Child Soldiers in Africa–Now in Paperback
01/25/2007
Child Soldiers in Africa Alcinda Honwana 216 pages | 6 x 9 | 2 illus. Cloth 2005 | ISBN 978-0-8122-3911-9 | $45.00 | £29.50 Paper 2007 | ISBN 978-0-8122-1987-6 |… READ MORE
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“Venice” Makes ForeWord’s Big Ten
01/24/2007
ForeWord magazine lists Margaret Doody’s Tropic of Venice among the Big Ten Outstanding Books from University Presses for 2006. The ForeWord review begins by placing Doody in some impressive company:… READ MORE
Female Circumcision–Now in Paperback
01/23/2007
Female Circumcision: Multicultural Perspectives Rogaia Mustafa Abusharaf, Editor 296 pages | 6 x 9 | 2 illus. Paper 2007 | ISBN 978-0-8122-1941-8 | $19.95 | £13.00 A volume in the… READ MORE
The Insight of Unbelievers–Now Available
01/20/2007
The Insight of Unbelievers: Nicholas of Lyra and Christian Reading of Jewish Text in the Later Middle Ages Deeana Copeland Klepper 240 pages | 6 x 9 | 6 illus…. READ MORE
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
Food Is Love–Now In Paperback
Food Is Love: Advertising and Gender Roles in Modern America Katherine J. Parkin 304 pages | 6 x 9 | 25 illus. Cloth 2006 | ISBN 978-0-8122-3929-4 | $47.50 |… READ MORE
Freedom Is One Thing, an Essay by Thomas F. Jackson
01/17/2007
A child born on Martin Luther King’s 39th birthday in 1968 turns 39 this January 15. Perhaps that is enough time to sort out his history and settle the core… READ MORE
The Witch as Muse–“A Work of Distinction”
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
‘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