Standoff. Race, Policing, and a Deadly Assault That Gripped a Nation, Paperback - Jamie Thompson

Publisher: St Martin's PressAuthor(s): Jamie ThompsonIllustration(s): 8-pg. 1/c photo section to print on text stockNumber of pages: 320Publication...

Award-winning journalist Jamie Thompson's gripping account of the deadliest attack on law enforcement since 9/11, and the officers behind an audaci...

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The remarkable true story of the disgraced politician John StonehousePublisher: Simon & Schuster LtdAuthor(s): Keely WinstoneIllustration(s): 8pp c...

The remarkable true story of the disgraced politician John StonehousePublisher: Simon & Schuster LtdAuthor(s): Keely WinstoneIllustration(s): 8pp c...

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Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): Renee J. MitchellIllustration(s): 45 Line drawings, black and white; 1 Halftones, black and white; 17 Tab...

Reducere. wo sisters. One secret... A lie that could destroy them both. When her father dies, Josie is devastated to uncover he led a secret life: another ho...

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An electrifying memoir of one woman's extraordinary effort to save her husband's life-and the discovery of a forgotten cure that has the potential ...

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"Engaging. . . a remarkably candid account. . . Succeeding as a centrist in public life these days can be an almost impossible task. But centrism i...

Reducere. New to the historic town of Metamora, Indiana, Cameron Cripps-Hayman is looking to make friends with her neighbors. What she isn't looking for is o...

Eighth-grader Lucy Sandoval has no hope of reaching high school.Blindsided by a terminal cancer diagnosis, she resolves to spend her last moments w...

Reducere. When someone close to him is shot dead in a roadside motel in a small-town in Wyoming, DeMarco shirks his responsibilities as the Speaker of the Ho...

Reducere. An explosive, long-forgotten story of police violence that exposes the historical roots of today's criminal justice crisis A deeply researched and ...

Blackmail, seduction and murder - there's more to horse-racing than meets the eye

Reducere. Over the latter half of the twentieth century, the Guatemalan state slaughtered more than two hundred thousand of its citizens. In the wake of this...

One man's pursuit of justice over violence and racism in the nineteenth century.Publisher: The University Press of KentuckyAuthor(s): Randolph Paul...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Tal McTheniaAuthor: Margaret Dunbar CutrightThe spellbinding story of one of the most celebrated kidnapping cases in Americ...

A haunting and twisty novel about the ghosts of our past and whether we can bear to face them or not - and the consequences of doing so. Perfect fo...

This new collection brings together four of Orwell's short sketches of English life with his masterful analysis of a crumbling English society.

Publisher: Lomond BooksAuthor(s): David RossIllustration(s): IllustrationsNumber of pages: 406Publication date: 2013Dimensions: 197 x 137 x 26Cover...

The return of the Crimson Guard could not have come at a worse time for an empire exhausted by warfare and weakened by betrayals and rivalries. Int...

A timely and vivid look at Scotland's long and difficult road to nationhood, re-exploring some cherished myths and unearthing a wealth of fascinati...

A new edition of a classic book by one of Scotland's most eminent historians (originally published by Mainstream as Culloden and the Last Clansman)...

Publisher: HarperCollinsAuthor(s): Andrea Davis PinkneyNumber of pages: 40Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 240 x 291 x 7Cover type: PaperbackIllus...

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Reducere. Although frequently overlooked between the American Revolution and the Civil War, the War of 1812 tested a rising generation of American leaders; u...

Reducere. In Whose Detroit?, Heather Ann Thompson focuses in detail on the African American struggles for full equality and equal justice under the law that ...

A haunting and twisty novel about the ghosts of our past and whether we can bear to face them or not - and the consequences of doing so. Perfect fo...

Reducere. *Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the standoff by federal agents and members of the Weaver family *Includes online resources and a bibliogra...

Reducere. A New York Times Notable Book of 1996It was in tolling the death of Chief Justice John Marshall in 1835 that the Liberty Bell cracked, never to rin...

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Stuart Kelly's biography of Sir Walter Scott defies classification in terms of genre. Rather than a literary biography, or critical study, it is a ...

Reducere. The American Reader is a stirring and memorable anthology that captures the many facets of American culture and history in prose and verse. The 200...

Reducere. Why did the twentieth century witness unprecedented organized genocide? Can we learn why genocide is perpetrated by comparing different cases of ge...

Reducere. This fascinating and groundbreaking work tells the remarkable story of the relationship between Americans and their trees across the entire span of...

Reducere. This captivating biography describes Henry VIII's love affairs and life at the English Court together with his political wranglings, military campa...

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Publisher: Scribe PublicationsAuthor(s): Linda VillarosaNumber of pages: 288Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 153 x 234 x 23Cover type: Paperback /...

This book challenges current thinking about youth violence and gangs, and their racialisation by the media and the police. It highlights how the st...

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From the much lauded author of Breaking News comes a version of Walking the Bible just for Israel. With its dense history of endless conflict and b...

DescriptionAn in-depth history of Rosicrucianism, its key members, and their roles in the formation and settling of America - Explores Sir Francis ...

Reducere. With more than 50, 000 enrolled members, North Carolina's Lumbee Indians are the largest Native American tribe east of the Mississippi River. Malin...