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 Jennifer Miller, "Rising Class: How Three First-Generation College Students Conquered Their First Year" English | ISBN: 0374313571 | 2023 | 352 pages | AZW3 | 2 MB This eye-opening YA narrative nonfiction follows three first-generation college students as they navigate their first year―and ultimately a global pandemic.  Woody Falgoux, "Rise of the Cajun Mariners: The Race for Big Oil" English | ISBN: 1510718443 | 2017 | 384 pages | AZW3 | 4 MB The story of four families of Cajun boatmen and their rise from trappers and shrimpers to mega-millionaires.  Anthony Everitt, "Rise of Athens" English | ISBN: 1445664763 | 2017 | 576 pages | EPUB | 17 MB Classical Athens, a community of just 200,000 citizens, not only gave birth to some of antiquity's greatest geniuses but also created the world's first democracy, raising political issues that remain relevant today. Complementing his account of The Rise of Rome, Everitt surveys the Athenian achievement, from the early centuries of kings and tyrants, through the democratic revolution and the city's intellectual and artistic flowering in the age of Socrates and Pericles, to its decline with the growth of Macedon.  Risa J. Toha, "Rioting for Representation: Local Ethnic Mobilization in Democratizing Countries " English | ISBN: 1316518973 | 2021 | 355 pages | PDF | 5 MB Ethnic riots are a costly and all too common occurrence during political transitions in multi-ethnic settings. Why do ethnic riots occur in certain parts of a country and not others? How does violence eventually decline? Drawing on rich case studies and quantitative evidence from Indonesia between 1990 and 2012, this book argues that patterns of ethnic rioting are not inevitably driven by inter-group animosity, weakness of state capacity, or local demographic composition. Rather, local ethnic elites strategically use violence to leverage their demands for political inclusion during political transition and that violence eventually declines as these demands are accommodated. Toha breaks new ground in showing that particular political reforms―increased political competition, direct local elections, and local administrative units partitioning―in ethnically diverse contexts can ameliorate political exclusion and reduce overall levels of violence between groups.  Callum Cant, "Riding for Deliveroo: Resistance in the New Economy" English | ISBN: 1509535500 | | pages | MOBI | 370 KB What is life like for workers in the gig economy? Is it a paradise of flexibility and individual freedom? Or is it a world of exploitation and conflict? Callum Cant took a job with one of the most prominent platforms, Deliveroo, to find out.  Dr.B.R.Ambedkar, "Riddles in Hinduism" English | ISBN: 9385540890 | 2019 | 518 pages | MOBI | 4 MB Riddles in Hinduism is one of his many works B.R. Ambedkar did not get to publish in his lifetime.Now That published  Luke G. Williams, "Richmond Unchained: The Biography of the World's First Black Sporting Superstar" English | ISBN: 1445644894 | | pages | EPUB | 6 MB Today Bill Richmond is largely unknown to the wider public, but he was one of the most significant sportsmen in history and one of the most prominent celebrities of Georgian times. Born into slavery in Staten Island, Richmond won his freedom as a young boy and carved a new life for himself in England as a cabinet maker and then a renowned prizefighter and trainer. His amazing life encompassed encounters and relationships with some of the most prominent men of the age, including Earl Percy, William Hazlitt, Lord Byron, the Prince Regent and Lord Camelford. His fame was such that he fulfilled an official role at the coronation celebrations of King George IV in 1821.The story of Bill Richmond is an incredible tale of personal advancement, as well as the story of a life informed and influenced by a series of turbulent historical events, including the American War of Independence, the fight for black emancipation and Britain's long-running conflict with Napoleon Bonaparte.  Tom Bower, "Revenge: Meghan, Harry, and the War Between the Windsors" English | ISBN: 1668022087 | 2022 | 464 pages | MOBI | 2 MB This instant #1 internationally bestselling "explosive tell-all" (Daily Express, London) reveals the inside story about Meghan Markle's journey from minor actress and attempted activist to the woman powerful enough to fracture the British Royal Family.  Mark L. Richards, "Return of the Eagles " English | ISBN: 153985258X | 2016 | 284 pages | MOBI | 457 KB Mark L. Richards's Legions of the Forest painstakingly crafted the world of AD 9 under the Roman Empire. He invites you back to ancient Europe in his sequel, Return of the Eagles.  William Dalrymple, "Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan, 1839-42" English | ISBN: 0307948536 | 2014 | 593 pages | MOBI | 3 MB A Best Book of the Year: The Economist, Slate, Kirkus Reviews |
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