Winner of the Christopher Award and the New York City Book AwardWinner of the 2016 Wheatley Book Award in NonfictionA history of African Americans in New York City from the 1910s to 1960, told through the life of Samuel Battle, the New York Police Department’s first black officer.When Samuel Battle broke the color line as New York City’s first African American cop in the second decade of the twentieth century, he ha...

Includes Gallipoli Campaign Map and Illustrations Pack -71 photos and 31 maps of the campaign spanning the entire period of hostilities.Written in the tumultuous days of the opening months of the First World War, American writer Arthur Ruhl was one of the few English speaking journalists who saw first-hand behind the German and Turkish lines. He initially reported from the Belgian front, and accompanied the German Army as it marched to seeming victory; but they were bloodily stopped...

This essential comparative religious studies resource presents primary scriptures of seven world religions and reveals their shared heritage in Zoroastrian tradition. Completing the authoritative trilogy alongside Three Testaments: Torah Gospel and Quran and Four Testaments: Tao Te Ching, Analects, Dhammapada, Bhagavad Gita, Seven Testamentsof World Religion lays the groundwork for all studies of religious history.Special FeaturesConcise descriptions of each testament

"Walkout" is a gripping true story of courage and resilience set in Greenville, Mississippi, during the turbulent transition from segregation to integration. Arthur Lee Brown vividly recounts the 1969 student-led walkout at T.L. Weston Jr/Sr High School, a disciplined and nonviolent protest that challenged educational inequities and inspired a nation. This powerful narrative celebrates the strength of youth activism, the fight for justice, and the enduring hope for educational equity....

"The Book of Evelyn" is a story that revolves around the character Evelyn, whose life experiences and personal journey are likely central to the narrative. Unfortunately, specific details about the plot are not readily available.Arthur William Brown, known for his illustrations, provided artwork for the book, enhancing the visual experience for readers.While "The Book of Evelyn" may not be as widely known as some other novels, it likely reflects Bonner's thematic interests, which often inc...

Told by a natural, seasoned story weaver Quest for Eden is a biographical novel set in the early years of Canada’s 20th century. Four young immigrant families leave the only lives they’d ever known, the Austrian Empire (today’s Ukraine) their people had called home for generations and set out in search of a place to put down new roots…roots in rich, black earth…roots with a future. With temperaments and personalities as different but integral as salt to bread they dreamed, divined and work...

Thomas Mallon and Library of America invite readers to rediscover the Pulitzer Prize-winning novels of a classic American writer on the 150th anniversary of his birthMuch in need of rediscovery today, Booth Tarkington was among the most beloved and widely read writers of his era. In such classic novels as The Magnificent Ambersons and Alice Adams, both winners of the Pulitzer Prize, Tarkington displayed a mastery of realism and an astute, striking...

Lost Sci-Fi Books 201 thru 205 brings together five unforgettable stories from Theodore Sturgeon, Robert Sheckley, Arthur C. Clarke, Alfred Coppel, and Fredric Brown—five writers whose remarkable imaginations helped shape science fiction.Microcosmic God by Theodore Sturgeon follows a brilliant scientist whose isolated experiments produce a rapidly evolving miniature civilization. What begins as an astonishing scientific achievement soon raises a fa...

The 'spellbinding' American epic.'Truly outstanding' Mail on Sunday'This is a time-spanning, genre-blurring work of storytelling magic . . . The only constants are the land and Mason's genius' Washington Post'Daniel Mason's latest novel is one of those rare books that truly deserves the description "spellbinding" ' Observer'A tapestry at once intimate and epic' TLS...

WHEN IT COMES TO MURDER, THERE'S ALWAYS A CHOICE…The only thing more varied than how people are killed is the many, many ways people try to get away with this terrible crime. Now masterful mystery writer Dorothy Salisbury Davis brings together 23 classic stories of crime and suspense, whodunits and detective stories from some of the finest authors of the 1950s.Ross Macdonald's classic P.I. Lew Archer takes a chilling case in California, where the mob isn't ...

Originally published in 1998, this handbook describes the statutes and cases that defined the governance, control and authority of the provincial police forces in England and Wales at the time.For many years the complexity and range of these legal authorities had caused misunderstandings and doubt when differing aspects of police activities had been questioned. To clarify the law a major step was taken in the enactment of the Police Act 1996. The consolidating Act brought together ...

This “Testament” is an account of a vocation lived under changing skies, interpreted through a scriptural metaphor. In the book of Job, a person of substance loses everything, endures misunderstanding, keeps his faith, and ultimately discovers restoration in forms unforeseen. Brian Brown illustrates how it is possible to maintain one’s own faith, without compromise, while respecting and learning from other religious traditions in the quest for a more peaceful world.