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The United States' role in saving Europe's intellectual elite from the Nazis is often told as a tale of triumph, which in many ways it was. America welcomed Albert Einstein and Enrico Fermi, Hannah Arendt and Herbert Marcuse, Rudolf Carnap and Richard Courant, among hundreds of other physicists, philosophers, mathematicians, historians, chemists, and linguists who transformed the American academy. Yet for every scholar who survived and thrived, many, many more did not. In this rigorously researched book, Laurel Leff rescues from obscurity scholars who were deemed "not worth saving".

Women around the country are running in - and winning - elections at an unprecedented rate. It appears that women are on a steady march toward equal representation across state legislatures and the US Congress, but there is a sharp divide in this representation along party lines. Most of the women in office are Democrats, and the number of elected Republican women has been plunging for decades. In The Partisan Gap, Elder examines why this disparity in women's representation exists and why it's only going to get worse.

Who could interrogate the stylistic similarities between Brian Wilson and Harry Nilsson? Who, for that matter, could interrogate the stylistic similarities between Brian Cadd - and, your dad?If you love interviews, & you love musicians… hell, if you love interviews with musicians - accompanied by mildly-irritating & unsolicited acapella - Then you probably feel as lucky as Jed Clampett when he found Texas tea right now. The Laurel Gary & Mark Classic Conversations Podcast is neither lucky, nor Texan. But, if I name dropped Neil Diamond, Barry Gibb, Gene Simmons, & Stevie Nicks, I' m sure you...

"The Laurel and Hardy Radio Show" is a delightful audio journey that transports listeners back to the golden era of classic comedy. This nostalgic podcast pays homage to the legendary comedy duo, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, known for their timeless humor and endearing on-screen antics.Each episode of "The Laurel and Hardy Radio Show" brings you the timeless charm and laughter of these two comedic icons. From their iconic skits and memorable routines to behind-the-scenes stories and trivia, this podcast offers a comprehensive look at the enduring legacy of Laurel and Hardy.Whether you're a ...

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In this moving and thought-provoking memoir, a historian offers a personal look at the fallibilities of memory and the lingering impact of trauma as she goes back fifty years to tell the story of being a passenger on an airliner hijacked in 1970. On September 6, 1970, twelve-year-old Martha...

College campuses have become flashpoints of the current culture war and, consequently, much ink has been spilled over the relationship between universities and the cultivation or coddling of young American minds. Philosopher Sigal R. Ben-Porath takes head-on arguments that infantilize students who speak out against violent and racist discourse on campus or rehash interpretations of the First Amendment. Ben-Porath sets out to demonstrate the role of the university in American society and, specifically, how it can model free speech in ways that promote democratic ideals.

Despite representing the beliefs of a minority of the American public on many issues, conservatives are in power not just in Washington, DC, but also in state capitals and courtrooms across the country. They got there because, while progressives fought to death over the nuances of policy and to bring attention to specific issues, conservatives focused on simply gaining power by gaming our democracy. They understood that policy follows power, not the other way around.

In 12 years, Michelle Lyons witnessed nearly 300 executions. First as a reporter and then as a spokesperson for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Michelle was a frequent visitor to Huntsville's Walls Unit, where she recorded and relayed the final moments of death row inmates' lives before they were put to death by the state. Michelle was in the death chamber as some of the United States' most notorious criminals, including serial killers, child murderers and rapists, spoke their last words on earth, while a cocktail of lethal drugs surged through their veins.

The Straight State is the most expansive study of the federal regulation of homosexuality yet written. Unearthing startling new evidence from the National Archives, Margot Canaday shows how the state systematically came to penalize homosexuality, giving rise to a regime of second-class citizenship that sexual minorities still live under today.