What can Americans learn about our divided country today from the Civil War that divided us in the past?Connor Williams’s The Confederacy Myth answers that question with a blistering historical exposé that reframes our understanding of the Confederacy towards with what it really was - a relatively small insurrection of uncompromising fanatics that plunged the nation into its deadliest war.In his new book, Williams reveals the truth about the Confed...

If you’re over 40 and feeling that low-grade hum of frustration every Sunday night… If you’ve built a “stable” career that looks good on paper but feels dead on the inside… If you secretly wonder, “Is this it?” … Then read this carefully. Career Change After 40 Handbook is not a motivational pep talk. It’s not fluffy inspiration. And it’s definitely not written for 22-year-olds with ramen budgets and nothing to lose. This book is for you — the experienced professional with bills, responsib...

**In 2020, a bipartisan act of Congress mandated changing the names of nine military bases previously named for Confederate soldiers.In 2025, the Trump administration bypassed the law to restore the Confederate names.This is the inspiring story behind the ten American heroes whose names had been originally chosen, told by two members of the Naming Commission that selected them.**In 2020, the United States Congress, in an unprecedented and bipartisan piece of legisla...

A frank and open look at the worse abuse that one individual could inflict on another.

When acting in a forensic role, clinicians—psychiatrists, psychologists, neurologists, and other medical or mental health practitioners—face the intersection of the legal and medical systems. A number of questions arise: Should they prioritize medical values or legal values when providing expert testimony? How do they serve justice, rather than advocating for one side or the other? How can they adequately address cultural and social factors that may influence individuals' actions, as well ...

What can Americans learn about our divided country today from the Civil War that divided us in the past?Connor Williams’s The Confederacy Myth answers that question with a blistering historical exposé that reframes our understanding of the Confederacy towards with what it really was - a relatively small insurrection of uncompromising fanatics that plunged the nation into its deadliest war.In his new book, Williams reveals the truth about the Confed...

This book approaches David Adams Richards’ work by focusing on the evolution of the fictional world shared by his 18 novels. This world is arguably the most distinctive feature of Richards’ fiction. Along with the narrative strategies he employs to capture it, Richards’ fictional world develops steadily over the course of his long career, and while always rooted in his native Miramichi Region of New Brunswick, it gradually evolves to include many other geographical areas and diverse social...

The inspiring story behind the ten Americans newly chosen to represent United States military bases previously named for Confederate soldiers, told by two members of the Naming Commission that selected them. This program features an preface read by Ty Seidule and an introduction read by Connor Williams.In 2020, the United States Congress, in an unprecedented and bipartisan piece of legislation, created the Naming Commission. It was tasked with a monumental mission:...

**A New York Times bestseller!An epic history of the decline of American military leadership—from the bestselling author of Fiasco and Churchill and Orwell.**While history has been kind to the American generals of World War II—Marshall, Eisenhower, Patton, and Bradley—it has been less kind to the generals of the wars that followed, such as Koster, Franks, Sanchez, and Petraeus. In The Generals, Thomas E. Ricks sets out to explain why that...

Child Maltreatment, Third Edition, by Cindy Miller-Perrin and Robin Perrin, is a thoroughly updated new edition of the first textbook for undergraduate students and beginning graduate students in this field. The text is designed to provide a comprehensive introduction to child maltreatment by disseminating current knowledge about the various types of violence against children. By helping students understand more fully the etiology, prevalence, treatment, policy issues, and...

Movies matter – that is the message of Reel to Real, bell hooks’ classic collection of essays on film. They matter on a personal level, providing us with unforgettable moments, even life-changing experiences and they can confront us, too, with the most profound social issues of race, sex and class. Here bell hooks – one of America’s most celebrated and thrilling cultural critics – talks back to films that have moved and provoked her, from Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction ...

**• Winner of the 2023 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award in Nonfiction• A New York Times Notable Book• A Best Book of the Year from TIME, Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Washington Independent Review of Books, and more!The definitive history of World War II from the African American perspective, written by civil rights expert and Dartmouth history professor Matthew Delmont“Matthew F. Delmont’s book is filled with compelling na...