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  • Thoreau's Axe

    Distraction and Discipline in American Culture

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    How nineteenth-century “disciplines of attention” anticipated the contemporary concern with mindfulness and being “spiritual but not religious”Today, we’re driven to distraction, our attention overwhelmed by the many demands upon it—most of which emanate from our beeping and blinking digital devices. This may seem like a decidedly twenty-first-century problem, but, as Caleb Smith shows in this ... Read more

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  • The Oracle and the Curse

    A Poetics of Justice from the Revolution to the Civil War

    by Caleb Smith ...
    Condemned to hang after his raid on Harper’s Ferry, John Brown prophesied that the crimes of a slave-holding land would be purged away only with blood. A study of omens, maledictions, and inspired invocations, The Oracle and the Curse examines how utterances such as Brown’s shaped American literature between the Revolution and the Civil War.In nineteenth-century criminal trials, judges played the ... Read more

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  • Reggae Jihad

    When ex-navy SEAL and former Homeland Security agent Cody Sargent sails his 45 foot sloop into Admiralty Bay on the Caribbean island of Bequia, he expects to pass a few pleasant days and nights with Emma Stevenson, a local boutique owner he met the previous spring on his way south to Venezuela to lay up his boat for the hurricane season. Over dinner the first night, Emma tells him island gossip ... Read more

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  • The Prison-House of Language

    A Critical Account of Structuralism and Russian Formalism

    Series series Princeton Essays in Literature
    A groundbreaking critical introduction to Structuralism and Russian Formalism by the acclaimed literary theoristIn The Prison-House of Language, Fredric Jameson, one of the most important literary and cultural critics of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, provides a thorough historical and philosophical introduction to Structuralism and Russian Formalism. Combining a survey of these ... Read more

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  • Rose o' the River

    Enriched edition. Love, Friendship, and Small-Town Charms in Early 20th Century America

    In *Rose o' the River*, Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin weaves a captivating tale set against the backdrop of the picturesque Maine landscape. The narrative follows the blossoming of young Rose, a spirited girl navigating the complexities of love, friendship, and familial responsibilities. Wiggin's lyrical prose captures the essence of turn-of-the-century rural life, blending humor and sentimentality ... Read more

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  • Literature and Religious Experience

    Beyond Belief and Unbelief

    This book challenges the status quo of studies in literature and religion by returning to “experience” as a bridge between theory and practice. Essays focus on keywords of religious experience and demonstrate their applications in drama, fiction, and poetry.Each chapter explores the broad significance of its keyword as a category of psychological and social behavior and tracks its unique ... Read more

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  • The Punitive Imagination

    Law, Justice, and Responsibility

    Presents a thought-provoking collection of five essays that explore the purposes and meanings of legal punishment in the United States, both culturally and sociallyFrom the Gospel of Matthew to numerous US Supreme Court justices, many literary and legal sources have observed that how a society metes out punishment reveals core truths about its character. The Punitive Imagination is a collection of ... Read more

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  • In Pursuit of Moral Political Leadership

    This book examines political leadership utilizing a worldview centered on the Bible. There are eleven substantive case study chapters that cover a wide swath of famous political leaders across multiple centuries and in several different national contexts within systems that diverge widely. In Pursuit of Moral Political Leadership sets the objective of investigating moral leadership knowing that ... Read more

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  • The Life and the Adventures of a Haunted Convict

    by Austin Reed ...
    The earliest known prison memoir by an African American writer—recently discovered and authenticated by a team of Yale scholars—sheds light on the longstanding connection between race and incarceration in America.“[A] harrowing [portrait] of life behind bars . . . part confession, part jeremiad, part lamentation, part picaresque novel (reminiscent, at times, of Dickens and Defoe).”—Michiko ... Read more

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  • Birds of Guernsey (1879)

    Enriched edition. And the Neighbouring Islands: Alderney, Sark, Jethou, Herm; Being a Small Contribution to the Ornitholony of the Channel Islands

    In "Birds of Guernsey," published in 1879, Cecil Smith offers a meticulously detailed exploration of the avifauna of Guernsey, skillfully blending scientific observation with the lyrical prose of natural history. His work is marked by an early dedication to ornithology, providing readers with both taxonomic descriptions and rich narratives that evoke the island'Äôs unique ecosystem. Smith's ... Read more

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  • Historically Black Colleges and Universities in a Globalizing World

    The Past, Present, and Future

    Historically Black Colleges and Universities were established to provide the opportunity for higher education to people of African descent in the era of segregation. The visions, values, and heritages these schools embodied enabled them to chart new frontiers of learning, scholarship, and public engagement for and beyond the United States. Historically Black Colleges and Universities in a ... Read more

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  • Christmas in Legend and Story

    Enriched edition. A Book for Boys and Girls

    In "Christmas in Legend and Story," Elva Sophronia Smith intricately weaves a tapestry of myth, folklore, and narrative that illuminates the rich cultural and historical underpinnings of the Christmas season. Through her eloquent prose, Smith explores the origins of beloved traditions, shedding light on how various societies have infused both sacred and secular elements into their celebratory ... Read more

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