A young widower recounts the year following the sudden loss of his graduate student wife, a period marked by his efforts to single-parent their bereaved 4-year-old son and his thoughts about God and f
Thomas Szasz (emeritus, psychiatry, SUNY Upstate Medical U.) is known for his theories on the myth of mental illness and is recognized as the leading critic of the coercive interventions employed by t
In this intricately woven tapestry of Iraqi society before the upheavals of the late 20th century, a young boy, affected by the cruelities of life, finds happiness only in stolen moments with his belo
This comedic poem translated from Gaelic to English was written in the late 18th century during a tumultuous historical time, notably the French and American revolutions, as well as the United Irishme
This humorous and interesting personal history documents the author's participation in a secret Cold War scientific mission scouting air bases in northern Greenland. Boskin, who was the author of the
Documents the story of the NBA's first African-American athlete during the racially turbulent 1950s, tracing his considerable college achievements and trailblazing efforts with the Washington Capitals
For her work teaching people to read in 26 countries, Colvin received the President's Volunteer Action Award in 1987, the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2006, and induction into the National Women's
Head (geosciences, University of Wollongong, Australia) examines modern Australia's efforts to come to terms with its Aboriginal past. Drawing on anthropology, archaeology, and history, she shows that
Frank was born in Lublin, Poland, in 1913. During World War II he survived four Nazi concentration camps, including Dachau and the little known Lipowa in Lublin. Being a tailor, he was tapped to head
John Wiernicki fought against the Nazis in Poland and was imprisoned at various times in the Auschwitz-Birkenau, Buchenwald, and Sonder concentration camps. In this memoir, he recounts his experiences
The War Resisters League was founded in 1923 by socialist pacifist Jessie Wallace Hughan and grew to become one of the most important secular absolute pacifist organizations opposing war. In his histo
Len Oakes explores the phenomenon of cult leaders. He examines the psychology of charisma and proposes his own theory of the five-stage life cycle of the two types of prophets: the messianic and chari
The Adirondack Atlas offers a detailed geographic portrait of the largest protected area in the contiguous United States and the largest region of protected temperate forests in the world. Complete wi
