Carl Vinson was an American politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives for over 50 years and was influential in the 20th century expansion of the U.S. Navy. He was a member of the Democratic Party and represented Georgia in the House from 1914 to 1965. He was known as "The Father of the Two-Ocean Navy". He is the longest-serving member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Georgia. From 1961 to 1965, he served as the Dean of the US House of Representatives as the longest serving member of the body.
Castizo is a racial category used in 18th-century Colonial Mexico to refer to people who were three-quarters Spanish by descent and one-quarter Amerindian. The feminine form of the word is castiza. In the early 21st century, the term castizo has also come to mean mixed-race people with light skin, in comparison to mulattos, pardos, and coyotes, who would be mixed-race people with darker skin.
Lobo is a racial category for a mixed-race person used in Mexican paintings illustrating the caste (casta) system in 17th- and 18th-century Spanish America.
The Bracelet is a 1930 novel by the British writer Robert Hichens. A society scandal breaks over a bracelet given by a man to a woman, leading to a court case.
The Journey Up is a 1938 novel by the British writer Robert Hichens.
Daniel Airlie is a 1937 novel by the British writer Robert Hichens.
In the Wilderness is a 1917 novel by the British writer Robert Hichens.
Another Man's Wife is a 1934 novel by the British writer Marie Belloc Lowndes.
Jenny Newstead is a 1932 melodramatic suspense novel by the British writer Marie Belloc Lowndes. It is based on the story of the serial killer George Joseph Smith.
Journey Into Stone is a 1972 thriller novel by the British writer Audrey Erskine Lindop. Peace in the sleepy little village of Parkley is shattered by a burglary, followed by a series of crimes of increasing intensity.
I Start Counting is a 1966 thriller novel by the British writer Audrey Erskine Lindop. With a serial strangler on the loose in her small English town, a teenage girl begins to suspect who it is.
The Tall Headlines is a 1950 thriller novel by the British writer Audrey Erskine Lindop. A middle-class British family are lest devastated and divided when the eldest son is arrested and hanged for murder.
Soldiers' Daughters Never Cry is a 1948 novel by the British writer Audrey Erskine Lindop, her second to be published.
The Way to the Lantern is a 1961 historical novel by the British writer Audrey Erskine Lindop. An English actor and confidence trickster rises to prominence during the era of the French Revolution.
Sight Unseen is a 1969 thriller novel by the British writer Audrey Erskine Lindop.
I Thank a Fool is a 1958 novel by the British writer Audrey Erskine Lindop. In the United States it was published by Doubleday under the alternative title of Mist over Talla.
Nicola is a 1959 novel by the British writer Audrey Erskine Lindop. An attractive young woman returns to her home village after a term in prison, and discovers how much she is resented by some of the inhabitants.
Christmas Tree is a collection of short stories by the British writer Eleanor Smith, better known for her novels. It was released in the United States in 1935 under the alternative title of Seven Trees.
The Poisoners is a 1936 historical mystery novel by the British writer Marjorie Bowen, written under the pen name of George Preedy. It is based on the Affair of the Poisons, during the reign of Louis XIV in seventeenth-century France.
The Master of Stair is a 1907 historical novel by the British writer Marjorie Bowen. It was her second published novel after her hit debut The Viper of Milan, and was also a bestseller. The plot revolves around the 1689 Massacre of Glencoe in the wake of the Glorious Revolution. It is also known by the alternative title of The Glen o' Weeping.
