Absorbing account of the WWII revolution in aerial combat. Critically acclaimed author of A Blood Dimmed Tide, Terrible Terry Allen and Battling Buzzards. First-hand reports of air strikes and dogfights over the Pacific From critically acclaimed military historian Gerald Astor comes Wings of Gold, t[...]

The private letters of Truman Capote, lovingly assembled here for the first time by acclaimed Capote biographer Gerald Clarke, provide an intimate, unvarnished portrait of one of the twentieth century's most colorful and fascinating literary figures.
Capote was an inveterate letter writer. He wro[...]

She lived at full throttle on stage, screen, and in real life, with highs that made history and lows that finally brought down the curtain at age forty-seven. Judy Garland died over thirty years ago, but no biography has so completely captured her spirit—and demons—until now. From her tumu[...]

PTSD, pain syndromes, traumatic brain injury: these three areas are common features of personal injury cases, often forming the cornerstone of expert testimony. Yet their complex interplay in an individual can make evaluation and explaining the results in court extremely difficult. Psychological Kno[...]

Higher education should by a battleground of ideas: the real problem, Gerald Graff says, is that students are not getting more out of the battle. In this lively book, Graff argues that the "culture wars" now being fought over multiculturalism and political correctness are actually a sign of the inte[...]

The best-selling text/reader on academic writing. They Say / I Say demystifies academic writing by identifying its key rhetorical moves, the most important of which is to summarize what others have said ("they say") to set up one's own argument ("I say"). The book also provides templates to help stu[...]

They Say / I Say demystifies academic discourse and shows students that writing well means mastering some key rhetorical moves the most important of which is to summarize what others have said ( they say ) in order to set up one s own argument ( I say ). Students learn that writing is always part of[...]

Transitional Justice in Rwanda: Accountability for Atrocity comprehensively analyzes the full range of the transitional justice processes undertaken for the Rwandan genocide. Drawing on the author's extensive professional experience as the principal justice policy maker and the leading law enforceme[...]

A guide to the grammar of modern English. It covers the essentials of Enlgish grammar, begining with the basics and going on to deal with phrase, clause and sentence structure. It also deals with English word formation and spelling, including problem spellings and British and American spelling varia[...]

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