American Voices Biography Military success demands the same

Military success demands the same things as daily life: loyalty

and even soda bread and focaccia

That unspoken understanding has him opening his door to the mysterious

ecstasy and death

Engineering in Plain Sight extends the field guide genre from natural phenomena to human-made structures

American Voices Biography Military success demands the sameEver wanted to yak with the Yankees or speak the Big Easy? Well, travel with American Voices across the United States, Canada, and the Caribbean to experience both familiar and little known dialects that are thriving despite the homogenizing pressure exerted by our mass communication culture. Edited by acclaimed linguist, Walt Wolfram, and consultant editor of Language Magazine, Ben Ward, this collection gives readers a new understanding of language