Free as Gods: How the Jazz Age Reinvented Modernism
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Among many art, music and literature lovers, particularly devotees of modernism, the expatriate...
Al Capone and the 1933 World's Fair: The End of the Gangster Era in Chicago
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Al Capone and the 1933 World's Fair: The End of the Gangster Era in Chicago is a historical look at...
The Distilleries of Campbeltown: The Rise and Fall of the Whisky Capital of the World
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Campbeltown was once the whisky capital of the world with 29 distilleries operating simultaneously...
A Genealogy of the Torture Taboo
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This book examines the historical genealogy of the torture taboo. The dissonance between the...
How the Gloves Came off: Lawyers, Policy Makers, and Norms in the Debate on Torture
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The treatment of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison, Guantanamo Bay, and far-flung CIA "black sites"...
Haunted House Murder
Barbara Ross, Leslie Meier and Lee Hollis
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Tricks and treats keep the Halloween spirit alive in coastal Maine. But this year the haunted house...
Paying the Tab: The Costs and Benefits of Alcohol Control
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What drug provides Americans with the greatest pleasure and the greatest pain? The answer, hands...
Queering the Military: Sexuality in the Armed Forces
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This book offers a systematic and detailed analysis of the integration of gay and lesbian personnel...
Verne Sankey: America's First Public Enemy
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In late January of 1934, as authorities delivered John Dillinger to an Indiana jail, the United...
The Twelve-Mile Straight
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From New York Times bestselling author Eleanor Henderson, an audacious American epic set in rural...
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