Overview :In 1942, a stretch of Illinois prairie that had served as a battleground and a railroad depot became the site of a major manufacturing plant... Read More
Overview :Machiavelli on War offers a comprehensive interpretation of the philosopher-historian's treatment of war throughout his writings, from poems... Read More
Overview :When the popularity of Milton Berle's television show began to slip, Berle quipped, "At least I'm losing my ratings to God " He was referrin... Read More
Overview :Discussions of the place of moral principle in political practice are haunted by the abstract and misleading distinction between realism and... Read More
Overview :Whether conveyed through newspapers, photographs, or Billie Holliday's haunting song "Strange Fruit," lynching has immediate and graphic con... Read More
Overview :At 2:00 A.M. on August 28, 1955, fourteen-year-old Emmett Till, visiting from Chicago, was abducted from his great-uncle's cabin in Money, M... Read More
Overview :The flash of his camera sent Al Capone diving to the floor. He was asked to escort Bob Hope's wife to church and to hide John Barrymore from... Read More
Overview :On February 5th, 1946, the Ferguson brothers were concluding a night out celebrating Charles Ferguson's reenlistment in the Army... Charles... Read More
Overview :Decades after his death, Stephen C. Foster's (1826--64) family and fans seized upon his birth on the fiftieth anniversary of the Declaration... Read More
Overview :Fans of "The Americans" TV series on the FX Network will recognize elements of the show in The CI Desk, Chris Lynch's account of his thirty ... Read More
Overview :When Julie, Kavon, and Miguel, inherit a time machine from their late science teacher, Dr. Kerr, they figured that they've won the lotto. Af... Read More
Overview :Al Capone dove for the floor when he saw the flash of the camera, while his startled body guards drew their guns. The actress Miriam Hopkins... Read More
Overview :Eddie Haskell was the bad kid who never went away. When child actor Ken Osmond stepped onto the set of Leave it to Beaver in 1957, he not on... Read More
Overview :Anxiety can be overwhelming for children with autism. It doesn't need to be. The anxiety levels commonly found in children with autism affe... Read More
Overview :This book examines African Americans' strategies for resisting white racial violence from the Civil War until the assassination of Martin Lu... Read More
Overview :When parenting, teaching and working with children who have social, emotional, and/or sensory sensitivities, we often put the emphasis on le... Read More
Overview :The issue of the lynchings of Africans and African Americans in the United States is a sensitive subject for historical perpetrators and vic... Read More
Overview :July 23, 1970; 1145 hours Mortar rounds rained down on us continuously, starting at sunrise. We hadn't slept the previous night because the ... Read More