Jeffrey: 3395 books
Resurrections
Authors, Heroes—and a Spy
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2018
Jeffrey Meyers’ Resurrections: Authors, Heroes—and a Spy brings to life a set of extraordinary writers, painters, and literary adventurers who turned their lives into art. Meyers knew nine of these figures, in some cases intimately, while five others he admires and regrets never meeting. As he...
Mutants and Mystics
Science Fiction, Superhero Comics, and the Paranormal
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2011
In many ways, twentieth-century America was the land of superheroes and science fiction. From Superman and Batman to the Fantastic Four and the X-Men, these pop-culture juggernauts, with their "powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men," thrilled readers and audiences—and simultaneously...
To Lead As Equals
Rural Protest and Political Consciousness in Chinandega, Nicaragua, 1912-1979
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
This book is a carefully argued study of peasants and labor during the Somoza regime, focusing on popular movements in the economically strategic department of Chinandega in western Nicaragua. Jeffrey Gould traces the evolution of group consciousness among peasants and workers as they moved away from...
Slavish Shore
The Odyssey of Richard Henry Dana Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2015
In 1834 Harvard dropout Richard Henry Dana Jr. became a common seaman, and soon his Two Years Before the Mast became a classic. Literary acclaim did not erase the young lawyer’s memory of floggings he witnessed aboard ship or undermine his vow to combat injustice. Jeffrey Amestoy tells the story of Dana’s determination to keep that vow.
America's Most Ghostly Places: New York State
A Psychic Medium's Guide to Investigating Haunted Locations
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2012
America's Most Ghostly Places: New York State: A Psychic Medium's Guide to Investigating Haunted Locations will enlighten your view of ghosts and make you more sensitive to paranormal activity.
The state of New York is home to a large number of haunted sites populated by ghosts—people who...
In the Shadow of the Shtetl
Small-Town Jewish Life in Soviet Ukraine
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
The story of how the Holocaust decimated Jewish life in the shtetls of Eastern Europe is well known. Still, thousands of Jews in these small towns survived the war and returned afterward to rebuild their communities. The recollections of some 400 returnees in Ukraine provide the basis for Jeffrey...
Ike and Dick
Portrait of a Strange Political Marriage
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2013
Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon had a political and private relationship that lasted nearly twenty years, a tie that survived hurtful slights, tense misunderstandings, and the distance between them in age and temperament. Yet the two men brought out the best and worst in each other, and their...
Rising Sun, Falling Skies
The disastrous Java Sea Campaign of World War II
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2014
Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese offensive in the Far East seemed unstoppable. Allied forces engaged in a futile attempt to halt their rapid advance, culminating in the massed fleet of American, British, Dutch, and Australian forces (ABDA) clashing with the Japanese at the battle...
The Lakotas and the Black Hills
The Struggle for Sacred Ground
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2010
The story of the Lakota Sioux's loss of their spiritual homelands and their remarkable legal battle to regain it
The Lakota Indians counted among their number some of the most famous Native Americans, including Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse. Their homeland was in the magnificent Black Hills...
by Jeffrey Gowing
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2012
Have you ever dreamt of cashing in your chips and escaping to a tropical paradise? Faced with an imminent divorce, this non-fiction novel chronicles how Jimmy Lassiter does just that, taking the reader through liquidating the marital assets, purchasing a yacht, and sailing ‘Down to the Tropical...
They Answered the Call
World War Ii Veterans Share Their Stories
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2011
Within these pages are personal stories of World War II veterans, most of which have never been heard before. Long silent on their service, author Jeffrey Meek has gotten them to open up, share their experiences, and in many cases come to terms with what they did and what they saw. With memories long...
Deadly Valentines
The Story of Capone's Henchman "Machine Gun" Jack McGurn and Louise Rolfe, His Blonde Alibi
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
“An engrossing look inside Al Capone’s murderous ranks.” –Kirkus Almost before the gunsmoke from the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre cleared, Chicago police had a suspect: “Machine Gun” Jack McGurn. They just couldn’t find him. But two weeks later police found McGurn and his paramour,...
The 26Th Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry
The Groundhog Regiment
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2010
The 26th Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry: The Groundhog Regiment is the gripping story of the men and boys who valiantly fought to preserve their country's glory during the Civil War.These brave souls were among the first to answer the Union's call to duty and among the last to be mustered home. They...
The Performance of Politics:Obama's Victory and the Democratic Struggle for Power
Obama's Victory and the Democratic Struggle for Power
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2010
Contemporary observers of politics in America often reduce democracy to demography. Whatever portion of the vote not explained by the class, gender, race, and religious differences of voters is attributed to the candidates' positions on the issues of the day. But are these the only--or even the main--factors...