Collected biographies Books

Book SynopsisThe Letters of Charles and Mary Anne Lamb totals five or six volumes, and presents nearly 1200 letters written by Charles and Mary, singly or together. The correspondence is fully annotated, the volumes are illustrated, and the holographic idiosyncrasies of the originals are rendered typographically wherever possible.

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Book SynopsisVolume Two.Trade ReviewThe publication of The Letters of Margaret Fuller, scrupulously edited and annotated... is something of a triumph, both as a scholarly service and as an act of restoration. It brings back to the forefront a figure who had belonged there all along. * The New York Times Book Review *

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Book Synopsis Lee Martin tells us in his memoir, I was never meant to come along. My parents married late. My father was thirty-eight, my mother forty-one. When he found out she was pregnant, he asked the doctor, Can you get rid of it?' From such an inauspicious beginning, Martin began collecting impressions that, through the tincture of time and the magic of his narrative gift, have become the finely wrought pieces of Such a Life. Whether recounting the observations of a solemn child, understood only much later, or exploring the intricacies of neighborhood politics at middle age, Martin offers us a richly detailed, highly personal view that effortlessly expands to illuminate our world. At a tender age Martin moved to a new level of complexity, of negotiating silences and sadness, when his father lost both of his hands in a farming accident. His stories of youth (from a first kiss to a first hangover) and his reflections on age (asTrade Review“At one point in Lee Martin’s contemplative memoir, the narrator muses: ‘I shake my head over all the things we can’t say, all the secrets we carry around, all of us swollen with worry. . . . I’ve had to write this [book] to claim the whole, weighty truth of myself.’ Throughout his tale, Martin does indeed articulate weighty truths, but he does so with such clarity that he reflects this truth-seeking light back on the reader. We find ourselves shaking our heads, mulling over our own secrets, and looking to Martin to help us find the language to speak them.”—Brenda Miller, author of Season of the Body and Blessing of the Animals“In vivid and lyrical prose, [Martin] explores the relationship between childhood and the adult self. What is the connection between a first kiss and the adult demands of marriage? Between that first sensual awakening to language and the language of responsibility and commitment? Childless himself, Martin’s quest to unite his past and present forces him to confront the fundamental issues of mortality and meaning with the largeness of his big, easily broken, but irrepressible midwestern heart.”—Sue William Silverman, author of Fearless Confessions: A Writer’s Guide to Memoir“Rich with empathy, wisdom, and wry humor, each essay in this remarkable book rewards the reader with exquisitely captured detail and brilliant characterization. In Such a Life, Pulitzer Prize finalist Lee Martin proves once again that he is the consummate storyteller, no matter where he puts his talents. An extraordinary, unforgettable book.”—Dinty W. Moore, author of Between Panic and Desire"Both frank and compassionate, Martin's tales will entertain memoir readers as well as fans of his novels."—Rick Roche, BooklistTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsColanderNever ThirteenDrunk ManYou Want It?The Fat Man SkinnyWho Causes This Sickness?Such a LifeTwan't MuchElection SeasonThe Classified AdA Backward SpringSomniloquyTake, EatNot at This AddressAll Those Fathers That Night

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"A heartfelt memoir of devotion and determination."—Kirkus“A profoundly moving story about the unbreakable bond between siblings, and a beautifully written testament to the tremendous healing power of love.”—Mira Bartók, author of The Memory Palace “With candor and a sister’s love, Mojie Crigler has written a lyrical account of her brother’s brain injury and their family’s heroic efforts to find a path to recovery. Get Me Through Tomorrow should be read by all who aspire to make the care of these patients more humane and effective.” —Joseph J. Fins, MD, MACP, Weill Cornell Medical College, and author of Rights Come to Mind: Brain Injury, Ethics, and the Struggle for Consciousness Table of ContentsNo TOC

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Book SynopsisFollow Sue William Silverman, a one-woman cultural mash-up, on her exploration of identity among the mishmash of American idols and ideals that confuse most of us - or should. This searching, bracing, hilarious and moving book tries to make sense of that most troubling American condition: belonging, but to what?Trade Review"A masterly stylist continues her uncompromising examination of the inner life."—Kirkus Reviews“Silverman’s language is, by turns, blunt, wrenching, sophisticated, lyrical, tender, hilarious. She writes with wicked dark humor, splendid intelligence, wry wit, and honest confrontation. There’s no other book quite like it.”—Lee Martin, author of From Our House“Although many of the topics and themes in these essays are somber and sincere, Silverman’s ever-present humor sets a self-deprecating tone. . . . Readers will relate to these stories, for while they’re directly about this writer’s spiritual journey, they’re also about the universal feeling that one doesn’t quite belong, and the fact that Silverman has survived, recovered, and discovered her true self gives hope to the rest of us.” —newpages.com“Silverman’s writing is very alive. As a reader you feel immersed in her world, not just seeing it but feeling, tasting and smelling it.”—The New Book Review“Filled with warmhearted humor and profound compassion, this tour de force exploration of the search for identity is a joy to behold.”—Kaylie Jones, author of Lies My Mother Never Told Me“Silverman is the Tennessee Williams of memoir.”—Robert Vivian, author of The Least Cricket of EveningTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Dear Gent[i]le Reader The Pat Boone Fan Club The Wandering Jew The Mercurialist Gentle Reader The Endless Possibilities of Youth Swimming Like a Gefilte Fish For Jews Only That Summer of War and Apricots The Invisible Synagogue Concerning Cardboard Ghosts, Rosaries, and the Thingness of Things Prepositioning John Travolta Gentle Reader Galveston Island Breakdown: Some Directions Gentle Reader The Fireproof Librarian Fahrvergnügen: A Road Trip through a Marriage Almond Butter in the Ruints I Was a Prisoner on the Satellite of Love (Featuring Crow T. Robot, Star, Mystery Science Theater 3000) 000See the Difference The New Pat Boone Show My Sorted Past Gentle Reader An Argument for the Existence of Free Will and/or Pat Boone’s Induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Encore

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Book SynopsisWhen Amy E. Wallen’s southern, blue-collar, peripatetic family was transferred from Ely, Nevada, to Lagos, Nigeria, she hadjust turned seven. From Nevada to Nigeria and on to Peru, Bolivia, and Oklahoma, the family wandered the world, living in a stateof constant upheaval. When We Were Ghoulsfollows Wallen’s recollections of her familywho, like ghosts, cameand wentand slipped through her fingers, rendering her memories unclear. Were they a family of grave robbers, as her memory of the pillaging of a pre-Incan grave site indicates? Are they, as the author’s mother posits, “hideous people?” Or is Wallen’s memory out of focus? In this quick-paced and riveting narrative, Wallen exorcizes these haunted memories to clarify the nature of her family and, by extension, her own character. Plumbing the slipperiness of memory and confrontingwhat it means to be a “good” human, When We Were Ghouls links the fear of loss aTrade Review"The author writes powerfully through the haze of 40-year-old memories. . . . In disbelief at her family's actions, from taking pottery out of Peruvian graves to ignoring dead bodies in the African streets, Wallen questions the inherent goodness children assume about their loved ones. Lyrical and haunting."—Courtney Eathorne, Booklist"With deadpan humor and youthful incredulity, Wallen explores a series of strange events, each more bizarre than the last: stepping over dead bodies on her way to school, witnessing a cook stab a clerk with a knife at her school and declining an invitation to attend the execution of a predator, who had, as the story goes, turned himself into a goat after being apprehended by the authorities. . . . Wallen investigates these memories with the mordant wit of a wisecracking detective as she excavates the crippling loneliness and fear of abandonment that followed her from country to country."—Jim Ruland, San Diego City Beat "In When We Were Ghouls, the reader lives with Wallen through her precarious childhood as she faces odd customs, random violence, death, and a somewhat uncertain future. It's a view that's unsettling, but a reminder of how vulnerable it is to be an outsider."—Debbie Hagan, Brevity“Amy Wallen’s beautiful memoir, replete with fantastic stories, will carry you across continents and introduce you to amazing characters. With wit and poignant honesty, she recounts the details of her unlikely, unforgettable childhood and brings to life the era that shaped our present.”—Claire Messud, New York Times bestselling author of The Emperor’s Children “In this bold, original, and exquisitely written memoir, Wallen explores the reliability of haunting memories that include ‘play days’ when her Nigerian grade school is closed due to public executions and a family outing that involves robbing an ancient Peruvian grave. . . . Along the way, Wallen lays bare her family’s foibles with tender fearlessness. Although often about death, this memoir is full of life and life’s oppositions, both the light and the dark, which the author ultimately learns to embrace and celebrate.”—Sue William Silverman, author of The Pat Boone Fan Club: My Life as a White Anglo-Saxon Jew “The loneliness of childhood, fears of abandonment, and early sorrows, but also its magical escapes and restorations are captivatingly rendered in this haunting, exquisitely written memoir. Skulls, executions, bloated corpses, Siamese twins, and Godzilla movies manifest themselves uncannily, but also Santa Claus, an adored brother, a loving nanny, a beautiful mother, and an understanding if peripatetic father, making for a perfect balance of dark and light forces in this memory palace.”—Phillip Lopate, author of Portrait inside My Head and Against Joie de Vivre “A worldly gazetteer of haunted family stories. There’s sadness, mortality, tragedy, love, frenzy, tremendous restlessness, grave robbing, family secrets. Really, I’ve never read a memoir as uncannily provocative as this one! It’s as if the spectral world has finally found a home in the incidents found on every page. Amy Wallen has what Virginia Woolf called ‘a Gothic memory.’”—Howard Norman, author of My Darling Detective Table of ContentsList of Illustrations When We Were Ghouls Part 1. Nigeria Redneck Arrival My Baptism Under the Dogonyaro Tree One Without the Other What Won’t Rub Off From Gypsy to Socialite Bees and Bad Men Christmas Execution Pine-Solo Two New Knees The Vestibule Part 2. Peru Deer in the Headlights Arriving at Midnight Seeds Don’t Grow in a Hotel Buche de Noel The Lima Welcome Wagon Godzilla, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Black Magic and a Guitar Solo Phantom Limb Christmas Bird Our Best Imitation of Gringos The Butcher Gets Bigger Part 3. Bolivia Taking Flight Tabloids and Cigarettes Politicians in the Living Room The Chicken-Wire Menagerie What I Do See Part 4. Reentry Helter Skelter Images on a Paper Soul What Remains Acknowledgments

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Goodbye, Antoura stands out as a telling, concise, and human portrait of a painful and traumatic component of the Armenian genocide. Beyond academic circles, the memoir could find a special audience among young adults, much as The Diary of Anne Frank has done. Panian's skill at weaving the celestial with the hellish is a true gift to the reader; through Panian's work, one can experience intimately this knot of angst and awe that is often concomitant with being a thoughtful child."—Nora Lessersohn,Journal of the Ottoman and Turkish Studies Association"Though surely dark at times, Panian's journey to salvation and his eventual transition into a leading intellectual and education leader in the Armenian Diaspora is an adventure steeped in hope, courage, and optimism. His description of the horrors he was forced to live, coupled with the hopefulness that his new life promised after Antoura, makes the English translation of Goodbye, Antoura an invaluable addition to the already rich library of genocide memoirs that give the survivors a voice."—Rupen Janbazian, Armenian Weekly"This searing account of a little boy wrenched from family and innocence manages to retrieve irrepressible flashes of great humanity amid the horror and chaos. It is a literary gem."—David Gardner, Financial Times"A remarkable and unforgettable book. It is an indispensable tool for awakening our consciences and restoring our collective sense of decency and our solidarity with all those who have suffered the horrors of genocide."—Vartan Gregorian"A poignant story of a child's stubborn determination to survive, Goodbye, Antoura is an important book about memory, history, and the Armenian Genocide."—Davide Rodogno, author of Against Massacre"Goodbye, Antoura is far more than a personal memoir. Karnig Panian has captured with literary creativity the spirit of person, family, community, nation and humanity—the essence of identity itself. Within this saga of an Armenian orphaned boy being forcibly stripped of his identity is a story of universal relevance."—Richard G. Hovannisian, author of The Republic of Armenia

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Book SynopsisThis collective biography illuminates how the lives and successes of fourteen African American physicians who became surgeons during the American Civil War challenged the prescribed notions of race in America and played a crucial role in the evolving definition of freedom and patriotism.Trade Review“Far from a purely inspirational narrative, Jill L. Newmark aptly demonstrates the social, political, cultural, and personal struggles and indeed artistry of a group of pioneering Black soldier-surgeons, medical professionals, humanitarians, politicians, and entrepreneurs whose collective recognition is long overdue."—Christopher M. Tinson, author of Radical Intellect: Liberator Magazine and Black Activism in the 1960s  “Jill L. Newmark fills a significant gap in scholarship on Civil War medicine with her deeply researched and detailed exploration of the Black military surgeons of the Civil War. In each biographical exploration, Newmark reminds us of the important work that Black surgeons performed, not only in the medical tent, but in claiming and advancing the work of civil rights."—Sarah Handley-Cousins, author of Bodies in Blue: Disability in the Civil War North  “A magnificent accomplishment! This volume reconstructs the lives of 14 Black Civil War–era physicians through meticulous and dogged archival research. These revelations about Black medical contributions to the war will inspire historians and their students for years to come."—Margaret Humphreys, author of Intensely Human: The Health of the Black Soldier in the American Civil War  “A monumental achievement, Without Concealment, Without Compromise is the first book on the Black physicians who served during the U.S. Civil War. Jill L. Newmark has meticulously researched city directories and census records, newspaper reports and pension applications, federal depositions and military documents to produce a breathtaking account of the Black doctors who wore Union blue. The portraits of these men are compelling. Without Concealment, Without Compromise is a must read for anyone interested in either the Civil War or the history of medicine."—Jim Downs, author of Maladies of Empire: How Colonialism, Slavery, and War Transformed Medicine “Newmark’s book moves deftly among medical history, military history, social history, and religious history—in the process showing how some of those traditional boundaries vanish when examining an event like the Civil War. An important work for anyone interested in the African American experience during the conflict that ended slavery. The author resurrects the stories of dedicated medical professionals who broke through racial barriers and serve to inspire us still."—Zachery A. Fry, author of A Republic in the Ranks: Loyalty and Dissent in the Army of the PotomacTable of Contents CONTENTS List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Preface Introduction 1. Breaking the Color Barrier: The Medical Education and Military Service of African American Physicians in the Nineteenth Century 2. Catalyst for Change: Alexander Thomas Augusta (1825-1890) 3. For Race and Country: William Peter Powell, Jr. (1834-1916) 4. Witness to History: Anderson Ruffin Abbott (1837-1913) 5. Serving in the Regiment: John van Surly DeGrasse (1825-1868) 6. Adventure and Ambition: John H. Rapier, Jr. (1835-1866) 7. From Ivy League to U.S. Navy: Richard Henry Greene (1833-1877) 8. Preacher and Physician: Willis Richardson Revels (1817-1879) 9. Physician, Politician, Postmaster: Benjamin Antonius Boseman (1840-1881) 10. A Family Affair: Charles Burleigh Purvis (1842-1929) 11. The Black Ivy League: Cortlandt Van Rensselaer Creed (1833-1900) and William Baldwin Ellis (1833-1867) 12. The Iowa Connection: Alpheus W. Tucker (1844-1880), Joseph Dennis Harris (1834-1884), and Charles H. Taylor (1844-1875) Bibliography Index

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Book Synopsis 2017 Wiener Library Ernst Fraenkel Prize (WLEFP) Finalist The majority of European Jewish children alive in 1939 were murdered during the Holocaust. Of 1.5 million children, only an estimated 150,000 survived. In the aftermath of the Shoah, efforts by American Jews brought several thousand of these child survivors to the United States. In Child Survivors of the Holocaust, historian Beth B. Cohen weaves together survivor testimonies and archival documents to bring their story to light. She reveals that even as child survivors were resettled and “saved,” they struggled to adapt to new lives as members of adoptive families, previously unknown American Jewish kin networks, or their own survivor relatives. Nonetheless, the youngsters moved ahead. As Cohen demonstrates, the experiences both during and after the war shadowed their lives and relationships through adulthood, yet an identity as “survivors” eluded them for decades. Now, Trade Review"A little-known, sometimes disturbing, but fascinating history about children, families and the Holocaust." -- Diane L. Wolf * professor of sociology, University of California-Davis *"Cohen's unique and original study is an important, empathetic story of child survivors, a group who profoundly influences the direction of Holocaust memory and education today." -- Avinoam Patt * author of Finding Home and Homeland: Jewish Youth and Zionism in the Aftermath of the Holocaust *“Extremely well written and thoughtful, dealing respectfully and empathetically with the important and often neglected issue of child survivors…Cohen enables a range of voices to be heard." -- Fraenkel Prize Committee * Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust & Genocide *"New Scholarly Books: Weekly Book List, May 25, 2018" by Nina C. Ayoub * Chronicle of Higher Education *"The work deepen[s] existing survivor scholarship, will be useful for cross-national comparisons, and will add to Jewish history and American immigration history." * Choice *"Cohen has made an important and original contribution to the historiography of children and war and Jewish children in the Holocaust and suggests a number of new areas that deserve further study." * The American Historical Review *Table of ContentsTable of Contents Abbreviations Prologue Introduction Chapter 1 Liberation: “My Hell began after the War” Chapter 2 “Our Greatest Treasures”: America Responds Chapter 3 In America: “War Orphans Find Home” Chapter 4 No Happy Endings: Postwar Reconstituted Families Chapter 5 Growing Up in America: Lingering Memories and the US Context Chapter 6 Where was God? Faith and Doubt among Child Survivors Chapter 7 “Finding a Voice for our Silence”: Claiming Identity as Child Survivors Conclusion “Memory is the Arena of Healing”: The Road to Repair Acknowledgements Bibliography Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisThe culmination of a lifetime of erudition by one of America’s leading historians, this book reveals the integral role played by seven major Virginians before, during, and after the American Revolution: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, George Mason, Patrick Henry, and John Marshall.Trade Review“Boles has eloquently synthesized a massive amount of material into a narrative history which, despite the overall familiarity of much of the material, is peppered with lucid explanations of complicated events and issues and some surprising insights and tidbits.” - Cynthia A. Kierner, George Mason University, author of Martha Jefferson Randolph, Daughter of Monticello: Her Life and Times“John Boles pours a lifetime of scholarly insight and clarity into this stellar history of seven Virginians who helped create the liberal revolutionary American experiment. In a necessary corrective of recent efforts to paint the American Revolution as a reactive or conservative movement, Boles places these founding fathers in their eighteenth-century context and properly shows that they helped establish ideals that we still aspire to achieve. A timely and important book.” - Douglas Bradburn, President and CEO of, George Washington’s Mount Vernon, author of The Citizenship Revolution: Politics and the Creation of the American Union, 1774–1804“Focusing on the Virginians he knows so well, John Boles offers a fresh perspective on a familiar narrative. Seven Virginians is a fitting capstone to a fine historian’s distinguished career.” - Peter S. Onuf, University of Virginia, author of Jefferson's Empire: The Language of American NationhoodTable of Contents Introduction 1. The First Rumblings 2. The Fateful Step 3. Winning Independence 4. Unresolved Problems 5. Creating a New Government 6. The Virginia Ratification Debate 7. Launching the New Nation 8. Political Fissures 9. Political Crisis 10. A Political Turning Point 11. Jefferson, Madison, and John Bull 12. Mr. Madison's War 13. A Maturing Nation 14. Institution Builders 15. Legacy Deferred: The End of a Dynasty

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Book SynopsisAn omnibus collection of concise and up-to-date biographies of four influential figures from modern African history.Chris Hani, by Hugh MacmillanChris Hani was one of the most highly respected leaders of the African National Congress, the South African Communist Party, and uMkhonto we Sizwe. His assassination in 1993 threatened to upset the country's transition to democracy and prompted an intervention by Nelson Mandela that ultimately accelerated apartheid's demise.Wangari Maathai, by Tabitha KanogoThis concise biography tells the story of Wangari Maathai, the Kenyan activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner who devoted her life to campaigning for environmental conservation, sustainable development, democracy, human rights, gender equality, and the eradication of poverty.Josie Mpama/Palmer: Get Up and Get Moving, by Robert R. EdgarHighly critical of the patriarchal attitudes that hindered Black women's political acti

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Book SynopsisA stunning collection of one writer’s beginnings. DeSalvo reframes and revises memoiristic essays that were the seeds of longer collections, to reveal her true power as a memoirist: the ability to dig ever deeper for personal and political truths that illuminate what it means to be a woman, a child of Italian immigrants, a writer, and a scholar.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Ghost Writer Lifeboat Cutting the Bread Dark White White on Black Passing the Saint Fourteenth Street The House of Early Sorrows My Sister's Suicide breathless, adjective V and I Adultery Stories Old Flame Moving On Acknowledgments

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsEditor’s Note ix Background xi Glossary and Names of Replicate Programs Represented in Sacred Shelter xiii Introduction: Susan Celia Greenfield 1 Life Story: Nelson Prime 29 Life Story: James Arthur Addison (grad. 1993) 44 Reflection: Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky 61 Life Story: Black (Pseudonym) (grad. late 1990s) 65 Reflection: Stephanie Reid 77 Life Story: Dennis Barton (grad. 2002) 79 Reflection: Dawn Ravella, DMin 104 Life Story: Michelle Riddle (grad. 2003) 107 Reflection: Hope 127 Life Story: Edna Humphrey (grad. 2005) 130 Reflection: Ira Ben Wiseman 140 Life Story: Deborah Canty (grad. 2005) 142 Reflection: Jane Griffin 163 Life Story: Lisa Sperber (grad. 2007) 165 Reflection: Reverend Alistair Drummond 178 Life Story: Rodney Allen (grad. 2009) 181 Life Story: Akira (grad. 2009) 200 Reflection: Doug Mastin 222 Life Story: Sophia Worrell (grad. 2010) 224 Reflection: Terry Michaud 241 Life Story: Cindy (Pseudonym) (grad. 2011) 244 Reflection: Reverend Michelle Nickens 264 Life Story: Heidi Nissen (grad. 2013) 268 Making a Difference: Marc Greenberg 287 Crossing Boundaries and Listening for Conversion: George B. Horton 295 Acknowledgments 305 Notes 309

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Book Synopsis"It is splendid, finally, to have this novel back in print . . . . Nothing before or since has so successfully captured the political and emotional spirit of the women's strike of 1909."—Alice Kessler-Harris, Rutgers UniversityTrade ReviewBeautifully captures the emotionally charged atmosphere of the 1909 strike. * Industrial and Labor Relations Review *Strongly recommended to those interested in the history of labour unions, women workers and socialism in North America, as well as to those interested in the origins of feminism in the United States. * Relations Industrielles *Very effective in providing a feel for the details of the strike.... It also effectively illuminates the class tensions that existed between the strikers and some of their wealthy female supporters.... Basch's fine introduction makes it a useful teaching text as well. * Labor History *

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Book SynopsisWhat is the direct impact that disability studies has on the lives of disabled people today? The editors and contributors to thisessential anthology, Barriers and Belonging, provide thirty-seven personal narratives thatexplore what it means to be disabled and why the field of disability studies matters.The editors frame the volume by introducing foundational themes of disability studies. They provide a context of how institutionsincluding the family, schools, government, and disability peer organizationsshape and transform ideas about disability. They explore how disability informs personal identity, interpersonal and community relationships, and political commitments. In addition, there are heartfelt reflections on living with mobility disabilities, blindness, deafness, pain, autism, psychological disabilities, and other issues. Other essays articulate activist and pride orientations toward disability, demonstrating the importance of reframing traditional narratives of sorrow and medi

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Book SynopsisDuring his four-decade career at NFL Films, writing and directing segments for weekly highlight shows and national telecasts, Bob Angelo saw and heard things thatnever made their way into his productions.Now, inThe NFL Off-Camera, Angelo mines the thousands of interviews he conducted to compile a revealing collection of short, insightful essays profiling his favoriteand least favoritepro football players, coaches, team owners, executives,and broadcastersall of whom he interacted with personally. Angelo effuses about his meeting with the larger-than-life Jim Brown and appreciates the trash talking John Randle. He poignantly reflects on Bullet Bob Hayes, the world's fastest man who could not outrunhis demons, and showcases the mercurial Duane Thomas and the free-wheeling Tony Siragusa.The NFL Off-Camerareveals why Angelo sparred with Hall-of-Fame player turned broadcaster Frank Gifford and demonstrates why Super Bowl champion head coach Sean Payton is his least favoriteperson in pro Trade Review“If you really are a true NFL fan and love the game, you will really enjoy reading about the different personalities that helped develop the tremendous fan base that exists today. Within this book, there are eleven different coaches I personally coached against during my career and twenty-nine different players that lined up and played against my teams! Only three players you are going to read about played on a team I coached—David ‘Deacon’ Jones, Morten Andersen, and Jared Allen. All unique complex personalities with Hall of Fame talent and a pleasure to really get to know! I believe you will enjoy getting to know these people as I did when you read Bob Angelo’s The NFL Off-Camera. Enjoy!”—Coach Dick Vermeil, Pro Football Hall of Fame 2022“If you love football and storytelling, this book is for you. Bob Angelo was a brilliant cinematographer and producer for NFL Films, which gave him first-hand, inside access to the game for forty-three years. The NFL Off-Camera regales us with his unvarnished insights into, and recollections about, the most memorable figures in pro football history—stories you’ve never heard before and couldn’t hear from anyone else.”—Andrea Kremer, Pro Football Hall of Fame journalist“No one told NFL stories as a writer, cameraman, and director better than Bob Angelo. The way he documented the history of the NFL and its players, revealing each player’s personality, whether mine, my brother’s, or any of our teammates’, makes him special. While profiling the 2001 Baltimore Ravens, Bob provided a glimpse of what training camp life was like for rookies and veteran players like myself, Goose [Tony Siragusa], Ray Lewis, and Rod Woodson, while allowing our personalities to shine through on Hard Knocks.”—Shannon Sharpe, NFL Hall of Fame tight end and cohost of Skip and Shannon: Undisputed

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Norgren has assembled and rendered accessible an impressive array of pioneering women." * Women's Review of Books *"Shedding light on a little-known chapter of American history and the women who blazed the trail for today's attorneys, this will be most enjoyed by students of history, women's studies, and law, along with interested general readers." * Library Journal *"[A] conscientious history of the countrys first female lawyers...The women who went first whose stories Norgren so capably tells matter deeply to the ones who came after." -- Emily Bazelon * The Washington Post *"Rebels at the Baris not just a story of movement. It is the story of individuals and the individual sacrifice they made in order to become lawyers. Next time I have a student who complains about a B+, I plan to recite one of these stories. Success comes with nerve and sacrifice. These women had both." -- Laurie L. Levenson * LA Review of Books *"Bold, brave women with musical old-fashioned namesMyra, Clara, Belva, Lelia, Laviniaare among the subjects of this lively and readable account of the first women lawyers. Some were famous in their times, but all were forgotten until recently when female attorneys started seeking their history, and found a Boswell in Jill Norgren." -- Barbara Babcock,Judge John Crown Professor of Law, Emerita, Stanford Law School"engaging and beautifully written book" -- Ms. JD Book Series"Even after practicing law for 30 years I found this book fascinating." -- Joan M. Burda * NY Journal of Books *"Her history and biography have produced a valuable study that transcends disciplinary boundaries and should have wide appeal outside academia." * Law and Society Review *"I have read Ms. Norgren's book with profound gratitude. Being reminded of the brave, intelligent, controversial women who have broke through many barriers a good hundred years before the 1950's has been a fascinating experience." * Senior Women Web *"I read these stories of the first generation of women lawyers with awe and gratitude. We are all in their debtand in Jill Norgren's, too, for recovering this forgotten history." -- Linda Greenhouse,Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence and Joseph M. Goldstein Senior Fellow, Yale Law School"In this pathbreaking account, Rebels at the Bar enlarges our understanding of womens entrance to the legal profession. With telling detail and lively prose, Jill Norgren profiles the courage, resilience, and challenges of Americas first women lawyers. This is a compelling story and essential reading for anyone interested in womens role in legal history." -- Deborah L. Rhode,Ernest W. McFarland Professor of Law, Stanford Law School"Intriguing and enriching, Norgrens book on the first generation of women lawyers in America offers an in-depth look at the careers of eight notable women...this intersection of legal and feminist history is unquestionably inspiring." * Publishers Weekly *"Norgren's book will appeal to readers seeking to imagine the lives and work of the earliest women in the legal profession. By portraying women lawyers as ambitious human beings with complicated personal lives and real economic needs, Norgren enables these women's histories to speak to some of our persisting questions about gender, work, family, and professionalism. The book will make a good gift for some aspiring lawyers, helping them see into the struggles of earlier generations and questioning some of their assumptions about the entry of women into the legal profession." -- Karen Leroux * Judicature *"Rebellion was not on the minds of the extraordinary, first-generation female lawyers portrayed in Jill Norgren's engaging history, Rebels at the Bar...More than just a biography, Norgren's book also provides a snapshot of legal history and the professionalization of legal practice in the United States....Norgren's thorough footnotes and extensive bibliography attest to the depth of research informing the book. She places the lives of these women in the context of nineteenth century America, where they attempted to build their practices and institute social and legal reforms." -- Christine K. Dulaney * Law Library Journal *"Norgrens stories show that the fight for womens equality can never be defined by a single, central goal, for while these womens lives were deeply entwined with the fight for suffrage, their efforts were fueled by and helped to spark reform in a wide range of social justice movements. These biographies, with all their intimate detail and individuality, also reminds us that, while feminist efforts are often characterized as a series of overarching waves, bounded by certain moments in time, the fight for equality is not propelled by some tidal force but by the resolve and practice of women and progressive men who are linked across history by their actions." * Journal of American Culture *""the stories of the lives of this first generation of women lawyers are so rich that they speak for themselves"" * The Federal Lawyer *Table of ContentsPreface 1 The Women's War 2 White Knights and Legal Knaves 3 Myra Bradwell: The Supreme Court Says No4 Lavinia Goodell: "A Sweeping Revolution of Social Order" 5 Belva A. Lockwood: The First Woman Member of the U.S. Supreme Court Bar 6 Clara Foltz's Story: Breaking Barriers in the West 7 Not Everyone Is Bold: Mary Hall and Catharine Waugh McCulloch in Conversation 8 Lelia Robinson and Mary Greene: Two Women from Boston University School of Law 9 Law as a Woman's Enterprise Epilogue Notes Select Bibliography Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisTold alongside the life of a unique city resident, Harbin: A Cross-Cultural Biography is the history of Russian-Chinese relations in the Manchurian city of Harbin.Trade Review"The book is a masterful analysis of the consequences that traumatic shifts in power relations could have for the life of individuals." -- N. Pianciola, Nazarbayev University * Slavonic and East European Review *"This is a fascinating and well-researched exploration of the Russian [and] Chinese cultural encounter in Harbin, based on the extensive use of sources in both Russian and Chinese." -- Austin Jersild, Old Dominion University * H-Soz-Kult *"Specialists will draw much eclectic material about Harbin from Gamsa and enjoy the author’s often insightful ideas about cross-cultural contact and more." -- David Wolff, Hokkaido University * Slavic Review *"There are many reasons to like this book. The writing is elegant, with frequent memorable turns of phrase. The research in Russian, Chinese, and European-language sources is deep and rich, and Gamsa’s feel for his subject is remarkable. One senses on every page his balanced affection for Harbin and even for Budberg, despite his frankness about their many shared imperfections." -- Willard Sunderland, University of Cincinnati * Journal of Modern History *“The book builds on impressive research, contains stimulating discussions of the relationship between biography and general history, and thus deserves to be read not only as the story of a remarkable man but also, more broadly, as a fascinating attempt to understand the life of an individual in the context of his multicultural environment.” -- Stig Thøgersen, Aarhus University * H-Net Reviews *“Harbin: A Cross-Cultural Biography is a remarkable feat of research across multiple languages and archives, as well as a compellingly original, stylishly written, and surprisingly intimate book.” -- Edward Tyerman, University of California, Berkeley * Twentieth-Century China *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Introduction 1. Of Ethnicity and Identity 2. Beginnings 3. Intermediaries and Channels of Communication 4. A Chinese-German Flower 5. Daily Life in a Mixed City 6. Trials and Endings 7. Russians and Chinese under Japanese Rule 8. Kharbintsy and Ha’erbin ren Epilogue: The General and the Particular Notes Glossary of Chinese Terms Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIn this highly entertaining biography, W.P.M. Kennedy emerges as a complicated yet compelling figure in the academic and legal history of Canada.Trade Review“[M]asterful biography…Friedland deftly weaves an account of Kennedy’s complex life with great insight and scholarship.” -- Bob Rae * Canada’s History *“[F]ascinating new biography… Friedland’s biography provides a meticulously researched evaluation of a man keen to obscure and rewrite his own past. Despite these challenges, Friedland succeeds in providing a vivid portrait of WPM Kennedy that places him in the context of his wider contribution to Canadian society.” -- Thomas Mohr * Dublin University Law Journal *“The book is skillfully written and very accessible. In fact, it is a real page turner in places….” -- Dr. Peter Ludlow, President-General of the Canadian Catholic Historical Association * Maritime Institute for Civil Society *“W.P.M. Kennedy is one of the most important Canadian legal figures that most Canadian legal academics have not heard of…Friedland deploys all his experience, ingenuity, and investigative skills to complete his ‘search for truth about the life of W.P.M. Kennedy.’” -- Adam M. Dodek * American Journal of Comparative Law *Table of ContentsW.P.M. Kennedy Timeline Preface 1. Coming to America 2. Earlier Years 3. After Trinity College Dublin 4. St. Michael’s College 5. Turning to the Canadian Constitution 6. Pauline Simpson 7. The Constitution of Canada and Beyond 8. Deeks v. Macmillan and H.G. Wells 9. The Irish Constitution 10. Productive Years 11. Lord Elgin and More 12. Starting a Law Program 13. Creating a Law School 14. More Projects 15. Running a Law School 16. Encouraging Scholarship 17. Rethinking the BNA Act 18. The War Years 19. The Changing Law School 20. The Cottage 21. The Family 22. Sidney Smith Arrives 23. Final Years as Dean 24. The Struggle Continues 25. Retirement 26. Final Days 27. Summing Up Endnotes

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Book SynopsisCrossing time and oceans, this fascinating history of the McIlwraiths tracks the family's imperial identities across the generations to tell a story of anthropology and empire.Trade Review"Writing the Empire is a masterpiece of archival research and reconstruction that illuminates and challenges broad-brush narratives of British imperial and colonial history and demonstrates how biography can, in fact, be more than minutiae without meaning." -- Ben Wilkie, La Trobe University * Journal of Australian Studies *"Kroller is to be commended for her exploration of the gendered relationships between family members and other intimate connections are well-explored in this book. She took on a monumental task to synthesize an enormous amount of material and pull out cohesive themes for each section, and yet she still managed to include an intersectional lens to her analysis." -- Victoria Seta Cosby * Ontario History *"Writing the Empire is a significant piece of scholarship and historians interested in empire and colonialism will benefit from engaging with it." -- Robert Hogg * The British Columbia Review *"Eva-Marie Kroller has drawn upon recent scholarship of imperial connections and networking, as well as extensive archival work, to produce an idiosyncratic and highly original history of the extended McIlwraith family." -- Barbara J. Messamore, University of the Fraser Valley * Canadian Historical Review *"A splendid accomplishment in literary analysis, family history, and the study of the anatomy of Empire." -- Andrew Holman, Bridgewater State University * British Journal of Canadian Studies *"Writing the Empire is a fascinating … history of a family that left its traces [in] Empire politics as well as the international academic and publishing worlds." * Archiv für das Studium der neueren Sprachen und Literaturen *"What distinguishes this work from some family histories is its clear-eyed attention to the good and the bad, including the impact of empire on women, Black people, Indigenous people, and other ‘imperial subjects.’" -- Margery Fee * Canadian Literature *"Through her intricately woven cross-generational history of a single empire family, the Scottish McIlwraiths, Writing the Empire: The McIlwraiths, 1853–1948, Eva-Marie Kröller expertly demonstrates the roles and meanings of family and the trans-imperial networks that nineteenth-century families accumulated.” -- Ellen Smith, University of Leicester * Journal of British Studies *“As a multigenerational and collective biography, this volume does much to broaden our understanding of how family, friendship, and professional networks made empire.” -- Rob Kristofferson, Wilfred Laurier University * University of Toronto Quarterly *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Permissions List of Abbreviations Introduction 1 The Australian McIlwraiths 2 The Ontario McIlwraiths 3 The “Family Album” 4 Jean McIlwraith’s Story 5 Beulah Gillet Knox in Dresden 6 The Wartime Letters of T.F. McIlwraith 7 T.F. McIlwraith at Cambridge Conclusion: Bella Coola and After Appendix: McIlwraith Genealogies Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisBorn in Ireland in 1879, W.P.M. Kennedy was a distinguished Canadian academic and the leading Canadian constitutional law scholar for much of the twentieth century. Despite his trailblazing career and intriguing personal life, Kennedy’s story is largely a mystery. Weaving together a number of key events, Martin L. Friedland’s lively biography discusses Kennedy’s contributions as a legal and interdisciplinary scholar, his work at the University of Toronto where he founded the Faculty of Law, as well as his personal life, detailing stories about his family and important friends, such as Prime Minister Mackenzie King. Kennedy earned a reputation in some circles for being something of a scoundrel, and Friedland does not shy away from addressing Kennedy’s exaggerated involvement in drafting the Irish constitution, his relationships with female students, and his quest for recognition. Throughout the biography, Friedland interjects with his own personal Trade Review“[M]asterful biography…Friedland deftly weaves an account of Kennedy’s complex life with great insight and scholarship.” -- Bob Rae * Canada’s History *“[F]ascinating new biography… Friedland’s biography provides a meticulously researched evaluation of a man keen to obscure and rewrite his own past. Despite these challenges, Friedland succeeds in providing a vivid portrait of WPM Kennedy that places him in the context of his wider contribution to Canadian society.” -- Thomas Mohr * Dublin University Law Journal *“The book is skillfully written and very accessible. In fact, it is a real page turner in places….” -- Dr. Peter Ludlow, President-General of the Canadian Catholic Historical Association * Maritime Institute for Civil Society *“W.P.M. Kennedy is one of the most important Canadian legal figures that most Canadian legal academics have not heard of…Friedland deploys all his experience, ingenuity, and investigative skills to complete his ‘search for truth about the life of W.P.M. Kennedy.’” -- Adam M. Dodek * American Journal of Comparative Law *Table of ContentsW.P.M. Kennedy Timeline Preface 1. Coming to America 2. Earlier Years 3. After Trinity College Dublin 4. St. Michael’s College 5. Turning to the Canadian Constitution 6. Pauline Simpson 7. The Constitution of Canada and Beyond 8. Deeks v. Macmillan and H.G. Wells 9. The Irish Constitution 10. Productive Years 11. Lord Elgin and More 12. Starting a Law Program 13. Creating a Law School 14. More Projects 15. Running a Law School 16. Encouraging Scholarship 17. Rethinking the BNA Act 18. The War Years 19. The Changing Law School 20. The Cottage 21. The Family 22. Sidney Smith Arrives 23. Final Years as Dean 24. The Struggle Continues 25. Retirement 26. Final Days 27. Summing Up Endnotes

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Book Synopsis“Medicine still contains an oral tradition, passed down in stories: the stories patients tell us, the ones we tell them, and the ones we tell ourselves” writes contributor Madaline Harrison. Bodies of Truth continues this tradition through a variety of narrative approaches by writers representing all facets of health care.Trade Review"Those seeking a fuller picture of what it's like living with disease or disability, as well as educators looking for teachable essays for a medical humanities class or writing group, will find this work outstanding."—Aaron Klink, Library Journal“Bodies of Truth takes us to a world of miraculous drugs and drug addictions, of doctors who wonder how to shake hands with the prisoners they treat and nurses who come to confession because death has worked its way into their souls. Above all, it’s truth: that our bodies, and the bodies of those we love and care for, so often take us to places we never knew existed, to find strengths we never knew we had. If illness and death are lonesome roads we must at some point travel, I can’t think of a more fitting companion than this volume. The writers here come as strangers to us, but they bring us gifts—their stories—that connect us whether in pain or compassion.”—Paul Shepherd, editor of Hospital Drive and author of More Like Not Running Away“I read Bodies of Truth almost in one sitting, so compelling are the stories. To read this many of them—different illnesses and disabilities, and from different perspectives—is strangely heartening. This is all of us, represented here, wounded in one way or another or looking after the wounded. If we can say how it is, and be listened to, surely the exposure will heal a lot of festering. I am glad to have this beautifully orchestrated, passionately written collection.”—Fleda Brown, author of My Wobbly Bicycle: Meditations on Cancer and the Creative Life“Bodies of Truth offers personal accounts of individuals caught up in the lived experience of illness. . . . They are not necessarily asking us to judge, to change the world, or even to react. They merely ask, as did Coleridge’s ancient mariner, that we pause to hear the tale, setting aside for a moment the tasks at hand.”—Jacek L. Mostwin, professor of urology and the director of the Division of Neurological and Reconstructive Urology at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and faculty affiliate of the Berman Institute of BioethicsTable of ContentsContents Foreword by Jacek L. Mostwin Preface Two Hearts Brian Doyle Spared Deborah Burghardt A Measure of Acceptance Floyd Skloot One Little Mind, Our Lie, Dr. Lie Matthew S. Smith Locked into Life Mark Brazaitis Rendered Mute Teresa Blankmeyer Burke Jamie’s Place Michael Bérubé A Day in the Grammar of Disease Sonya Huber Marked William Bradley 750 Words about Cancer Rebecca Housel The Power of a Handshake Hugh Silk Submerged Tenley Lozano Where Do You Go from Alston Street? Kat Moore Confession Diane Kraynak This Moment Adriana Páramo Sit Still and Uncover Your Eyes Elizabeth Brady Overtones Meredith Davies Hadaway The Way of the Spring Patrick Donnelly Type One Riley Passmore The Bad Patient Sandra Beasley A Tribute to the Pharmacist Taison Bell Flying into Jerusalem Katherine Macfarlane Reluctant Reliance Erin M. Kelly An Interview with My Mom Belinda Waller-Peterson Days of the Giants Madaline Harrison Source Acknowledgments List of Contributors

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Book SynopsisA collection of essays that explore hauntedness by considering how the ghosts of our pasts cling to us. In a way all good essays are about the things that haunt us until we have embraced or understood them. Here, Noble considers the ways she has been haunted in essays both pleasant and bitter, traditional and lyrical, evocative and unforgettable.Trade Review"A motley collection of pieces. . . . Essayist Noble has a focused, tight style, often employing the technique of looking at somewhat discrete items (or memories) and seeking connections among them. . . . Unique eyes look at familiar things and somehow make them seem both odder and more familiar."—Kirkus"Be With Me Always works its magic in profound, subtle, seamless ways. The meticulous craftsmanship in the construction of these essays is equally matched by Noble's beautiful, confident, assured vision."—Christopher John Stephens, Pop Matters"Be with Me Always has much to teach its readers about longing, experimental writing, and the fruits of reading extensively. This collection is sure to be taught in writing classes far and wide. Noble teaches us the truths of the flaneur, to be a good outsider and essayist: It is important to watch and to try, to think and to create."—Gretchen Lida, Punctuate"The twenty-six essays in Noble's collection confront hauntings on a personal and literary scale. Famous figures of history and culture interweave with experiences that span Noble's girlhood to present day. She wrangles with the complexities of love, ambition, identity, rejection, legacy, and parenthood. At heart is the question of who's doing the haunting? Do we haunt ourselves? Why would we do that? . . . Noble powerfully reminds us that hauntings spring from the same desire that propels enduring essays, the desire to live an examined life."—Magin LaSov Gregg, Brevity"Like a girl, perfumed, attempting to become a flower, Noble's essays try to become the things they describe; her work reminds us of the labor, and the ingenuity, needed to thoroughly examine a life. . . . Be With Me Always will read like a best friend who understands you and your love of the quick, compressed, and strange."—Amy V. Blakemore, Barrelhouse Reviews"Noble gives us essays that elevate the rawness of real life with an overarching theme of hauntedness. From hard choices to characters in classic literature, from a near-death experience to past lovers, she has written a book that appeals to readers of both modern pop culture magazines and Emily Brontë."—Hannah Grieco, Washington City Paper"The essays in Randon Billings Noble's dazzlingly honest debut collection explore the varied hauntings that linger through the years and even centuries of human action."—Kari Hanlin, Mid-American Review"Noble and her collection are fascinating companions indeed."—Katy Major, River Teeth"Be with Me Always leaves ample room to breathe and stretch—both heart and mind."—Brandel France de Bravo, Salamander“In her brilliant collection Be with Me Always, Randon Billings Noble explores the frailty of romance, of the human body, and of us all, with startling honesty, admirable ingenuity, genuine insight, and, always, with energy and surprise.”—Dinty W. Moore, author of Between Panic and DesireTable of ContentsI. Whatever Bed The Split Mirror Glimpses Elegy for Dracula Ambush II. Shadows and Markings The Shadow of the Hours Leaving the Island Behind the Caves Marked III. Biologies The Heart as a Torn Muscle A Pill to Cure Love What of the Raven, What of the Dove? Assemblage Vertebrae IV. The Voice at the Window Yet Another Day at the Jersey Shore The Sparkling Future Widow Fantasies Striking V. On Looking On Looking The Ownership of Memory The Island of Topaz ShellsCamouflet VI. The Red Thread Knots 69 Inches of Thread, Scarlet and Otherwise On Silence Devotional Acknowledgments Bibliography

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Book Synopsis When History Is Personal contains the stories of twenty-five moments in Mimi Schwartz’s life, each heightened by its connection to historical, political, and social issues. These essays look both inward and outward so that these individualized tales tell a larger story—of assimilation, the women’s movement, racism, anti-Semitism, end-of-life issues, ethics in writing, digital and corporate challenges, and courtroom justice. A shrewd and discerning storyteller, Schwartz captures history from her vantage as a child of German-Jewish immigrants, a wife of over fifty years, a breast cancer survivor, a working mother, a traveler, a tennis player, a daughter, and a widow. In adding her personal story to the larger narrative of history, culture, and politics, Schwartz invites readers to consider her personal take alongside “official” histories and offers readers fresh assessments of our collective past. Trade Review"Although the essays are highly personal, most readers will relate to the larger pictures of human rights, racism, the women's movement, and a score of other topics. Expressive, intimate snapshots of one woman's life set atop the backdrop of global history."—Kirkus"It's all here—a whole life—and one imagines Schwartz's family must feel immense pleasure in having such a complete record to pass down to further generations. . . . Schwartz's work certainly could serve as inspiration for those keen to write memoirs of their own."—Laura Farmer, Gazette"The book offers a deep sense of place, whether that place is a chicken farm on Long Island, an historic home in Princeton, or the German village where the author's father spent his boyhood before World War II."—Johanna Ginsberg, New Jersey Jewish News"Schwartz opens herself and her life up to be examined and used to compare to your own life in a way that will allow you to see how you have influenced your own history and the world around you."—Nerdy Girl Express"Schwartz quite skillfully creates pictures with her words. In writing about issues large or small, her prose is a pleasure to read. She captures scenes and recounts dialogue in a way that makes each of these essays a jewel. Her ability to choose the telling detail—a phrase from a song lyric, the description of a tattoo used to hide a breast cancer scar, the words said by a nurse as her husband is dying—is the mark of an effective storyteller."—Vicki Mayk, Hippocampus Magazine“Perfect-pitch, impeccable observation, penetrating insight. . . . A fresh and vivid approach to many dominant themes long cherished by American writers—the dynamics of remembering and forgetting, the significance of place, the conflict of individuals and institutions, the inseparability of past and present.”—Robert Atwan, series editor of Best American Essays “How do you write personal history—memoir—without narcissism? I watch Mimi Schwartz do it with sheer enjoyment. In a world racked by conflict, Schwartz is a clear-eyed advocate of storytelling that connects things with their supposed opposites—sibling to sibling, white neighbor to black neighbor, Israeli to Palestinian, Jew to German, age to youth, a New England hair salon to the opiate epidemic, grief to renewal, and the individual self to the world. ‘Both sides’ is her mantra. And how write about aging without self-pity? With humor, thank you, and also—as in tennis—‘[while] leaning toward the ball, however hard and fast it comes.’”—Alicia Ostriker, author of Waiting for the Light “The essays in When History Is Personal, by turns incisive, sobering, funny, lyrical, and challenging, accrue to a complex inquiry that examines the way we negotiate between the ways we know ourselves and the identities we are assigned by history and culture. Schwartz shows us that the way to repair the disruptions of history is to look from within one’s own story. Her writing is vivid and compelling, but also something more, a re-substantiation of lives that mattered, a testament. Brava!”—Richard Hoffman, author of Half the House “In this absorbing, compelling set of twenty-five connected essays, Mimi Schwartz takes readers along on a journey across decades and continents to explore the ways in which the personal and historical, the familial and the political, shape us and anchor us in the world. As one essay opens into the next, Schwartz, a magnificent writer and storyteller, moves gracefully and effortlessly between narrating and reflecting, weaving her reflections into a most pleasurable and satisfying essay collection. This is creative nonfiction at its finest.”—Nancy Sommers, Harvard University Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Part 1. Family Haunts My Father Always Said The Coronation of Bobby Love in a Handbag When to Forget “It’s Just Like Benheim” Part 2. In and Out My Front Door First Thanksgiving, 1962 Off the King’s Highway A Trunk of Surprise What’s a Rally to Do? Close Call At the Johnson Hair Salon Echo across the Road Part 3. Storyscapes Story on a Winter Beach Go Away, Bear Writing with Carly My Z Man Who Will I Be in Your Story? In the Land of Double Narrative Part 4. Border Crossings Ad In, Ad Out On Stage and Off Lessons from a Last Day Lyrics and the Way We Love A Vine of Roses Fix-It Fantasy How the Light Gets In Acknowledgments Source Acknowledgments

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Book SynopsisA biographical sketch of each head of Indian affairs between 1786 and 2021, including each commissioner’s political philosophy.Trade Review"Paternalism to Partnership: The Administration of Indian Affairs, 1786–2021 is a straightforward and concisely written book that provides an important overview of those who have led U.S. administration of Indian Affairs. It is recommended as a possible companion to survey courses focused on federal Indian law and history to provide important contextual information for students. The chapters also contain information that scholars can expand upon in works with information that DeJong has helpfully provided in this text. In providing an almost encyclopedic administrative history of Indian Affairs leadership, DeJong offers an important source to scholars and students alike."—Brittani R. Orona, Journal of Arizona History"This work is an excellent reference volume and will be useful for scholars and students of history who wish to gain a better understanding of the individuals involved in the crafting of federal Indian policies over time."—Michelle M. Martin, Chronicles of Oklahoma“Invaluable to those researching Indian policy and its development. . . . This overview of how Indian policy developed highlights certain themes that transcend time and gives a fascinating peek into the people charged with making Indian policy.”—Carol L. Higham, author of Noble, Wretched, and Redeemable: Protestant Missionaries to the Indians in Canada and the United States, 1820–1900“Paternalism to Partnership is of high value as a library holding and will be of significance to specialists or students in the field of Indian affairs.”—Robert M. Utley, author of The Last Sovereigns: Sitting Bull and the Resistance of the Free LakotasTable of ContentsList of Tables Preface The Administration of Indian Affairs 1. John Harris, Superintendent of the Indian Trading Houses 2. William Irvine, Superintendent of the Indian Trading Houses 3. George W. Ingels, Superintendent of the Indian Trading Houses 4. William Davy, Superintendent of the Indian Trading Houses 5. John Shee, Superintendent of Indian Trade 6. John M. Mason, Superintendent of Indian Trade 7. Thomas McKenney, Superintendent of Indian Trade/Chief Clerk 8. William Clark, Superintendent of Indian Affairs 9. Samuel S. Hamilton, Chief Clerk 10. Elbert Herring, Chief Clerk, Commissioner of Indian Affairs 11. Cary Allen Harris, Commissioner of Indian Affairs 12. Thomas Hartley Crawford, Commissioner of Indian Affairs 13. William Medill, Commissioner of Indian Affairs 14. Orlando Brown, Commissioner of Indian Affairs 15. Luke Lea, Commissioner of Indian Affairs 16. George W. Manypenny, Commissioner of Indian Affairs 17. James W. Denver, Commissioner of Indian Affairs 18. Charles E. Mix, Commissioner of Indian Affairs 19. Alfred B. Greenwood, Commissioner of Indian Affairs 20. William P. Dole, Commissioner of Indian Affairs 21. Dennis N. Cooley, Commissioner of Indian Affairs 22. Lewis V. Bogy, Commissioner of Indian Affairs 23. Nathaniel G. Taylor, Commissioner of Indian Affairs 24. Ely S. Parker, Commissioner of Indian Affairs 25. Francis A. Walker, Commissioner of Indian Affairs 26. Edward P. Smith, Commissioner of Indian Affairs 27. John Quincy Smith, Commissioner of Indian Affairs 28. Ezra Hayt, Commissioner of Indian Affairs 29. Roland E. Trowbridge, Commissioner of Indian Affairs 30. Hiram Price, Commissioner of Indian Affairs 31. John Dewitt Clinton Atkins, Commissioner of Indian Affairs 32. John H. Oberly, Commissioner of Indian Affairs 33. Thomas Jefferson Morgan, Commissioner of Indian Affairs 34. Daniel M. Browning, Commissioner of Indian Affairs 35. William A. Jones, Commissioner of Indian Affairs 36. Francis E. Leupp, Commissioner of Indian Affairs 37. Robert G. Valentine, Commissioner of Indian Affairs 38. Cato Sells, Commissioner of Indian Affairs 39. Charles Henry Burke, Commissioner of Indian Affairs 40. Charles James Rhoads, Commissioner of Indian Affairs 41. John Collier, Commissioner of Indian Affairs 42. William A. Brophy, Commissioner of Indian Affairs 43. John R. Nichols, Commissioner of Indian Affairs 44. Dillion S. Myer, Commissioner of Indian Affairs 45. Glenn L. Emmons, Commissioner of Indian Affairs 46. Philleo Nash, Commissioner of Indian Affairs 47. Robert F. Bennett, Commissioner of Indian Affairs 48. Louis Rook Bruce, Commissioner of Indian Affairs 49. Marvin L. Franklin, Assistant to the Secretary 50. Morris Thompson, Commissioner of Indian Affairs 51. Ben Reifel, Commissioner of Indian Affairs 52. Forrest J. Gerard, Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs 53. William E. Hallett, Commissioner of Indian Affairs 54. Thomas W. Fredericks, Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs 55. Kenneth L. Smith, Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs 56. Ross O. Swimmer, Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs 57. Eddie F. Brown, Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs 58. Ada E. Deer, Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs 59. Kevin Gover, Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs 60. Neil A. McCaleb, Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs 61. David W. Anderson, Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs 62. Carl J. Artman , Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs 63. Larry J. Echo Hawk, Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs 64. Kevin K. Washburn, Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs 65. Tara MacLean Sweeney, Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe civil rights movement is often defined narrowly, relegated to the 1950s and 1960s and populated by such colossal figures as Martin Luther King Jr and Rosa Parks. In this book, Ethel Morgan Smith shines light on unsung heroes of the civil rights movement, the ordinary citizens working behind the scenes to make an impact in their communities.

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Book SynopsisThis searing memoir shares the trauma and triumphs of Lakhdar Boumediene and Mustafa Ait Idir's time inside America's most notorious prison. Lakhdar and Mustafa were living quiet, peaceful lives in Bosnia when, in October 2001, they were arrested and accused of participating in a terrorist plot. After a three-month investigation uncovered no evidence, all charges were dropped and Bosnian courts ordered their freedom. However, under intense U.S. pressure, Bosnian officials turned them over to American soldiers. They were flown blindfolded and shackled to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where they were held in outdoor cages for weeks as the now-infamous military prison was built around them. Guantanamo became their home for the next seven years. They endured torture and harassment and force-feedings and beatings, all the while not knowing if they would ever see their families again. They had no opportunity to argue their innocence until 2008, when the Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling in their case, Boumediene v. Bush, confirming Guantanamo detainees' constitutional right to challenge their detention in federal court. Weeks later, the George W. Bush–appointed federal judge who heard their case, stunned by the absence of evidence against them, ordered their release. Now living in Europe and rebuilding their lives, Lakhdar and Mustafa are finally free to share a story that every American ought to know. Learn more at witnessesbook.com or donate to a crowdsourced restitution fund at GoFundMe.com/witnesses.Trade Review"The U.S. government didn't want you to hear about life in the 'legal black hole' of Guantanamo. Having won the right to a judicial hearing and secured their release, Lakhdar Boumediene and Mustafa Ait Idir tell the urgent, compelling story behind their detention and one of the most important Supreme Court decisions of this century. It's a revealing and moving look at what the U.S. government tried desperately to hide."—David Cole, Professor, Georgetown Law, and National Legal Director, ACLU"Lakhdar Boumediene and Mustafa Ait Idir are two of the most notorious victims of the U.S.'s post-9/11 program of rendition, torture, and indefinite detention. Kidnapped on groundless suspicions, they are perfectly placed to reflect on the horrors of Guantanamo and the 'war on terror.' With a warmth and intelligence sadly lacking in America's treatment of them, this powerful joint memoir exposes their captors' cruelty and the Kafkaesque twists and turns of the U.S. government's efforts to build a case against them."—Andy Worthington, author of The Guantánamo Files: The Stories of the 774 Detainees in America's Illegal Prison"Witnesses of the Unseen courageously exposes an ugly episode in U.S. history, restoring to Lakhdar Boumediene and Mustafa Ait Idir the humanity hijacked from them by the American government. This book transcends geography and time to take readers from Boumediene and Ait Idir's early years of innocence to their long imprisonment in the cages of Guantanamo. A must read for all people of conscience."—Shakeel Syed, Former Executive Director, Islamic Shura Council"This no-frills account of their time in Guantánamo is disturbing, as the authors detail their mistreatment at the hands of prison guards and interrogators and how they were held in outdoor cages as the prison was built around them. Readers will be shocked by the lack of evidence against the men and how the tenuous ties among a group of casual friends fueled the government's crusade against them. An intense, important read for anyone interested in the American government's misguided efforts at Guantánamo. "—Kirkus Reviews "This book gives us insight into a dark period of U.S. history that is bound to repeat itself, unless more people like Mustafa and Lakhdar agree to tell their stories. Through their compelling first person accounts, told with enormous sensitivity, we learn how a culture of fear and suspicion can result in cruelty, injustice, and total disregard for humanity. There is horror, but there is also immense hope in this world where dedicated people, including the victims who have suffered untold indignities, speak up and speak out."—John Heffernan, Executive Director, Speak Truth To Power, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights"In Guantanamo, Mustafa and Lakhdar often lifted my spirits and gave me reasons to smile and to laugh in the midst of so much pain and darkness. I urge everyone to read this moment of history, which is so beautifully and graciously captured by my two brothers and friends."—Mohamedou Ould Slahi, author of Guantánamo Diary"This book is crucial reading for all Americans. From a faculty perspective, it is invaluable to students in a number of disciplines: political science, criminal justice, and public administration are ones that come readily to mind because of the constitutional issues raised. At its most basic, this book offers two compelling and disturbingly similar accounts of former Guantanamo detainees Lakhdar Boumediene and Mustafa Ait Idir about their imprisonment in the notorious gulag over seven years...This book would be an excellent resource for exploring issues of ethics, checks and balances, and other issues. Highly recommended"—S. E. Blankenship, Choice"There is much that shocks the conscience in Mr. Boumediene and Mr. Idir's book, even to those of us who have read nearly everything about Guantanamo in the 16 long years since it opened. Their resilience, and continuing recovery from the brutal treatment meted out by the United States government, is deeply moving." —Alka Pradhan, Human Rights Counsel, Military Commissions Defense OrganizationTable of ContentsEpilogue: Epilogue:

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Book SynopsisThe lives of African American gay men have greatly gone unnoticed in the American consciousness. Despite the fact that Black gay men have made great contributions to our global society. For example, James Baldwin served as a literature giant. Bayard Rustin was one of the key organizers of the 1963 March on Washington. Alphonso David is the first person of color to lead the HRC (Human Rights Campaign).The purpose of this book is to discuss the narratives of Black gay men. There is no doubt that American history has done a nonexistent job of portraying the lives of these Black gay men. Most of these lives have been relegated to the background of society. This book purposes to change that narrative by having 10 to 12 gentlemen discuss their background and how it brought them to where they are in life now. The goal of this book is to also discuss the victory for each of the authors.

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Book SynopsisThe lives of African American gay men have greatly gone unnoticed in the American consciousness. Despite the fact that Black gay men have made great contributions to our global society. For example, James Baldwin served as a literature giant. Bayard Rustin was one of the key organizers of the 1963 March on Washington. Alphonso David is the first person of color to lead the HRC (Human Rights Campaign).The purpose of this book is to discuss the narratives of Black gay men. There is no doubt that American history has done a nonexistent job of portraying the lives of these Black gay men. Most of these lives have been relegated to the background of society. This book purposes to change that narrative by having 10 to 12 gentlemen discuss their background and how it brought them to where they are in life now. The goal of this book is to also discuss the victory for each of the authors.

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Book SynopsisThis hands-on book takes a look at four brilliant women -- Ada Lovelace, Anna Atkins, Hildegard Von Bingen, and Maria Telkes -- and the world-changing innovations they created. Walk in their footsteps as you discover how these women became inventors, learn what inspired them, and then try your hand at recreating their most famous inventions -- computer programs, solar photography, codes and ciphers, and water purifiers.

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Book Synopsis“It was one of those periods that you got through, as opposed to enjoyed. It wasn’t an environment that . . . was nurturing, so you shut it out. You just got through it. You just took it a day at a time. You excelled if you could. You did your best. You felt as though the eyes of the community were on you.”—Glenda Wilson, East Side Junior High.Much has been written about the historical desegregation of Little Rock Central High School by nine African American students in 1957. History has been silent, however, about the students who desegregated Little Rock’s five public junior high schools—East Side, Forest Heights, Pulaski Heights, Southwest, and West Side—in 1961 and 1962.The First Twenty-Five gathers the personal stories of these students some fifty years later. They recall what it was like to break down long-standing racial barriers while in their early teens—a developmental stage that often brings emotional vulnerability. In their own words, these individuals share what they saw, heard, and felt as children on the front lines of the civil rights movement, providing insight about this important time in Little Rock, and how these often painful events from their childhoods affected the rest of their lives.

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Book SynopsisThis volume brings together cutting-edge research on modern Spanish women as writers, activists, and embodiments of cultural change, and simultaneously honors Maryellen Bieder’s invaluable scholarly contribution to the field. The essays are innovative in their consideration of lesser-known women writers, focus on women as political activists, and use of post-colonialism, queer theory, and spatial theory to examine the period from the Enlightenment until World War II. The contributors study women as agents and representations of social change in a variety of genres, including short stories, novels, plays, personal letters, and journalistic pieces. Canonical authors such as Emilia Pardo Bazán, Leopoldo Alas “Clarín,” and Carmen de Burgos are considered alongside lesser known writers and activists such as María Rosa Gálvez, Sofía Tartilán, and Caterina Albert i Paradís. The critical analyses are situated within their specific socio-historical context, and shed new light on nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Spanish literature, history, and culture. Published by Bucknell University Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press. Table of ContentsA Note on Translations … v Introduction ... 1 Jennifer SmithPart I: Modern Spanish Women Writers as Activists ... 26 One Gender, Race, and Subalternity in the Antislavery Plays of María Rosa Gálvez and Faustina Sáez de Melgar ... 27Akiko Tsuchiya Two Forging Progressive Futures for Spain’s Women and People: Sofía Tartilán (Palencia 1829-Madrid 1888) ... 55Christine Arkinstall Three Fashion as Feminism: Carmen de Burgos’s Ideas on Fashion in Context ... 94Roberta JohnsonPart II: Emilia Pardo Bazán as Literary Theorist and Cultural Critic ... 119 Four Pardo Bazán’s “Apuntes autobiográficos”and “El baile del Querubín”: A Theoretical Reexamination ... 120Susan M. McKenna Five The Twice-Told and the Unsaid in Pardo Bazán’s “Presentido,” “En coche-cama,” “Confidencia,” and “Madre” ... 147Linda M. Willem Six Emilia Pardo Bazán, Joris-Karl Huysmans, and Stories of Conversion ... 175Denise DuPont Seven “A Most Promising Girl”: Gender and Artistic Future in Emilia Pardo Bazán’s “La dama joven” ... 205Margot VersteegPart III:Representations of Female Deviance ... 237 Eight A Woman’s Search for a Space of Her Own in Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda's Dos mujeres ... 238Rogelia Lily Ibarra Nine Caterina Albert i Paradís: Writing, Solitude, and Woman’s Jouissance, translated by Lourdes Albuixech... 261Neus Carbonell Ten The Obstinate Negativity of Ana Ozores ... 289Jo Labanyi Eleven Female Masculinity in La Regenta ... 307Jennifer Smith Afterword ... 333Acknowledgments... 337Bibliography ... 338Index ... 373About the Contributors ... 374

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Book SynopsisThis volume brings together cutting-edge research on modern Spanish women as writers, activists, and embodiments of cultural change, and simultaneously honors Maryellen Bieder’s invaluable scholarly contribution to the field. The essays are innovative in their consideration of lesser-known women writers, focus on women as political activists, and use of post-colonialism, queer theory, and spatial theory to examine the period from the Enlightenment until World War II. The contributors study women as agents and representations of social change in a variety of genres, including short stories, novels, plays, personal letters, and journalistic pieces. Canonical authors such as Emilia Pardo Bazán, Leopoldo Alas “Clarín,” and Carmen de Burgos are considered alongside lesser known writers and activists such as María Rosa Gálvez, Sofía Tartilán, and Caterina Albert i Paradís. The critical analyses are situated within their specific socio-historical context, and shed new light on nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Spanish literature, history, and culture. Published by Bucknell University Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press. Trade Review"This book is a beautiful tribute to Maryellen Bieder, an important and significant scholar of nineteenth- and twentieth-century Spanish narrative by women. The essays in this book—by scholars and writers of several different generations who are also highly esteemed in the same and other areas—expand and continue Bieder’s research to new horizons. Modern Spanish Women as Agents of Change is a very important contribution to the field: it continues current research, embarks on new areas of investigation, and employs distinct or innovative theoretical ideas." -- Sandra J. Schumm * author of Mother and Myth in Spanish Novels *"An outstanding work of collaborative scholarship and unreservedly recommended for community Women's Studies sections, as well as college and university library Literary & Iberian Studies collections." * Midwest Book Review *"Jennifer Smith continues to vindicate the validity of feminism today. There is no doubt that Maryellen Bieder would be proud of the legacy passed on to her numerous disciples and colleagues." * Bulletin of Spanish Studies *“An outstanding contribution of cutting-edge research to students and scholars of feminist discourses, gender studies, and modern Peninsular literatures and cultures.” * Hispania *"The volume adds to our understanding of nineteenth-century women’s agency and the lead roles played by women in conversations about modernity and national identity within the cultural, literary and political spheres. The volume also models the same kind of literary activism championed by some of the women whose work inspires its various chapters." * Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies *"The volume demonstrates the need to continue learning about the historical and cultural legacy of these women as agents of change and modernity to understand in more detail the role of Spanish women in the present moment, a moment that is challenging the anti-feminist and conservative discourse on both sides of the Atlantic as outdated." * Revista de Literatura *"Well-written and insightful." * Anales Galdosianos *"This book is a beautiful tribute to Maryellen Bieder, an important and significant scholar of nineteenth- and twentieth-century Spanish narrative by women. The essays in this book—by scholars and writers of several different generations who are also highly esteemed in the same and other areas—expand and continue Bieder’s research to new horizons. Modern Spanish Women as Agents of Change is a very important contribution to the field: it continues current research, embarks on new areas of investigation, and employs distinct or innovative theoretical ideas." -- Sandra J. Schumm * author of Mother and Myth in Spanish Novels *"An outstanding work of collaborative scholarship and unreservedly recommended for community Women's Studies sections, as well as college and university library Literary Iberian Studies collections." * Midwest Book Review *"Jennifer Smith continues to vindicate the validity of feminism today. There is no doubt that Maryellen Bieder would be proud of the legacy passed on to her numerous disciples and colleagues." * Bulletin of Spanish Studies *“An outstanding contribution of cutting-edge research to students and scholars of feminist discourses, gender studies, and modern Peninsular literatures and cultures.” * Hispania *"The volume adds to our understanding of nineteenth-century women’s agency and the lead roles played by women in conversations about modernity and national identity within the cultural, literary and political spheres. The volume also models the same kind of literary activism championed by some of the women whose work inspires its various chapters." * Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies *"The volume demonstrates the need to continue learning about the historical and cultural legacy of these women as agents of change and modernity to understand in more detail the role of Spanish women in the present moment, a moment that is challenging the anti-feminist and conservative discourse on both sides of the Atlantic as outdated." * Revista de Literatura *"Well-written and insightful." * Anales Galdosianos *Table of ContentsA Note on Translations … v Introduction ... 1 Jennifer SmithPart I: Modern Spanish Women Writers as Activists ... 26 One Gender, Race, and Subalternity in the Antislavery Plays of María Rosa Gálvez and Faustina Sáez de Melgar ... 27Akiko Tsuchiya Two Forging Progressive Futures for Spain’s Women and People: Sofía Tartilán (Palencia 1829-Madrid 1888) ... 55Christine Arkinstall Three Fashion as Feminism: Carmen de Burgos’s Ideas on Fashion in Context ... 94Roberta JohnsonPart II: Emilia Pardo Bazán as Literary Theorist and Cultural Critic ... 119 Four Pardo Bazán’s “Apuntes autobiográficos”and “El baile del Querubín”: A Theoretical Reexamination ... 120Susan M. McKenna Five The Twice-Told and the Unsaid in Pardo Bazán’s “Presentido,” “En coche-cama,” “Confidencia,” and “Madre” ... 147Linda M. Willem Six Emilia Pardo Bazán, Joris-Karl Huysmans, and Stories of Conversion ... 175Denise DuPont Seven “A Most Promising Girl”: Gender and Artistic Future in Emilia Pardo Bazán’s “La dama joven” ... 205Margot VersteegPart III:Representations of Female Deviance ... 237 Eight A Woman’s Search for a Space of Her Own in Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda's Dos mujeres ... 238Rogelia Lily Ibarra Nine Caterina Albert i Paradís: Writing, Solitude, and Woman’s Jouissance, translated by Lourdes Albuixech... 261Neus Carbonell Ten The Obstinate Negativity of Ana Ozores ... 289Jo Labanyi Eleven Female Masculinity in La Regenta ... 307Jennifer Smith Afterword ... 333Acknowledgments... 337Bibliography ... 338Index ... 373About the Contributors ... 374

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Book SynopsisBoth famous in their day, Daisy Bates and Ernestine Hill were bestselling writers who told of life in the vast Australian interior. Daisy Bates, dressed in Victorian garb, malnourished and half-blind, camped with Aboriginal people in Western Australia and on the Nullarbor for decades, surrounded by her books, notes and artefacts. A self-taught ethnologist, desperate to be accepted by established male anthropologists, she sought to document the language and customs of the people who visited her camps. In 1935, Ernestine Hill, journalist and author of the bestselling book, The Great Australian Loneliness, coaxed Daisy Bates to Adelaide to collaborate on a newspaper series for The Advertiser. Their collaboration resulted in the 1938 international bestseller, The Passing of the Aborigines. This book informed popular opinion about Aboriginal people for decades, though Bates’s failure to acknowledge Hill as her co-author strained their friendship. Traversing great distances in a campervan, Eleanor Hogan reflects on the lives and work of these indefatigable women. From a contemporary perspective, their work seems quaint and sentimental, their outlook and preoccupations dated, paternalistic and even racist. Yet Hogan is reminded that Bates and Hill took a genuine interest in Aboriginal people and their cultures long before they were considered worthy of the Australian mainstream’s attention. With sensitivity and insight, she wonders whether their work speaks to us today and what their legacies as fearless female outliers might be.

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Book SynopsisDead People is a book of eulogies, written for an eclectic assortment of famous and interesting people who died in recent years. The essays were written by Stefany Anne Golberg and 2013 Whiting Award winner Morgan Meis. The book covers twenty-eight dead people in all, including intellectuals like Susan Sontag, Christopher Hitchens and Eric Hobsbawn; musicians like Sun Ra, MCA (Beastie Boys) and Kurt Cobain; writers like David Foster Wallace, John Updike and Tom Clancy; artists like Thomas Kinkade and Robert Rauschenberg; and controversial political figures like Osama bin Laden and Mikhail Kalashnikov.

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Book Synopsis"The current compendium traces the development of the office's architectural practice and thinking through a series of completed buildings, works in progress and projects that, as yet, remain unrealised. The book illuminates its strategies of sustainable design, its multiple interventions in the post-industrial cityscape and the unfolding of an architectural language full of sense and sensuality that reacts to its physical and social context, as well as to functional, technical, spatial and sculptural considerations. The book reveals Sauerbruch and Hutton's understanding of their profession as an ongoing process of research into presence and future, and is the only comprehensive documentation of their numerous works."

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Book SynopsisIn 1974 the Queen's Gallantry Medal was instituted to replace awards for gallantry in the Order of the British Empire for actions not quite meriting the award of the George Medal. Since then it has been awarded on 1,044 occasions, which includes 38 posthumous awards and 19 second awards.Trade Review'I consider this fine book to be a deserved tribute to all recipients of the QGM. I commend it to all.' (Sir Ronnie Flanagan GBE, QPM.) '..a "must have" for the medal enthusiast and student of the better aspects of human nature. The author is to be congratulated on a most remarkable and valuable work.' (Professor Bernard de Neumann.) 'The book is a must for any recipient of the QGM, for which it will be a wonderful memento, for medal aficionado's, and for anyone who has an interest in the many and varied stories that resulted in the award.' (S. P. Holmes QGM.)

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Book SynopsisLas apasionantes vidas de cincuenta mujeres olvidadas que construyeron la historia de España.Una ilustradora antifascista, la pasión femenina de Lorca, la fusilera que fue azote de los franceses durante la guerra de la Independencia, la mejor trapecista del mundo, la guerrera de Lepanto, las hermanas Sorolla, la creadora de la muñeca Mariquita Pérez, la cantante de ópera que pudo ser reina o la esclava que se convirtió en la dramaturga más importante del Siglo de Oro son solo algunas de las 50 vidas que recoge este libro. Los sufrimientos, luchas, esperanzas e increíbles gestas de todas estas mujeres que, con su visión talentosa, a veces compleja y silenciosa, y siempre polifacética, trataron de construir un mundo más igualitario a través de su excelsa capacidad y de su excepcional talento creativo.Ninguna fue reconocida pero todas fueron ÚNICAS.ALICIA VALLINA es periodista e historiadora, además de doctora cum laude en Historia del Arte y Estudios del Mundo Anti

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Book SynopsisThis book, first published in 1991, is an invaluable guide to biographies of scientists from a wide variety of scientific fields. These biographies are unique in that they explore the whole personality of the scientist, giving students a glimpse at the variety and drama of the lives beyond the well-known. Table of Contents1. Preface Cynthia A. Steinke 2. Introduction Tony Stankus 3. Mathematical Biographies: Profiles and Sources of Information on Eighteen Mathematicians Virgil Diodato and Michael Tolan 4. Computer Revolutionaries: A Guide to the Literature of Pioneers in Computing Charles Matthews 5. Biographies of Physicists: An Annotated Bibliography Donna E. Cromer 6. Lives of Chemists Gayle Baker and Marie Garrett 7. Biography in the Geological Sciences Flossie E. Wise 8. A Selection of Biographies of Animal Scientists Flora Cobb 9. Plant Breeders and Plant Geneticists: Biographical Information Dena Rae Thomas 10. Founders of Medical Techniques and Inventions: An Annotated Bibliography Andrea R. Testi

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