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View book details for A Concise Survey of Western Civilization
Supremacies and Diversities throughout History, 1500 to the Present
This book gives a brief, readable description of our common Western heritage. It covers the minimum historical information that educated adults should know within a tightly-focused narrative and interpretive structure. The joined terms supremacies and diversities develop major themes of …
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Having turned phone sex into the subject of an astonishing national bestseller in Vox, Baker now outdoes himself with an outrageously arousing, acrobatically stylish "X-rated sci-fi fantasy that leaves Vox seeming more like mere fiber-optic foreplay" (Seattle Times). "Sparkling."--San Francisco …
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
The Booker Prize-winning author of The Sea continues the story of Isabel Archer, the young protagonist of Henry Jamess beloved The Portrait of a Ladyin this masterful novel of betrayal, corruption, and moral ambiguity. Eager but naive, in Jamess novel …
View book details for Rethinking Fanon
The Continuing Dialogue
Over sixty years after his death, the social philosopher and psychiatrist Frantz Fanon (1925-1961) remains a towering intellectual figure. Born in Martinique and trained as a psychiatrist in France, Fanon rejected his French citizenship to join the Algerian liberation movement …
View book details for Discursive Change in Hong Kong
Sociopolitical Dynamics, Metaphor, and One Country, Two Systems
Discursive Change in Hong Kong: Sociopolitical Dynamics, Metaphor, and One Country, Two Systems is an interdisciplinary study of sociopolitical and discursive change in Hong Konga westernized Chinese society once under British rule, now decolonized but without independence, and with a …
Scarecrow Press
Guinea-Bissau is a small country in West Africa, and yet it managed to wrest its independence from Portugal back in 1973, at the cost of a long and bitter struggle against seemingly implacable odds. This was a time to be …
View book details for Crochet Ragdoll Friends
36 New Dolls to Make
Crochet a new best friend!Sascha is back with this exciting collection of 36 new ragdolls, including adult and baby pairs of animals and fantasy creatures such as dragons and dinosaurs. She's also introducing friends from around the world, such as …
View book details for Women in American Prisons
Sex, Social Life, and Families
A fascinating look at the social life of women in prison. Intended to shine the light on prison social life in the face of allegations of all sorts of misconduct and deviant behaviors.
View book details for Small Isn't Beautiful
The Case against Localism
Eat local has become a popular marketing slogan in recent years, based on the idea that food grown or raised nearby is better for you and friendlier to the environment than similar products shipped in from many miles away. That …
View book details for School Desegregation and U.S. Presidents
How the Role of the Bully Pulpit Affected Their Decisions
The Supreme Court's Brown v Board of Education of Topeka Kansas decision of 1954 yielded unwavering and contentious mass resistance to dismantling the legally sanctioned dual system of public schooling in the United States. Extensive literature exists that focuses on …
View book details for Panzer Aces I
Battle Stories of German Tank Commanders in WWII
With speed, violence, and deadly power, heavily armored tanks spearheaded the German blitzkrieg that stormed across Europe in 1939. Tracks rattling and engines roaring, these lethal machines engaged in some of the fiercest fighting of World War II, from the …
View book details for Czernowitz at 100
The First Yiddish Language Conference in Historical Perspective
Lexington Books
Czernowitz at 100 represents a collection based on the proceedings of a 2008 international conference convened at York University in Toronto. Each chapter looks back at a portion over a long century, one marked with the mass migration of Ashkenazi …
View book details for King David and Boss Daley
The Black Disciples, Mayor Daley, and Chicago on the Edge
In Chicago in mid-twentieth century amid the haze and smoke of urban renewal and the sounds of the wrecking balls and bulldozers, there lived two men, both street-savvy, one Black, one Irish, one young, one old and both leaders of …
This book represents a unique indispensable reflection on the interconnection between empathy and ethics. To what extent is it right to be empathetic? Can empathy be unethical? Or is there an ethical obligation to be empathetic? Do we educate our …
Grand Central Publishing
Celebrate the holidays with M. C. Beaton, the queen of cozy mysteries!In the dark, wintry highlands of Lochdubh, Scotland, where the local Calvinist element resists the secular trimmings of Christmas, the spirit of Old St. Nick is about as welcome …
View book details for Jesuit Art and Czech Lands, 15561729
Missionizing through the Arts
This collection examines how the Society of Jesus used art and architecture in its missionary efforts in the Lands of the Bohemian Crown from the sixteenth century to the eighteenth. The Jesuits used a variety of visual media to re-invigorate …
EnlightenmentAufklarung in German, Lumieres in Frenchis more an idea than a period. But it is an idea that took hold in a particular historical context of revolutionary scientific advances, increasing economic and social freedom, rising literacy and prosperity, and a …
View book details for Finding China's Lost Generation
The Beijing Fifty-five
In December 1968 Mao Zedong proclaimed that Chinas educated urban youth should move to the countryside to be reeducated by the poor and lower middle peasants. Some seventeen million who responded to his call spent the better part of a …
View book details for The Road to Sanctuary
Building Power and Community in Philadelphia
During the Trump administration, more people sought sanctuary in churches in Philadelphia than any other city in the United States. The city was also on the front lines of progressive policy making, defending its sanctuary policies in federal court. In …
H.G. Callaways critical edition of William James's Essays in Radical Empiricism evaluates this classic work of American philosophy and the pragmatist tradition partly on the basis of the functional psychology of James's magnum opus, The Principles of Psychology. The edition …
View book details for The Battle that Forged Modern Baseball
The Federal League Challenge and Its Legacy
Ivan R. Dee
In late 1913 the newly formed Federal League declared itself a major league in competition with the established National and American Leagues. Backed by some of Americas wealthiest merchants and industrialists, the new organization posed a real challenge to baseballs …
View book details for Internet Diplomacy
Shaping the Global Politics of Cyberspace
The governance of the internet has gained a central role in global politics. International cooperation is increasingly mobilized to ensure that the expansion of connectivity infrastructure, digital services and their usages also safeguards security, human rights, and economic benefits. The …
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How Addison Mizner Invented Florida's Gold Coast
Addison Mizners Mediterranean-style mansions are much-admired Florida icons, where even today you can find many homes modeled with stucco walls and tiled roofs. In the paperback release of Boca Rococo, Caroline Seebohms successful biography on the flamboyant architect is more …
View book details for Feminist Theologies
Interstices and Fractures
This assemblage of feminist theologies represents a series of vital entanglements. Chapters are written from different cultures, geographies and discourses and brought together around themes as specific and wide-ranging as immigration detention, hate crime, discrimination, rites of marriage and partnership, …
View book details for A Man of Much Importance
The Art and Life of Terrence McNally
For nearly sixty years, playwright Terrence McNally has been a force in American theater. His work, encompassing plays, musicals, teleplays, and opera, has been performed around the world. McNally is the consummate artist, delving into the human soul, fearlessly examining …
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