DIARY OF A GEORGIAN SHOPKEEPER: SELECTION

Turner, Thomas

Oxford University Press

Thomas Turner (1729-1793) was a hard-working and ingenious village shopkeeper in Sussex. In the eleven years of his diary, he recorded the minutiae of everyday village life in pre-industrial England. This edition contains about a third of the massive whole of the diary, but allows Turner to take his rightful place alongside Pepys, Evelyn, and Woodforde as an indispensable English diarist.

The Diary of Thomas Turner, 1754-1765

Literature & Fiction

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The diary of a Georgian shopkeeper

Lower, Mark Antony

Jennings, G.H.

Blencowe, R. W.

In the tradition of Pepys, Evelyn and Woodforde, thomas Turner 1729-1793 spent eleven years of his life recording the detailed minutiae of everyday village life in preindustrial England. A hardworking shopkeeper, he occupied a key position in East Hoathly, Sussex where he also served as undertaker, schoolmaster, and overseer to the poor. His massive journal--a third of which appears here--attests to his rightful place as an indispensable English diarist.

The Diary of Thomas Turner 1754-1765

Biographies & Memoirs

Congo

The Democratic Republic of Congo has become one of the world's bloodiest hot spots. 2003 saw the end of a five-year war in which millions lost their lives - one of the deadliest conflicts since World War II. Despite recent peace agreements and democratic elections, the country is still plagued by army and militia violence. Congo remains deeply troubled, since the deep-rooted causes of conflict have not been adequately addressed. 
The conflict in the DRC has divided opinion; some call it a civil war, or a war of aggression by the country's neighbours; others a continuation of Rwanda's Hutu-Tutsi conflict on Congolose soil, and a war of partition and pillage. The prevalence of rape and sexual violence has led some analysts to mark it out as a hidden ‘war against women'. Tom Turner's insightful book reveals how each of these descriptions accurately captures the separate elements of this complex and multidimensional political conflict. In exploring each of these contributory factors, he shows how current attempts to rebuild the shattered state and society of DRC are doomed to fail. So long as the full complexity of the Congo crisis is not taken into account and a clear consensus as to its precise dimensions reached, the future looks bleak. The DRC, he argues, will likely remain a global hot spot for some time to come.

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

Polity

St. Nick is a jolly, twinkly-eyed mountain man named Sainty. He drives a buckboard pulled swiftly through the sky by eight plump, friendly black bears.

Hillbilly Night Afore Christmas (The Night Before Christmas Series)

Children's Books

Pelican Publishing

Share with young people "the best kept secret" of Catholic teachings--Catholic social doctrine. That's Not Fair gives students in sixth grade and up a fun, interactive, and high-quality way to understand human dignity, the difference between charity and justice, solidarity, and more. Teach Catholic young people to analyze societal structures, laws, and customs in light of the Scriptures and the Church's social teachings. Then call on them to help increase awareness by teaching parents and other adults what they have learned. That's Not Fair is a complete curriculum plan that includes 12 units and 19 detailed lesson plans. It is a direct response to the United States bishops' call for increased awareness of the Church's social teachings.

That's Not Fair: A Program for Teaching Catholic Social Doctrine to Sixth Grade and Up (Being Real Series)

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

SAINT MARY'S PRESS

Diary of Thomas Turner 1765

CTR Publishing

Mettalurgy of Iron And Steel

History

Legare Street Press

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