Memories of the U.S.S. Mississippi, Paperback - John E. Kent

Except for the official record of the USS Mississippi, there are not many accounts from the men who served on her during WWII. Now fifty years afte...

A fascinating exploration of Kent's historic churches that will be of interest to all those who live in or are visiting this attractive county in E...

An unlikely journalist, a Mississippi murder plagued by revelations, and a fascinating true-crime story of race, money, sex, and power in the moder...

A widow s riveting yet poignant memoir of her marriage to a prolific creator, the extremely inspired Gulf Coast artist Walter Anderson, whose splen...

DescriptionTraces the monumental battle waged by civil rights organizations and by local people to establish basic human rights for all citizens of...

DescriptionA Eurasian transformation is underway, and it flows from China. With a geopolitically central location, the country's domestic and inter...

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Presents a collection of interviews with residents of Benton County, Mississippi - an area with a fascinating civil rights history. The product of ...

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Examines Bill Hanley's echoing impact on the entire field of sound engineering, that crucial but often-overlooked carrier wave of contemporary musi...

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Reducere. DescriptionAbout the Contributor(s): Kent Brower is Senior Lecturer in Biblical Studies at Nazarene Theological College, Manchester. Mark W. Elliot...

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Reducere. DescriptionEdward "Kid" Ory (1886-1973) was a trombonist, composer, recording artist, and early New Orleans jazz band leader. Creole Trombone tells...

A review of the journalism experience of blacks in one US state, with examples from newspapers, newsletters, magazines and the broadcast media. Bor...

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DescriptionAfter the death of Joseph Stalin, Soviet-era Russia experienced a flourishing artistic movement due to relaxed censorship and new econom...

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How do we distinguish between our ancestors' ideas of God and close encounters of an extra-terrestrial kind?

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Reducere. For decades after the Second World War, Senator James O. Eastland (1904-1986) was one of the more intransigent leaders of the Deep South's resistan...

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Offers an epic history of a little-known African American instrumental music form. John Shaw follows the music from its roots in West Africa and ea...

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One man's journey into, and out of, the movement that foreshadowed the modern-day "Antifa."Publisher: John Hunt PublishingAuthor(s): A.j. LozierNum...

An revised edition of St John's reflections on his profound spiritual experience and love for Jesus Christ and the Church.

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