This collection of the author's works spans 35 years. A number of the poems were included in manuscripts that won Avery and Jules Hopwood awards at the University of Michigan in 1974 (Minor Award) and 1976 (Major Award). Others date back to the author's early days in the cornfields and woods of central Illinois. The newest arise from his adopted land, western Washington, where he has made his home for 24 years. Imagery and sound convey meaning, not explanation. Now available in ePub format...

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First published in six volumes in 1794 and 1797, Thomas Holcroft's The Adventures of Hugh Trevor is one of the boldest and sharpest novels of the radical decade. It follows the son of a poor farmer's son and a proud clergyman's daughter, as he is buffeted between the workhouse and the drawing room: apprenticed, abandoned, brutalised, rescued and patronised in turn.Brave, curious and hopelessly susceptible to flattery, Hugh trusts the institutions he has been taught to reve...

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In the context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Livingstone declaration, and the UN Social Protection Floor, this book deals jointly with multi-dimensional child poverty and social protection in Western and Central Africa. It focuses both on extent and types of social protection coverage and assesses various child poverty trends in the region. More importantly, it looks at social protection to prevent and address the consequences of child poverty. Child poverty is distinct,...

He that is to govern a whole nation, must read in himself, not this, or that particular man; but mankind. Leviathan is both a magnificent literary achievement and the greatest work of political philosophy in the English language. Permanently challenging, it has found new applications and new refutations in every generation. Hobbes argues that human beings are first and foremost concerned with their own individual desires and fears. He shows that a conflict of each against every man can onl...

I love the idea of sending a message in a bottle. I have always wanted to write something on a piece of plain white paper, roll it up, slip it into a bottle and let the ocean's currents take it away to a far away land. Safe inside the confines of the glass bottle, the words would travel through time and vast oceanic expanses. After many months or years, the bottle would wash up onto the shore and eventually into someone's hands.How exciting it would be to find that bottle and read ...

"I plead for the acceptance of this central truth as the great hope of the gospel, that the victory of Jesus Christ must be final and complete, i.e., that nothing can impair the power of his cross and passion to save the entire human race."--Thomas Allin In 1885, the Rev. Thomas Allin waded into the debates on final punishment that had plagued the Church of England during the nineteenth century. His contribution was a radical book that sought to demonstrate that reason, tradition, and Scri...

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In 'UNCHAINED - Powerful & Unflinching Narratives Of Former Slaves: 28 True Life Stories in One Volume,' readers are transported through the harrowing and inspiring journeys of former slaves as recounted in their own words. The anthology masterfully intertwines themes of resilience, freedom, and the relentless pursuit of dignity, offering an indispensable glimpse into one of the darkest yet most transformative periods of history. Featuring an array of narrative styles—from stark, unadorned...

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