Katherine: 2489 books
by Katherine Brice, Michael Lynch
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2015
Exam Board: AQA, Edexcel, OCR & WJEC
Level: A-level
Subject: History
First Teaching: September 2015
First Exam: June 2016
Give your students the best chance of success with this tried and tested series, combining in-depth analysis, engaging narrative and accessibility. Access to History...
Conqueror's Son
Duke Robert Curthose: Thwarted King
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2011
This study redresses the balance of opinion on Robert Curthose. There is no doubt that Robert was rebellious, but the fact remains that the throne of England was meant to pass to him on the death of William the Conqueror. William Rufus and Henry I were thus usurpers, which casts a new light on English...
by Katherine John
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2013
Collected here are three gnostic writings from Thomas, Mary, and John. These books that were left out of the New Testament shed light on the life and relationships of Jesus Christ and his friends and family, especially his mother Mary.
Chekhov's Letters
Biography, Context, Poetics
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2018
Of the thirty volumes in the authoritative Academy edition of Chekhov's collected works, fully twelve are devoted to the writer's letters. This is the first book in English or Russian addressing this substantial—though until now neglected—epistolary corpus. The majority of the essays gathered...
by Gordon W. Prange, Donald M. Goldstein, Katherine V. Dillon
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
“Something special among war histories . . . No other gives both sides of the battle in as detailed and telling a manner.” —Chicago Sun-Times
Six months after Pearl Harbor, the seemingly invincible Imperial Japanese Navy prepared a decisive blow against the United States. After sweeping...
Home Fermentation
A Starter Guide
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2015
Your No-Fuss Beginner’s Guide to Preparing Fermented Foods
Get the most from your meals with probiotic-packed fermented foods like sauerkraut, kimchi, kombucha, and kefir.
With Home Fermentation, you’ll prepare these popular ferments in your own kitchen—no fancy equipment or expensive...
At Dawn We Slept
The Untold Story of Pearl Harbor; Revised Edition
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 1991
Revisit the definitive book on Pearl Harbor in advance of the 78th anniversary (December 7, 2019) of the "date which will live in infamy"
At 7:53 a.m., December 7, 1941, America's national consciousness and confidence were rocked as the first wave of Japanese warplanes took aim at...
Kentucky Clay
Eleven Generations of a Southern Dynasty
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2008
Eleven generations of a founding American family are examined in this sweeping history that traces the Clays of Kentucky, a true Southern dynasty. The Clays of Virginia and the Cecils of Maryland were second sons of the English aristocracy who gambled on the New World. Some of the most well-known...
Vital Signs in Charleston
Voices through the Centuries from the Medical University of South Carolina
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2009
The Medical University of South Carolina, which began with seven faculty members and thirty students, is today a large and complex institution, with six colleges, hundreds of faculty and staff, thousands of students and numerous teaching hospitals and research laboratories and libraries. In this unique...
The Maid Narratives
Black Domestics and White Families in the Jim Crow South
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2012
The Maid Narratives shares the memories of black domestic workers and the white families they served, uncovering the often intimate relationships between maid and mistress. Based on interviews with over fifty people -- both white and black -- these stories deliver a personal and powerful message about...
by Katherine H. Adams, Michael L. Keene
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2015
Winifred Black worked in journalism from 1888 to 1936, often writing under the pseudonym Annie Laurie. Her work appeared in the Hearst papers—especially the San Francisco Examiner—and in fifty additional newspapers weekly through syndication. Black wrote 10,000 short pieces, as well as three books,...
by Marvin J. Wolf, Katherine Mader
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2015
Rotten Apples is a thoroughly investigated treasure of true crime straight from the streets of The City that Never Sleeps. This bushel of vice, victims, and vengeance spotlights sinister citizens from Boss Tweed and Typhoid Mary to Mark David Chapman and Jack Henry Abbot, plus detailed map references...
At War
The Military and American Culture in the Twentieth Century and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2018
The country’s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, its interventions around the world, and its global military presence make war, the military, and militarism defining features of contemporary American life. The armed services and the wars they fight shape all aspects of life—from the formation of racial...
by Katherine DuPre Lumpkin
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2014
Although Angelina and Sarah Grimke have been regarded as equally gifted and involved abolitionists and nineteenth-century women's rights advocates, this first biography of Angelina clearly shows that she, indeed, was the outstanding leader, as her contemporaries recognized. Through the use of unpublished...