The Last Street Before Cleveland An Accidental Pilgrimage (Class in America) by JoeMackall Paperback, 160 Pages, Published 2014 by University Of Nebraska Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8032-5474-9, ISBN: 0-8032-5474-1
"The old neighborhood was the place that Joe Mackall left. It was a place where everyone’s parents worked at the factory at the dead end of the street, where the Catholic church operated like a religious city hall, and where he grew up vowing to get out as soon as he could and to shed his blue-collar beginnings and failed, flawed religion. When the mysterious death of a childhood friend draws him back to the last street before Cleveland, ..."
Plain Secrets(Reprint) An Outsider among the Amish by JoeMackall Paperback, 248 Pages, Published 2008 by Beacon Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8070-1065-5, ISBN: 0-8070-1065-0
"Joe Mackall has lived surrounded by the Swartzentruber Amish community of Ashland County, Ohio, for over sixteen years. They are the most traditional and insular of all the Amish sects: the Swartzentrubers live without gas, electricity, or indoor plumbing; without lights on their buggies or cushioned chairs in their homes; and without rumspringa, the recently popularized "running-around time" that some Amish sects allow their sixteen-ye ..."
River Teeth Twenty Years of Creative Nonfiction by JoeMackall, Daniel W. Lehman, Robert Atwan Paperback, 360 Pages, Published 2020 by University Of New Mexico Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8263-6139-4, ISBN: 0-8263-6139-0
"Nationally recognized River Teeth: A Journal of Nonfiction Narrative has published a host of new and significant voices in creative nonfiction--including essays, memoir, and literary journalism--since 1999. To celebrate twenty years of introducing talented new writers to readers and publishing great nonfiction, the founding editors, Joe Mackall and Daniel W. Lehman, have selected their all-time favorite essays published in River Teeth i ..."
Plain Secrets(1st Edition) An Outsider Among the Amish by JoeMackall Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 2007 by Beacon Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8070-1064-8, ISBN: 0-8070-1064-2
"Joe Mackall has lived surrounded by the Swartzentruber Amish community of Ashland County, Ohio, for over sixteen years. The Swartzentrubers live without gas, electricity, or indoor plumbing; without lights on their buggies or cushioned chairs in their homes; and without rumspringa, the recently popularized running-around time” that some Amish sects allow their sixteen-year-olds.Over the years, Mackall has developed a steady relationshi ..."
The Last Street Before Cleveland(1st Edition) An Accidental Pilgrimage (Class in America) by JoeMackall Hardcover, 152 Pages, Published 2006 by University Of Nebraska Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8032-3255-6, ISBN: 0-8032-3255-1
"The old neighborhood was the place Joe Mackall left. It was a place where everyone’s parents worked at the factory at the dead end of the street, where the Catholic church and school operated like a religious city hall, and where a boy like Joe grew up vowing to get out as soon as he could and to shed his blue-collar beginnings and failed, flawed religion. When the mysterious death of a childhood friend draws him back to the last street ..."
"The importance of research and knowing how to analyse information is essential in many careers. This book helps students learn how to acquire and manage information of all types, and looks at different ways of approaching research and information management. Ages 12+."
Information Management (Career Skills Library) by JoeMackall, Richard Worth Hardcover, 128 Pages, Published 2006 by Ferguson Publishing Company ISBN-13: 978-0-89434-215-8, ISBN: 0-89434-215-0
"The Career Skills Library covers technical and personal skill, traits and attributes that are crucial to success in any professional field, including communication, problem solving, organization and relating to others. This volume concentrates on information management skills."
Plain Secrets(Large Print) An Outsider Among the Amish by JoeMackall Hardcover, 351 Pages, Published 2007 by Doubleday ISBN-13: 978-0-7394-8968-0, ISBN: 0-7394-8968-2
"Book by Joe Mackall"
Career Skills Library Research and Information Management by JoeMackall 129 Pages, Published 2009 by Infobase Publishing ISBN-13: 978-0-8160-7231-6, ISBN: 0-8160-7231-0
"According to Emily Thrush, author of an essay titled How to Write a Memo,
several steps should be followed when writing a professional memo. The
heading information should include: the date the names of the writer and reader
of the memo the subject of the memo (also referred to as the statement of
purpose) Avoid writing long paragraphs of dense text. Use bulleted lists as well
as bolded or underlined text to draw attention to impor ..."
"To land a good job in today's competitive work force a person needs to master two sets of skills, both of which can be cultivated with the right guidance. First are technical skills, which are often specific to a given career. Second, but no less important, are personal skills, which allow people to succeed and advance. The Career Skills Library covers those skills, traits, and attributes that are crucial to success in any field, includ ..."
River Teeth Twenty Years of Creative Nonfiction by JoeMackall, Daniel W. Lehman 360 Pages, Published 2020 by University Of New Mexico Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8263-6140-0, ISBN: 0-8263-6140-4
"DAVID JAMES DUNCAN is the author of the best-selling novels The River Why
and The Brothers K, several books of stories and nonfiction, and two
fastresponse activist books, ... “Valmiki's Palm” is the first of twenty in Duncan's
2003 National ..."
Plain Secrets an Outsider among the Amish by JoeMackall Published 2007 ISBN-13: 978-1-299-56265-3, ISBN: 1-299-56265-5
Plain Secrets An Outsider among the Amish by JoeMackall 248 Pages, Published 2007 by Beacon Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8070-1061-7, ISBN: 0-8070-1061-8
"David Weaver-Zercher writes about the “domestication” of the Amish in his book
The Amish in the American Imagination. According to Weaver-Zercher, this
phenomenon can be viewed through the lenses of “ideology” and “commodity.” “
To say that the Amish have functioned ideologically,” Weaver-Zercher writes, “
means that their domesticators have used them to advance a given cause or give
credence to particular ideas ... outside observers ..."
"The Career Skills Library covers technical and personal skill, traits and attributes that are crucial to success in any professional field, including communication, problem solving, organization and relating to others. This volume concentrates on teamwork skills."