Beautiful Joe was a dog from the town of Meaford, Ontario, whose story inspired the bestselling 1893 novel Beautiful Joe, which contributed to worldwide awareness of animal cruelty.
Collected here in this omnibus edition are Henry David Thoreau's most important works including A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers; The Selected Essays of Henry David Thoreau, including Civil Disobedience; and of course, Walden.
A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers is both a remembrance of an intensely spiritual moment in Henry David Thoreau's life and a memoriam to his older brother who accompanied him on the trip shortly before his death.
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was an African American civil rights activist, leader, Pan-Africanist, sociologist, educator, historian, writer, editor, poet, and scholar.
Collected here are both of Frederick Douglass' magazine articles: "e;My Escape from Slavery,"e; and "e;Reconstruction,"e; as well as his address "e;The Hypocrisy of American Slavery.
The Alhambra : a series of tales and sketches of the Moors and Spaniards was published in May 1832, Consisting of a series of essays and short fiction pieces, it was referred to as his "e;Spanish Sketch Book.
The Confessions of Nat Turner: The Leader of the Late Insurrection in Southampton, Virginia, is a first-hand account of Turner's confessions published by a local lawyer, Thomas Ruffin Gray, in 1831
On May 12, 2013, 48-year-old Vicky Isaac of rural Puxico, Missouri-a woman with a history of learning disabilities, traumatic brain injuries, and drug addiction- loaded a .
The City of Roses, as natives of Portland, Oregon like to call it, has a long and honorable history of crime and corruption, starting as far back as the post-Civil War frontier days, leading into the mobster-infused decades of the twentieth century when prohibition, prostitution, gambling, and hard drugs besieged the town.
Famous for its revolutionary aspects in musical, political, sexual identity and consumerist ideas, punk rock also has its lesser-known gangster ethos as well, explained here by players in the various punk gangs.
Extraordinary accounts of forensic crime detection-from poisoners in ancient Rome to modern day serial killers-by the bestselling author of The Outsider.
From the New York Times-bestselling author of The Fortune Hunter, "e;a classic true-crime tapestry"e; (Ron Franscell, bestselling author of The Darkest Night).
To commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the end of the Civil War, Diversion Books is publishing seminal works of the era: stories told by the men and women who led, who fought, and who lived in an America that had come apart at the seams.
The New York Times-bestselling author of Bitter Blood weaves "e;a powerful account"e; of greed that led to an unspeakable crime (The New York Times Book Review).
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist comes what Publishers Weekly called the "e;definitive study"e; of the grisly mass killings in Matamoros, Mexico.
Callous Disregard is the account of how a doctor confronted first a disease and then the medical system that sought and still seeks to deny that disease, leaving millions of children to suffer and a world at risk.
Conducted under the umbrella of Project Gunrunner, intended to stem the flow of firearms to Mexico, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) ran a series of gun walking sting operations, including Operations Wide Receiver and Operation Fast & Furious.
Richard Belzer and David Wayne are back to set the record straight after Dead Wrong; this time theyre going to uncover the truth about the many witness deaths tied to the JFK assassination.
In 1910, hoping that the study of penguin eggs would provide an evolutionary link between birds and reptiles, a group of explorers left Cardiff by boat on Robert Falcon Scotts expedition to Antarctica.
This New York Times bestseller presents Sam Giancanatalented businessman, Las Vegas entrepreneur, ruthless killer, and outside player for the CIAs dirtiest deeds.
Famous for its revolutionary aspects in musical, political, sexual identity and consumerist ideas, punk rock also has its lesser-known gangster ethos as well, explained here by players in the various punk gangs.
Over a span of 39 years, 25 aliases, 28 arrests in 20 cities, and nearly a dozen imprisonments, Robert Spears lived a con artists life of unparalleled adventure and intrigue.
Detective Michael Palermo built his career on his unique ability to inhabit two worlds at once: the world of law enforcement and the underworld of New Yorks crime family organizations.
