"The Mide'wiwin or 'Grand Medicine Society' of the Ojibwa" by Walter James Hoffman explores the rich spiritual and medicinal traditions of the Ojibwa people. This work delves into the intricate rituals, beliefs, and practices associated with the Mide'wiwin, a society dedicated to healing and the preservation of knowledge. Hoffman meticulously documents the ceremonies, the roles of the medicine men and women, and the significance of various plants and natural elements in Ojibwa healing prac...

We live, by consensus, in an Age of the Metropolis, and the vast preponderance of scholarship about contemporary urban life has focused on the phenomenon of big–city life. But that is an approach that overlooks the smaller cities and towns where many of us choose to live.Whose Culture Is It, Anyway? Community Engagement in Small Cities is a major contribution to the growing body of literature on the special character and value of small cities, especially a...

Brought to you by Penguin.THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICKFrom the winner of a National Book Award and author of The Good Lord Bird, soon to be a TV series starring Ethan HawkeThe year is 1969. In a housing project in south Brooklyn, a shambling old church deacon called Sportscoat shoots - for no apparent reason - the local drug-dealer who used to be part of the church's baseball tea...

Another resident has gone missing in Rosedale. As the list of victims grows, the small town hangs on the brink of hysteria, desperate to find the monster among them. But when inspector Richter accuses the town's optometrist of the butchery, the doctor makes an unusual confession.

'A formidable freestyle book that isn't straight biography but a mix of history, street-level investigative reporting, hagiography, Deep South sociology, music criticism, memoir and some fiery preaching' ROLLING STONEThe music of James Brown was almost a genre in its own right, and he was one of the biggest and most influential cultural figures of the twentieth century. But the singer known as the 'Hardest Working Man in Show Business' was also an immensel...

African Americans migrated from southern regions of the United States, the Caribbean, and Africa during the early 20th century, settling in large urban communities in the Midwestern, Northern, and Western regions of the United States. During the early 21st century, African Americans continued their post-industrialized transition from their initial urban locations to suburban and exurban locations, with class, income, and education being the predominant factors in determining locations of c...

FROM THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE HEAVEN & EARTH GROCERY STORE'McBride at his brave and joyous best'New York Times Book Review'A furious joy drives these glimpses of brave lives in perilous places'San Francisco ChronicleAn antiques dealer discovers that a legendary toy commissioned by a Civil War General now sits in the home of a black ministe...

Horror stories are designed from the onset to create a story that will suddenly go very wrong and create a sheer horror and hell not only for the characters in the story but by extension ourselves.In this carefully crafted volume, our authors use their talents to create an atmosphere that might start with tingling tension but builds and builds until we can trust nothing but the certainty of the next few words and the wrath they will bring.

A Dan Josselyn Memorial PublicationDiscover the stories, structures, and spirit that shaped life along America’s greatest river.Specialists from archaeology, ethnohistory, physical anthropology, and cultural anthropology bring their varied points of view to this subject in an attempt to answer basic questions about the nature and extent of social change within the time period. The scholars' overriding concerns include presentation ...

Rediscovering lost words and memories, a collection of heartfelt poems and reflections emerges from the past. Each piece captures unique life experiences, offering insights and emotions that resonate with readers of all ages, inviting them to reflect on their own journeys.In A Dusty Cardboard Box, the author shares a personal narrative of rediscovery, revealing how a seemingly mundane cardboard box became a vessel of lost creativity. Initially filled with ...

This book appears at a time when the crisis rhetoric about schools, teaching, and learning to read is extremely high. There is a rising call within the profession for a balanced perspective on reading. Balancing Principles for Teaching Elementary Reading aspires to help set the agenda for improving the quality of literacy instruction in the United States--by recentering the debate from "What's better, 'whole language' or 'phonics'?" to "What can we do in reading instruction to pre...

Edited by three authorities in the field, this Handbook presents contributions from experts across the world who report the cutting-edge of international research. It is ground-breaking in its holistic, evidence-informed account that aims to synthesize key messages for policy and practice in English, language and literacy teaching.A comprehensive collection, the Handbook focuses on the three key areas of reading, writing, and language, and issues that cut across t...