Standing at the Scratch Line

Standing at the Scratch Line
Author: Guy Johnson
Publisher: Villard
Total Pages: 577
Release: 2001-06-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 037550656X

Raised in the steamy bayous of New Orleans in the early 1900s, LeRoi "King" Tremain, caught up in his family's ongoing feud with the rival DuMont family, learns to fight. But when the teenage King mistakenly kills two white deputies during a botched raid on the DuMonts, the Tremains' fear of reprisal forces King to flee Louisiana. King thus embarks on an adventure that first takes him to France, where he fights in World War I as a member of the segregated 369th Battalion—in the bigoted army he finds himself locked in combat with American soldiers as well as with Germans. When he returns to America, he battles the Mob in Jazz Age Harlem, the KKK in Louisiana, and crooked politicians trying to destroy a black township in Oklahoma. King Tremain is driven by two principal forces: He wants to be treated with respect, and he wants to create a family dynasty much like the one he left behind in Louisiana. This is a stunning debut by novelist Guy Johnson that provides a true depiction of the lives of African-Americans in the early decades of the twentieth century.

Robert Smith

Robert Smith
Author: Richard Carman
Publisher: Music Press Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2005
Genre: Rock musicians
ISBN: 9780954970413

Formed in 1976 by school friends Robert Smith, Lol Tolhurst and Micahel Dempsey, The Cure were one of the first post-punk bands to inject pure pop back into post-Pistols rock. This biography of the band, and of Smith, tells the never-ending story, as well as analysing the 'goth' subculture and its relationsip with The Cure.

More Desired than Our Owne Salvation

More Desired than Our Owne Salvation
Author: Robert O. Smith
Publisher: OUP USA
Total Pages: 303
Release: 2013-08-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0199993246

Millions of American Christians see U.S. support for the State of Israel as a God-ordained responsibility. Robert O. Smith provides an in-depth look at the English Protestant tradition of Judeo-centric prophecy interpretation at the heart of this popular affinity.

Running with Cannibals

Running with Cannibals
Author: Robert W. Smith
Publisher: Willow River Press
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2022-02-22
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781950502615

What's it like to reach out and touch history in the moment, to peel back the layers of hyperbole and political deception for yourself as a simple soldier? Try the Philippine-American War, sometimes referred to as "the first Vietnam" (1899-1902). You might find that "desertion" really means conversion to a noble cause and "enlisting" is just another form of surrender... Three American infantrymen in the last months of major hostilities, the Filipinos all but beaten. Each man is quietly running from a prior life. One, a young corporal, naïve and inexperienced, is hiding from a gallows in Pennsylvania. Another is a disillusioned Catholic priest, running from God and himself. The third is a proud "Negro" soldier from the 24th U.S. Colored Infantry, a man who has deserted the army to actively join the Filipino forces. Their lives intersect with a beguiling and mysterious young Filipina, a respected figure of inexplicable influence among her people. All four join forces to hold back the tide of greed and racially motivated barbarity from a ravenous Eagle. One will die. One will find himself by learning that truth stands alone, wears no flag and employs no spokesman. The other two will live forever, legends in the minds and hearts of the Philippine people.

The Cure

The Cure
Author: Barbarian
Publisher: Omnibus Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1988
Genre: Rock groups
ISBN: 9780946391875

The official Cure biography, illustrated throughout with masses of private and official photographs, press cuttings, and media articles.

Doctrine That Dances

Doctrine That Dances
Author: Robert Smith
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2008
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780805446845

With enthusiasm and intelligence, professor Robert Smith steps up the interest in doctrinal preaching and teaching with Doctrine That Dances.

20,000 Days and Counting

20,000 Days and Counting
Author: Robert D. Smith
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 145
Release: 2012
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 0849948541

How would our thought process change if we measured our lives in days, instead of in years? Smith decided to put this concept to the test-- and walked away with life-changing information. He reveals a simple plan that will allow you to master your life, starting right now.

Obscure

Obscure
Author: Krista Walsh
Publisher: Raven's Quill Press (Krista Walsh)
Total Pages: 399
Release:
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

A supernatural street drug. A government betrayal. A desperate task force captain. When a mission to wipe out a supernatural crime syndicate ends in tragedy, Captain Jet Dawson vows to seek justice. Even if it means risking her career, her life, and her heart to do it. Allied with her empath best friend and a man she’d hoped never to see again, Jet’s investigation takes her deeper than she imagined: into the heart of a deadly conspiracy. As the bodies fall around her and the net grows tighter, can Jet turn her back on everything she believes in to save everything she loves? Obscure is the first book of the thrilling Ghostmaker Trilogy. If you love power-wielding heroines, second-chance romances, and supernatural bureaucracy, break through the red tape and grab your copy today. Keywords: urban fantasy, supernatural conspiracy, conspiracy thriller, supernatural thriller, enemies to romance, slow burn, alpha female lead, urban fantasy action, urban fantasy mystery, urban fantasy series, fantasy series, urban fantasy series for adults, supernatural mystery, supernatural suspense, paranormal mystery, contemporary fantasy, paranormal suspense, canadian fantasy, canadian author, canadian fiction, supernatural government, government conspiracy, political thriller

Mexican New York

Mexican New York
Author: Robert Smith
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 388
Release: 2006
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0520244125

'Mexican New York' offers an intimate view of globalization as it is lived by Mexican immigrants & their children in New York & in Mexico.