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by Matthew Stevenson
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2014
"Get up and see the world! This lying abed is the mother of seventy devils." -Rudyard Kipling, Kim
From his home just outside Geneva, Switzerland, American writer Matthew Stevenson (Letters of Transit, An April Across America) sets out in October 2006 on a private railroad car for...
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2015
Here is no remoteness of life and thought, no hermetically sealed seclusion, except possibly, that of the grave, into which the disturbing influences of this war do not penetrate. Of course, the general heart-quake of the country long ago knocked at my cottage-door, and compelled me, reluctantly,...
Haitian Modernity and Liberative Interruptions
Discourse on Race, Religion, and Freedom
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2013
Haitian Modernity and Liberative Interruptions investigates the intersections of history, literature, race, religion, decolonization, and freedom that led to the founding of the postcolonial state of Haiti in 1804. Particular attention is given to the place of religion in the Haitian Revolution, as...
Oklahoma Justice
A Century of Gunfighters, Gangsters and Terrorists
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 1995
This book is about Oklahoma City, its primary law enforcers and their agency. It is about the controls they have exerted, tried to exert or failed to exert over each other for the last century. It is also about the birth and growth of a town, a city and a state. It's also about Fairlawn and how it became a cemetery...and how it became full.
by Christopher F. Cypert, L. Jean Wallace
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
From reviews of earlier editions:“Young people get into legal trouble for two reasons: they do not know what the law is, and they do not stop to think about the consequences of their actions. This book would make a good text for a preparation for life class. . . . The book is written in plain language,...
Wyoming Warbird Survivors 2003
A Handbook on Where to Find Them
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2002
During the twentieth century, civil and military aviation has played a prominent role in the history and development of Wyoming. Commercial operators have exploited the advantages offered by aircraft to overcome its unique challenges of geography and climate. By virtue of Wyomings location in the...
Wet Granular Matter
A Truly Complex Fluid
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2013
This is a monograph written for the young and advanced researcher who is entering the field of wet granular matter and keen to understand the basic physical principles governing this state of soft matter. It treats wet granulates as an instance of a ternary system, consisting of the grains, a primary,...
Chicago on the Make
Power and Inequality in a Modern City
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2017
**"Effectively details the long history of racial conflict and abuse that has led to Chicago becoming one of America's most segregated cities. . . . A wealth of material."**—New York Times
Winner of the 2017 Jon Gjerde Prize, Midwestern History Association
Winner of the 2017 Award...
by Warren King Moorehead
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
A Dan Josselyn Memorial Publication
This edition of Moorehead's excavations at Cahokia provides a comprehensive collection of Moorehead's investigations of the nation's largest prehistoric mound center.
Covering almost fourteen square kilometers in Illinois, Cahokia Mounds State Historic...
Religion in China
Survival and Revival under Communist Rule
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2011
Religion in China survived the most radical suppression in human history--a total ban of any religion during and after the Cultural Revolution. All churches, temples, and mosques were closed down, converted for secular uses, or turned to museums for the purpose of atheist education. Over the last...
by Rick Steelhammer
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2013
It Happened in West Virginia takes readers on a rollicking, behind-the-scenes look at some of the characters and episodes from the Mountain State's storied past. Including both famous tales, and famous names--and little-known heroes, heroines, and happenings.
A Puget Sound Odyssey
Growing Up in Rural Washington During The Depression
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2016
"A Puget Sound Odyssey" is a witty, intimate personal memoir describing a boy's adventures growing up in a large family during the Depression years on a small farm in rural Washington state. The author's dry wit and friendly writing style bring many colorful episodes to life. The family...
The New Politics of the Old South
An Introduction to Southern Politics
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
Now in its sixth edition, The New Politics of the Old South is the best and most comprehensive analysis and history of political behaviors and shifting demographics in America’s southern states. Edited by leading scholars Charles S. Bullock III and Mark J. Rozell, this book has been updated through...
From Can See to Can’t
Texas Cotton Farmers on the Southern Prairies
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Cotton farming was the only way of life that many Texans knew from the days of Austin's Colony up until World War II. For those who worked the land, it was a dawn-till-dark, "can see to can't," process that required not only a wide range of specialized skills but also a willingness to gamble on forces...