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William Augustus Bowles led an exciting life as an artist, actor, diplomat, navigator, soldier, linguist, chemist, and lawyer. He lived largely among Native Americans, reared an Indian family, circumnavigated the globe as a Spanish prisoner, and mingled freely with British royalty and leading London statesmen, scientists, and actors. Published in 1967, this biography explores the many facets of Bowles's life and career, including his failed at...

E. Merton Coulter's biography of William Montague Browne portrays the life of an Irish journalist living in the north who moved south to adopt the Confederate cause. During the Civil War he served as Director of Conscription in Georgia, aide-de-camp to President Davis, and brigadier general. Browne also took part in the defense of Savannah.

Published in 1949, this selection of letters between Robert Mackay, and his wife, Eliza Anne Mackay, provide unique insight into the life of a southern merchant during the early part of the nineteenth century. The Mackay's correspondence covers business, friendships, social life, and family, in addition to historical events unfolding at the time. The letters in this volume were sent from the Mackay's hometown of Savannah and from such port cit...

The five essays in "Slave Laws in Virginia" explore two centuries of the ever-changing relationship between a major slave society and the laws that guided it. The topics covered are diverse, including the African judicial background of African American slaves, Thomas Jefferson's relationship with the laws of slavery, the capital punishment of slaves, nineteenth-century penal transportation of slaves from Virginia as related to the interstate s...

While many books decry the crisis in the schooling of African American children, they are often disconnected from the lived experiences and work of classroom teachers and principals. In this book, the authors look back to move forward, providing specific practices that K12 literacy educators can use to transform their schools. The text addresses four major debates: the fight for access to literacy, supports and roadblocks to success, best prac...

Niveau A2 bis B1 200 Quizfragen festigen das Wissen aus den Themenbereichen des Curriculums für den Orientierungskurs und für den Einbürgerungskurs und sind somit geeignet für die Vorbereitung auf die jeweiligen Tests. Die Quizfragen sind darüber hinaus für den Einsatz in allgemeinen Landeskundekursen im In- und Ausland geeignet.

Niveau A2 Es war einmal vor vielen Jahren, da lebten in Deutschland zwei Brüder. Der eine hieß Jakob und der andere hieß Wilhelm. Sie sind durchs Land gewandert und haben Märchen gesammelt. Später haben sie ein Buch daraus gemacht. Manche Märchen der Brüder Grimm kennt man heute auf der ganzen Welt: "Hänsel und Gretel" zum Beispiel, "Schneewittchen" oder "Rotkäppchen". Andere sind nicht so berühmt, aber genauso schön. Drei davon finden Sie in ...

Werner Hahn führt Sie mit diesem Buch in die Edda ein, indem er sie als Prosa schildert. Er zitiert, präsentiert und legt uns also nicht die Skalden und Verse vor, sondern stellt die altnordische Götterwelt allgemeinverständlich dar. Dadurch formt er die einzelnen Geschichten der Götter zu einem Gesamtbild in dem Odin den Mittelpunkt darstellt. Die Geschichten sind unterhaltend und es gelingt ihm Zusammenhänge deutlich zu machen, die sonst oft...

Anton Memminger vereinigt auf Grund umfangreicher Studien eine Unsumme von Wissen und Theorien über das rätselhafte dunkle Dasein der Druiden. Er schildert und verfolgt ihre Geschichte, deren Ursprung und Wirken, von den Zeiten der Pythagoräer mit ihren Symbolen bis zu den Freimaurern und dem heutigen Druidenorden. Was er über die Beziehungen von Jesu zum Essäerbund, seine Abstammung und den Einfluss der Druidenschulen auf die ältesten christl...

One part celebration, one part history, two parts manifesto, Bernard DeVoto's "The Hour" is a comic and unequivocal treatise on how and why we drink -- properly. The Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author turns his shrewd wit on the spirits and attitudes that cause his stomach to turn and his eyes to roll -- warning: this book is not for rum drinkers. DeVoto instructs his readers on how to drink like gentlemen and sheds new ligh...

In Baltimore, crime is hell. And in Hell crime is far worse. When a soul goes missing in Charm City, the Devil wants his due and Negral, forgotten god and Hell's Detective, comes looking. When his own methods fail, he calls on Detective Bianca Jones despite the animosity between her and his boss. Together they search for his soul. In the process, Negral unwittingly a disciple and is forgotten no longer and forced to chose between honor and pow...

On the outside looking in, Keisha Mahone appears to have the perfect life. She's a married, mother of two with a house in the suburbs but inwardly she struggles with a deep, dark, secret that has plagued her life since she was a little girl. Since her mother's drug overdose, Keisha has been the glue that seems to hold it all together but a phone call from her Aunt Darlene completely rocks her world. Up until that point, she has worked hard at ...

At stake are no less than the origins and mysteries of flesh and touch---food.

Deacon Tom Sheridan is back with The Second Book of Catholic Jokes--a collection of jokes and anecdotes about clergy and laity from a "Catholic" (that is, Roman Catholic tradition) and a "catholic" (that is, universal and about everybody) perspective. The jokes in this book are clean and not intended to offend anyone, but they do encourage readers to laugh at the human condition, because we could use a little more laughter in our lives.

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