Devil in the Grove

Devil in the Grove
Author: Gilbert King
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 472
Release: 2012-03-06
Genre: History
ISBN: 0062097717
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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize “A must-read, cannot-put-down history.” — Thomas Friedman, New York Times Arguably the most important American lawyer of the twentieth century, Thurgood Marshall was on the verge of bringing the landmark suit Brown v. Board of Education before the U.S. Supreme Court when he became embroiled in a case that threatened to change the course of the civil rights movement and cost him his life. In 1949, Florida's orange industry was booming, and citrus barons got rich on the backs of cheap Jim Crow labor with the help of Sheriff Willis V. McCall, who ruled Lake County with murderous resolve. When a white seventeen-year-old girl cried rape, McCall pursued four young black men who dared envision a future for themselves beyond the groves. The Ku Klux Klan joined the hunt, hell-bent on lynching the men who came to be known as "the Groveland Boys." Associates thought it was suicidal for Marshall to wade into the "Florida Terror," but the young lawyer would not shrink from the fight despite continuous death threats against him. Drawing on a wealth of never-before-published material, including the FBI's unredacted Groveland case files, as well as unprecedented access to the NAACP's Legal Defense Fund files, Gilbert King shines new light on this remarkable civil rights crusader.

King Devil

King Devil
Author: Charlotte MacLeod
Publisher: Macmillan Publishing Company
Total Pages: 212
Release: 1978-01-01
Genre: Detective and mystery stories
ISBN: 9780689306594
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The last thing Lavinia thinks she will encounter when she goes to live with rich cousin Zilphia in 1908 is mystery and romance.

The Demon King

The Demon King
Author: Cinda Williams Chima
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 510
Release: 2009-10-06
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1423136144
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New York Times bestselling author Cinda Williams Chima presents the first installment in a thrilling new fantasy series, in which the lives of Han Alister and the brave Princess Raisa collide in a magical and dangerous adventure. One day Han Alister catches three young wizard setting fire to the sacred mountain of Hanalea. Han takes an amulet away from Micah Bayar, son of the High Wizard, to ensure the boy won't use it against him. The amulet once belonged to the Demon King, who nearly destroyed the world a millennium ago. With a magical piece so powerful at stake, Han knows that the Bayars will stop at nothing to get it back. Meanwhile, Princess Raisa ana'Marianna has her own battle to fight. She's just returned to court after three years of riding and hunting with her father's family. Raia aspires to be like Hanalea, the legendary warrior queen who killed the Demon King and saved the world. But it seems that her mother has other plans for her-plans that include a suitor who goes against everything the Queendom stands for. The Seven Realms will tremble when the lives of Han and Raisa collide in this stunning page-turner from best-selling author Cinda Williams Chima.

The Devil's Cormorant

The Devil's Cormorant
Author: Richard J. King
Publisher: University of New Hampshire Press
Total Pages: 399
Release: 2013-09-22
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1611684749
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Behold the cormorant: silent, still, cruciform, and brooding; flashing, soaring, quick as a snake. Evolution has crafted the only creature on Earth that can migrate the length of a continent, dive and hunt deep underwater, perch comfortably on a branch or a wire, walk on land, climb up cliff faces, feed on thousands of different species, and live beside both fresh and salt water in a vast global range of temperatures and altitudes, often in close proximity to man. Long a symbol of gluttony, greed, bad luck, and evil, the cormorant has led a troubled existence in human history, myth, and literature. The birds have been prized as a source of mineral wealth in Peru, hunted to extinction in the Arctic, trained by the Japanese to catch fish, demonized by Milton in Paradise Lost, and reviled, despised, and exterminated by sport and commercial fishermen from Israel to Indianapolis, Toronto to Tierra del Fuego. In The DevilÕs Cormorant, Richard King takes us back in time and around the world to show us the history, nature, ecology, and economy of the worldÕs most misunderstood waterfowl.

Demon King's Pampered Wife

Demon King's Pampered Wife
Author: La BiDaWanZi
Publisher: Funstory
Total Pages: 933
Release: 2020-04-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1649200676
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Being seen as a target to be possessed by his closest master, he risked his life not letting the other party have their wish! He had been reborn as the daughter of the Patriarch, but he was a dying man whose Xuan Core had been snatched away by his stepmother and sister. The first day on the continent, Jiao Jiao actually died under the persecution of others, while she relied on her tenacious mind to survive. Every step she took, she gritted her teeth and stepped forward. This was because she wanted to repay this debt of blood with her own hands! She finally started to radiate brilliantly as she grew up. She expanded the second rate sect's Divine Profound Gate and became the idol of countless disciples. Opening the small world's exit, he led the group into the world of cultivation. She and he were also closely linked by the spinning wheel of fate.., low, ✿... : *., low, ✿... : *., low, ✿... : *., low, ✿... : *., low, ✿... : *., low, ✿... : *. •He, was originally the king of the demon race. His tribulation was drawn into the Void Tempest and he fell into this continent. He was the female lord who experienced rebirth, and her uniqueness attracted him. He forcefully and forcefully approached, letting her fall step by step into the gentle net he had woven. She wanted the Great Dao to live on forever, even the unparalleled beauty wanted it!., low, ✿... : *., low, ✿... : *., low, ✿... : *., low, ✿... : *., low, ✿... : *., low, ✿... : *. •He, the eldest son of a large clan, was one of the most outstanding youths of the younger generation. In the past, there had only been two types of people in this world: those who wanted and those who didn't. Initially, he had thought that the fiancee arranged by this family was the one whom he didn't want. He also did not expect that there would be a woman who would completely occupy his heart. Time was irreplaceable.., low, ✿... : *., low, ✿... : *., low, ✿... : *., low, ✿... : *., low, ✿... : *., low, ✿... : *. •He, Xie Wang, one of the six demon kings, had even used a despicable method in order to keep her. For a moment, he regretted not being able to make it in time. After she had drifted away, he had searched all his life for her, but she was nowhere to be seen ...., low, ✿... : *., low, ✿... : *., low, ✿... : *., low, ✿... : *., low, ✿... : *., low, ✿... : *. •After writing for such a long time, one would have to experience the hardships of writing with a child on one side and writing on the other. But what could he do? I like to write stories. I like to write stories. I hope I can impress you with my story. However, it's going to be a fight soon. I really hope that you guys can keep chasing after me and see the exciting lives of my characters. You'll grow along with me and I'll bring you all more wonderful stories, alright?[Pills in the Nest, Group Number] 213192386 (TL: UFO/UFO/UFO/UFO/UFO/UFO/UFO/UFO/UFO/UFO/UFO/UFO/UFO/UFO/UFO/UFO][Weibo ID] Crayon Balls 2015... :*..............................................................................

The Devil's Horn

The Devil's Horn
Author: Michael Segell
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 350
Release: 2006-08-22
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780312425579
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Traces the history of the saxophone from its invention by the eccentric Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in the 1840s to its role in the jazz genre in the twenty-first century.

Devil King's Cheap Wife

Devil King's Cheap Wife
Author: Feng Ya
Publisher: Funstory
Total Pages: 1018
Release: 2020-05-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1649358091
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"Did you ever think that I would buy you for a hundred silver taels?" Han Xiu asked. Murong Qing shook her head, "I never thought you would be so poor that you couldn't even afford a steamed bun." "Actually, it's very cheap. It's only the money for a wild boar and a hare." "I'll catch a wild boar and hare and give them to you." Murong Qing gritted his teeth. "No need, just be a good wife to me." "No!" "You can't get married without a betrothal gift!" "That wild boar and hare are are betrothal gifts." "I'm that cheap!" "Yes, my cheap lady!" Han Xiu said proudly.

The Devil's Discus

The Devil's Discus
Author: Rayne Kruger
Publisher: Dmp Publications
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2021-05-15
Genre:
ISBN: 9789889775261
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A detailed investigation into the dramatic demise of Ananda, the European born and educated heir to the Siamese crown. Ananda returned to Thailand in 1945, at the conclusion of WWII, at the tender age of 20, to assume his royal role, yet only six months later was discovered dead in the palace of a gunshot wound. Following a painfully extended investigation and trial, three palace aides were convicted and executed for regicide, and one of Thailand's brightest and most promising politicians, implicated in the 'crime' was driven into exile. Author Kruger, who had unprecedented access to members of the inner circle of the Thai royal family (although these contacts remain unidentified), drew the conclusion that Ananda's death was most probably an 'accidental suicide'. Thus it appears that the sad, most likely accidental, death of the young king was exploited for the purposes of a political vendetta, and that three innocent victims were executed to maintain the façade. Kruger's book was incendiary to the Thai establishment and was quickly banned in the country where it remains banned to the present day. The inexplicable rarity of the original edition implies a concerted effort, by parties unknown, to corner and destroy as many printed copies as possible. A fascinating read, of particular relevance today as royalist forces continue their struggle to dominate the direction of the country by whatever means possible.

Beneath a Ruthless Sun

Beneath a Ruthless Sun
Author: Gilbert King
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 434
Release: 2018-04-24
Genre: History
ISBN: 0399183434
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NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR and THE WASHINGTON POST "Compelling, insightful and important, Beneath a Ruthless Sun exposes the corruption of racial bigotry and animus that shadows a community, a state and a nation. A fascinating examination of an injustice story all too familiar and still largely ignored, an engaging and essential read." --Bryan Stevenson, author of Just Mercy From the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning bestseller Devil in the Grove, the gripping true story of a small town with a big secret. In December 1957, the wife of a Florida citrus baron is raped in her home while her husband is away. She claims a "husky Negro" did it, and the sheriff, the infamous racist Willis McCall, does not hesitate to round up a herd of suspects. But within days, McCall turns his sights on Jesse Daniels, a gentle, mentally impaired white nineteen-year-old. Soon Jesse is railroaded up to the state hospital for the insane, and locked away without trial. But crusading journalist Mabel Norris Reese cannot stop fretting over the case and its baffling outcome. Who was protecting whom, or what? She pursues the story for years, chasing down leads, hitting dead ends, winning unlikely allies. Bit by bit, the unspeakable truths behind a conspiracy that shocked a community into silence begin to surface. Beneath a Ruthless Sun tells a powerful, page-turning story rooted in the fears that rippled through the South as integration began to take hold, sparking a surge of virulent racism that savaged the vulnerable, debased the powerful, and roils our own times still.

Kingdom of the Wicked

Kingdom of the Wicked
Author: Kerri Maniscalco
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2020-10-27
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0316428442
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A James Patterson Presents Novel From the #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Stalking Jack the Ripper series comes a new blockbuster series... Two sisters.One brutal murder. A quest for vengeance that will unleash Hell itself... And an intoxicating romance. Emilia and her twin sister Vittoria are streghe -- witches who live secretly among humans, avoiding notice and persecution. One night, Vittoria misses dinner service at the family's renowned Sicilian restaurant. Emilia soon finds the body of her beloved twin...desecrated beyond belief. Devastated, Emilia sets out to find her sister's killer and to seek vengeance at any cost-even if it means using dark magic that's been long forbidden. Then Emilia meets Wrath, one of the Wicked-princes of Hell she has been warned against in tales since she was a child. Wrath claims to be on Emilia's side, tasked by his master with solving the series of women's murders on the island. But when it comes to the Wicked, nothing is as it seems...