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After living in San Francisco for 15 years, journalist Gordon Young found himself yearning for his Rust Belt hometown: Flint, Michigan, the birthplace of General Motors and ?star” of the Michael Moore

Fireflies recounts the writer’s quest to find light to ease the darkness and suffering she encounters in the world as her beloved older brother is enveloped by mental illness. Her journey for answers

The world's water resources are coming under increasing stress, a stress that will become critical globally sometime during the next century. This is due to the rapidly rising population demanding more and more water and an increasing level of affluence. The book discusses the background to this issue and the measures to be taken over the next 20-30 years to overcome some of the difficulties that can be foreseen, and the means of avoiding others, such as the hazard of floods. It looks at the water resource and its assessment and management in an integrated fashion. It deals with the requirements of agriculture and of rural and urban societies and to a lesser extent with those of industry and power, against the background of the needs of the natural environment. It presents a number of ways and means of improving the management of national and international affairs involving fresh water. It highlights the importance of fresh water as a major issue for the environment and for development

Gordon Parks (1912–2006)—the groundbreaking photographer, writer, composer, activist, and filmmaker— was only sixteen in 1928 when he moved from Kansas to St. Paul, Minnesota, after

Laid out in front of Blackpool Tower in England’s famous seaside resort, the Comedy Carpet is the largest work of public art in Europe. Thousands of jokes and quotations by more than 850 comedians and

The initial confrontation between Union general Ulysses S. Grant and Confederate general Robert E. Lee in Virginia during the Overland Campaign has not until recently received the same degree of scrut

Essays on the ancient history, culture, and economies of the ancient world of the Sumerians, Babylonian, Assyrians, Hittites, and Greeks.

The 2000 edition of this reference for high school and undergraduate students was in two volumes and had less than half the number of pages and about one-third fewer profiles. This three-volume revise

Reality television remains a pervasive form of television programming within our culture. The new mantra is go big or go home, be weird or be invisible.Here Comes Honey Boo Boo and Duck Dynasty, for e

With its dedication to odd and unique reality television, the media has created intrigue and provided entertainment that reflects a diverse American culture. This book examines such reality television