This practical guide shows lesbian and gay couples how to obtain domestic partner benefits, plan for medical emergencies, buy property together, provide for each other at death, and understand the practical and legal aspects of having and raising children. The book includes living together contracts, sample wills, and durable powers of attorney. Illustrations.

Manufacturer: Nolo
Written By: Hayden Curry, Denis Clifford, Robin Leonard

Plutarch's Lives, written at the beginning of the second century A.D., is a brilliant social history of the ancient world by one of the greatest biographers and moralists of all time. In what is by far his most famous and influential work, Plutarch reveals the character and personality of his subjects and how they led ultimately to tragedy or victory. Richly anecdotal and full of detail, Volume I ...

Manufacturer: Modern Library
Written By: John Dryden, Arthur Hugh Clough

The author recounts the struggles and spirituality of the women of her Native American family from the late nineteenth century until the present, showing how her great-grandmother, grandmother, and mother, Silversong, endured life on the frontier. Original. Tour. IP.

Manufacturer: Treasure Chest Books
Written By: Loree Boyd

It is tantalizing to speculate about the role your ancestors may have played in the great national drama of the Civil War. But family records are often inaccurate, or provide precious few leads on where to begin the search.Now, experienced historian Bertram Hawthorne Groene shows you how easy it is to trace your forbearers' role in the war, where and how long they fought, whether they were ...

Manufacturer: John F. Blair Publisher
Written By: Bertram Hawthorne Groene

Manufacturer: Harry N. Abrams
Written By: Jerry E. Patterson

An exhaustive profile of the nation's most powerful newspaper mogul explores the life and times of William Randolph Hearst, his turbulent and flamboyant personal life, his controversial style of journalism, and the growth of his publishing empire.

Manufacturer: Bantam Books
Written By: W. A Swanberg

The historical record crowns success. Those enshrined in its annals are men and women whose ideas, accomplishments, or personalities have dominated, endured, and most important of all, found champions. John F. Kennedy's Profiles in Courage, Giorgio Vasari's Lives of the Artists, and Samuel Johnson's Lives of the Poets are classic celebrations of the greatest, the ...

Manufacturer: Picador
Written By: Paul S. Collins

From ancient Africa to the Caribbean to the contemporary United States, The Complete Guide to African- American Baby Names is a comprehensive study that includes not only the pronunciation of each name, but the history of the culture from which the name originated, and facts about noted African-Americans.

Manufacturer: Signet
Written By: Linda Keister

In the wake of highly-publicized scientific breakthroughs in using genetics to establish family connections, genealogists began to see potential for their own research. Now many are finding that organizing tests is a relatively straightforward matter - and that comparing the DNA signatures of individuals can reveal startling information on families, surnames and origins.

Manufacturer: Dundurn Press
Written By: Chris Pomery

The question of what it takes "to be a man" comes under scrutiny in this sharp, often playful, cultural critique of the German duel--the deadliest type of one-on-one combat in fin-de-siecle Europe. At a time when dueling was generally restricted to swords or had been abolished altogether in other nations, the custom of fighting to the death with pistols flourished among Germany's upper-class ...

Manufacturer: Princeton University Press
Written By: Kevin McAleer