"An exceptional book that should make an immediately positive impact on the study of Irish Americans in the Civil War." — The Journal of Southern HistoryDrawing on records of about 5,500 soldiers and veterans, Shades of Green traces the organization of Irish regiments from the perspective of local communities in Connecticut, Illinois, and Wisconsin and the relationships between soldiers and the home front. Research on the impact of the Civil War o...

Embroiled in the Civil War, northerners wrote and spoke with frequency about the subject of loyalty. The word was common in newspaper articles, political pamphlets, and speeches, appeared on flags, broadsides, and prints, was written into diaries and letters and the stationary they appeared on, and even found its way into sermons. Its ubiquity suggests that loyalty was an important concept…but what did it mean to those who used it? Contested Loyalty examines the significa...

Films possess virtually unlimited power for crafting broad interpretations of American history. Nineteenth-century America has proven especially conducive to Hollywood imaginations, producing indelible images like the plight of Davy Crockett and the defenders of the Alamo, Pickett’s doomed charge at Gettysburg, the proliferation and destruction of plantation slavery in the American South, Custer’s fateful decision to divide his forces at Little Big Horn, and the onset of immigration and in...

The first book from the popular ADHDinos webcomic, featuring over 40 new comics.After he received an adult ADHD diagnosis in early 2022, author and illustrator Ryan Keats made lemons into prehistoric lemonade: he began to use his lived experience to create hilarious comics featuring cute cartoon dinosaurs. The adorable brontosaurus main character, Dino, grapples with so many problematic tendencies we've all experienced, with or without a formal diagnosis of ADHD. A...

An abolitionist Civil War soldier and prisoner of war reflects on life during wartimeMore than 3 million men served in the American Civil War. In Yours Affectionately, Osgood, editors Sarah Tracy Burrows and Ryan W. Keating have assembled a collection of letters from one of those soldiers—Osgood Vose Tracy of the 122nd New York Infantry. Sarah Tracy Burrows, a descendant of Col. Osgood Tracy, has compiled this expansive collection from her family’s private...

A landmark account of how Keat’s religion shaped his life and poetryJohn Keats (1795–1821) was an earnest seeker after truth who believed in the existence of a Supreme Being and felt a need to investigate the consequences and ramifications of that belief. Keats: The Religious Sense reconstructs the historical, social, and intellectual environment that fostered Keats’s religious convictions and describes the faith he adopted for himself. In this landmark bo...

Is your goal to improve your awareness and health via meditation and you're interested in a script to follow? If so, please read on...Do you find yourself frequently overwhelmed by anxiety? Lack of resolve? Disorders of sleep, like insomnia? Do you worry a lot, instead? If you experience sleeplessness on a regular basis, this audiobook can help you combat such issues by providing you with soothing, bedtime listening.Guided Self-Healing Meditations reveals:A stress-r...

Teenage Stella Grey has always felt an intense recurring sense of déjà vu … often plagued by strong dreams that feel more real than her waking moments. One ill-fated morning, her dream from the night before actually comes to life as she awakens and finds her house ransacked and her mother unconscious near their broken-in front door. Her next moments are scary, shocking, and earth-shattering as she is kidnapped and delivered to a Gothic mansion, the Manor de Rêves.Over the next few ...

This collection of poems moves from themes of transcendence to immanence and explores complex philosophical questions as well as relatable moments and movements in the spiritual life. Nuanced theological and philosophical topics are illuminated in fresh ways with poetic language and images. Poems about the hiddenness of God and poems about fish tacos both find a home in this collection that invites reflection and personal engagement.

In today's fast-paced world, stress is an unavoidable reality of our daily lives. We all encounter stress in different forms, such as work pressure, financial worries, relationship issues, health concerns, and many more. Stress can take a toll on our mental and physical health, leading to anxiety, depression, and other chronic illnesses. While there are many ways to manage stress, Mindful meditation is an effective and accessible technique that can help us achieve stress relief.

Random House presents the audiobook edition of Speeches of Note by Shaun Usher, compèred by Richard Cordery, and with speeches read by a variety of narrators.SPEECHES OF NOTE: seventy-five extraordinary ways to step into someone else’s shoes.From Shaun Usher, the author of the international bestseller LETTERS OF NOTE, comes an obsessively curated, richly illustrated and sumptuously produced collection of speeches from throu...

You are about to meet: YOUR NEXT FAVORITE AUTHOR The 32nd edition of Writers of the Future may be the best new book yet! Brand-new adventure through space, time and possibility. Along the way these new authors will introduce you to fascinating characters such as Nate, a very loyal companion-like most werewolves would be. Keanie has a parasite that lets her morph and so transform into anyone. Liz owns a dinosaur maker, but raw ingredients can be a problem. Anna slaves away in a factory but ...