This book lists the 1700 officers of the RIC, including birth, marriage and death dates; the native county, service (if any) in the British army, yeomanry and militia; dates of appointment and retirement, resignation, di [...]
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Review Dr. Paisley Currah, Associate Professor of Political Science at Brooklyn College, has hailed the book as 'an essential resource for HR professionals.' Dr. Currah, who is the Founder and Bo [...]
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Review 'This long-overdue recognition of lesbian diversity is not the only reason to celebrate the appearance of this book, which comprises 20 essays on topics which include bisexuality, alcoholi [...]
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From Library Journal Although the title leads readers to expect a titillating look at Caged Heat-type exploitation films, this book is instead an exploration of 'cinefeminism' and autobiography, [...]
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From Library Journal The film version of Hansberry's landmark play A Raisin in the Sun (1961) was the first depiction of African American life seen by mainstream America. Hansberry included in he [...]
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Invitations to Love provides a close examination of the dramatic shift away from arranged marriage and capture marriage toward elopement in the village of Junigau, Nepal. Laura M. Ahearn shows that young Nepalese people [...]
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About the Author Primary Source Inc., an educational nonprofit, developed this product in a six-year collaboration with scholars and classroom teachers.James Oliver Horton is the Benjamin Banneke [...]
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Review ?Rich in family and heritage, Consuelo Samarripa?s stories may just help you discover more of yourself.? (Elizabeth Ellis, NSN Circle of Excellence Storyteller and NSN Lifetime Achievement [...]
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Review ?Richman offers valuable insight into the relationship between the legal, the personal, and the societal. Richman contributes to the same-sex marriage literature by offering further exampl [...]
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About the Author Bernice Kao, MLS, is a recently retired job service librarian who worked in university, corporate, and public libraries in 6 different states over a span of 39 years.Megan Pittsl [...]
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Review 'Librarians will surely nod their heads and either sigh or laugh. As they say at the library: Check it out.' --St. Louis Post-Dispatch'Libraries, contrary to popular belief, are often full [...]
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From Publishers Weekly A leading practitioner of gay studies, Sedgwick ( The Epistemology of the Closet ) offers an illuminating and provocative collection of essays, many reprinted from academic [...]
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From Booklist As readers? advisory matures, it involves much more than the act of matching a reader with a book. It encompasses a broader range of materials and library users and also informs the [...]
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Review 'An outstanding selection of informed and informative essays about the difference that museums make, their role in preserving and showcasing history and art to the public, cost-related pro [...]
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Amazon.com Review Passionate and provocative, Whatever Happened to Daddy's Little Girl? explores the impact of fatherlessness on black women from a thoughtful and highly personal perspective. A w [...]
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About the Author Jeff Miner is the pastor of LifeJourney Church in Indianapolis, Indiana. He was raised in fundamentalist independent Baptist churches, and received his undergraduate degree from [...]
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Review Lawson's Ladies on the Lot is an example of the finest work being done in qualitative social science today. Her interviews and fieldwork succeed in making these women come alive as they te [...]
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About the Author Jen Sincero is the New York Times bestselling author of You Are a Badass, The Straight Girl's Guide to Sleeping with Chicks, and the semi-autobiographical novel Don't Sleep with [...]
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Review ?With the vision one would expect from a great advocate and premier judge, Constance Baker Motley has written a remarkable and insightful book. No person has done more in this century than [...]
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Review '[This book]?contains contributions by a handful of my favorite writers, so even though I haven't yet got a galley-glimpse of the finished product, I can just about guarantee it's going to [...]
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