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Boy Soldier
A German Teenager at the Nazi Twilight
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2015
“As a 15-year-old boy I fought briefly in a war. My fight was neither noble nor heroic. I saw the horrors that no 15-year-old boy should ever see. I came into war purely by happenstance, and survived it purely by luck.” Gerhardt B. Thamm grew up on his grandfather’s farm in Lower Silesia, the...
Hornet 33
Memoir of a Combat Helicopter Pilot in Vietnam
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2016
Combat helicopter pilots in the Vietnam War flew each mission facing the possibility of imminent death. Begun as a series of attempted letters to the Department of Veterans Affairs, this compelling memoir of an aircraft commander in the 116th Assault Helicopter Company—“The Hornets”—relates...
Marauder
Memoir of a B-26 Pilot in Europe in World War II
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2012
The B-26 Marauder was a formidable weapon in the campaign to defeat Hitler’s armies, and, in the words of his first copilot, “Louis Rehr “was the best there was” flying it. This memoir, which benefits from forty years of research on the combat history of the B-26, contributions from comrades,...
Passing Time
Memoir of a Vietnam Veteran Against the War
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2016
From 1969 to 1974 Ehrhart was just Passing Time. His reentry into the “world” began with his enrollment as a 21-year-old freshman (and token Vietnam vet) at Swarthmore College. At first simply trying to bury his past, Ehrhart slowly if inexorably came to understand what happened to him, and why,...
Runway Visions
An American C-130 Pilot's Memoir of Combat Airlift Operations in Southeast Asia, 1967-1968
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2010
In February 1967, Air Force Lieutenant Vaughan arrived at Ching Chuan Kang Air Base in Taiwan to begin 14 months as a C-130 Hercules pilot, airlifting supplies and troops throughout southeast Asia. Feeling well suited, Vaughan had volunteered for the duty, but little had he realized the pressure associated...
Lou von Salome
A Biography of the Woman Who Inspired Freud, Nietzsche and Rilke
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2014
The daughter of an illustrious Russian general, Lou von Salomé left her home in the heart of Tsarist Russia to conquer intellectual Europe at the tender age of 18. Eventually settling in Germany, she became a best-selling novelist, a groundbreaking essayist, and a well-known literary critic. In addition...
McKinley, Murder and the Pan-American Exposition
A History of the Presidential Assassination, September 6, 1901
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2016
On September 6, 1901, President William McKinley held a public reception at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. In the receiving line, holding a gun concealed by a handkerchief, was Leon Czolgosz, a young man with anarchist leanings. When he reached McKinley, Czolgosz fired two shots,...
The Bulloch Belles
Three First Ladies, a Spy, a President's Mother and Other Women of a 19th Century Georgia Family
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2015
The Bulloch women of Roswell, Georgia, were not typical antebellum Southern belles. Most were well educated world travelers skilled at navigating social circles far outside the insular aristocracy of the rural South. Their lives were filled with intrigue, espionage, scandal, adversity and perseverance....
Superheroes and Their Ancient Jewish Parallels
A Comparative Study
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2018
Persia had Rostam. Babylonia had Gilgamesh and Enkidu. Egypt had Horus and Isis. Greece had Odysseus and Achilles. Israel had its heroes, too—Moses, David, Esther and Samson. While Israel’s heroes did not wear capes or spandex, they did meet cultural needs. In times of crisis, heroes emerge to...
by Dan Callahan
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2019
Modern screen acting in English is dominated by two key figures: Method acting guru Lee Strasberg—who taught the “the art of experiencing” over “the art of representing”—and English theater titan Laurence Olivier, who once said of the Method’s immersive approach, “try acting, it’s...
Armed Only with Faith
The Civil War Correspondence of Chaplain William Lyman Hyde, 112th New York Infantry
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2015
The 112th New York Infantry Regiment served 1,017 days during the Civil War, from 1862 to 1865. They campaigned in four states, fought in 16 battles and lost 324 men, including two regimental commanders. This unit history is based on the personal papers of Chaplain William Lyman Hyde, including his...
Lois McMaster Bujold
Essays on a Modern Master of Science Fiction and Fantasy
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2013
Lois McMaster Bujold has won a shelf full of awards—Hugos, Nebulas, and others—for both her science fiction and fantasy writing. She is one of the most respected names in the field, always delivering polished, thoughtful, and well-crafted writing. She consistently addresses great issues and problems...
The Strange Case of Dr. Mabuse
A Study of the Twelve Films and Five Novels
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2015
The Mabuse phenomenon is recognized as an icon of horror in Germany as Frankenstein and Dracula are in the United States. A study of the 12 motion pictures and five books (and some secondary films) that make up the eight decades of adventures of master criminal Mabuse, created by author Norbert Jacques...
Horror Comics in Black and White
A History and Catalog, 1964-2004
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2013
In 1954, the comic book industry instituted the Comics Code, a set of self-regulatory guidelines imposed to placate public concern over gory and horrific comic book content, effectively banning genuine horror comics. Because the Code applied only to color comics, many artists and writers turned to...