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More Than Marriage by John G. Culhane
epub |eng | | Author:John G. Culhane

RECOGNIZING DE FACTO RELATIONSHIPS Cohabitation has become firmly entrenched over the past several decades. As of 2016, eighteen million Americans were cohabitating without marriage.41 Setting aside for the moment the ...
( Category: Americas June 14,2023 )
Twice as Hard by Jasmine Brown
epub |eng | 2022-06-15 | Author:Jasmine Brown [Brown, Jasmine]

In 1986, after more than twenty-five years as a physician, Dr. Elders received a surprise call from the governor of Arkansas, Bill Clinton. He asked if she would consider being ...
( Category: Americas June 14,2023 )
Human Rights in Latin America by Sonia Cardenas;Rebecca K. Root;
epub |eng | | Author:Sonia Cardenas;Rebecca K. Root;

Yet it is urban violence for which Brazil is known around the world. In response to surging crime rates, two disturbing trends have emerged. First, death squads have been prevalent ...
( Category: Central America June 14,2023 )
From Underground Railroad to Rebel Refuge by Brian Martin
epub |eng | 2022-10-25 | Author:Brian Martin

Whether Booth was the agent of a band of conspirators, or was one of a few vile men who sought an odious immorality, it is impossible to say. We have ...
( Category: Pre-Confederation June 14,2023 )
100 Years of Baseball on St. Petersburg's Waterfront: How the Game Helped Shape a City by Rick Vaughn
epub |eng | 2022-06-15 | Author:Rick Vaughn

A B-36 bomber flies over Al Lang Field and the West Coast Inn, where Babe Ruth’s legendary home run struck the second floor in 1934. Courtesy of St. Petersburg Museum ...
( Category: Americas June 14,2023 )
Between Starshine and Clay by Sarah Ladipo Manyika
epub |eng | | Author:Sarah Ladipo Manyika

HER WORLD, OUR WORLD In 2004, fifty writers of Caribbean, Asian and African descent gathered for a photograph at the British Library. The photograph, inspired by the famous photograph of ...
( Category: Americas June 14,2023 )
Escape to Miami by Elizabeth Campisi;
epub |eng | 2016-06-15 | Author:Elizabeth Campisi;

Camp Alpha Street, 1995. Creating the park had taken a great deal of effort because a lot of vegetation had to be bulldozed by the military, and then paths had ...
( Category: Cuba June 14,2023 )
North America's Galapagos by Laverty Corinne Heyning;
epub |eng | 2020-03-30 | Author:Laverty, Corinne Heyning;

Notes 1. Torben C. Rick, “Household and Community Archaeology at the Chumash Village of Niaqla, Santa Rosa Island, California,” Journal of Field Archaeology 32, no. 3 (2007): 259. 2. Arthur ...
( Category: State & Local June 14,2023 )
NEW YORK INTELLECT by Thomas Bender
epub |eng | 2013-01-16 | Author:Thomas Bender [Bender, Thomas]

Brace had come to New York to study theology at Union Theological Seminary, with the intention of a career of writing and preaching. But compared to the life of the ...
( Category: Americas June 14,2023 )
The Early Imperial Republic by Michael A. Blaakman;Emily Conroy-Krutz;Noelani Arista;
epub |eng | | Author:Michael A. Blaakman;Emily Conroy-Krutz;Noelani Arista;

Migration and Jurisdiction on Slavery’s Frontier The familiar connection between expanding slavery and expanding U.S. borders played out not only when plantations pushed onto fresh soil but also when the ...
( Category: Americas June 14,2023 )
Hillbilly Women by Skye Moody
epub |eng | 2014-05-06 | Author:Skye Moody [Moody, Skye K.]

I can remember my great-grandfather, that’s as far back as I can remember on the Estep side. But I can’t remember none on my Irvin side, no farther than my ...
( Category: State & Local June 14,2023 )
Dead Woman Pickney by Yvonne Shorter Brown
epub |eng | 2022-02-17 | Author:Yvonne Shorter Brown [Brown, Yvonne Shorter]

If it were not for the generosity and ingenuity of Auntie Black I may never have made it to secondary school. She saw the gravity of the situation, swallowed hard, ...
( Category: Jamaica June 14,2023 )
Magical House Protection by Brian Hoggard
epub |eng | 2019-06-15 | Author:Brian Hoggard

Durham, Tyne & Wear and Other Regions Three shoes were found around a window frame at Eastgate, near Stanhope, Co. Durham. Reported in July 2008. At Crawley Peel Tower, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, ...
( Category: Americas June 14,2023 )
Losing Eden by Sara Dant;
epub |eng | | Author:Sara Dant; [Dant, Sara]

24. Colorado River Compact region. Map by Amber Bell. In the Southwest, the Colorado River serves as the wellspring of the region’s “hydraulic society.” The federal government manages the mighty ...
( Category: Americas June 14,2023 )
Border Witness by Michael Dear;
epub |eng | | Author:Michael Dear;

( Category: Americas June 13,2023 )

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