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Killing Crazy Horse is the latest installment of the
multimillion-selling Killing series is a gripping journey through
the American West and the historic clashes between Native Americans
and settlers. The bloody Battle of Tippecanoe was only the
beginning. It's 1811 and President James Madison has ordered the
destruction of Shawnee warrior chief Tecumseh's alliance of tribes
in the Great Lakes region. But while General William Henry Harrison
would win this fight, the armed conflict between Native Americans
and the newly formed United States would rage on for decades.
Bestselling authors Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard venture through
the fraught history of our country's founding on already occupied
lands, from General Andrew Jackson's brutal battles with the Creek
Nation to President James Monroe's epic "sea to shining sea"
policy, to President Martin Van Buren's cruel enforcement of a
"treaty" that forced the Cherokee Nation out of their homelands
along what would be called the Trail of Tears. O'Reilly and Dugard
take readers behind the legends to reveal never-before-told
historical moments in the fascinating creation story of America.
This fast-paced, wild ride through the American frontier will shock
readers and impart unexpected lessons that reverberate to this day.
Through life-changing stories, respected thinkers and authentic
presentations, Keynote promotes a deeper understanding of the world
and gives students the courage and means to express themselves in
English. Communication, collaboration and creative thinking drive
students towards real 21st century outcomes and encourage them to
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teachers will emerge with new confidence, new ideas and a new
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Joan Didion’s savage masterpiece, which, since first publication in 1968, has been acknowledged as an unparalleled report on the state of America during the upheaval of the Sixties Revolution.
In her non-fiction work, Joan Didion not only describes the subject at hand – her younger self loving and leaving New York, the murderous housewife, the little girl trailing the rock group, the millionaire bunkered in his mansion – but also offers a broader vision of the world, one that is both terrifying and tender, ominous and uniquely her own.
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From Erin French, owner and chef of
the critically acclaimed The Lost Kitchen, comes a life-affirming
memoir about survival, renewal and the pleasure of bringing joy to
people through food. Erin French grew up barefoot on a farm, fell
in love with food as a teenager working the line at her dad's diner
and found her calling as a professional chef at her tiny restaurant
The Lost Kitchen, tucked into a 19th-century mill-now a
world-renowned dining destination. In Finding Freedom in the Lost
Kitchen, Erin tells her story of multiple rock-bottoms, from
medical student to pregnant teen, of survival as a jobless single
mother, of pills that promised release but delivered addiction, of
a man who seemed to offer salvation but ripped away her very sense
of self. And of her son who became her guiding light as she slowly
rebuilt her personal and culinary life around the solace she found
in food-as a source of comfort, a sense of place, as a way of
creating community and making something of herself, despite
seemingly impossible odds. Set against the backdrop of rural Maine
and its lushly intense, bountiful seasons, Erin French's
rollercoaster memoir reveals struggles that have taken every ounce
of her strength to overcome, and the passion and courage behind the
fairytale success of The Lost Kitchen.
The Methuen Drama Student Edition of Twelve Angry Men is the first
critical edition of Reginald Rose's play, providing the play text
alongside commentary and notes geared towards student readers. In
New York, 1954, a man is dead and the life of another is at stake.
A 'guilty' verdict seems a foregone conclusion, but one member of
the jury has the will to probe more deeply into the evidence and
the courage to confront the ignorance and prejudice of some of his
fellow jurors. The conflict that follows is fierce and passionate,
cutting straight to the heart of the issues of civil liberties and
social justice. Ideal for the student reader, the accompanying
pedagogical notes include elements such as an author chronology;
plot summary; suggested further reading; explanatory endnotes; and
questions for further study. The introduction discusses in detail
the play's origins as a 1954 American television play, Rose's
re-working of the piece for the stage, and Lumet's 1957 film
version, identifying textual variations between these versions and
discussing later significant productions. The commentary also
situates the play in relation to the genre of courtroom drama, as a
milestone in the development of televised drama, and as an
engagement with questions of American individualism and democracy.
Together, this provides students with an edition that situates the
play in its contemporary social and dramatic contexts, while
encouraging reflection on its wider thematic implications.
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