Lisa C Paul: 8 books

“Her inspiring memoir captures a tumultuous period of history as well as the resilience of the human spirit” (Booklist).   In September 1984, Lisa Paul, an American college student living in Moscow and working as a nanny, enters Inna Meiman’s house for her first Russian language lesson. So...

Die süße Qual der strengen Erziehung, das lustvolle Prickeln der peitsche - diese 16 Storys lassen den Leser hautnah dabei sein: "Meine Arme werden zusammengeschnürt und über meinem Kopf an einem rostigen Haken mit Leder fixiert. Meine Beine werden gespreizt und ebenfalls an Haken festgebunden....

Midnight strikes like an invocation, clock hands joining in prayer to the darkness. After the twelfth chime, there's no escaping the nightmare. Fear reigns supreme. In Darkness, Delight is an original anthology series revealing the many faces of modern horror- shocking and quiet, pulp and...

The Blue, the Gray, and the Green is one of only a handful of books to apply an environmental history approach to the Civil War. This book explores how nature—disease, climate, flora and fauna, and other factors—affected the war and also how the war shaped Americans’ perceptions, understanding,...

Over the past forty years, the health humanities, previously called the medical humanities, has emerged as one of the most exciting fields for interdisciplinary scholarship, advancing humanistic inquiry into bioethics, human rights, health care, and the uses of technology. It has also helped inspire...

The cornerstone of the American republic is an educated, active, and engaged citizenry; however, the multifaceted inner workings of government and the political forces that shape it are incredibly complex. Kentucky Government, Politics, and Public Policy is the first book in nearly three decades to...

The fourth edition of an authoritative overview, with all new chapters that capture the state of the art in a rapidly growing field. Science and Technology Studies (STS) is a flourishing interdisciplinary field that examines the transformative power of science and technology to arrange and...

Appalachians have been characterized as a population with numerous disparities in health and limited access to medical services and infrastructures, leading to inaccurate generalizations that inhibit their healthcare progress. Appalachians face significant challenges in obtaining effective care, and...