Roger Jones
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2011
Description
The historic countries of Western Europe – Austria, Belgium, Britain, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Netherlands, Spain, and Switzerland – are the jewels in the crown of European civilization. Their importance and attraction for the rest of the world are so great that the region is the prime travel destination for businesspeople, tourists, and students. Western Europe is a relatively compact geographical area, containing an...
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
Tripp Avery, who is diagnosed with neuroendocrine cancer, coaches a team of 12 men and 8 women hoping to qualify for the mixed masters Dragon Boat national championship. The team members each have their own cancer diagnoses and are looking to defy their prognoses as well as win the competition. But the physical and emotional strain of training soon take a toll, and as the team begins to fall apart, Tripp must question his own motives and methods.
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
Bridging women's history, the history of the South, and African American history, this book makes a bold argument about the role of white women in American slavery. Historian Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers draws on a variety of sources to show that slave-owning women were sophisticated economic actors who directly engaged in and benefited from the South's slave market. Because women typically inherited more slaves than land, enslaved people were often...