectives. One journey. One prayer language.What happens when two poets bring their separate histories, struggles, questions, faith, creativity, and prayers to the same table?Two Poets. One Journey. One Prayer Language.: Poetic Musings, Conversations & Commentary is more than a poetry collection. It is an intimate creative and devotional conversation between Sanford Shuman (Last Rea...

The recipes in Favorite Dishes range widely across regional specialties and family favorites, from appetizers and main courses to desserts and baked goods. Recipes include everything from New England clam chowder and Southern biscuits to elaborate cakes and puddings, reflecting the rich diversity of American home cooking. Each recipe entry includes the contributor’s name and sometimes their title or location, giving a personal touch and sense of community among women from different states ...

About the BookThe Perfect Portrait is a tale of self-discovery for one young boy, Jay, whose life was taken just moments after his birth. In lieu of this, his grief-stricken mother, Serena, enlisted the aid of a person she has heard of in her travels, in the hope that, perhaps, his soul could be saved. With the purchase of a pendant and a few drops of blood, Serena enlisted the aid of a woman named Glenda, who was known to those as a “Spirit Bridge.” Using craft widely forbidden to ...

Defenders of massive multinational chains like Wal-Mart and Fortune 500 big business argue that, like it or not, there is no alternative. Their huge scale and international reach, they claim, make them more efficient and profitable, better able to deliver value, and an uncontested boon for the job market. According to the big boys, locally owned small businesses are simply quaint remnants of the past, unable to compete in the global economy. But in ,em>The Small-Mart Revolution, Michael Sh...

Solar Energy by Bala Dutt offers a concentrated, compelling experience within fiction / literary. This concise work presents carefully drawn characters and purposeful plotting that together explore themes of choice, consequence, and human connection. The prose is precise and economical, balancing vivid scenes with clear pacing to maintain narrative momentum. Ideal for readers seeking a thoughtful, accessible read, the book is well-suited to book clubs and classroom discussion. Its insights...

MY FUR FIX is the collection of the antics and anecdotes of the beautiful rescue cats that have been such a joy over the years.

Reflexivity in French Rap offers a new look at rap's position in the French cultural landscape. Emily Q. Shuman examines how French rappers hold up a mirror to themselves and to their social world, playing off the terms of debate over the music's aesthetic value and place in the French social imaginary. Shuman traces commonly held beliefs about French rap, from selectively legitimizing parallels to France's literary patrimony, to belief in its innate capacity to incite violence, t...

Favorite Dishes: A Columbian Autograph Souvenir Cookery Book is a unique and historically significant cookbook first published in 1893 to commemorate the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago. This remarkable volume brings together a diverse collection of recipes contributed by prominent women from across the United States, including wives of governors, senators, diplomats, and other notable figures of the era. The book serves not only as a practical guide to preparing a wide array of di...

A sweeping and poignant history of community response to the violence of white supremacy and carceral systems in the US, told through interviews, archival reproductions, and narrative.In the summer of 2020, the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Tony McDade ignited a movement that led to the largest street protests in American history. Abolitionist grassroots organizers around the country unified around a clear demand: defund the police and refund our comm...

Sixteen-year-old Rebecca Middleton and best friend Jasmine Meens make their trip of a lifetime to the Queens Jewel in the Atlantic, oblivious to secrets beneath the islands idyllic guise and to the horrors that await them on the dark side of Paradise.Sunny days and teal surf welcome the Canadian teenagers as they roam the twenty- square miles of the seemingly pristine British territory. But on this searing July night, a full moon, an unusual storm, a cancelled cruise, absent taxis,...

It is a collection of stories and anecdotes about the rescue cats that I have had.Lynne Bodry Shuman was raised in New England. She recently lived in Marietta, Ohio, an historic town on the Ohio River. She now lives north of Tampa, FL.During her creative years, Lynne has published A Guidebook for Northeast Indiana, was a co-author of The 50th Anniversary of Fort Wayne Youtheatre... a commemorative, and provided the photo research for Fort Wayne Citiscapes... A history of ...

Folklorist Elaine J. Lawless has devoted her career to ethnographic research with underserved groups in the American Midwest, including charismatic Pentecostals, clergywomen, victims of domestic violence, and displaced African Americans. She has consistently focused her research on women's speech in these contexts and has developed a new approach to ethnographic research which she calls "reciprocal ethnography," while growing a detailed corpus of work on women's narrative style and express...