The improvement of the park system of the District of Columbia

By the 1970s, the Brooklyn piers had become a wasteland on the New York City waterfront. Today, they have been transformed into a stunning park that is enjoyed by countless Brookly...

This book on local history discusses some important events that shaped the history of the Kuala Muda District in the first 50 years since the introduction of a modern system of adm...

The Mahalia Jackson Show was part of an aggressive and coordinated effort by CBS and its subsidiary label Columbia Records to lure Jackson away from Apollo. The effort was successf...

This introduction provides an overview of the Winburg town and district. On the eve of the South African War of 1899–1902, Winburg was the chief town of a large district. The Winbu...

The Shenzi Fragments is the first complete translation in any Western language of the extant work of Shen Dao (350–275 B.C.E.). Though his writings have been recounted and interpre...

Over a span of thirty years, twentieth-century French philosophers Emmanuel Levinas and Jacques Derrida held a conversation across texts. Sharing a Jewish heritage and a background...

There are many who believe Moses parted the Red Sea and Jesus came back from the dead. Others are certain that exorcisms occur, ghosts haunt attics, and the blessed can cure the te...