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Ciardi records his days and nights as a gunner on a B-29 in the South Pacific during four of the last terrible months of World War II.

Rugged and Sublime explores Arkansas's major clashes and locales of the Civil War. Richly illustrated with maps and photographs and containing an appendix of Civil War properties in Arkansas, it is especially useful as a guidebook to the Civil War battlefields of Arkansas.-- 1996 Southeastern Library Association's (SELA) Southern Books Competition

In this autobiography, Jimmy Carter details the youth and experiences that led him to seek the highest office in the land. He describes his idyllic childhood, his naval career, his strong Christian underpinnings, and the values of his mother and father.

Bill Clinton has long been touted as a master of public speaking form and political discourse. Taken from his speeches as a twenty-seven-year-old candidate for Congress through his 1992 victory speech, Preface to the Presidency reveals the power and range of his contribution to our nation's political dialogue.

-- 1991 Thorpe Menn Award for Literary Achievement

With 68 beautiful photographs, Turner Browne documents a fast-disappearing way of life for the people who live on the lower White River and issues a plea to save the river from irreversible damage. By demonstrating that endless dredging and flood control projects are destroying the river's natural beauty and the livelihoods of those who call it home he argues for the preservation of a unique culture and of a great river.

Originally published by Doubleday (1963) and in 1982 by the University of Arkansas Press, Story Hour takes many well-known fairy tales -- Jack and the Beanstalk, Beauty and the Beast, Little Red Riding Hood -- and turns them on end. In this collection of poems, Sara Henderson Hay asks us to feel compassion for "the murdered Giant", to believe that the grandmother might even invite the wolf in and offer him "a warm bed, and a bone or two", and ...

In her first collection published in English, Sahar Tawfiq explores the consciousnesses of young women alienated from their surroundings in today's rapidly changing Egyptian society. In questioning the place of long-powerful myths and beliefs, she is in the forefront of writers examining the legacy of the Pharoahs as it permeates current Egyptian identities and practices, especially in the countryside.

Among journalists, particularly war correspondents, Homer Bigart was the standard-bearer. His keen insights into warfare and the minds of those who wage it are collected here in a volume that offers a rare glimpse of a breed of journalist that had already passed into legend by the time of Bigart's death.

With 68 compellingly beautiful photographs, Turner Browne documents a fast-disappearing way of life for the people who live on the lower White River and issues a plea to save the river from irreversible damage by the Army Corps of Engineers. By demonstrating that the endless dredging and flood control projects of the ever-active Corps are destroying the river's natural beauty and the livelihoods of those who make the river their only home - on...

These poems give voice to the life of the first woman to fly faster than the speed of sound. While Jacqueline Cochran was alive, no man or woman in the world could match her records for speed, distance, and altitude flying. Founder and director of the Women's Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) during World War II, Cochran continued to fly competitively until she was sixty, owned and operated her own line of designer cosmetics for three decades, ra...

This book traces the development of Arkansas from the time it was home to the American Indians, through the territorial period, the Civil War, and the civil rights movement, up to the present day. There are fifty-two illustrations and informative captions covering history, agriculture, politics, transportation, and fashion.

Springs and Autumns is a compelling novel that chronicles, through the voices of several family members, the intriguing history of an extended Majorcan family. The novel is set in Orlandis (a fictional version of Porcel's hometown) on the island of Majorca. Even though the novel rises from this specific, exotic island setting, Springs and Autumns ultimately appeals to universal human emotions.John Getman has captured the rhythm and poetic natu...

Zang (sport studies, Towson University) reads the history of the 1960s through the lens of organized and professional sports and vice versa. He describes sports as a representative of the status quo, and details criticisms made against both its individual abuses and the values it represented. Particular attention is given to the critiques mounted b

Appleman should gain well-deserved attention from this cohesive and substantial collection. His voice is quietly lyrical and deeply rooted in the everyday yet somehow drenched with passion". -- ALA Booklist

Meticulously researched, highly readable, profusely illustrated, and broadly focused ... unquestionably the most significant work ever written about the Arkansas Post". -- Carl Brasseaux-- 1992 Certificate of Commendation, American Association for State and Local History-- 1994 Chevalier de l'Ordre des Palmes Academiques from the Premier of France

Appleman should gain well-deserved attention from this cohesive and substantial collection. His voice is quietly lyrical and deeply rooted in the everyday yet somehow drenched with passion". -- ALA Booklist

Written as a "reclamation" of long-ignored substratum of our society, Ambiguous Lives is more than the story of one family -- it is a well-researched and fascinating profile of America, its race and gender relations, and its complex cultural weave.-- 1992 Myers Center Outstanding Book on Human Rights

A primary publication exploring the handwritten annotations made by the Oxford New Testament Company as members completed Matthew Mark, Luke, and John, this collation is a resource for all students of the Bible and English language.