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  • The Children of Mordecai

    The Soper Journey in America

    by John Laycock ...
    Mordecai Soper (1746-1824) and his descendants tread a path across a young nation starting in 1770 when Mordecai married Naomi Owen (1751-1836) in Connecticut. Mordecai served during the Revolutionary War and eventually settled in Milton, Vermont where he took the Freeman's Oath in 1783. By the early 1820's their children began moving across the United States. Initially settling in update New York ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • Integrated Endocrinology

    by John Laycock, Karim Meeran ...
    This innovative textbook provides a readable, contemporary and fully integrated introduction to endocrine glands, their hormones and how their function relates to homeostasis. It explores the pathology of endocrine disease by relating the underpinning science through a wealth of clinical scenarios and examples. The book integrates basic and clinical aspects for a range of endocrine glands and ... Read more

    $94.00 USD

  • As Good as Any Man

    Scotland's Black Tommy

    by Morag Miller, Roy Laycock, John Sadler, Rosie Serdiville ...
    When the harrowing Great War diaries of one of Britain's first black soldiers were unearthed in a dusty Scottish attic nearly 100 years after they were written, they posed a bit of a mystery. The diary entries – ranging from May 1917 to March 1918 – were written by one Arthur Roberts while he served initially with the King's Own Scottish Borderers before being transferred to Royal Scots Fusiliers ... Read more

    $10.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Roman Empire in 100 Haikus

    by Stuart Laycock ...
    The Roman Empire has been a source of fascination to political thinkers, the obsession of some of the greatest historians, and has influenced art down the ages. Now, in a fresh new take on the era, historian Stuart Laycock sums up the subject in 100 haikus. These original poems are sometimes witty, sometimes sad, sometimes playful, sometime serious, but with only a few syllables to play with they ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Using Learning Contracts in Higher Education

    Edited by Mike Laycock, John Stephenson ...
    An introduction to learning contracts, a new concept in education which encourages learners to plan, monitor and review their progress. The contributors to this volume explain how learning contracts are being used in a number of UK universities. ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

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    America's Forgotten Black Pioneers and the Struggle for Equality

    by Anna-Lisa Cox ...
    The long-hidden stories of America's black pioneers, the frontier they settled, and their fight for the heart of the nationWhen black settlers Keziah and Charles Grier started clearing their frontier land in 1818, they couldn't know that they were part of the nation's earliest struggle for equality; they were just looking to build a better life. But within a few years, the Griers would become ... Read more

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  • Good-bye to All That: An Autobiography. Illustrated

    by Robert Graves ...
    Good-Bye to All That is the compelling autobiography of poet, novelist, and classicist Robert Graves, offering a candid account of his life, from his early years in England to his harrowing experiences as a soldier in World War I. Originally published in 1929, the memoir is celebrated for its frank and unflinching look at the trauma of war and the profound disillusionment it left in its wake. ... Read more

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  • American Crucifixion

    The Murder of Joseph Smith and the Fate of the Mormon Church

    by Alex Beam ...
    A gripping account of the mob killing of Joseph Smith, founder of Mormonism“American Crucifixion paints a brilliant picture of religious experimentation, public intolerance, and the making of a martyr.”—Chicago TribuneOn June 27, 1844, in the dusty frontier town of Carthage, Illinois, Joseph Smith and three of his associates waited anxiously in a jail cell. The dynamic founding prophet of ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

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  • Last Man Standing

    The Memiors of a Seaforth Highlander During the Great War

    by Norman Collins ...
    A first-hand account of World War I by a nineteen-year-old Englishman who led a platoon into the carnage of the Battle of the Somme.While researching his excellent earlier book: Veterans of World War I, author Richard Van Emden encountered a fascinating personality of that long-ago conflict. After witnessing German naval attacks on British civilians, Norman Collins enlisted in the Seaforth ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector

    The New Award

    by Ann Gravells ...
    Series series Further Education and Skills
    This book is a guide to the PTLLS Award (which has been replaced with the Award in Education and Training) and is a comprehensive introduction to teaching in a variety of settings. This includes further education, adult and community learning, work-based learning, the forces and offender learning and skills. It is easy to read with plenty of practical activities and examples throughout and the ... Read more

    $50.99 USD

  • In Sacred Loneliness

    The Plural Wives of Joseph Smith

    by Todd Compton ...
    Beginning in the 1830s, at least thirty-three women married Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism. These were passionate relationships which also had some longevity, except in cases such as that of two young sisters, one of whom was discovered by Joseph’s first wife, Emma, in a locked bedroom with the prophet. Emma remained a steadfast opponent of polygamy throughout her life.The majority of ... Read more

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  • A House Full of Females

    Plural Marriage and Women's Rights in Early Mormonism, 1835-1870

    by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich ...
    From the author of A Midwife's Tale, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the Bancroft Prize for History,and The Age of Homespun--a revelatory, nuanced, and deeply intimate look at the world of early Mormon women whose seemingly ordinary lives belied an astonishingly revolutionary spirit, drive, and determination.A stunning and sure-to-be controversial book that pieces together, through more than two ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

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