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Menahem Pressler
Artistry in Piano Teaching
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2008
As soloist, master class teacher, and pianist of the world-renowned Beaux Arts Trio, Menahem Pressler can boast of four Grammy nominations, three honorary doctorates, more than 80 recordings, and lifetime achievement awards presented by France, Germany, and Israel. Former Pressler student William...
Nationalist in the Viet Nam Wars
Memoirs of a Victim Turned Soldier
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2012
“A dark and fascinating tale . . . illuminated by Nguyen’s story of escape from Communist tyranny to the United States in 1990, and by his honesty and integrity, which shine through on every page.” —Historynet.com
This extraordinary memoir tells the story of one man’s experience of...
by Ethan S. Rafuse
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2011
“An important book that rescues George B. McClellan’s military reputation.” —Chronicles
Bold, brash, and full of ambition, George Brinton McClellan seemed destined for greatness when he assumed command of all the Union armies before he was 35. It was not to be. Ultimately deemed a failure...
The Tribal Knot
A Memoir of Family, Community, and a Century of Change
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2013
Are we responsible for, and to, those forces that have formed us—our families, friends, and communities? Where do we leave off and others begin? In The Tribal Knot, Rebecca McClanahan looks for answers in the history of her family. Poring over letters, artifacts, and documents that span more than...
Once We All Had Gills
Growing Up Evolutionist in an Evolving World
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2012
In this book, Rudolf A. Raff reaches out to the scientifically queasy, using his life story and his growth as a scientist to illustrate why science matters, especially at a time when many Americans are both suspicious of science and hostile to scientific ways of thinking. Noting that science has too...
The Men Who Loved Trains
The Story of Men Who Battled Greed to Save an Ailing Industry
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2006
An award-winning account of a crisis in railroad history: “This absorbing book takes you on an entertaining ride.” —Chicago Tribune
A saga about one of the oldest and most romantic enterprises in the land—America’s railroads—The Men Who Loved Trains introduces the chieftains who...
The European Union Explained, Third Edition
Institutions, Actors, Global Impact
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2013
This brief and accessible introduction to the European Union is ideal for anyone who needs a concise overview of the structure, history, and policies of the EU. This updated edition includes a new chapter on the sovereign debt crisis in the Eurozone. Andreas Staab offers basic terms and interpretive...
Dear Mendl, Dear Reyzl
Yiddish Letter Manuals from Russia and America
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014
“Explore[s] the Jewish past via letters that reflect connections and collisions between old and new worlds.” —Jewish Book Council
At the turn of the 20th century, Jewish families scattered by migration could stay in touch only through letters. Jews in the Russian Empire and America wrote...
Walden x 40
Essays on Thoreau
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2011
Provocative and illuminating essays on Thoreau’s masterwork, shedding new light on its enduring inspiration and philosophical depth.
In 1845, Henry David Thoreau moved from his parents’ house in Concord, Massachusetts, to a one-room cabin he built himself on the land of his mentor, Ralph Waldo...
In Passage Perilous
Malta and the Convoy Battles of June 1942
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2012
An invaluable account of one of the most overlooked sea battles of World War II.
By mid-1942 the Allies were losing the Mediterranean war: Malta was isolated and its civilian population faced starvation. In June 1942 the British Royal Navy made a stupendous effort to break the Axis stranglehold....
Mourning Headband for Hue
An Account of the Battle for Hue, Vietnam 1968
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2014
“An intimate―and disturbing―account of war at its most brutal, told from the point of view of civilians trying to survive the maelstrom.” —Publishers Weekly
Vietnam, January, 1968. As the citizens of Hue are preparing to celebrate Tet, the start of the Lunar New Year, Nha Ca arrives...
After the Roundup
Escape and Survival in Hitler’s France
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2017
On the nights of July 16 and 17, 1942, French police rounded up eleven-year-old Joseph Weismann, his family, and 13,000 other Jews. After being held for five days in appalling conditions in the Vélodrome d'Hiver stadium, Joseph and his family were transported by cattle car to the Beaune-la-Rolande...
Encountering Morocco
Fieldwork and Cultural Understanding
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2013
Encountering Morocco introduces readers to life in this North African country through vivid accounts of fieldwork as personal experience and intellectual journey. We meet the contributors at diverse stages of their careers–from the unmarried researcher arriving for her first stint in the field to...
by H. Roger Grant
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2012
“[A] wealth of vignettes and more than 100 black-and-white illustrations . . . Does a fine job of humanizing the iron horse” (The Wall Street Journal).
In this social history of the impact of railroads on American life, H. Roger Grant concentrates on the railroad’s “golden age,” from...