Clayton: 792 books
The Up Stairs Lounge Arson
Thirty-Two Deaths in a New Orleans Gay Bar, June 24, 1973
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2014
On June 24, 1973, a fire in a New Orleans gay bar killed 32 people. This still stands as the deadliest fire in the city’s history. Though arson was suspected, and though the police identified a likely culprit, no arrest was ever made. Additionally, government and religious leaders who normally would...
by O. Clayton
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2014
Literature and Photography in Transition, 1850-1915 examines how British and American writers used early photography and film as illustrations and metaphors. It concentrates on five figures in particular: Henry Mayhew, Robert Louis Stevenson, Amy Levy, William Dean Howells, and Jack London.
by Tessa Clayton
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
'I love being married. It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life.' Rita Rudner Life with the old ball and chain is filled with trials and tribulations and You Know You're Married When... is a warm and witty celebration of married life in all its glory -...
by Kathryn Clayton
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2016
This book is the outcome of an idea, and the idea is very simple. It is that the best way to understand the dramatic transformation any idea can bring and to successfully bring ideas across, is to think of them as profound insights and moments of clarity often disguised as wit, captured in one single...
My Reflections of Me
A Collection of Poems
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2012
My Reflections of Me is a deep journey through my life. I hope that through this journey I have touched you in one way or another. Life is a constant struggle but it doesn't have to always be that way. Be yourself and love who you are.
Il filo d'oro
Storia della scrittura
Language: Italian
Release Date: September 25, 2014
La storia dell’umanità è la storia della parola scritta. Di un segno. Lasciato sulle pareti di una caverna, e poi evoluto, cresciuto e addomesticato di pari passo con l’evoluzione della civiltà, il filo d’oro della comunicazione scritta. La scrittura è stata impressa in tavolette di argilla,...
Kate and William
Their Royal Life
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
When Prince William married Kate Middleton, there can hardly have been a couple in the world that went to the altar with so many good wishes following them. This is the story of William and Kate as husband and wife, beginning with their spectacular yet poignant wedding, following Kate as she takes up...
Bartolomé de las Casas
A Biography
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2012
The Dominican priest Bartolomé de las Casas (1485–1566) was a prominent chronicler of the early Spanish conquest of the Americas, a noted protector of the American Indians and arguably the most significant figure in the early Spanish Empire after Christopher Columbus. Following an epiphany in 1514,...
by Lawrence A. Clayton, Michael L. Conniff, Susan M. Gauss
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
A New History of Modern Latin America provides an engaging and readable narrative history of the nations of Latin America from the Wars of Independence in the nineteenth century to the democratic turn in the twenty-first. This new edition of a well-known text has been revised and updated to include...
by Ellen C. Clayton
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
WERE it not for fear of Mrs. Grundy, whose awful visage is to the modern Briton what the Gorgon's head was to the ancient Greek, it might be said that Popular Prejudice is the deaf, deformed sister of Justice. Popular Prejudice makes up her mind on certain subjects, and is grandly unconscious of any...
Return to Crutcher Mountain
Cedar Hollow Series, #2
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2013
As recounted in Appalachian Justice, Jessie is an adult survivor of horrendous childhood abuse. At the age of thirteen, she was rescued by reclusive mountain woman Billy May Platte.
Now forty-seven, Jessie is outwardly successful but inwardly struggles to reconcile the broken pieces of...
My Hair Regrowth Story
How I Regrew All of my Hair Naturally and Completely!
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2014
When I began to lose my hair, it was one of the most terrible things to feel. My hairline kept thinning and receding and it was very depressing. I tried to do everything to reverse this process with many unsuccessful attempts. I finally found the secret of what worked for me. This is something that...
Futures of the Past
Collected Papers in Celebration of Its More Than Eighty Years: University of Southern California's School of Policy, Planning, and Development
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2010
The key roles that the University of Southern Californias professional schools have played in promoting public affairs are brought into sharp focus in this detailed history, edited by a group of academic experts intimately involved in the development of the school. Through its School of Policy, Planning,...
Reading the Apostolic Fathers
A Student's Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
The Apostolic Fathers is a critically important collections of texts for studying the first century of Christian history. Here a leading expert on the Apostolic Fathers offers an accessible, up-to-date introduction and companion to these diverse and fascinating writings. This work is easy to use and...