No King-Killers: a sermon, etc
Author | : James ANDERSON (D.D., Minister of the Scots Church in Westminster.) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 60 |
Release | : 1715 |
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Killers of the King
Author | : Charles Spencer |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 353 |
Release | : 2015-01-20 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1620409127 |
Examines the lives of the men who signed Charles I's death warrant and the far-reaching consequences for them, those present at the trial, and England itself.
Chasing King's Killer
Author | : James L. Swanson |
Publisher | : Scholastic Inc. |
Total Pages | : 341 |
Release | : 2018-01-02 |
Genre | : Young Adult Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 0545723345 |
An astonishing account of the assassination of America's most beloved and celebrated civil rights leader, Martin Luther King, by New York Times–bestselling author, James L. Swanson. NAACP Image Award Nominee Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year Kirkus Reviews Best Young Adult Book of the Year* "[James L. Swanson's] masterful work . . . reveals, in gripping style, how one individual can impact history." —Booklist, starred review In his meteoric, thirteen-year rise to fame, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led a mass movement for Civil Rights—with his relentless peaceful, non-violent protests, public demonstrations, and eloquent speeches. But as violent threats cast a dark shadow over Dr. King's life, Swanson hones in on James Earl Ray, a bizarre, racist, prison escapee who tragically ends King's life. As he did in his bestselling Scholastic MG/YA books Chasing LIncoln's Killer and "THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN SHOT!", Swanson transports readers back to one of the most shocking, sad, and terrifying events in American history. More than eighty photographs, captions, bibliography, various source notes, and index included.
Waist-Deep in Dung
Author | : Christine Virnig |
Publisher | : Henry Holt and Company (BYR) |
Total Pages | : 154 |
Release | : 2024-03-12 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1250762367 |
A hilarious illustrated middle-grade nonfiction offering about the most revolting jobs throughout history involving pee, poop, vomit, dead bodies, and all things disgusting, from Christine Virnig and Korwin Briggs, the author-illustrator team behind SCBWI Golden Kite Finalist Dung for Dinner. What did the ancient Egyptian embalmer say when he was feeling sad? I want my mummy! After wading into the grossest animal pee, poop, and vomit humans have consumed in Dung for Dinner, Dr. Virnig dives back into the muck with an equally humorous and informative exploration of the most revolting jobs throughout history in Waist-Deep in Dung. From the ancient Egyptian mummy makers who removed brains by shoving iron hooks up peoples’ noses, to the 19th century Toshers who hunted for treasure deep in the London sewers, to modern day forensic entomologists who study the fly eggs, maggots, and other creepy crawlies that live on—and crawl through—human corpses, we'll learn about jobs that deal with poop, pee, blood, medicine, and dead bodies. Combining history, science, and a slew of fascinating facts, it’s middle grade nonfiction with real kid appeal. Art from Korwin Briggs will make readers laugh out loud!
Killing a King: The Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin and the Remaking of Israel
Author | : Dan Ephron |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 259 |
Release | : 2015-10-19 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0393242102 |
Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in History and one of the New York Times’s 100 Notable Books of the Year. The assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin remains the single most consequential event in Israel’s recent history, and one that fundamentally altered the trajectory for both Israel and the Palestinians. In Killing a King, Dan Ephron relates the parallel stories of Rabin and his stalker, Yigal Amir, over the two years leading up to the assassination, as one of them planned political deals he hoped would lead to peace, and the other plotted murder. "Carefully reported, clearly presented, concise and gripping," It stands as "a reminder that what happened on a Tel Aviv sidewalk 20 years ago is as important to understanding Israel as any of its wars" (Matti Friedman, The Washington Post).
Custom and Commercialisation in English Rural Society
Author | : J. Bowen |
Publisher | : Univ of Hertfordshire Press |
Total Pages | : 498 |
Release | : 2016-03-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1909291633 |
English rural society underwent fundamental changes between the thirteenth and eighteenth centuries with urbanization, commercialization and industrialization producing new challenges and opportunities for inhabitants of rural communities. However, our understanding of this period has been shaped by the compartmentalization of history into medieval and early-modern specialisms and by the debates surrounding the transition from feudalism to capitalism and landlord-tenant relations. Inspired by the classic works of Tawney and Postan, this collection of essays examines their relevance to historians today, distinguishing between their contrasting approaches to the pre-industrial economy and exploring the development of agriculture and rural industry; changes in land and property rights; and competition over resources in the English countryside.
The Solicitous Citizen: Or, the Devil to Do about Dr. Sach----ll [Sacheverell]. A Comedy ... By John-a-Noaks, and Tom-a-Stiles
Author | : John A-NOAKS (pseud., and A-STILES (Tom) pseud.) |
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Total Pages | : 50 |
Release | : 1711 |
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