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Camus's The Plague is widely regarded as a classic of 20th-century fiction and as an interesting point of reference for the field of health humanities. Woods Nash's edited collection of essays explores how The Plague illuminates important themes, ideas, dilemmas, and roles in modern healthcare.

A prolific nineteenth-century author, Paul Laurence Dunbar was the first African American poet to gain national recognition. Dunbar intrigued readers with his depictions of African Americans' struggle to overcome a legacy of slavery. This is an anthology of the best scholarship on this celebrated African American writer.

Examines the various irregular conflicts that took place during the American Civil War. Joseph M. Beilein Jr. looks at the ways in which several different bands of guerrillas across Missouri conducted their war in concert with their households and their female kin who provided logistical support in many forms.

This beautiful and moving book, featuring a representative collection of Traveling Stanzas poetry illustrations, celebrates the tenth anniversary of this award-winning community arts project. Traveling Stanzas pairs poems with striking graphic designs.

Traces the Zoar Separatists' beginnings in Wurttemberg, Germany, and their disputes with authorities over religious differences, their immigration to America, and their establishment of the communal Society of Separatists of Zoar.

The essays in this collection decrypt Bradbury's horror tales and decipher their social and artistic impact, examining the impact of Bradbury's writings on American culture and his legacy as one of the master storytellers of his time.

In this eighth volume, Funky Winkerbean continues to move forward in real time, tackling issues of relevance and substance with characters whose lives are increasingly fateful and destined.

Reveals how A Farewell to Arms represents a complex alchemy of Hemingway's personal experience as a Red Cross ambulance driver in 1918, his extensive historical research of a time period and terrain with which he was personally unfamiliar, and the impact of his vast reading in the great works of 19th-century fiction.

Discusses both natural and human histories as it focuses on the Allegheny Plateau and hill country in Ohio's eastern counties. Formed of fourteen interrelated essays, Resurrection of the Wild blends lived experience with both scientific and literary research, and makes a compelling argument for the importance of ecological preservation in Ohio.

Presents the writings of William Brooke Rawle, an eighteen-year-old who joined the Third Pennsylvania Cavalry. These letters, supplemented by his diary entries, provide a fascinating, richly detailed look into the life of a regimental cavalry officer during the last two years of the Civil War in the East.

Traces the 19th century murder of Helen Potts by Carlyle Harris and Harris's subsequent trial, highlighting what has been overlooked - the decisive role that the second-class status of women in Victorian Era culture played in this tragedy.

Captured on October 11, 1863, James Riley Weaver, a Union cavalry officer, spent nearly seventeen months in Confederate prisons. Remarkably, Weaver kept a diary that documents 666 consecutive days of his experience, providing not only historically important information, but also keen insights into the human condition under adversity.

Assembles an insightful group of contributors to discuss the ways in which medical professionals can powerfully engage with their students through a variety of literary texts, including the work of Leo Tolstoy, Mary Shelley, and Stephen King.

Recounts the court case following the murder of twenty-year-old Walter Brooks in 1902, and follows the young woman at the heart of the case from her trial for the murder of Brooks to her adulthood.

Highlights the athletic achievements from a variety of institutions across Pennsylvania together for the first time, disputing the idea that the predominant collegiate sport is football at the University of Pittsburgh.

Choosing the 50 greatest games is hard to do; ranking them is even harder. Now every Reds fan can relive memories of baseball before and after the Big Red Machine, debate about these choices, or make a list of their own.

Published in 1937, Ernest Hemingway's To Have and Have Not is that rare example of a novel whose cultural impact far outweighs its critical reputation. In Reading Hemingway's To Have and Have Not, Kirk Curnutt explicates dozens of topics that arise from this controversial novel's dense, tropical swelter of references and allusions.

The Gettysburg Campaign and its culminating battle have generated more than their share of analysis and published works. In My Gettysburg, Civil War scholar Mark Snell goes beyond the campaign itself to explore the "culture" of the battlefield. In this fascinating collection, Snell provides an intriguing interpretation of some neglected military aspects of the battle.

Each year in the US, hundreds of religious buildings and schools become vacant or underutilized. These structures are often well located, attractive, eligible for tax credits, and available for redevelopment. In this practical and innovative handbook, authors Simons, DeWine, and Ledebur have compiled a step-by-step guide to finding sustainable new uses for vacant structures.

Provides a primer on the often-contentious historical literature on Reconstruction, the period in American history from 1865 to 1877. In topically arranged historiographical essays, eight historians focus on the changing interpretations of Reconstruction from the so-called Dunning School of the early twentieth century to the most current "post-postrevisionists" writing on Reconstruction today.

This is a survey of post World War II politics in Ohio.

Classic Bengals: The 50 Greatest Games in Cincinnati Bengals History includes a list of the 50 greatest games by opponent, 'near misses' that almost made the list, stats on each game, and an insightful foreword from 'Mr. Bengal', Dave Lapham, who has played or broadcast games for the team in 42 of its 50 seasons.

Sarah Perrier turns a world-weary and tender gaze toward the unruly carnival we all love. In these poems, the inherent estrangement, deception, and screwball comedy of romance is revealed and savoured.

Daniel M. Holt, a successful country doctor in the upstate village of Newport, New York, accepted the position of assistant surgeon in the 121st New York Volunteer Army in August 1862. In A Surgeon's Civil War, the educated and articulate Holt describes camp life, army politics, and the medical difficulties that he and his colleagues experienced.

In this, his third collection of stories, Lester Goran moves us again through the times and places indelibly stamped with his wit and insight about people and events lost to history. Outlaws of the Purple Cow centres around the domains of Irish-American men and women in Pittsburgh.

A study of French foreign policy initiatives in the Far East from 1919 to 1945, arguing that France was not as pro-appeasement toward the Japanese as conventionally thought and that French policy-makers had clearer insight into the dangers and opportunities in the region than other Western powers.