Sherwood Anderson, remembered chiefly as a writer of short stories about life in the Midwest at the turn of the... Læs mere
In 1936, Bruno Hauptmann was executed for the kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh Jr. In the ensuing decades, many books... Læs mere
In the old story of love and loss, Lisa Ampleman's I've Been Collecting This to Tell You cuts to the core of the matter with concision and subtlety. Hearts are laid... Læs mere
Focuses on works that expand the parameters of US foreign relations. This work also focuses on such areas as identity formation and projection, borderlands studies, comparative history, and cultural transfer. It offers a provocative reinterpretation of Civil War - era diplomacy.
Demonstrates the truly international reach of Hemingway as a pop culture icon. Hemingway's role in these comics ranges from the divine to the ridiculous, as his image is recorded, distorted, lampooned, and whittled down to its essential parts.
When school children from Kent, Ohio and Florence, Italy, were invited to... Læs mere
President Nixon's announcement on April 30, 1970, that US troops were invading neutral Cambodia as part of the ongoing... Læs mere
Tolkien's concern with time - past and present, real and ""faerie"" - captures the wonder of travel into other worlds and other times. This work shows... Læs mere
Compiling the stories of noncombat veterans, Rona Simmons follows them as they report for service, complete their training, and... Læs mere
A history of this high-brow school of medicine, Physio-Medicalism. They promoted the belief that the body has a ""vital force"" that can be used to... Læs mere