This collection gathers entries previously published as part of the South Carolina Encyclopedia. Each entry offers a thumbnail description of an African American figure with a connection to South Carolina who made a significant impact in the history of the state, nation, and, in some cases, world. While most entries discuss a single individual, six discuss events or collections of people whose actions had a significant role in shaping South Carolina

This collection gathers entries previously published as part of the South Carolina Encyclopedia. Each entry offers a thumbnail description of a woman with a connection to South Carolina who made a significant impact in the history of the state, nation, and, in some cases, world.

AWS provides a suite of strong security services, but it's up to you to configure them correctly for your applications and data. Cloud platforms require you to learn new techniques for identity management, authentication, monitoring, and other key security practices. This book gives you everything you'll need to defend your AWS-based applications from the most common threats facing your business.

Beatrice's Ledger is a story about family, memory, and the power of homeplace. The book offers a window into the day-to-day lives of African Americans living in the early twentieth-century South. Infused with history, humor, and a southerner's ability to tell a good story, readers of all types will find something to enjoy about this first-hand account.

We are in the Caribbean, not the one on the postcard or on the posters from the Ministry of Tourism. The Caribbean that breathes behind the mask.

The premise of the text is that good reading and clear thinking go hand in hand. For this reason, it emphasizes practice in sustained, analytical reading. Students first work with high-quality short passages before moving on to more substantive pieces of greater complexity.

A collection of hands-on lessons based upon the authors' considerable experience in enterprise integration, the 65 patterns included with this guide show how to use message-oriented middleware to connect enterprise applications.

This unique reference presents comprehensive coverage of the latest advances in research into enabling machines to listen to and compose new music. It includes chapters introducing what is known about human musical intelligence and how this knowledge can be simulated with artificial intelligence (AI).

A textbook that deals wtih intermediate algebra topics. Also called the Art of Problem Solving.

A True Textbook for an Introductory Course, System Administration Course, or a Combination Course Linux with Operating System Concepts merges conceptual operating system (OS) and Unix/Linux topics into one cohesive textbook for undergraduate students.

A sweeping history of luxury-from the pharaohs to the plutocrats-celebrating the quintessential role of opulence in human evolution.

This encyclopedia reviews and interprets a broad array of social science and humanities research on LGBT people, politics, and public policy around the world. The articles are organized around six major themes of the study of identity politics, with a focus on movement politics, public attitudes, political institutions, elections, and the broader context of political theory.

The Tao of S is an engaging study of American racialization of Chinese and Asians, Asian American writing, and contemporary Chinese cultural production, stretching from the nineteenth century to the present.

From the cofounder of a $40 billion software company comes an invaluable guide packed with $1 trillion worth of advice from some of the world's most successful and recognizable entrepreneurs.

When Thomas Worthington built his mansion at Adena in 1807, it was a rarity — an architect-designed plantation-style house on the edge of the Ohio frontier. This brief history of Adena provides an overview of the development of the site and the people who occupied it during its first hundred years of existence.

First settled in 1795, Hyde Park was an area of great estates and small and large farms until 1892. That's when the seven-member Hyde Park Syndicate capitalized on new transportation connections to downtown as a means to sell their property as smaller parcels.

History of College Hill, Cincinnati.

Oversized pictorial history of the village of Indian Hill in Hamilton County, Ohio, with illustrations in both color and black and white.

A facsimile reprint of the 1908 edition. Its 52 pages provide a review of the Cincinnati neighborhood's development and achievements mostly from the local business club's perspective.

A walking tour through the district reveals a treasure trove of German architectural heritage.

Fundamentals of Investments is aimed at the introductory investments class with students who have relatively little familiarity with investments.