An expanded and updated edition of the 2002 book that has become required reading for policymakers, students, and active citizens.

From early aerial experimenters who devoted their lives to the development of a heavier-than-air flying machine to the massive expansion of military flight training during the Second World War, the story of aviation in Alabama represents a ...

This is the tragic story of William, Elizabeth Ann and Jenny Harold who were brutally murdered in the early morning of January 20, 1974, and of the trial of the accused, David James Roberts, wherein the death sentence was requested.

This new kind of dictionary reflects the use of “rhythm rhymes” by rappers, poets, and songwriters of today.

Now we let graduate students speak for themselves, too, in these brand-new guides for selecting the ideal business, law, medical, or arts and humanities graduate school.

"Secrets that were never to be revealed"--Cover.

Indeed, as Peter Elbow observes in his contribution to this volume, “As far as I can tell, the term ‘expressivist’ was coined and used only by people who wanted a word for people they disapproved of and wanted to discredit.” The ...

Filmatized in 2013 and the official recipient of three Oscars, Solomon Northup's powerful slave narrative 'Twelve Years a Slave' depicts Nortup's life as he is sold into slavery after having spent 32 years of his life living as a free man ...