Lerner Pub Group, January 1, 2004. A historical and current look at Cuba, discussing the land, the government, the culture, the people, and the economy. Reading age : 12 - 15 years Grade level : 7 - 9.
Xerox, January 1, 1959. A young New Haven, Connecticut, boy learns about fear and courage as he plays an important role in the battle when his family and neighbors defend their town against a British troop invasion on July 5, 1779. ASIN: B0007E1S0K.
Basic Books, September 25, 2018. "I don't think there is anyone in the academy these days capable of more patient and attentive reading of the constitutional text than Akhil Amar."--Jeremy Waldron, New York Review of Books When the stories that lead our daily news involve momentous constitutional questions, present-minded journalists.....
Greenhaven Publishing LLC, December 12, 2008. The type of firearm used in a crime can usually be identified by the bullet or by the casings left at the scene. Provide your readers with a revealing look at the tools and techniques used in ballistics research. The tiniest bit of evidence.....
Bloomsbury Press, 2008. The long-hidden story of a family we thought we knew―and of a power-making apparatus that we have barely begun to comprehend. After eight disastrous years, George W. Bush leaves office as one of the most unpopular presidents in American history. Russ Baker asks the question that lingers.....
Greenwood Press, October 30, 2007. Contains one hundred alphabetized, cross-referenced entries, M-Z, on topics related to criminal justice, focusing on the U.S. system and covering social, political, legal, and economic aspects as well as crimes and criminals, and includes a selected bibliography. There are many controversial aspects of our criminal.....
Greenwood Press, October 30, 2007. There are many controversial aspects of our criminal justice system, and this encyclopedia examines the most significant controversies throughout American history with emphasis on current debates, trends, and issues. --from publisher description.
Matador, April 25, 2014. There are around 6000 people in the world today who owe their lives to Nicholas Winton. They are the descendants of a group of refugee children rescued by him from the Nazi threat in 1939. Some of them know of his existence and the part he.....
Simon & Schuster, February 2, 2010. An authoritative account from an expert author: The Spartacus War is the first popular history of the revolt in English. The Spartacus War is the extraordinary story of the most famous slave rebellion in the ancient world, the fascinating true story behind a legend.....
Gramercy, June 4, 2002. Presented in chronological order with black-and-white photographs and illustrations throughout, this is a unique look at the Civil War, through the eyes of the people whose lives it engulfed for over four years. Perfect for Civil War buffs or the casual historian.
Alfred A. Knopf, September 8, 2009. Here are the life stories of three women who connect us to our national past and provide windows onto a social and political landscape that is strangely familiar yet shockingly foreign. Berkin focuses on three “accidental heroes” who left behind sufficient records for their.....
Trade Paper Press, April 1, 2002. A contemporary anecdote not only confirms that Martha commanded respect in her own right during her lifetime, but also suggests an awkward truth later historians have preferred to ignore-that without Martha and her fortune, George might never have risen to social, military, and political.....
Mercer University Press, November 1, 2021. Samuel A. Burney, born in April 1840, was the son of Thomas Jefferson Burney and Julia Shields Burney. He graduated from Mercer University (then at Penfield, Georgia) in 1860. He joined the Panola Guards, an infantry component of Thomas R. R. Cobb's Georgia Legion.....
University Press of Florida, September 23, 2007. The study of American institutional confinement, its presumed successes, failures, and controversies, is incomplete without examining the remnants of sites that no longer stand. Asking what archaeological perspectives add to the understanding of such a provocative topic, Eleanor Conlin Casella describes multiple sites.....
Univ Pr of Kansas, November 2, 1992. A detailed history of one of the most grisly episodes of the Civil War provides a balanced treatment of the North's invasion of Atlanta, debunking many long-standing myths and misconceptions of the battle. Review "Nothing short of a magnum opus."—Civil War.....
Penguin, September 25, 2018. The #1 New York Times bestseller and New York Times Book Review 10 Best Books of 2017 “Eminently readable but thick with import . . . Grant hits like a Mack truck of knowledge.” —Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Atlantic Pulitzer Prize winner Ron Chernow returns with a sweeping and dramatic portrait of one.....
Hyperion Book CH, January 2, 2008. Conor Broekhart was born to fly. In fact, legend has it that he was born flying in a hot air balloon at the world’s fair. In the 1890s, Conor and his family live on the sovereign Saltee Islands, off the Irish coast. Conor spends.....
Disney-Hyperion, May 7, 2013. Riley, a teen orphan boy living in Victorian London, has had the misfortune of being apprenticed to Albert Garrick, an illusionist who has fallen on difficult times and now uses his unique conjuring skills to gain access to victims' dwellings. On one such escapade, Garrick brings.....
Simon & Schuster, October 15, 2002. Our national anthem celebrates it. Patriots wave it. Politicians of all kinds try to wrap themselves in it. It is saluted at baseball games, in parades, and on the most solemn of commemorative occasions. It was salvaged in the first hours following the dreadful.....
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, Incorporated, March 30, 2011. A riveting lineup of the world's most famous and infamous arrests, from Lizzie Borden (double murder) to Lindsay Lohan (DUI) to Roman Polanski (unlawful sexual intercourse) Although the headlines fade, the humiliation, vulnerability, and sometimes chilling smugness of the alleged criminal.....
Regnery Publishing, April 24, 2002. America is under attack as never before. Not only from foreign terrorists, but also from within. Islamic terrorists declare America the "Great Satan." Many Europeans complain about America spreading its cultural wasteland. And perhaps worst of all, here in our own country, those on the.....
Twenty-First Century Books, January 1, 2005. Text and photographs introduce the geography, history, government, people, and economy of Nicaragua.
Princeton University Press, November 19, 2006. E-mails proposing an "urgent business relationship" help make fraud Nigeria's largest source of foreign revenue after oil. But scams are also a central part of Nigeria's domestic cultural landscape. Corruption is so widespread in Nigeria that its citizens call it simply "the Nigerian factor.".....
Harper Collins, February 3, 2009. “An intimate portrait of Lincoln, so well-drawn that he seems to come alive on the page.” —Charleston Post & Courier Lincoln’s Men by Daniel Mark Epstein offers a fascinating close-up view of the Abraham Lincoln White House through the eyes of Lincoln’s three personal secretaries.....
Carolina Academic Press, August 9, 2006. Criminal Justice Masterworks weaves together three strands of intellectual pursuit: an acquaintance with great writings on criminal justice, the perspective provided by a history of ideas, and the skills of critical thinking. The editors provide a taste of classic works usually known to students.....