Right up until his death in 2008, John Leonard was a lion in American letters. A passionate, erudite, and wide-ranging critic, he helped shape the landscape of modern literature. He reviewed the most celebrated writers of his age—from Kurt Vonnegut and Joan Didion to Toni Morrison and Thomas Pynchon. He championed Morrison’s work so ardently that she invited him to travel with her to Stockholm when she accepted her Nobel Prize. He also contributed many pieces on television, film, politics,...

Sport throws up its own controversies, rows over tactics, disputes over refereeing calls, the spectre of drugs cheats. Then there are those with dark political overtones. Fair Game? Tackling Politics and Sport takes a look at controversial moments when sport and politics have collided during the past century, some tragic, others plain sinister, a few bizarre; all the subject of hot dispute. Ranging from the infamous Berlin Olympics, hijacked by Hitler and the Nazis, the tragedy of Munich, ...

This heart-healthy cookbook is full of delicious, easy-to-cook recipes that can help keep your heart pumping strong. Based on the proven science behind the Mediterranean diet, these dishes support your heart-healthy diet with flavorful fresh fruit, veggies, grains, beans, fish, and lean meats.From Mediterranean-Spiced Sweet Potato Hash with Fried Egg to Roasted Salmon with Fennel and Bell Pepper, these dishes will keep you satisfied at every meal.Dishes for all skill levels―...

'An endless moral maze, introducing literature's first Romantic, Satan' John CareyIn his epic poem Paradise Lost Milton conjured up a vast, awe-inspiring cosmos ranging across huge tracts of space and time. And yet, in putting a charismatic Satan and naked Adam and Eve at the centre of this story, he also created an intensely human tragedy on the Fall of Man. Written when Milton was in his fifties - blind, bitter and briefly in danger of execution - Pa...

"Novanglus" and "Massachusettensis" are a series of essays written during the American Revolutionary period, primarily authored by John Adams and Daniel Leonard, respectively. These writings represent a significant ideological clash between the American patriots and loyalists. Adams, under the pseudonym Novanglus, argued for independence and the rights of the colonies, emphasizing the principles of liberty and self-governance. In contrast, Leonard, writing as Massachusettensis, defended th...

These are a collection of 20 stories, dictated in 1941 to Bloomfield's linguistics class, edited from manuscripts now in the National Anthropological Archives at the Smithsonian Institution, and published for the first time. In Ojibwe, with English translations by Bloomfield. Ojibwe-English glossary and other linguistic study aids.

A fresh, provocative new interpretation of the story of Churches of Christ as they fashioned a new identity in the opening decades of the twentieth century.A Wild Democracy begins with the separation from the Disciples of Christ/Christian Church, viewing the division from the perspective of four leaders in Churches of Christ: Daniel Sommer, David Lipscomb, Samuel W. Womack, and T. B. Larimore.The long ordeal of separation was followed by several de...

THE BATTLE OF WITS AND LOGIC IS JOINED AGAIN!**STAR TREK®SPOCK VS. QTHE SEQUELAN ALIEN VOICES® PRODUCTIONSTARRING LEONARD NIMOY AND JOHN de LANCIEWritten by Cecelia Fannon**Following their debate over the fate of mankind, Spock and Q have continued their discussions over a meal. After dining, the two return to the stage to recount their repast, which included encounters with several of Spock's former shipmates.However, at the ...

We’ve all been told that thinking rationally is the key to success. But at the cutting edge of science, researchers are discovering that feeling is every bit as important as thinking.You make hundreds of decisions every day, from what to eat for breakfast to how you should invest, and not one of those decisions would be possible without emotion. It has long been said that thinking and feeling are separate and opposing forces in our behavior. But as Leonard...

Make the right instructional and eligibility decisions to help your English Learners!Do your students’ reading difficulties reflect language acquisition issues or a learning disability? Now in an updated second edition, this essential guide helps educators make informed, accurate choices about strategies and services to support English Learners.Developed for general and special education teachers and service providers, this trusted resource offers ...

The music of the night calls out to you…A sinister force threatens a teenage horror fan, and only a team of B movie monsters can come to his rescue. Fear stalks a group of punks when a scarecrow proves that birds aren’t the only things it can terrorize. And all hell breaks loose when a man discovers that his next-door neighbor possesses the power to reanimate the dead…Celebrate the music of the night with Scare Street’s latest collection of diabo...

Though one of America’s best known and loved novels, Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has often been the object of fierce controversy because of its racist language and reliance on racial stereotypes. This collection of fifteen essays by prominent African American scholars and critics examines the novel’s racist elements and assesses the degree to which Twain’s ironies succeed or fail to turn those elements into a satirical attack on racism.Ranging from the lauda...