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Class and Culture in Crime Fiction
Essays on Works in English Since the 1970s
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2014
The crime fiction world of the late 1970s, with its increasingly diverse landscape, is a natural beginning for this collection of critical studies focusing on the intersections of class, culture and crime—each nuanced with shades of gender, ethnicity, race and politics. The ten new essays herein...
Secret Lives of the Underground Railroad in New York City
Sydney Howard Gay, Louis Napoleon and the Record of Fugitives
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2015
During the fourteen years Sydney Howard Gay edited the American Anti-Slavery Society’s National Anti-Slavery Standard in New York City, he worked with some of the most important Underground agents in the eastern United States, including Thomas Garrett, William Still and James Miller McKim. Gay’s...
by Robert J. Scarry
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2003
From the time he left office in 1853, President Millard Fillmore has become increasingly shrouded in mystery and stereotyped by anecdotes with slender connections to facts. The real Fillmore was not the weak and boring figurehead many Americans believe he was. This account of Fillmore’s life is...
Gothic Kings of Britain
The Lives of 31 Medieval Rulers, 1016-1399
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2009
This biographical history tells the story of 31 Gothic monarchs who fought in the crusades, enforced their feudal rights throughout the kingdom, sponsored the growth of representative government through a parliament, and ultimately created a military power that would dominate European affairs. In...
Subhas Chandra Bose
A Biography
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2015
Subhas Chandra Bose continues to be a well-known figure in India more than fifty years after his death, but in the West remains a shadowy figure unknown to many. He made headlines worldwide as the extremist leader of the Provisional Government of Free India after its establishment by the Axis powers...
The Texas Revolution and the U.S.-Mexican War
A Concise History
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2014
This narrative history describes the events preceding, and the prosecution of, the Texas Revolution and the U.S.–Mexican War. It begins with the introduction of the empresario system in Mexico in 1823, a system of land distribution to American farmers and ranchers in an attempt to strengthen the...
by Gordon S. Brown
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2015
When separatist revolts erupted in Spain’s American colonies in the early 1800s, opinion in the United States was undecided as to what position to take. Proximity and America’s own anti-colonial ethos favored sympathy with the rebel cause, yet U.S. strategic interests during the tumultuous Napoleonic...
Romanian New Wave Cinema
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2014
Modern Romanian filmmaking has received wide international recognition. From 2001 to 2011, promising young filmmakers have been embraced as important members of European cinema. The country developed a new fervor for filmmaking and a dozen new movies have received international awards and recognition...
Mathematics in Popular Culture
Essays on Appearances in Film, Fiction, Games, Television and Other Media
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2014
Mathematics has maintained a surprising presence in popular media for over a century. In recent years, the movies Good Will Hunting, A Beautiful Mind, and Stand and Deliver, the stage plays Breaking the Code and Proof, the novella Flatland and the hugely successful television crime series NUMB3RS...
War in Aquarius
Memoir of an American Infantryman in the Vietnam War
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2017
Faced with a 1-A draft classification after graduation from college in the spring of 1968, the author decided to control his own destiny by volunteering for the draft. Soon he was given the one job he most wanted to avoid—infantryman. This is a foot soldier's story of twelve long months in Vietnam....
Conjoined Twins
An Historical, Biological and Ethical Issues Encyclopedia
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2015
When two human ova fail to fully separate during pregnancy, the result is conjoined twins. The twins may be connected by ligament, bone, or just flesh, and they often share organs, but what captures most people’s interest is whether the twins share sensations, thoughts and even souls. This encyclopedia...
Cannabis in Medical Practice
A Legal, Historical and Pharmacological Overview of the Therapeutic Use of Marijuana
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2010
Because marijuana is a Schedule I drug under the Controlled Substances Act, the therapeutic benefits of cannabis are no longer mentioned in the formal education of health care professionals. Doctors who do learn of the drug’s therapeutic value are often intimidated by its illegal status. Thus millions...
by Frank Zarnowski
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2013
The pentathlon, comprising competition in the discus, javelin, long jump, sprint, and wrestling, was hailed as the ultimate test of athletic versatility and remained a staple of the ancient Greek Olympic Games, Crown Games and Pan-Hellenic festivals for 1,200 years. Still, there is little scholarly...
Television Program Master Index
Access to Critical and Historical Information on 2,273 Shows in Books, Dissertations and Journal Articles, 3d ed.
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2014
This work indexes books, dissertations and journal articles that mention television shows. Memoirs, autobiographies, biographies, and some popular works meant for fans are also indexed. The major focus is on service to researchers in the history of television. Listings are keyed to an annotated bibliography....