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The Lively Experiment
Religious Toleration in America from Roger Williams to the Present
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2015
The Lively Experiment chronicles how Americans have continually demolished traditional prejudices while at the same time erecting new walls between belief systems. Nearly four hundred years after Roger Williams' 1633 Rhode Island colony, the "lively experiment" of religious tolerance remains...
The Cooperstown Chronicles
Baseball's Colorful Characters, Unusual Lives, and Strange Demises
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2014
Professional baseball has always consisted of a variety of characters, from likeable youngsters to notorious rebels. From 1871 to the present, the sport has witnessed the likes of Germany Schaeffer, an infielder with a penchant for “stealing” first base; Joe Medwick, the only player ever removed...
Real War vs. Reel War
Veterans, Hollywood, and WWII
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2015
World War II has been the subject of hundreds, if not thousands, of films produced in the United States alone. From training camp scenes in See Here, Private Hargrove to images of brutal combat in Saving Private Ryan, filmmakers have been tasked with replicating pivotal moments in the war. But sometimes...
Henry L. Stimson
The First Wise Man
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2000
The twentieth century witnessed the rise of the United States as the preeminent player on the world stage. While many individuals were responsible for the American ascension, few have left a larger legacy in the arena of foreign policy than Henry L. Stimson. Serving nearly every American president...
by Michael F. Hopkins
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2017
Dean Acheson was the most influential American diplomat of the twentieth century. He shaped the pivotal shift in American foreign policy from isolation to engagement in global affairs, This critical re-evaluation of Acheson’s public career analyzes his advocacy of intervention against Germany and...
The Gatsby Affair
Scott, Zelda, and the Betrayal that Shaped an American Classic
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2018
The romance between F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda Sayre has been celebrated as one of the greatest of the 20th century. From the beginning, their relationship was a tumultuous one, in which the couple’s excesses were as widely known as their passion for each other. Despite their love, both Scott...
Influencing Hemingway
People and Places That Shaped His Life and Work
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2014
Ernest Hemingway embraced adventure and courted glamorous friends while writing articles, novels, and short stories that captivated the world. Hemingway’s personal relationships and experiences influenced the content of his fiction, while the progression of places where the author chose to live...
The Treatise of the Three Impostors and the Problem of Enlightenment
A New Translation of the Traite DES Trois Imposteurs with Three Essays in Commentary
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2000
Including the first English edition of the Treatise of the Three Impostors since 1904, this book examines the treatise in its literary, political, and philosophical context.
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Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2010
This collection of compact biographies puts a human face on the sweeping historical processes that shaped contemporary societies throughout the Atlantic world. Focusing on life stories that represented movement across or around the Atlantic Ocean from 1500 to 1850, The Human Tradition in the Atlantic...
This Thing Called Music
Essays in Honor of Bruno Nettl
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2015
The most fundamental subject of music scholarship provides the common focus of this volume of essays: music itself. For the distinguished scholars from the field of musicology and related areas of the humanities and social sciences, the search for music itself—in its vastly complex and diverse forms...
by Norman Abjorensen
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2017
This book seeks to trace the rise of popular music, identify its key figures and track the origins and development of its multiple genres and styles, all the while seeking to establish historical context. It is, fundamentally, a ready reference guide to the broad field of popular music over the past...
Sting and The Police
Walking in Their Footsteps
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
During the 1980s, when pop icons like Madonna, Bruce Springsteen, Michael Jackson, and U2 reigned supreme, many regarded The Police as the biggest band in the world. Yet after only five albums—and at the peak of their popularity—The Police disbanded and Sting began a solo career that made him...
Basic Elements of Music
A Primer for Musicians, Music Teachers, and Students
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2016
Basic Elements of Music introduces readers to a wide range of knowledge essential for a well-rounded understanding of music. This primer surveys the history of music and the composers who made that history; the history of instrument families and how the instruments function; an introduction to the...
Hiroshima
The Autobiography of Barefoot Gen
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2010
This compelling autobiography tells the life story of famed manga artist Nakazawa Keiji. Born in Hiroshima in 1939, Nakazawa was six years old when on August 6, 1945, the United States dropped the atomic bomb. His gritty and stunning account of the horrific aftermath is powerfully told through the...