liverpool

"Founded more than 125 years ago, Liverpool FC is a soccer club with a storied past and an exciting future. Liverpool supporters never walk alone-they carry a rich team history and thrive off the companionship of some of the game's most passionate and loyal fans. From the Kop at Anfield to television sets across the world, Liverpool FC sparks excitement and hope in millions of people every year. This book explores the formation of the team in 1892, the successes and failures of the early years, the dominating run of the 1970s and 1980s, and recent events in the twenty-first century. It also examines the social progress and tragedies related to the team, showing that sport can be used as a unifying force in the world"--.

Chronicles the events surrounding the diplomatic and intelligence contest that raged between the North and South in Europe during the American Civil War.

Rosie Childs reflects on her childhood as the only black child of an all-white family in an all-white area of Liverpool in the 1950s, discussing how her skin color impacted every aspect of her life and family.

Myrtle, a foundling raised in the Hardy household; Pompey Jones, a street boy who becomes a photographer's assistant; and the pompous, melancholy Dr. Potter, comment on the hidden life of Master George Hardy, a surgeon and amateur photographer who meets his end on the field of battle in 1854.