MSW - History 1

A powerful story of survival, innovation, and hope *.*From the pews of the AME Church to the halls of HBCUs, from the lodges of Prince Hall Masons to the movements led by the NAACP and Urban League,……続きを見る

WAR IS ON THE HORIZON Sworn enemies turned lovers, Decimus and Luciana face new challenges that put their love to the test. Decimus, haunted by his past, struggles with his feelings in the present. ……続きを見る

Hurricane Katrina was a tragedy for many, but did birth a great revival in energy and enterprise for the area, and for me. Many from the New Orleans area have their "Katrina stories," and this is mi……続きを見る

How to Tell the Birds from the Flowers, and Other Wood-cuts by Robert Williams Wood is a whimsical and humorous work that blends poetry, illustrations, and playful observations of nature. The book f……続きを見る

How to Tell the Birds from the Flowers: A Manual of Flornithology for Beginners by Robert Williams Wood is a humorous and satirical work that cleverly blends botany and ornithology. The book is a mo……続きを見る

Animal Analogues: Verses and Illustrations by Robert Williams Wood is a charming collection of poetry and illustrations that explores the humorous and symbolic similarities between animals and human……続きを見る

The invasion of Korea by Japanese troops in May of 1592 was no ordinary military expedition: it was one of the decisive events in Asian history and the most tragic for the Korean peninsula until the……続きを見る

Today, America's most dangerous enemies are not the terrorists or those wanting to kill us. They are the unseen evil forces that have been slowly depleting us of morality, decency and value in God. ……続きを見る

Winner of the International Book Award from International Association for the Study of Popular Music (2003) The practice of singing and songwriting in France during the Great War provides an intrigu……続きを見る

A cache of letters leads to a journey of discovery that reveals the long and lasting consequences of war William S. Walker never knew his uncle, Fletcher "Bud" Blanton. Blanton had been killed fight……続きを見る

It might be thought that people who lived on Groundnut Hill, in Palmyra, would have no more story to tell than the needy knife-grinder, but as Hiram Nute, the essence-peddler, says, “Wherever there’……続きを見る

Listening, I heard Veterans speak of the soul work that transformed them. The poems are merely glimpses into a life that cannot be known unless it is lived. The experiences of these brave men and wo……続きを見る

If you go to England you will find many people there who have never heard of Santa Klaus. Only the other day a leading London paper confessed that it could not understand why a magazine for children……続きを見る

Haida knowledge keepers often introduce their history of British Columbia with "The Story of Bones Bay." This "Story" teaches that Governor James Douglas executed an intentional mass killing during ……続きを見る

Lieutenant Swabey's personal diary is a unique account of day-to-day events during the Peninsula War and the epic battles that marked this defiant campaign against Napoleon. The volume also includes……続きを見る

At 9:00 on the morning of March 6, 1963, in the quiet St. Paul neighborhood of Highland Park, Mrs. Fritz Pearson glanced out her window and saw something almost unimaginable: slumped on the front st……続きを見る

On May 22, 1970, responding to a bogus emergency call to help a pregnant woman, St. Paul patrolman James Sackett was killed by a sniper's bullet fired from a high-powered rifle. The white officer's ……続きを見る

Somerset is a beautiful county – 'The Land of Summer' – and it is also one of the oldest English counties. However, beneath the beauty lies a Somerset that is sometimes shocking, often surprising. O……続きを見る

The name Chislehurst literally means ‘a stony place in the woods’. A somewhat appropriate name to keep in mind as Joanna Friel explores the secrets of Chislehurst. Evidence of Chislehurst’s rich her……続きを見る

Daniel Vickery, the editor of the Western Flying Post, wrote in A Sketch of the Town of Yeovil (1856) that ‘The town is surrounded on the South East by three remarkable hills – Babylonhill, Windmill……続きを見る

At the inception of colonial rule on Canada’s Pacific Coast, natives “universally believed” Governor Douglas used smallpox as a weapon to kill them in lieu of treaties or paying for land. Yet Canadi……続きを見る

This book documents the role played by intentional smallpox spreading during 1862 as the Colony of British Columbia, now part of Canada, took control of Nuxalk territory. In 2014, B.C.’s Premier ack……続きを見る

The Manchu Qing victory over the Chinese Ming Dynasty in the mid-seventeenth century was one of the most surprising and traumatic developments in China’s long history. In the last year of the Ming, ……続きを見る

Ever been confused about Scotland’s history – all the relationships between kings and queens, both Scottish and English? Why all the battles, massacres and disputes? Scotland’s Bloody History simpli……続きを見る

Almost everyone, at some point in their lives, has wondered if there was any truth in the stories of monsters in Loch Ness? Loch Ness, Nessie & Me answers all the questions you have ever wanted to a……続きを見る

How to Draw a Map is a fascinating meditation on the centuries-old art of map-making, from the first astronomical maps to the sophisticated GPS guides of today. Maps have influenced humanity in many……続きを見る

Ever been confused about Scotland's history – all the relationships between kings and queens, both Scottish and English? Why all the battles, massacres and disputes? Scotland's Bloody History simpli……続きを見る

Everything is bigger in Texasーincluding ghostsーespecially in San Antonio, considered one of the ten most haunted cities in the world by National Geographic. As the saying goes, "dead men tell no t……続きを見る

The subject of this book was a native of Africa. When about seven years of age, he was kidnapped, brought to this country, and enslaved. He was supposed to belong to one of the last cargoes of this ……続きを見る

This book takes a fresh look at community nursing history in Great Britain, examining the essentially generalist and low profile, domiciliary end of the professional nursing spectrum throughout the ……続きを見る