Memoir of the REV. Elijah P. Lovejoy: Who Was Murdered in Defence of the Liberty of the Press, at Alton, Illinois, Nov. 7, 1837., Lovejoy Joseph C.
Автор: Lovejoy Bess Название: Rest in Pieces: The Curious Fates of Famous Corpses ISBN: 1451655002 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781451655001 Издательство: Simon & Schuster Цена: 13790.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: A "marvelously macabre" (Kirkus Reviews) history of the bizarre afterlives of corpses of the celebrated and notorious dead. For some of the most influential figures in history, death marked the start of a new adventure. The famous deceased have been stolen, burned, sold, pickled, frozen, stuffed, impersonated, and even filed away in a lawyer's office. Their fingers, teeth, toes, arms, legs, skulls, hearts, lungs, and nether regions have embarked on voyages that crisscross the globe and stretch the imagination. Counterfeiters tried to steal Lincoln's corpse. Einstein's brain went on a cross-country road trip. And after Lord Horatio Nelson perished at Trafalgar, his sailors submerged him in brandy--which they drank. From Alexander the Great to Elvis Presley, and from Beethoven to Dorothy Parker, Rest in Pieces connects the lives of the famous dead to the hilarious and horrifying adventures of their corpses, and traces the evolution of cultural attitudes toward death.
Автор: Lovejoy Paul Название: Jihad in West Africa During the Age of Revolutions ISBN: 0821422413 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780821422410 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 30090.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: In Jihad in West Africa during the Age of Revolutions, a preeminent historian of Africa argues that scholars of the Americas and the Atlantic world have not given Africa its due consideration as part of either the Atlantic world or the age of revolutions. The book examines the jihad movement in the context of the age of revolutions-commonly associated with the American and French revolutions and the erosion of European imperialist powers-and shows how West Africa, too, experienced a period of profound political change in the late eighteenth through the mid-nineteenth century. Paul Lovejoy argues that West Africa was a vital actor in the Atlantic world, and has wrongly been excluded from analyses of the period. Among its chief contributions, the book reconceptualizes slavery. Lovejoy shows that during the decades in question, slavery not only expanded extensively in the southern United States, Cuba, and Brazil, but also in the jihad states of West Africa. In particular, this expansion occurred in the Muslim states of the Sokoto Caliphate, Fuuta Jalon, and Fuuta Toro. At the same time, he offers new information on the role antislavery activity in West Africa played in the Atlantic slave trade and the African diaspora. Finally, Jihad and Slavery in West Africa during the Age of Revolutions provides unprecedented context for the political and cultural role of Islam in Africa-and of the concept of jihad in particular-from the eighteenth century into the present. Understanding that there is a long tradition of jihad in West Africa, Lovejoy argues, helps to correct the current distortion in understanding the contemporary jihad movement in the Middle East, Afganistan, Pakistan, and Africa.
Автор: Lovejoy Jonathan Название: Roanoke River ISBN: 0692316558 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780692316559 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 14930.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: A twelve year old girl is murdered by her mother and father. A truthful and disturbing glimpse at child abuse and molestation in the life of Sarah Maria Iris, as her family descends from the suburban middle class into a life of poverty. Her innocent but insightful voice is the portrait of a child held prisoner by cruel, unloving parents. Imprisoned and abused before her death, she records the shocking events in letters motivated by fear and depression. Told from the pages of her journal, the story uncovers the tragic home life of Sarah and her older sister Sharon, as they struggle to cope with a sadistic, domineering mother.
Автор: Lovejoy Jonathan Название: Elizabethan VIII ISBN: 0692319255 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780692319253 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 11490.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Lovejoy Jonathan Название: Elizabethan VI ISBN: 0692319212 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780692319215 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 11490.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: An abused woman is the greatest composer who ever lived. The sixth book of prose and poetry from the mind of a woman named Carmen Angelina Coletti, a prodigy who was taken out of school when she was twelve years old and isolated from the world. Her simple, honest voice remains the picture of a young and reclusive country wife. Abused since early childhood, her music is her refuge, with a gift for composition so complete that she is likely the world's first female great composer, some believing her to be the most gifted composer of all time. Conceived and written for her own private journals, these verses are the soul of a poet and musical genius, as if arisen from another place along the timeline--from the heart of an abused woman of faith who was raised in isolation, by a mother driven to madness by grief.
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