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The latest offering in the Poets on Poetry series from the acclaimed poet, critic, and current chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts

Portrays monasticism as it developed under Columban, Benedict, and Gregory the Great

The memoir of Marina von Neumann Whitman

A study of the important interrelations between Roman religion and government

This is designed for English language learners whose primary goal is to succeed in an academic setting. The series covers the four academic skills of reading, writing, listening, and speaking while providing reinforcement and systematic recycling of key vocabulary and further exposure to grammar issues. Each book in the series focuses heavily on vocabulary in particular, highlighting between 125 and 150 key vocabulary items, including individual words, compound words, phrasal verbs, short phrases, idioms, metaphors, collocations, and longer set lexical phrases.

Examining the music of Duke Ellington and James P Johnson, this title places the concert works of these two iconic figures in context through an investigation of both related compositions by black and white peers as well as symphonic jazz-style arrangements from a number of early sound films, Broadway musicals, and Harlem nightclub floor shows.

An account of the unintended social, financial, and personal consequences of incarceration on the families of prisoners. This book shows that those doing time on the inside are having a ripple effect on the outside - reaching deep into the family and community life of urban America.

Offers a portrait of one women's experience of living through three cancers, from diagnosis through treatment and on to recovery. This title explores the night-mare world of human emotion when it is confronted with life-threatening disease.

In the sixties, Fitzhugh Mullan was an activist in the civil rights struggle. While in medical school, Mullan was shocked by gaps in what the students learned, and the lack of humanity in the classroom. This book charts the state of medical school and practices in the 1960s and 70s.

A collection of essays on the literary and cultural impact of the early modern rogue. Under various names - rogues, vagrants, molls, doxies, vagabonds, cony-catchers, masterless men - this group of marginal figures, poor men and women with no clear social place or identity, exploded onto the scene in 16th century English history and culture.

Offers memories, myths, and meanings of the contiguous piece of wild area in Michigan's ""Lower Peninsula"". This book provides comprehensive discussions of the area's flora and fauna. It guides to the trails and camping sites, and a photo section showcasing the evolving face of this national treasure.

Explores the gray area between the realms of reason and madness.

Based on actual interviews with the people who made Detroit TV, the author reawakens the emotional attachment and nostalgia our community has for the shows, bringing the characters and the programs back to life. He describes a quintessentially American folk celebrity that's been replaced by slick productions, big budgets, and gargantuan egos.

Groundbreaking research into the historical relationship between race and social welfare.

Essential skills for high school and college students.