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For thirteen days in October of 1962, a truly perilous flirtation with nuclear war developed between the United States and USSR, as the superpowers argued over the installation of Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba. Launched by rash judgment and concluded through circumspect leadership, the Cuban Missile Crisis acted as a catalyst for change during the Cold War. Resolved through back-channel negotiations, the moment is popularly remembered as the ...

On November 22nd, 1963 the assassination of President John F. Kennedy set into motion a series of events that irrevocably changed American politics and culture. The media frenzy spawned by the controversy surrounding the death of JFK has since given way to a powerful public memory that continues to shape the way we understand politics, the 1960s, and the nation. In The Assassination of John F. Kennedy: Political Trauma and American Memory, Ali...

Cosy Crime vom Feinsten! Maus und Schwesterherz wieder auf Mörderjagd: Wie gut, dass Mary Alice und Patricia Anne Plätze in der ersten Reihe ergattert haben. Denn auf der Bühne lässt eine Schar von Elvis-Imitatoren in Glitzeranzügen die Hüften kreisen. Doch da stürzt ein Elvis ins Orchester - tot! Und die Mordwaffe taucht ausgerechnet in Patricia Annes Handtasche wieder auf ...

Old City Philadelphia is the heart of the City of Brotherly Love, where the Declaration of Independence was signed and the Constitution written. From the Delaware Indians and early Swedish settlers to the artisans and craftspeople who lived along Elfreth's Alley-the oldest residential street in the United States-this town represented the backbone of the new nation until the city's priorities shifted. As change buffeted the city and the nation,...

For thirteen days in October 1962, America stood at the brink of nuclear war. Nikita Khrushchev's decision to place nuclear missiles in Cuba and John F. Kennedy's defiant response introduced the possibility of unprecedented cataclysm. Awaiting Armageddon provides the first in-depth look at this crisis as it roiled outside of government offices.

While some intellectuals at the end of the nineteenth century argued that scientific progress would eventually cause the demise of religion, it is evident that this has not been the case and that contemporary science is in fact not necessarily inimical to a religious worldview. So, a fruitful dialogue between science and religion has become a reality. But there is also a more fundamental question that arises, which is not simply the relationsh...

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Old City Philadelphia is the heart of the City of Brotherly Love, where the Declaration of Independence was signed and the Constitution written. From the Delaware Indians and early Swedish settlers to the artisans and craftspeople who lived along Elfreth's Alley-the oldest residential street in the United States-this town represented the backbone of the new nation until the city's priorities shifted. As change buffeted the city and the nation,...

For thirteen days in October of 1962, a truly perilous flirtation with nuclear war developed between the United States and USSR, as the superpowers argued over the installation of Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba. Launched by rash judgment and concluded through circumspect leadership, the Cuban Missile Crisis acted as a catalyst for change during the Cold War. Resolved through back-channel negotiations, the moment is popularly remembered as the ...

Die Südstaaten-Ladys ermitteln wiederDie Frau von Cousin Luke ist mit einem Sektenprediger durchgebrannt. Patricia Anne und Mary Alice helfen Luke bei der Suche nach der verschwundenen Gattin. Dabei treffen die beiden Hobby-Detektivinnen auf eine obskure Sekte, Giftschlangen, Strychnin und - in der Kirche des »Schlangenpredigers« - auf eine Leiche!

Miss Marple im ZweierpackFamilienforschung ist Schwesternsache! Das ist für Mary Alice keine Frage. Natürlich soll auch ihre Schwester Patricia von ihrem neuen Hobby, der Genealogie, profitieren. Sie arrangieren ein Treffen mit Meg Bryan, ihres Zeichens Ahnenforscherin. Doch das gemeinsame Mittagessen nimmt ein unvorhergesehenes Ende, als Meg abrupt hinausläuft und sich wenig später aus dem Fenster stürzt - oder wurde sie gestoßen? Und schon s...