Search Results for 'Barbara A. Purdy'

The definitive guide to more than 4,000 plants found in the Sunshine State

H.D. called <em>By Avon River</em> "the first book that really made me happy." In this annotated edition, Lara Vetter argues that the volume represented a turning point in H.D.&rsquo;s career, a major shift from lyric poetry to the experimental forms of writing that would dominate her later works.

A combustible mix of fury and radicalism, pathos and pain, wit and love--Terrence Tucker calls it "comic rage," and he shows how it has been used by African American artists to aggressively critique America's racial divide.

Focusing on the works of Edith Wharton and her contemporaries, Melanie Dawson discusses representations of modern American identities past early youth in twentieth-century literature. Dawson sets Wharton&rsquo;s work at the center of a vital debate about the contested privileges associated with age in contemporary culture. &nbsp;

Focusing on material culture, the authors in the collection explore the tensions that exist among various groups-elite landowners, the National Park Service, preservationists, minority groups-who compete for control over the interpretation of American pub

Two renowned horticulturists provide invaluable tips to help identify, cultivate, and care for 200+ species in this entertaining, easy-to-use guide. 64 color photos, 296 b&w illustrations, glossary, index.

This book tells the story of how NASA transformed Florida's East Coast from an economy based on agriculture and tourism to one of the nation's most influential centers of technology.