Letters from Alaska is based thematically upon the wilderness and its capacity for renewal of the American spirit. The form of Book I, though not strictly epistolary, hinges upon the…

This book tells the story of Larne man Tommy Shields and his remarkable journey through the Second World War. It is based largely on a diary that he kept as…

The first African American to publish a book on any subject, poet Phillis Wheatley (1753?-1784) has long been denigrated by literary critics. In recent decades, however, Wheatley’s work has come…

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A comprehensive and amply illustrated study of Roman shields, their changing styles, their construction and their use in combat

This edited collection introduces and explores the causes and consequences of precarious employment in Canada and across the world. After contextualizing employment precarity and its root causes.

This biography by the New York Times best-selling author of Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee traces the life of National Book Award-winning novelist John Williams, author of the cult…

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