A new book on American Culture, What Makes That Black? The African-American Aesthetic in American Expressive Culture, details the definition, structure, function, consciousness, history, application, and spirit of the African-American Aesthetic and how that spirit manifests as a foundation in the general American expressive culture.

A masterpiece of scriptural literature, Bhagavad-gītā is a sacred song in the form of a battlefield dialogue between the Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna, His friend and disciple. Kṛṣṇa, acting as Arjuna's advisor, instructs him in the science of self-realization, teaching him how to live as a devotee of the Lord and to thus reach the eternal spiritual world while continuing to perform his earthly duties.

1619 offers a new interpretation of the significance of Jamestown in the long trajectory of American history. Jamestown, the cradle of American democracy, also saw the birth of our nation's greatest challenge: the corrosive legacy of slavery and racism that have deepened and entrenched stark inequalities in our society.

Kentucky's Joseph C.S. Blackburn Soldier, Statesman and a Friend of All is the story of Joseph C.S. Blackburn, a young lawyer who was graced by Lincoln's help in Illinois, but who turned against Lincoln when he became a Confederate officer in the Civil War. He survived the war to continue his law practice in Arkansas and then Kentucky where he finally began his extensive political career. Fittingly, he concluded his life honoring President Lincoln.

Cincinnati is a fascinating American city, and this book recounts 90 of its oldest things that represent a rich tapestry of accomplishment, achievement, and pride.

The authors present an innovative change model predicated on the idea that world-changing leadership starts from the inside out. Step by step, students learn valuable leadership strategies that will challenge them to become change agents, followed by encouragement to lead the way to positive change in the world.

The true story of Gracie, a beautiful girl from an illustrious family who developed bipolar disorder and ended up living on the streets of Los Angeles. It is the author's account of her life, witnessed up close, and of his love for her. It is full of gritty scenes of street life and of people living at odds with society.

This resource introduces a framework for twenty-first century learning that maps out the skills needed to survive and thrive in a complex and connected world. Twenty-first century content includes the basic core subjects of reading, writing, and arithmetic -- but also emphasizes global awareness, financial/economic literacy, and health issues.

In sweeping tableaux, photographer Thomas R. Schiff presents America's most important art museums, using breathtaking photographs that compel us to revisit historic and modern cultural institutions and their storied rooms in a genuinely new light.

Ohio is lucky to have eleven structures that today are attributed to Frank Lloyd Wright. This book celebrates these eleven designs; their incredible stories and owners; and the master architect.

This is the account of the pioneering and prolific Kellogg family of lithographers, active in Connecticut for over four decades. Daniel and his brothers Elijah and Edmund Kellogg have long been overshadowed by the Currier & Ives printmaking firm; however, this book demands reconsideration of this Connecticut family's place in the history of American graphic and visual arts.

An anthology of Kazakh poetry from the 20th and 21st centuries.

Kazakhstan has an incredibly rich and deep literary heritage, from folk tales of the steppe to epic poems and from ajtys narrative singing to modernist short stories and novels. But until now, readers in English have been denied the opportunity to access the great trove of Kazakh literature, as it remained largely untranslated. As such, this anthology represents a new epoch, in which a range of Kazakh literary voices from the 20th century can be discovered and appreciated by readers the world over.

Computer Concepts 2018: Comprehensive goes beyond the intuitive "how-to" of apps and social media to delve into the broad concepts that are guiding current technologies such as self-driving cars, virtual reality, file sharing torrents, encrypted communications, photo forensics, and the Internet of Things.

Fields Virology remains the most authoritative reference in this fast-changing field, providing definitive coverage of virology, including virus biology as well as replication and medical aspects of specific virus families.

Written by clinicians renowned in their respective fields, this trusted text offers the most current insights into epidemiology, symptoms, signs, and treatment for more than 1,000 diseases and disorders.

The book contains special edition photographs by Wesley Channel. It is the result of a collaboration between Wesley Channell, a dynamic photographer with an understanding of modern art and an appreciation of the beauty of the human body, and Alexis Logwood, a visual artist with a love for body painting and an understanding of performance, sets, and backgrounds.

ACRL's Framework for Information Literacy in Higher Education is a valuable tool for librarians working with faculty in developing curriculum that integrates information literacy into the disciplines.

Squirrel joins his friends on a fishing trip, but spends the day disagreeing with them on everything from whether fishing is fun to how to reach their boat.

Follow Mel on her journey from downward fall to triumphant flight in this tale of self-confidence and taking a leap of faith.

An anonymous artist transforms the city through graffiti, inspiring other urban critters to get creative with their own surroundings.

With a stunning mix of the surreal and the naturalistic, Djibril Diop Mambéty paints a fractured portrait of the disenchantment of postindependence Senegal in the early 1970s. In this picaresque fantasy-drama, the disaffected young lovers Anta and Mory, fed up with Dakar, long to escape to the glamour and comforts they imagine France has to offer, but their plan is confounded by obstacles both practical and mystical.