Deborah - History 1

Manchester and Salford, two cities whose heritage is intricately entwined, are noted for their industrial history, and this book looks at their thriving brewing industry. The reader is taken on a jo……続きを見る

Distributing pamphlets calling for nonviolent sabotage of Hitler’s war efforts. Painting words condemning Hitler on city walls. Traveling throughout wartime Germany while in his Army medic uniform, ……続きを見る

Una lectura profundamente humana que demuestra que, incluso frente al mal absoluto, la esperanza puede sobrevivir en manos de los valientes. Antes de que Estados Unidos entrara en la Segunda Guerra ……続きを見る

How did representative institutions become the central organs of governance in Western Europe? What enabled this distinctive form of political organization and collective action that has proved so d……続きを見る

How Thai farmers, teachers, and workers created new approaches to lifelong learning through constructionismーand transformed communities across the country as a result. The educational philosophy of……続きを見る

Tales of death, disaster and heartbreak lurk beneath the beautiful vistas of Eastern Washington from Wenatchee all the way to Pullman. On Mission Ridge, where the fatal 1944 Liberator crash occurred……続きを見る

Ghouls of the Glacial Lakes and Prairie Region Buried in the annals of the region are torrid tales, disasters and the unexplained. At historic Fort Sisseton, the old hanging tree and a phantom buffa……続きを見る

Malice, Menace and Mendacity The cast of characters coloring the Black Hills' raucous past has inspired memorable Hollywood productions. Al Swearengen, "Wild Bill" Hickok and Calamity Jane have beco……続きを見る

A sweeping story with intimate roots, Darker Shade of Pale traces a little-known chapter in the history of global migration: the journey of Jewish families from the Russian Empire’s Pale of Settleme……続きを見る

This book draws on a wide range of sources to provide the first comprehensive account of the experience of eighteenth-century working girlhood across all regions of Britain, examining the lifecycle ……続きを見る

What do women want to read? Jean Donneau de Visé, the founder and editor in chief of Le Mercure Galant, one of France’s first newspapers, was arguably the first journalist to ask this question and t……続きを見る

Over the years, cars have helped to define the experiences and self-perceptions of women in complex and sometimes unexpected ways. When women take the wheel, family structure and public space are re……続きを見る

"A beautiful book featuring intimate portrayals of a diverse group of Guatemalan artists and their works . . . [a] compelling presentation style." ー Library Journal Against the backdrop of Guatemal……続きを見る

Winner of the Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction Winner of the Freedom to Read Award Winner of the Hubert Evans Prize In the midst of an unfolding international crisis, renowned journ……続きを見る

“These compelling reflections by people who have been entrapped within the tortures of solitary, should rekindle our abolitionist impulses at an especially critical moment in our history” Angela Y. D……続きを見る

Offering a multidisciplinary exploration of “flow” and the often-nebulous ways it is conceptualized and operationalized in writing pedagogy, this book addresses a critical gap in writing studies. Br……続きを見る

The U.S. Civil Rights Trail offers a vivid glimpse into the story of Black America's fight for freedom and equality. From eye-opening landmarks to celebrations of triumph over adversity, experience ……続きを見る

In the 1980s, Willis McGlascoe Carter’s handwritten memoir turned up unexpectedly in the hands of a midwestern antiques dealer. Its twenty-two pages told a fascinating story of a man born into slave……続きを見る

This important book [...] is a helpful guide to thinking with things and teaching with things. Each entry challenges the reader to approach objects as historical actors that can speak to the changes……続きを見る

This book covers both the royal families that existed in pre-Conquest Wales and the predominantly English royal families that have ruled over Wales since medieval times. The changing relationships b……続きを見る

Dossier : L’objet est ici de réévaluer l’histoire et les représentations des mères et de la maternité dans le monde grec ancien. Qu’est ce que devenir mère dans la Grèce ancienne ? Le dossier aborde……続きを見る

Dossier : Et si, par-delà la dichotomie classique sujet-objet, les artefacts étaient appréhendés comme des agents voire des événements, et considérés dans leur rapport au temps et à l’espace ? Ce do……続きを見る

This in-depth examination of one of the most controversial episodes in U.S.-Cuba relations sheds new light on the program that airlifted 14,000 unaccompanied children to the United States in the wak……続きを見る

Michigan's Upper Peninsula is blessed with a treasure trove of storytellers, poets, and historians, all seeking to capture a sense of Yooper Life from settler's days to the far-flung future. Since 2……続きを見る

Often depicted as the nation’s iconic legal immigrant, unauthorized European migrants are often overlooked by scholars, policymakers, and the media. This volume tells the stories of European migrant……続きを見る

« Mais ce prince estoit un chef-d'œuvre de la nature; ce qu'il avoit de moins admirable, c'estoit d'être l'homme du monde le mieux fait et le plus beau. Ce qui le mettoit au-dessus des autres estoit……続きを見る

The searing accounts of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Evgeniia Ginsberg and Varlam Shalamov opened the world's eyes to the terrors of the Soviet Gulag. But not until now has there been a memoir of life in……続きを見る

TWO FORKS, TWO SPOONS is a historical family memoir by Deborah Cross Antoine, documenting the extraordinary lives, loves, lineage, and legacy of the author's parents, Irving and Alzada Cross - also ……続きを見る

"One of those rare books that quickly became the standard work in its field." ーAnne Firor Scott, Duke University Living with the dual burdens of racism and sexism, slave women in the plantation Sou……続きを見る

Since Louisiana is the only state in the union to organize itself through parishes and not counties, it should come as no surprise that its places of worship are pillars of its communities. The Big ……続きを見る