For most of history, Americans have lived close to the land, their food was accessed locally and they processed it in their own kitchens. But as the US population and economy boomed in the last century, they industrialized their food system - with f…
Small business branding questions? You're not alone There are nearly eight million family businesses in the U.S. and Canada and nearly that many marketing options to choose from. Good companies don't know which direction to turn. Good people are dro…
Do you hate dieting? Are you starting to feel frustrated by previous diets that have not made any difference? Or maybe your just looking to have a more healthy body in general? If your diet and health are a frustrating subject, then this guide to k…
After inventing a trans-dimensional vessel, a Traveler embarks on an epic journey to Hell and back, then sets his sights upon attaining Heaven. Along the way he stumbles through a number of other mythologies and is changed beyond his imagining-while…
During the 1920s and 1930s, Mississippi produced two of the most significant influences upon twentieth-century culture: the modernist fiction of William Faulkner and the recorded blues songs of African American musicians like Charley Patton, Geeshie…
Tells the story of Quaker leader William Penn, founder of the Pennsylvania Colony, whose ideas about government influenced the U.S. Constitution. Written in graphic-novel format.
In this comprehensive, groundbreaking study, Tim A. Ryan explores how American novelists since World War I have imagined the institution of slavery and the experience of those involved in it. Complicating the common assumption that authentic black-a…
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Making his way from the Polish border in the west, through the capital city and the heart of the 2014 revolution, to the eastern frontline near the Russian border, seasoned war reporter Tim Judah brings a rare glimpse of the reality behind the headl…
When A Mindful Nation was first published, mindfulness had yet to ingrain itself into our everyday way of life from our inner well-being to home to work to friends to family. Yet, with the ever-increasing pace of communication, flow of information,…
The Waterloo Black Hawks' first Thanksgiving game was not on the original United States Hockey League schedule in 1964/65. Nevertheless, the Black Hawks played on that holiday evening, starting a tradition which today draws thousands of eastern Iowa…
Tim Ryan is no doubt the only sportscaster who has crash-landed in the Namib desert, been charged by a rhino in Zimbabwe, herded sheep at the beginning of a Winter Olympics telecast, and dodged flying bottles at a professional boxing match. In his n…
