Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in MemoirOne of The New York Times 100 Best Books of the 21st CenturyA deeply moving memoir about growing up in the 90s, written in the wake of the senseless killing of a beloved friend.
Long before the silver screen showed the face of Mary Pickford to millions of Americans, Annie Oakley, born as Phoebe Anne Oakley Moses on August 13, 1860, had won the right to the title of ';America's Sweetheart.
Das Verhältnis zwischen den Religionsgemeinschaften als soziale Konkretisierungsformen des Abstractums "Religion" und den Menschenrechten muss gerade in unseren Tagen aus einer sozialethischen Perspektive neu und präzise bestimmt werden.
"Renaissance, Niedergang, Transformation, Deinstitutionalisierung, Entprivatisierung, Bricolage - die Erwartungen an das Schicksal der Religion in der modernen Zivilisation sind vielfältig.
A groundbreaking look at the integral role of women in early modern Jewish communal lifeIn small villages, bustling cities, and crowded ghettos across early modern Europe, Jewish women were increasingly active participants in the daily life of their communities, managing homes and professions, leading institutions and sororities, and crafting objects and texts of exquisite beauty.
A compelling history of the German ethnologists who were inspired by Prussian polymath and explorer Alexander von HumboldtThe Berlin Ethnological Museum is one of the world's largest and most important anthropological museums, housing more than a half million objects collected from around the globe.
How a visionary university and foundation president tackled some of the thorniest problems facing higher educationAs provost and then president of Princeton University, William G.
Lady Charlotte Susan Maria Bury nee Campbell (1775-1861) is one of the most influential and least understood women's rights activists of the nineteenth century.
