Susan: 10531 books
Dominion of Memories
Jefferson, Madison, and the Decline of Virginia
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2007
For decades, the Commonwealth of Virginia led the nation. The premier state in population, size, and wealth, it produced a galaxy of leaders: Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Mason, Marshall. Four of the first five presidents were Virginians. And yet by the middle of the nineteenth century,...
by Susan Sontag
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
A brilliant, clear-eyed new consideration of the visual representation of violence in our culture--its ubiquity, meanings, and effects
Watching the evening news offers constant evidence of atrocity--a daily commonplace in our "society of spectacle." But are viewers inured -or incited--to...
by Susan Wiggs
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2015
#1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Wiggs brings readers into the lush abundance of Sonoma County, in a story of sisters, friendship and the invisible bonds of history that are woven like a spell around us.** **
Tess Delaney loves illuminating history; returning stolen treasures to...
by Susan Wise Bauer
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2007
A lively and engaging narrative history showing the common threads in the cultures that gave birth to our own.
This is the first volume in a bold new series that tells the stories of all peoples, connecting historical events from Europe to the Middle East to the far coast of China, while still...
by Susan Price
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2016
A twenty-first-century corporation invades the domain of a warlike sixteenth-century Scottish clan in this “brilliantly imagined” time-travel adventure (Philip Pullman).
The miraculous invention of a Time Tube has given Great Britain’s mighty FUP corporation unprecedented power, granting...
The Guardians
The League of Nations and the Crisis of Empire
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2015
Winner of the Cundill Prize in Historical Literature Shortlisted for the Lionel Gelber Prize At the end of the First World War, the Paris Peace Conference saw a battle over the future of empire. The victorious allied powers wanted to annex the Ottoman territories and German colonies they had occupied;...
The Terror Dream
Myth and Misogyny in an Insecure America
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2007
From the Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and bestselling author of Backlash—an unflinching dissection of the mind of America after 9/11
In this most original examination of America's post-9/11 culture, Susan Faludi shines a light on the country's psychological response to the attacks...
by Susan Juster
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2016
Sacred Violence in Early America offers a sweeping reinterpretation of the violence endemic to seventeenth-century English colonization by reexamining some of the key moments of cultural and religious encounter in North America. Susan Juster explores different forms of sacred violence—blood sacrifice,...
Examining Tuskegee
The Infamous Syphilis Study and Its Legacy
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2009
The forty-year Tuskegee Syphilis Study, which took place in and around Tuskegee, Alabama, from the 1930s through the 1970s, has become a profound metaphor for medical racism, government malfeasance, and physician arrogance. Susan M. Reverby's Examining Tuskegee is a comprehensive analysis of the notorious...
by Deborah Susan Frisch
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2011
René Colato Lainez, award-winning Latino author of more than seven books for young people, says, " 'A Mango for the Teacher' is a memoir of dreams, hopes and learning. 'A Mango' is a "manjar" (a delicious dish) for teachers, students and readers of all ages."
In the words of Lucille...
by Susan Cohen
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2014
The number of wounded in the First World War was unprecedented, and inadequate military planning presented the medical and voluntary community with huge and daunting challenges. Yet in the face of tremendous adversity both tackled their work with resourcefulness, courage and great humanity. This book...
The Clay We Are Made Of
Haudenosaunee Land Tenure on the Grand River
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2017
If one seeks to understand Haudenosaunee (Six Nations) history, one must consider the history of Haudenosaunee land. For countless generations prior to European contact, land and territory informed Haudenosaunee thought and philosophy, and was a primary determinant of Haudenosaunee identity. In The...
Little White Lies, Deep Dark Secrets
The Truth About Why Women Lie
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2009
From the bestselling author of Tripping the Prom Queen comes a fascinating and provocative look at the reasons behind female deception. Little White Lies, Deep Dark Secrets reveals how society doles out mixed messages to women, fostering the lies they tell. Among the liars are:
•A woman who...
The Greatest Thanksgiving Tales
How We Kept Thanksgiving at Oldtown, Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen, The Master of the Harvest, Three Thanksgivings, Ezra's Thanksgivin' Out West, A Wolfville Thanksgiving...
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2017
This Thanksgiving give yourself a nice gift! Presenting the Thanksgiving tales from the acclaimed authors to help you soak into the spirit of this wonderful festival: An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving (Louisa May Alcott) Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen (O. Henry) The Purple Dress (O. Henry) An English...