A historian’s guide to understanding Reconstruction and the lessons it offers for navigating our own fraught political momentIn the wake of a shocking presidential election, historian Kellie Carter Jackson came to a simple but powerful realization: We have stood at a similar crossroads before, in the years following the Civil War, the era of Reconstruction. Would democracy extend to all Americans? Or would white supremacy prevail?In We’ve Been Here Befo...

From its origins in the 1750s, the white-led American abolitionist movement adhered to principles of "moral suasion" and nonviolent resistance as both religious tenet and political strategy. But by the 1850s, the population of enslaved Americans had increased exponentially, and such legislative efforts as the Fugitive Slave Act and the Supreme Court's 1857 ruling in the Dred Scott case effectively voided any rights black Americans held as enslaved or free people. As conditions deteriorated...

NOT JUST A DREAM tells how a little girl reacts to a new Hispanic student. She has many questions, but she has already decided that the new student will not "fit" into the class. After she dreams about the day, she realizes that she had not shown tolerance to someone who is not like her. She feels much better when she interacts with the new student and finds out that they are a lot alike.

"Rebel Carter writes with wit, elegance, and longing. Her love stories exist in a world of their own and it's one I never want to leave." Talia Hibbert, author of "Get A Life, Chloe Brown".Get ready for a romance of cosmic proportions.Grace has been falling for Anton for months – charming, brilliant, and effortlessly kind over email. But when he shows up in her Geneva lab? He's arrogant, condescending, and nothing like the man she thought she knew.Anton is used to w...

Based on numerous interviews with leading musicians and music industry professionals, this book explores the illusive genre and movement that is Americana. From its historical roots in Country, Folk and other rebel music, the story of Americana music is told by those who are taking it in new directions today.With so many music venues closed and incomes reduced, musicians speak of their hopes and fears for the future of the industry in challenging times.Interviews with: Emil...

Fields, Capitals, Habitus provides an insightful analysis of the relations between culture and society in contemporary Australia. Presenting the findings of a detailed national survey of Australian cultural tastes and practices, it demonstrates the pivotal significance of the role culture plays at the intersections of a range of social divisions and inequalities: between classes, age cohorts, ethnicities, genders, city and country, and the relations between Indigenous and non-Indi...

National Geographic's ultimate resource for traveling with your furry friend features hundreds of dog-friendly places to pamper your pooch, from doggie daycare to canine couture. Special features include walks you can take with your dog, insider tips from local pet parents on how to best enjoy their area with a pup, and sidebars detailing unique opportunities for coddled canines, such as winery hikes in California wine country. New York Times bestselling author and pet parent Kelly E. Cart...

Moral injury has developed in earnest since 2009 within psychology and military studies, especially through work with veterans of the U.S. military’s wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. A major part of this work is the attempt to identify means of healing, recovery, and repair for those morally injured by their experiences in combat (or similar situations). What this volume does is to provide insight into the identification of moral injury, the development of the notion, attempts to work with th...

In Political Theology on Edge, the discourse of political theology is seen as situated on an edge—that is, on the edge of a world that is grappling with global warming, a brutal form of neoliberal capitalism, protests against racism and police brutality, and the COVID-19 pandemic. This edge is also a form of eschatology that forces us to imagine new ways of being religious and political in our cohabitation of a fragile and shared planet. Each of the essays in this volume attends t...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Discover a world of serenity and rejuvenation with Unplugged Escapes, a guide to holidays that prioritize disconnecting from technology and reconnecting with nature. Imagine strolling through lush forests, practicing yoga on pristine beaches, and immersing yourself in the beauty of the natural world without the distraction of screens and notifications. This book introduces a variety of destinations and retreats that offer the perfect se...

Black resistance to white supremacy is often reduced to a simple binary, between Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s nonviolence and Malcolm X's "by any means necessary." In We Refuse, historian Kellie Carter Jackson urges us to move past this false choice, offering an unflinching examination of the breadth of Black responses to white oppression, particularly those pioneered by Black women.The dismissal of "Black violence" as an illegitimate form of resistance is itself a manifes...

A historian’s guide to understanding Reconstruction and the lessons it offers for navigating our own fraught political momentIn the wake of a shocking presidential election, historian Kellie Carter Jackson came to a simple but powerful realization: We have stood at a similar crossroads before, in the years following the Civil War, the era of Reconstruction. Would democracy extend to all Americans? Or would white supremacy prevail?In We’ve Been Here Befo...