Identifies and explains common allusions, figures of speech, quotations, and sayings Author: Grosse, Lloyd T. Publisher: Arco Pub Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0668055960 ISBN-13: 9780668055963..
At the current rate of increase, the world's population is likely to reach ten billion by the middle of the twenty-first century. What will be the challenges posed by feeding this population and how can they be addressed Written to mark the 200th anniversary of the publication of Malthus' seminal E..
This is a comprehensive survey of the entire history of the British empire. Lloyd describes the full sweep of expansion and decolonization from the voyages of discovery in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I to the achievement of independence in the second half of the twentieth century. Drawing out both ..
In May of 1856, when Southern Congressman Preston S. Brooks caned Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner on the Senate floor, he shocked the nation and shattered the fragile truce that had existed between North and South. Part of the American Stories series, Benson's book introduces students to this k..
CAIN, William E. (Editor): William Lloyd Garrison and the Fight Against Slavery: Selections from The Liberator. Boston & New York, Bedford Books, 1995. Paperback, 206 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / U.S. History-19th Century / Antislavery & Abolitionist Writers - William Lloyd Garrison (1805-1879) / Selec..