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Slavery and African Ethnicities in the Americas: Restoring the Links
By Gwendolyn Midlo Hall. 2005
Drawing on a wide range of materials in four languages as well as on a lifetime of study of slave…
groups in the New World, Gwendolyn Midlo Hall explores the persistence of African ethnic identities among the enslaved over four hundred years of the Atlantic slave trade. Hall traces the linguistic, economic, and cultural ties shared by large numbers of enslaved Africans, showing that despite the fragmentation of the diaspora, many ethnic groups retained enough cohesion to communicate and to transmit elements of their shared culture.Catherine the Great: Empress of Russia
By Zu Vincent. 2009
Legendary Locals of Idaho Falls
By Paul Menser. 2015
In 1864, a stage line driver named Matt Taylor and two associates decided Black Rock Canyon was the place for…
a toll bridge to handle traffic to and from Montana. The following year, their bridge opened and a town called Eagle Rock took shape. With the coming of the railroad, trains brought everyone from saloon keeper Dick Chamberlain to temperance crusader Rebecca Mitchell. To project a more genteel air, Eagle Rock became Idaho Falls in 1891. Joseph Clark, the first mayor, and newspaper publisher William Wheeler were just two of the people who helped pave the streets and turn on the lights. After assiduous wooing by boosters such as Bill Holden, D.V. Groberg, and E.F. McDermott, the Atomic Energy Commission in 1949 chose Idaho Falls for the headquarters of its National Reactor Testing Station. Today, Idaho Falls is a vital trading and service center with two hospitals, a professional baseball team, symphony orchestra, and world-class museum. It is also the hometown of some remarkable people who have gone out in the world to make names for themselves.Legendary Locals of Ashland (Legendary Locals)
By Sam Wheeler. 2015
A century and a half of close-knitted community spirit, independent-mindedness, and a strong sense of stewardship have uniquely melded into…
present-day Ashland. Behind that patchwork of local ingenuity, artistry, and infamy are the faces of thousands--too many of whom are not mentioned within the pages of this book. There were hundreds of generations of Shasta Native American families that lived off the hills and creeks where Ashland now sprawls, but their abodes were abandoned and replaced by the lumber and flour mills, cleared streets, and painted homes of Ashland Mills. The sense of spirit and enthusiasm instilled by Ashland's early settlers bred the town's participation in the Chautauqua cultural movement, the remnants of which harbor Ashland's world-renown Oregon Shakespeare Festival, which paved the way for a former mill town's future prosperity. That spirit of ingenuity and artistry continues to shape Ashland and attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors annually to the quaint town nestled below the mighty crest of Siskiyou Pass along the Oregon-California border.The Personal Memoirs of General U. S.
By Ulysses S. Grant. 2013
Among the autobiographies of generals and presidents, the Personal Memoirs of U.U. Grant ranks with the greatest. It is even…
more impressive in light of the circumstances in which it was created: Faced with terminal cancer, virtual bankruptcy, and a family he would leave without means of support, he took the advice of his publisher, mark Twain, and went to work. He completed the manuscript in eleven months-and died a week later, on July 23, 1885. Frank and unpretentious, Grant's memoirs tell the story of his boyhood in Ohio, his graduation from West Point, and the military campaigns in the West and Mexico that ended with his disgraceful resignation and a return to Illinois, where he ran the family store. Soon, however, began the rebellion that broke the Union and recast Grant's fortune, transforming him into the leader of the victorious Union armies in the War Between the States and giving him the perspective to describe intimately the capture of Fort Henry and Fort Donelson, the battles of Shiloh, Corinth, Vicksburg, the bloody Wilderness campaign, and Appomattox. Here is Grant the tactician, the alcoholic, the plain and tough professional soldier, the ideal commander-but most of all here is Grant the writer as he assesses himself and the events that forged his character, as well as that of the nation.Last Chance for Victory: Robert E. Lee and the Gettysburg Campaign
By Bill Ward, Scott Bowden. 2001
Napoleon in Love
By R. F. Delderfield. 1959
Zhou Enlai: The Last Perfect Revolutionary
By Gao Wenqian. 2007
When Gao Wenqian first published this groundbreaking, provocative biography in Hong Kong, it was immediately banned in the People’s Republic.…
Using classified documents spirited out of the China, he offers an objective human portrait of the real Zhou Enlai, the premier of the People’s Republic of China from 1949 until his death in 1976. Often touted as “the last perfect revolutionary,” Zhou is “a modern saint” who offered protection to his people during the Cultural Revolution, and an icon who allows modern Chinese to find an admirable figure in what was a traumatic and bloody era. But his greatest gift was to survive, at almost any price, thanks to his acute understanding of where political power resided at any one time.The Rise of Napoleon Bonaparte
By Robert B. Asprey. 2000
Ever since 1821, when he died at age fifty-one on the forlorn and windswept island of St. Helena, Napoleon Bonaparte…
has been remembered as either demi-god or devil incarnate. In The Rise of Napoleon Bonaparte, the first volume of a two-volume cradle-to-grave biography, Robert Asprey instead treats him as a human being. Asprey tells this fascinating, tragic tale in lush narrative detail. The Rise of Napoleon Bonaparte is an exciting, reckless thrill ride as Asprey charts Napoleon's vertiginous ascent to fame and the height of power. Here is Napoleon as he was-not saint, not sinner, but a man dedicated to and ultimately devoured by his vision of himself, his empire, and his world.First Raj of the Sikhs: The Life and Times of Banda Singh Bahadur
By Harish Dhillon. 2013
Banda Singh Bahadur appeared in Sikh history for a relatively short period 1708-1716 but after the Sikh…
gurus influenced it more significantly than any other individual Banda Singh Bahadur is among the most colourful and fascinating characters in Sikh history From an ascetic he was transformed into Guru Gobind Singh s most trusted disciple So much so that when the seriously injured guru could not lead his Sikh army against the Mughal forces he appointed Banda Singh Bahadur as his deputy As proof of this appointment he gave Banda his sword a mighty bow arrows from his own quiver his battle standard and his war drum Banda rode out from Nanded where Guru Gobind Singh passed away now in Maharashtra at the head of a small band of Sikhs which by the time it reached the Punjab had grown into a formidable army Over the next few years his exploits against the Mughal rulers both in pitched battles and in skirmishes became the stuff of legends He became the first of many legendary Sikh generals famous both for their personal heroic courage and their skill in warfare His many encounters with the Mughal rulers eroded the very foundation of the Mughal empire and ensured its quick demise As he said when questioned on what he had achieved I have ensured that never again will the crown sit easily on the Mughal emperor s head He also prepared the coming generations of Sikhs for future conflicts which later greatly helped Maharaja Ranjit Singh in creating a Sikh empire Banda was a true leader who led from the front not only in the battlefield but also in civil administration He established a secular government which swept aside 700 years of slavery and the myth of domination by foreign powers proclaimed freedom of worship allowed the people to follow professions of their choice and stopped forcible marriages even while recovering abducted women for return to their families His land revolution abolished zamindari in parts of North India thereby redistributing land equally amongst the tillers This book seeks to tell the story of this remarkable and brave man and his equally remarkable ahievements Perhaps the finest of Banda Singh Bahadur s biographiesGeorgiana Molloy: Portrait with Background
By Alexandra Hasluck. 1908
The story of a remarkable pioneer who discovered in the strange colonial wilderness the splendour and richness of Australia's unique…
flora. In 1829 Georgiana Molloy moved from the middle-class comfort of the English border country to an isolated wilderness on the opposite side of the world. The young bride and her husband, Captain John Molloy, were among a small party that founded the settlement of Augusta on Western Australia's south-west coast. A pioneer of great courage and capacity, Georgiana was presented with seemingly overwhelming trials and hardships. But she was a woman who was never defeated by circumstance, and never ceased to find enjoyment and satisfaction in her life. One of her enduring legacies is her study and identification of much of the unique local flora. A vivid portrait of an extraordinary woman.Stories from Suburban Road
By Thomas Hungerford. 1976
T.A.G. Hungerford’s highly acclaimed, bestselling autobiographical short stories recount his childhood in semi-rural suburbia in the 1920s and 1930s. Bird-nesting…
and school days, crabbing and swimming in the Swan River, Chinese market gardens and the old corner store are all brought to life through the eyes of an inquisitive, adventurous boy.ABOUT THE FREMANTLE PRESS TREASURESTo celebrate over forty years of publishing, Fremantle Press presents the TREASURES series. These special editions of much-loved Australian stories will be a treasure for those who know them and a treat for new readers.Writing Biography in Greece and Rome:
By De Temmerman, Koen and Demoen, Kristoffel, Koen De Temmerman, Kristoffel Demoen. 2016
Ancient biography is now a well-established and popular field of study among classicists as well as many scholars of literature…
and history more generally. In particular biographies offer important insights into the dynamics underlying ancient performance of the self and social behaviour, issues currently of crucial importance in classical studies. They also raise complex issues of narrativity and fictionalization. This volume examines a range of ancient texts which are or purport to be biographical and explores how formal narrative categories such as time, space and character are constructed and how they address (highlight, question, thematize, underscore or problematize) the borderline between historicity and fictionality. In doing so, it makes a major contribution not only to the study of ancient biographical writing but also to broader narratological approaches to ancient texts.The Story of Clara Barton (Cornerstones of Freedom)
By Zachary Kent. 1987
General He Yingqin
By Peter Worthing. 2016
A revisionist study of the career of General He Yingqin, one of the most prominent military officers in China's Nationalist…
period (1928–1949) and one of the most misunderstood figures in twentieth-century China. Western scholars have dismissed He Yingqin as corrupt and incompetent, yet the Chinese archives reveal that he demonstrated considerable success as a combat commander and military administrator during civil conflicts and the Sino-Japanese War. His work in the Chinese Nationalist military served as the foundation of a close personal and professional relationship with Chiang Kai-shek, with whom he worked closely for more than two decades. Against the backdrop of the Nationalist revolution of the 1920s through the 1940s, Peter Worthing analyzes He Yingqin's rise to power alongside Chiang Kai-shek, his work in building the Nationalist military, and his fundamental role in carrying out policies designed to overcome the regime's greatest obstacles during this turbulent period of Chinese history.The Story of Lexington and Concord (Cornerstones of Freedom)
By R. Conrad Stein. 1983
Discusses the causes and consequences of the battles which marked the beginning of the American Revolution, in April 1775, after…
local militiamen were warned by Paul Revere that British troops had set out from Boston.Kath Williams: The Unions and the Fight for Equal Pay
By Zelda D Aprano. 2001
One of Australia's most important activists for women's rights, Kath Williams was a trade unionist and a communist before taking…
on the mantle of feminist after World War II. With a trade unionist ex-husband who was elected to Federal Politics opposing her left wing campaigns, Kath emerged as a feisty and quietly determined woman. Her campaign of conviction was the major force behind the country's achievement of equal pay for women.The Life & Poetry of Bahadur Shah Zafar
By Aslam Parvez. 2017
An absorbing authentic and exemplary chronicle studded with rare nuggets of information and enthralling anecdotes…
of one of the most tragic figures of history who was witness to the end of a glorious dynasty First published in Urdu in 1986 this labour of love brings alive the life and poetry of Bahadur Shah Zafar 1775 to 1862 the last Mughal Emperor Zafar presided over a crucial period in Indian history when the country was subjugated and became a colony of the fast-expanding British Empire Aslam Parvez s account with its wealth of detail stands out in the manner in which it weaves together the strands of the political the personal the cultural and the literary aspects of a bygone era This work is as much about the 1857 Rebellion as it is about Bahadur Shah Zafar the reluctant leader of the rebels The pages also evoke the captivating ambience of a period when formidable poets such as Mirza Ghalib Sheikh Muhammad Ibrahim Zauq and Momin Khan Momin apart from Zafar himself came up with one creative gem after another The author also provides a vivid and fascinating picture of Delhi during the last days of its cultural and literary splendour as the Mughal capital and as a custodian of Urdu literature and poetry Finally he recounts in a touching manner how Zafar spent his last days in Rangoon where he had been exiled by the British a lonely and forgotten individual far away from his beloved Delhi and from the trappings of his empireEarthrise: My Adventures as an Apollo 14 Astronaut
By Ellen Mahoney, Dr Brian Cox, Edgar Mitchell. 2014
The inspiring and fascinating biography of the sixth man to ever walk on the Moon Of the nearly seven billion…
people who live on Earth, only 12 have walked on the Moon and Dr. Edgar Mitchell was one of them. Earthrise is a vibrant memoir for young adults featuring the life story of this internationally known Apollo 14 astronaut. The book focuses on Edgar's amazing journey to the Moon in 1971 and highlights the many steps he took to get there, including growing up as a farm boy on a ranch; living in Roswell, New Mexico, during the alleged UFO crash; graduating from Carnegie Mellon and MIT; being a navy combat pilot; and becoming a NASA astronaut. In engaging and suspenseful prose he details his historic flight to the Moon, describing everything from the very practical--eating, sleeping, and going to the bathroom in space--to the metaphysical, such as the life-changing sensation of connectedness to the universe that he felt and that has been described, in varying degrees, by many astronauts. Extensive resources include annotated lists of websites about space, museums and organizations, films and videos, and books for further reading.Theodore Roosevelt for Kids: His Life and Times, 21 Activities (For Kids series #33)
By Kerrie Hollihan. 2010
Hands-on activities and insightful historical information reveal the fascinating life of Theodore Roosevelt, America's 26th president, who was also well…
known as a writer, a ranchman, a politician, a solider, an explorer, and a family man. Combining a rich biography, including information about his childhood, with relevant and engaging projects, this book offers a glimpse at Roosevelt's work and times--how a sickly, undersized boy grew into a physically fit, energetic, and courageous man; how his wealth did not shield him from human tragedy; how as a leader of a young, vigorous nation, he steered a middle course between big business and working-class needs; and how his love of nature led him to protect millions of acres for posterity. Readers will create a Native American toy, explore the effects of erosion, go on a modern big-game hunt with a camera, and make felted teddy bears. The text includes a time line, online resources, and a reading list for further study--making this the ultimate reference on a great American president.