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Middlebrow Literature and the Making of German-Jewish Identity

By: Jonathan M. Hess

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Middlebrow Literature and the Making of German-Jewish Identity

By: Jonathan M. Hess

For generations of German-speaking Jews, the works of Goethe and Schiller epitomized the world of European high culture, a realm that Jews actively participated in as both readers and consumers. Yet from the 1830s on, Jews writing in German also produced a vast corpus of popular fiction that was explicitly Jewish in content, audience, and function. Middlebrow Literature and the Making of German-Jewish Identity offers the first comprehensive investigation in English of this literature, which sought to navigate between tradition and modernity, between Jewish history and the German present, and between the fading walls of the ghetto and the promise of a new identity as members of a German bourgeoisie. This study examines the ways in which popular fiction assumed an unprecedented role in shaping Jewish identity during this period. It locates in nineteenth-century Germany a defining moment of the modern Jewish experience and the beginnings of a tradition of Jewish belles lettres that is in many ways still with us today.

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Stanford University Press

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0804774234

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9780804774239

The Cinema of Michael Mann

Vice and Vindication

By: Jonathan Rayner

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The Cinema of Michael Mann

Vice and Vindication

By: Jonathan Rayner

Michael Mann is one of the most important American filmmakers of the past forty years. His films exhibit the existential concerns of art cinema, articulated through a conspicuous and recognizable visual style and yet integrated within classical Hollywood narrative and genre frameworks. Since his beginnings as a screenwriter in the 1970s, Mann has become a key figure within contemporary American popular culture as writer, director, and producer for film and television. This volume offers a detailed study of Mann's feature films, from The Jericho Mile (1979) to Public Enemies (2009), with consideration also being given to parallels in the production, style, and characterization in his television work. It explores Mann's relationship with classical genres, his thematic concentration on issues of morality and masculinity, his film adaptations from literature, and the development and significance of his trademark visual style within modern American cinema.

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Columbia University Press

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0231167296

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9780231167291

The Temple of Music

By: Jonathan Lowy

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The Temple of Music

By: Jonathan Lowy

America is starkly divided between the haves and the have-nots. A Republican president seeks reelection in the afterglow of a war many view as unnecessary and imperialisttic. He is bankrolled by millionaires, with every step of his career orchestrated by a political mastermind. Religious extremists crusade against the nation's moral collapse. Terrorists plot the assassination of leaders around the world. And a lonely, disturbed revolutionary stalks the President. . . . It all happened. One hundred years ago. It all comes to life in "The Temple of Music. A vivid, gripping historical novel of the Gilded Age, "The Temple of Music re-creates the larger-than-life characters and tempestuous events that rocked turn-of-the-century America. From battlefields to political backrooms, from romance to murder, "The Temple of Music tells the tales of robber barons, immigrants, yellow journalists, and anarchists, all centering on one of the most fascinating, mysterious, but little-explored events in American history: the assassination of President William McKinley by the disturbed anarchist Leon Czolgosz. "The Temple of Music brings to life the intrigues and passions, the hatreds and loves of a rich cast of real-life characters, including Emma Goldman, the passionate anarchist who forsakes her personal life to fight for workers' rights and free love; her imprisoned lover, the failed assassin Alexander Berkman; corrupt kingmaker "Dollar" Mark Hanna, whose fund-raising and strategizing foreshadowed how modern presidential campaigns would be run; William Jennings Bryan, the populist orator and chief political rival of McKinley; flamboyant newspaper mogul William Randolph Hearst; self-appointedmorality czar Anthony Comstock; steel magnate and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie; and Carnegie's iron-fisted manager, Henry Clay Frick. At the center of this tableau is William McKinley, the president, and Leon Czolgosz, his assassin. McKinley rises to the presidency almost by accident, floating on the money and political clout of Mark Hanna. Sober and unimaginative, McKinley's personal life is marked by drama and tragedy, the unstable wife he loves, and enemies he cannot imagine--chief among them, Leon Czolgosz, a lonely immigrant and factory worker who plots the most spectacular protest in an age of spectacular protests--McKinley's assassination at the 1901 Buffalo World's Fair. Sweeping in scope, "The Temple of Music is a rare literary achievement that intertwines history and fiction into an indelible tapestry of America at the dawn of the twentieth century. Praise for Jonathan Lowy's "Elvis and Nixon "Imaginative and often hilarious . . . Pop culture and recent history are hog-tied and transmogrified to smashing effect in Lowy's imaginative and often hilarious first novel. He moves among several storylines effortlessly, concocting a darkly comic melodrama the likes of which we haven't seen since The Manchurian Candidate."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "[A] high-flying first novel . . . darkly funny."--"New York Times Book Review "A snappy blend of fact and fiction."--"Time "Inventive, irreverent, and surreal."--"Houston Chronicle "[A] darkly humorous look at America under siege . . . A notable debut."--"Dallas Morning News "A dizzying blend of fact and fiction . . . A daring debut."--"Arizona Republic "There are a few words that fullydescribe Lowy's "Elvis and Nixon--bizarre, confusing, and enlightening, but also hard to put down."--"Richmond Times-Dispatch "A garishly readable romp."--"Kansas City Star "Entertaining . . . enigmatic."--"Los Angeles Times "A thoughtful and funny look at a nation that was becoming frayed at the edges and two men who were emblematic of that disarray."--"Denver Post "From the Hardcover edition.

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Broadway Books

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0307209849

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9780307209849

The Butcher's Theater

A Novel

By: Jonathan Kellerman

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The Butcher's Theater

A Novel

By: Jonathan Kellerman

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER They call the ancient hills of Jerusalem the butcher’s theater. Here, upon this bloodstained stage, a faceless killer performs his violent specialty. The first to die brutally is a girl. She is drained of blood, then carefully bathed and shrouded in white. Precisely one week later, a second victim is found. “Crisp . . . suspenseful . . . intense.”—The New York Times Book Review From the sacred Wailing Wall to monasteries where dark secrets are cloistered, from black-clad Bedouin enclaves to labyrinthine midnight alleys, veteran police inspector Daniel Sharavi and his crack team plunge deep into a city simmering with religious and political passions to hunt for a murderer whose insatiable taste for bloodshed could destroy the delicate balance on which Jerusalem’s very survival depends.

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Ballantine Books

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0345540182

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9780345540188

The Currency of Empire

Money and Power in Seventeenth-Century English America

By: Jonathan Barth

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The Currency of Empire

Money and Power in Seventeenth-Century English America

By: Jonathan Barth

In The Currency of Empire, Jonathan Barth explores the intersection of money and power in the early years of North American history, and he shows how the control of money informed English imperial action overseas. The export-oriented mercantile economy promoted by the English Crown, Barth argues, directed the plan for colonization, the regulation of colonial commerce, and the politics of empire. The imperial project required an orderly flow of gold and silver, and thus England's colonial regime required stringent monetary regulation. As Barth shows, money was also a flash point for resistance; many colonists acutely resented their subordinate economic station, desiring for their local economies a robust, secure, and uniform money supply. This placed them immediately at odds with the mercantilist laws of the empire and precipitated an imperial crisis in the 1670s, a full century before the Declaration of Independence. The Currency of Empire examines what were a series of explosive political conflicts in the seventeenth century and demonstrates how the struggle over monetary policy prefigured the patriot reaction to the Stamp Act and so-called Intolerable Acts on the eve of American independence. Thanks to generous funding from the Arizona State University and George Mason University, the ebook editions of this book are available as Open Access (OA) volumes from Cornell Open (cornellpress.cornell.edu/cornell-open) and other Open Access repositories.

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Cornell University Press

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150175579X

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9781501755798

The Center Holds

Obama and His Enemies

By: Jonathan Alter

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The Center Holds

Obama and His Enemies

By: Jonathan Alter

From the bestselling author of The Promise, the thrilling story of one of the most momentous contests in American history, the Battle Royale between Obama and his enemies from the 2010 midterms through the 2013 inauguration. The election of 2012 will be remembered as a hinge of history. With huge victories in the 2010 midterm elections the Republican Party had blocked President Obama at every turn and made plans to wrench the country sharply to the right. 2012 offered the GOP a clear shot at controlling all three branches of government and repealing much of the social contract dating back to the New Deal. Facing free-spending billionaires, Fox News, and a concerted effort in 19 states to tilt the election by suppressing Democratic votes, Obama repelled the assault and navigated the nation back to the center. In The Center Holds, Jonathan Alter produces the first full account of America at the crossroads. With exclusive reporting and rare historical insight, he pierces the bubble of the White House and the presidential campaigns in a landmark election that marked the return of big money and the rise of big data. He tells the epic story of an embattled president fighting back with the first campaign of the Digital Age. Alter relates the untold story behind Obama’s highs and lows, from the raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound to the frustration of the debt ceiling fiasco to his unexpected run-ins with black and Latino activists. There are fresh details about the Koch brothers, Grover Norquist, Roger Ailes, and the online haters who suffer from “Obama Derangement Syndrome.” Alter takes us inside Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan’s Boston campaign as well as Obama’s disastrous preparation for the first debate. We meet Obama’s analytics geeks working out of “The Cave” and the man who secretly videotaped Romney’s infamous comments on the “47 percent.” The Center Holds will deepen our understanding of the Obama presidency, the stakes of the 2012 election, and the future of the country.

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Simon and Schuster

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1451646100

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9781451646108

I’m Not God

True Life Autobiography

By: Jonathan Levy

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I’m Not God

True Life Autobiography

By: Jonathan Levy

Satan tries for more and more persons to be destroyed so that God does not get importance. Satan also does miracles and tries to prove that he is God, but God, from the birth of a person, until he expires, he is the only God on the earth, and there is nothing possible without God. People work hard to fulfil their intentions. They wishes, to get money, obtain knowledge, success, love, children, bungalows and cars so that they become happy. But it is not obtained everything in life only by hard work and knowledge. God is always present with the person. When he sleeps, when he works, when he performs sex and when he enjoys, there is the presence of God in all things. But, during the life of a person, God proves that he is the most powerful and omnipotent. And nothing is possible without the wish of God. The breath of life is in the hands of God, and he bestows life, maintains it and death occurs on his wish.

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Notion Press

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1637147503

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9781637147504

Ballroom

Culture and Costumes in Competitive Dance

By: Jonathan S. Marion

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Ballroom

Culture and Costumes in Competitive Dance

By: Jonathan S. Marion

Competitive ballroom is much more than a style of dance. Rather, it is a continually evolving and increasingly global social and cultural arena of fashion, performance, art, sport, gender, and more. Ballroom explores the intersection of dance cultures, dress, and the body. the book presents the author's experiences at a range of international dance events in Europe, the US and UK, as well as featuring the views of individual dancers. Ballroom shows how dancing influences mind and body alike. For students of anthropology, dance, cultural, and performance studies, this book provides an ethnographic picture of how dancers and others live their lives both on and off the dance floor.

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Berg

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1845208005

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9781845208004

God on Three Sides

German Pietists at War in Eighteenth-Century America

By: Jonathan M. Wilson

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God on Three Sides

German Pietists at War in Eighteenth-Century America

By: Jonathan M. Wilson

Do people who follow the same religion the same way also make the same political choices? Even if that might not be always true, is it true enough that it should be treated as an axiom in America’s popular culture? God on Three Sides explores two communities where ethnic Germans in early America followed the same religion in the same way but, within each community, held very different views regarding the political issues of the eighteenth century. The political issues in focus are what surfaced in the crises of the wars against the French, the engagement with indigenous peoples, and the American Revolution.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1532663188

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9781532663185

Body Shots

Early Cinema’s Incarnations

By: Jonathan Auerbach

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Body Shots

Early Cinema’s Incarnations

By: Jonathan Auerbach

Auerbach places the body at the center of cinema's first decade of emergence and challenges the idea that for early audiences, the new medium's fascination rested on visual spectacle for its own sake.

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Univ of California Press

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0520252934

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9780520252936

The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year

By: Jonathan Strahan

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The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year

By: Jonathan Strahan

The depth and breadth of what science fiction and fantasy fiction is changes with every passing year. The two dozen stories chosen for this book by award-winning anthologist Jonathan Strahan carefully maps this evolution, giving readers a captivating and always-entertaining look at the very best the genre has to offer.

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Start Publishing LLC

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1597802573

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9781597802574

Dying to Work

Death and Injury in the American Workplace

By: Jonathan D. Karmel

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Dying to Work

Death and Injury in the American Workplace

By: Jonathan D. Karmel

In Dying to Work, Jonathan Karmel raises our awareness of unsafe working conditions with accounts of workers who were needlessly injured or killed on the job. Based on heart-wrenching interviews Karmel conducted with injured workers and surviving family members across the country, the stories in this book are introduced in a way that helps place them in a historical and political context and represent a wide survey of the American workplace, including, among others, warehouse workers, grocery store clerks, hotel housekeepers, and river dredgers. Karmel’s examples are portraits of the lives and dreams cut short and reports of the workplace incidents that tragically changed the lives of everyone around them. Dying to Work includes incidents from industries and jobs that we do not commonly associate with injuries and fatalities and highlights the risks faced by workers who are hidden in plain view all around us. While exposing the failure of safety laws that leave millions of workers without compensation and employers without any meaningful incentive to protect their workers, Karmel offers the reader some hope in the form of policy suggestions that may make American workers safer and employers more accountable. This is a book for anyone interested in issues of worker health and safety, and it will also serve as the cornerstone for courses in public policy, community health, labor studies, business ethics, regulation and safety, and occupational and environmental health policy.

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Cornell University Press

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1501714376

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9781501714375

Deborah and Her Sisters

How One Nineteenth-Century Melodrama and a Host of Celebrated Actresses Put Judaism on the World Stage

By: Jonathan M. Hess

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Deborah and Her Sisters

How One Nineteenth-Century Melodrama and a Host of Celebrated Actresses Put Judaism on the World Stage

By: Jonathan M. Hess

Before Fiddler on the Roof, there was Deborah, a blockbuster melodrama about a Jewish woman forsaken by her non-Jewish lover. Deborah and Her Sisters offers the first comprehensive history of this transnational phenomenon, focusing on its ability to bring Jews and non-Jews together during a period of increasing antisemitism.

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University of Pennsylvania Press

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0812249585

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9780812249583

Federal Courts

Cases and Materials

By: Jonathan R. Siegel

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Federal Courts

Cases and Materials

By: Jonathan R. Siegel

Federal Courts: Cases and Materials, Third Edition by Jonathan R. Siegel delivers rich, sophisticated coverage of the Federal Courts class with a clean, uncluttered presentation. Students learn from thoughtfully selected cases, carefully curated notes, and engaging discussion problems. Excellent case editing reduces cases to readable length while preserving their essential facts and arguments. The outstanding, comprehensive Teacher’s Manual is brimming with suggestions for teaching the material. Professors and instructors who have adopted the book for their classes have strongly praised the book and the Teacher's Manual. The purchase of this ebook edition does not entitle you to receive access to the Connected eBook on CasebookConnect. You will need to purchase a new print book to get access to the full experience including: lifetime access to the online ebook with highlight, annotation, and search capabilities, plus an outline tool and other helpful resources. New to the Third Edition: TransUnion LLC v. Ramirez (2021) (limiting Congress’s power to confer standing to seek statutory damages) Whole Woman’s Health v. Jackson (2021) (allowing state laws to evade pre-enforcement challenge) Rucho v. Common Cause (2019) (holding that gerrymandering presents a nonjusticiable political question) Egbert v. Boule (2022) (limiting the availability of Bivens actions) Professors and students will benefit from: Thoughtfully selected cases Notes that enhance understanding without being too dense Excellent case editing Engaging Discussion Problems, which help students determine whether they understand the rules and concepts presented

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1543858066

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Middlebrow Literature and the Making of German-Jewish Identity

Middlebrow Literature and the Making of German-Jewish Identity

The Cinema of Michael Mann

The Cinema of Michael Mann

The Temple of Music

The Temple of Music

The Butcher's Theater

The Butcher's Theater

The Currency of Empire

The Currency of Empire

The Center Holds

The Center Holds

I’m Not God

I’m Not God

Ballroom

Ballroom

God on Three Sides

God on Three Sides

Body Shots

Body Shots

The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year

The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year

Dying to Work

Dying to Work

Deborah and Her Sisters

Deborah and Her Sisters

Federal Courts

Federal Courts

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