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Alias Blind Larry

Author : Rob Wills
Publisher : Australian Scholarly Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1925333116
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (253 download)

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Download or read book Alias Blind Larry written by Rob Wills and published by Australian Scholarly Publishing. This book was released on 2016-05-05 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alias Blind Larry is a convict story, an adventure story, a colonial story, a Jewish story, a theatrical story. A story of cruelty, resilience, cheek and humour, and it is (mostly) true. Born in London in 1793, the son of a poor diamond cutter, young James Laurence travelled to Jamaica, the USA and Canada, clerking, acting, impersonating, singing, forging and defrauding before he was transported to NSW in 1814 for jewel theft. He served time in every penal settlement in NSW, singing and thieving when he was free. He wrote his memoir on Norfolk Island in 1842, just before his release. Then even more adventures followed. A fascinating piece of history, untold until now. Through the narrative of Laurence’s life, Alias Blind Larry re-creates a whole period of history.

Jewish Identity in Multicultural Australia

Author : Jennifer Creese
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031363477
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (313 download)

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Download or read book Jewish Identity in Multicultural Australia written by Jennifer Creese and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Condemned

Author : Graham Seal
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300256221
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Condemned written by Graham Seal and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2021-05-18 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A powerful account of how coerced migration built the British Empire In the early seventeenth century, Britain took ruthless steps to deal with its unwanted citizens, forcibly removing men, women, and children from their homelands and sending them to far-flung corners of the empire to be sold off to colonial masters. This oppressive regime grew into a brutal system of human bondage which would continue into the twentieth century. Drawing on firsthand accounts, letters, and official documents, Graham Seal uncovers the traumatic struggles of those shipped around the empire. He shows how the earliest large-scale kidnapping and transportation of children to the American colonies were quickly bolstered with shipments of the poor, criminal, and rebellious to different continents, including Australia. From Asia to Africa, this global trade in forced labor allowed Britain to build its colonies while turning a considerable profit. Incisive and moving, this account brings to light the true extent of a cruel strand in the history of the British Empire.

Once We Were Slaves

Author : Laura Arnold Leibman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0197530494
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (975 download)

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Download or read book Once We Were Slaves written by Laura Arnold Leibman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021-07-12 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An obsessive genealogist and descendent of one of the most prominent Jewish families since the American Revolution, Blanche Moses firmly believed her maternal ancestors were Sephardic grandees. Yet she found herself at a dead end when it came to her grandmother's maternal line. Using family heirlooms to unlock the mystery of Moses's ancestors, Once We Were Slaves overturns the reclusive heiress's assumptions about her family history to reveal that her grandmother and great-uncle, Sarah and Isaac Brandon, actually began their lives as poor Christian slaves in Barbados. Tracing the siblings' extraordinary journey throughout the Atlantic World, Leibman examines artifacts they left behind in Barbados, Suriname, London, Philadelphia, and, finally, New York, to show how Sarah and Isaac were able to transform themselves and their lives, becoming free, wealthy, Jewish, and--at times--white. While their affluence made them unusual, their story mirrors that of the largely forgotten population of mixed African and Jewish ancestry that constituted as much as ten percent of the Jewish communities in which the siblings lived, and sheds new light on the fluidity of race--as well as on the role of religion in racial shift--in the first half of the nineteenth century.

The Antipodean Laboratory

Author : Anna Johnston
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1009186906
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Antipodean Laboratory written by Anna Johnston and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-09-30 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Johnston shows how colonial knowledge from Australia influenced global thinking about religion, science, and society. Using a rich variety of sources including botanical illustrations, Victorian literature and convict memoirs, this multi-disciplinary study charts how new ways of identifying ideas were forged and circulated between colonies.

Antipodean Antiquities

Author : Marguerite Johnson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350021245
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Antipodean Antiquities written by Marguerite Johnson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-03-21 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leading and emerging, early career scholars in Classical Reception Studies come together in this volume to explore the under-represented area of the Australasian Classical Tradition. They interrogate the interactions between Mediterranean Antiquity and the antipodean worlds of New Zealand and Australia through the lenses of literature, film, theatre and fine art. Of interest to scholars across the globe who research the influence of antiquity on modern literature, film, theatre and fine art, this volume fills a decisive gap in the literature by bringing antipodean research into the spotlight. Following a contextual introduction to the field, the six parts of the volume explore the latest research on subjects that range from the Lord of the Rings and Xena: Warrior Princess franchises to important artists such as Sidney Nolan and local authors whose work offers opportunities for cross-cultural and interdisciplinary analysis with well-known Western authors and artists.

Plague Searchers Vol. II

Author : Rob Wills
Publisher : Australian Scholarly Publishing
ISBN 13 : 192295277X
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (229 download)

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Download or read book Plague Searchers Vol. II written by Rob Wills and published by Australian Scholarly Publishing. This book was released on 2023-04-28 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first months of London’s Great Plague of 1665 give no hope of any improvement, only an ominous warning of worse to come. Those who can are fleeing the city. Those who can’t – the poor, the old, and a dedicated few – must stay to face the growing danger. The ancient women of the parish of St Cyneswide and St Tibba, the Searchers, Viewers and Keepers, who have weathered the disappearance of one of their own, face further calls on their courage and resilience. The plot against the King simmers, supported by folk of fire and faith, dismissed by others as the work of fanatics. There are those who will stop at nothing and threaten the whole city. But … the parish still finds solace in singing; small children play their joyous, sometimes fractious, street games; and young people find each other. Volume 2 of Plague Searchers – Flee quick, go far – continues this gripping tale with its friendships and feuds, songs and psalms, plots and betrayals. ‘The product of capacious knowledge, a sharp, affectionate eye and a well-tuned ear, this book is a reel through the stinks and miasmas of plague-stricken London in the company of reflective, funny, fatalistic souls from another time entirely, who are also – mysteriously, deliriously – us. This is a classic.’ – Janita Cunnington, author of The River House and Child of Mine ‘The Searchers walk the streets with their red wands, seeking out sufferers of the plague. Rob Wills brings these forgotten women of history to dramatic life in his vast sweep of a novel, full of character and intrigue. If you like Hilary Mantel, you’ll love this.’ – Bronwen Levy, writer and critic To find out more about “Plague Searchers” – the people, the politics, the songs, the sources – you’ll find a wealth of information on the website: Plaguesearchers.com

Plague Searchers Vol. I

Author : Rob Wills
Publisher : Australian Scholarly Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1922952761
Total Pages : 551 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (229 download)

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Download or read book Plague Searchers Vol. I written by Rob Wills and published by Australian Scholarly Publishing. This book was released on 2023-04-28 with total page 551 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is 1665 and London faces two deadly threats – the devastating plague, and dangerous rumblings of a rebellion against the King, Charles II. In the frontline of the plague, the ‘first responders’, are the ancient women of the parish: the Viewers, Keepers and Searchers, who must deal with the sick, the dying and the dead. Political and religious differences split the city. Some yearn for the days of Oliver Cromwell and the Puritan Commonwealth, others rejoice in the pleasure loving King’s return. A tale of friendships and feuds, songs and psalms, plots and betrayals, this exciting and original novel paints a rich picture of life – and death – in the perilous streets of plague-struck London. ‘The product of capacious knowledge, a sharp, affectionate eye and a well-tuned ear, this book is a reel through the stinks and miasmas of plague-stricken London in the company of reflective, funny, fatalistic souls from another time entirely, who are also – mysteriously, deliriously – us. This is a classic.’ – Janita Cunnington, author of The River House and Child of Mine ‘The Searchers walk the streets with their red wands, seeking out sufferers of the plague. Rob Wills brings these forgotten women of history to dramatic life in his vast sweep of a novel, full of character and intrigue. If you like Hilary Mantel, you’ll love this.’ – Bronwen Levy, writer and critic To find out more about “Plague Searchers” – the people, the politics, the songs, the sources – you’ll find a wealth of information on the website: Plaguesearchers.com

Reports and Documents

Author : United States. Congress
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 2010 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Reports and Documents written by United States. Congress and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 2010 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Organized Crime and Illicit Traffic in Narcotics

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Government Operations. Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Organized Crime and Illicit Traffic in Narcotics written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Government Operations. Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Round Table Murders

Author : Peter Baron
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1789128943
Total Pages : 429 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (891 download)

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Download or read book The Round Table Murders written by Peter Baron and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2019-11-01 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Round Table Murders, first published in 1931, is a golden-age mystery featuring a band of ruthless brothers in a deadly competition to get their late brother’s fortune. Another player, the mysterious “Poacher,” flits in and out of the picture. Inspector Keating of Scotland Yard is called on to investigate. Peter Baron was the pen-name of Leonard Worswick Clyde (1906-1987) who authored four detective novels. From the publisher:They were brothers, but they were killers first. They had flouted all the finer feelings, all the decencies, and they did not let brotherly love stand in their way ... An attempt to reunite this gruesome brotherhood brings the feud to the death point. The oldest brother, doomed to die, leaves his immense loot to his brothers. But first he hides it, writes the directions down and then tears the paper into four pieces, sending one to each of the brothers. He dies believing that by this means he will bring the brothers peacefully together at last. Instead, each brother strives to collect the missing scraps of paper for himself. The bloody work begins. Inspector Keating of Scotland Yard takes a hand. The terrible Poacher steps in and out as mysterious as a ghost, as deadly as the plague. Who or what is the Poacher? Not even Inspector Keating can tell until—

Blues

Author : Bob L. Eagle
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Blues written by Bob L. Eagle and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2013-05-01 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examining the blues genre by region, and describing the differences unique to each, make this a must-have for music scholars and lay readers alike. A melding of many types of music such as ragtime, spiritual, jug band, and other influences came together in what we now call the blues. Blues: A Regional Experience is the most comprehensive and up-to-date reference book of blues performers yet published, correcting many errors in the existing literature. Arranged mainly by ecoregions of the United States, this volume traces the history of blues from one region to another, identifying the unique sounds and performers of that area. Each section begins with a brief introduction, including a discussion of the region's culture and its influence on blues music. Chapters take an in-depth look at blues styles from the following regions: Virginia and the tidewater area, Carolinas and the Piedmont area, the Appalachians and Alabama, the Mississippi Delta, Greater Texas, the Lower Midwest, the Midwest, the Northeast, and California and the West. Biographical sketches of musicians such as B.B. King and T-Bone Walker include parental data and up-to-date biographical information, including full names, pseudonyms, and burial place, when available. The work includes a chapter devoted to the Vaudeville era, presenting much information never before published. A chronology, selected artists' CD discography, and bibliography round out this title for students and music fans.

Encyclopedia of Pop Music Aliases, 1950-2000

Author : Bob Leszczak
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442240083
Total Pages : 495 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Pop Music Aliases, 1950-2000 written by Bob Leszczak and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2014-12-11 with total page 495 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recording Artists don't always enjoy success with their first release. A hit record relies on any number of factors: the right song, a memorable performance, a healthy promotional budget, great management, a spot of luck, and even some intangibles. Take choice of a name. For a single artist, duo, vocal group or band, the name can carry a lot of weight. Some recording artists changed their name to appeal to an entirely different demographic, like when country superstar Garth Brooks recorded as Chris Gaines to score on the pop charts. The Beefeaters became the Byrds—and they spelled the band name with a "y" in the wake of the meteoric success of the Beatles, whose letter "A" turned the image of a nasty bug into something intriguing. Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel amassed a litany of aliases—Simon went by True Taylor, Jerry Landis, and Paul Kane; Art Garfunkel as Artie Garr; together they were Tom & Jerry before finally using their very ethnic-sounding given names. Bob Leszczak has amassed several hundred examples of musical pseudonyms in The Encyclopedia of Pop Music Aliases, 1950-2000, describing the history of these artists from their obscure origins under another name to their rise to prominence as a major musical act. Music trivia buffs, rock historians, and popular music fans will uncover nugget after nugget of eye-opening information about their favorite acts and perhaps learn a thing or two about a number of other acts. Leszczak goes the extra yard of gathering critical data directly from many of these famous recording artists through in-person interviews and archival research. Whether skipping around randomly or reading from cover-to-cover, readers will find The Encyclopedia of Pop Music Aliases, 1950-2000 a must-have for that music library.

The Round Table Murders

Author : Leonard Worswick Clyde
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book The Round Table Murders written by Leonard Worswick Clyde and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

TV Guide

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 790 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book TV Guide written by and published by . This book was released on 2005-10 with total page 790 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

HONOR, DECEPTION AND JUSTICE

Author : J. Lamar
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1456833227
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (568 download)

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Download or read book HONOR, DECEPTION AND JUSTICE written by J. Lamar and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-12-14 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sergeant James Douglas and his partner are investigating the murder of a security guard at the Laverty Farm Equiptment Company that occurred during an apparent robbery. As the investigation unfolds it is apparent the motive for this death is more than robbery. Soon the detectives have reason to believe that other murders may be related to the same killer and this might be only the beginning. The investigation takes them to Cincinnati, Ohio where another murder of an honorable man occurs soon after they arrive. The murderer, now classified as a serial killer, is on a rampage. He has a knack for tracking and terrorizing his victims before he moves in for the kill. He is able to conceal himself and at first appears to be a crazed psychopath, but this monster has the cunning and strength of a wild animal. It is up to Sergeant Douglas to find out what has set this beast loose and how to bring him to justice.

Billboard

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Billboard written by and published by . This book was released on 1956-02-25 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In its 114th year, Billboard remains the world's premier weekly music publication and a diverse digital, events, brand, content and data licensing platform. Billboard publishes the most trusted charts and offers unrivaled reporting about the latest music, video, gaming, media, digital and mobile entertainment issues and trends.