Reference works

Southern music has flourished as a meeting ground for the traditions of West African and European peoples in the region, leading to the evolution of various traditional folk genres, bluegrass, country, jazz, gospel, rock, blues, and southern hip-hop.

From semitropical coastal areas to high mountain terrain, from swampy lowlands to modern cities, the environment holds a fundamental importance in shaping the character of the American South.

Folk art is one of the American Souths most significant areas of creative achievement, and this comprehensive yet accessible reference details that achievement from the sixteenth century through the present.

Offering a broad, up-to-date reference to the long history and cultural legacy of education in the American South, this timely volume of The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture surveys educational developments, practices, institutions, and politics from the colonial era to the present.

From the Potomac to the Gulf, artists were creating in the South even before it was recognized as a region.

Michael O'Brien has masterfully abridged his award-winning two-volume intellectual history of the Old South, Conjectures of Order, depicting a culture that was simultaneously national, postcolonial, and imperial, influenced by European intellectual traditions, yet also deeply implicated in the making of the American mind.

Joe Miller brings us the first-ever stand-alone guidebook to backpacking in North Carolina, a state long known as a terrific backpacking destination.

Offering a broad, up-to-date reference to the long history and cultural legacy of education in the American South, this timely volume of The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture surveys educational developments, practices, institutions, and politics from the colonial era to the present.

Featuring over 600 wildflowers, flowering shrubs, and vines, this user-friendly field guide is the first to focus on the rare, fragile lands and species of the Sandhills region of the Carolinas and Georgia.

The autobiographies of former slaves contributed powerfully to the abolitionist movement in the United States, fanning national even international indignation against the evils of slavery.

A marvelously illustrated look at the world's diverse forests and their ecosystemsThe earth's forests are havens of nature supporting a diversity of life.

The most up-to-date and authoritative illustrated guide to the marvelous flying reptiles that dominated the skies of the Mesozoic for 160 million yearsOnce seen by some as evolutionary dead-enders, pterosaurs were vigorous winged reptiles capable of thriving in an array of habitats and climates, including polar winters.

From the author of the acclaimed Beetles of Eastern North America, a triumphant follow-up guide to western beetles, lavishly illustrated with more than 1,500 stunning color photographsBeetles of Western North America is a landmark book-the only comprehensive color photographic guide to the remarkably diverse and beautiful beetles of the United States and Canada west of the Continental Divide.

Now available in a gorgeous hardcover slipcase edition, this "e;object d'art"e; will be sure to add grace and elegance to tea shelves, coffee tables and bookshelves.

The definitive field guide to all the sharks, rays and chimaeras of the European Atlantic and MediterraneanThe waters of the northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea are home to an amazing variety of sharks, rays and chimaeras.

The ideal companion to the hugely successful Gem Calorie Counter, this is a handy portable guide to carbohydrates in everyday foods now improved and optimised for e-readers and tablet devices, with fully searchable text and tables.

A richly illustrated, state-of-the-art field guide for identifying European passerines in flight-the first of its kindOpening up new frontiers in birdwatching, this is the first field guide to focus specifically on the identification of European passerines and related landbirds in flight.

Meet 100 of the most remarkable people from The Sunday Times Magazine's acclaimed column, A Life in the Day.

A comprehensively updated edition of an identification guide that was named a Guardian Best Nature Book of the YearNow in a comprehensively revised and updated new edition, Britain's Spiders is a guide to all 38 of the British families, focussing on spiders that can be identified in the field.

The year's finest mathematics writing from around the worldThis annual anthology brings together the year's finest mathematics writing from around the world.

First serious examination of the curious demise of Reichsfuhrer SS Heinrich Himmler that also investigates an extraordinary web of secret deals and international intrigue.

Manta and devil rays are some of the most intriguing creatures in the ocean.

A carefully designed and beautifully illustrated photographic guide to the moths you are most likely to see during the dayThis concise photographic field guide helps you to identify the day-flying moths most likely to be seen in Great Britain and Ireland.

Joe Miller brings us the first-ever stand-alone guidebook to backpacking in North Carolina, a state long known as a terrific backpacking destination.

This comprehensive Research Handbook draws on interdisciplinary approaches to understand the integration of gender+ equality into policymaking worldwide.

This Companion examines the myriad ways in which transport infrastructure projects are being affected by global megatrends.

This Encyclopedia provides a comprehensive overview of theories, empirical research and policy in international trade.

This insightful Research Handbook comprehensively analyses the current state of research on fraud and society, including chapters written by internationally recognised scholars and practitioners.

Magisterarbeit aus dem Jahr 2020 im Fachbereich Theologie - Praktische Theologie, Note: 1,0, Leopold-Franzens-Universitat Innsbruck (Katholisch-Theologischen Fakultat), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Dieses Kompendium der Kirchenmusik ist ein Grundlagenwerk fur Kirchenmusikerinnen und Kirchenmusiker.

'A must read relationship guide' - School Library Journal'One of the books I'd deliver to my younger self' - Jeffrey MarshShould I be upfront with someone I'm interested in that I'm ace or aro?

'A must read relationship guide' - School Library Journal'One of the books I'd deliver to my younger self' - Jeffrey MarshShould I be upfront with someone I'm interested in that I'm ace or aro?

To date, media and scholarly attention to gay politics and policy has focused on the morality debates over sexual orientation and the legal aspects of rights for non-heterosexuals.

What does it mean to be trans?

What does it mean to be trans?

Ellie and Casey are back to talk about gender!

Ellie and Casey are back to talk about gender!

Folk art is one of the American Souths most significant areas of creative achievement, and this comprehensive yet accessible reference details that achievement from the sixteenth century through the present.

LONGLISTED FOR THE POLARI PRIZE 2024'On the bookshelves, there was plenty of stuff on being gay, and much needed, joyous accounts of what it is to be trans, but nothing really that encapsulates what is it to be both - to exist in the hazy terrain between.

LONGLISTED FOR THE POLARI PRIZE 2024'On the bookshelves, there was plenty of stuff on being gay, and much needed, joyous accounts of what it is to be trans, but nothing really that encapsulates what is it to be both - to exist in the hazy terrain between.

This insightful Handbook provides expert guidance on fostering social innovation through education, including perspectives from teaching, learning, training, and policy.

Bachelorarbeit aus dem Jahr 2020 im Fachbereich Romanistik - Hispanistik, Note: 2,3, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Das Thema dieser Arbeit ist die kontrastive Phraseologie.

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'I will recommend it to everyone' Alastair Campbell'World-renowned historian Laurence Rees lays out a past that is also eerily a cautionary tale for our future if we are not careful' Anthony Scaramucci'There are lots of moments when you can t help but have a shudder through the spine .

Embrace a deeper understanding of the Holy Scriptures with The Essential Bible Dictionary.

An inspiring picture book about sports, friendship, belonging and inclusion.

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So-So In Centerfied, which is how one newspaper described the young prospect Willie Mays, is a collection of baseball quotations that celebrate the many, many hallowed traditions of America's pastime, including hitting, pitching, baseball's mutual admiration society, and cheating, among others.

An inspiring picture book about sports, friendship, belonging and inclusion.

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This revised edition of the Dictionary of British Place-Names includes over 17,000 engaging and informative entries, tracing the development of the featured place-names from earliest times to the present day.

This timely Handbook explores, from a critical studies perspective, the ethical, sociocultural and political implications of Artificial Intelligence for education.