Michael Joseph: 273 books
Harvard Classics Volume 40
English Poetry 1: Chaucer To Gray
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2017
Contents: 1. Use Preview To See Table of Contents Inside Also available: The Complete Harvard Classics Collection (51 Volumes + The Harvard Classic Shelf Of Fiction) 50 Masterpieces You Have To Read Before You Die (Golden Deer Classics)
18 Wheels of Horror
A Trailer Full of Trucking Terrors
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2015
Psychotic killers, devious ghosts, alien monsters, howling storms, undead creatures, and other dark forces haunt the highways and the truckers who drive them in these 18 chilling tales. A ghostly voice on a trucker’s CB radio knows more about his life than it should… Two drivers find their cargo...
On Jean Améry
Philosophy of Catastrophe
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2011
On Jean Améry provides a comprehensive discussion of one of the most challenging and complex post-Holocaust thinkers, Jean Améry (1912-1978), a Jewish-Austrian-Belgian essayist, journalist and literary author. In the English-speaking world Améry is known for his poignant publication, At the Mind's...
The Strong Gray Line
War-time Reflections from the West Point Class of 2004
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2015
To preserve the memory of their service during the tumultuous decade since their commissioning as Army officers, members of the West Point class of 2004 have written The Strong Gray Line. This class suffered the highest casualty rate since those that graduated during the Vietnam War. In this book,...
Harvard Classics Volume 41
English Poetry 2: Collins To Fitzgerald
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2017
Contents: 1. Use Preview To See Table of Contents Inside Also available: The Complete Harvard Classics Collection (51 Volumes + The Harvard Classic Shelf Of Fiction) 50 Masterpieces You Have To Read Before You Die (Golden Deer Classics)
Heroines of Comic Books and Literature
Portrayals in Popular Culture
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2014
Despite the growing importance of heroines across literary culture—and sales figures that demonstrate both young adult and adult females are reading about heroines in droves, particularly in graphic novels, comic books, and YA literature—few scholarly collections have examined the complex relationships...
by Michael A. Joseph
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2016
“I have taught ... for two generations and was a reading coordinator. ... Being an avid reader, I can honestly say that this is the best literary work I have read.” A. Bryan, Amazon.com. Five star reviewAs the world’s attention was focused on the massacre of Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympic...
by Joseph E. Provost, Donald Linske and Michael P. Birrell
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2017
In this book three retired firefighters trace the history of the Dearborn Fire Department. From 1869 when fire threatened the Army's arsenal at Dearbornville, through consolidation, to modern times, the fire department has been an integral part of the city's life.
Martial Arts in the Arts
An Appreciation of Artifacts
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2018
Combative forms of movement meet all the criteria required to be called “arts”. Additionally, items associated with martial art theory and practice can be shown in a variety media and appreciated as objets d’art in their own right. This anthology presents the aesthetic side of the...
Emancipation at 150
The Impact of the Emancipation Proclamation
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2012
"Emancipation at 150: The Impact of the Emancipation Proclamation" is a scholarly anthology on the Emancipation Proclamation with contributions from leading Lincoln historians and government officials. Topics covered in the anthology range from views of the Proclamation through the eyes of enslaved people...
by Howard Good, Berrin A. Beasley, Sandra L. Borden
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2007
How far should a reporter go for a story? What's the role of the press at the scene of an emergency, or a murder? Why has journalism suddenly become so susceptible to plagiarism? Here's a book that poses these and other urgent questions—and offers candid answers. At a time when professionals and...
The Ring and the Cross
Christianity and the Lord of the Rings
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2010
The conversation, sometimes heated, about the influence of Christianity on the writings of J.R.R. Tolkien has a long history. What has been lacking is a forum for a civilized discussion about the topic, as well as a chronological overview of the major arguments and themes that have engaged scholars...
Dead Ends
The Pursuit, Conviction, and Execution of Serial Killer Aileen Wuornos
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2016
The chilling true story of female serial killer Aileen Wuornos, whose violent crimes shocked the nation—and inspired the Academy Award–winning film Monster.
When police in Florida’s Volusia County were called to investigate the murder of Richard Mallory, whose gunshot-ridden body had...
Historians on Hamilton
How a Blockbuster Musical Is Restaging America's Past
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2018
America has gone Hamilton crazy. Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony-winning musical has spawned sold-out performances, a triple platinum cast album, and a score so catchy that it is being used to teach U.S. history in classrooms across the country. But just how historically accurate is Hamilton? And how...