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Winning Without the Spin: A True Hero in American Politics is the story of how Walter Capps made it to Congress. A long-time religious studies professor with no political experience, Capps shocked
Just eight months old when her father, Edward, duke of Kent, died unexpectedly, the princess Victoria moved significantly closer to England’s throne. The task of raising a potential female monarch assumed critical
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The Japanese army's brutal occupation of the city of Nanking during the 1937 Sino-Japanese War is known, for good reason, as "the rape of Nanking." As they slaughtered an estimated three hundred
In 1822, after having been discharged from the British navy, deserted by his wife, and as good as disowned by his father, the thirty-two year old Edward John Trelawny set off for
For most people, the name Jimi Hendrix conjures up a larger-than-life image of the man who set fire to guitars, women?s hearts, and the status quo. In this groundbreaking new account of
Public confidence in financial markets depends on the perception that they are fair and just, not distorted or manipulated to the advantage of particular traders. This is the story of those who
Equally talented as a writer and painter, Wyndham Lewis (1882-1957) gained renown as the driving force behind Vorticism, the avant-garde movement that flourished in London before the First World War. This book
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The modern German-Jewish experience through the rise of Nazism in 1933 was characterized by an explosion of cultural and intellectual creativity. Yet well after that history has ended, the influence of Weimar
This fascinating text examines the union of Africans and American Indians in Virginia during colonial times. It provides a compelling analysis of Virginia's first settlers, first plantations, early American politics and racial
William of Malmesbury (c.1090-c.1143) was England's greatest historian after Bede. Although best known in his own time, as now, for his historical writings (his famous Deeds of the Bishops and Deeds of
A remembrance of a neighborhood with all vignettes radiating from a bakery.
From his controversial coverage of Vietnam, which incurred the wrath of President Johnson but won him a Pulitzer Prize, to his unforgettable and daring on-the-ground reporting of the Gulf War during one
Lorenzo de Zavala started his political career in Mexico in the early 19th Century and then became Vice President of the Republic of Texas and one of the signers of its Constitution.
Using the experiences of her own family of freed slaves, the author looks at relations between plantation owners and their slaves after emancipation, how African Americans made a new life as employees
Mara de San Jos© Salazar (1548-1603) took the veil as a Discalced ("barefoot") Carmelite nun in 1571, becoming one of Teresa of Avila's most important collaborators in religious reform and serving as
This book covers the reigns of Edward I and Edward II, a time of turbulence among the leaders of society, important developments in the law and constitution alongside extreme suffering among the
Although Sir Robert Peel was one of Great Britain's outstanding 19th-century prime ministers, only recently has the most important material on him become available and serious studies been written. This book provides
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