Spike Lee is a groundbreaking moviemaker and Academy Award winner. While tackling important issues, he's helped change the way Black stories are told on film and inspired future generations of filmmakers. This book explores his life and his fascinating films. Includes table of contents, glossary, index, author biography, filmography, and sidebars.

Forward by Jim Henry President Texas Olive Ranch Executive Director Texas Olive Oil Council The Truth about Olive Oil is NOT a cook book. There are no recipes for cooking in the Mediterranean style. There are no pizza recipes. If anything, you could say this book is about a celebration of the benefits the lowly little olive showers on those who embrace its many flavors and colors by using it both internally (by eating it) and externally (by rubbing it on their skin and in their hair). Its ...

Want great tasting veggies from your own garden but cringe at the thought of doing all that back-breaking work of maintaining your garden? or If you're currently gardening with chemicals and have decided that gardening organically would give you plants with better nutrition and better taste but you don't want to hang up your tools for 7 years waiting for your soil to heal. GREAT NEWS! NO WORK VEGETABLE GARDENING by Joyce Zborower provides simple, easy-to-follow instructions for building an...

Gender was a fluid potential, not a fixed category, before the Spaniards came to Mesoamerica. Childhood training and ritual shaped, but did not set, adult gender, which could encompass third genders and alternative sexualities as well as "male" and "female." At the height of the Classic period, Maya rulers presented themselves as embodying the entire range of gender possibilities, from male through female, by wearing blended costumes and playing male and female roles in state ceremonies.

Neal Collins is a charming ladies' man whose street smarts and business savvy propel him to a position of power and respectability amidst Detroit's neighborhood turf battles and corruption. He has the toughness, cunning, and intelligence to take advantage of opportunities that make him a force to be reckoned with. But he also has powerful enemies who will stop at nothing to take away the successful empire he has built. And the one thing Neal wants most is still out of his reach—the love of...

After the flood, God made a covenant with Noah and all his descendants that never again would the earth be destroyed by water. The sign God gave Noah to assure him of this covenant was the rainbow. (Genesis 9). The rainbow is a symbol of God’s faithfulness and mercy, which is available to all of us today and for generations to come.What has God promised you? Are you currently waiting on a promise to be fulfilled from God? Do you believe that God will do it? Can God trust ...

Excavations at Cerro Palenque, a hilltop site in the Ulua Valley of northwest Honduras, revolutionized scholars’ ideas about the Terminal Classic period (roughly ad 850–1050) of Maya history and about the way in which cultures of the southeast Maya periphery related to the Lowland Maya. In this pathfinding study, Rosemary Joyce combines archaeological data gleaned from site research in 1980–1983 with anthropological theory about the evolution of social power to reconstruct something of the...

In "The Girl, The Old Man, and The Bear," an unlikely trio finds themselves together in the midst of an early snowstorm in the mountains. The young girl, the old man, and the bear are forced to rely on each other and seek refuge in a cave. As the storm rages outside, inside the cave sparks profound conversations. Exploring themes such as luck and choice, wisdom and learning, regret and forgiveness, faith, the value of time and the worth of a life, and the interconnectedness of all beings, ...

Real-world scenarios help you develop clinical reasoning skills for primary care! Case Studies in Primary Care: A Day in the Office, 2nd Edition includes 50 case studies on the most commonly encountered situations in primary care. Demonstrating the kinds of health problems that a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant might see during a typical clinical day, case studies cover patients from various cultures and all ages. You're asked to analyze data and think critically in reaching accu...

The best pastries in the world are found in the pastry shops of Paris. The mission of the book is to get tourists beyond the top attractions of Paris to experience the life of the Parisian . Of the hundreds of Paris travel guides, Paris restaurant and food guides published, Paris by Pastry is the first guidebook to locate and walk the readers to the neighborhood (all 20 neighborhoods) of Paris..Here is the guidebook for the first time traveler, for the experienced traveler – the et...

Joyce A. Johannesen was born and raised in a Norwegian neighborhood in Brooklyn, NY. She was unwanted. Not unplanned, but unwanted. That trauma plagued her for many years. Turning to her faith and belief in the power of the gospel to change lives, she learned to navigate the twin rivers of joy and sorrow through the grace of God. This is a raw and tragic story; it is also a story of grace and triumph. This story is true.

Author Joyce A. Hawkins has experienced life challenges so bitter that she could not bear the thought of allowing anyone else to suffer needlessly without warning. As you read about her experiences, evaluate her responses, and notice the consequences of her decisions. Then be prepared to make better choices when it is your turn.Remember, God controls everything ~- Lifes tests always turn into Testimonies so, keep the Faith- When hard times try to knock you down, dont...