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Publisher | : Penguin Putnam |
Total Pages | : 100 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | : 9780670871803 |
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This delightful collection of songs, prayers, and sayings embodies the values of family life, the rewards of hard work and craftsmanship, and the change of the seasons. Robert Leahy's striking color photographs capture the grace of a people who cherish simplicity as a means to a higher spiritual end.
Author | : Frank Lawrence Owsley |
Publisher | : LSU Press |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 2008-02-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780807133422 |
Download Plain Folk of the Old South Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
First published in 1949, Frank Lawrence Owsley’s Plain Folk of the Old South refuted the popular myth that the antebellum South contained only three classes—planters, poor whites, and slaves. Owsley draws on a wide range of source materials—firsthand accounts such as diaries and the published observations of travelers and journalists; church records; and county records, including wills, deeds, tax lists, and grand-jury reports—to accurately reconstruct the prewar South’s large and significant “yeoman farmer” middle class. He follows the history of this group, beginning with their migration from the Atlantic states into the frontier South, charts their property holdings and economic standing, and tells of the rich texture of their lives: the singing schools and corn shuckings, their courtship rituals and revival meetings, barn raisings and logrollings, and contests of marksmanship and horsemanship such as “snuffing the candle,” “driving the nail,” and the “gander pull.” A new introduction by John B. Boles explains why this book remains the starting point today for the study of society in the Old South.
Author | : Lorraine Johnson-Coleman |
Publisher | : Little, Brown |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2000-06-28 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780446930581 |
Download Just Plain Folks Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
By returning to the cotton fields, tobacco barns, & humble dwellings of her ancestral home in the rural South, this author learned firsthand what is missing from the history books between the pages on slavery & present-day African-American culture. It is the experience of ordinary people who, on second glance, have led truly extraordinary lives. She developed an appreciation for their words, wit, & wisdom & has made it her life's work to pass along their experiences. In this collection of original short stories, she pays homage to these ordinary folks through lyrical tributes, many of which have aired or will air on National Public Radio. Beginning late this year, her own program, Just Plain Folks: Wisdom from the Front Porch, will air weekly on NPR. Like her radio segments, the stories in Just Plain Folks are meant both to entertain & to educate. Each story concludes with an author's note that places it in its proper cultural context.
Author | : Patrick Olivelle |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 257 |
Release | : 2009-08-27 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0199555753 |
Download Pañcatantra Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The Pañcatantra is the most famous collection of fables in India and was one of the earliest Indian books to be translated into Western languages. It teaches the principles of good government and public policy through the medium of animal stories, providing a window onto ancient Indian society. This new translation vividly reveals the story-telling powers of the original author, while detailed notes illuminate aspects of ancient Indian society and religion to the non-specialist reader.
Author | : Reynold Feldman |
Publisher | : Harpercollins |
Total Pages | : 164 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780062503190 |
Download A World Treasury of Folk Wisdom Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Compiles folk sayings from around the world, arranged in one hundred categories, including beauty, faith, love, friendship, peace, jealousy, and greed
Author | : John Andrew Hostetler |
Publisher | : JHU Press |
Total Pages | : 368 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780801844027 |
Download Amish Roots Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Intimate view of life in the Amish world with more than 150 letters and journal entries, poems, stories, and riddles.
Author | : Mark V. Wetherington |
Publisher | : Univ of North Carolina Press |
Total Pages | : 398 |
Release | : 2011-01-20 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0807877042 |
Download Plain Folk's Fight Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
In an examination of the effects of the Civil War on the rural Southern home front, Mark V. Wetherington looks closely at the experiences of white "plain folk--mostly yeoman farmers and craftspeople--in the wiregrass region of southern Georgia before, during, and after the war. Although previous scholars have argued that common people in the South fought the battles of the region's elites, Wetherington contends that the plain folk in this Georgia region fought for their own self-interest. Plain folk, whose communities were outside areas in which slaves were the majority of the population, feared black emancipation would allow former slaves to move from cotton plantations to subsistence areas like their piney woods communities. Thus, they favored secession, defended their way of life by fighting in the Confederate army, and kept the antebellum patriarchy intact in their home communities. Unable by late 1864 to sustain a two-front war in Virginia and at home, surviving veterans took their fight to the local political arena, where they used paramilitary tactics and ritual violence to defeat freedpeople and their white Republican allies, preserving a white patriarchy that relied on ex-Confederate officers for a new generation of leadership.
Author | : Charles Octavius Boothe |
Publisher | : Lexham Press |
Total Pages | : 178 |
Release | : 2017-09-20 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 168359066X |
Download Plain Theology for Plain People Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Everyday Christians need practical and accessible theology. In this handbook first published in 1890, Charles Octavius Boothe simply and beautifully lays out the basics of theology for common people. "Before the charge 'know thyself,'" Boothe wrote, "ought to come the far greater charge, 'know thy God.'" He brought the heights of academic theology down to everyday language, and he helps us do the same today. Plain Theology for Plain People shows that evangelicalism needs the wisdom and experience of African American Christians. Walter R. Strickland II reintroduces this forgotten masterpiece for today. Lexham Classics are beautifully typeset new editions of classic works. Each book has been carefully transcribed from the original texts, ensuring an accurate representation of the writing as the author intended it to be read.
Author | : Sue Bender |
Publisher | : HarperOne |
Total Pages | : 96 |
Release | : 1995-03-31 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780062511744 |
Download Plain and Simple Wisdom Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
"I had an obsession with the Amish. Plan and simple. Objectively it made no sense. I, who worked hard at being special, fell in love with a people who valued being ordinary." So begins Sue bender's tale, the captivating and inspiring true story of a harried urban Californian moved by the beauty of a display of quilts to seek out and live with the Amish--where she is gently coaxed to consider, "Is there another way o lead a good life?" Lovingly culled from her bestselling book Plain and Simple, beautifully illustrated, and refreshingly spare, Plain and Simple Wisdom speaks to the seeker in each of us.
Author | : N. K. Jemisin |
Publisher | : Quirk Books |
Total Pages | : 229 |
Release | : 2011-08-02 |
Genre | : Humor |
ISBN | : 1594745307 |
Download Geek Wisdom Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The essential companion for the geek era: a fusion of inspirational quotes, philosophy, and pop culture drawn from the entire cult-classic canon of film, TV, books, comics, and science. Celebrate nerd culture by taking a page out of your all-time favorites, like Star Wars and Star Trek, The Lord of the Rings and Dune—and much more! Computer nerds are our titans of industry; comic-book superheroes are our Hollywood idols; the Internet is our night on the town. Clearly, geeks know something about life in the 21st century that other folks don’t—something we all can learn from. Geek Wisdom takes as gospel some 200 of the most powerful and oft-cited quotes from movies (“Where we’re going, we don’t need roads”), television (“Now we know—and knowing is half the battle”), literature (“All that is gold does not glitter”), games, science, the Internet, and more. Now these beloved pearls of modern-day culture have been painstakingly interpreted by a diverse team of hardcore nerds with their imaginations turned up to 11. Yes, this collection of mini-essays is by, for, and about geeks—but it’s just so surprisingly profound, the rest of us would have to be dorks not to read it. So say we all.