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Book Synopsis Revised and Updated “Brilliantly reconstructs the degradation and drama of Sobibor. . . . A memorable and moving saga, full of anger and anguish, a reminder never to forget.”—San Francisco Chronicle  On October 14, 1943, six hundred Jews imprisoned in Sobibor, a secret Nazi death camp in eastern Poland, revolted. They killed a dozen SS officers and guards, trampled the barbed wire fences, and raced across an open field filled with anti-tank mines. Against all odds, more than three hundred made it safely into the woods. Fifty of those men and women managed to survive the rest of the war.   In this edition of Escape from Sobibor, fully updated in 2012, Richard Rashke tells their stories, based on his interviews with eighteen of the survivors. It vividly describes the biggest prisoner escape of World War II. A story of unimaginable cruelty. A story of couraTrade Review“A sensitive, thoughtful, and well-researched account of the `biggest prisoner escape of World War II.’” —Samuel Gold, Jewish Chicago “A journalistic account in the tradition of Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood.” —Choice “The authoritative version of the breakout from the Nazi experimentation camp at Sobibor. . . . Gives us a very good idea of how the will to survive can lead quite ordinary people to surmount the most extraordinary obstacles.” —The Jerusalem Post “This moving and angry book deserves to be read.” —The Washington Post “A unique, unforgettable, deeply moving and effective account of a death camp.” —Detroit Jewish News

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Book SynopsisRoots of Entanglement offers an historical exploration of the relationships between Indigenous peoples and European newcomers in the territory that would become Canada.Trade Review"Emerging from the field of Canadian Native-newcomer relations, this edited volume focuses on Natives seen as individuals instead of a generalized people, engaging with the historic or contemporary circumstances of colonial invasion." -- F. K. Holmes * Choice Connect *"Roots of Entanglement: Essays in the History of Native-Newcomer Relations addresses the consequences of historical cultural conquest and assumptions of western superiority throughout. It has everything that talented scholars work so hard their entire lives to achieve, but it falls short when it comes to implementing the actual goal of reconciliation which it promotes. For that, we await some future time and place – wherein we might fundamentally challenge cherished values and ideas and divide up the funding pie to include those who did not receive their fair share in the beginning. As Indigenous people have participated in Canada’s military history, Canadian military historians should draw more directly upon Indigenous perspectives, including their voices in our publications and allowing them to tell their truths." -- Isabel Campbell * Canadian Military History *Table of ContentsI Introduction Myra Rutherdale, P. Whitney Lackenbauer, and Kerry Abel II The Crown, Colonial Spaces, and Aboriginality The Simcoes and the Indians, Kerry Abel Lord Bury and the First Nations: A Year in the Canadas, Donald B. Smith "Chief Teller of Tales": John Buchan's Ideas on Indigenous Peoples, the Commonwealth, and an Emerging Idea of Canada, 1935-40, Brendan Frederick R. Edwards At the Crossroads of Militarism and Modernization: Inuit-Military Relations in the Cold War Arctic, P. Whitney Lackenbauer Alaska Highway Nurses and DEW Line Doctors: Medical Encounters in Northern Canadian Indigenous Communities, Myra Rutherdale III Interraciality and Education Negotiating Aboriginal Interraciality in Three Early British Columbian Indian Residential Schools, Jean Barman Language, Place, and Kinship Ties: Past and Present Necessities for M tis Education, Jonathan Anuik IV Law, Legislation, and History They Have Suffered the Most: First Nations and the Aftermath of the 1885 North-West Rebellion, Bill Waiser "Powerless To Protect": Ontario Game Protection Legislation, Unreported and Indetermined Case Law, and the Criminalization of Indian Hunting in the Robinson Treaty Territories, 1892-1931, Frank Tough One Good Thing: Law and Elevator Etiquette in the Indian Territories, Hamar Foster Reclaiming History through the Courts: Aboriginal Rights, the Marshall Decision, and Maritime History, Kenneth S. Coates VI Anthropologists, Historians, and the Indigenous Historiography "We Could Not Help Noticing the Fact That Many of Them Were Cross-eyed": Historical Evidence and Coast Salish Leadership, Keith Carlson An Appealing Anthropology, Frozen in Time: Diamond Jenness' The Indians of Canada, Dianne Newell and Arthur J. Ray VII Conclusion Aboriginal Research in Troubled Times, Alan C. Cairns Note on Contributors

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Book SynopsisNeil Archer's original study makes a timely and politically-engaged intervention in debates about national cinema and national identity. Structured around key examples of culturally English cinema' in the years up to and following the UK's 2016 vote to leave the European Union, Cinema and Brexit looks to make sense of the peculiarities and paradoxes marking this era of filmmaking. At the same time as providing a contextual and analytical reading of 21st century filmmaking in Britain, Archer raises critical questions about popular national cinema, and how Brexit has cast both light and shadow over this body of films.Central to Archer's argument is the idea that Brexit represents not just a critical moment in how we will understand future film production, but also in how we will understand production of the recent past. Using as a point of departure the London Olympics opening ceremony of 2012, Cinema and Brexit considers the tensions inherent in a wide range of films, inclTrade ReviewThrough perceptive and nuanced analyses of a refreshingly wide and varied range of British films which, ostensibly, have nothing to do with Brexit, Neil Archer shows how certain forms of popular British cinema have worked to produce an historical imaginary of Britishness (and, in particular, Englishness) that embodies so many of the same cultural assumptions that led to Brexit. An extremely timely book, but also one which deserves a long life on British cinema bookshelves. -- Julian Petley, Professor, Brunel University London, UKThis innovative, well-written, and carefully prepared book may thus be seen as an early intervention in the emerging field of Brexit studies. * MEDIENwissenschaft *Cinema & Brexit challenges renderings of the recent “zeitgeist” to offer an insightful analysis of “popular English cinema” within the globalised film industry. Whether discussing “very British blockbusters” like Bond or “culturally European” family films featuring Paddington, Cinema & Brexit takes a hard look at issues of soft power and ‘soft’ patriotism. Addressing inward-looking myths of resilience alongside inward investment from Hollywood, Neil Archer will change how you think about your favourite films. -- Matt Hills, Professor, University of Huddersfield, United KingdomTable of ContentsList of illustrations Acknowledgements General Editor’s Introduction Introduction: Film through the looking glass 1Film politics: Brexit, brand Britain and soft power 2Comedians and sunscreen: The English holiday film and the idea of Europe 3‘Not to Yield’: Globalization, nation and the epic imagination of English cinema 4Genius of Britain: The English scientist film and other science fictions 5Through a screen, darkly: Austerity genres, Brexit topographies and the precarity of national cinema 6Just follow the bear? StudioCanal, transnational franchises and a European English cinema Conclusion: Longing for yesterday? Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe New York Times–bestselling history of the first half of the twentieth century—five decades that transformed America—from the author of Only Yesterday. During the first fifty years of the twentieth century, the United States saw two world wars, a devastating economic depression, and more social, political, and economic changes than in any other five-decade period before. Frederick Lewis Allen, former editor of Harper’s magazine, recounts these years—spanning World War I, the Progressive Era, the Great Depression, World War II, and the early Cold War—in vivid detail, from the fashions and customs of the times to major events that changed the course of history. Politically, the United States grew into its own as a global superpower during these years, even as domestic developments altered the everyday lives of its citizens. The introduction of the automobile, mass production, and organized labor changed the way Americans lived and worked, while innovations like penicillin and government regulation of food safety contributed to an increase in average life expectancy from forty-nine years in 1900 to sixty-eight years in 1950. With the development of a strong, centralized government, a thriving middle class, and widespread economic prosperity, the nation emerged from the Second World War transformed in virtually every way. Richly informative and delightfully readable, The Big Change is an indispensable volume charting the many changes that ushered in our contemporary age. Trade Review“A mellow and thoroughly charming volume which tells the story of the changing American scene with humor and affection.” —The Nation “A master historical journalist.” —The New York Times “[Allen] once again demonstrates his unique gift for writing social history in terms that everyone who reads can understand—and enjoy.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review “It is important for Americans to understand their commitment to sound social change. Mr. Allen writes the history well.” —TheChristian Science Monitor Praise for Frederick Lewis Allen “Mr. Allen’s shining service is to recall the things that have blurred equally with those that have stuck in memory. No one else does this sort of thing so well.” —The New York Times on Since Yesterday “[Allen] is one of our most urbane and penetrating social historians.” —The Christian Science Monitor on Since Yesterday “A diligent and perceptive reporter . . . So much of what he has to say is almost eerie to read [today].” —Forbes on The Lords of Creation

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