New York: Berghahn Books, 2002. Hardcover. "Using a rich variety of sources such as official newsreels, school textbooks, the work of contemporary historians, memoirs, official documents, legislation, and monuments, this book explores how the historical memory of the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) influenced the transition to democracy in Spain after..... More
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2016. Softcover. "This compelling book offers a unique glimpse into the motivations of suicide bombers, especially women and children, and those who recruit and dispatch them. As a woman and a mother, Anat Berko was able to win the trust of imprisoned bombers and speak with..... More
Heritage Publishing Consultants, 2004. Hardcover. Book recounts the little-known but dramatic episode of the West Florida Rebellion, when Anglo-American settlers in Spanish-controlled West Florida declared independence and briefly established their own republic. Bice narrates how a group of ambitious landowners and adventurers, frustrated with Spanish rule and eager to align..... More
Cambridge University Press, 2015. Hardcover. This volume evidences changes in the interaction between law and Catholicism in Tudor England, through a collection of edited texts. Octavo (9" tall), 167 pp. Maroon cloth. Book appears unread. Minor rubbing to dust jacket along spine ends, else Fine. More
London and New York: Routledge, 2000. Softcover. Stalinism is a provocative addition to the current debates related to the history of the Stalinist period of the Soviet Union. Sheila Fitzpatrick has collected together the newest and the most exciting work by young Russian, American and European scholars, as well as..... More
Belknap/Harvard, 2009. Softcover. "In a masterful work, Peter Fritzsche deciphers the puzzle of Nazism’s ideological grip. Its basic appeal lay in the Volksgemeinschaft―a “people’s community” that appealed to Germans to be part of a great project to redress the wrongs of the Versailles treaty, make the country strong and vital..... More
New York: Institite of Jewish Affairs of the American Jewish Congress and World Jewish Congress, 1944. Hardcover. Work analyzes the nationality and racial policies implemented by Nazi Germany in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia after the German occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1939. Jacoby examines how the Nazi regime attempted..... More
Print-GS, 2014. Hardcover. "Kurt Köpruner's travelogue reads like a deep, fascinating, and lengthy conversation with a friendly stranger who spares no effort to find out everything about his surroundings. His eyes and ears are wide open, as is his mind and his heart. This makes him into a wonderful guide..... More
Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1990. Hardcover. Uncommon book traces the descendants of an Ulster couple, many of whom became prominent in the early history of Nashville, TN. Includes family charts, illustrations and index of names. Octavo, (x), 339 pp. Maroon cloth binding. From private collection. Bookplate on front pastedown. Faint foxing..... More
self published, 1956. Hardcover. Containing Genealogical Date [sic] Concerning The Nicolai, Middendorf, and Other Families which Emigrated from Germany to Baltimore, Maryland in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century (together with preliminary genealogy of the Mittendorf Family of Baltimore, 1831-1956 and a fragmentary genealogy of the Nicolai Family of..... More
Washington: Duff Green, 1827. 1827 petition to Congress requesting that veteran officers of the American Revolution be entitled to half-pay pensions for their service. Octavo (22 x 14 cm.), 7 pp. Disbound. Edges of pages are a little yellowed with small faint dampstain along top edge. More
Landham, Maryland: United Press of America, 2001. Hardcover. Book examines not only the events and mechanisms that led to the Holocaust but also the psychological factors—such as obedience, groupthink, moral disengagement, and trauma—that shaped both perpetrators and victims. Solkoff explores how ordinary individuals became complicit in mass murder and how..... More
Society of the Cincinnati in the State of New Jersey, 2014. Hardcover. Well-illustrated history of the New Jersey branch of the Society of the Cincinnati, the hereditary organization founded by officers of the Continental Army following the American Revolution. Folio, 689 pp. Gray backstrip over blue cloth-covered boards with silver..... More
Self Published (Centennial Committees), [1974]. Softcover. Illustrated history of Cisco, Illinois published to commemorate the town's centennial. Quarto, 172 pp. In wraps. Minor wear to lower corner of front wrap. No ownership ink. Scarce. More
Oxford University Press, 1999. Hardcover. " In these pages, a distinguished team of scholarly contributors discuss the many and diverse elements that have influenced writings on the Empire. Topics in this vein include the pressure of current events, access to primary sources, the creation of relevant university chairs, the rise..... More
