COMMANDING THE LEXINGTON DURING THE BATTLE OF THE CORAL SEAI saw the enemy torpedo planes coming in on both bows. The air was full of antiaircraft bursts and the din was terrific. I motioned to the helmsman for a hard left rudder, just as the enemy planes started disgorging their fish.The water in all directions seemed full of torpedo wakes. Bombs were dropping all around us. Great geysers of water from near misses were going up higher than our masts, and the ship shuddered f...

Conspiracy theories have been a part of the American experience since colonial times. There is a rich literature on conspiracies involving, among others, Masons, Catholics, Mormons, Jews, financiers, Communists, and internationalists. Although many conspiracy theories appear irrational, an exaggerated fear of a conspiracy sometimes proves to be well founded. This anthology provides students with documents relating to some of the more important and interesting conspiracy theories in America...

DON'T LICK THE BABY is a coming-of-age story that chronicles Lucky, the family dog, as he navigates being a big brother to his new baby sister.Lucky takes his big brother responsibilities very seriously while his parents question the role he should have in their new baby's life. Read along as we see how Lucky's curiosity saves the day!

In 1902 Bass Reeves was a living legend.At 64 years old his more than thirty-year career as a Deputy US Marshal to the Indian Territories of Oklahoma was winding down. Bass Reeves had captured more than three thousand outlaws, murderers, thieves, and rapists keeping the "Hanging Judge Parker" busy with a steady flow of convicted men. Old Judge Parker was gone, like many of Bass' friends, but he kept on doing what he did best. Capturing malcontents hiding out in the...

An iconoclastic history of the first two decades after independence in IndiaNehru’s India brings a provocative but nuanced set of new interpretations to the history of early independent India. Drawing from her extensive research over the past two decades, Taylor Sherman reevaluates the role of Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first prime minister, in shaping the nation. She argues that the notion of Nehru as the architect of independent India, as well as the idea...

Conspiracy theories have been a part of the American experience since colonial times. There is a rich literature on conspiracies involving, among others, Masons, Catholics, Mormons, Jews, financiers, Communists, and internationalists. Although many conspiracy theories appear irrational, an exaggerated fear of a conspiracy sometimes proves to be well founded. This anthology provides students with documents relating to some of the more important and interesting conspiracy theories in America...

German, Czech, and Irish immigrants poured into America in the mid-1800s. They brought their language and traditions with them…and their love of brewing and drinking beer. In 1881, Iowa City was a bustling town full of immigrants. The population was exploding, and that meant two things: Fortunes were being made overnight and trouble was afoot.Three large breweries had taken root, sprouting strong and proud in the “Northside” neighborhood. In one generation the brewers became wealth...

Exploring violent confrontation between the state and the population in colonial and postcolonial India, this book is both a study of the many techniques of colonial coercion and state violence and a cultural history of the different ways in which Indians imbued practices of punishment with their own meanings and reinterpreted acts of state violence in their own political campaigns.This work examines state violence from a historical perspective, expanding the study of punishment be...

Most people look upon the Amish with curious interest. They live such simple lives. Rejecting the modern way of life and living like times long gone. To the outside world their way of life looks sweet, pious, and slower-paced. They appear to have something most Americans only dream of, peace.For Martha Stoltzfus being born Amish was nothing more than a curse. A never-ending nightmare with no way to wake. She watches the fast cars fly down her dusty road and she has a different dream...

Muslim Belonging in Secular India surveys the experience of some of India's most prominent Muslim communities in the early postcolonial period. Muslims who remained in India after the Partition of 1947 faced distrust and discrimination, and were consequently compelled to seek new ways of defining their relationship with fellow citizens of India and its governments. Using the forcible integration of the princely state of Hyderabad in 1948 as a case study, Taylor C. Sherman reveals the fragi...

The emergency physician's top reference for handling orthopedic injuries and disordersWritten by and for emergency physicians, Emergency Orthopedics is the leading reference for handling all types of musculoskeletal emergencies. This heavily illustrated, full-color book focuses on radiographic diagnosis, acute management, and discharge of the patient with a pulled muscle, torn ligament, fracture, or other skeletal trauma. The format represents the ideal in...

Gather round my friendsAnd you’ll hear many a taleAbout Curmudgeons,Conundrumsand Druthers thatSail***If you believe that your life’sAmbitions complete,You will change your tuneAfter you have occupied Sesame StreetYou’ll hear the sage like reflections of a wise sexagenarian,spoken after he naps in the family solariumAn odd Superhero locked in in the dungeonMay I introduce, “The Mighty Curmudge...