Author: Kim Lawrence
Publisher: Harlequin / SB Creative
ISBN: 4596075328
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 50
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After times get tough for Lily, her best friend, Rachel, has an idea for how to cheer her up—a weekend getaway with a handsome man! It takes some convincing, but Lily agrees to go along with it…only to find out that the man in question is Santiago Morais, a man she loved and thought she’d never see again. What a cruel coincidence! Lily curses her luck. She met Santiago in Spain the year before. One split second was all it took for them to fall in love. But after days of passionate bliss, their love shattered into a million little pieces. Santiago thought he had Lily all figured out—he thought she was a heartless woman who would say anything to seduce a man… Now she has to face him again and look him in the eye…but unlike last year, his eyes now burn with anger.
Author: Wilfred Santiago
Publisher: Mad Creek Books
ISBN: 9780814255483
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 128
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Graphic depiction of the true story of militant abolitionist John Brown and his rise to infamy in pre-Civil War America.
Author: Chana Ginelle Ewing
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
ISBN: 1786037416
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 54
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ALL people have the right to be treated fairly, no matter who they are, what they look like or where they come from. This is called equality. An ABC of Equality introduces complicated concepts to the youngest of children.
Author: Melvin Yazawa
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312648626
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 418
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Designed to accompany America’s History, Seventh Edition, this primary-source reader offers a chorus of voices from the past to enrich the study of U.S. history. Document selections written by both celebrated historical figures and ordinary people demonstrate the diverse history of America while putting a human face on historical experience. A broad range of documents, from speeches and petitions to personal letters and diary entries, paints a vivid picture of the social and political lives of Americans, encouraging student engagement with the textbook material. Brief introductions place each document in historical context, and questions for analysis help link the individual primary sources to larger historical themes.
Author: Frances Elliot
Publisher: Litres
ISBN: 5040758642
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 341
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Author: William Bennet Stevenson
Publisher: e-artnow
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 462
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Historical and Descriptive Narrative of Twenty Years' Residence in South America in three volumes is a travel narrative by a British explorer William Bennet Stevenson who spent many years in Chile, Ecuador, Peru and Colombia, in early 19th century. About 1803 he landed on the coast of Chile, which at that time was inhabited only by indigenous people. His intention was to travel through the country, but he was detained a prisoner. He was conveyed to Peru, where he was permitted to reside in the town and to make excursions into the adjoining provinces. On the outbreak of the Ecuadorian War of Independence, Stevenson joined the insurgents, and he also served in the Chilean War of Independence, taking part in many naval operations. Upon his return he published the results of his American experiences. His goal in writing this book was to bring European readers closer to the distant continent which has undergone remarkable changes in its political and religious life. The book is of great value for the period of the Spanish American wars of independence, and he used his unique opportunities for observation to advantage.
Author: Henry Charles Lea
Publisher: e-artnow
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1786
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"A History of the Inquisition of Spain" in 4 volumes is one of the best-known works by the American historian Henry Charles Lea. The Spanish Inquisition (officially known as the "Tribunal of the Holy Office of the Inquisition") was established in 1478 by Catholic Monarchs Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile. It was intended to maintain Catholic orthodoxy in their kingdoms and to replace the Medieval Inquisition, which was under Papal control. It became the most substantive of the three different manifestations of the wider Catholic Inquisition along with the Roman Inquisition and Portuguese Inquisition. The Inquisition was originally intended primarily to identify heretics among those who converted from Judaism and Islam to Catholicism. The regulation of the faith of newly converted Catholics was intensified after the royal decrees issued in 1492 and 1502 ordering Muslims and Jews to convert to Catholicism or leave Castile. The Inquisition was not definitively abolished until 1834, during the reign of Isabella II, after a period of declining influence in the preceding century. The Spanish Inquisition is often cited in popular literature and history as an example of religious intolerance and repression. This carefully crafted e-artnow ebook is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.
Author: Catherine Komisaruk
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 0804784604
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 355
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Labor and Love in Guatemala re-envisions the histories of labor and ethnic formation in Spanish America. Taking cues from gender studies and the "new" cultural history, the book transforms perspectives on the major social trends that emerged across Spain's American colonies: populations from three continents mingled; native people and Africans became increasingly hispanized; slavery and other forms of labor coercion receded. Komisaruk's analysis shows how these developments were rooted in gendered structures of work, migration, family, and reproduction. The engrossing narrative reconstructs Afro-Guatemalan family histories through slavery and freedom, and tells stories of native working women and men based on their own words. The book takes us into the heart of sweeping historical processes as it depicts the migrations that linked countryside to city, the sweat and filth of domestic labor, the rise of female-headed households, and love as it was actually practiced—amidst remarkable permissiveness by both individuals and the state.
Author: Willis Fletcher Johnson
Publisher: e-artnow
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1078
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This 5-volume work features a comprehensive historical account of Cuba from the discovery of America in 1492. Lying in a peculiar sense at the commercial center of the world, between North America and South America, between Europe and Asia, between all the lands of the Atlantic and all the lands of the Pacific and subject to important approach from all directions, the island of Cuba and its history were influenced by two important factors – Spanish rule and the political interests of the United States after the American Revolution. The story of Cuba's development from a neglected and oppressed colony to an independent nation is stirring and impressive, adorned with the names and deeds of brave men. The story of her development in civilization, from a backward rank to the foremost, is no less impressive, and it is adorned with the names and the labors of wise men, statesmen and scholars, who gave of their best for the welfare of the insular republic for which so many of their kin gave willingly their very lives. Both of these stories are to be found in this book.
Author: Charles Santiago
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 261
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When death comes to a spouse, does the surviving spouse face a lonely sojourn on Earth in which reminiscing becomes the only recourse to experiencing those treasured joys of wedded bliss? Must the survivor receive consolation from merely an expected future reunion at death? Is the cherished loved one dead and gone—or alive in an inaccessible world beyond? How the surviving spouse chooses to answer these questions, in a way, is a matter of life and death. Must the surviving spouse languish in a world of perceived loss? Or is the “departed” loved one available and anxious to continue the life of wedded bliss? The poems in this book are written with a view to reaching people who find themselves in the situation of pondering these questions. Can there really be an Earthly/heavenly romance in which the beloved “departed” is not “dead and gone,” but “alive and here?” The poems in this book answer that question with a resounding “Yes!” As the last couplet of poem 4, “A Heavenly Hum,” says: Reminisce, my Earthly man, Rememb’ring THIS—We live again.
