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W Caleb McDaniel, Alexander X Byrd
Slavery, Segregation, and the Second Founding of Rice University

During the first quarter of the twenty-first century, more than one hundred institutions of higher education in the United States launched projects to study and share their histories concerning slavery, s…

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Maggie Mckinley
The Art of Looking Back

In The Art of Looking Back, Maggie McKinley evaluates the complex nature of nostalgia in the canon of Joan Didion, a theme that has often been taken for granted, oversimplified, and misunderstood. In reas…

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Rose McLarney
Rubble Masonry

Rubble Masonry is a collection of lyric essays that takes its title from the practice of stone masons who, rather than using materials cut to ideal measurements, work with found rocks' natural shapes. It …

lieferbar ab 27.3.2026.

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Jeffrey Meyers
Forty-Three Ways of Looking at Hemingway

The multifaceted, cubist, and comprehensive perspective of Forty-Three Ways of Looking at Hemingway appears on the fortieth anniversary of Meyers's magisterial biography of Hemingway. This approach has ne…

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Bradley Morgan
Frank Zappa's America

"From his early albums with the Mothers of Invention, Frank Zappa established a reputation as a musical genius who pushed the limits of culture throughout the 1960s and 1970s, experimenting with a bl…

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Henry B Motty
A Desperate Fight

Henry B. Motty's A Desperate Fight views Civil War Louisiana through the lens of its soldiers' experiences---and interdependence---with civilians. Louisiana fielded approximately sixty thousand men for th…

lieferbar ab 4.2.2026.

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Mueller
Preserving the Legacy

"Preserving the Legacy offers a comprehensive and compelling look at the founding and first two decades of The National WWII Museum, now one of the largest and most immersive military museums in the …

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Kenneth W Noe,
Abraham Lincoln and the Heroic Legend

Kenneth W. Noe's Abraham Lincoln and the Heroic Legend boldly questions the long-accepted notion that the sixteenth president was an almost-perfect commander in chief, more intelligent than his generals. …

lieferbar ab 3.2.2026.

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Jody Baxter Noll,
The 1968 Florida Teachers' Strike

"In early 1968, more than 27,000 teachers across Florida mailed in their letters of resignation, creating the country's first statewide teacher strike. By going on strike, Florida's teachers fought f…

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Gary A O'Dell
Reinventing the American Thoroughbred

"Most equine authorities consider Alexander Keene Richards (1827-1881) one of the nineteenth century's most significant Thoroughbred importers and breeders. Born in Georgetown, Kentucky, and orphaned…

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Biljana D Obradovic,
Called by Distances

In Called by Distances, Biljana D. Obradović looks back at a life that includes surviving the demise of her native country of Yugoslavia, the loss of her parents in the same year, and displacement from Hu…

lieferbar ab 15.1.2026.

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Kristen Tegtmeier Oertel
Seeking Freedom in Indian Country

Kristen Tegtmeier Oertel's Seeking Freedom in Indian Country is the first comprehensive study of African chattel slavery within the Five Tribes: the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Muscogee (Creek), and Sem…

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Thomas E Patterson
American Populist

Thomas E. Patterson's monumental biography of Huey Long is a profound reevaluation of his life and legacy, recognizing him as an inspirational progressive thinker, populist hero, and radical influence on …

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Frank Perez, Jeffrey Palmquist
Café Lafitte in Exile

Café Lafitte in Exile tells the story of queer New Orleans through the lens of its most legendary gay bar. The bar has held a central place in New Orleans's queer scene for many years, with a profuse myth…

lieferbar ab 9.3.2026.

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Mitch Ploskonka,
The Bad Poor

The Bad Poor examines the rise of Grit Lit, a movement in contemporary southern literature written by and about poor southern whites. Examining issues of genre, race, and culture, Mitch Ploskonka traces t…

lieferbar ab 6.4.2026.

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Tyler Priest
Offshore Oildom

Offshore Oildom tells the riveting story of the United States' quest to secure the oil riches of the sea. Drawing on a wealth of untapped sources, Tyler Priest reveals how the offshore oil industry emerge…

lieferbar ab 8.4.2026.

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Regina Przybycien,
Black Beans and Diamonds

Since its publication in Portuguese in 2015, Regina Przybycien's Black Beans and Diamonds has become a foundational study of the critical and highly productive years from 1951 to 1974 during which the Ame…

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John Shelton Reed
The Ramos Gin Fizz

The Ramos Gin Fizz was invented sometime around 1890 by Henry Charles "Carl" Ramos at his Imperial Cabinet saloon in New Orleans. It includes lemon and lime juice, egg white, cream, and orange f…

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Adam Reiner
The New Rules of Dining Out

The New Rules of Dining Out is the quintessential resource for anyone, from the casual diner to the ardent foodie, who wants to dine like a pro. Sharing colorful anecdotes from his 20-plus years of experi…

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Adam Scheffler
So This Is What It Feels Like

James Wright (1927--80) was considered one of the major poets of his era, winning the Pulitzer Prize in 1972, even though the intense emotion of his work could prove divisive. So This Is What It Feels Lik…

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