Thomas Turner: 37 books
The Congo Wars
Conflict, Myth and Reality
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Since 1996 war has raged in the Congo while the world has looked away. Waves of armed conflict and atrocities against civilians have resulted in over three million casualties, making this one of the bloodiest yet least understood conflicts of recent times. In The Congo Wars Thomas Turner provides...
I KNOW I NEVER MEANT THAT MUCH TO YOU
I NEVER KNEW I MEANT THAT MUCH TO YOU
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2014
An International singer falls on hard times as she tries to discover the reasons behind her brother's suicide!
The Sports Shoe
A History from Field to Fashion
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2019
The story of the sneaker's rise from the first Victorian tennis shoes to the Nike Air Max and beyond
Moving from the athletic field to the shopping mall, Thomas Turner tells a fresh story of the evolution of the sports shoe against the changing landscape of society, sport, fashion, industry,...
by Thomas Turner
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2014
After the Ice Age, the world as we know now looked quite different. While glaciers began to melt all over the planet, water levels started to rise 300 feet, swallowing any evidence of cultures living near the ancient coastlines. However, in the last five decades, archeologists have found new civilizations...
by Thomas Turner
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2013
The Democratic Republic of Congo has become one of the world's bloodiest hot spots. 2003 saw the end of a five-year war in which millions lost their lives - one of the deadliest conflicts since World War II. Despite recent peace agreements and democratic elections, the country is still plagued by...
by Thomas Turner, Richard Turner
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2014
The road to romance is long and rocky for Canadian singer Renee' Monro, but through it all, she shines like the rising star she is.
by thomas turner
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2014
An International battle is brewing between two countries and their two respective city governments for the right to govern themselves. Who wins is up to you!
by Thomas Turner
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2013
Willie Thompson, a young, black preacher who has begun to lose his faith returns home to find his adoptive, white father dying from cancer. He also re-discovers a lost and forbidden love there with Sarah Townsend, the white daughter of the richest man in town. Not only is the young preacher toting a...
101 Things You Didn't Know about the Civil War
The People, Battles, and Events That Defined the War Between the States
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2018
Get the lowdown on America’s Bloodiest War—the Civil War—with this essential guide to 101 interesting and unexpected facts about this defining event in US history.
Do you know which state first seceded from the Union? What about the individual who could be considered the Mata Hari of...
Clear and Simple as the Truth
Writing Classic Prose - Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2011
For more than a decade, Clear and Simple as the Truth has guided readers to consider style not as an elegant accessory of effective prose but as its very heart. Francis-Noël Thomas and Mark Turner present writing as an intellectual activity, not a passive application of verbal skills. In classic...
Strategy Six Pack 12
Six History Classics
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
“Hidden talent counts for nothing.”
- Nero.
Strategy Six Pack 12 presents six historical texts spanning two millennia and three continents. Ancient Rome and the Americas get two books each: Mary Platt Parmele’s A Short History of Rome is paired with Jacob Abbott’s biography of...
by Nat Turner, Thomas R. Gray, Xander Price
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2016
Nat Turner was an African American slave who lead a rebellion of slaves and 'free blacks' in Southampton County Virginia in 1831. The rebellion was brief but bloody, and resulted in the deaths of over 50 white people - deemed all the more shocking at the time as they were mostly from the rich landowning...
Slavery: Not Forgiven, Never Forgotten – The Most Powerful Slave Narratives, Historical Documents & Influential Novels
The Underground Railroad, Memoirs of Frederick Douglass, 12 Years a Slave, Uncle Tom's Cabin, History of Abolitionism, Lynch Law, Civil Rights Acts, New Amendments and much more
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2017
This carefully crafted ebook: "Slavery: Not Forgiven, Never Forgotten" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Memoirs Narrative of Frederick Douglass 12 Years a Slave The Underground Railroad Up From Slavery Willie Lynch Letter Confessions of Nat...
by Frederick Douglass, Solomon Northup, Willie Lynch
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2017
This unique collection of "SLAVERY: Hundreds of Documented Testimonies of Former Slaves, Influential Memoirs, Records on Living Conditions and Customs in the South & History of Abolitionist Movement" has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards. Contents: Narrative...