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There have been large magazines with tiny circulations and there have been diminutive sheets which have reached thousands of readers. But all 'little magazines' have been small in one or another of these ways, and usually in both... And yet most of them have had arrestingly large-scale ambitions...' From Ian Hamilton (1938-2001), himself the founder of the Review and New Review, comes this matchless survey (first published in 1976) of the literary...
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Summary of First Women by Kate Andersen Brower | Includes Analysis Preview: Kate Andersen Brower's First Women: The Grace and Power of America's Modern First Ladies examines how women from Jackie Kennedy to Michelle Obama have negotiated the personal and political challenges of being married to the president of the United States. The women who have served as first lady in the modern era have been very different. Jackie Kennedy was a style icon; Lady...
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Life in late Victorian and Edwardian England on a Birmingham farm—this is the story of the family who inhabited Pinfold Farm in Yardley, a now long-vanished agricultural holding except for the farmhouse itself, a Grade Two Listed Building now called Pinfold House.
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K.B. Chapman spent over three years studying and analyzing the filmography of Adam Sandler in preparation for her Master's Thesis. In Modeling Manhood: Adam Sandler's Portrayals of Masculinity and Manhood, she provides a concise look into the thinking behind the films. Her analyzation of Sandler's characters and the females he is attracted to in each film became a study in gender dynamics. Chapman avoids typical feminist rhetoric, looking instead...
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During the Cold War, American labour organizations were at the centre of the battle for the hearts and minds of working people. At a time when trade unions were a substantial force in both American and European politics, the fiercely anti-communist American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), set a strong example for labour organizations overseas. The AFL-CIO cooperated closely with the US government on foreign policy...
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Based on in-depth oral interviews with local residents, and rich archival sources, We Lived A Life and Then Some relates the common person's struggle to overcome harsh working conditions and government neglect. The unique culture of the hard-rock mining town of Cobalt is exposed through the eyes of retired miners, young welfare mothers, and grade-school children. Angus and Griffin reveal why, in spite of great adversity, Cobalt remains a distinctive...
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Though poorhouses (sometimes also known as almshouses or poor farms) were around United States' history for nearly four centuries, there has been little written about them. Not only was this institution critical to the history of social welfare and the poor but also for the disabled, correctional institutions, and aged. The book not only reviews history, but it analyzes how institutional care has in recent years regained its dominance in social welfare....
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LAST CHANCE FOR JUSTICE Inside the History of the United States Supreme Court Presented in a popular and accessible style, this story of the powerful United States Supreme Court highlights the Court's political and social impact on American life. It emphasizes the Court's historical role in the areas of civil rights, minority relations, freedom of speech and religion on everyday Americans. The cruel, and sometimes heartless decisions, and occasional...
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100 Years of Excellence: A History of Delta Omega Chapter, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated® 1921-2021
This edition chronicles and places the history of the 4th oldest chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority in historical and cultural context, amid a backdrop of changes occuring in the African American community. Viewed by decade, this book details the intersection of the chapter's history with the National and International viewpoints of...
70) When Our Homes Had Porches: A Historical Review of the Times When Our Communities Were Different
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Written by a father and his two young sons, When Our Home Had Porches is a historical review of the times when our communities were very different. It was an era when there were two parents and/ or extended family members in practically every home. A time when there were no drugs, no gangs (as we know them today), no drive-by-shootings and no security officers and metal detectors in our schools. It was a time when it was illegal to buy beer or wine...
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The Queen of the Coast. The World's Playground. The Casino Capital of the East. They can only describe Atlantic City, New Jersey. Beloved, maligned, always-hustling since its 1854 founding, the seaside resort has seen it all: first class hotels, popular amusements on the world famous Boardwalk and its piers, Prohibition, gangsters, speakeasies, conventioneers, celebrities, urban pride, urban decay, a casino revival, a casino collapse-and it hasn't...
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"Ray Songtree coloca la cultura popular, la política extranjera y la crisis ambiental en el mismo muro, justo en el corazón del lector. El libro es fascinante, impactante, provocador y oportuno... el autor pinta los problemas de nuestra vida actual en una lona de entendimiento que cautiva al lector con el valor de su mensaje" - Boston Book Review La primera parte comprende los primeros 10 capítulos y tiene 340 páginas con más de 350 imágenes...
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It's a cool, foggy morning in early April 1941. Miners gather at Crummies Creek to organize the day's picket… standard picketing routine. But this morning's different, and it doesn't take long to find that out. "We was just a-millin' about, a-talkin' about how we was gonna set up our picket line. All of a sudden, it sounded to me like we was in a war! Bullets was flyin' all around us. Miners was a-callin' out to take cover and took to runnin'…"...
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Durante buena parte de los siglos XIX y XX, Caño de Loro (Bolívar), Contratación (Santander) y Agua de Dios (Cundinamarca) constituyeron lazaretos nacionales para la separación y el aislamiento de las personas afectadas por la lepra en Colombia. Sin embargo, estas instituciones fracasaron en su propósito profiláctico, ya que la segregación nunca fue absoluta, pues los enfermos llegaron a convivir en "completa promiscuidad" con sus familiares...
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The ethic of a people determines how they act in life situations, requiring right and wrong behavior. It can be seen in their daily activities, by the words they say-whether spoken or written, and by the things they do, both publicly and privately. The English are no exception to this means of understanding why a people act the way they do, whether at home or abroad, in their own company or in the company of strangers.
A now-retired Bishop of London...
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The first St. John's taxi stand started up in the early-20th Century and greatly expanded prior to the Second World War. There are now almost four hundred taxis operating within the city limits. The Other Side of Midnight: Taxi Cab Stories is not a traditional history of taxi cabs in St. John's. It describes the commonly shared experiences of an underwritten portion of Newfoundland's working class while presenting St. John's from the front seat of...
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The many influences of the past on our diet today make the concept of 'British food' very hard to define. The Celts, Romans, Saxons, Vikings and Normans all brought ingredients to the table, and the country was introduced to all manner of spices after the Crusades. The Georgians enjoyed a new level of excess and then, of course, the world wars forced us into the challenge of making meals from very little. The history of cooking in Britain is as tumultuous...
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El castillo-palacio de Alaquàs es una de las obras más destacadas de la arquitectura renacentista valenciana. En el centenario de su declaración como Bien de Interés Cultural (1918), este libro acoge una serie de estudios sobre algunos de los aspectos históricos, culturales, arquitectónicos y artísticos que enmarcan y establecen la singularidad de este inmueble. El volumen aborda los rasgos que caracterizaron la nobleza valenciana durante la...
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All seems tranquil as newly qualified health visitor Sarah motors into a small Kentish hilltop village in her new green mini. She's barely out of the car when she's called to assist the midwife with a bride who's gone into labour in the middle of her own wedding reception. And so her adventures begin....
As a health visitor, Nurse Sarah is as green as grass, but she puts her best foot into wellies and braves the mad dogs, killer ganders and muddy...
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LEBEN UND ÜBERLEBEN IM "LAND IM GEBIRGE" IN FRÜHEREN ZEITEN
Dieser reich illustrierte historische Streifzug durch das Tiroler Almleben früherer Jahrhunderte erzählt vom Existenzkampf der Menschen in der alpinen Hochweidestufe.
Der Zeitraum zwischen 1560 und 1850, die sogenannte "Kleine Eiszeit", macht sich in Tirol durch eine markante Klimaverschlechterung bemerkbar. Auf den hochgelegenen Tiroler Almen wirkt sich diese härteren Bedingungen durch...
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