Download or read book Beyond the Pawpaw Trees written by Palmer Brown and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2011-10-18 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It all began on a lavender blue day—the kind of day when anything can happen. It was on such a day that Anna Lavinia’s father saw a double rainbow and went chasing after it. And it is on such a day that she and her cat, Strawberry, set off on their journey beyond the walled garden where the pawpaw trees grow, to a place where the buttercups bloom pink and the laws of gravity don’t always apply. Here Anna Lavinia will test her mother’s advice “Never believe what you see,” against her father’s wise words “Believe only what you see,” and just maybe she’ll finally be able to use the mysterious silver key her father left behind when he went chasing after rainbows. Beyond the Pawpaw Trees is a tour through a land as strange and wonderful as Oz, filled with people as delightfully batty as any in Alice’s looking glass. It is a place to return to again and again, beautifully brought to life in Palmer Brown’s fanciful words and intricate, sugar-spun drawings.
Download or read book Pawpaw written by Andrew Moore and published by Chelsea Green Publishing. This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The largest edible fruit native to the United States tastes like a cross between a banana and a mango. It grows wild in twenty-six states, gracing Eastern forests each fall with sweet-smelling, tropical-flavored abundance. Historically, it fed and sustained Native Americans and European explorers, presidents, and enslaved African Americans, inspiring folk songs, poetry, and scores of place names from Georgia to Illinois. Its trees are an organic grower’s dream, requiring no pesticides or herbicides to thrive, and containing compounds that are among the most potent anticancer agents yet discovered. So why have so few people heard of the pawpaw, much less tasted one? In Pawpaw—a 2016 James Beard Foundation Award nominee in the Writing & Literature category—author Andrew Moore explores the past, present, and future of this unique fruit, traveling from the Ozarks to Monticello; canoeing the lower Mississippi in search of wild fruit; drinking pawpaw beer in Durham, North Carolina; tracking down lost cultivars in Appalachian hollers; and helping out during harvest season in a Maryland orchard. Along the way, he gathers pawpaw lore and knowledge not only from the plant breeders and horticulturists working to bring pawpaws into the mainstream (including Neal Peterson, known in pawpaw circles as the fruit’s own “Johnny Pawpawseed”), but also regular folks who remember eating them in the woods as kids, but haven’t had one in over fifty years. As much as Pawpaw is a compendium of pawpaw knowledge, it also plumbs deeper questions about American foodways—how economic, biologic, and cultural forces combine, leading us to eat what we eat, and sometimes to ignore the incredible, delicious food growing all around us. If you haven’t yet eaten a pawpaw, this book won’t let you rest until you do.
Download or read book Michigan Historical Collections written by Michigan Historical Commission and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 872 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book White Like Me written by Tim Wise and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From “one of the most brilliant, articulate and courageous critics of white privilege in the nation” (Michael Eric Dyson), this now-classic is “a brilliant and personal deconstruction of institutionalized white supremacy in the United States . . . a beautifully written, heartfelt memoir” (Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz). The inspiration for the acclaimed documentary film, this deeply personal polemic reveals how racial privilege shapes the daily lives of white Americans in every realm: employment, education, housing, criminal justice, and elsewhere. Using stories from his own life, Tim Wise examines what it really means to be white in a nation created to benefit people who are “white like him.” This inherent racism is not only real, but disproportionately burdens people of color and makes progressive social change less likely to occur. Explaining in clear and convincing language why it is in everyone’s best interest to fight racial inequality, Wise offers ways in which white people can challenge these unjust privileges, resist white supremacy and racism, and ultimately help to ensure the country’s personal and collective well-being.
Download or read book Reminiscing with Pearl Playford written by Pearl Playford and published by Reminiscing Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book HELLO WORLD WHAT THE HELL written by Dyanne Mason Jones and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014-08-05 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Historical Collections written by Michigan State Historical Society and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 864 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A History of Van Buren County Michigan written by Oran W. Rowland and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dawn of a New Day written by Tracie Loveless Hill and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-02-25 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dawn Montgomery 's early years can be summed up in the words of poet Langston Hughes: "life for me ain't been no crystal stair." Growing up with a drug-addicted parent in an unsafe environment, the deck was stacked against Dawn. Suffering severe neglect and abuse, there seemed to be no escape for her until a violent incident led to her placement with the one person who would protect and always have her back: her beloved grandmother Carol Montgomery, affectionately known as Ma Dear. Even with Ma Dear's guidance and unwavering love, Dawn finds herself in a situation that threatens to make her just another statistic. With her own strong will-and the love and support of family and friends-Dawn is determined to overcome the odds and escape the circumstances that hinder her success. From abuse to triumph, she is ready to see the....Dawn of a New Day.
Download or read book A Stronger Kinship written by Anna-Lisa Cox and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2009-05-30 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Starting in the 1860s, the people of Covert, Michigan, broke laws and barriers to attempt what then seemed impossible: to love one's neighbor as oneself. This is the inspiring, true story of an extraordinary town where blacks and whites lived as equals.
Download or read book Good God but You Smart written by Nichole E. Stanford and published by University Press of Colorado. This book was released on 2016-10-14 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking Cajuns as a case study, Good God but You Smart! explores the subtle ways language bias is used in classrooms, within families, and in pop culture references to enforce systemic economic inequality. It is the first book in composition studies to examine comprehensively, and from an insider’s perspective, the cultural and linguistic assimilation of Cajuns in Louisiana. The study investigates the complicated motivations and cultural concessions of upwardly mobile Cajuns who “choose” to self-censor—to speak Standardized English over the Cajun English that carries their cultural identity. Drawing on surveys of English teachers in four Louisiana colleges, previously unpublished archival data, and Pierre Bourdieu’s theory of the legitimate language, author Nichole Stanford explores how socioeconomic and political pressures rooted in language prejudice make code switching, or self-censoring in public, seem a responsible decision. Yet teaching students to skirt others’ prejudice toward certain dialects only puts off actually dealing with the prejudice. Focusing on what goes on outside classrooms, Stanford critiques code switching and cautions users of code meshing that pedagogical responses within the educational system are limited by the reproductive function of schools. Each theory section includes parallel memoir sections in the Cajun tradition of storytelling to open an experiential window to the study without technical language. Through its explication of language legitimacy and its grounding in lived experience, Good God but You Smart! is an essential addition to the pedagogical canon of language minority studies like those of Villanueva, Gilyard, Smitherman, and Rose.
Download or read book Invisible to Invincible written by Dawn Milson and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2019-08-30 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "There has been so much pain in my life, pain in my heart and the pain of being beaten so badly that death was a welcome thought." Twenty people are physically abused by a loved one...every minute of every day. This is more than 10 million victims of domestic violence a year. Offering a hard look inside the life of a victim of domestic violence, Dawn shares her pain, heartache, and fear as she walks you through the thirteen years of horrific abuse at the hands of her husband. Beaten, cut, and stabbed numerous times throughout the years, it was her faith in Jesus Christ that would see her through the dark years that lay ahead. Your heart will pound as Dawn takes you through her death-defying escape in order to save the lives of her children. It would take years to overcome the shame, guilt, and unworthiness that attached themselves throughout her life. You will journey back in time as she relives childhood memories of a scared little girl who felt lost and invisible throughout her childhood years. But even as a small child, she held on to hope through Jesus Christ. Get ready for your heart to fill with joy as Dawn shares her journey to freedom as God calls her to action. She must use her voice once again in order to change a legacy of silence that has been passed down through generations. You will see God use her trials in life in order to fulfill his purpose. "'For I know the plans I have for you,' declares the Lord, 'plans to prosper you and not harm you, plans to give you hope and a future'" (Jeremiah 29:11).
Download or read book All American Anarchist written by Carlotta Anderson and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 2017-12-01 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All-American Anarchist chronicles the life and work of Joseph A. Labadie (1850-1933), Detroit's prominent labor organizer and one of early labor's most influential activists. All-American Anarchist chronicles the life and work of Joseph A. Labadie (1850—1933), Detroit's prominent labor organizer and one of early labor's most influential activists. A dynamic participant in the major social reform movements of the Gilded Age, Labadie was a central figure in the pervasive struggle for a new social order as the American Midwest underwent rapid industrialization at the end of the nineteenth century. This engaging biography follows Labadie's colorful career from a childhood among a Pottawatomie tribe in the Michigan woods through his local and national involvement in a maze of late nineteenth-century labor and reform activities, including participation in the Socialist Labor party, Knights of Labor, Greenback movement, trades councils, typographical union, eight-hour-day campaigns, and the rise of the American Federation of Labor. Although he received almost no formal education, Labadie was a critical thinker and writer, contributing a column titled "Cranky Notions" to Benjamin Tucker's Liberty,the most important journal of American anarchism. He interacted with such influential rebels and reformers as Eugene V. Debs, Emma Goldman, Henry George, Samuel Gompers, and Terence V. Powderly, and was also a poet of both protest and sentiment, composing more than five hundred poems between 1900 and 1920. Affectionately known as Detroit's "Gentle Anarchist," Labadie's flamboyant and amiable personality counteracted his caustic writings, making him one of the city's most popular figures throughout his long life despite his dissident ideals. His individualistic anarchist philosophy was also balanced by his conventional personal life - he was married to a devout Catholic and even worked for the city's water commission to make ends meet. In writing this biography of her grandfather, Carlotta R. Anderson consulted the renowned Labadie Collection at the University of Michigan, a unique collection of protest literature which extensively documents pivotal times in American labor history and radical history. She also had available a large collection of family scrapbooks, letters, photographs, and Labadie's personal account book. Including passages from Labadie's vast writings, poems, and letters, All-American Anarchist traces America's recurring anti-anarchist and anti-radical frenzy and repression, from the 1886 Haymarket bombing backlash to the Red Scares of the twentieth century.
Download or read book Cornbread Nation 6 written by Brett Anderson and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A colorful celebration of Southern foods, Southern cooking and the people and traditions behind them gathers the best of food writing from magazines, newspapers, books and journals, with contributions by Molly O'Neill, Calvin Trillin, Michael Pollan, Kim Severson and others. Original.
Download or read book Kombucha written by Harald Tietze and published by Harald Tietze Publishing P/. This book was released on 1996 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
