Few American Civil War operations matched the controversy, intensity, and bloodshed of Confederate general John Bell Hood’s ill-fated 1864 campaign against Union forces in Tennessee. In the first-ever anthology on the subject, The Tennessee Campaign of 1864, edited by Steven E. Woodworth and Charles D. Grear, fourteen prominent historians and emerging scholars examine the three-month operation, covering the battles of Allatoona, Spring Hill, and Franklin, as well as the decimation...

Across the U.S. immigrants, laborers, domestic workers, low-income tenants, indigenous communities, and people experiencing homelessness are conducting research to fight for justice. Collaborating for Change: A Participatory Action Research Casebook documents the stories of a dozen community-based research projects. Academics and their partners share authorship about the importance of gathering credible evidence, both for organizing and persuading. The emphasis is on community org...

WRONG BEFORE IT'S RIGHTAnnie Clarke knew fairy tales were only in books, and love was a disaster. Nothing could convince her to go down that road again. But local football hero, Erik Strathmore, wore her down. Too cocky by half, and too damn good-looking for his own good, when he suggested they give friends with benefits a try, she relented. At first, it worked. Erik was a great friend, and a fantastic lover. But then their hearts entered the field of play, and Erik betrayed her. A...

Bland Simpson, the celebrated bard of North Carolina’s sound country, has blended history, observation of nature, and personal narrative in many books to chronicle the people and places of eastern Carolina. Yet he has spent much of his life in the state’s Piedmont, with regular travels into its western mountains. Here, for the first time, Simpson brings his distinctive voice and way of seeing to bear on the entirety of his home state, combining storytelling and travelogue to create a portr...

The Coasts of Carolina captures the vibrancy of the North Carolina oceanfront, sound country, and interior shores behind the barrier islands. Scott Taylor, who has been photographing the coast for almost thirty years, and Bland Simpson, whose many coastal books have delighted readers for two decades, come together to offer an inviting visual and textual portrait organized around coastal themes such as nature, fishing, and community life, with an emphasis on particular places and s...

Fully Human/Fully Alive is written to help the 70% of all Americans Living today who are stuck on Maslow's social level of living, not realizing that there are three levels above them that would greatly enhance their lives. The book will help them build bridges over or detours around their own barriers that preclude them from fully living their own lives. The book provides paths around your barriers without destroying your current beliefs. They simply no longer control you. Those who read ...

In a world where perfection is mandatory and patterns control everything, sixteen-year-old Anson Miles discovers a dangerous truth: the system that keeps everyone safe might be their greatest prison.When Anson and his friends notice glitches in ALGO's perfect calculations, they uncover a hidden network of resistance. Following cryptic messages left by the mysterious Dr. Marshall, they learn that breaking free from perfect control might be possible – but at what cost?As the ...

Fully Human / Fully Alive is written to help the 70% of all Americans Living today who are stuck on Maslow's social level of living, not realizing that there are three levels above them that would greatly enhance their lives. The book will help them build bridges over or detours around their own barriers that preclude them from fully living their own lives. The book provides paths around your barriers without destroying your current beliefs. They simply no longer control you. Those who rea...

This book was written with the intent to provide general information for parents/caregivers of children with sensory issues. This book is not intended to diagnose, prevent or cure children with sensory issues, but to give parents a starting point in recognizing signs and symptoms. This book is also intended to be a source of information that may be beneficial in making a difference in the lives of children with sensory issues and challenges. This book provides tips, tools and tidbits for v...

In the hush of an ordinary home, where silence should feel comforting, something begins to stir. A faint murmur drifts from a rarely used bathroom at midnight. Shadows slide across a bedroom ceiling when the branches outside are still. Metallic clangs echo from inside a locked garage. Footsteps circle the driveway in slow, deliberate loops. Warm breaths rustle the bushes at dusk. Laughter—high, mocking, childlike—spills from an empty side yard.These are the small disturbances that ...

Harriette Simpson Arnow is an American treasure. Of the twenty-five stories in this collection, fifteen were previously unpublished. Until now, the short fiction of Arnow has remained relatively obscure despite the literary acclaim given to her novels The Dollmaker and Hunter’s Horn. These stories, written early in her career for the most part, reveal an artistic vision and narrative skill and serve as harbingers for her later work. They echo her interest in both agrarian...

Manuel Simpson was born to the unforgiving fields of Indianola, Mississippi and never was it supposed to be easy.His is a tale of resilience, redemption and constant determination, from childhood labor under the scorching Southern sun, to the struggle of living in Maywood, Illinois such that it is.Manuel was faced with poverty, racial barriers, addiction, and incarceration and his path was full of obstacles that could have shaped his future.He decided to fight back instead, though, by beco...