A primer on the policies and candidacy of the Democratic senator from New Jersey, who has made social and racial justice his foundation. Is he the right Democrat to take on Trump? Cory Booker, New Jersey senator and former mayor of Newark, has a voting record measured a third most liberal in his time in the Senate. Meet the Candidates 2020: Cory Booker: A Voter's Guide helps you understand exactly how liberal Booker is, where on the spectrum Booker...

Demonstrating the power of protest and standing up for a just cause, here is an exciting tribute to the educators who participated in the 1965 Selma Teachers' March. Reverend F.D. Reese was a leader of the Voting Rights Movement in Selma, Alabama. As a teacher and principal, he recognized that his colleagues were viewed with great respect in the city. Could he convince them to risk their jobs--and perhaps their lives--by organizing a teachers-only...

Joseph "Joe" S. LeFors was a U.S. Deputy Marshal who pursued several train robbers and other outlaws in the northwest. Born in Paris, Texas, in 1865, LeFors grew up to be a cowboy, and after driving a herd to Wyoming in 1885, he stayed there. Later he would become an inspector-detective responsible for tracking stolen cattle in Wyoming and Montana. In the process, he was involved in several gunfights. In 1899, he rode with a posse sent to capture...

The Newburgh, St. Clair and Collinwood neighborhoods formed the core of Greater Cleveland's enormous Slovenian population, still the largest in America. The city's Slovenian heritage is replete with gripping tales of World War II prison camp escapes and bizarre bank robbers who threatened the St. Clair Savings institution. The catastrophic East Ohio Gas explosion and tragic Collinwood school fire are etched into local consciousness. The rise of neighborhood...

How much do you know about Booker T. Washington? Find out the facts you need to know about this famous teacher and leader. You'll learn about the early life, challenges, and major accomplishments of this important American.

The first of three volumes of collected Native American folktales or oral traditions. Born in Massachusetts in 1790, James Athearn Jones grew up with Native American culture all around him. His childhood nursemaid was from the Gay Head tribe, and his household was frequented by other local Indigenous people of all ages. He enjoyed hearing their folktales. As an adult, he traveled the continent and sought to preserve and collect these stories in a...

Un guide pratique sur un phénomène qui prend de l'ampleur dans le monde du livre : l'auto-édition. S'éditer soi-même? S’autoéditer? Facile! Le petit guide de l'auto-édition vous livre les ficelles de la réussite. Faire éditer son manuscrit n'est pas aisé et connaître le succès n'est pas donné à tous les auteurs, le travail d'un auteur indépendant ne s'improvise pas, il est soumis à des règles et demande ambition, créativité,...

First published in 1962, this is a wonderful biography of General Nelson A. Miles (1839-1925), one of America's most celebrated generals. Author Virginia W. Johnson covers General Miles' career; from his service in the Civil War and his incredible success in the Indian Wars-including the capture of Geronimo and Chief Joseph of the Nez Perces-to serving as the Commanding General of the Army during the Spanish-American War. The Unregimented General...

Lilia Moritz Schwarcz is professor of anthropology at the University of São Paulo and visiting professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Princeton University. Her books include The Spectacle of Races (Hill and Wang) and Brazil: A Biography (Picador). Twitter @LiliaSchwarcz Instagram @liliaschwarcz Eric M. B. Becker, a prolific translator from Portuguese, has been a finalist for the PEN Translation Prize. He is digital director and...

In this volume, which was first published in 1954, some forty-odd myths collected at various Pomo settlements are given clearly and concisely by Cora Clark and Texa Bowen Williams. It includes a separate section in which the sister authors provide a partial analysis of the myths based upon the interpretations given them by the storytellers. The meanings attributed to the tales include much nature symbolism: coyote, in an abbreviated creation myth,...