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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is one of the most influential autobiographies ever written. This classic did as much as or more than any other book to motivate the abolitionist to conti……続きを見る

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2008 im Fachbereich Politik - Sonstige Themen, Note: 1,0, Universität Leipzig (Politikwissenschaft), Veranstaltung: Planung unter Unsicherheit - New Orleans nach Katrina, ……続きを見る

Winner, New Brunswick Book Award for Non-Fiction Shortlisted, Arthur Ellis Best Non-Fiction Crime Book Award On July 6, 2011, Richard Oland, scion of the Moosehead brewing family, was murdered in hi……続きを見る

Excavations at Collingbourne Ducis revealed almost the full extent of a late 5th–7th century cemetery first recorded in 1974, providing one of the largest samples of burial remains from Anglo-Saxon ……続きを見る

Depression is the most common complication of childbirth and results in adverse health outcomes for both mother and child. It is vital, therefore, that health professionals be ready to help women wh……続きを見る

Despite decades of effort and billions of dollars spent, two thirds of people in sub-Saharan Africa still lack access to electricity, a vital pre-cursor to economic development and poverty reduction……続きを見る

Beauty, Virtue, Power, and Success in Venezuela 1850–2015 examines the societal duty of Venezuelan women to display and perform their inner virtue and worth through careful management of their outer……続きを見る

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2009 im Fachbereich Politik - Politische Systeme - Politisches System Deutschlands, Note: 1,7, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena (Institut für Politikwissenschaft), Vera……続きを見る

A short, sharp intervention in the crucial debate about the future of democracy, which has been brought to a head by events from Brexit to the Trump phenomenon. We live in strange days in the histor……続きを見る

Das große Siedlungsgebiet der Kurden wurde nach dem Untergang des Osmanischen Reichs von Grenzen durchtrennt. Die Angst vor kurdischen Autonomiebestrebungen führt seitdem zur Unterdrückung ihrer Kul……続きを見る

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2008 im Fachbereich Politik - Politische Systeme - Politisches System Deutschlands, Note: 1,5, Philipps-Universität Marburg (Zentrum für Konfliktforschung), Veranstaltung:……続きを見る

‘Droll, provocative and crammed to busting with startling facts’ Simon Callow, Guardian In this powerful Sunday Times bestseller Peter Ackroyd looks at London in a whole new way – through the histor……続きを見る

Derived from firsthand accounts, newspapers, journals, letters, and telegrams, this daunting compilation divulges authentic piracy stories from the 19th and 20th centuries. Part history, part true c……続きを見る

In a provocative assessment of American poverty and policy from 1950 to the present, Frank Stricker examines an era that has seen serious discussion about the causes of poverty and unemployment. Ana……続きを見る

In The Experience of a Slave in South Carolina, escaped slave John Andrew Jackson seeks to educate his readers on the horrors of slavery. He spares no details in relating the murder of his sister, t……続きを見る

From the end of the Revolution until 1851, the Virginia legislature granted most divorces in the state. It granted divorces rarely, however, turning down two-thirds of those who petitioned for them.……続きを見る

In this comprehensive biography of the man who led North Carolina through the Civil War and, as a U.S. senator from 1878 to 1894, served as the state's leading spokesman, Gordon McKinney presents Ze……続きを見る

Historians of the Cold War, argues William Hitchcock, have too often overlooked the part that European nations played in shaping the post-World War II international system. In particular, France, a ……続きを見る

In 1948, a group of conservative white southerners formed the States' Rights Democratic Party, soon nicknamed the "Dixiecrats," and chose Strom Thurmond as their presidential candidate. Thrown on th……続きを見る

Black gospel music grew from obscure nineteenth-century beginnings to become the leading style of sacred music in black American communities after World War II. Jerma A. Jackson traces the music's u……続きを見る

After World War II, an atomic hierarchy emerged in the noncommunist world. Washington was at the top, followed over time by its NATO allies and then Israel, with the postcolonial world completely sh……続きを見る

In February 1862, General Ambrose E. Burnside led Union forces to victory at the Battle of Roanoke Island. As word spread that the Union army had established a foothold in eastern North Carolina, sl……続きを見る

In the 1950s and 1960s, images of children appeared everywhere, from movies to milk cartons, their smiling faces used to sell everything, including war. In this provocative book, Margaret Peacock of……続きを見る

Giving voice to a population too rarely acknowledged, Sweet Tea collects more than sixty life stories from black gay men who were born, raised, and continue to live in the South. E. Patrick Johnson ……続きを見る

Jack Temple Kirby charts the history of the low country between the James River in Virginia and Albemarle Sound in North Carolina. The Algonquian word for this country, which means 'swamp-on-a-hill,……続きを見る

Finality... ... It is the last dip that gets all toes wet, though throats stay parched long after the shadows fade. And if by some odd chance you look down upon memory and it remembers starlit night……続きを見る

This is the complete Dear Teddy Series. Dear Mr. Ted, contains all four books. Dear Teddy Book One - Little boy little boy, Curled in a ball. I know your secrets, I know them all I write in my journ……続きを見る

Everyone loves a story about well-muscled retrievers barreling after thrown balls or elegant, longhaired cats commanding the attention of all in a room. But what about those less fortunate comp……続きを見る

Cockburn was the first Western journalist to warn of the dangers posed by Islamic State. His originality and breadth of vision make The Age of Jihad the most in-depth analysis of the regional crisis……続きを見る

Vous aimez les séries ? Ne manquez pas ce récit palpitant de la campagne présidentielle la plus singulière de l'histoire américaine ! Une campagne sans merci, brutale, haineuse. Deux candidats aussi……続きを見る