Buzzy Jackson: 3 books
Shaking the Family Tree
Blue Bloods, Black Sheep, and Other Obsessions of an Accidental Genealogist
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2010
“WHO ARE YOU AND WHERE DO YOU COME FROM? ”
As a historian, Buzzy Jackson thought she knew the answers to these simple questions—that is, until she took a look at her scrawny family tree. With a name like Jackson (the twentieth most common American surname), she knew she must have more...
by Buzzy Jackson
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2005
The women who broke the rules, creating their own legacy of how to live and sing the blues.
An exciting lineage of women singers—originating with Ma Rainey and her protégée Bessie Smith—shaped the blues, launching it as a powerful, expressive vehicle of emotional liberation. Along with...
The Inspirational Atheist
Wise Words on the Wonder and Meaning of Life
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2014
Like all people, atheists contemplate issues of love, death, and morality, and in times of stress we long for solace and inspiration. A collection of uplifting quotations from some of mankind’s most important philosophers, scientists, writers, and even comedians, THE INSPIRATIONAL ATHEIST will be...