Social and cultural history Books
Museum Tusculanum Press Educating Middle Class Daughters
Book SynopsisThere were over 150 private day schools in early nineteenth century Copenhagen. They were run by literate women who taught everything from the basic 3R''s to history, science and literature. This is the story of these schools, their teacher-owners, and the girls who attended them. It is also the story of the socialisation of middle class girls at the turn of the eighteenth to nineteenth century in Denmark.
£32.39
Museum Tusculanum Press Kvinder, familie og formue: Studier i dansk og
Book SynopsisIn Kvinder, familie og formue (Women, Family and Fortune), the author examines the financial circumstances among married couples and the rules of in-heritage between parents and children from the Middle Ages and onward through to the 20th century. A special focus is put on the notions of separate estate and community of property - and particularly on the improvements in the laws of property of married women.
£38.69
University Press of Southern Denmark Industrious Children: Work & Childhood in the
Book SynopsisChildren''s work is a controversial subject both in the sciences of sociology and history. It does not accord well with the modern idea of a good childhood -- that children actually work. Children ought to spend their time playing and attending school. The historians'' interest has focused on industrial child labour -- its emergence and its disappearance. But relatively few children worked in industry. Far more children were employed in agriculture and retail trade, if they did not help at home or at the neighbour''s. Sometimes they received pay -- other times not -- and they often worked on the edge of the law. The articles in this book examine children''s work from the mid-1800''s and until the 1990''s, because children''s work is not a closed chapter in history. But the character and social function of the children''s work have been changed over time. This anthology is the result of an inter-Nordic research project about children''s work in the Nordic countries involving all the five Nordic countries.
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Speaking Tiger Publishing Private Limited The Story of My Life
Book SynopsisHer experiences are not just a reflection of the challenges faced even by privileged women in the nineteenth century.
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HarperCollins India Politics of Hate: Religious Majoritarianism in
Book SynopsisIn Politics of Hate, noted scholars-experts on the subject and the region-discuss their research on the role of the media and political leaders in deploying hatred for political advantage, covering developments in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
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Sharada Publishing House Buddhist Heritage of Nepal: History, Art and
Book SynopsisSociety of Nepal is also discussed in a chapter and finally the contribution of Nepali peoples to the Indian territory is also described with well supported facts.Hope, this book will get love from not only the Nepali people but also by the nature lovers, anthropologists, art-historians and indologists.
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Sterling Publishers Pvt.Ltd Life Wants To Live
Book SynopsisThis extraordinary book, born from years of research and scholarship, serves to showcase the emotionally harrowing yet uplifting stories of Tibetan refugees in India. Dr Paola Martanis impressive academic credentials and experience living within the Tibetan community leave her uniquely positioned to weave together these fascinatingly factual narratives into a coherent collection. This book is a must-read for anyone who considers themselves a 21st century global citizen. -- Professor Giuliano Boccalli, Indian studies and Sanskrit literature, Universitá Statale di Milano. Each chapter of this book tells the dramatic and emotional personal narrative of a single Tibetan refugee, interwoven with historical context and facts. The story-tellers each have something poignant and intriguing to share with the reader, and one cannot help but be intensely emotionally affected by their experiences. -- Rajat Shukal, Global Head and Principal Partner, Asiaone magazine
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Gefen Publishing House Who Knew?!: Unusual Stories in Jewish History
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Gefen Publishing House Voice Called: Stories of Jewish Heroism
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Gefen Publishing House Living History: On the Front Lines for Israel &
Book SynopsisThis volume is a collection of breaking news reports from the front lines of the propaganda war against Israel, the Jews, and the infidel West. Dr. Chesler tracks the slow motion Holocaust that began in Israel in 2000, a holocaust that remained invisible to most of the world, and that foreshadowed the global expansion of Islamic Jihad. Dr. Chesler documents how educated Westerners and the mainstream media distort the war against the Jews by presenting Jewish self-defense as criminal aggression and by burying or misnaming the facts. This book is a must-read addition to your library in these most frightening and challenging of times.
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Gefen Publishing House Sifting Through Ashes: Words & Images
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Gefen Publishing House Balfour Declaration: Sixty-Seven Words -- 100
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Gefen Publishing House Pondering the Past: The Tragic Story of
Book SynopsisThis book surveys the rich history of Lithuanian Jewry from the turn of the first millennium to its devastating conclusion during the Second World War, when the Lithuanian Jewish communities were totally wiped out by the Nazis and their collaborators. The participation of many Lithuanians in the persecution of the local Jews is a topic that is hardly popular in the modern independent state of Lithuania. PONDERING THE PAST counters Lithuanian historians attempt to justify the mass murder. Archival materials disprove various false accusations and myths that the Lithuanians fabricated against the Jews. Dr Pinsk has travelled to Lithuania many times, both to the major cities and small towns. The war monuments and killing pits serve as a constant reminder of the tragedy of the Jews on Lithuanian soil. These emotional visits inspired him to reflect on the past and the present of Lithuania, whose Jewish population today numbers merely four thousand individuals. He surveys the enduring anti-Semitism of this country. He also relates the story of several hundred brave Lithuanians who saved some Jews and describes the new generation of Lithuanians.
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Blacksmith Books Along the Southern Boundary: A Marine Police
Book SynopsisWe had no jurisdiction outside of Hong Kong waters. But we could see their vessels sinking in heavy seas. It was life or death, right there. We just went. Former Marine Police officer Les Bird tells of the harrowing sea journey to Hong Kong made by tens of thousands of refugees in the years that followed the end of the Vietnam War. As he patrolled the southern maritime boundary of Hong Kong, he photographed their makeshift boats and later the people-smuggling vessels coming in including the Sen On, a freighter ship that was abandoned by its crew and ran aground on Lantau Island. With this previously unpublished collection of personal photographs, Bird tells the stories of these boatpeople the young children, the father who just bought a boat to embark on a 1,000-mile journey, and the disillusioned North Vietnamese battle-hardened veterans all searching for a new life.
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Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press The Logic of Violence in Civil Wars
Book SynopsisText in Arabic. Violence in civil wars is not crazy, raging, or meaningless. Rather, it is a complex process shared by political, military, and civilian noncombatant actors. This is what the author of the book aims to prove, based on his in-depth research into the existing theories about civil war and his study of dozens of civil wars from the dawn of history until today. From the perspective of various disciplines, starting with political science, passing through sociology, psychology, war studies, history, statistics, and mathematics, the author concludes that civil war is not insane, and that its violence is not driven by emotions or an emotional state, but rather has a logic from which sparks and sustains it.
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Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press Me and White Supremacy
Book SynopsisText in Arabic. Based on the viral Instagram challenge that captivated participants worldwide, Me and White Supremacy takes readers on a 28-day journey, complete with journal prompts, to do the necessary and vital work that can ultimately lead to improving race relations. This critical text helps readers combact racism by exploring it in historical and cultural contexts, sharing moving stories and anecdotes, and including expanded definitions, examples, and further resources to provide them with the language to understand racism and to dismantle their own biases. Perfect for those using the book on their own, with a book club, or looking to start family activism in their own home. This book will walk you step-by-step through the work of examining: Examining your own white privilege. What allyship really means? Anti-blackness, racial stereotypes, and cultural appropriation? Changing the way that you view and respond to race? How to continue the work to create social change?
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Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press Qatar that we Lived In
Book SynopsisText in Arabic. In the march of every people and nation, articulated events are immortalized by history, and time engraved them on the walls of memory, they are unforgettable indeed. Qatar that I lived is full of distinguished events and inspiring moments, as I have experienced six out of eight of its rulers. And Sheikh Qassim bin Mohammed Al Thani, the founder and builder of Qatar, is my great-grandfather. This book contains comprehensive answers to questions in the minds of some about Qatar's soft power, and how to compensate for it, the lightness of demography, the limitations of geography, the weight of diplomacy, and the breadth of international reliability, as well as its vision that resulted in its progress becoming one of the richest countries and its possession of Qatar Arirways, one of the most prominent international airlines. And the famous Al Jazeera news network, and its leadership in the safest and least-crime countries, and its crowning as the first Middle Eastern Arab country to host the world's most popular tournament, the 2022 FIFA World Cup, in what can be described as a miracle that we list its roots in the march of Qatar as a people and the ruler. With pictures and documents, the book reveals how we moved from desert life and diving on precious pearls, where we used to gift to the human elegance the most beautiful types of pearls in the past, passing by our entry to the energy era and ascending to the throne of liquefied natural gas exporting countries, all the way to diversifying the economy with billions of successful investments roaming the world, and moving towards an economy based on knowledge keeping up with the accelerating present, and looking forward to a future filled with innovations of digitization and artificial intelligence, so that these lines remain a testimony and document of history, and a message to future generations that the elevation of nations and peoples has nothing to do with the large number or the wide geographical area, as long as the unity of the people and the vision of leadership and good governance is provided.
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Vajra Bookshop Fragile Mountains
Book SynopsisIn a harsh but beautiful land, a family navigates life with hopes and dreams until caught in a Maoist rebellion.
£21.38
Greenleaf Book Group LLC My Road to Remembrance: A Photographic Journey
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Academic Studies Press The Russian Intelligentsia
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Nova Science Publishers, Inc. The Jewish Community in Lebanon between Israel and Hezbollah A Preordained Death
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HarperCollins Publishers One More Kilometre and Were in the Showers
Book SynopsisAn entertaining social and cultural history of cycling in post-war Europe seen through the eyes of a veteran racing cyclist.Trade Review‘A deeply affectionate mental scrapbook … Hilton has the skill as a writer to make the subject of cycling fresh and compelling again. Fascinating … Exuberant’ Matt Seaton, Guardian ‘An exhilarating work … just the book for anyone who, shooting past a traffic jam on the way to work, imagines himself wearing the winner’s yellow jersey at the head of the Tour de France pack’ Independent ‘Tim Hilton is a man of sardonic humour as well as high intelligence … his book is one of the most unusual, eccentric and captivating ever written by a “wheelman”’ Geoffrey Wheatcroft, Daily Mail ‘A hugely engaging history of the sport’ Simon O’Hagan, Books of the Year, Independent on Sunday ‘A charmingly eccentric account of his love of cycling, mixed in with a history of the sport’ John Preston, Books of the Year, Sunday Telegraph ‘Hilton is a brilliantly quirky, inventive writer … A wonderful testament to a life in the saddle’ Daily Telegraph ‘Remarkably infectious and richly atmospheric; so much so that the effect is like being hoisted up on to his handlebars and swept along for the ride. His enthusiasm drives everything forward at an exhilarating lick’ Sunday Telegraph
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HarperCollins Publishers A History of the Scottish People 15601830
Book SynopsisA beautiful new cover for one of Fontana Press’s hardiest perennials.
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HarperCollins Publishers After Elizabeth The Death of Elizabeth and the Coming of King James
Book SynopsisA brilliant history of the succession of James I of England, and the shifting power and lethal politics that brought him to the throne.Trade Review‘This is an original, informative, absorbing account, written with verve and style.’ John Guy ‘A deep and fascinating account. Leanda de Lisle’s close focus draws us into palace corridors, country houses and city streets where the excitement, intrigue and danger of the times are palpable.’ Jane Dunn ‘Riveting…Brilliantly recaptures the uncertainty and intrigue rife in the country and court at the key moment when Tudor England became Stuart Britain…A well researched and well written book.’ Mail on Sunday ‘De Lisle brilliantly captures the atmosphere of dangerous uncertainty and furtive intrigue that characterised the last years of Elizabeth’s reign…yet there is far more to this account than well-observed period detail. In particular it recaptures the dangerously unrealistic hope that attended the Scottish king’s accession…there is much here to savour. “After Elizabeth” succeeds impressively in illuminating the moment that effectively creates British history.’ Sunday Telegraph ‘Splendid…Manages skilfully to keep you hooked. This is a dense, dark story but one where the modern parallels are but one element that keeps you turning the pages.’ Independent
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The Long Exile
Book SynopsisA chilling true story of deception and survival set amidst the Inuit communities of the Canadian Arctic.Trade Review'[McGrath] offers a carefully imagined portrait of the appalling lives of the Inuit on Ellesmere Island. This is a story of official wrong-headedness and arrogance and McGrath relays it with compassion. The narrative is gripping.' Guardian 'A wealth of research underpins this harrowing tale, which is at once a lawyer's deposition and love letter to the icy world above the treeline.’ Observer ‘Melanie McGrath’s tragic tale has an icy ring of truth that wrings the heart.’ The Times ‘Melanie McGrath is a gifted, passionate and sensitive story-teller and through her the authentic voice of the Arctic, not the clarion call of great white explorers, rings loud and clear. She gets right under the Inuit’s seal-skin parkas; her research is meticulous, her touch is light, her understanding and invisibility are the absolute opposite of the years of foreign domination. Her play with language is disarming and original. Fresh, illuminating and heartbreaking history.’ Sunday Telegraph 'Poignant and humane book. McGrath, who tracked down some of the survivors as well as traveling in the territory, tells an impressively researched and often poetic story.' Observer ‘McGrath also has a wonderful feel for landscape and so the Arctic itself assumes the life of a character.The language is lovely. Modulated, lyrical and beautiful as the stark nature it describes, it makes McGrath's book more than a fascinating and instructive read. It makes it a joyful one.' Evening Standard
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HarperCollins Publishers THE ORDEAL OF ELIZABETH MARSH How a Remarkable Woman Crossed Seas and Empires to Become Part of World History
Book SynopsisFrom the author of ‘Britons’, the story of the exceptional life of the intrepid Elizabeth Marsh – an extraordinary woman of her time who was caught up in trade, imperialism, war, exploration, migration, growing maritime reach, and new ideas. Linda Colley's new book breaks the boundaries between biography, family stories and global history.Trade Review'This is a remarkable book, both for its contents and because it is a new species of biography…Linda Colley has written a full-blown economic romance with an extraordinary range…bringing all the resources of her skills as a historianand researcher to her story. It is a major achievement and an enthralling narrative.’ Guardian ‘Compelling…exhilarating…as a work of big history illustrated with brilliant minatures it is a triumph.’ Sunday Times 'Stimulating and impressive…this is a remarkable life.' Financial Times ‘This excellent biography reads like an eighteenth century picaresque novel'. Daily Telegraph Observer; 'A brilliant illumination of women's lives in Britain during its first imperial century… Colley liberates the humanity of Elizabeth's story and makes it sing for the modern reader'. ‘A minor miracle of biographical reconstruction…a fine historian.’ Sunday Telegraph
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HarperCollins Publishers THE CIVILIZATION OF EUROPE IN THE RENAISSANCE xx
Book SynopsisThe masterpiece of Britain’s leading Renaissance scholar. Winner of the Time-Life Silver Pen Award and The Royal Society of Literature Award.Trade Review‘This magnificent book is the product of a lifetime’s scholarship by someone with a quite irrepressible curiosity and prodigious breadth of reading…together with the enviable gift of writing clearly and beautifully.’ TLS ‘This study deserves to stand alongside Braudel’s classic account of the Mediterranean in the time of Philip II. Hale is as generous as he is knowledgeable; his life’s work has culminated in a meticulous masterpiece.’ Frederic Raphael, Sunday Times ‘John Hale has produced a vast and enthralling mosaic. Only someone who had devoted a lifetime to studying history, literature and the art of the 15th- and 16th-century could draw so effortlessly on what seems a limitless range of texts and illustrations…His curiosity never fails, his learning constantly surprises, and the wit and energy of his style never flags…Extraordinary.’ Anthony Grafton, LRB
£19.00
HarperCollins Publishers Lost Voices of the Edwardians 19011910 in Their Own Words
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HarperCollins Publishers The Unfortunates
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HarperCollins Publishers Arcadia England and the Dream of Perfection
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HarperCollins Publishers THE GRASS IS GREENER Our love affair with the lawn An AngloSaxon Passion
Book SynopsisGrass and its organisation into lawns is a particularly English obsession.Trade Review‘A witty, quirky history of the lawn – and fond tribute to the lawnmower’ The Times ‘This book is absolutely hilarious. Brilliantly written, a minor classic. A gem.’ The Field ‘Even those without green fingers will find Tom Fort’s hymn to horticulture entertaining.’ Evening Standard ‘Cultural history at its best’ Country Life
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HarperCollins Publishers RISE FALL OF RENAISSANCE PB
Book SynopsisThe history of Renaissance France is rich and varied.
£19.00
HarperCollins Publishers Ramble On
Book SynopsisThis fascinating ramble through the history of walking delves into our relationship with the British countryside.Ramble On' tells the story of how country walks were transformed from a small and often illegal pastime to the most popular recreational activity in the country.From the brave band of hikers who scaled the off-limits peak Kinder Scout in 1932, via the intricate Lake District guides of Alfred Wainwright, to the resistant landowners (including the notorious Nicholas Van Hoogstraten, Madonna and Jeremy Clarkson) who have done their level best (and worst) to keep walkers off their land this is the definitive history of rambling.Perfectly capturing the sense of exhilaration on reaching the summit of a blustery hill-top path, Ramble On' is for anyone who has ever pulled on a pair of walking boots or is partial to the taste of Kendal mintcake.Trade ReviewPraise for ‘Ramble On’: ‘McKay makes an agreeable tramping companion. For McKay walking is a serious pleasure, which is as it should be’ Tom Fort, Sunday Telegraph ‘Ramble On is a fascinating and lovingly written book that gets to the heart of a pursuit enjoyed by thousands throughout the British Isles every weekend’ Carl Wilkinson, Financial Times ‘Excellent history of the pastime … McKay’s gripping story of the struggle is enlivened by atmospheric descriptions of his own rambles and is rich in anecdote’ John Harding, Daily Mail ‘Sinclair McKay aims to convey the essence of this story through visits to some of the often inspiring places in which it has been acted out.’ Guardian Chronicles the changing relationship between landowners and roamers, and branches out into B&B, Wordsworth, Wainright, shifting patterns of class and the history of walking togs’ Country Life ‘Charming book – part of a history of British walking, part of a memoir of McKay’s wanderings.’ Daily Telegraph ‘Highly companionable … McKay gives a fascinating account of how walkers have since the Thirties battled landowners for the right to roam across Britain. In McKay’s version, walking is a political act and the Rambler’s Association is an advanced guard of egalitarians.’ Sunday Telegraph Books of the Year ‘This book should inspire you to don your walking boots and head for the hills’ Choice Magazine, Paperback Book of the Month
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HarperCollins Publishers A Nurses War
Book SynopsisThe remarkable wartime diary of nurse Kathleen JohnstoneWarm, chatty and endlessly absorbing, this delightful diary brims with intelligence and humour.' Wendy Moore, author of Endell Street: The Women Who Ran Britain's Trailblazing Military HospitalThe second world war could not have been won without the bravery and selflessness of women on the Home Front. Women like Kathleen Johnstone.This first-hand story of one extraordinary but unheralded member of Britain's Greatest Generation' brings home with extraordinary lucidity and compassion the realities of wartime Lancashire.In 1943, Kathleen, then thirty, was a nurse-in-training at the Blackburn Royal Infirmary. For the next three years she kept a meticulous diary of her day-to-day existence, leaving behind a vivid record of the real-time concerns of a busy, thoughtful woman on the frontline of the war at home.Kathleen's days were never the same. She writes in clear and lively prose about life in the hospital: of her fellow nurses, her patients, about death and dying, and the progress of the war as wounded soldiers returned from Normandy in the summer of 1944. She muses on being working class, wartime austerity, and her anxiety about examinations. Here too are dances, Americans and a POW boyfriend in Germany. Kathleen's observations are witty, wry and astute but above all relatable, even today.Poignant and engrossing, Kathleen Johnstone's tale of trauma, romance and friendship will leave a lasting impression.Trade Review‘A born diarist – sensitive, observant, sometimes opinionated, never taking herself too seriously – Kathleen Johnstone gives us a wonderfully intimate and humane picture of a northern life towards the end of the war. In fact, a positive gem.’ David Kynaston, author of Austerity Britain ‘Warm, chatty and endlessly absorbing, the diary of student nurse Kathleen Johnson opens a fascinating window into the small joys and terrible tragedies of World War Two. From her delight at a “real egg” to her amazement at the new “wonder drug” penicillin, this delightful diary brims with intelligence and humour.’ Wendy Moore, author of Endell Street: The Women Who Ran Britain’s Trailblazing Military Hospital ‘An inspiring and uplifting record of wartime life in a hospital. Kathleen Johnstone's warmth and wit render her diaries a gripping read.’ Lucy Fisher, author of Women in the War: The Last Heroines of Britain’s Greatest Generation Praise for Nella Last’s Peace, from the same editors: ‘Extraordinary – tender, intimate, striking, heartbreaking and witty – it grants us the lovely and dignified privilege of knowing a stranger's heart.’ A. L. Kennedy ‘A social document of extraordinary interest and value.’ D J Taylor
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Story of the Jews Volume One
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc A Short History of the United States
Book SynopsisContains the essential facts about the discovery, settlement, growth and development of the American nation and its institutions. This book illustrates how former English subjects slowly transformed themselves into Americans, and shows how a collection of sovereign, independent colonies united to create a constantly evolving republican government.Trade Review"A masterful recounting of the Amercian experience from the discovery of the New World to the present... It is a perfect history for our times." -- Robert Dallek, author of Nixon and Kissinger "In 2008, Americans face war, terrorism, recession and the rising economies of China and India. Yet the author avers there is still reason to hope for good leadership. Astute assessments of an evolving nation and ideal reading for November voters." -- Kirkus Reviews "Provides everything a casual (or bewildered) reader needs to know about the United States from the first English colonists until the beginning of 2008... An objective narrative of this nation's history that readers of all political stripes will appreciate." -- Publishers Weekly "One of our great historians has now given us yet another great work... [It] may be brief, but it is wise, eloquent and authoritative. Readers in search of a sprightly tour of the nation's lives and times need look no farther than Remini's latest achievement." -- Jon Meacham, author of American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc History of the Jews
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HarperCollins A Medieval Family The Pastons of FifteenthCentury England Medieval Life
Book SynopsisThis collection of letters, diaries, and papers not only follows the trials and tribulations of the Paston family through three generations, but also reveals a wealth of information about manners, lifestyles and attitudes of ordinary middle-class people in the late Middle Ages.
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Empires of the Word
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HarperCollins The Joys of Smoking Cigarettes
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HarperCollins Black Power
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HarperCollins Devil in the Grove
Book SynopsisWinner of the Pulitzer Prize“A must-read, cannot-put-down history.” — Thomas Friedman, New York TimesArguably the most important American lawyer of the twentieth century, Thurgood Marshall was on the verge of bringing the landmark suit Brown v. Board of Education before the U.S. Supreme Court when he became embroiled in a case that threatened to change the course of the civil rights movement and cost him his life.In 1949, Florida''s orange industry was booming, and citrus barons got rich on the backs of cheap Jim Crow labor with the help of Sheriff Willis V. McCall, who ruled Lake County with murderous resolve. When a white seventeen-year-old girl cried rape, McCall pursued four young black men who dared envision a future for themselves beyond the groves. The Ku Klux Klan joined the hunt, hell-bent on lynching the men who came to be known as the Groveland Boys.<
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Honest Truth about Dishonesty
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HarperCollins Violins of Hope
Trade Review"Grymes traces the beautiful and haunting history of violins played by Jews in the Holocaust. ... The accounts are unembellished, with plain, yarn-spinning language. They breathe new life into history." -- Publishers Weekly "Violins of Hope is a work of research and scholarship that forms one of the most moving chronicles in the history of Western music. James A. Grymes has earned our plaudits and praise, and deserves our everlasting gratitude." -- John Williams, Oscar-winning composer of the score for Schindler's List "The cruelties of the Third Reich have been well-documented in countless Holocaust studies. This report contemplates the crimes of the Nazis from a special point of view. A special Holocaust study of the unique link that violins, klezmer or classical, have continuously had with the Jewish spirit." -- Kirkus Reviews "When you think of 'music history,' you probably think of something dry, cold, and unemotional. Music historian James A. Grymes will change your mind with his book, which focuses on violins during the time of the Holocaust, and how they inspired comfort, hope, and perseverance." -- Westchester Magazine
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The United States Of Beer
Book SynopsisFrom the author of the definitive history of bourbon (Sacramento Bee) comes an irreverent but informative jaunt through the history of America and beer (Chicago Tribune)Dane Huckelbridge''s masterful cultural history charts the wild, engrossing, and surprisingly complex story of our favorite alcoholic drink, showing how America has been under the influence of beer at almost every stage. From the earliest Native American corn brew to the waves of immigrants who brought with them their unique brewing traditions, to the seemingly infinite varieties of craft-brewed suds found on tap today, beer has claimed an outsized place in our culture that far transcends its few simple ingredients—water, barley, and hops. Despite the drink''s ubiquity—Americans consume six billion gallons a year—the story of beer in the USA is as diverse and fascinating as the country itself.Drawing upon a wealth of little-known historical sources, e
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Woman Who Smashed Codes
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Hippie Food
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HarperCollins Native Wisdom
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