In a classic children's book, Many Moons (1943), James Thurber asked the question, “How large is the Moon?” The next time there is a full Moon, stretch your hand out at arm's length and cover the Moon with the nail of your little finger ...
For a summary of this critical tradition, see John Sutherland and Cedric Watts, Henry V, War Criminal? And Other Shakespearean Puzzles (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000). 8. E.g., Jonathan Hart, “Henry V,” in Shakespeare: Poetry, ...
In Candid Creatures, the first major book to reveal the secret lives of animals through motion-sensitive game cameras, biologist Roland Kays has assembled over 600remarkable photographs.
This scrumptious book, with beautiful full-color images by former Baltimore Sun Magazine photographer David W. Harp, urges readers to choose local, seasonal ingredients.
Further, the reference to the Eleusinian mysteries in connection with the veiling of Yillah evokes the worship of the mysterious goddess (Demeter/Persephone, Isis) and recalls the story of Hyacinth and Rose Petal in Novalis's The ...
The southern household—and the relationships among its members—is the focus of the first part of the book.
In this volume, Baltimore Sun photojournalist Amy Davis pairs vintage black-and-white images of downtown movie palaces and modest neighborhood theaters with her own contemporary color photos.
This book takes an encounter between the paragons of each movement—the printer and entrepreneur Benjamin Franklin and the British-born revivalist George Whitefield—as an opportunity to explore the meaning of the beginnings of modern ...
Students of consumer studies and the history of technology, as well as scholars and general readers, will be captivated by Josephson’s insights into the complex relationship between society and technology. “Josephson’s conclusions are ...
A dramatic critique of absolute monarchy in pre-revolutionary France, Embezzlement and High Treason in Louis XIV’s France tells the gripping tale of an overly ambitious man who rose rapidly in the state hierarchy—then overreached.
Life of Black Hawk, or Mà-ka-tai-me-she-kià-kiàk, Dictated by Himself. Translated by Antoine Leclair; edited by J. B. Patterson, with a modern introduction and annotations by J. Gerald Kennedy. 1833. New York: Penguin, 2008.
The Surreptitious Speech. Ed. V. Y. Mudimbe. Chicago: U. of Chicago Press, 1992. 14–44. ———. Black Paris: The African Writers' Landscape. Urbana: U of Illinois Press, 1998. King, Richard. Race, Culture, and the Intellectuals: 1940–1970.
Catastrophic Consequences argues that civil conflicts are of even greater importance than deliberate efforts to harm the United States because the damage they inflict is unintended and therefore impossible to deter.
But can China continue its growth without political reform? In Will China Democratize?, Andrew J. Nathan, Larry Diamond, and Marc F. Plattner present valuable analysis for anyone wondering if, when or how China might evolve politically.
In Petrolia, Brian Black offers a geographical and social history of a region that was not only the site of America’s first oil boom but was also the world’s largest oil producer between 1859 and 1873.
The first book to explore the tension between U.S. presidents and federal agencies from the perspective of careerists in the executive branch.
Historian Lu Ann Homza rejects this simplistic view. In Religious Authority in the Spanish Renaissance, she presents a subtler paradigm, recovering the profound nuances in Spanish intellectual and religious history.
In From Madman to Crime Fighter, Roslynn D. Haynes analyzes stereotypical characters—including the mad scientist, the cold-blooded pursuer of knowledge, the intrepid pathbreaker, and the bumbling fool—that, from medieval times to the ...
Conventional wisdom suggests that this tactic was successful. But in Constitutional Context, historian Kathleen S. Sullivan offers a fresh perspective.
Providing an even-handed reassessment of Lindsay’s legacy and the policies of the period, the essays in this volume skillfully dissect his kaleidoscope of progressive ideas and approach to leadership—all set in a perfect storm of huge ...