This book provides 20 beautiful Anglo-American folk songs, field-collected by two remarkable real-life "song catchers," Josephine McGill and Loraine Wyman, in the Cumberland Mountains of Kentucky in 1914 and 1916. Josephine and Loraine, the latter accompanied by Howard Brockway, a composer and arranger, were among the first persons to search for folk songs in the Southern Appalachians. The musical adventurers traveled hundreds of miles on horseback and on foot through an inaccessible world...

Things happen to everyone, good and bad. Thats life. How you react to these events are stories of your life. This is mine.By: Ralph R. Smith Sr.

Gunther Grizzwell is your average family bear, with a wife and kids, a day job, and a bottomless appetite for anything from roadkill to the occasional forest hiker. This e-book only collection of Grizzwells comics follows Gunther, his wife, Flora, and his kids, Tucker and Fauna, on their daily exploits both in and out of the home. We see Gunther's well-intentioned attempts at imparting fatherly wisdom, Tucker and Fauna's clever schemes for avoiding homework, and Flora's heroic eff...

This book explores the concept of greening industrialisation and issues and considerations surrounding it through the lens of Sub-Saharan Africa.The book critically examines the concept of greening industrialisation and describes the progress and data challenges of monitoring the Sustainable Development Goals confronting African countries. The chapters summarise the policy and programme literature focused on eight policy regimes essential for greening industrialisation and identify...

This Palgrave Pivot reviews the history of the UK's Retail Prices Index (RPI) from its origins just after the Second World War to its controversial position today. Both the developments in the methodology of the index and the political and social context in which its development took place are closely examined. The authors explain how the RPI went from being the dominant measure of inflation for decades to its current position as an officially discredited index. Despite this status, it is ...

This innovative book examines the changing relationship between communities, citizens and the notion of the archive.Archives have traditionally been understood as repositories of knowledge and experience, remote from the ordinary people who fund and populate them, however digital resources have led to a growing plurality of archives and the practices associated with collecting and curating. This book uses a broad range of case studies which place communities at the heart of this ex...

Visit the Greenwich Village folk music scene of the 1960s - and bring your dulcimer! Ralph Lee Smith was there and saw it all. He was the only dulcimer player in the Village's old-timey string bands during the Folk Revival's glory days. A fascinating text and rare photographs bring you to Washington Square, the coffeehouses and the music gatherings at the Folklore Center and in Allan Block's Sandal Shop, where young enthusiasts created a musical revolution. The book contains a selection of...

Tucker Grizzwell is having the worst week ever. He is due to attend the annual Jaws & Claws weekend with his dad, where young grizzlies learn how to be terrifying predators. Problem is, Tucker doesn't even like to eat meat, let alone have to kill it first! Plus, didn't some kid get eaten last year during the dumpster-diving lesson?And before he can even get to the weekend, Tucker must endure a week's worth of middle school indignities, including pop quizzes, too much homework, bad c...

In the heart of a forgotten realm, where dreams take flight and reality blurs, lies The Garden of Dreams. Enter a world where the boundaries of imagination dissolve, and the impossible becomes tangible. Follow the enigmatic Anya as she stumbles upon this ethereal paradise, a sanctuary where her deepest desires and darkest fears intertwine. As she ventures deeper into the garden's labyrinthine paths, she encounters a cast of extraordinary characters, each with their own secrets and longings...

In "Left Guard Gilbert," Ralph Henry Barbour likely tells the story of a young protagonist named Gilbert who plays the position of left guard on a football team. The title suggests that football and sports may be central themes of the novel.The plot of the book may revolve around Gilbert's experiences as a member of the football team, including his struggles, triumphs, and personal growth both on and off the field. The narrative may also explore themes of teamwork, friendship, and determin...

A second collection of speculative fiction stories, concerning extraterrestrials, other worlds, and bleak futures.Contents:"The Distortion Out of Space" by Francis FlaggA strange being that came from outer space in a meteoroid."The House of Living Music" by Edmond HamiltonA composer who could re-create all living things in sound."Special News Bulletin" by Vincent GaddisFlash ...

This edited collection addresses the growing need for ideas and methods conducive to holistic educational practices and aims to encourage more personal growth in students too often distracted by the background noise of war, violence, racism, and environmental deterioration. The contributors are working teachers and professors who have integrated a degree of spirituality into a wide range of classes in both urban and rural settings across the US. This ground-breaking collection will provide...