Novedades

Introduction The title of this book was inspired by the headline on the back cover: “Tulia’s streets cleared of garbage.” A massive narcotics operation swept up 15% of the African American population of this town in the Texas panhandle. It was designed to get “trashy” people off the street. That’s how Tulia’s respectable folk characterized their famous sting and I believed them. Like any good story, Taking out the Trash is riddled with conflict. There is the conflict between the supporters and critics of Tulia’s big drug bust that you would expect. But most of ...

George Borrow, nineteenth century author of Lavengro, Romany Rye and Wild Wales, is one of the Victorian period’s most neglected authors. Yet he was one of the best-selling authors of his day, his books alive with travel, adventure, the lonely roads of pre-industrial England, and encounters with Gypsies and vagabonds in the age of stagecoaches and horse-fairs. In this short book of essays John Bainbridge, well-known as a writer on walking in Britain, introduces George Borrow to a new audience, looks at his roving background and relates Borrow’s expeditions in Cornwall and Scotland and ...

Stan Paregien began collecting family history and photos in about 1970. He and his wife, Peggy, became frequent visitors to county court houses, history centers, and cemeteries in Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. Then, as he acquired home computers and better access to internet resources, he spent countless hours of the day and night doing genealogical research far and wide. He published his work in 1974. That was a 118 page collection titled, A Paregien History. Thirty-two years after that, having collected a mass of information and photos, he self-published Paregien ...

A Escória da Terra é um relato autobiográfico que se tornou um clássico. Com sua narrativa poderosa, Arthur Koestler leva o leitor consigo e divide com ele cada pensamento deste aterrorizante período da História Moderna. As observações perspicazes de Arthur Koestler do colapso da determinação francesa de resistir durante o verão de 1940 são uma ilustração do que acontece quando uma nação perde sua honra e orgulho.

A história de uma nação é feita não apenas de brados retumbantes, mas também de palavras de amor sussurradas, muitas vezes, às escondidas. Este livro conta as dificuldades que importantes personagens da nossa história tiveram para efetivar suas paixões, nem sempre aceitas pela sociedade. Os casais retratados neste livro viveram, cada um a seu modo, um romance proibido, deliciosamente apresentado pelo autor, o jornalista e pesquisador Maurício Oliveira. Os cenários são as ruas fracamente iluminadas do Rio de Janeiro, a cabine de um navio rumo à Europa e até um cemitério de São Paulo.

Discover the true stories of extraordinary animals who changed the course of history. From the battlefields of ancient empires to the viral stars of the internet age, Famous Pets of History takes you on a heartwarming journey through time, celebrating the dogs, cats, birds, and unlikely animal companions who have inspired legends, comforted leaders, and captured the world’s imagination. Meet Hachiko, the loyal Akita who waited for his owner every day for nearly a decade. Cheer for Balto and Togo, the brave sled dogs who raced through a blizzard to save a town. Marvel at Cher Ami, the ...

Stan Paregien and his wife, Peggy Paregien, co-authored this book in which they tell the story of their first meeting, first date, and deepening romance. They married in 1962 and moved to a foreign land – i.e., Nashville, TN. Peggy worked while Stan earned his B.A. from Lipscomb University in 1965. Then they did the same thing in Albuquerque, where Stan earned his M.A. degree in1968 at the University of New Mexico. This autobiography tells about Stan’s work as a sales person, a newspaper reporter and editor, a church minister, a radio talk show host, a freelance magazine writer, an ...

Thomas Meagher: Forgotten Father of Thomas Francis Meagher is a biography of the father of one of Ireland’s most famous patriots. He emerges from his son’s shadow as a man of deeply held political and religious principles. Born in Newfoundland, Canada, he was to be heavily influenced by his experiences on that rugged island. He settled in Waterford in 1819 and quickly established himself as a champion of political and religious equality. In 1842 he was elected Mayor of Waterford, the first Catholic to hold this office since the seventeenth century. Meagher served as an MP for the city ...

SAS Great Escapes Four recounts how soldiers of the world's most famous fighting force, the SAS, carried out some of the most daring escapes of World War Two. Ranging from the infamous desert campaign of 1944 to the unforgiving terrain of the Vosges Mountains, these inspirational narratives include the tale of three Captains escaping an Italian Prisoner of War Camp in 1943; a perilous escape across Europe aided by the Resistance networks of Holland, Belgium; and a death-defying return to Britain via boat, tunnel and train.

Двух осиротевших мальчиков из племени навахов, усыновляет добрая семья племени тэва. Дети воспитываются в доброте, любви и уважении к своим приемным родителям, знакомятся с обычаями своего нового племени и стараются найти свое место среди тэва, доказав свою преданность семье и соплеменникам.