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The Crazy Thing
A love story entwined with a philosophic quest.
Martin Benson Speaks
The robust memoirs of an unusual twentieth-century seeker and student of G. I. Gurdjieff.
The Boys of Summer
This is a book about young men who learned to play baseball during the 1930s and 1940s, and then went on to play for one of the most exciting major-league ball clubs ever fielded, the team that broke the colour barrier with Jackie Robinson. It is a book by and about a sportswriter who grew up near Ebbets Field, and who had the good fortune in the 1950s to cover the Dodgers for the Herald Tribune. This is a book about what happened to Jackie, Carl Erskine, Pee Wee Reese, and the others when their glory days were behind them. In short, it is a book fathers and sons and about the making of modern America. 'At a point in life when one is through with boyhood, but has not yet discovered how to be...
Capturing the German Eye
Shedding new light on the American campaign to democratize Western Germany after World War II, Capturing the German Eye uncovers the importance of cultural policy and visual propaganda to the U.S. occupation. Cora Sol Goldstein skillfully evokes Germany’s political climate between 1945 and 1949, adding an unexpected dimension to the confrontation between the United States and the USSR. During this period, the American occupiers actively vied with their Soviet counterparts for control of Germany’s visual culture, deploying film, photography, and the fine arts while censoring images that contradicted their political messages. Goldstein reveals how this U.S. cultural policy in Germany was shaped by three major factors: competition with the USSR, fear of alienating German citizens, and American domestic politics. Explaining how the Americans used images to discredit the Nazis and, later, the Communists, she illuminates the instrumental role of visual culture in the struggle to capture German hearts and minds at the advent of the cold war.
In Her Own Sweet Time
At thirty-one, Rachel Lehmann-Haupt thought she had everything: a great boyfriend, an exciting career, and the promise of marriage and children in her future. But the relationship ended and she found herself consumed by a rapidly approaching deadline: age thirty-five, the time at which most pregnancies are deemed ''high risk.'' Lehmann-Haupt traveled around the world and into the heart of America to explore the latest fertility choices available - as well as grapple with her own ambitions, anxieties, and personal values. A witty, poignant, and profoundly honest account of one woman's efforts to reconcile modern love with modern life, In Her Own Sweet Time resonates with a generation that wants it all - career, family, the perfect partner - but one that hasn't yet figured out how to fit it all together.
Into the Wild
With an introduction by novelist David Vann In April 1992, Chris McCandless set off alone into the Alaskan wild. He had given his savings to charity, abandoned his car and his possessions, and burnt the money in his wallet, determined to live a life of independence. Just four months later, Chris was found dead. An SOS note was taped to his makeshift home, an abandoned bus. In piecing together the final travels of this extraordinary young man's life, Jon Krakauer writes about the heart of the wilderness, its terribly beauty and its relentless harshness. Into the Wild is a modern classic of travel writing, and a riveting exploration of what drives some of us to risk more than we can afford to lose.
Carl Friedrich Lehmann-Haupt
Carl Friedrich Lehmann-Haupt (1861-1938) war von 1918 bis zu seiner Emeritierung im Jahr 1932 Inhaber des Lehrstuhls für Alte Geschichte an der Universität Innsbruck. Am 24. Juli 2013 jährte sich sein Todestag zum 75. Mal. Aufgrund der politischen Situation in seinem Todesjahr sowie des durch seine jüdische Abstammung bedingten Ausbleibens von Nachrufen ist der Wissenschaftler Lehmann-Haupt trotz seiner großen Verdienste heute vorwiegend in Vergessenheit geraten. Vor diesem Hintergrund entstand der vorliegende Band. 0Innerhalb eines Jahres wurden in Innsbruck sieben Vorträge zu Carl Friedrich Lehmann-Haupts Leben sowie seinen Forschungen gehalten; ein achter Vortrag widmete sich dem Le...
