Howard Fast

Spartacus, a fictionalization of a slave revolt in ancient Rome in 71 B.C., is well known today partly because of the 1960 movie starring Kirk Douglas and Laurence Olivier. It was originally published in 1951 by the author himself, after being turned down by every mainstream publisher of the day because of Fast's blacklisting for his Communist Party sympathies. The story of Spartacus, born a slave, trained as a gladiator, who led a slave revolt that was eventually put down by Crassus, was immensely popular, has sold millions of copies, and has gone through nearly a hundred editions. The appearance of this title in the North Castle series brings back into print a book that many regard as a classic, and is enhanced with a new Introduction by the author.

Polémico proceso por asesinato celebrado en Massachusetts, que duró desde 1920 hasta 1927. Nicola Sacco y Bartolomeo Vanzetti, dos emigrantes italianos que llegaron a Estados Unidos en 1908, fueron acusados del asesinato de un cajero y de un vigilante y del robo de más de 15,000 dólares en una fábrica de zapatos de South Braintree (Massachusetts) el 15 de abril de 1920. La ejecución de Sacco, zapatero de profesión, y de Vanzetti, vendedor ambulante de pescado, en 1927, suscitó una unánime repulsa internacional. El día 15 de abril del año 1920 tuvo lugar un robo cuidadosamente planeado y despiadadamente ejecutado en la localidad de South Braintree, Massachusetts, En el curso de este robo, fueron muertos por los bandidos un pagador y un guardia de la empresa. Posteriormente, dos hombres, Nicolás Sacco, obrero zapatero, y Bartolomé Vanzetti, ex panadero y peón de un horno de ladrillos y en ese momento vendedor ambulante de pescado, fueron detenidos acusados de haber cometido este robo y doble asesinato. De acuerdo con las leyes del estado de Massachusetts, se escuchan las peticiones y se interponen los recursos antes de que el juez dicte sentencia en el caso, En éste, el caso Sacco y Vanzetti, esos recursos, peticiones y mociones se extendieron a lo largo de más de siete años Y sólo el día 9 de abril de 1927 el juez que entendía en la, causa, condenó a muerte a los dos hombres y a continuación ordenó que esa sentencia fuera ejecutada el día 10 de Julio de 1927. Sin embargo, por distintas causas, la ejecución de esta sentencia fue postergada hasta el día 22 de agosto de 1927.

Simon, the oldest of five brothers, chronicles the transformation from farmers to soldiers of the five Maccabee brothers and of their struggle for freedom against the Syrian-Greek conquerers of Judea, in a historical novel that recreates the events celebrated by Jews during the holiday of Hanukkah.

This is the third book in a series of 4 about the Lafette family. The central charactor is Dan Lafette a lager than life personality who finds success, failure and doom in personal finance and the relationships closest to him. As many of Fast books the historic landscape the charactors past through appears accurate. Who blossoms from the text is Barbra Laffette, Dan youngest a woman of integrity. There is a later book that focuses on her. Rich charactors, interactions reflecting the yin/yang of human nature I've read the series twice and will again. Series begins w The Immigrants, continues w Second generation.

Special Agent Jess Harris, head of a major crimes division, finds that her investigation of the case of a missing teenager has led to clashes with town's power elite, while her past history with her boss, Dan Burnett, only makes things more complicated.

Dr. Dooley, leader of a volunteer American medical team which offered it services to the Laos government "recalls the months he spent in Laos ... the problems of unimaginable disease compounded by age-old superstition; the terrific inadequacy of supplies and money; the political suspicions which often halted their work; and finally, the intangible rewards." Kirkus.

An inheritance he never wanted...Indigo's opera house was a gift from Alexandre Valois to his wife long before the Civil War. Marjo Savoy, head of the opera house committee, is determined that the historic building will never be sold.Paul Clermont, the current owner, has no interest in holding on to the property he's inherited. A photojournalist who spends his life on the road, he values his freedom too much to be burdened by real estate.But something keeps drawing him back—the quiet beauty of the bayou, the stirring music of his Acadian ancestors or maybe Marjo herself. After years of wandering, he's beginning to wonder if this is where he belongs.

Morrigan Llywelyn is coerced into marrying a Scottish Clan chieftain. She finds him an attractive, if arrogant, partner. As time passes she becomes afraid he will uncover her dark past because it would jeopardise her growing love for him.

"An Independent Woman continues the story of Barbara Lavette, the charismatic heroine of Second Generation, The Establishment, The Legacy, and The Immigrant's Daughter. Gently aging but as strong-willed as ever, she has become the matriarch of the large and powerful Lavette clan, whom everyone turns to for guidance and for the strength of her faith in the human spirit. After years as a liberal journalist, Barbara discovers the joys of a real love when she meets and marries Philip Carter, a Unitarian minister. Yet upon their return home to San Francisco from a romantic honeymoon in Europe and Israel, Barbara faces a test that proves to be more challenging and harrowing than anything that has come before."--BOOK JACKET.

When a factory strike turns violent, neighbors clash in a sleepy New England company town It is 1945, and soldiers have returned home from Europe and the Pacific to take up their former lives. But in Clarkton, a small Massachusetts factory town, a high-stakes labor battle quickly turns violent, turning what should be a time of peace and prosperity into a bloody conflict that draws in every citizen. No one remains untouched, from rigid factory owner George Clark Lowell, to a small army of labor organizers of every background, to reptilian strike-buster Hamilton Gelb, to the shopkeepers, barbers, and priests that watch in confusion and horror as the nightmare unfolds. Clarkton is a potent novel of one town & rsquo;s fight against oppression, and a chilling reflection on the American labor movement after the Second World War. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Howard Fast including rare photos from the author & rsquo;s estate.

To attend to a living child is to be baffled in your humour, disappointed of your pathos, and set freshly free from all the pre- occupations. You cannot anticipate him. Blackbirds, overheard year by year, do not compose the same phrases; never two leitmotifs alike. Not the tone, but the note alters. So with the uncovenated ways of a child you keep no tryst. They meet you at another place, after failing you where you tarried; your former experiences, your documents are at fault.

Describes Tubman's spiritual journey as she hears the voice of God guiding her north to freedom on that very first trip to escape the brutal practice of forced servitude. Tubman would make nineteen subsequent trips back south, never being caught, but none as profound as this first one.