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The birth of a nation follows the lives of two white families divided by, and enduring, the American Civil War, and includes elaborate cameos of historical events such as the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
It is the year 2004, and the world is changing. In a land of magic and enchantment, a great war is raging. The two most powerful races are colliding, the wizards and the riders. Wizards are magical human beings that use wands to control their magicical powers. The wizards have fought many wars against the riders and have lost most of them. However, they are not a weak race, in fact, they can cast the most difficult of all spells. The riders also can cast magicical powers. However, they do not control their magic with wands, they cast powerful spells using hand gestures. So pick up the book and join in on the adventure, as a young boy comes of age, learns the truth of his family, trains to become a wizard, and finally has a final encounter with his greatest enemy!!!
Under the interpretive gaze, Chappell's stories reveal a dazzling range, and all of his work shows a concern with the relationship between the spiritual and material in people's lives, the moral development of the human race, and the flawed, enigmatic, and yet enlightening interaction between men and women."--Jacket.
"Experimentation and Versatility considers Chappell's first four novels and his short fiction - the novels chronologically and the short stories thematically - in order to demonstrate the unique range and importance of his fictional prose. Rather than inserting Chappell's fictional variables into a single theoretical formula, Clabough traces and celebrates their various and multifaceted excursions into genres as disparate as Appalachian pastoralism and experimental science fiction. Containing both an interview with Chappell and a previously unpublished short story, Experimentation and Versatility also offers new primary sources on Chappell's work, even as it contextualizes him as one of our ...
Many contemporary skills and approaches have emerged as the result of researching and working with diverse global partnerships, teams, networks, companies, and projects. Due to the increasingly innovative global community, it is necessary adapt to these developments and aspire to those most important for their particular involvement. Approaches to Managing Organizational Diversity and Innovation presents a variety of practical tools, skills, and practices that demonstrate effective ways to positively impact the global community through effective management practice. Demonstrating different ways to manage diversity and innovation, this publication provides models and approaches capable of transforming societies, citizens, and professionals so they are better prepared to embrace diversity. This reference work is particularly useful to academicians, professionals, engineers, and students interested in understanding how globalization impacts their discipline or practice.
Moviegoers often assume Frank Capra's life resembled his beloved films (such as Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and It's a Wonderful Life). A man of the people faces tremendous odds and, by doing the right thing, triumphs! But as Joseph McBride reveals in this meticulously researched, definitive biography, the reality was far more complex, a true American tragedy. Using newly declassified U.S. government documents about Capra's response to being considered a possible “subversive” during the post-World War II Red Scare, McBride adds a final chapter to his unforgettable portrait of the man who gave us It Happened One Night, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, and Meet John Doe.
He'd need all his guts and strength to be sheriff in Turner County It was a small backwater town where a tough judge, a powerful banker, and a big landowner were used to running the show. But now Ed Logan was sheriff, and they'd have to deal with him. He could handle them. But when a beautiful woman pulled into town and told Ed about the ruthless character looking to buy up all the land, he knew he needed help. He didn’t know she had an old score to settle and would give him all the help she could… Three-time Winner of the Spur Award Wayne D. Overholser Author of "Law Man" and "The Violent Land." With millions of his books sold, he is acclaimed coast-to-coast and around the world as one of the greatest Western writers.
Memories of JW By: Cornette McFadden Through a series of photos and stories, Cornette McFadden shares the life of John William McFadden for the future generations. After his death, John wished for no service. He wished to be remembered for his time on Earth through his own stories. Cornette McFadden is honoring his wishes by sharing with the world John's memoir written by the man himself, to see the world through his eyes. John steers us through his youth, amusing stories of adulthood, life as a father, as a sailor and world traveler. Through Memories of JW, John's life and legacy will remain in our world, and in his own words.