The Union's Ninth Corps and the Civil War in the East
The story of the Union army Ninth Corps, which fought and distinguished itself in multiple battles in the Civil War. From the Carolinas to Maryland, from Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee to Virginia, the Ninth Corps sacrificed for the Union-and burnished its place in the annals of the American Civil War.
The Climactic Struggle of the 2nd and 20th Georgia at Antietam Creek
Before the heroic stand of the 20th Maine at Little Round Top, the 2nd and 20th Georgia infantries, led by Brig. Gen. Robert Toombs, held off a veritable Yankee juggernaut and triumphed at Burnside's Bridge on Antietam Creek in 1862.
How a Nude Centerfold Sex Symbol Seduced Hollywood
In the 1970s and '80s, Burt Reynolds represented a new breed of movie star: Charming and relentlessly macho, he was a good ol' Southern boy who made hearts throb and audiences laugh. He was Burt Reynolds, a football hero and a guy you might have shared some jokes with in a redneck bar. After an impressive but tormented career, rivers of negative ......
Making Peace and Doing Justice After Civil Conflict, Expanded and Update
This work asks "How do newly democratic nations put to rest the conflicts of the past?" Beginning with an examination of reconciliation on the political and psychological level, it covers the quality of peace as it has been forged in the civil conflicts in Rwanda, South Africa, Chile and Guatemala.
Whether they seek freedom, love, gold, blood, or justice, the vibrant cast of characters of Buscadero head to the frontier-under the vast western skies lies the potential for exhilarating success, crushing failure and stalking danger that alters fates as fast as a bullet flies.
The gold standard in many EMG labs, this resource is a practical working reference for performing a wide variety of common nerve conduction studies. It provides both practicing clinicals and trainees with an impressive database of normal values they can use to interpret nerve conduction results with confidence. This third edition has been revised ......
How the Neoconservatives Are Putting the World at Risk
A critique of the George W Bush administration's handling of international relations that demonstrates the folly and the dangers of abandoning diplomacy and relying on military force as the chief means of conducting US foreign policy.
Bush Studies, written during the 1890s, presents a bleak and uncompromising image of life in the Australian bush. These classic stories of pioneering Australia are introduced by Elizabeth Webby. These are not the stories of mates gathered around a fire, but of the dark loneliness of women. Not only are there fences to be built and a living to be ......
