Chronicles the history of the opium drug and discusses how it has affected the world's cultures and economies, why it is still widely used, and how religious authorities react to the use of the drug.
A World War II escape narrative, telling the story of how Jan Baalsrud, a member of a team of expatriate Norwegian commandos who were ambushed on their way to organize and supply the Norwegian resistance, managed to evade the Nazis and make his way to a small arctic village whose residents were determined to save him.
recovering the lost story of Richard Etheridge and the Pea Island lifesavers
Wright, David
2000
Tells the story of former slave and Civil War veteran Richard Etheridge's command of the only all-Black station in the U.S. Life-Saving Service, a rescue organization formed in 1871 to protect ships' crews and cargo.
Explores the impact of seven plants whose discovery and cultivation changed the destinies of countries around the world, including tea, tobacco, sugar, opium, quinine, cotton, and rubber.
A chronological account of early Harlem covering its literature, painting, music, clubs, churches, and individuals who played important roles in the community.
an anthology of Indian and White relations : first encounter to dispossession
Nabokov, Peter
1984
A collection of documents in which Native Americans describe their responses to the explorers, traders, missionaries, settlers, and government diplomats and soldiers seeking dominion over their ancient homeland.
