Memoir & Biography
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Katherine Jackson French: Kentucky's Forgotten Ballad Collector [Hardback]
Elizabeth DiSavino (Author)
£37.50ISBN: 9780813178523
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
The second woman to earn a PhD from Columbia University - and the first from south of the Mason-Dixon Line to do so - Kentucky native Katherine Jackson French broke boundaries. Her research kick-started the resurgence of Appalachian music that con... .... Learn More -
Václav Havel: A Biography [Hardback]
David Barton (Author)
£25.00ISBN: 9780822946069
Published by : University of Pittsburgh Press
Series: Russian & East European Studies
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Václav Havel (1936-2011), the famous Czech dissident, intellectual, and playwright, was there when a half million people came to Wenceslas Square to demand an end to Communism in 1989. Many came to hear him call for a free Czechoslovakia, for demo... .... Learn More -
Changing the Game: My Career in Collegiate Sports Marketing [Hardback]
Jim Host (Author); Eric A. Moyen (Other)
£26.50ISBN: 9780813179551
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Many Kentuckians and fans of intercollegiate athletics are familiar with the name Jim Host. As founder and CEO of Host Communications, he was the pioneer in college sports marketing. Host’s most lasting innovation in collegiate sports was the conc... .... Learn More -
Vlad III Dracula: The Life and Times of the Historical Dracula [Hardback]
Kurt Treptow (Author); Octavian Penda (Author)
£39.99ISBN: 9781592110285
Published by : Center for Romanian Studies
“Vlad III Dracula: The Life and Times of the Historical Dracula is an outstanding work of scholarship that carefully sifts through the often-contradictory sources, and popular culture associated with the name Dracula, to give us an historical Vlad... .... Learn More -
George Rogers Clark and William Croghan: A Story of the Revolution, Settlement, and Early Life at Locust Grove [Hardback]
Gwynne Tuell Potts (Author)
£30.00ISBN: 9780813178677
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
This dual biography focuses on the lives of two very different men who fought for and settled the American West and whose vision secured the old Northwest Territory for the new nation. The two represented contrasting American experiences: famed m... .... Learn More -
The Struggle Is Eternal: Gloria Richardson and Black Liberation [Paperback]
Joseph R. Fitzgerald (Author)
£22.50ISBN: 9780813178745
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Series: Civil Rights and the Struggle for Black Equality in the Twentieth Century
Many prominent and well-known figures greatly impacted the civil rights movement, but one of the most influential and unsung leaders of that period was Gloria Richardson. As the leader of the Cambridge Nonviolent Action Committee (CNAC), a multifa... .... Learn More -
Dracula: Essays on the Life and Times of Vlad the Impaler [Paperback]
Kurt Treptow (Editor); Radu Florescu (Other)
£29.99Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 9781592110100
Published by : Center for Romanian Studies
Dracula – the fifteenth century Romanian prince, also known as Vlad the Impaler [Țepeș], is one of the most fascinating personalities of medieval history. Even during his own lifetime, his true story became obscured behind a veil of myths. As a re... .... Learn More -
John Hunyadi: Defender of Christendom [Paperback]
Camil Muresanu (Author)
£24.99ISBN: 9781592110124
Published by : Center for Romanian Studies
The fifteenth century marked a decisive moment in world history as the expansion of the Ottoman Empire into southeastern Europe posed a grave threat to Christianity, highlighted by the fall of Byzantium to the Turks in 1453, drawing the attention ... .... Learn More -
Lewis Milestone: Life and Films [Hardback]
Harlow Robinson (Author)
£37.50ISBN: 9780813178332
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Series: Screen Classics
This comprehensive biography is the first to present Lewis Milestone's remarkable life - a classic rags-to-riches American narrative - in full and explores his many acclaimed films from the silent to the sound era. Creator of All Quiet on the Wes... .... Learn More -
John Hervey Wheeler, Black Banking, and the Economic Struggle for Civil Rights [Hardback]
Brandon K. Winford (Author)
£45.00ISBN: 9780813178257
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Series: Civil Rights and the Struggle for Black Equality in the Twentieth Century
John Hervey Wheeler (1908–1978) was one of the civil rights movement's most influential leaders. In articulating a bold vision of regional prosperity grounded in full citizenship and economic power for African Americans, this banker, lawyer, and v... .... Learn More
