Haitian Creole (HC) is spoken by approximately 11,000,000 persons in Haiti and in diaspora communities in the United States and throughout the Caribbean. Thus, it is of great utility to Anglophone professionals engaged in various activities—medical, social, educational, welfare— in these regions. As the most widely spoken and best described creole language, a knowledge of its vocabulary is of interest and utility to scholars in a variety of disciplines.The English-Haitian Creole Bi...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Unlock the hidden mysteries behind one of the world’s most secretive and influential societies in The Arcana of Freemasonry—Albert Churchward’s bold and revealing exploration of the ancient origins, symbols, and spiritual philosophy of Freemasonry.Originally published in the early 20th century, this thought-provoking work traces the roots of Masonic ritual and symbolism back to the wisdom of ancient Egy...

First published in 1924, no book had ever before emerged dealing with Netsukes, one of the most fascinating and interesting forms of expression of the Japanese in art. Netsukes are the exquisitely carved and infinitely varied little knobs used by the Japanese to keep from slipping all kinds of articles which are hung from girdles. For collectors who cannot afford originals in most of the arts, Netsukes offer an alluring field. Here is a branch in which originals are accessible. The Netsuke...

Georgians, like all Americans, experienced the Civil War in a variety of ways. Through selected articles drawn from the New Georgia Encyclopedia (www.georgiaencyclopedia.org), this collection chronicles the diversity of Georgia’s Civil War experience and reflects the most current scholarship in terms of how the Civil War has come to be studied, documented, and analyzed.The Atlanta campaign and Sherman’s March to the Sea changed the course of the war in 1864, in terms both of the up...

There is no denying that the Covid-19 pandemic has been the cause of many changes. Many people have been working from home over the past two years, and many have been using their computers more than ever, for both business and person reasons. It is the perfect time for #Hacked – 10 Practical Cyber Security Tips to Help Protect Personal or Business Information, a new book by cyber security expert Albert Whale. This book is a guide to the risks in cyberspace, and what can be done to prevent ...

The Age of the “Miracle Drugs" is Over!Current major diseases - AIDS, heart diseases, degenerative diseases (e.g., arthritis and rheumatism), diabetes, cancers and obesity - are mostly the consequence of our modern lifestyle. There is no longer any disease that can be cured by "miracle drugs." New drugs now developed to treat one disease invariably cause others to appear. Yet, it has been no accident that peoples from various cultures have survived in good...

This uplifting story about one man's gift to the desert and the gift he receives in return has a powerful environmental lesson. Plus, this is the fixed format version, which will look almost identical to the print version. Additionally for devices that support audio, this ebook includes a read-along setting.

Among other revolutionary developments of today's world is the so-called "knowledge explosion". So much is being written so fast about so many things that it is becoming well-nigh ir--retrievable. One consequently can never be sure that he knows what there is to know about many kinds of phenomena or types of problems existing in the modern world due to the chance that something exists in written form that simply cannot be found, so bulky is the load of literature. The common idea that only...

New essays from foodways archaeology related to cuisine in social, cultural, and environmental contexts.This collection of original essays is the first to cover recent trends in foodways archaeology in the Midwest using the concept of cuisine: the selection of food ingredients and methods of food preparation, cooking, and serving/consumption in relation to their social, cultural, and environmental contexts. This work span the Early Archaic (9000 B...

ALBERT E. KAHN, at thirty-seven, has earned an international reputation for his sensational exposes of secret diplomacy, fifth column intrigue, and the machinations of men in high places. His books, as Walter Winchell once said of them, "pull no punches, name names." A graduate of Dartmouth College, where he was a famous athlete and winner of the Crawford-Campbell Literary Fellowship, Mr. Kahn became, in 1938, the Executive Secretary of the American Counc...

Scholars of the African Americas are sometimes segregated from one another by region or period, by language, or by discipline. Bringing together essays on fashion, the visual arts, film, literature, and history, this volume shows how our understanding of the African diaspora in the Americas can be enriched by crossing disciplinary boundaries to recontextualize images, words, and thoughts as part of a much greater whole.Diaspora describes dispersion, but also the seeding, sowing, or...

The Absolute lies within each of us. It only takes the courage to walk the path that leads there.The Absolute Path is a guide to lasting spiritual transformation, not through theory alone, but through lived practice. Through four progressive steps, it blends proven psychology-based wellness, surrender, present-moment awareness, and self-knowledge into a path that's both practical and profound. Drawing from both Eastern peace and Western wholeness,...