Sageman’s Deadly “Bunch of Guys”
01/19/2007
The work of Understanding Terror Networks author Marc Sageman is featured in Azzam the American: The making of an Al Qaeda homegrown, a recent New Yorker article about jihadism in… READ MORE
Category: Books
The Witch as Muse–“A Work of Distinction”
01/17/2007
In a recent installment of The Medieval Review, Diana Laulainen-Schein praised Linda C. Hults’ The Witch as Muse: Art, Gender, and Power in Early Modern Europe: The Witch as Muse… READ MORE
A Birthday Toast to Ben
01/17/2007
‘Twas Honest old Noah first planted the VineAnd mended his morals by drinking its Wine.—from a drinking song by Benjamin Franklin Here’s to Benjamin Frankin in honor of his 301st… READ MORE
Native Ground is a “Great Contribution” to History
01/12/2007
Two historical journals recently ran reviews of Kathleen DuVal’s The Native Ground. In Common-Place, an online journal dedicated to the study of early American history and culture, reviewer April Lee… READ MORE
Smart and Insightful Among Other Things
01/11/2007
Tilar J. Mazzeo’s Plagiarism and Literary Property in the Romantic Period is "smart and insightful," says book critic Charles McGrath in his recent New York Times piece.
Lemay Among “The Year’s Best”
01/09/2007
The New York Sun listed J.A. Leo Lemay’s The Life of Benjamin Franklin: Printer and Publisher, 1730-1747 as one of the best books of 2006. Reviewer Carl Rollyson says: Mr…. READ MORE
Bodies Politic–Now in Paperback
01/08/2007
Bodies Politic: Negotiating Race in the American North, 1730-1830 John Wood Sweet 504 pages | 6 x 9 | 24 illus. Paper 2007 | ISBN 0-8122-1978-3 | $22.50 | £15.00… READ MORE
Tropic of Venice–Now Available
01/05/2007
Tropic of Venice Margaret Doody 374 pages | 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 | 13 color, 26 b/w illus. Cloth 2007 | ISBN 0-8122-3984-9 | $32.50 | £21.50 A volume… READ MORE
Legendary Hawai’i and the Politics of Place–Now Available
01/03/2007
Legendary Hawai’i and the Politics of Place: Tradition, Translation, and Tourism Cristina Bacchilega 248 pages | 6 x 9 | 34 illus. Cloth 2006 | ISBN 0-8122-3975-X | $45.00 |… READ MORE
The Sound the Stars Make Rushing Through the Sky–Now Available
01/02/2007
The Sound the Stars Make Rushing Through the Sky: The Writings of Jane Johnston Schoolcraft Jane Johnston Schoolcraft. Robert Dale Parker, Editor 288 pages | 6 x 9 | 14… READ MORE
