From the publisher: In 1777, Congress labeled Quakers who would not take up arms in support of the War of Independence as “the most Dangerous Enemies America knows” and ordered Pennsylvania and Delaware to apprehend them. In response, Keystone State officials sent 20 men―17 of whom were Quakers―into exile, banishing… Continue reading »
From the publisher: This book is designed as a sequel to Williamstown and Williams College: Explorations in Local History, published in 2018 by the University of Massachusetts Press, and Williamstown and Williams College: Further Explorations in Local History, published by Blurb in 2021. As in Dustin Griffin’s former volumes, it… Continue reading »
From the publisher: Every Friday for a year, Shaheen Peerbhai and Jennie Levitt ’07 made a delicious picnic-style meal for their friends. This small tradition soon grew into a clandestine pop-up restaurant, serving much-anticipated lunches to 80 or so hungry guests once a week in different hotspots around Paris. In… Continue reading »
From the publisher: This Is Another Day is a collection of daily meditations crafted to be a companion on your spiritual journey. Written from the heart, these devotional reflections invite us into God’s word in order for us to speak a shared language of love, inspiration, sustenance and even challenge… Continue reading »
From the publisher: In A Lost Peace, Galen Jackson rewrites an important chapter in the history of the middle period of the Cold War, changing how we think about the Arab-Israeli conflict. During the June 1967 Middle East war, Israeli forces seized the Sinai Peninsula and… Continue reading »
From the publisher: This heartfelt story of resilience follows two siblings as they work to recover and rebuild after Hurricane Irma destroys their home in Puerto Rico. Esta emotiva historia de resiliencia sigue a dos hermanos en su proceso de recuperación luego de que el huracán Irma destruyera su casa… Continue reading »
From the publisher: In this timely and witty combination of So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed and Where’d You Go, Bernadette? a viral photo of a politician’s wife’s “feminine hygiene malfunction” catapults her to unwanted fame in a story that’s both a satire of… Continue reading »
From the publisher: A vast caravan of RVs roams the U.S. A girl grows a unicorn horn, complicating her small-town friendships and big city ambitions. A young lady on a spaceship bonds with her AI warden while trying to avoid an arranged marriage. In Allegra Hyde’s universe, nothing is as… Continue reading »
From the publisher: A leading legal scholar offers a compelling new theory to explain the meteoric rise of nonfungible tokens (NFTs) and their impact on art, business, entertainment and society and explains how they are revolutionizing our understanding of ownership. If you buy an NFT, do you own anything?… Continue reading »
From the publisher: After the Second World War, Yugoslavia’s small regional cities represented a challenge for the new socialist state. These cities’ older buildings, local historic sites and low-quality housing clashed with socialism’s promises and ideals. How would the state transform these cities’ everyday neighborhoods? In the Slovene republic’s capital… Continue reading »
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