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A Treatise on Foreign Teas (Unabridged)

by Hugh Smith ...

Narrated by John Waldrep, Dustin Doyle, Anne Sullivan ...

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In the annals of tea history, Hugh Smith's "A Treatise on Foreign Teas" stands as a seminal work. Published in 1822, this comprehensive treatise delves into the world of teas beyond the familiar confines of China. Smith, a renowned tea merchant and connoisseur, embarks on a meticulous exploration of teas from India, Ceylon, Java, and other exotic locales. With meticulous detail, he describes their ... Read more

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In the annals of tea history, Hugh Smith's "A Treatise on Foreign Teas" stands as a seminal work. Published in 1822, this comprehensive treatise delves into the world of teas beyond the familiar confines of China. Smith, a renowned tea merchant and connoisseur, embarks on a meticulous exploration of teas from India, Ceylon, Java, and other exotic locales. With meticulous detail, he describes their
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Your Father on the Train of Ghosts

by John Gallaher, G.C. Waldrep ...

Series series
Your Father on the Train of Ghosts is one of the most extensive collaborations in American poetry. Over the course of a year, acclaimed poets G.C. Waldrep and John Gallaher wrote poems back and forth, sometimes once or twice a week, sometimes five or six a day. As the collaboration deepened, a third "voice" emerged that neither poet can claim as solely their own.The poems of Your Father on the ... Read more

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Your Father on the Train of Ghosts is one of the most extensive collaborations in American poetry. Over the course of a year, acclaimed poets G.C. Waldrep and John Gallaher wrote poems back and forth, sometimes once or twice a week, sometimes five or six a day. As the collaboration deepened, a third "voice" emerged that neither poet can claim as solely their own.The poems of Your Father on the
... Read more
The Human Tradition in the New South

by David L. Anderson, Paul K. Conkin, Cita Cook, S. Spencer Davis, Kathryn W. Kemp, William J. Marshall, John Ed Pearce, Rebecca Sharpless, Gerald L. Smith, Margaret Ripley Wolfe, John David Smith, Christopher Waldrep ...

Series series The Human Tradition in America
In The Human Tradition in the New South, historian James C. Klotter brings together twelve biographical essays that explore the region's political, economic, and social development since the Civil War. Like all books in this series, these essays chronicle the lives of ordinary Americans whose lives and contributions help to highlight the great transformations that occurred in the South.With ... Read more

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In The Human Tradition in the New South, historian James C. Klotter brings together twelve biographical essays that explore the region's political, economic, and social development since the Civil War. Like all books in this series, these essays chronicle the lives of ordinary Americans whose lives and contributions help to highlight the great transformations that occurred in the South.With
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People in Black History

Famous African Americans

by Hugh Smith ...

Are you searching for facts and information about the lives of famous and important Black people in history? Do you want to experience the stories of trailblazers who have faced challenges during their life and persevered in order to become influential and successful? You'll be exposed to many uncelebrated and worthwhile personalities, not just the familiar names you know, in People in Black ... Read more

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Are you searching for facts and information about the lives of famous and important Black people in history? Do you want to experience the stories of trailblazers who have faced challenges during their life and persevered in order to become influential and successful? You'll be exposed to many uncelebrated and worthwhile personalities, not just the familiar names you know, in People in Black
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A Treatise on Foreign Teas

Abstracted From An Ingenious Work, Lately Published, Entitled An Essay On the Nerves

by Hugh Smith ...

In "A Treatise on Foreign Teas," Hugh Smith presents a comprehensive exploration of the history, cultivation, and cultural significance of tea from various global perspectives. Smith employs a meticulous and analytical literary style, weaving together historical anecdotes, botanical insights, and socio-economic analysis. The treatise is set against the backdrop of the 18th-century tea trade, a ... Read more

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In "A Treatise on Foreign Teas," Hugh Smith presents a comprehensive exploration of the history, cultivation, and cultural significance of tea from various global perspectives. Smith employs a meticulous and analytical literary style, weaving together historical anecdotes, botanical insights, and socio-economic analysis. The treatise is set against the backdrop of the 18th-century tea trade, a
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My Life in Brutalist Architecture

by John Gallaher ...

As John Gallaher prefaces this book, “It should have been an easy story to sort out, but it took fifty years.” My Life in Brutalist Architecture confronts the truth of the author’s adoption after a lifetime of concealment and deceptions with lucid candor, startling humor, and implacable grief. Approaching identity and family history as a deliberate architecture, Gallaher’s poems illuminate how a ... Read more

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As John Gallaher prefaces this book, “It should have been an easy story to sort out, but it took fifty years.” My Life in Brutalist Architecture confronts the truth of the author’s adoption after a lifetime of concealment and deceptions with lucid candor, startling humor, and implacable grief. Approaching identity and family history as a deliberate architecture, Gallaher’s poems illuminate how a
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A Treatise on Foreign Teas

Abstracted From An Ingenious Work, Lately Published, Entitled An Essay On the Nerves

by Hugh Smith ...

In "A Treatise on Foreign Teas," Hugh Smith intricately explores the cultural, economic, and botanical significance of tea across various regions, weaving a compelling narrative that transcends mere commerce. Smith employs a meticulous, observational approach, combining rich descriptive prose with analytical insights, reflecting the burgeoning interest in global trade during the early 19th century ... Read more

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In "A Treatise on Foreign Teas," Hugh Smith intricately explores the cultural, economic, and botanical significance of tea across various regions, weaving a compelling narrative that transcends mere commerce. Smith employs a meticulous, observational approach, combining rich descriptive prose with analytical insights, reflecting the burgeoning interest in global trade during the early 19th century
... Read more
Vietnamization

Politics, Strategy, Legacy

by David L. Anderson ...

Series series Vietnam: America in the War Years
When he took office in 1969, the term that Richard Nixon embraced to describe his plan for ending the American war in Vietnam was “Vietnamization,” the process of withdrawing US troops and turning over responsibility for the war to the South Vietnamese government. The concept had far reaching implications, both for understanding Nixon’s actions and for shaping U.S. military thinking years after ... Read more

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When he took office in 1969, the term that Richard Nixon embraced to describe his plan for ending the American war in Vietnam was “Vietnamization,” the process of withdrawing US troops and turning over responsibility for the war to the South Vietnamese government. The concept had far reaching implications, both for understanding Nixon’s actions and for shaping U.S. military thinking years after
... Read more
The Vietnam War

by David L. Anderson ...

Series series Twentieth Century Wars
The Vietnam War endured for thirty years, cost billions of dollars, and resulted in thousands of Vietnamese, French, and American deaths. Massive American military intervention in Vietnam embroiled America in protests, placed enormous strains on the western alliance, and altered U.S. relations with the Soviet Union and China. David L. Anderson's concise overview critiques U.S. errors in magnifying ... Read more

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The Vietnam War endured for thirty years, cost billions of dollars, and resulted in thousands of Vietnamese, French, and American deaths. Massive American military intervention in Vietnam embroiled America in protests, placed enormous strains on the western alliance, and altered U.S. relations with the Soviet Union and China. David L. Anderson's concise overview critiques U.S. errors in magnifying
... Read more
Brand New Spacesuit

by John Gallaher ...

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In Brand New Spacesuit, John Gallaher writes with honesty, humor, and tenderness about caring for his aging parents. These poems offer snapshots of the poet’s memories of his adoption and childhood, his father’s heart attacks, his mother’s progressing Alzheimer’s disease and stroke, raising his own children, and his reflections on the complex mysteries of the universe within everyday moments. With ... Read more

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In Brand New Spacesuit, John Gallaher writes with honesty, humor, and tenderness about caring for his aging parents. These poems offer snapshots of the poet’s memories of his adoption and childhood, his father’s heart attacks, his mother’s progressing Alzheimer’s disease and stroke, raising his own children, and his reflections on the complex mysteries of the universe within everyday moments. With
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In a Landscape

by John Gallaher ...

Falling somewhere between a "diary-poem," a "daybook," "autobiography-in-verse," and an "essay-poem," In a Landscape is noted poet and critic John Gallaher's most personal, straightforward, and revealing book yet. In lyric-prose that continuously circles the questions it raises, Gallaher sloughs off the garb of "poet" to address life questions in a way that few poets of his generation have been ... Read more

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Falling somewhere between a "diary-poem," a "daybook," "autobiography-in-verse," and an "essay-poem," In a Landscape is noted poet and critic John Gallaher's most personal, straightforward, and revealing book yet. In lyric-prose that continuously circles the questions it raises, Gallaher sloughs off the garb of "poet" to address life questions in a way that few poets of his generation have been
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Our Kind of People

Inside America's Black Upper Class

by Lawrence Otis Graham ...

"Fascinating. . . . [Graham] has made a major contribution both to African-American studies and the larger American picture." —New York TimesDebutante cotillions. Million-dollar homes. Summers in Martha's Vineyard. Membership in the Links, Jack & Jill, Deltas, Boule, and AKAs. An obsession with the right schools, families, social clubs, and skin complexion. This is the world of America’s Black ... Read more

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"Fascinating. . . . [Graham] has made a major contribution both to African-American studies and the larger American picture." —New York TimesDebutante cotillions. Million-dollar homes. Summers in Martha's Vineyard. Membership in the Links, Jack & Jill, Deltas, Boule, and AKAs. An obsession with the right schools, families, social clubs, and skin complexion. This is the world of America’s Black
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