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Hanoi Jane
From Aristophanes' Lysistrata to the notorious Mata Hari and the legendary Tokyo Rose, stories of female betrayal during wartime have recurred throughout human history. The myth of …
The Book of Shaker Furniture
A contribution to the study necessary to understand the place of this small but distinct group of artefacts in the context of the 19th century. The book provides a set of …
Law and Illiberalism
Does the law shield citizens from authoritarian regimes? Are the core beliefs of classical liberalism—namely the rights of all individuals and constraints on state power—still …
Justyna's Narrative
An account of the Krakow Jewish resistance, written during World War II, this book is the story of a group of young Jewish idealists who formed a clandestine unit to commit acts of …
Making a Monster
When twelve- year- old Jesse Pomeroy tortured seven small boys in the Boston area and then went on to brutally murder two other children, one of the most striking aspects of his …
Green World
At twenty-three, Michelle Ephraim was failing at everything. The only child of reclusive Holocaust-survivor parents who were dismayed by her literary studies, she found herself …
Deutschland, Deutschland, Uber Alles
At the Altar of the Bottom Line
This book presents an intimate and disturbing portrait of the contemporary American workplace. Based on extensive interviews with workers in four different industries, this book …
White Robe's Dilemma
This study reconstructs and analyzes the multiple legacies of the Mesquakie people. The author seeks to show how the complex story of their survival raises critical questions about …
Wabanaki Homeland and the New State of Maine
In late September 1820, hoping to lay claim to territory then under dispute between Great Britain and the United States, Governor William King of the newly founded state of Maine …
King Philip's War
This text looks at the 1675 war between the English colonists and the indigenous people of New England, which decimated the region's native population. The author examines the …