Glenn Patterson's Books

The International

By: Glenn Patterson

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Acclaimed Belfast novelist Glenn Patterson's classic novel of a day in the life in that city: a funny, brilliantly observed, bittersweet snapshot of a moment in 1967 just before everything changed. "If I had known history was to be written that Sunday in the International Hotel I might have made an effort to get out of bed before teatime." So begins The International. Danny Hamilton takes us back over three troubled decades to one wonderfully ordinary Saturday, in January 1967, when his 18-year-old self had no idea — most people had no idea — that ordinary days in Belfast would soon become tragically rare. Ordinary, but packed with extraordinarily observed characters; and extraordinary enough for Danny to fall in love twice (and think about sex a few more times than that). Ordinary, but when someone calls out "Be careful" in parting, no one takes it lightly and for good reason. First published in the UK in 1999, and reissued by Blackstaff in 2008, The International is a timeless novel: funny, bawdy, deftly crafted, and heartwrenchingly humane. Featuring an essay “On Reading The International” by Man Booker-Prize winner Anne Enright

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

270

Publisher

McClelland & Stewart

Published Date

ISBN 10

0771071124

ISBN 13

9780771071126

The Mill for Grinding Old People Young

By: Glenn Patterson

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Mill for Grinding Old People Young

By: Glenn Patterson

In the cold dawn of Christmas Day 1897, Gilbert Rice, 85 years old and with failing health, recounts his journey into manhood in a city on the cusp of great change. Belfast in the 1830s was a city in flux. Industrialisation had led to an increase in commerce and the rapid swell of the population as workers flocked to the newly created jobs. Gilbert, a young man with prospects, begins work with the Ballast Office, looking after Belfast Port. Beneath the shadow of the Harland & Wolff shipyard Gilbert explores this ever expanding and exciting city whilst becoming aware of the political undertones and the sectarian tensions that still brew beneath its respectable veneer. In a city that still resonates with the legacy of the 1798 Rebellion Gilbert begins to question the injustices that he sees. When he meets Maria, a Polish barmaid, he is drawn into a love affair that will drive him to make a stand against those he sees as harming the city that he loves.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

247

Publisher

Faber & Faber

Published Date

ISBN 10

0571281842

ISBN 13

9780571281848

Where Are We Now?

By: Glenn Patterson

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Where Are We Now?

By: Glenn Patterson

A moving, funny and topical novel about lost love, growing older and the realities of life in a society that is still coming to terms with thirty years of violence from the author of Gull and Backstop Land 'No one is more acutely tuned to the heartbeat of Belfast than Glenn Patterson and no one is more skilled at capturing all its love and madness. He does so with both tenderness and humour' DAVID PARK Herbie has had enough. It doesn't seem like he has much going for him anymore. His wife, the great love of his life, left him years ago, his daughter has fled for the bright lights of London, and now he's lost his job too. But life has a tendency to surprise. When Herbie wanders into a new café in his neighbourhood, he may well find something he never expected... Could it be that life isn't finished with him yet? From the author of Gull and Backstop Land, Where Are We Now? is a novel about lost love, growing older and the realities of life in a society still haunted by decades of violence. By turns moving and funny, topical and sharp, it is a life-affirming story of a life not yet over.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

206

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

1838932011

ISBN 13

9781838932015

Black Submariners in the United States Navy, 1940-1975

By: Glenn A. Knoblock

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Black Submariners in the United States Navy, 1940-1975

By: Glenn A. Knoblock

For as long as an American naval force has existed, black sailors have served it with bravery, distinction, and little or no recognition. They have since earned praise for service in the American Revolution, the War of 1812, and the Civil War, and more recently, they were integral to the development of the U.S. Submarine Service. Their roles limited by segregation, black submariners nonetheless were a key element of the "Silent Service" throughout World War II. With desegregation came expanded opportunities, and black submariners witnessed the birth and evolution of the nuclear-powered submarine, and some of the tensest moments of the Cold War. These men paved the way for those who followed--their contributions deserve recognition, and their stories deserve to be told. This exploration of the role of African American submariners chronicles their service from World War II through the Cold War era. An historical overview of black sailors and the evolution of the Steward's Branch, to which black sailors were eventually restricted, precede descriptions of becoming a steward and a submariner, and of life as a submariner during World War II. An account of black submariners in post-war service during desegregation, the development of the nuclear submarine, and throughout the Cold War follows. Oral histories of more than fifty black submariners who served in World War II and post-war form the heart of the book. Photographs of the men profiled, including wartime photographs, complement the text. Appendices outline the naval steward rating system, list all black submarine stewards serving in World War II, top stewards by number of war patrols, and those lost or killed during wartime service. Rear Admiral Melvin G. Williams, Jr., submarine fleet commander and son of one of the men profiled, provides a foreword.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

495

Publisher

McFarland

Published Date

ISBN 10

0786483008

ISBN 13

9780786483006

All for Liberty

The Charleston Workhouse Slave Rebellion of 1849

By: Jeff Strickland

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

All for Liberty

The Charleston Workhouse Slave Rebellion of 1849

By: Jeff Strickland

The story of Nicholas Kelly, an enslaved man who gave his life for liberty leading the Charleston workhouse slave rebellion.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

291

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1108492592

ISBN 13

9781108492591

The Anatomy of Racial Inequality

With a New Preface

By: Glenn C. Loury

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Anatomy of Racial Inequality

With a New Preface

By: Glenn C. Loury

“Lifts and transforms the discourse on ‘race’ and racial justice to an entirely new level.” —Orlando Patterson “Intellectually rigorous and deeply thoughtful...An incisive, erudite book by a major thinker.” —Gerald Early, New York Times Book Review Why are black Americans so persistently confined to the margins of society? And why do they fail across so many metrics—wages, unemployment, income levels, test scores, incarceration rates, health outcomes? Known for his influential work on the economics of racial inequality and for pioneering the link between racism and social capital, Glenn Loury is not afraid of piercing orthodoxies and coming to controversial conclusions. In this now classic work, reconsidered in light of recent events, he describes how a vicious cycle of tainted social information helped create the racial stereotypes that rationalize and sustain discrimination, and suggests how this might be changed. Brilliant in its account of how racial classifications are created and perpetuated, and how they resonate through the social, psychological, spiritual, and economic life of the nation, this compelling and passionate book gives us a new way of seeing—and of seeing beyond—the damning categorization of race. “Paints in chilling detail the distance between Martin Luther King’s dream and the reality of present-day America.” —Anthony Walton, Harper’s “Loury provides an original and highly persuasive account of how the American racial hierarchy is sustained and reproduced over time. And he then demands that we begin the deep structural reforms that will be necessary to stop its continued reproduction.” —Michael Walzer “He is a genuine maverick thinker...The Anatomy of Racial Inequality both epitomizes and explains Loury’s understanding of the depressed conditions of so much of black society today.” —New York Times Magazine

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

265

Publisher

Harvard University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0674269853

ISBN 13

9780674269859

With Liberty and Justice for Some

How the Law is Used To Destroy Equality and Protect the Powerful

By: Glenn Greenwald

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

With Liberty and Justice for Some

How the Law is Used To Destroy Equality and Protect the Powerful

By: Glenn Greenwald

From "the most important voice to have entered the political discourse in years" (Bill Moyers), a scathing critique of the two-tiered system of justice that has emerged in America From the nation's beginnings, the law was to be the great equalizer in American life, the guarantor of a common set of rules for all. But over the past four decades, the principle of equality before the law has been effectively abolished. Instead, a two-tiered system of justice ensures that the country's political and financial class is virtually immune from prosecution, licensed to act without restraint, while the politically powerless are imprisoned with greater ease and in greater numbers than in any other country in the world. Starting with Watergate, continuing on through the Iran-Contra scandal, and culminating with Obama's shielding of Bush-era officials from prosecution, Glenn Greenwald lays bare the mechanisms that have come to shield the elite from accountability. He shows how the media, both political parties, and the courts have abetted a process that has produced torture, war crimes, domestic spying, and financial fraud. Cogent, sharp, and urgent, this is a no-holds-barred indictment of a profoundly un-American system that sanctions immunity at the top and mercilessness for everyone else.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

357

Publisher

Macmillan + ORM

Published Date

ISBN 10

1466805765

ISBN 13

9781466805767

The Psychology of Conservatism (Routledge Revivals)

By: Glenn Wilson

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Psychology of Conservatism (Routledge Revivals)

By: Glenn Wilson

First published in 1973, The Psychology of Conservatism explores attitudes, their measurement, their structure and dynamics, and the personality traits apparently underlying attitude patterns. It examines the link between differing attitudes and discusses characteristic patterns and syndromes. The book focuses on the origins and dynamics of a major factor called "liberalism – conservatism" which is found to account for much of the variance in attitudes amongst different people. Contributors review previous studies relating to personality and attitude before engaging in new studies and proposing their own theories to explain the conservative attitude. The book introduces provocative theoretical ideas and provides a valuable examination of an important psychological and social attitude syndrome. This book will be of interest to researchers in personality and social psychology, sociology and political science and education.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

299

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1135094446

ISBN 13

9781135094447

African American Concert Singers Before 1950

By: Darryl Glenn Nettles

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

African American Concert Singers Before 1950

By: Darryl Glenn Nettles

Marian Roberts, Roland Hayes, and Paul Robeson were among the most visible early African American concert singers, but they were not the only ones. Many others were involved in the arts as concert singers and, given the times in which they lived, achieved tremendous results in the face of great adversity and helped pave the way for the post-1950 African American vocal artist. Drawn from articles, reviews, programs, biographical sources, and interviews, this work is a survey of the unknown early African American concert singers. Much of the information from periodicals was taken from The New York Amsterdam News, The Chicago Defender, and The New York Age. The book covers the African Americans who came before Roberts, Hayes, and Robeson, and details the opportunities available in Europe for black concert singers.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

204

Publisher

McFarland

Published Date

ISBN 10

0786414677

ISBN 13

9780786414673

Gettysburg Requiem

The Life and Lost Causes of Confederate Colonel William C. Oates

By: Glenn W. LaFantasie

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Gettysburg Requiem

The Life and Lost Causes of Confederate Colonel William C. Oates

By: Glenn W. LaFantasie

William C. Oates is best remembered as the Confederate officer defeated at Gettysburgs Little Round Top, losing a golden opportunity to turn the Union's flank and win the battle--and perhaps the war. Now, Glenn W. LaFantasie--bestselling author of Twilight at Little Round Top--has written a gripping biography of Oates, a narrative that reads like a novel. Here then is a richly evocative story of Southern life before, during, and after the Civil War, based on first-time and exclusive access of family papers and never-before-seen archives.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

464

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0195331311

ISBN 13

9780195331318

The Washingtons. Volume 7, Part 1

Generation Eleven of the Presidential Branch

By: Justin Glenn

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Washingtons. Volume 7, Part 1

Generation Eleven of the Presidential Branch

By: Justin Glenn

This is the seventh volume of Dr. Justin Glenn’s comprehensive history that traces the “Presidential line” of the Washingtons. Volume one began with the immigrant John Washington, who settled in Westmoreland Co., Va., in 1657, married Anne Pope, and became the great-grandfather of President George Washington. It continued the record of their descendants for a total of seven generations. Volume two highlighted notable members of the next eight generations, including such luminaries as General George S. Patton, the author Shelby Foote, and the actor Lee Marvin. Volume three traced the ancestry of the early Virginia members of this “Presidential Branch” back to the royalty and nobility of England and continental Europe. Volumes four, five, and six treated respectively generations eight, nine, and ten. Volume Seven presents generation eleven, comprising more than 10,000 descendants of the immigrant John Washington. Although structured in a genealogical format for the sake of clarity, this is no bare bones genealogy but a true family history with over 1,200 detailed biographical narratives. These strive to convey the greatness of the family that produced not only The Father of His Country but many others, great and humble, who struggled to build that country. Volume Seven, Part One covers the descendants of the immigrant’s children Lawrence and John Washington, Jr. Volume Seven, Part Two covers the descendants of the immigrant’s child Anne (Washington) Wright.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

463

Publisher

Savas Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

1940669324

ISBN 13

9781940669328

African Americans and the Presidents

Politics and Policies from Washington to Trump

By: F. Erik Brooks,Glenn L. Starks

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

African Americans and the Presidents

Politics and Policies from Washington to Trump

By: F. Erik Brooks,Glenn L. Starks

The president is arguably the most recognized and powerful individual in the United States. This reference work explores the American presidency in relation to issues of race concerning the African American community. This work provides a contemporary and refreshing examination of the American presidency through the prism of race and race relations in America, revealing a long and complicated relationship between the U.S. presidency and the African American community. The book evaluates each of the forty-five American presidents' policies, cabinet appointments, and handling of race matters in the United States. Following an extensive timeline, chronological chapters take an incisive look at each American president's life and career as well as the policies enacted during his presidency that affected the African American community. The presidents' personal writings, memoirs, autobiographies, and biographies frame their views on the issue of race and how they dealt with it before, during, and after their presidency.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

373

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published Date

ISBN 13

9798216043270

All Things Are Possible

By: Glenn W. Turner

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

All Things Are Possible

By: Glenn W. Turner

Readers will discover how Gods character was revealed through the fulfillmentof promises in the life of His beloved daughter. (Motivation)

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

426

Publisher

Xulon Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

160034898X

ISBN 13

9781600348983

But for Birmingham

The Local and National Movements in the Civil Rights Struggle

By: Glenn T. Eskew

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

But for Birmingham

The Local and National Movements in the Civil Rights Struggle

By: Glenn T. Eskew

Birmingham served as the stage for some of the most dramatic and important moments in the history of the civil rights struggle. In this vivid narrative account, Glenn Eskew traces the evolution of nonviolent protest in the city, focusing particularly on the sometimes problematic intersection of the local and national movements. Eskew describes the changing face of Birmingham's civil rights campaign, from the politics of accommodation practiced by the city's black bourgeoisie in the 1950s to local pastor Fred L. Shuttlesworth's groundbreaking use of nonviolent direct action to challenge segregation during the late 1950s and early 1960s. In 1963, the national movement, in the person of Martin Luther King Jr., turned to Birmingham. The national uproar that followed on Police Commissioner Bull Connor's use of dogs and fire hoses against the demonstrators provided the impetus behind passage of the watershed Civil Rights Act of 1964. Paradoxically, though, the larger victory won in the streets of Birmingham did little for many of the city's black citizens, argues Eskew. The cancellation of protest marches before any clear-cut gains had been made left Shuttlesworth feeling betrayed even as King claimed a personal victory. While African Americans were admitted to the leadership of the city, the way power was exercised--and for whom--remained fundamentally unchanged.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

454

Publisher

Univ of North Carolina Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0807861324

ISBN 13

9780807861325

The Washingtons. Volume 9

The Presidential Branch: Six Wright Lines

By: Justin Glenn

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Washingtons. Volume 9

The Presidential Branch: Six Wright Lines

By: Justin Glenn

This is the ninth volume of a comprehensive history that traces the “Presidential Line” of the Washingtons. Volume one began with the immigrant John Washington who settled in Westmoreland Co., Va., in 1657, married Anne Pope, and was the great-grandfather of President George Washington. It contained the record of their descendants for a total of seven generations. Subsequent volumes two through eight continued this family history for an additional eight generations, highlighting most notable members (volume two) and tracing lines of descent from the royalty and nobility of England and continental Europe (volume three). Volume nine collects over 8,500 descendants of the recently discovered line of William Wright (died in Franklin Co., Va., ca. 1809). It also provides briefer accounts of five other early Wright families of Virginia that have often been mentioned by researchers as close kinsmen of George Washington, including: William Wright (died in Fauquier Co., Va., ca. 1805), Frances Wright and her husband Nimrod Ashby, and William Wright (died in Greensville Co., Va., by 1827). A cumulative index will complete the series as volume ten.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

671

Publisher

Savas Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

1940669340

ISBN 13

9781940669342

Rome and the Classic Maya

Comparing the Slow Collapse of Civilizations

By: Rebecca Storey,Glenn R Storey

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Rome and the Classic Maya

Comparing the Slow Collapse of Civilizations

By: Rebecca Storey,Glenn R Storey

This volume compares two of the most famous cases of civilizational collapse, that of the Roman Empire and the Classic Maya world. First examining the concept of collapse, and how it has been utilized in the historical, archaeological and anthropological study of past complex societies, Storey and Storey draw on extensive archaeological evidence to consider the ultimate failure of the institutions, infrastructure and material culture of both of these complex cultures. Detailing the relevant economic, political, social and environmental factors behind these notable falls, Rome and the Classic Maya contends that a phenomenon of “slow collapse” has repeatedly occurred in the course of human history: complex civilizations are shown to eventually come to an end and give way to new cultures. Through their analysis of these two ancient case studies, the authors also present intriguing parallels to the modern world and offer potential lessons for the future.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

541

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1315309394

ISBN 13

9781315309392

Fire in My Bones

Transcendence and the Holy Spirit in African American Gospel

By: Glenn Hinson

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Fire in My Bones

Transcendence and the Holy Spirit in African American Gospel

By: Glenn Hinson

Fire in My Bones contributes to our understanding of gospel--and of the nature of religious experience in general.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

424

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0812217179

ISBN 13

9780812217179

The American Clipper Ship, 1845–1920

A Comprehensive History, with a Listing of Builders and Their Ships

By: Glenn A. Knoblock

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The American Clipper Ship, 1845–1920

A Comprehensive History, with a Listing of Builders and Their Ships

By: Glenn A. Knoblock

This work offers a new and comprehensive account of the fastest and most beautiful sailing ships ever built. It explores the quest for speed on the seas from the early 1800s through the fast-paced times of the 1850s spurred on by the California Gold Rush of 1849. Not only are the career details of such noted ships as the Flying Cloud and Challenge discussed in detail, but they are also put in context with the times in which they operated. Their builders in East Coast states from Maine to Florida are discussed in detail, as are the men, and a woman in one instance, who commanded and manned these ships. The book documents the roles that owners and shipping agents played, what kinds of cargo the ships carried worldwide and the unusual trades in which they participated.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

376

Publisher

McFarland

Published Date

ISBN 10

1476602840

ISBN 13

9781476602844

The Reagan Rhetoric

History and Memory in 1980s America

By: Toby Glenn Bates

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Reagan Rhetoric

History and Memory in 1980s America

By: Toby Glenn Bates

The Reagan Rhetoric examines the extraordinary connections between President Ronald Reagan's conversations with the American people and the profound changes that swept the nation under those conversations' influence. Through the lens of history, rhetoric, and memory, Bates' work draws connections between the style, manner, and consistency of Reagan's oratory and the social and cultural settings in which it played so vital a role. Specifically focusing on the 1980 Neshoba County Mississippi Campaign visit, the popular culture memory of the Vietnam War, and the controversy of Iran-Contra, this book illustrates Reagan's sweeping ability to change how Americans thought about themselves, their past, and their politics. By concluding with an examination of media coverage of Reagan's 2004 death, Bates reveals that certain interpretations Reagan rhetorically offered during his presidency had become an accepted collective memory for millions of Americans. In death, as in life, Reagan had the last word. Through extensive archival research, the careful examination of well-known and obscure 1980s print media and popular culture, as well as new interviews, Bates challenges the prevailing Reagan historiography and provides a thoughtful reality check on some of the traditional views of his eight years in the Oval Office. The Reagan Rhetoric offers new and important contributions to Reagan studies that will appeal to scholars of the 40th president. This look at the 1980s will be of great interest to the growing number of historians studying that decade.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

255

Publisher

Northern Illinois University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1501757873

ISBN 13

9781501757877

Dawn Like Thunder: The Barbary Wars and the Birth of the US Navy

By: Glenn Tucker

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Dawn Like Thunder: The Barbary Wars and the Birth of the US Navy

By: Glenn Tucker

In the early 1800s, American ships off the coast of North Africa routinely found themselves the targets of Muslim pirates. These sea raiders, or 'corsairs' as they were known, sought captives to enslave in the Ottoman Empire's galleys, mines and harems. When reports circulated of white Christians being shackled to oars, smashing rocks in mines and being sold into sexual slavery, the American public became incensed. The leaders of the young republic were forced to act and with remarkable dexterity built a fleet of ships that grew into a fighting force powerful enough to withstand its first major test: The Barbary Wars.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

467

Publisher

Lulu.com

Published Date

ISBN 10

0359321879

ISBN 13

9780359321872

When It's Over

By: Roy Glenn

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

When It's Over

By: Roy Glenn

Bestselling author Roy Glenn returns with When It’s Over, his latest Mike Black novel that delivers shocking urban suspense. NYPD Detectives Kirk and Dawkins are pursuing Chet French, aka Big Frenchie, a small-time armed robber who did some time for aggravated assault. He stepped up to the big time when he robbed Mama’s Country Kitchen, one of The Family’s gambling houses, killing the houseman and four civilians in the process. When Mike Black and Bobby Ray take a personal interest and start asking questions, the bodies begin to pile up. When the unthinkable happens, the entire Family is pushed to the brink of a war they didn’t want to fight. The only way to avoid blood in the street is for Kirk and Dawkins to find the people responsible before Black and Rain Robinson do.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

305

Publisher

Urban Books

Published Date

ISBN 10

1645566544

ISBN 13

9781645566540

Evil, Inc.

By: Glenn Kaplan

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Evil, Inc.

By: Glenn Kaplan

When his promising life and career are shattered by a monstrous crime committed by the CEO of his company, Ken Olson is devastated by threats and a cover-up that rally his determination to bring the CEO to justice in spite of formidable dangers.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

378

Publisher

Macmillan

Published Date

ISBN 10

0765316188

ISBN 13

9780765316189

Tecumseh

A Vision of Glory

By: Glenn Tucker

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Tecumseh

A Vision of Glory

By: Glenn Tucker

The whites have driven us from the great salt water, forced us over the mountains.The way, the only way, to check and stop this evil is for all red men to unite in claiming a common equal right in the land." -Tecumseh, quoted in Tecumseh: Vision of GloryThe legendary charismatic Indian chief Tecumseh was born nearly a decade before Columbus' discovery of the New World. He came of age in an era of violence and cultural decay in which Indian tribes across the American continent expended their energy attempting to oust invading Europeans who were confiscating their land. When white settlers were pushing beyond into Indian territories as the state of Ohio joined the Union in 1803, angry Native Americans vowed to keep these settlers from taking more Indian land. Tecumseh, already an accomplished warrior assumed the role of war chief to organize Indian nations into a confederation and then led the drive to preserve Indian lands and customs.Noted biographer GLENN TUCKER expands the scope of his earlier books by focusing exclusively on the intimate knowledge of his subject; Tecumseh. Taking an in-depth look at this complex man, his life, and the times that shaped him, Tucker's work appeals to history buffs as well as anyone interested in thoughtfully crafted American biographies.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

405

Publisher

Cosimo, Inc.

Published Date

ISBN 10

1596052074

ISBN 13

9781596052079

Fathering At Risk

Helping Nonresidential Fathers

By: James R. Dudley, PhD,Glenn Stone, PhD

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Fathering At Risk

Helping Nonresidential Fathers

By: James R. Dudley, PhD,Glenn Stone, PhD

This book profiles three groups of nonresidential fathers--teens, older fathers, and unmarried or divorced fathers. It promotes a fuller understanding of their problems, and offers an array of strategies for involving them in their children's lives. Utilizing a strengths perspective, the authors move beyond the realm of theory to present specific intervention strategies that have helped many diverse groups of fathers and potential fathers. Throughout, case examples illustrate key program issues. Discussion questions at the end of each chapter and reflection questions throughout promote integration of key concepts. A resource section is included with contact information for various fathering programs, other relevant resources, and a website directory.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

345

Publisher

Springer Publishing Company

Published Date

ISBN 10

0826116175

ISBN 13

9780826116178

River of Death--The Chickamauga Campaign

Volume 1: The Fall of Chattanooga

By: William Glenn Robertson

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

River of Death--The Chickamauga Campaign

Volume 1: The Fall of Chattanooga

By: William Glenn Robertson

The Battle of Chickamauga was the third bloodiest of the American Civil War and the only major Confederate victory in the conflict's western theater. It pitted Braxton Bragg's Army of Tennessee against William S. Rosecrans's Army of the Cumberland and resulted in more than 34,500 casualties. In this first volume of an authoritative two-volume history of the Chickamauga Campaign, William Glenn Robertson provides a richly detailed narrative of military operations in southeastern and eastern Tennessee as two armies prepared to meet along the "River of Death." Robertson tracks the two opposing armies from July 1863 through Bragg's strategic decision to abandon Chattanooga on September 9. Drawing on all relevant primary and secondary sources, Robertson devotes special attention to the personalities and thinking of the opposing generals and their staffs. He also sheds new light on the role of railroads on operations in these landlocked battlegrounds, as well as the intelligence gathered and used by both sides. Delving deep into the strategic machinations, maneuvers, and smaller clashes that led to the bloody events of September 19@–20, 1863, Robertson reveals that the road to Chickamauga was as consequential as the unfolding of the battle itself.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

697

Publisher

UNC Press Books

Published Date

ISBN 10

1469643138

ISBN 13

9781469643137

Lanterns of Death

A Mitch and Al Mystery

By: Glenn Ickler

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Lanterns of Death

A Mitch and Al Mystery

By: Glenn Ickler

Timing is everything, says St. Paul Daily Dispatch photographer Alan Jeffrey when he's asked why somebody always gets killed when he and Daily Dispatch reporter Warren "Mitch" Mitchell are visiting Martha's Vineyard. Mitch and Al and their cartoonist companion, Dave Jerome, are on the celebrated vacation isle to testify for the prosecution in the trial of identical twins Ima and Ura Jewell, who are accused of murdering Dave's uncle, Walter Jerome. The twins, who were Walter's financial advisers, had also tried to murder this answer-hungry trio after confessing that they'd killed Walter because he'd caught them stealing $500,000 from his account. As the trial of the glamorous twins begins, a new mystery arises when two visitors from St. Paul are shot to death by a professional killer on Grand Illumination Night on the grounds of the historic Martha's Vineyard Camp Meeting Association. While Mitch, Al and Dave puzzle over who hired the killer and why, another shooting takes place in the same Campgrounds cottage. The search to identify the person who paid the killer leads the three friends, who fashion themselves as The Three Musketeers, into a fast and furious deep water boat chase and a too-close encounter with a fast-moving airplane. Meanwhile, the murder trial moves on toward an uncertain verdict as the defense goes on offense against Mitch, Al and Dave.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

322

Publisher

Outskirts Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1478793414

ISBN 13

9781478793410

Campaigns Against Corporal Punishment

Prisoners, Sailors, Women, and Children in Antebellum America

By: Myra C. Glenn

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Campaigns Against Corporal Punishment

Prisoners, Sailors, Women, and Children in Antebellum America

By: Myra C. Glenn

Campaigns against Corporal Punishment explores the theory and practice of punishment in Antebellum America from a broad, comparative perspective. It probes the concerns underlying the naval, prison, domestic, and educational reform campaigns which occurred in New England and New York from the late 1820s to the late 1850s. Focusing on the common forms of physical punishment inflicted on seamen, prisoners, women, and children, the book reveals the effect of these campaigns on actual disciplinary practices. Myra C. Glenn also places the crusade against corporal punishment in the context of various other contemporary reform movements such as the crusade against intemperance and that against slavery. She shows how regional and political differences affected discussions of punishment and discipline.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

236

Publisher

State University of New York Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1438404190

ISBN 13

9781438404196

Book's by Glenn Patterson

Username

Password

Password again

Birthday

Email