Robert Reynolds: 560 books

Beatrice Cenci is a tragic figure from late 16th century Rome. Along with her brother, Giacomo, and her stepmother, Lucrezia, she plotted the death of her evil father, Francesco Cenci. Following the parricide the three culprits were sentenced to death by Pope Clement VIII, The verdicts occurred following...

Joan of Arc came to prominence in the decade after France suffered a crucial defeat to the English at the Battle of Agincourt on October 25, 1415. Her rise coincided with the deep misfortunes the French people were suffering at the hands of the English invading armies. My e-book covers the period...

The plight of young chicks is an ugly legacy because of the enduring harm that dyes inflict on small birds. This occurs when the baby birds die, when their feathers fall out, and when they are blinded. When the toxic dyes do not end their lives, uncaring owners often discard them by throwing them...

Bobby Baker was a smooth operator in many areas of the political spectrum. He procured women for politicians, invested in exorbitant land and real estate deals, and often double crossed the friends who put money into the projects with him. The Bobby Baker affair unraveled beginning with a civil suit...

The Castellammarese War involved two ambitious rivals who vowed to become the Boss of Bosses in New York City. Salvatore Maranzano was a very sophisticated Sicilian who spoke seven languages and looked more like a banker than a mobster. Giuseppe Masseria was a crude figure who had became Boss after...

Kitty Genovese's death in March 1963 echoed worldwide as a reminder of man's lack of care for other human beings. Three separate attacks by her assailant were witnessed by 38 of her neighbors in Kew Gardens, Queens, New York. None of them took the time to call the police, a call that would...

Slot car racing reached its peak of popularity in the mid 1960s but has continued to draw fans during the digital age. The first generation of enthusiasts included an equal number of kids and adults, each of them having an avid appreciation of the sport/hobby. Now it is possible for more than one...

Jay Florian Mitchell was a talented Long Island/New York City photographer from the 1920s until the 1950s. Much of his work is in the Nevada State Museum in Las Vegas. A talented portrait and children's photographer, Mitchell organized field trips in the New York metropolitan area beginning in...

My e-book is a compilation of newspaper stories of shark attacks in New York, New Jersey, North Carolina, Hawaii, South Africa, New Guinea, and Australia. Perhaps readers are unaware of the dangers of swimming in inlets, like those that empty into the open waters of Raritan Bay. At times sharks venture...

Sputnik blasted off in late 1957 and the Space Age and Space Race between the Cold War adversaries heated up. U.S. President Dwight David Eisenhower was under pressure to do more in the science and military fields to catch up to the Soviet breakthrough. Sputnik I and it successors generated a debate...

I have written from ancestry and newspaper sources a brief anthology of mini bios of young people who died in Cary, NC prior to the beginning of its rapid growth in the late 1970s. The e-book is most relevant to understanding the North Carolina town's past and its people. I have written in my Foreword...

The Law of Journalism and Mass Communication, Sixth Edition, by Robert Trager, Susan Dente Ross, and Amy Reynolds offers a clear and engaging introduction to media law with comprehensive coverage and analysis of key cases for future journalists and media professionals. You are introduced to key legal...

Giuseppe Zangara has been compared to Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of William McKinley. Czolgosz was electrocuted at Auburn Prison in upstate New York within weeks after he shot and killed McKinley in a receiving line at the Pan American Exhibition in Buffalo, New York in 1901. Like Czolgosz, Zangara...

Anthony Strollo, also known as Tony Bender and Tough Tony, was a Mafia powerhouse in the Genovese crime family for several decades. His brothers, Dominic and Emillio, were also members of the syndicate. Strollo's primary territory included the New Jersey docks and the Greenwich Village area of...