Mcfarland: 2486 books
The Ku Klux Klan in Mississippi
A History
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2010
Since 1866 the Ku Klux Klan has been a significant force in Mississippi, enduring repeated cycles of expansion and decline. Klansmen have rallied, marched, elected civic leaders, infiltrated law enforcement, and committed crimes ranging from petty vandalism to assassination and mass murder. This is...
North of the DMZ: Essays on Daily Life in North Korea
Essays on Daily Life in North Korea
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2007
The Kim dynasty has ruled North Korea for over 60 years. Most of that period has found the country suffering under mature Stalinism characterized by manipulation, brutality and tight social control. Nevertheless, some citizens of Kim Jong Il's regime manage to transcend his tyranny in their daily...
by Hunt Janin, Ursula Carlson
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2013
In medieval and Renaissance Europe, mercenaries--professional soldiers who fought for money or other rewards--played violent, colorful, international roles in warfare, but they have received relatively little scholarly attention. In this book a large number of vignettes portray their activities in...
by Harvey J. Irwin and Caroline A. Watt
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2007
This is a thoroughly updated and revised edition of our highly acclaimed university textbook on the science of parapsychology. The objective of this book is to provide an introductory survey of parapsychologists' efforts to explore the authenticity and bases of anomalous, apparently paranormal phenomena....
Baseball's Creation Myth
Adam Ford, Abner Graves and the Cooperstown Story
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2013
The story about baseball's being invented in Cooperstown, New York, in 1839 by Abner Doubleday served to prove that the U.S. national pastime was an American game, not derived from the English children's game of rounders as had been believed. The tale, embraced by Americans, has long been proven false...
by Katherine McFarland
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2012
Anyone can achieve happiness. Learn how to take back the power over your own life and achieve the peace of mind you have always wanted. Be that person you have always wanted to be. Achieve the goals you have always admired. Live the life you want to live. It is all there for you. You can achieve happiness,...
The Deaths of the Popes: Comprehensive Accounts, Including Funerals, Burial Places and Epitaphs
Comprehensive Accounts, Including Funerals, Burial Places and Epitaphs
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2010
The traditions associated with a pope's death have changed from when they were buried in the catacombs of Rome. Various ceremonies, rites and rituals developed over time, but a formal procedure was not initiated until the early 1300s and even then was not always strictly followed. This comprehensive...
The Patrick O'Brian Muster Book
Persons, Animals, Ships and Cannon in the Aubrey-Maturin Sea Novels
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2006
Now in its second edition, this expanded work catalogs every person, animal, ship and cannon mentioned by name in the 21 books of Patrick O'Brian's series on the maritime adventures of Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin. The novels, renowned for their "far-ranging web of wit and allusion,"...
Kid Nichols
A Chapter from Ghosts in the Gallery at Cooperstown
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2012
An irony of enshrinement at the baseball Hall of Fame is that it’s no guarantee of lasting name recognition. The sport’s history stretches too far back, as today fans scratch their heads about athletes and owners who were among the most celebrated public figures of their time. Who was more renowned...
The Kansas City Athletics
A Baseball History, 1954-1967
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2003
The Athletics spent thirteen seasons in Kansas City before moving to Oakland--a colorful history despite one of the worst records in baseball history. Even so, many of the players who were part of the world championship teams in Oakland in the 1970s began their careers in Kansas City. This work presents...
The Fearless Harry Greb
Biography of a Tragic Hero of Boxing
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2009
The legendary Harry Greb stepped into the ring more than 300 times from 1913 to 1926, defeated opponents who outweighed him by more than 30 pounds, held the middleweight and light heavyweight titles and beat every Hall of Fame boxer he ever fought. Dubbed "the Pittsburgh Windmill" because...
Shoeless
The Life and Times of Joe Jackson
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2001
"Shoeless" Joe Jackson was one of baseball's greatest hitters and most colorful players. Born Joseph Jefferson Wofford Jackson on July 16, 1888, in Pickens County, South Carolina, Jackson went to work in a textile mill when he was around six years old, and got his start in baseball playing...
Ebbets Field
Essays and Memories of Brooklyn's Historic Ballpark, 1913-1960
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2012
The Ebbets Field volume is the second in McFarland’s series on historic ballparks. The book combines articles about the park and the memories of those who went there in any capacity. Essay topics include long time Dodger owner Charles Ebbets, Brooklyn at the opening and closing of the park, the...
by William N. Taylor, M.D.
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2002
The first edition of this work, published in 1982, concentrated on the athlete's use of and the physician's knowledge of, anabolic steroids. This fully updated second edition discusses the continuing controversy over their use in competitive sports. An introduction of the use and abuse of anabolic...