Tales from the Hayloft vividly relate a young boy's fears of being bombed on his family's small southern Maine farm at the end of WWII, or burnt out during The Great Fire of 1947. Soon fear turns to wonder with stories of flying bulls, tractor accidents, sandlot umpires, salty garagemen, puppy love, false reverends, stranded airplanes, and too many brushes with fate. Generous in spirit and rich in mechanical detail, James E. Harris's first collection is a historical time capsule of rural M...

Winner of the 2012 ASHE/CAHEP Barbara Townsend Lecture AwardTo prosper and thrive in an increasingly unpredictable national and global environment, U.S. higher education will need to adapt, innovate, and evolve once again, as it has during every major societal change over the past four centuries.The purpose of this new edition, published a turbulent decade after the first, is to provide institutional leaders -- from department chairs to trustees -- with a broad understanding of the academi...

The Eye of The Storm is the most calm but in that moment it's the most devastating. During the storms of life, it's the same and the struggle is sometimes so overwhelming that you can't see past the havoc and chaos. There are 3 stages to any and every storm whether its mental, emotional, or physical.Those 3 stages are: DEVASTATION...THE STRUGGLE...THE SOLUTION. It's hard to see the solution when you're going through the struggle that was birthed from devastation. Here's the story o...

The Butcher's Daughter is a compelling psychological thriller which will appeal to fans of authors like Sheryl Browne, Nuala Ellwood and Teresa Driscoll.When Natalie Powers returns home for the first time in thirteen years, she must convince everyone she has fully recovered from the mental illness, which has seen her institutionalised for most of her young life. But instead of being welcomed back, Natalie enters a baffling world of deception. In the village of Little Downey, everyb...

Polymer chemistry and technology form one of the major areas of molecular and materials science. This field impinges on nearly every aspect of modern life, from electronics technology, to medicine, to the wide range of fibers, films, elastomers, and structural materials on which everyone depends. Although most of these polymers are organic materials, attention is being focused increasingly toward polymers that contain inorganic elements as well as organic components. The goal of Inorga...

The presidency of Barack Obama seeks a major transformation of American politics and policy. This new collection, edited by Steven E. Schier, examines the unusual combination of risk and ambition in Obama's presidency concerning popular politics, Washington politics, and economic and foreign policy. It also places the Obama presidency in historical perspective, noting the unusual circumstances of his election and the similarities and differences between presidential politics today and thos...

Vintage Sci-Fi 20 - 21 Science Fiction Classics from H. P. Lovecraft, C. S. Lewis, Ray Bradbury, Nelson S. Bond, EE Doc Smith and moreThe Stranger by Gordon R. DicksonCon-Fen by James R. AdamsInfiltration by Algis BudrysLancelot Biggs Cooks a Pirate by Nelson S. BondThe Shunned House by H. P. LovecraftThe Invisible Girl by Mary ShelleyThe Artificial Man by Clare Winger HarrisThe Shoddy Lands by C. S. Lewis

From The Real Housewives of Atlanta to Flavor of Love, reality shows with predominantly black casts have often been criticized for their negative representation of African American women as loud, angry, and violent. Yet even as these programs appear to be rehashing old stereotypes of black women, the critiques of them are arguably problematic in their own way, as the notion of “respectability” has historically been used to police black women’s behaviors.The first ...

Twenty ghostly tales from the supernatural masters of the Victorian age. Wimbourne Books presents the twelfth in a series of rare or out-of-print ghost stories from Victorian authors. With an introduction by author Alastair Gunn, Volume 12 in the series spans the years 1837 to 1901, contains ghost stories set at or around Christmas, and includes stories from a wide range of authors including Robert Louis Stevenson, Charlotte Riddell and Eliza Lynn Linton. Readers new to this genre will dis...

An anthology that asks, “What does it mean to be church where Black lives matter?”Prophetic imagination would have us see a future in which all Christians would be free of the soul-warping belief and practice of racism. This collection of reflections is an incisive look into that future today. It explains why preaching about race is important in the elimination of racism in the church and society, and how preaching has the ability to transform hearts. While program...

Winner of an Abraham Lincoln Institute Book AwardThough not blind to Abraham Lincoln's imperfections, Black Americans long ago laid a heartfelt claim to his legacy. At the same time, they have consciously reshaped the sixteenth president's image for their own social and political ends. Frederick Hord and Matthew D. Norman's anthology explores the complex nature of views on Lincoln through the writings and thought of Frederick Douglass, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Mary Mc...

New to the stock market? Are you interested in breaking into the world of successful stock investing but unsure where to start? No problem! Our step-by-step guide will help you become a profitable investor—even with no experience.Everything You Need to Know to Become a Successful Trader in a Single Book.In Tales of the Profitable Trader, James Harris will guide you through the most important trading information, methods, personal tips, usef...