"Villages have disappeared even from the maps, the vestiges described by Beck having been obliterated by the bulldozer or the attrition of time. Only this book remains, a labor of love, to tell their stories." --Chicago Tribune Long regarded as folklife classics, Henry Charlton Beck's books are vivid re-creations of the back roads, small towns, and legends that give New Jersey its special ...

Manufacturer: Rutgers University Press
Written By: Henry Charlton Beck

Galveston-a small, flat island off the Texas Gulf coast-has seen some of the state's most amazing history and fascinating people. First settled by the Karankawa Indians, long suspected of cannibalism, it was where the stranded Cabeza de Vaca came ashore in the 16th century. Pirate Jean Lafitte used it as a hideout in the early 1800s and both General Sam Houston and General James Long ...

Manufacturer: Atheneum
Written By: Gary Cartwright

David Aikman profiles six extraordinary people who have changed the century by modeling essential, undeniable virtues. With amazing insight, respected journalist David Aikman examines the lives of Mother Theresa, Nelson Mandela, Billy Graham, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Pope John Paul II and Elie Wiesel in this book about greatness for a generation without heroes.

Manufacturer: Thomas Nelson
Written By: David Aikman

Harold Godwinsson, the last Anglo-Saxon king of England, rose from relative obscurity to ascend the throne, and his death ushered in the Norman Conquest. This full length biography is a valuable resource for those interested in the Saxons or Normans.

Manufacturer: Wrens Park
Written By: Ian W. Walker

If the most famous and admired people in American history submitted their resumes, this is what they would look like. Thoroughly researched and colorfully written by Tim Doe, the owner of a L.A.-based resume company, each entry is written as if it were actually composed by its subject. Among those featured are P.T. Barnum, Edgar Allan Poe, Huey Long, Amelia Earhart, Jackie Robinson, and Harry ...

Manufacturer: Stoddart
Written By: Timothy B. Doe

Manufacturer: Hartley & Marks Publishers
Written By: Vera Rosenbluth

Legacy is a story of your own family history. It is written in an easy format to fill out. It begins much as a baby book with memorable events that follow throughout the child's life up to their adult life. The book continues with information on each parent and their side of the family. It is written in a question/answer format. You can go back as many generations as you wish. There is an ...

Manufacturer: Higher Priority Pub.
Written By: Cheryl Pryor

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

In 1964, nearly a thousand volunteers went to Mississippi to work with veteran civil rights organizers and local people on various projects. The summer began with three Ku Klux Klan murders and ended with the Mississippi Freedom Democratic party's challenge to the state's segregationist delegation. This definitive analytical history--well-written and well-researched--tells the dramatic story. ...

Manufacturer: University of Illinois Press
Written By: John Dittmer

Manufacturer: University of Minnesota Press
Written By: Sigurd F. Olson