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What can a mother do to save her seven children and herself from an alcoholic, womanizing husband? Emma Schuron, the Iron Mother, made a fateful decision. She threw her husband out of the house. In the early 20th century that act alone made Emma very brave, and made her a single mother, with no job or education. She had to learn the languages of the New York streets, and how to bargain with all the merchants for her daily bread. She had only t...

The Hollywood Canteen was the jewel in the crown of World War II Hollywood. From 1942 to 1945, over three million servicemen came through its doors on their way to fight in the Pacific - some never to return. There, in a converted barn in the heart of Hollywood, soldiers were fed, entertained by and danced with some of the biggest stars in the world. The Canteen was free to all servicemen or women, regardless of race, inviting them to jive to ...

This is the hardback version. The Hollywood Canteen was the jewel in the crown of World War II Hollywood. From 1942 to 1945, over three million servicemen came through its doors on their way to fight in the Pacific - some never to return. There, in a converted barn in the heart of Hollywood, soldiers were fed, entertained by and danced with some of the biggest stars in the world. The Canteen was free to all servicemen or women, regardless of r...

A Guide to Old English is a detailed but accessible introduction to the Old English language for beginners. The language section offers a simple yet comprehensive language reference, including sections on orthography and pronunciation, inflexions, word formation, and syntax. The guide then provides an anthology of the best Old English literary works, with explanatory notes and a detailed glossary, which has been arranged carefully from the sim...

The dismantling of Apartheid and the establishment of a democratically elected government in the 1990s resulted in unprecedented changes in the political, economic and social arenas. This study makes intelligible how and why ethnic entrepreneurs use networking to acquire and organise capital, within the specific socio-economic and institutional context of South Africa as an emerging country in a state of transition. The sample consisted of 325...

This book does an exceptional job in giving an understanding of change, complexity, uncertainty and conflict as well as their linkages, including awareness of strategies, methods and techniques to handle them relative to resource and environmental management. The text enhances the reader's capacity to conduct practice and conduct research in resource and environmental management.

Personal letters are on the wane since the advent of emails and textings. Bruce Mitchell and his mother, Audean Mitchell, carried on a correspondence that covered a school year, 1972-1973. He had gone to Colombia to teach school at an American high school, Colegio Bolivar, and his mother wrote him faithfully several times a month, relating to him the good and bad things that were happening to his family while he was in Cali. This is the basis ...

The Anglo-Saxons' sense of the past, their colour vocabulary and their ties of kinship are among the topics considered in this third volume.

This magnificent new edition, which includes relevant shorter texts and key illustrations, is designed specifically to help those who, while already enjoying some acquaintance with Old English, come to " Beowulf " for the first time.

This outstanding book is an introduction to Old English language and literature, set within the context of Anglo-Saxon history and society.

The sixth edition of this popular introduction to Old English language and literature retains the general structure and style of previous editions, but has been updated and includes two new texts: Wulf and Eadwacer and Judith. ∗ A new edition of the most widely used introduction to Old English language and literature.