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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 …
The Dispossessed
Edward Said once noted that ""exile is compelling to think about, but terrible to experience."" The Dispossessed, a collection of thoughtful essays and critical commentaries on the …
Not Free, Not for All
Americans tend to imagine their public libraries as time-honored advocates of equitable access to information for all. Through much of the twentieth century, however, many black …
Against Racism
"This masterfully edited collection of some of the essays, papers, and addresses of the leading social and political thinker of the African diaspora during the first half of the …
Second Nature
Bounded by the St. Lawrence Valley to the north, Lake Champlain to the west, and the Gulf of Maine to the east, New England may be the most cohesive region in the United States, …
Cracks in the Pedestal
The ways in which the American film and television industry - the multifaceted, male-dominated institution known as Hollywood - has responded to the feminist cultural revolution of …
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 …