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  • Lillian Wald

    America's Great Social and Healthcare Reformer

    The greatest social reformer of her time!Pres. Franklin Roosevelt called Lillian Wald "one of the least known yet most important people" of her time. Wald, a relentless advocate for the welfare of children, was responsible for many of the social and health-related programs we take for granted today. She campaigned for school lunches and nurses in public schools, founded the Henry Street Settlement ... Read more

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  • New York in the Progressive Era

    Social Reforms and Cultural Upheaval, 1890–1920

    How a remarkable era of social and political change swept through New York, from Seneca Falls to the Henry Street Settlement and beyond.The Progressive Era ushered in one of the most transformational periods in New York's history, as the excesses of the Gilded Age led to the rise of numerous social and political reform movements. These justice-seeking endeavors reached all corners of the state, ... Read more

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  • African Venice

    A Guide to Art, Culture and People

    African Venice is the first guidebook to the extensive historical and contemporary African presence in the city of the lagoons. A set of ten walking tours highlights images of Black people in Venetian art from the Middle Ages to the present, the afterlife of Shakespeare’s Othello, the painful local legacies of slavery and Italian colonialism, and the remarkable visibility of African and Afro ... Read more

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  • Murder Stories

    Ideological Narratives in Capital Punishment

    by Paul Kaplan ...
    Series series Issues in Crime and Justice
    Murder Stories engages with the current theoretical debate in death penalty research on the role of cultural commitments to ‘American’ ideologies in the retention of capital punishment. The central aim of the study is to illuminate the elusive yet powerful role of ideology in legal discourses. Through analyzing the content and processes of death penalty narratives, this research illuminates the ... Read more

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  • Irving Berlin

    America's Underdog Songwriter

    Irving Berlin and his family fled anti-Jewish Russia before he went on to become one of America's most popular commercial composers. As a self-taught pianist, Berlin is responsible for many hit songs such as "God Bless America," "White Christmas," as well as the musical Annie Get Your Gun.Author Paul Kaplan traces the path of the man behind the songs through this rags-to-riches story and Berlin's ... Read more

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  • New York's Original Penn Station

    The Rise and Tragic Fall of an American Landmark

    Series series Landmarks
    The story of the spectacular and much-lamented train terminal whose destruction inspired a new passion for historic preservation. Includes photos.In early twentieth-century New York, few could have imagined a train terminal as grand as Pennsylvania Station. Yet, executives at the Pennsylvania Railroad secretly bought up land in Manhattan's infamous Tenderloin District to build one of the world's ... Read more

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  • Essentials of Thought Leadership and Content Marketing

    Boost Your Brand, Increase Your Market Share, and Generate Qualified Leads

    Over 65 fun, useful, and beautiful home woodworking projects for the kitchen: cutting boards, trivets, spoons, kitchen stools, and more! Dress up your kitchen―and make it more functional―with these stylish, easy-to-make kitchen projects for the home woodworker. Master woodworking craftsman Ken Horner presents his best designs for useful items for the kitchen: cutting boards, trivets, spoons and ... Read more

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  • Anything Goes

    The Life and Music of Cole Porter

    The first major biography on Cole Porter in over two decades, this delightfully entertaining life story of one of the most important musicians and composers of the twentieth century follows Cole from Peru, Indiana to jazz age Manhattan, Hollywood and beyond. ... Read more

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  • Frontiers of Modern Asset Allocation

    Edited by Paul D. Kaplan ...
    Series Book 713 - Wiley Finance
    Innovative approaches to putting asset allocation into practiceBuilding on more than 15 years of asset-allocation research, Paul D. Kaplan, who led the development of the methodologies behind the Morningstar Rating(TM) and the Morningstar Style Box(TM), tackles key challenges investor professionals face when putting asset-allocation theory into practice. This book addresses common issues such as ... Read more

    $74.99 CAD

  • Republics and empires

    Italian and American art in transnational perspective, 1840–1970

    Republics and empires provides transnational perspectives on the significance of Italy to American art and visual culture and the impact of the United States on Italian art and popular culture. Covering the period from the Risorgimento to the Cold War, it reveals the complexity of the visual discourses that bound two relatively new nations together. It also gives substantial attention to literary ... Read more

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  • Medical Issues And The Eating Disorders

    The Interface

    Written for psychiatrists, physicians in other specialities, psychologists, nutritionists and other health professionals, this volume is designed to be a comprehensive, clinically orientated text and reference on the medical aspects of the eating disorders. The book brings together a large, diverse body of literature on the biomedical variables relevant to the understanding and treatment of ... Read more

    $86.56 CAD

  • Crimesploitation

    Crime, Punishment, and Pleasure on Reality Television

    Series series The Cultural Lives of Law
    "Due to the graphic nature of this program, viewer discretion is advised." Most of us have encountered this warning while watching television at some point. It is typically attached to a brand of reality crime TV that Paul Kaplan and Daniel LaChance call "crimesploitation": spectacles designed to entertain mass audiences by exhibiting "real" criminal behavior and its consequences. This book ... Read more

    $27.49 CAD