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Haunting the Past
Historian Joseph Laythe is dying from cancer. But, as his last exercise in academic inquiry, he explores the rich connections between history, memory, and dreams. As he does so, he reveals the power of memory and history in the role of identity making and examines the ways in which it has affected his place in the classroom and beyond. Ultimately those forces have to be re-made as an individual, like Laythe himself, undergoes the process of dying and encountering the face of death.
True Crime Philadelphia
Serial killer H.H. Holmes built his murder castle in Chicago, but he met the hangman in Philadelphia. Al Capone served his first prison sentence here. The real-life killers who inspired HBO’s Boardwalk Empire lived and died here. America’s first bank robbery was pulled off here in 1798. The country’s first kidnapping for ransom came off without a hitch in 1874. A South Philadelphia man hatched the largest mass murder plot in U.S. history in the 1930s. His partners in crime were unhappy housewives. Catholics and Protestants aimed cannon at each other in city streets in 1844. Civil rights hero Octavius V. Catto was gunned down on South Street in 1871. Take a walk with us through city his...
Necktie Parties
Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton Press Ms. Goeres-Gardner has presented an impressively researched and meticulously documented examination of the history of legal executions in Oregon from the beginning of the territorial period until the time when executions were moved to the state penitentiary in Salem.
True Crime and Women in History: The 100 Deadliest Female Serial Killers
Dive into the chilling depths of history with True Crime and Women in History: The 100 Deadliest Female Serial Killers, a gripping exploration into the dark hearts and twisted minds of female serial killers. Have you ever wondered what drives a woman to commit the most unspeakable acts? Prepare to confront the shocking truth as we unravel the mysteries behind these figures. This meticulously researched anthology unearths the stories of 100 wicked women who stained the pages of women history with their brutal deeds. From the famed "Blood Countess" to lesser-known but equally chilling figures, these female serial killers defied societal expectations and left a trail of devastation in their wak...
Kristallnacht
The life of Johannes Neumann, a young Jewish boy living in Berlin, is suddenly thrown into chaos on the night of Broken Glass-Kristallnacht in 1938. While his parents are rounded up by Nazi officials, Johannes finds refuge in the home of a German family. Johannes' rescue and safety hinges upon his ability to dutifully serve the Gruber Family despite his longing for his own parents, his fear of Nazi capture, and his growing affection for the Gruber's physically disabled daughter, Anna. Joseph Laythe in this work, Kristallnacht, explores the changing dynamics between the two children and how over the next seven years, through a series of close-calls, Johannes' secret hiding spot is never exposed. But, the secret is perpetuated for an additional 35 years and it's only then that Johannes is confronted with the paradox of the Grubers as saviors and enslavers.
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