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Martin H Bush
Deadbeats, Dead Balls, and the 1914 Boston Braves

The unlikely story of one of baseball's greatest comeback seasons The Boston Braves (the present-day Atlanta Braves) were a bunch of losers and alcohol-soaked whiskey swiggers, buried in last place as la…

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Willow Wilson DiPasquale
Finding the Numinous

Analyzing how the mythopoeic fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien and Frank Herbert portray the natural world Finding the Numinous explores the premise that the environments depicted in The Lord of the Rings and …

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Jonathan Engel
More Important Than Good Generals

"More Important Than Good Generals is an in-depth study of the Army of the Tennessee's junior officers--the company and field grade lieutenants, captains, majors, lieutenant colonels, and colonels. While …

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Deborah Fleming
Ghosts of an Old Forest

In the Ohio counties of the Alleghany Plateau, 19th-century barns hewn from old-growth wood rest near remnant forests, reminders of the state's deep agricultural roots and rich ecological past. Through fo…

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Peter Grybauskas
A Sense of Tales Untold

Finalist for the 2022 and 2023 Mythopoeic Scholarship Award in Inklings Studies Exploring the uncanny perception of depth in Tolkien's writing and world-building A Sense of Tales Untoldexamines the ma…

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Steven L Herman
Behind the White House Curtain

Going behind the scenes with a veteran member of the White House press corps Steven L Herman, chief national correspondent for the nonpartisan, government-funded Voice of America (VOA), weaves together …

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Peter Charles Hoffer
The Radical Advocacy of Wendell Phillips

Examining the life of an early advocate of the legal rights of Black Americans In this brisk, engaging exploration of 19th-century radical reformer and abolitionist Wendell Phillips, Peter Charles Hoffe…

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Bill Livingston
The Promise of Lebron James

The story of LeBron James through the eyes of a Cleveland sports insider LeBron James has been a polarizing yet beloved figure for sports fans around the world, possibly nowhere more so than in northeast…

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Lawrence E y Mbogoni
The Peace Corps in Tanzania

An examination of one of the earliest Peace Corps programs in Africa In 1961, the first group of Peace Corps volunteers in Tanzania--surveyors, engineers, and geologists--arrived in Dar es Salaam with th…

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Mary Noé
The Man Who Shot J. P. Morgan

The thrilling, true story of a prolific criminal's many identities and exploits On the morning of July 3, 1915, John Pierpont Morgan Jr., one of the most famous names in finance, was entertaining guests …

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Danielle A St Hilaire
The Art of Pity

The connection between reading literature and developing an ethical self The late 16th and early 17th centuries in England were a time of substantial anxiety over the value of reading and writing literat…

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John Vacha
Playhouse Square and the Cleveland Renaissance

How five beloved Cleveland theaters escaped the wrecking ball and inspired city-wide urban renewal Shortly after World War I ended, five new theaters were constructed in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, all wi…

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Rachel Williams
Tabernacles in the Wilderness

Examining how a civilian organization used the Civil War to advance their religious mission Tabernacles in the Wilderness discusses the work of the United States Christian Commission (USCC), a civilian …

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Hemingway and Film

New approaches to teaching Hemingway in the context of film Though Ernest Hemingway distrusted Hollywood and often found himself in conflict with directors and producers, he frequented theaters and freel…

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Light Enters the Grove

A literary hike through Ohio's oldest national park An anthology celebrating the biodiversity and staggering beauty of Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Light Enters the Grove collects 80 poems, each of whi…

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Where East Meets (Mid)West

Essays on midwestern regional identity Somewhere west of the Appalachians and north of the Ohio River, the Midwest begins. Just where exactly, and how, and why are the questions explored in Where East Me…

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