Boyd: 1234 books
Hollywood and the CIA
Cinema, Defense and Subversion
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
This book investigates representations of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in Hollywood films, and the synergies between Hollywood product, U.S. military/defense interests and U.S. foreign policy.
As probably the best known of the many different intelligence agencies of the US, the CIA...
Simeon's Story
An Eyewitness Account of the Kidnapping of Emmett Till
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
A modern tragedy, this story has had a great impact on race relations in America. Emmett Till's kidnapping and murder, a grotesque crime in a Southern backwater that became the catalyst for the civil rights movement, is explained in this dramatic narrative by the cousin who was present every step...
Other First World War
The Blood-Soaked Eastern Front
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
A challenge to the conventional Western Front bias of World War I history, a must-have for any war historianUnlike the stalemate of the trenches in Flanders, the little-known eastern front of World War I was a war of movement that caused 12 million casualties, including female combatants. It spanned...
April Queen
Eleanor of Aquitaine
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
Recreating the turbulent life of one of the most exciting women in European medieval history, this biography reveals a peculiarly "modern" queen Eleanor of Aquitaine was the only person ever to sit on the thrones of both France and England. This account of the adventures of the extraordinary...
Lionheart
The True Story of England's Crusader King
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2014
Reveals the dark side of England's most celebrated monarchWhen people think of Richard the Lionheart they recall the scene at the end of every Robin Hood epic when he returns from the crusade to punish his treacherous brother John and the wicked Sheriff of Nottingham. In reality Richard detested England...
From Suffragette to Fascist
The Many Lives of Mary Sophia Allen
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
The first biography of a unique pioneering woman—a police officer, fascist, suffragette, and spy Mary Allen first came to notoriety as a thrice-gaoled, window-smashing suffragette. When WSPU activities ceased in 1914, Allen pioneered the first female police force, recruiting and training hundreds...
by D.K.R. Boyd
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2013
In 1922, in a small town in the Maritimes, an unusual boy with an unusual name is adopted by a Baptist family of chocolate makers. With his copy of Plain Facts for Young and Old by the cereal king, Dr. Kellogg, to guide him, young Kurtis De’ath, a natural polyglot, comes to terms with a world he...
Life in a Medieval Monastery
The Monks of Durham Cathedral
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
A fascinating glimpse into the world of Medieval Monasticism.
Durham Cathedral is one of the most complete sets of monastic buildings in Europe, housing clues to the life of a prominent and thriving medieval Benedictine community.
Through its buildings, and the books, treasures and records...
by Elmer Boyd Smith
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
Long, long ago, when the Indians owned the land, there lived in Virginia, near the river afterwards called the James, a little girl, the Princess Pocahontas, daughter of the great chief Powhatan. Pocahontas was her father's favorite child, and the pet of the whole tribe; even the fierce warriors loved...
Beautiful Trouble
A Toolbox for Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016
"Elegant and incendiary." -Naomi Klein. Beautiful Trouble brings together dozens of seasoned artists and activists from around the world to distill their best practices into a toolbox for creative action. Sophisticated enough for veteran activists, accessible enough for newbies, this compendium...
The Myth of a Christian Nation
How the Quest for Political Power Is Destroying the Church
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2009
The church was established to serve the world with Christ-like love, not to rule the world. It is called to look like a corporate Jesus, dying on the cross for those who crucified him, not a religious version of Caesar. It is called to manifest the kingdom of the cross in contrast to the kingdom of...
A Mad, Bad, and Dangerous People?
England 1783-1846
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2006
This was a transformative period in English history. In 1783 the country was at one of the lowest points in its fortunes, having just lost its American colonies in warfare. By 1846 it was once more a great imperial nation, as well as the world's strongest power and dominant economy, having benefited...
by Clive Cussler, Boyd Morrison
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2019
Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon are back with a new adventure in this thrilling suspense novel in Clive Cussler's #1 New York Times bestselling series.
Juan Cabrillo and his team of expert operatives return in this latest entry in Clive Cussler's Oregon Files series. Aboard the Oregon,...
This is Home Now
Kentucky's Holocaust Survivors Speak
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
The term "Holocaust survivors" is often associated with Jewish communities in New York City or along Florida's Gold Coast. Traditionally, tales of America's Holocaust survivors, in both individual and cultural histories, have focused on places where people fleeing from Nazi atrocities congregated...