A myth-shattering narrative of how a nation embraced "separation" and its pernicious consequences.Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court case synonymous with "separate but equal," created remarkably little stir when the justices announced their near-unanimous decision on May 18, 1896. Yet it is one of the most compelling and dramatic stories of the nineteenth century, whose outcome embraced and protected segregation, and whose reverberations are still felt into the twenty-first.Separate spans a striking range of characters and landscapes, bound together by the defining issue of their time and ours -- race and equality. Wending its way through a half-century of American history, the narrative begins at the dawn of the railroad age, in the North, home to the nation's first separate railroad car, then moves briskly through slavery and the Civil War to Reconstruction and its aftermath, as separation took root in nearly every aspect of American life.Award-winning author Steve Luxenberg draws from letters, diaries, and archival collections to tell the story of Plessy v. Ferguson through the eyes of the people caught up in the case. Separate depicts indelible figures such as the resisters from the mixed-race community of French New Orleans, led by Louis Martinet, a lawyer and crusading newspaper editor; Homer Plessy's lawyer, Albion Tourge, a best-selling author and the country's best-known white advocate for civil rights; Justice Henry Billings Brown, from antislavery New England, whose majority ruling endorsed separation; and Justice John Harlan, the Southerner from a slaveholding family whose singular dissent cemented his reputation as a steadfast voice for justice.Sweeping, swiftly paced, and richly detailed, Separate provides a fresh and urgently-needed exploration of our nation's most devastating divide. 22 black and white photographs
W. W. Norton & Company
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9780393239379
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Hardcover
Luxury
By Schultz, Philip
"Philip Schultz's poems have long since earned their own place in American poetry. His stylistic trademarks are his great emotional directness and his intelligent haranguing -- of god, the reader, and himself. He is one of the least affected of American poets, and one of the fiercest." -- Tony HoaglandIn this compassionate new collection, Philip Schultz's wry and incisive poetic voice takes on both the eternal questions of meaning and happiness and essentially modern complexities -- the collective power of women's marches, the strangeness of googling oneself, the refugee crisis, the emotions associated with visiting the 9/11 memorial. At once philosophical and droll, Schultz explores life's luxuries and challenges with masterly precision.Luxury takes its name from the center poem, which has an ironic ring next to Schultz's Pulitzer Prize-winning collection Failure.
W. W. Norton & Company
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9780393634686
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Hardcover
2018 / 2019 ASVAB For Dummies
By Johnston, Angie Papple
The bestselling ASVAB study guide - now updated for 2018/2019! The ASVAB (Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery) is a timed multi-aptitude test developed and maintained by the Department of Defense. The test is given at more than 13,000 schools and Military Entrance Processing Stations nationwide and is used to determine the branch of service and career field where a candidate would most excel. If you're one of the more than one million people a year preparing to take the test, this is your one-stop resource to ensure you perform your very best. 2018/2019 ASVAB For Dummies is packed with practice questions; an in-depth view of each of the nine subtests; strategy cheat sheets; proven study tips and test taking-tactics, as well as 3 full-length practice tests and 2 AFQT practice tests to help you prep for test day.
For Dummies
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9781119476283
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Paperback
The Oxford Illustrated History of World War II
By Overy, Richard
World War Two was the most devastating conflict in recorded human history. It was both global in extent and total in character. It has understandably left a long and dark shadow across the decades. Yet it is three generations since hostilities formally ended in 1945 and the conflict is now a lived memory for only a few. And this growing distance in time has allowed historians to think differently about how to describe it, how to explain its course, and what subjects to focus on when considering the wartime experience. For instance, as World War Two recedes ever further into the past, even a question as apparently basic as when it began and ended becomes less certain. Was it 1939, when the war in Europe began? Or the summer of 1941, with the beginning of Hitler's war against the Soviet Union? Or did it become truly global only when the Japanese brought the USA into the war at the end of 1941? And what of the long conflict in East Asia, beginning with the Japanese aggression in China in the early 1930s and only ending with the triumph of the Chinese Communists in 1949? In The Oxford Illustrated History of World War Two a team of leading historians re-assesses the conflict for a new generation, exploring the course of the war not just in terms of the Allied response but also from the viewpoint of the Axis aggressor states.
Oxford University Press; 1 edition
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9780199605828
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Hardcover
Two-Year Colleges 2016
By Peterson's,
Peterson's Two-Year Colleges 2016 includes information on nearly 1,900 accredited two-year undergraduate institutions in the United States and Canada, as well as some international schools. It also includes detailed two-page descriptions written by admissions personnel. College-bound students and their parents can research two-year colleges, including community colleges, for information on campus setting, enrollment, majors, expenses, student-faculty ratio, application deadline, and contact information. In addition, Two-Year Colleges offers articles that cover tips on transferring, advice for adults returning to school, "green" programs at community colleges, the basics of financial aid, and much more. Up-to-date data profiles for nearly 1,900 institutions, listed alphabetically by state (and followed by other countries) with facts and figures on majors, academic programs, student life, standardized tests, financial aid, and applying and contact information Helpful articles on what you need to know about two-year colleges: advice on transferring and returning to school for adult students; how to survive standardized tests; what international students need to know about admission to U.
Peterson Nelnet Co
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9780768939651
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Paperback
Famous First Facts
By Anzovin, Steven
For more than half a century, Famous First Facts has earned the accolades of reviewers and a place on library reference shelves nationwide. This new edition of the reference classic is updated and expanded with new entries reflecting the latest developments and discoveries, and newly organized for better access to information.
H.W. Wilson; 7 edition
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9781619254688
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Hardcover
Cracking the GED Test with 2 Practice Tests, 2020 Edition
By Review, Princeton
Everything students need to know to succeed on the GED, the most commonly taken high school equivalency exam.The GED (General Educational Development) tests provide hundreds of thousands of people each year with the opportunity to earn the equivalent of a high school diploma--it is still by far the most popular high school accreditation test in the United States. The GED includes tests in 4 areas: Reasoning Through Language Arts, Mathematical Reasoning, Science, and Social Studies. Cracking the GED Test is fully aligned with the newest exam requirements and provides in-depth content review for all sections of the GED, plus expert advice on manageable ways to approach and conquer the exam.Note that as of April 2018, the GED is proctored in all but the following 10 states: * Indiana, New York, West Virginia (TASC-only states) * Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, Tennessee (HiSET-only states) Changes from 2017: TN is now HiSET-only; MA now offers GED
Princeton Review
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9780525568100
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Paperback
There's a Woman in the Pulpit
By Spong, Rev. Martha
Be informed and inspired, delighted and supported, encouraged and entertained by stories and prayers from the unique perspectives of clergywomen."In ministry, we constantly balance the sacred and the ordinary, juggling the two as expertly as we manage a chalice and a [baby] bottle. Even as we do things as simple as light the candles, set the table, break the bread and pour the wine, we invite people into a holy moment ... . The women [in this book] not only have a wellspring of deep wisdom, but they also have the ability to dish out their knowledge with side-aching humor ... . I am thrilled that their great wisdom and intelligence will be bound into the pages that I can turn to, lend and appreciate for years to come." -- from the Foreword by Rev.
SkyLight Paths Publishing; 1 edition
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9781594735882
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Print book
2016 Standard Catalog of World Coins 2001-Date
By Cuhaj, George S.
Twenty-First Century MarvelsIn concert with 100 international experts, World Mints and Central Banks, the Standard Catalog of World Coins 2001-Date, 10th Edition, provides an exhaustive and thorough catalog rich with new issue coinage and values from the Twenty-First Century.For the first time, this substantial guide to the inspired and inventive offerings found in the world market now features MS65 values for much of the catalog. What's more, the catalog features thousands of new type listings and more values for PF63 and PF65 than ever before.Extensive yet easily managed, you will find:Current values for coins organized by country and listed by denomination and issue dateGlobally accepted KM reference numbersDetailed descriptions, weights and measuresThousands of new listingsMS65 values for much of the catalogMore values for PF63 and PF65Experience and explore today's modern collectible coin market as it pushes technology to marry art and meaning to create Twenty-First Century marvels.
Krause Publications; Tenth Edition edition
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9781440244100
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Print book
Old Sparky
By Galvin, Anthony
In early 2013, Robert Gleason became the latest victim of the electric chair, a peculiarly American execution method. Shouting Pog mo thin ("Kiss my ass" in Gaelic) he grinned electricity shot through his system. When the current was switched off his body slumped against the leather restraints, and Gleeson, who had strangled two fellow inmates to ensure his execution was not postponed, was dead. The execution had gone flawlessly - not a guaranteed result with the electric chair, which has gone horrifically wrong on many occasions.Old Sparky covers the history of capital punishment in America and the "current wars" between Edison and Westinghouse which led to the development of the electric chair. It examines how the electric chair became the most popular method of execution in America, before being superseded by lethal injection.
Separate
By Luxenberg, Steve
A myth-shattering narrative of how a nation embraced "separation" and its pernicious consequences.Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court case synonymous with "separate but equal," created remarkably little stir when the justices announced their near-unanimous decision on May 18, 1896. Yet it is one of the most compelling and dramatic stories of the nineteenth century, whose outcome embraced and protected segregation, and whose reverberations are still felt into the twenty-first.Separate spans a striking range of characters and landscapes, bound together by the defining issue of their time and ours -- race and equality. Wending its way through a half-century of American history, the narrative begins at the dawn of the railroad age, in the North, home to the nation's first separate railroad car, then moves briskly through slavery and the Civil War to Reconstruction and its aftermath, as separation took root in nearly every aspect of American life.Award-winning author Steve Luxenberg draws from letters, diaries, and archival collections to tell the story of Plessy v. Ferguson through the eyes of the people caught up in the case. Separate depicts indelible figures such as the resisters from the mixed-race community of French New Orleans, led by Louis Martinet, a lawyer and crusading newspaper editor; Homer Plessy's lawyer, Albion Tourge, a best-selling author and the country's best-known white advocate for civil rights; Justice Henry Billings Brown, from antislavery New England, whose majority ruling endorsed separation; and Justice John Harlan, the Southerner from a slaveholding family whose singular dissent cemented his reputation as a steadfast voice for justice.Sweeping, swiftly paced, and richly detailed, Separate provides a fresh and urgently-needed exploration of our nation's most devastating divide. 22 black and white photographs
Luxury
By Schultz, Philip
"Philip Schultz's poems have long since earned their own place in American poetry. His stylistic trademarks are his great emotional directness and his intelligent haranguing -- of god, the reader, and himself. He is one of the least affected of American poets, and one of the fiercest." -- Tony HoaglandIn this compassionate new collection, Philip Schultz's wry and incisive poetic voice takes on both the eternal questions of meaning and happiness and essentially modern complexities -- the collective power of women's marches, the strangeness of googling oneself, the refugee crisis, the emotions associated with visiting the 9/11 memorial. At once philosophical and droll, Schultz explores life's luxuries and challenges with masterly precision.Luxury takes its name from the center poem, which has an ironic ring next to Schultz's Pulitzer Prize-winning collection Failure.
2018 / 2019 ASVAB For Dummies
By Johnston, Angie Papple
The bestselling ASVAB study guide - now updated for 2018/2019! The ASVAB (Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery) is a timed multi-aptitude test developed and maintained by the Department of Defense. The test is given at more than 13,000 schools and Military Entrance Processing Stations nationwide and is used to determine the branch of service and career field where a candidate would most excel. If you're one of the more than one million people a year preparing to take the test, this is your one-stop resource to ensure you perform your very best. 2018/2019 ASVAB For Dummies is packed with practice questions; an in-depth view of each of the nine subtests; strategy cheat sheets; proven study tips and test taking-tactics, as well as 3 full-length practice tests and 2 AFQT practice tests to help you prep for test day.
The Oxford Illustrated History of World War II
By Overy, Richard
World War Two was the most devastating conflict in recorded human history. It was both global in extent and total in character. It has understandably left a long and dark shadow across the decades. Yet it is three generations since hostilities formally ended in 1945 and the conflict is now a lived memory for only a few. And this growing distance in time has allowed historians to think differently about how to describe it, how to explain its course, and what subjects to focus on when considering the wartime experience. For instance, as World War Two recedes ever further into the past, even a question as apparently basic as when it began and ended becomes less certain. Was it 1939, when the war in Europe began? Or the summer of 1941, with the beginning of Hitler's war against the Soviet Union? Or did it become truly global only when the Japanese brought the USA into the war at the end of 1941? And what of the long conflict in East Asia, beginning with the Japanese aggression in China in the early 1930s and only ending with the triumph of the Chinese Communists in 1949? In The Oxford Illustrated History of World War Two a team of leading historians re-assesses the conflict for a new generation, exploring the course of the war not just in terms of the Allied response but also from the viewpoint of the Axis aggressor states.
Two-Year Colleges 2016
By Peterson's,
Peterson's Two-Year Colleges 2016 includes information on nearly 1,900 accredited two-year undergraduate institutions in the United States and Canada, as well as some international schools. It also includes detailed two-page descriptions written by admissions personnel. College-bound students and their parents can research two-year colleges, including community colleges, for information on campus setting, enrollment, majors, expenses, student-faculty ratio, application deadline, and contact information. In addition, Two-Year Colleges offers articles that cover tips on transferring, advice for adults returning to school, "green" programs at community colleges, the basics of financial aid, and much more. Up-to-date data profiles for nearly 1,900 institutions, listed alphabetically by state (and followed by other countries) with facts and figures on majors, academic programs, student life, standardized tests, financial aid, and applying and contact information Helpful articles on what you need to know about two-year colleges: advice on transferring and returning to school for adult students; how to survive standardized tests; what international students need to know about admission to U.
Famous First Facts
By Anzovin, Steven
For more than half a century, Famous First Facts has earned the accolades of reviewers and a place on library reference shelves nationwide. This new edition of the reference classic is updated and expanded with new entries reflecting the latest developments and discoveries, and newly organized for better access to information.
Cracking the GED Test with 2 Practice Tests, 2020 Edition
By Review, Princeton
Everything students need to know to succeed on the GED, the most commonly taken high school equivalency exam.The GED (General Educational Development) tests provide hundreds of thousands of people each year with the opportunity to earn the equivalent of a high school diploma--it is still by far the most popular high school accreditation test in the United States. The GED includes tests in 4 areas: Reasoning Through Language Arts, Mathematical Reasoning, Science, and Social Studies. Cracking the GED Test is fully aligned with the newest exam requirements and provides in-depth content review for all sections of the GED, plus expert advice on manageable ways to approach and conquer the exam.Note that as of April 2018, the GED is proctored in all but the following 10 states: * Indiana, New York, West Virginia (TASC-only states) * Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, Tennessee (HiSET-only states) Changes from 2017: TN is now HiSET-only; MA now offers GED
There's a Woman in the Pulpit
By Spong, Rev. Martha
Be informed and inspired, delighted and supported, encouraged and entertained by stories and prayers from the unique perspectives of clergywomen."In ministry, we constantly balance the sacred and the ordinary, juggling the two as expertly as we manage a chalice and a [baby] bottle. Even as we do things as simple as light the candles, set the table, break the bread and pour the wine, we invite people into a holy moment ... . The women [in this book] not only have a wellspring of deep wisdom, but they also have the ability to dish out their knowledge with side-aching humor ... . I am thrilled that their great wisdom and intelligence will be bound into the pages that I can turn to, lend and appreciate for years to come." -- from the Foreword by Rev.
2016 Standard Catalog of World Coins 2001-Date
By Cuhaj, George S.
Twenty-First Century MarvelsIn concert with 100 international experts, World Mints and Central Banks, the Standard Catalog of World Coins 2001-Date, 10th Edition, provides an exhaustive and thorough catalog rich with new issue coinage and values from the Twenty-First Century.For the first time, this substantial guide to the inspired and inventive offerings found in the world market now features MS65 values for much of the catalog. What's more, the catalog features thousands of new type listings and more values for PF63 and PF65 than ever before.Extensive yet easily managed, you will find:Current values for coins organized by country and listed by denomination and issue dateGlobally accepted KM reference numbersDetailed descriptions, weights and measuresThousands of new listingsMS65 values for much of the catalogMore values for PF63 and PF65Experience and explore today's modern collectible coin market as it pushes technology to marry art and meaning to create Twenty-First Century marvels.
Old Sparky
By Galvin, Anthony
In early 2013, Robert Gleason became the latest victim of the electric chair, a peculiarly American execution method. Shouting Pog mo thin ("Kiss my ass" in Gaelic) he grinned electricity shot through his system. When the current was switched off his body slumped against the leather restraints, and Gleeson, who had strangled two fellow inmates to ensure his execution was not postponed, was dead. The execution had gone flawlessly - not a guaranteed result with the electric chair, which has gone horrifically wrong on many occasions.Old Sparky covers the history of capital punishment in America and the "current wars" between Edison and Westinghouse which led to the development of the electric chair. It examines how the electric chair became the most popular method of execution in America, before being superseded by lethal injection.