Ya Gotta Believe!: The 40th Anniversary New York Mets Fan Book is the perfect gift for the ultimate fanAre you a true Mets fan? Were you there when they won the 1986 World Series in the seventh game? Did you stand and cheer as the Mets demolished the St. Louis Cardinals to become the National League Champions in 2000? Do you know why the original team colors were orange and blue? How much do you really know about those lovable heroes who have brought fortu...

At first glance, Orthodox Judaism is not compatible with the prevailing world view of equal treatment for all people, regardless of their race, gender or religion. But modern Orthodox Jews share the sense that egalitarianism is a positive moral value, so they cannot simply dismiss this contemporary ethos as incompatible with their faith. In a range of ways and variety of perspectives from the leading Orthodox scholars in the field, this collection of essays explores the affinities and disa...

With its 155 mile-per-hour sustained windspeeds, the near-Category 5 Hurricane Maria brought catastrophic devastation and destruction as it diagonally crossed the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico from the southeast to the northwest on September 20, 2017. The official death toll estimate of 2,975 lost lives means this record storm became one of the most devasting hurricanes not only for Puerto Rico but for the U.S. Many of these deaths, as well as the prolonged human suffering, were attributed t...

Georgia has played a formative role in the writing of America. Few states have produced a more impressive array of literary figures, among them Conrad Aiken, Erskine Caldwell, James Dickey, Joel Chandler Harris, Carson McCullers, Flannery O'Connor, Jean Toomer, and Alice Walker.This volume contains biographical and critical discussions of Georgia writers from the nineteenth century to the present as well as other information pertinent to Georgia literature. Organized in alphabetica...

Barbara Wittmann und Detlef Bierstedt interpretieren schrille Gedichte und einen grotesken Prosatext des großen Frühexpressionisten Alfred Lichtenstein: Es sind Porträts von Trinkern, grauen Clowns, Irren, Huren und Rummelplatzgestalten, von himmelblauen Exzentrikern, unschuldigen Kindern, parfümierten Pudeln und "eigen schauenden Frauen", von verrückten Literaten, Bürokraten und geschundene Rekruten. Den buckligen Dichter Kuno Kohn, ein Alter Ego Lichtensteins, treffen wir im "Café Klößch...

At the time of its original publication, Working-Class America represented the new labor history par excellence. A roster of noteworthy scholars in the field contribute original essays written during a pivotal time in the nation's history and within the discipline. Moving beyond historical-sociological analyses, the authors take readers inside the lives of the real men and women behind the statistics. The result is a classic collection focused on the human dimensions of t...

Es ist die Zeit des Rock 'n' Roll, der Satelliten im All und des Kampfes um Freiheit: die 60er Jahre, die so genannten Swinging Sixties, in denen sich das Lebensgefühl der Menschen grundlegend veränderte. In dieser Zeit hat Roy Lichtenstein sein Bild "M-Maybe" gemalt. Wieso es aussieht, wie ein riesengroßes Comicbild? Das fragt sich auch der kleine Jimmy, der zufällig beobachten kann, wie Roy Lichtenstein dieses Bild malt. Ob seine Großmutter eine Antwort weiß?Mehrfach ausgezeichne...

Irgendwann hatte ich mir das angewöhnt. Irgendwann hatte ich immer eine Zahnbürste dabei. Ich hatte immer Ohropax in der Tasche, wie Tampons, damit es keine böse Überraschung gab, falls ich mich entschied, die ganze Nacht zu bleiben - und um nie wieder, wie beim Gutersexmann, eingeklemmt zwischen Brustbein und Arm von einer Apnoe erdrückt zu werden.