Thomas Richards

A clarion call for taking back the American Revolution from the far right, published for the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence Who gets to claim the legacy of the American Revolution and the mantle of patriotism that goes along with it? In a sharp, irreverent, deeply informed account of the nation’s founding moment and its enduring legacies, historian Thomas Richards Jr. invites us to see the Revolution not just as a one-time fight for political freedom from Britain but as an ongoing struggle for equality, justice, and social and political independence for all Americans. A riveting work of narrative history, The Unfinished Business of 1776 shows that the Revolutionary struggle did not end in 1787 when the Constitution was ratified: Across nine dramatic chapters, Richards introduces readers to the vividly drawn characters who kept the Revolution alive for the next century and beyond, including the women’s rights advocate Judith Sargent Murray, the enslaved rebel Gabriel, the economic reformer Solomon Sharp, and the religious visionary Joseph Smith—each pushing for freedoms that extended well beyond the traditional narrative of the Revolution, and each revealing how the unfinished work of 1776 fueled demands for economic, social, and legal equality that lasted well beyond the Revolution itself. A myth-busting book about the history we think we know, The Unfinished Business of 1776 is the perfect antidote to jingoistic celebrations of America—offering an inclusive vision of our common past.

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UNFAIR Laws Across the WorldThis Guide is based on the TRUTH and REALITY. It is NOT a novel. The Characters in it are REAL people, though most names have been changed for obvious reasons. I have no intention of harming or insulting anyone. Carm's name and my name are, of course, real. Occasionally I use other Real names because they have either agreed to it or because they have passed away and either don't care or won't know about it. An explanation: in the title of this Guide Book, I call Carm 'my wife'. While we have not yet married due to horrible circumstances (which I will go into in many of the chapters below), calling Carm 'wife' is much less confusing than calling her 'Partner'. Some who read the title may think that 'partner' means 'Business Partner' which she is but she's much more than that. Carmel Murray is my missing, loving Legal Partner. I hope that provides an explanation. Some will ask: " Tom, why have you written this? Won't you find it embarrassing to tell a story that is so horrible it almost made you lose your mind and you almost took your life?" The answer, of course, is that I'm writing this Guide to prevent this from happening to anyone who reads this. That includes all those who are married, or have a partner, or a friend, or a loving colleague and are denied access to see them, usually by a relative of that loved one who is suffering from Dementia, Alzheimer's or any other grave Mental Illness (or any illness at all that requires hospitalisation or a long-term stay in a nursing home. It is also somewhat relevant to those of you who are denied access to your children, grandchildren or great-grandchildren. That happens all the time too particularly when a son or daughter is divorced and, for reasons beyond your control, they deny you access to what could be a long list of relatives. UNFAIR Laws Across the WorldThis Guide is based on the TRUTH and REALITY. It is NOT a novel. The Characters in it are REAL people, though most names have been changed for obvious reasons. I have no intention of harming or insulting anyone. Carm's name and my name are, of course, real. Occasionally I use other Real names because they have either agreed to it or because they have passed away and either don't care or won't know about it. An explanation: in the title of this Guide Book, I call Carm 'my wife'. While we have not yet married due to horrible circumstances (which I will go into in many of the chapters below), calling Carm 'wife' is much less confusing than calling her 'Partner'. Some who read the title may think that 'partner' means 'Business Partner' which she is but she's much more than that. Carmel Murray is my missing, loving Legal Partner. I hope that provides an explanation. Some will ask: " Tom, why have you written this? Won't you find it embarrassing to tell a story that is so horrible it almost made you lose your mind and you almost took your life?" The answer, of course, is that I'm writing this Guide to prevent this from happening to anyone who reads this. That includes all those who are married, or have a partner, or a friend, or a loving colleague and are denied access to see them, usually by a relative of that loved one who is suffering from Dementia, Alzheimer's or any other grave Mental Illness (or any illness at all that requires hospitalisation or a long-term stay in a nursing home. It is also somewhat relevant to those of you who are denied access to your children, grandchildren or great-grandchildren. That happens all the time too particularly when a son or daughter is divorced and, for reasons beyond your control, they deny you access to what could be a long list of relatives.

Mrs. Sinden, a story of love in a time of plague. Jessica Sinden, a reserved British woman who has lost one of her three children to suicide, unexpectedly falls in love. Love upends her, and even she is surprised by all the changes she feels in and around herself. But Jessica meets her American lover, Philip Nye, just as rumors begin to mount about some kind of new disease in China. The references to the disease, SARS, are at first offhand and casual, deepening in seriousness as the narrative proceeds, and the two of them wind up quarantined together on a high mountain, waiting for death. One dies. Her husband, Edward Sinden, a doctor specializing in infectious diseases and perpetually immersed in his work has over the years become distant with Jessica. He is called to a hospital in a remote province in China, and while in China and under government surveillance, is asked to treat very sick patients. To his horror, he begins to realize that the disease is a deadly epidemic. Mrs. Sinden is also a postcolonial love story. It deals with white expatriates in Hong Kong who are remnants of an increasingly marginal and irrelevant colonial culture. It is framed and underscored by larger political events, but it is essentially a deeply personal story of a middle-aged woman who unexpectedly discovers a real warmth in herself. The novel has a particular interest in its women characters.

A reinterpretation of a key moment in the political history of the United States—and of the Americans who sought to decouple American ideals from US territory. Published in Cooperation with the William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist UniversityMost Americans know that the state of Texas was once the Republic of Texas—an independent sovereign state that existed from 1836 until its annexation by the United States in 1846. But few are aware that thousands of Americans, inspired by Texas, tried to establish additional sovereign states outside the borders of the early American republic. In Breakaway Americas, Thomas Richards, Jr., examines six such attempts and the groups that supported them: "patriots" who attempted to overthrow British rule in Canada; post-removal Cherokees in Indian Territory; Mormons first in Illinois and then the Salt Lake Valley; Anglo-American overland immigrants in both Mexican California and Oregon; and, of course, Anglo-Americans in Texas. Though their goals and methods varied, Richards argues that these groups had a common mindset: they were not expansionists. Instead, they hoped to form new, independent republics based on the "American values" that they felt were no longer recognized in the United States: land ownership, a strict racial hierarchy, and masculinity. Exposing nineteenth-century Americans' lack of allegiance to their country, which at the time was plagued with economic depression, social disorder, and increasing sectional tension, Richards points us toward a new understanding of American identity and Americans as a people untethered from the United States as a country. Through its wide focus on a diverse array of American political practices and ideologies, Breakaway Americas will appeal to anyone interested in the Jacksonian United States, US politics, American identity, and the unpredictable nature of history.

Sorcery dawned 500 years BCE, but did it ever really end? To know what happened, we return to the middle ages - to a time that birthed legends whom history forgot. The Ambrosius Chronicles begins around 500 BCE, in a world with a history very different from what we recorded. Due to unseen hands, meddling from the shadows, figures we believe to be legend are true, but events surrounding them, not so much. When using realism, you can draw on iconic figures from mythology. When world building, you can do anything. Thomas Richards has set the series up for both, with the remarkable premise of a history rich with magic and all manner of mythical creatures, which, in the series's future and our past, becomes forgotten. Readers step into a world with lore both familiar and unfamiliar, where kings of human, dwarven and elven realms rule medieval Albion, and large portions of the continent have been scorched into desolate areas. Wizards occupying the ancient kingdom of East Anglia strive to exert supremacy over all magical affairs and Animism, similar to the struggles in the middle-ages between kings and popes for control of the church. Then there's Faerie, created following the mysterious Fae Wars, some 200,000 years ago, where dwell the giants, sidhe, vampires, sprites and witches. Ezekiel Stone is an 18-year-old aspiring sorcerer at the Grand Tower - the apex of magical academia across the land. He is a relatable young adult protagonist, working hard with visions of going places, only to never be afforded an opportunity in a competitive environment. He is a troubled youth, bearing frustrations but also a quiet determination to persevere. His journey begins after he joins the tower guard, contemplating forsaking his dream to become a wizard, only to be drawn into a conflict orchestrated by a shadowy adversary after circumstances enable him to tap into a latent potential. Readers are immediately provided with a glimpse of Zeke's mystery, although he won't discover the implications until later. In contrast, Laura Tailor is from an unremarkable family and was generally held in low regard, yet her determination was rewarded upon a chance recognition, leading her to become the youngest enforcer in the history of the realm. While she begins her journey as a junior, awaiting regiment assignment, her ingrained drive to prove herself lands her in the middle of the same events that Zeke was inserted into by an unknown hand using the single letter 'V' as his seal. Druid Nathaniel Pearce is Zeke's best friend and an expert in old and forgotten enchantments, but even his knowledge doesn't compare to the vastness of Malachi's mental archive. As a mysterious alleged madman, operating under various identities, there is much of his story left to be discovered. The Corral Ring is an ambitious first novel, immediately drawing on the wealth of this fantastic world's mythos and hinting at other adversaries operating in the deeper shadows. Readers need not worry about unfamiliarity with the alternate medieval Albion, which contains out-of-place kingdoms - for example, Elmet, which in reality was assimilated by Northumbria. In this poetic version of events, the two ancient kingdoms of Bernicia and Deira never formed Northumbria, so Elmet survived. The author is quick to introduce this alternate world, while simultaneously exposing the protagonists to the world beyond the walls of Norwich, setting the scene for readers to leap into the next instalment with the promise of a greater focus on the characters' individual journeys, following the implications of The Corral Ring's conclusion. A brilliant start to what promises to be an amazing high fantasy series in an alternate history of magical realism, home to sword and sorcery, powerful monarchs, feudal lords, mythical creatures, hidden agendas, a little politics and a lot of action and adventure.

How to craft a dynamic personal essay that will get your college application noticed. College admissions—that is, admission to the school of your choice—has become incredibly competitive. Students and their families prepare from grade school onward to shape school "careers" that will give them a leg up in applying to selective colleges. But sterling academic performance, AP classes, high test scores, and sports and other extracurricular activities are no longer enough to guarantee a slot at Stanford, Johns Hopkins, or the Ivies. In Admit One, Thomas Richards focuses on a key aspect of the college admissions decision, one that makes all the difference in applications: good writing. This involves mastering the dreaded personal essay—but more than that, it means "writing" a college application with a consistent overarching narrative, one that tells a student's intimate story. Writing has the ability to render the grain of a student's own voice, fully integrated and fully under their own control. More than any other element of the application, strong writing is capable of revealing applicants as individuals from the inside out, allowing admissions committees to make fine distinctions between otherwise identical candidates. In plain language, Richards draws together this sense of writing as central to college admissions while showing candidates the secrets of creating an effective, beautifully crafted personal essay. From selecting words to shaping sentences, building paragraphs, and even clarifying a voice, Richards's approach is the key to getting a student's application noticed and read. The resulting essay that readers craft will come as close as possible to being a trustworthy representation of a whole person. Treating the college application as a rigorous intellectual exercise, Admit One contains everything students need to know in order to present themselves with clear-edged precision to an application committee.

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. The Age of Enlightenment profoundly enriched religious and philosophical understanding and continues to influence present-day thinking. Works collected here include masterpieces by David Hume, Immanuel Kant, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, as well as religious sermons and moral debates on the issues of the day, such as the slave trade. The Age of Reason saw conflict between Protestantism and Catholicism transformed into one between faith and logic -- a debate that continues in the twenty-first century.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++British LibraryT001233 London]: Printed for the author, 1756]. 27, 1]p.; 8

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Western literary study flows out of eighteenth-century works by Alexander Pope, Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Frances Burney, Denis Diderot, Johann Gottfried Herder, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and others. Experience the birth of the modern novel, or compare the development of language using dictionaries and grammar discourses. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++British LibraryT066972Bristol: printed by Felix Farley, 1753. 4],68p.; 8

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Western literary study flows out of eighteenth-century works by Alexander Pope, Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Frances Burney, Denis Diderot, Johann Gottfried Herder, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and others. Experience the birth of the modern novel, or compare the development of language using dictionaries and grammar discourses. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++British LibraryT123386Anonymous. By Thomas Richards. The first word is transliterated from the Greek. A piracy by Henry Hills; his books advertised on verso of final leaf (Foxon). A satire, in verse, in answer to the 'Muscipula' of Edward Holdsworth. Londini: anno Domini, 1709. 15, 1]p.; 8

Broadside Black-Letter Ballads - Printed in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1868. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

Do You Struggle With Your Emotions? Have your emotions interfered with your success? Do you want to learn how to master your emotions? Would you want to increase your emotional intelligence? These techniques will allow you to master your emotions. You'll be happy to see that you have command over your emotions and maximizing your success as you grow.

Do You Want to Improve Your Problem Solving and Creative Thinking? Do you struggle with solving problems? Would you want to improve your creativity? We have studied some of the best problem solver and creative thinking in the world. Inside we share with you some of their techniques and strategies when it comes to attacking any problems that you may have. After reading this book you will have the tools that will help you solve problems successfully.

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. The Age of Enlightenment profoundly enriched religious and philosophical understanding and continues to influence present-day thinking. Works collected here include masterpieces by David Hume, Immanuel Kant, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, as well as religious sermons and moral debates on the issues of the day, such as the slave trade. The Age of Reason saw conflict between Protestantism and Catholicism transformed into one between faith and logic -- a debate that continues in the twenty-first century.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++British LibraryT001233 London]: Printed for the author, 1756]. 27, 1]p.; 8