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A Column of Fire

A Column of Fire

Ken Follett

. . This is truly a novel to get lost in’ Cosmopolitan The saga that has enthralled the millions of readers of The Pillars of the Earth and World Without End now continues with Ken Follett’s magnificent, gripping new story.
On Wings of Eagles

On Wings of Eagles

Ken Follett

In this extraordinary story Ken Follett weaves together a secret penetration of a highly dangerous territory, a dramatic jailbreak, and a harrowing overland escape to the Turkish border - made all the more extraordinary by the fact that it ...
Ken Follett: A Critical Companion

Ken Follett: A Critical Companion

Richard Charles Turner

Ken Follett's first novels sold only a few thousand copies in a limited market. This inauspicious start convinced him that success meant writing good stories that would appeal to a wide audience. He achieved that success as he learned to write ...
The Routledge History of American Foodways

The Routledge History of American Foodways

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280–281. 39 Quoted in Richard Follett, “Heat, Sex, and Sugar: Pregnancy and Childbearing in the Slave Quarters,” Journal of Family History, 28, no. 4 (2003): 510–539, pp. 511, 510. 40 Richard Follett, The Sugar Masters: Planters and Slaves ...
Rules of Vengeance

Rules of Vengeance

Christopher Reich

Praise for Christopher Reich: 'Christopher Reich is a superstar writer' Lee Child 'The master of the espionage thriller for the 21st century' Clive Cussler 'He's the equal of such masters of suspense as Ken Follett and Frederick Forsyth' ...
Reconstruction: A Reference Guide: A Reference Guide

Reconstruction: A Reference Guide: A Reference Guide

Paul E. Teed Ph.D.

Quoted in Richard Follett, “Legacies of Enslavement: Plantation Identities and the Problem of Freedom,” in Slavery's Ghost: The Problem of Freedom in the Age of Emancipation, eds. Richard Follett, Eric Foner, and Walter Johnson (Baltimore: ...
The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass was born in slavery as Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey near Easton in Talbot County, Maryland.
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Documents

Massachusetts. General Court. Senate

Sears, Frederick R., formerly Jr., . . . . . . Sears, Frederick B., Richard D. Sears, Philip S. Sears, Herbert M. Sears, trustees under will of Frederick R. Sears, . . . . . . . . . . Sears, Frederick B. ... Katharine C. Mrs. . . . . . . Stanley, Frank R, George E.
The Pleasures of Statistics: The Autobiography of Frederick ...

The Pleasures of Statistics: The Autobiography of Frederick ...

Frederick Mosteller

This volume is a companion to Selected Papers of Frederick Mosteller (Springer, 2006) and A Statistical Model: Frederick Mosteller’s Contributions to Statistics, Science, and Public Policy (Springer-Verlag, 1990).
Frederick the Great: A Military Life

Frederick the Great: A Military Life

Christopher Duffy

Schwerin's school of devotees was still longer-lived than that of the Old Dessauer , and it embraced Frederick's ... won general admiration for the restraint they exercised in enemy territory, which again offered a contrast to Frederick's way of  ...
Frederick II: A Medieval Emperor

Frederick II: A Medieval Emperor

David Abulafia

Frederick came to Rome, to be acclaimed (but not yet crowned) as Roman emperor by the populus Romanus, at papal instigation. ... The Pisans had supported Otto; indeed, their fleet stood in Frederick's way off the south Italian coast.
Frederick the Great: A Military History

Frederick the Great: A Military History

Dennis Showalter

The author chose as his commanding general Frederick the Great, praising him as a strategist able to tell the difference between good and bad advice, a strong ... Nothing essential to Frederick's way of war was inherently unique to Prussia.
Rogue Lawyer

Rogue Lawyer

John Grisham

'The best thriller writer alive' - Ken Follett Sometimes you have to fight dirty to get clean.
Frederick Douglass: Selected Speeches and Writings

Frederick Douglass: Selected Speeches and Writings

Frederick Douglass

One of the greatest African American leaders and one of the most brilliant minds of his time, Frederick Douglass spoke and wrote with unsurpassed eloquence on almost all the major issues confronting the American people during his life--from ...
The Ulster County Genealogical Society's Families of Ulster ...

The Ulster County Genealogical Society's Families of Ulster ...

Jack K. Middaugh

She married Frederick MARKEL, Jr. He was born 24 Jun 1760. Frederick, Jr. died 2 Jul 1811. Frederick's surname has been recorded as VAN DEMERKE, MERKEL and other variant spellings. He served in the 3rd Regiment of the Ulster Militia ...
Ethnicity and American social theory: toward critical pluralism

Ethnicity and American social theory: toward critical pluralism

Gerard A. Postiglione

Some excellent biographical sources on Frederick Jackson Turner include Wilbur R. Jacobs, The Historical World of Frederick Jackson Turner, London: Yale, 1968; JamesD. Bennett, Frederick Jackson Turner, Boston: Tyayne, 1975; and Filmur ...
Frederick(Big Book)

Frederick(Big Book)

Leo Lionni

Frederick, the poet mouse, stores up something special for the long cold winter.
Voice of Freedom: A Story about Frederick Douglass

Voice of Freedom: A Story about Frederick Douglass

Maryann N. Weidt

A Story about Frederick Douglass Maryann N. Weidt. To my writers group—Linda Glaser, Katharine Johnson, Sue Larson, Margi Preus, and Ann Treacy. Thanks for listening. — M.W. The author thanks: Joy Kinard at the Frederick Douglass ...
Alternating hemiplegia of childhood

Alternating hemiplegia of childhood

Frederick Andermann

Frederick Andermann, Jean Aicardi, Federico Vigevano. 18. Infantile Hypotonia and Paroxysmal Dystonia: A Variant of Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood 151 Frederick Andermann, Shunsuke Ohtahara, Eva Andermann, Peter R. Camfield,  ...
Frederick Jackson Turner: Wisconsin’s Historian of the Frontier

Frederick Jackson Turner: Wisconsin’s Historian of the Frontier

Martin Ridge

INTRODUCTION *See Martin Ridge, "A More Jealous Mistress: Frederick Jackson Turner as Book Reviewer,” in the Pacific Historical Review, 55:49–63 ( February, 1986). *Vernon E. Mattson and William E. Marion, Frederick Jackson Turner: A ...
Frederick Douglass: Oratory from Slavery

Frederick Douglass: Oratory from Slavery

David B. Chesebrough

Blight, David W. "Frederick Douglass and the American Apocalypse." Civil War History ... "Frederick Douglass and the Kansas-Nebraska Act: A Case Study in Agitational Versatility." Central States ... Goldstein, Leslie Friedman. "Violence as an ...
The Whistler

The Whistler

John Grisham

But first they need Lacy to start an investigation. Is she ready to pit herself against the most corrupt judge in American history, a judge whose associates think nothing of murder? 'The best thriller writer alive' Ken Follett
The Papers of Frederick Law Olmsted: The Last Great ...

The Papers of Frederick Law Olmsted: The Last Great ...

Frederick Law Olmsted

Despite these fears, Olmsted’s work in the final six years of his professional career would only enhance his considerable reputation, as the ninth and final volume of The Papers of Frederick Law Olmsted reveals.
The Routledge History of Slavery

The Routledge History of Slavery

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Nutrition was poor, as Richard Follett explains, and not suited to the life cycle needs of slaves. Moreover, slaves, especially in the West Indies, often had to work not just for planters, but also for their own sustenance, since in most cases they ...
Making Cancer History: Disease and Discovery at the ...

Making Cancer History: Disease and Discovery at the ...

James S. Olson

Frederick Becker interview; James Bowen interview; Garth Nicolson to Charles A. LeMaistre, Jan. 6, 1984 ... 19, 1985; Judah Folkman to Frederick F. Becker, Mar. 10, 1985; David Patterson to Frederick F. Becker, Mar.14, 1986, MDA, CAL, 1G, ...
Personal Remembrances of Sir Frederick Pollock, Second ...

Personal Remembrances of Sir Frederick Pollock, Second ...

Frederick Pollock

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
Personal Remembrances of Sir Frederick Pollock, Second ...

Personal Remembrances of Sir Frederick Pollock, Second ...

William Frederick Pollock

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

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