"A sacred journey requires a guide, and Douglas Hoffman demonstrates the wisdom, experience, and heart of a trusted architectural leader. Focusing on four contemporary American religious buildings, Ho
Thomas and Jeanne Schmidlin, native Ohioans, have brought together data from government records, scientific studies, memoirs, diaries, and newspapers in the first comprehensive book on Ohio weather. T
**This book is saddle-stitched. Renowned fantasy illustrator James A. Owen presents fifteen intricate and imaginative line drawings inspired by the works of Oxford’s famous Inklings and Diana Glyer’s
A comprehensive and authoritative resource sheds light on the complexity of Ohio's electoral statistics, including retrospectives on the state's governors, a history of the General Assembly and its le
Eyewitness accounts of the War of Independence by British observers and participants The letters in this collection were written mostly by British military officers and diplomats reporting directly to
Most regimental histories focus narrowly on military affairs and the battlefield exploits to the exclusion of the broader social and political context, while community studies examine civilian life di
Egyptian-born composer Halim El-Dabh has studied with the giants of 20th-century musical composition and conducting, including Leopold Stokowski, Irving Fine, Leonard Bernstein, and Aaron Copland. El-
During his short and stormy life, John Moncure Daniel served as U.S. diplomat, journalist, Confederate officer, and conscience of the Confederacy. Strongly pro-slavery, fiercely loyal to the Confedera
What's Normal?, examines the issues of "abnormalities" in mental health, intelligence, and sexual behavior. The first section of What's Normal? presents a wide-ranging collection of essays and article
Between 1836 and 1911, thirteen physio-medical colleges opened, and then closed, their doors. These authentic American schools, founded on a philosophy of so-called Physio-Medicalism, substituted bota
Jeanne Bryner is a registered nurse. Her poems and stories have appeared in several magazines and journals, including Annals of Internal Medicine, American Journal of Nursing, International Journal of
Drawing on personal interviews and extensive research, Livingston brings to life the remarkable story of the one-season-wonder Cleveland Pipers and their unlikely national championship in the new Amer
A facsimile edition of Wilcox's classic 1933 pictorial survey of the Indian trails in Ohio locates and documents the major Indian towns and trails that crisscross the state. Simultaneous eBook.
The gritty combat memoir of a Marine Corps artilleryman and forward observerAs a married man and Stanford graduate student nearing thirty, Christopher Donner would likely have qualified for an exempti
How America left its indelible footprint on the culture and politics of SingaporeIn the first decade after World War II, Singapore underwent radical political and socioeconomic changes with the progre
A reflection on the amusements and anxieties of growing older “With its brutal honesty, self-deprecating humor, and hard-earned insights, Jeffrey Hammond’s Small Comforts is a stunning personal journe
Three related themes are examined in this fascinating study: the social dynamics of race relations in Union Army camps, the relationship that evolved between Southern and Northern black soldiers, and
As a highly visual writer, Ray Bradbury’s works have frequently been adapted for film and television. One of the most stylized and haunting dramatizations is François Truffaut’s 1966 film adaptation o
Volume 5, 1984–1986By this point in its evolution, Funky Winkerbean is resonating with its readers and its popularity is growing. Crankshaft, the irascible bus driver, and Betty, Westview High School’
Digging beneath a layer of well-known names the authors discovered a cache of remarkable individuals from Ohio whose lives had significant national or international impact, and the stories and achieve
Ray Bradbury spent decades refashioning many of his early pulp and mainstream magazine stories to form the intricate story-cycle tapestries of The Martian Chronicles and Dandelion Wine; other tales we
Scope and method of study. The thesis of this dissertation is that northerners feared slavery, in part, because the rationales for black slavery were inherently subjective and therefore posed a threat
An informative guide to the Cleveland area’s houses of worshipThe sacred landmarks of Cleveland and the surrounding area provide a fascinating array of architectural styles and often serve as visual f
“Mira Rosenthal’s The Local World incorporates deeply lived experience and mystery in a fluent shape-shifting that can take you anywhere— and bring you back, changed. The poems are beautifully crafted
INDEPENDENT PUBLISHER SILVER MEDAL WINNER 2012 IN BIOGRAPHY & IBPA/BEN FRANKLIN AWARD FINALIST 2012 IN BIOGRAPHY“Bauer and Dawidziak tell the story cleanly, with pace, some verve and very impressive r
ForeWord -- Magazine 2008 Silver Award Winner for Excellence in Biography! A biography of a prominent labor reformer and early feminist. Strikes affect entire communities, and in the end they need the
A comprehensive examination of the significance of women in Melville’s life and workThe twelve new essays in this collection extend the interest in Melville and women evident in recent scholarship, bi
Examines the political career and military service of the Illinois Whig, Republican politician, and Northern political general who rose to distinction as a prominent member of the Union high command i
the world met in Volos, Greece, to discuss the work of American writer and international traveler Herman Melville. Offering insights into Melville the man and Melville the artist, the papers presented
Julian Cummings began flying lightweight Piper Cubs as a young man and was recruited for the experimental and high-risk aerial reconnaissance unit of the Army's Third Infantry Division. In this memoir
11 Vulnerable Women...One Charming PredatorTo his neighbors, Anthony Sowell was a friendly and helpful former Marine who played chess and hosted summer barbeques. But they didn't know about his dark s
Sure to capture the imagination of devotees of true crime and the occultThis anthology of thirteen true crime stories includes the mysterious slaying of Charles Walton, who was found slashed and pierc
Highlighted by more than 150 full-color illustrations, a photographic study singles out the best of Ohio's natural lands and documents their importance in words and photographs in a survey that featur
“Jason Gray’s How to Paint the Savior Dead rethinks the complex traditional connections among women’s bodies, spirituality, and art. Gray is not afraid of hard work, hard thought, and big vision just
“Inspired by the story of Secundus the Silent Philosopher and the twenty vital questions posed to him by Emperor Hadrian, J. Gabriel Scala’s Twenty Questions for Robbie Dunkle moves swiftly and deftly
Alex Vernon with Neal Creighton, Jr., Greg Downey, Rob Holmes, and David Trybula with foreword by General Barry R. McCaffrey, retired (commander of the 24th Division during Desert Shield and Desert St
Articles, essays, excerpts from books, stories, poetry, and drama explore the experience of people who are outside the norm for attractiveness, size, or shape, and the reactions of those within to tho
Selected readings and commentary for the medical humanities Learning how to behave and engage professionally can be one of the most challenging parts of embarking on a career in the medical field. But
On September 19 and 20, 1863, the Union Army of the Cumberland and the Confederate Army of Tennessee fought a horrific battle along Chickamauga Creek in northern Georgia. Although the outcome of this
An annual dedicated to the life and writings of one of America’s most prolific and popular authorsLike its pioneering predecessor, the one-volume review published in 1952 by William F. Nolan, The New
