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Three African American Women's Oral Slave Narratives

Speaking Lives, Authoring Texts

Tobacco Leaves; Being a Book of Facts for Smokers

"Past the sprawl of traffic and tightly spaced suburban homes in Prince&rsquo;s Bay in Staten Island, the forgotten grandeur of another way of life can be glimpsed.To raise money to support the house in the future, Ms. Mantz put together a 124-page coffee-table book tracing the mansion&rsquo;s history and Mr. Burke&rsquo;s restoration. It is to be published at the end of March by Rizzoli New York. Her husband, Robert Mantz, an artist who works in advertising, handled the photography. She has so far raised $42,000 of the $50,000 budget for the book, The Seguine House: A Nineteenth-Century Working Estate in Twenty-First Century New York City, ($50)." -Wall Street Journal&#160;

A Nineteenth-Century Working Estate in Twenty-First-Century New York City

The Seguine House

Musique Mathématique, La Musique Rendue Facile Par Le Système De La Notation Lettrée: Ou, Essal D'une Nouvelle Théorie De La Musique, Fondée Sur Les C

&ldquo;The Peace Corps Volunteer&rsquo;s Handbook is a fantastic companion for any applicant on their journey to becoming a PCV. As a campus recruiter, I am constantly interacting with potential applicants who want to know as much as possible about Peace Corps. This book will enhance my advice and guidance when working with them. It is entertaining to read and REAL&mdash;no matter how unique each experience is, it all boils down to what is in this book. I love that it is YOURS and can help in YOUR journey as a PCV. To make it even better, you can give this and the experiences you write in this book to help future Volunteers. It's a must read! Enjoy the accomplishments, challenges, growth, friendships, embarrassing moments, and laughter that you have while in Peace Corps. And don't forget to pay it forward!&rdquo; &mdash;Amy Panikowski, RPCV (Malawi 00-01), University of Florida Peace Corps Recruiter (05-10) &ldquo;Travis' book is an invaluable resource for those thinking about applying to Peace Corps, those currently serving, and even those who have returned after their service. Based on his own personal experience, and those of other volunteers and applicants, he goes through the process step by step, explaining the application process, the ups and downs of living in a developing country, and how to make the most of your service!&rdquo; &mdash;Mike Sheppard, RPCV (The Gambia 03-05), Founder of PeaceCorpsWiki.org and PeaceCorpsJournals.com &ldquo;You lucky *@^%!?#$ don&rsquo;t know how lucky you are to have such a kickass handbook written for you. This handbook is full of helpful suggestions and wisdom for a wide variety of PC experiences, even the apocalyptic ones. Now, at the end of my service, I still find myself going back to this book for advice on&#160; reviving my enthusiasm for the &lsquo;toughest job I&rsquo;ll ever love,&rsquo; keeping my &lsquo;American standards&rsquo; in check, and just being a good Volunteer in general.&#160;  Luggage space is precious when one travels, but this handbook will definitely be in my backpack home. It&rsquo;s not simply a reminder of all the lessons I&rsquo;ve learned from my PC experience but a personal scrapbook that is uniquely mine. Plus, what else is going to stop me from hyperventilating whenever I go into culture shock? Be grateful&hellip;&rdquo; &mdash;Alexandra Yang, RPCV (Mongolia 08-10) &ldquo;Lucky you! Peace Corps Volunteer service is not just an opportunity; it&rsquo;s an AMAZING opportunity&mdash;and a privilege.&#160; You join a 50-year legacy of Americans who make a difference in communities overseas, and then continue to change the world long after their service is complete. By addressing not just the practicalities of the Peace Corps, but the emotional and psychological aspects, The Peace Corps Volunteer&rsquo;s Handbook provides invaluable, down-to-earth advice that can help you make the most of this transformative experience, as well as guide you when you come home.&rdquo; &mdash;Erica Burman, RPCV (The Gambia 87-89), Director of Communications and Editor of Worldview Magazine, National Peace Corps Association &ldquo;I have found that The Peace Corps Volunteer&rsquo;s Handbook contains the most extensive explanation of the application process available. Honest testimonials from current and returned Peace Corps Volunteers serve as the most valuable resource, and the handbook is full of relevant information and insight. Currently nominated for an assignment in Eastern Europe, I would like to thank the contributors to the handbook for aiding in making my application process as smooth as possible. The handbook will surely continue to be a valuable resource for me while I serve and a recommended read for all those interested in the Peace Corps.&rdquo; &mdash;Julie Nelson, Peace Corps Nominee (10-12) &ldquo;The must-have book for anyone thinking of joining the Peace Corps (as well as current Volunteers). Not only is The Peace Corps Volunteer&rsquo;s Handbook filled with insight into what it's like to be a PCV, the book becomes your own personal keepsake with interactive sections and chapters; something to reflect upon long after you've returned home. Every PCV&rsquo;s experience is unique, but this book succeeds in weaving the Peace Corps Experience into an invaluable resource for before, during, and after your service.&rdquo;  &mdash;Christopher Beale, RPCV (Eastern Caribbean 05-07), Founder of Other Places Travel Guides by RPCVs&ldquo;Being a Peace Corps Volunteer is a wonderful experience, but it&rsquo;s also not right for everyone.&#160; The tips and candid information in The Peace Corps Volunteer&rsquo;s Handbook will be a great tool for helping you decide if Peace Corps might be right for you.&rdquo; &#160;&mdash;Jim Carl, RPCV (Swaziland 79-81),&#160; Country Director (Mongolia 07-10) "The Peace Corps Volunteer&rsquo;s Handbook is a great tool to learn more about the Peace Corps from the inside. The RPCV in me wishes something like this would have been available when I was deciding what the next step in my post-university life should be. The former Peace Corps recruiter and placement officer in me wants to remind you that each applicant's experience is unique and nothing you read anywhere will be exactly how it will be for you. Therefore please&#160;use this book just for what it is...a tool to teach you more about how absolutely life-changing the Peace Corps can be. Use the&#160;tips to help navigate your way&#160;through&#160;the long application process. But above all else, use this book as inspiration, not as gospel. Peace Corps policies, trainings,&#160;programs, even&#160;the countries we serve in will change over time.&#160;Be flexible and you will be a Peace Corps Volunteer one day!" &mdash;Jason Bowers, RPCV (Slovak Republic 00-02), Peace Corps Recruiter & Placement Officer (04-10)

A Personal Field Guide to Making the Most of Your Peace Corps Experience

The Peace Corps Volunteer's Handbook

Paperback Edition

Netherlands Yearbook for History of Art / Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek 16 (1965)

Mrs. Janet Taylor's Hand-book to the Local Marine Board Examination

&ldquo;Axelrod lyrically captures the essence of nature as he ponders his own self-worth and purpose in life. . . . In his first book, the author pushes beyond the boundaries and safety nets of the modern world and opens a doorway to feelings and experiences many long for but never encounter. His writing is a balm for world-weary souls. A vibrant, honest, and poetic account of how two years of solitude surrounded by nature changed a man forever.&rdquo;&mdash;Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review&ldquo;This elegant, questioning memoir details that moment and events prior to it, but mostly it achingly limns Axelrod&rsquo;s two years living alone in a ramshackle cabin in the Vermont woods. His writing&mdash;whether describing an aspect of the wilderness around him or noting the &ldquo;first lesson of solitude: everything really is your fault&rdquo;&mdash;is lush and savory, exact in its intent to document just how Axelrod regained the ability to feel &ldquo;that quiet of already belonging.&rdquo; That he allows the reader to participate in this journey, from whatever distance, is more than a pleasure&mdash;it&rsquo;s an honor. . . .&#160;Axelrod so adroitly and wisely re-creates the youngster he was that readers forget the passing of time, hearing only the voice of sorrow, longing, and determination. This memoir is a keeper, touching and eloquent, full of hard lessons learned. Readers will hope for more from first-time-author Axelrod.&rdquo;&mdash;Booklist, Starred Review&ldquo;A deeply felt and moving journey into no longer taking life, or the world around us, for granted.&rdquo;&mdash;Library Journal&ldquo;Mr. Axelrod is clearly a gifted writer...The best thing about Mr. Axelrod&rsquo;s frequently absorbing book is how idiosyncratic it feels; he is a unique presence on the page.&rdquo;&mdash;New York Times Daily Review&ldquo;What makes his book completely mesmerizing&mdash;besides his lovely prose, that is&mdash;is how exquisitely it balances between the poles of revelation and disintegration. Yet, refreshingly, he never repudiates the extremity of what he&rsquo;s done. He&rsquo;s come in from the woods with a strange tale to tell, but what makes you want to stop whatever you&rsquo;re doing and listen to him is the frosty breath of the wild that still clings to his coat.&rdquo;&mdash;Slate Book Review&ldquo;The Point of Vanishing: A Memoir of Two Years in Solitude is an inherently absorbing and compelling read from beginning to end. Exceptionally well written, organized and presented, The Point of Vanishing is very highly recommended for both community and academic library Contemporary American Biography collections.&rdquo;&mdash;Midwest Book Review&ldquo;Axelrod is a master of metaphor, presenting familiar sights and sounds in unforgettable new ways. His writing is propulsive, unabashedly visionary, and strikingly fresh. This book will have you turning down pages, returning to sentences just to savor them, and reading passages aloud to anyone who will listen...The Point of Vanishing is a profoundly immersive narrative. One is struck again and again by the quality of the writing: by the vividness of its characters, by the accomplished lyricism of its language, by the brilliant acuity of its observations, and by the wisdom and humor that permeate its pages. What lingers most of all are Axelrod&rsquo;s sharply wrought landscape descriptions. Setting is definitely an active character in this story...This memoir feels like a gift in a way that few books do...If you read it with an open heart, it has the power to change your life.&rdquo;&mdash;The Rumpus&ldquo;Axelrod weaves a lyrical, questioning narrative about his search for identity after a basketball game left him blind in one eye...Lush descriptions of sensory experiences as Axelrod discovers new ways of seeing the world, and himself, illuminate a journey of loss leading to insight with Axelrod finding the core of himself amid the pieces of who he had once been.&rdquo;&mdash;Shambhala Sun&ldquo;Occasionally a book comes along that has the power to transport readers to a place that many of us, I believe, wonder about, if only in the darkest moments of the night. Howard Axelrod&rsquo;s memoir, The Point of Vanishing, was such a book for me...It is a brave book. It is also finely crafted, which is what enables it to carry the reader step by step into a dark but illuminating interior space...Axelrod skillfully plays the narrative of his time in the woods against a parallel backstory. The two threads ultimately merge, and he comes very close to passing right through some imagined bottom into another dark realm, one from which there very likely is no escape...Though The Point of Vanishing isn&rsquo;t a map, it charts some of the territory that lies between the hard surfaces of the world and the murky depths in the shadows within all of us. The story is a beacon for those who have ever sensed such a realm.&rdquo;&mdash;Portland Press Herald&ldquo;Beautiful in its intensity, searing in its pain. It&rsquo;s a breathtaking read.&rdquo;&mdash;Minneapolis Star-Tribune&ldquo;Deeply alive and exciting and nuanced . . . all about what it means to see, and how we might ask ourselves to see differently&mdash;to live differently in our own bodies, and in the world . . . Powerful and ineffable, it feels like a blessing.&rdquo;&mdash;Leslie Jamison, author of The Empathy Exams&ldquo;Axelrod uses his seclusion in the natural solitary world of the North in winter to explore how we can have vision without really seeing. Well written with an honesty one can respect, The Point of Vanishing is more than an exploration of the human soul; it is a discovery of how our bodies can compensate and complement for our senses when we experience the partial loss of one.&rdquo;&mdash;Annie Philbrick, Bank Square Books&ldquo;This is a very real book, in bone-on-bone contact with the actual world. It made me think about my own life in new ways, and I think it will do the same for you.&rdquo;&mdash;Bill McKibben, author Deep Economy&ldquo;Blindness and insight are the twin subjects of Howard Axelrod&rsquo;s intricate and beautiful memoir of his two years of solitude. . . . The unimportant falls away, in this book, and what comes closer is a luminous sense of the essential, the beautiful, the sacred, and the unspeakable.&rdquo;&mdash;Charles Baxter, author of The Feast of Love&ldquo;A sensitive and sensual book about seeing and feeling deeply; witty, wise, and beautifully written from beginning to end.&rdquo; &mdash;Geraldine Brooks, author of March&ldquo;Out of sudden and profound loss, Axelrod has drawn a haunting, tender memoir that grips like an emotional thriller. The Point of Vanishing is raw, exquisitely written, and full of poetic insights. This is a big book about big truths that matter to us all. It delivers a message of hope and strength, and reveals what is most human in our most unspoken yearning for something real, something true. In its subtle, deeply moving way, it will have you peering beneath the various faces you present to the world and encourage you to ask the most fundamental of questions: who am I alone?&rdquo;&mdash;Bella Pollen, author of The Summer of the Bear

A Memoir of Two Years in Solitude

The Point of Vanishing

A National Training Manual and Procedural Guide for Police and Public Safety Radio Communications Personnel

Traité De Mécanique Rationelle; Volume 3

Lives of the Warriors of the Civil Wars of France and England: Prince Rupert Von Pfalz. Sir Thomas Lord Fairfax. James Graham, Marquis of Montrose. Ol

Exposé de la situation de la mécanique appliquée

Het Kongsiwezen Van Borneo (1885)

The Presbytery of Seattle 1858-2005

Richard Vaughn

Subjects, Agreement, Case and Clitics

Partitions and Atoms of Clause Structure

Escape from the Evil

Alchemical Money, Magical Physics, and Banking in the Middle Ages and Renaissance

Financial Vipers of Venice

Elijah

Advances in Research and Applications

Engineering Analytics

Praise for101 Cups of Water&#8220;Refreshingly honest and disarmingly vulnerable.&#8221;&#8211;CECIL MURPHEY, best-selling coauthor of 90 Minutes inHeaven and Heaven Is Real&#8220;C. D. Baker shows us all the surprising times and places we can drink from God&#8217;s cup.&#8221;&#8211;LUCI SHAW, poet and author of Breath for the Bones, The Crime of Living Cautiously, and Accompanied byAngels; writer in residence at Regent College&#8220;Every soul can find rest and peace in these perfect little sips.&#8221;&#8211;RAY BLACKSTON, author of Flabbergasted&#8220;David Baker invites readers into a perilous journey to the headwaters. You will find your preconceived notions of Christianity challenged, your veneer of pretense sanded down, and the bare wood of your thirsty soul exposed. These brief devotional readings strip away the facade and take us honestly to our longing for Living Water&#8211;and the quenching of your thirsty soul. Come&#8211;take and drink these surprisingly deep little cups of fresh, clear water for your soul.&#8221;&#8211;JANE RUBIETTA, author of Come Closer: A Call to Life, Love, and Breakfast on the Beach

Relief and Refreshment for the Tired, Thirsty Soul

101 Cups of Water

&ldquo;Smillie&rsquo;s learn-the-rules-then-break-them approach &mdash; not to mention the promise of his incredibly delicious food &mdash; will inspire even slacker cooks to dive in.&rdquo; &ndash; Grub Street

Mastering New Ways to Braise, Roast, and Grill: A Cookbook

Slow Fires

«Ich habe Finn und seine fantastischen Freunde inzwischen richtig ins Herz geschlossen. Die Abenteuer sind einfach genial.»

Finns fantastische Freunde: Trollalarm und Mammuthamster

A User's Guide to Printing and Selling T-Shirts

Start Your Own Screen-Printing Business

"A remarkable work of recollection and imagination." --The Boston Globe"A shining poetic evocation of a child's experience of the loss of her mother." --The New York Times"[Minot] has a wild, unstrung, lyrical gift." --The New York Times Book Review"A sensitive, sensuous first novel . . . a bright-dark rendering of a young girl's great childhood loss, told with quiet power and deep feeling." --Elle

A Novel

The Tiny One

Autobiography of Thomas Guthrie: And Memoir by His Sons, Rev. David K. Guthrie and Charles J. Guthrie

&#8220;The thing about Proust is his combination of the utmost sensibility with the utmost tenacity. He searches out these butterfly shades to the last grain.&#8221;&#8212;Virginia Woolf

In Search of Lost Time Volume IV Sodom and Gomorrah

"Powerful... Richly original."--Los Angeles Times Book Review"Andre Dubus has a talent for delineating the everyday pathos of obscure, unglamorous lives."--The New York Times Book Review"[An] insightful exploration of the nature of violence."--San Francisco Examiner

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