Books The Hole Truth Determining the Greatest Players in Golf Using Sabermetrics Bill Felber Review on Golf: “This exercise is fun and well-written. Whether it will convince you which golfer is better at or over a given time period remains … Continue reading News and Reviews
War Flower: My Life after Iraq (March 2019) is a no-holds-barred account of the reality one woman faced in war and pushes back against the stereotypes of women in combat. It received a starred-review from Kirkus and Publishers Weekly called … Continue reading Excerpt: War Flower
Martha J. LaGuardia-Kotite was a captain in the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve and has served with distinction, earning many personal awards during her twenty-six years of duty. She wrote Changing the Rules of Engagement: Inspiring Stories of Courage and Leadership from … Continue reading International Women’s Day 2019: Balance for Better
Mary Elizabeth Ailes is a professor of history at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. She is the author of Courage and Grief: Women and Sweden’s Thirty Years’ War (Nebraska, 2018) and Military Migration and State Formation: The British Military Community in Seventeenth-Century Sweden (Nebraska, 2002). … Continue reading Women’s History Month: From the Desk of Mary Elizabeth Ailes
When President Gerald Ford addressed the nation during America’s bicentennial, he made time to acknowledge the recently instated remembrance of Black History Month, telling Americans to, “seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of black Americans in every … Continue reading Black History Month: Untold Stories
Books War Flower Brooke King Starred review from Kirkus: “An absolutely compelling war memoir marked by the author’s incredible strength of character and vulnerability.” Typically Jewish Nancy Kalikow Maxwell Review from Kirkus: “A spirited examination of the essence of … Continue reading News and Reviews
Philip Padgett spent forty years working in national security and preparedness analysis in the military, government, and the private sector. His book, Advocating Overlord: The D-Day Strategy and the Atomic Bomb (Potomac Books, 2018), was published earlier this year. The … Continue reading FAQ with Philip Padgett
Books The Land of Truth: Talmud Tales, Timeless Teachings Jeffrey L. Rubenstein Featured in Forward: “For many Jews, the Talmud is like a pot of boiling water that they feel they have no way to lift and to carry around. With … Continue reading News and Reviews
Awards The Politics of Female Alliance in Early Modern Europe Edited by Christina Luckyj and Niamh J. O’Leary Won the 2018 Best Collaborative Project Award from the Society for the Study of Early Modern Women. Books African American Officers … Continue reading News and Reviews
Books A Certain Loneliness: A Memoir Sandra Gail Lambert Review in Lambda Literary: “Lambert writes with a studied aloofness and matter-of-fact tone about a body that constantly generates conflict with itself and the world around it. There is a rich practicality … Continue reading News and Reviews
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