Leon Fradley Whitney's book on Bloodhounds is of interest to anyone with a love of Bloodhounds or dogs in general. It contains a wealth of knowledge including chapters on the history, types and training of the dog.

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book AwardBased on hitherto unexamined sources: interviews with ex-slaves, diaries and accounts by former slaveholders, this "rich and admirably written book" (Eugene Genovese, The New York Times Book Review) aims to show how, during the Civil War and after Emancipation, blacks and whites interacted in ways that dramatized not only their mutual dependency, but the ambiguities and tensions that had always been la...

Antonio F. Leone at the age of 72 is entangled within the trials and tribulations of his son Anthony's divorce. Antonio awakens during the early hours to anxiously denote his thoughts of resolution to this bizarre "War of Leone's." A man without a desire to read a novel in its entirety, discovers himself becoming an author from his collection of anecdotal notes as he documents each turn of events of this divorce. Antonio finds a cathartic comfort in his writings as therapeutic release in c...

In 1985, a black veteran of the civil rights movement offered a bleak vision of a long and troubled struggle. For more than a century, black southerners learned to live with betrayed expectations, diminishing prospects, and devastated aspirations. Their odyssey includes some of the most appalling examples of terrorism, violence, and dehumanization in the history of this nation. But, as Leon Litwack graphically demonstrates, it is at the same time an odyssey of resilience and resistance def...

A searing history of life under Jim Crow that recalls the bloodiest and most repressive period in the history of race relations in the United States—and the painful record of discrimination that haunts us to this day. From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Been in the Storm So Long."The stain of Jim Crow runs deep in 20th-century America.... Its effects remain the nation's most pressing business. Trouble in Mind is an absolutely essenti...

Digital technologies have changed how we shop, work, play, and communicate, reshaping our societies and economies. To understand digital capitalism, we need to grasp how advances in geospatial technologies underpin the construction, operation, and refinement of markets for digital goods and services. In The Map in the Machine, Luis F. Alvarez Leon examines these advances, from MapQuest and Google Maps to the rise of IP geolocation, ridesharing, and a new Earth Observation satellit...

This devotional is written for the student who is weary yet determined-still showing up for class, for work, for family, for church, and for yourself. It is also for the village that surrounds and sustains you: pastors, professors, resident advisors, counselors, coaches, and creators whose presence and guidance help you press forward.My prayer is that these pages will affirm what God is already doing in and through your life-and through those who walk alongside you-and gently remin...

Bored with city life, Roy answers an ad to crew on a yacht to the islands off the coast of Mozambique. Never in his wildest dreams did he imagine the adventures and dangers that would befall him and his three friends. This story takes you from the exotic islands in the vast and turbulent Indian Ocean, through the savanna of wild Mozambique where they clash with unscrupulous ivory poachers. Despite the danger, romance blossoms as they search along the shores of Lake Niassa for a kidnapped m...

"Four American Indians: King Philip, Pontiac, Tecumseh, Osceola" by F. M. Perry and Edson Leone Whitney explores the lives and legacies of four prominent Native American leaders. Each figure represents a unique struggle against colonial expansion and embodies the resilience of Indigenous peoples in North America. The book delves into their backgrounds, motivations, and the historical contexts in which they operated, providing readers with a nuanced understanding of their contributions to A...

The untold story of the Black patriots—from soldiers in combat to peace protesters—who ended the Vietnam War and defended the soul of American democracy, from a pre-eminent civil rights historian and the award-winning author of Half AmericanAs the civil rights movement blazed through America, more than 300,000 Black troops were drafted and sent to fight in the Vietnam War. These soldiers, often from disadvantaged backgrounds and subjected to the brutalitie...

Ghost stories by a novelist who had spent his life in Italy - the upper berth in a cabin where three men have drowned themselves, the doll's face, the screaming skull. The Upper Berth is among the half-dozen best ghost stories in English. This edition adds 57 plates of painting bound with the book, among them Arnold Böcklin, Caspar David Friedrich and Théodore Gudin, plus one restored and coloured in-text illustration.

Once upon a time, the world was neatly divided into prosperous and backward economies. Babies were plentiful, workers outnumbered retirees, and people aspiring towards the middle class yearned to own homes and cars. Companies didn't need to see any further than Europe and the United States to do well. Printed money was legal tender for all debts, public and private. We grew up learning how to 'play the game', and we expected the rules to remain the same as we took our first job, started a ...