From the moment he signs his big contract with the NFL, Clay Blackwell's talents plunge him into a realm of ruthlessness, lawlessness and a conspiracy that makes playing for the Ruffians of Birmingha
The central Piedmont North Carolina town of Kernersville is known today for its quiet neighborhoods and lovely historic district homes. Few of its citizens would suspect that in earlier times the town
Violence and democracy may seem fundamentally incompatible, but the two have often been intimately and inextricably linked. In Ruffians, Yakuza, Nationalists, Eiko Maruko Siniawer argues that violence
Violence and democracy may seem fundamentally incompatible, but the two have often been intimately and inextricably linked. In Ruffians, Yakuza, Nationalists, Eiko Maruko Siniawer argues that violence
As the first comprehensive look at the ruffians, rascals,and rule breakers in the wrestling business, this history explains the rise of the wrestling villain, the reasons for his (or her) succe
Under the darkness Lady Tess escapes from her dreadful cousin, only to fall to ruffians who steal her jewels and her memory. Then she meets the man who the fates have prepared for her. Together they
Moving from Massachusetts to Kansas in 1855 with his new wife and a group of German carpenters, Gordon McKay is dead set on making his fortune raising bees - undaunted by Missouri border ruffians, ne
Evyn, a young Welsh serf, has dreamed all his life of becoming a storyteller. But in a cruel twist of fate, Evyn and his father suffer a brutal attack by a group of murderous ruffians. Evyn's tongue i
The book outlines how class is single most important factor in understanding the British army in the period of industrialisation. It challenges the 'ruffians officered by gentlemen' theory of most mil
The Story of Mankind offers a marvelous tour of history. Beginning with ancient myths, it takes us through the aftermath of World War I. In its pages we meet scoundrels and ruffians and poets; we enga
This collection examines changes in the representation of the pirate from the beginning of the nineteenth century through the late Victorian period. Gone were the dangerous ruffians of the eighteenth-
Captain Lionel Wafer and his fellow-pirates - Toad, Brace-and-Bit and Winkle, are no ordinary ruffians. Clinging to the belief that life should be simple, free and unplanned they set off in a converte
The Scots Irish were one of early Pennsylvania’s largest non-English immigrant groups. They were stereotyped as frontier ruffians and Indian haters. In The Scots Irish of Early Pennsylvania, historian
"A cracking good story with a wonderful cast of rogues, ruffians and some remarkably holy and sensible people."?????? --Los Angeles Times Book ReviewBefore the potato famine ravaged Ireland in the 184
