From bloomers to boxers, everyone wears underwear! One part humor, one part history, A Brief History of Underpants explores the evolution of fashion's most unmentionable garment.Gain a whole new understanding of underthings as you:Learn which ruler was buried with over 100 pairs of underwear.Discover how people kept their underclothes from falling off before elastic was invented.Find out why some underwear was made from fe...

They lived through the Great Depression and World War II. We still have this moment in time for the men and women of the Greatest Generation and their families to provide their wisdom to a world in desperate need. We need to hear about their character, their stories and the lessons they can share with us today.

Explore the sizzling history of America’s favorite ballpark snack! Join Frank De Wienerdog, your outrageously funny guide, in HOT DOG!—a laugh-out-loud nonfiction adventure that tracks the hot dog’s journey from the streets of New York to grills nationwide. This vibrant picture book is perfect for "young foodies," curious readers ages 6-9, and anyone who loves a side of humor with their history.A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard selection

Discover Your Identity as an OvercomerThe Christian life is one of the most challenging and rewarding journeys we can undertake. If we embrace it fully, we can see God's victorious plan through the trials, opposition, and spiritual battles that define our earthly experience. The believer's walk is not just about surviving life's struggles-within it lies a message of triumph, supernatural empowerment, and God's ultimate design for extraordinary living.In Bor...

A guide to a textbook-free approach to world languages curriculums that will improve learning outcomesOpen architecture curricular design (OACD) is a textbook-free curricular design framework for teaching and learning world languages that integrates all the best practices in world language education to enhance learning efficiency and effectiveness. As editors and pioneers of this method, Corin, Leaver, and Campbell define OACD for world language instructors and sec...

Augmented and Virtual Reality in Libraries is written for librarians, by librarians: understanding that diverse communities use libraries, museums, and archives for a variety of different reasons. Many current books on this topic have a very technological focus on augmentation and are aimed towards computer programmers with advanced technology skills. This book makes augmented reality, virtual reality, and mixed reality applications much more accessible to professionals without extensive t...

Combating Poverty critically analyses the growing divergence between Quebec and other large Canadian provinces in terms of social and labour market policies and their outcomes over the past several decades. While Canada is routinely classified as a single, homogeneous ‘liberal market’ regime, social and labour market policy falls within provincial jurisdiction resulting in a considerable divergence in policy mixes and outcomes between provinces.This volume offers a detaile...

Job search is and always has been an integral part of people's working lives. Whether one is brand new to the labor market or considered a mature, experienced worker, job seekers are regularly met with new challenges in a variety of organizational settings. Edited by Ute-Christine Klehe and Edwin A.J. van Hooft, The Oxford Handbook of Job Loss and Job Search provides readers with one of the first comprehensive overviews of the latest research and empirical knowledge in the areas o...

This title was first published in 2000. This text is part of the "International Library of Management", which aims to present a comprehensive core reference series comprised of significant and influencial articles by the authorities in the management studies field. The collection of essays is both international and interdisciplinary in scope and aims to provide an entry point for investigating the myriad of study within the discipline.

Particular focus on the challenges in breeding and lack of genetic diversity in modern dairy cattleExplores ways of improving non-production traits in cattle for more sustainable productionDetailed review of key developments in reproductive technologies and breeding programmes to further advance dairy cattle breeding

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Music is often cited as a central artistic mode in African theatre and performance practices. However, little attention has been paid to music theatre on the continent in general, and to opera in particular, with the exceptions ofa few noted genres, such as Concert Party or the Yorùbá "folk opera" of the 1960s, and the emerging research on opera culture in South Africa.This volume of African Theatre highlights the diversity across the continent from a variety of perspective...