Books published by Rowman & Littlefield

Remix Judaism: Preserving Tradition in a Diverse World offers an eloquent and thoughtful new vision for all Jews, regardless of their current level of observance, seeking a sense of belonging in a changing world.

Featuring illustrated maps, elevation profiles, and photos, this guide to 50 of Pennsylvania's top hiking destinations provides detailed directions, mile-by-mile trail descriptions, and quick-reference boxes for trail specifications and summaries. Recommendations for accommodations and restaurants round out this exceptionally detailed guide book.

Using the theoretical framework of Singer's Syndemics, Christensen explores how aging bodies are more vulnerable to increased environmental toxins, which is further exacerbated by climate fluctuations. A central question is: how do we value our environment, our elders, and make decisions about well-being throughout the life course?

This book uses curated roundtables, case studies and interviews with cultural innovators and changemakers in contemporary art who offer tools to dismantle institutional hierarchies and reshape museums into more vital and relevant forms.

The Great Gatsby has sold 25 million copies worldwide and sells 500,000 copies annually. The book has been made into three movies and produced for the theatre. It is considered the Greatest American Novel ever written. Yet, the story of how The Great Gatsby was written has not been told except as embedded chapters of much larger biographies. This story is one of heartbreak, infidelity, struggle, alcoholism, financial hardship, and one man's perseverance to be faithful to the raw diamond of his talent in circumstances that would have crushed others. The story of the writing of The Great Gatsby is a story in itself. Fitzgerald had descended into an alcoholic run of parties on Great Neck, New York, where he and Zelda had taken a home. His main source of income was writing for the "slicks," or magazines of the day, the main source being the Saturday Evening Post, where Fitzgerald's name on a story got him as much as $4,000. Then on May 1, 1924, he, Zelda, and baby daughter Scottie quietly slipped away from New York on a "dry" steamer to France, the writer in search of sobriety, sanity, and his muse, resulting in the publication of The Great Gatsby a year later.

Warfighter is the story of Col. Jesse L. Johnson, US Army (Ret.), one of the most decorated living Americans. His 40-year Army career spans the intense years of Vietnam, the 1980 Delta Force Eagle Claw mission in the Arabian desert, Operation Desert Storm in 1991, and beyond. Col. Johnson was Gen. Schwarzkopf's chief deputy during the Gulf War. Johnson is a true American hero. He is popular among service members and we can expect dynamic publicity from all military publications as well as traditional media (TV, print, online publications, and others). Col. Johnson will be attending (virtually or, post-Covid, in-person) reunions of Army personnel from Vietnam, Delta, and Desert Storm during the coming years. Warfighter: The Story of an American Fighting Man is for those readers who bought and enjoyed titles such as We Were Soldiers Once. . .and Young (Lt. Gen. Harold Moore), Band of Brothers (Ambrose), Hunting the Jackal (Billy Waugh), Jarhead (Swofford) and other successful books on military figures past and present.

This book provides examples of how K-12 teachers and other instructors improve their instruction.

Timothy Horan presents an original and highly effective writing program whose major goal is to transform middle school students into competent and confident writers.

This book covers the theories of international relations, pressing current issues, as well as the structures and main players in world politics through the medium of superheroes and supervillains.

This book investigates politics of denaturalisation as a system of thought that influences seminal cultural political values, such as community, nationality, citizenship, selfhood and otherness.

This book delves into the media strategies and ventures of the Muslim Brotherhood by studying how it has used its official English website to frame its political ideologies and its role in the 2011 Egyptian uprising.

In the combined Source Book for Rule Collectors with RuleConcordance and Value Guide, Philip Stanley brings together a comprehensive illustrated reference guide to the history, uses, and values of measuring instruments. This book is an essential reference for the antique tool dealer, rule collector, and student of the history of technology.

Unique in California history--and beloved by visitors and residents alike--the city of Santa Barbara boasts three great historical properties: the Mission, the Courthouse, and the Presidio. Least known is the Presidio. This book corrects that vacuum, beginning with the story of its adobe construction between 1784 and 1790. This itself was preceded by the construction of three other Spanish forts: Monterey (1770), San Diego (1773), and San Francisco (1776). All four Presidios helped secure the Spanish settlement of Alta or Upper California, as the mixed-racial soldiers and their families became the first Spanish settlers of the region. The Santa Barbara Presidio was the last Spanish fort founded and built not only in California, but in all of Spanish North America, an area that, in its day, covered much of the southern portion of the modern United States from Florida to California. This book celebrates the Santa Barbara Presidio's place in not only American history but also that of Spain, and honors the community that came together to assurance its preservation and faithful reconstruction.

Vermont is a tiny state with a big heart. It's a place that inspires dreams and stirs imagination.It's a state of mind, with a deeply rooted sense of place. One that values the land and moves to the beat of the seasons. For more than forty years, author Anne Averyt has called Vermont home. She has shared the land and the life of Vermont; she knows what makes this small state special. In Vermont Perspectives: Sense of Place, State of Mind, Averyt easily moves between a spirited fiddle hoedown and the calm of a backcounty road. She explores, with insight and humor, the keen sense of place and solid footing in local values that shape Vermonters' views of home and the world beyond. A nine-year veteran commentator on Vermont Public Radio, Averyt shares her experience in this expanded collection of eighty of her Commentary essays.

A diverse collection, complete with all the drama and excitement of a championship bout.

From the famed Oregon Trail to the boardwalks of Dodge City to the great trading posts on the Missouri River to the battlefields of the nineteenth-century Indian Wars, there are places all over the American West where visitors can relive the great Western migration that helped shape our history and culture. This guide to the Southwest states of Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas--one of the five-volume Finding the Wild West series--highlights the best preserved historic sites as well as ghost towns, reconstructions, museums, historical markers, statues, works of public art that tell the story of the Old West. Use this book in planning your next trip and for a storytelling overview of America's Wild West history.

Since the very first taste of maple syrup, New Englanders have pined for something sweet. The regionΓÇÖs native plants (corn, squash, pumpkins), orchard fruits, fresh dairy products, even the early ice industry, all converged during the past four centuries to create culinary inspiration that seeded our developing nation for generations.From the mountains of Maine to the farms of Vermont to the beachside villages of Cape Cod, New England has earned a reputation for fantastic desserts. What first started out as necessary, high-calorie sustenance has become an exercise in pleasure and a celebration of the seasons. Indeed, itΓÇÖs not officially summer in New England until shortcake is soaked in sweet strawberries and cream. Soon blueberries, cherries, peaches, blackberries, and plums make an appearance, begging for crisp, nutty toppings, buttery crusts, and a melting pool of vanilla ice cream. Whether itΓÇÖs the cold, snowy winters that beckon us into the warmth of the kitchen or the excitement each change of season brings, New Englanders know how to sweeten the pot by bringing out the best in local ingredients. The result of this vibrant seasonal calendar is a rich repertoire of flavors ripe for celebration and reinvention. New England Desserts offers enticing recipes for fresh homemade cakes, cookies, candies, pies, crisps, cobblers, crumbles, and ice creamΓÇönot just in the summertime, but all year round. Tuck into regional classics like Maine Whoopie Pies, Indian Pudding, Penuche, and Boston Cream Pie. But equally important is the opportunity to improvise and shake things up a bit with modern interpretations of traditional desserts, like Mixed Berry Tiramisu, Maple Walnut Cake with Whipped Mascarpone, and Baked Acadia (a low-key riff on Baked Alaska in which a scoop of homemade ice cream is encased in a prebaked crispy meringue shell).The recipes are organized by season to allow the cook to coordinate his or her baking projects with the time of year when local produce is at its peak. ThereΓÇÖs also a bonus chapter for homemade ice cream, which remains an all-season favorite in New England (and beyond). Pair these scoops with fresh toppings and the bake shop desserts from the previous chapters to create exquisitely delicious and creative sundaes. Ample photographs of the regionΓÇÖs natural beauty, local ingredients, and casual, rustic recipes are key to appealing to the senses of an audience hungering for a collection of New EnglandΓÇÖs best dessert recipes all in one place.

Fully revised and updated, HikingWaterfalls New England will take you through state and national parks, forests, monuments and wilderness areas, and from popular city parks to the most remote and secluded corners of the area to view the most spectacular waterfalls.

Haunted Highways brings together more than twenty of the spookiest stories ever of ghosts, hauntings, and supernatural events on or near America's highways and byways.

This book offers a timely contribution to our understanding of Russia's response to intra-state conflict and its engagement with its contemporary security environment.

In this book the authors offer an educator's guide to using culturally responsive teaching as an antidote to microaggressions.

This powerful memoir traces Brazilian-born American Julie Lindahl's journey to uncover her grandparents' role in WWII as she is driven to understand why they became members of Hitler's elite. Out of the unbearable heart of the story-the unclaimed guilt that devours a family through generations-emerges an unflinching will to learn the truth.

This book offers the first philosophical treatment of biocultural sustainability and eco-deconstruction, presenting the most developed treatment of the notions of survival and life death in Derrida to date.

This book builds on prominent middle power literature and aims to advance our theoretical understanding for why crucial foreign policies were made by the "pivotal middle" powers this book examines-Poland, South Korea, and Bolivia.

This book will provide a timely and much-needed paradigm shift in our understanding of Chinatown, through an in-depth case study of Sydney's Chinatown.