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The Virgin and the Grail
Origins of a Legend
Some fifty years before Chrétien de Troyes wrote what is probably the first and certainly the most influential story of the Holy Grail, images of the Virgin Mary with a simple but radiant bowl (called a “grail” in local...
Friends and Apostles
The Correspondence of Rupert Brooke and James Strachey, 1905-1914
The correspondence between the English poet Rupert Brooke (1887-1915) and his friend James Strachey, later the primary English translator of the works of Sigmund Freud, here appears in print for the first time. These...
Kenya
Between Hope and Despair, 1963-2012
An illuminating account of Kenya's first fifty years of independence and the issues that block the nation's path to prosperity and justice On December 12, 1963, people across Kenya joyfully celebrated...
Milosevic
A Biography
Before his death in March 2006, Slobodan Milosevic was on trial at the International Criminal Tribunal in The Hague for crimes against humanity. This engrossing biography documents the life of the former Serbian leader,...
Life Is with Others
Selected Writings on Child Psychiatry
One of the most influential child psychiatrists of the twentieth century, Donald J. Cohen (1940-2001) made groundbreaking contributions to the study of autism and developmental disabilities, Tourette’s syndrome, developmental...
The Nation's Crucible
The Louisiana Purchase and the Creation of America
In 1803 the United States purchased Louisiana from France. This seemingly simple acquisition brought with it an enormous new territory as well as the country’s first large population of nonnaturalized Americans—Native...
Views from the Other Shore
Essays on Herzen, Chekhov, and Bakhtin
In this brilliant companion volume to her highly praised Toward Another Shore: Russian Thinkers Between Necessity and Chance, Aileen M. Kelly closely examines a humanist strand of Russian thought that has until now...
The Stolen Legacy of Anne Frank
Meyer Levin, Lillian Hellman, and the Staging of the Diary
As one of the first American journalists to enter the newly liberated concentration camps in the closing days of the Holocaust, Meyer Levin wished the world to know of the horror he had found. Seizing upon Anne Franks
Improving Literacy in America
Guidelines from Research
An alarmingly high number of American students continue to lack proficiency in reading, math, and science. The various attempts to address this problem have all too often resulted in “silver bullet” solutions such as reducing...
A Quiet World
Living with Hearing Loss
Some 28 million people in America and 350 million people worldwide live with hearing loss. How do these people and their families cope? What are their experiences of pain, humor, and hope? What support do medicine and...