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Mother Jones

Raising Cain and Consciousness

By: Simon Cordery

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Mother Jones

Raising Cain and Consciousness

By: Simon Cordery

A life touched by tragedy and deprivation--childhood in her native Ireland ending with the potato famine, immigration to Canada and then to the United States, marriage followed by the deaths of her husband and four children from yellow fever, and the destruction of her dressmaking business in the great Chicago fire of 1871--forged the stalwart labor organizer Mary Harris "Mother" Jones into a force to be reckoned with. Radicalized in a brutal era of repeated violence against hard-working men and women, Mother Jones crisscrossed the country to demand higher wages and safer working conditions. Her activism in support of American workers began after the age of sixty. The grandmotherly persona she projected won the hearts, and her stirring rhetoric the minds, of working people. She made herself into a national symbol of resistance to tyranny. Sometimes exaggerating her own experiences, she fought for justice in mines, factories, and workshops across the nation. For her troubles she was condemned as "the most dangerous woman in America." At her death in 1930 at the age of ninety-three, thousands paid tribute at a Washington, D.C., memorial service, and again at her burial in the only union-owned cemetery in America in the small mining town of Mount Olive, Illinois. As noted in The New York Times, the Rev. W. R. McGuire, who conducted her burial, said, "Wealthy coal operators and capitalists throughout the United States are breathing a sigh of relief while toil-worn men and women are weeping tears of bitter grief." The courage of Mother Jones is notorious and admired to this day. Cordery effectively recounts her story in this accessible biography, bringing to life an amazing woman and explaining the dramatic times through which she lived and to which she contributed so much.

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224

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UNM Press

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0826348114

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9780826348111

The Poetry of Ernest Jones

Myth, Song, and the 'Mighty Mind'

By: Simon Rennie

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The Poetry of Ernest Jones

Myth, Song, and the 'Mighty Mind'

By: Simon Rennie

As the last leader of the Chartist movement, Ernest Charles Jones (1819-69) is a significant historical figure, but he is just as well-known for his political verse. His prison-composed epic The New World lays claim to being the first poetic exploration of Marxist historical materialism, and his caustic short lyric ‘The Song of the Low’ appears in most modern anthologies of Victorian poetry. Despite the prominence of Jones’s verse in Labour history circles, and several major inclusions in critical discussions of working-class Victorian literature, this volume represents the first full-length study of his poetry. Through close analysis and careful contextualization, this work traces Jones’s poetic development from his early German and British Romantic influences through his radicalization, imprisonment, and years of leadership. The poetry of this complex and controversial figure is here fully mapped for the first time.

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380

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Routledge

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1317198573

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9781317198574

War Poetry

An Introductory Reader

By: Simon Featherstone

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War Poetry

An Introductory Reader

By: Simon Featherstone

A major anthology combined with substantial introductory material.

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316

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Taylor & Francis

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0415077508

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9780415077507

Reading 2 Student's Book

Intermediate

By: Simon Greenall,Diana Pye

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Reading 2 Student's Book

Intermediate

By: Simon Greenall,Diana Pye

This title develops reading skills by introducing learners to a wide variety of authentic texts, including articles, poems and literary passages.

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100

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Cambridge University Press

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0521346754

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9780521346757

Curepedia

An A–Z of The Cure

By: Simon Price

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Curepedia

An A–Z of The Cure

By: Simon Price

A complete and truly unique biography of Robert Smith and company, The Cure, chronicling their 40+ year history with hundreds of entries in A to Z fashion. Definitive and deeply researched, Curepedia will surprise and inform fans everywhere as they await The Cure's highly anticipated next album release. The Cure remain, 40 plus years into their career, one of the biggest rock bands in the world. With 12 studio albums, tours that pack stadiums all over the world—including their recent sold out series across North America in Spring/Summer 2023—they were the first alternative band to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, in 2019 by Trent Reznor. Their influence is heard in bands as wide ranging as Twilight Sad to Interpol to My Chemical Romance. Amidst the record-setting Shows of a Lost World Tour winding down, acclaimed music journalist Simon Price has crafted a first of its kind history of this band that will satisfy legion of fans eagerly awaiting The Cure’s new album. Curepedia is a career-spanning and in-depth biography of Robert Smith and company, chronicling their 40 plus year history with hundreds of entries organized in an A-to-Z fashion. Presented in a two-color format, with four-color endpapers designed by long-time Cure collaborator Andy Vella, Curepedia is a full-scale look at the long list of members, current and past, unknown facts, tours, descriptions of every album, song, films, as well as entries on the image of the band, their influence, their style, and their enduring legacy. This beautifully packaged book, celebrating one of the most enduring and beloved rock bands, Curepedia will be the perfect introduction for new fans, and a must-have for the obsessive as well.

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661

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HarperCollins

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0063068656

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9780063068650

Windows CE 2 for Dummies

By: Jinjer L. Simon

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Windows CE 2 for Dummies

By: Jinjer L. Simon

This updated guide to Windows CE 2 is sure to go hand in hand with the software's continued success. It explains features, functions, and troubleshooting of this upgraded version of Windows for handheld PCs. The book also includes simple, easy-to-follow instructions on creating Pocket Word and Pocket Excel documents, sending email, connecting to the Internet, and adding appointments and special events to the calendar.

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388

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For Dummies

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0764503227

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9780764503221

Book's by Simon Jones

Mother Jones

Mother Jones

The Poetry of Ernest Jones

The Poetry of Ernest Jones

War Poetry

War Poetry

Reading 2 Student's Book

Reading 2 Student's Book

Curepedia

Curepedia

Windows CE 2 for Dummies

Windows CE 2 for Dummies

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