Drawing on four decades of New York Times editorials, Robert Hays demonstrates the magnitude of the conflict between Native American and white European cultures as settlers and adventurers spread rapidly across the continent in the post-Civil War period.
From 1860 through 1900, the Times published nearly a thousand editorials on what was commonly called "the Indian problem." Selecting some of the best of these editorials, Hays gives readers what current accounts cannot: contemporary writers' perspectives on the public images of Native Americans and their place in a nation...

By the end of her first meeting with the late mayor Richard J. Daley, Jane Byrne had been questioned, berated, and told she might, one day, reach the House but probably not the Senate-and she had also reduced "him "to tears. That would be but the first of many altercations in her pioneering political career.
"My Chicago" is the story of Jane Byrne's rise from young campaign worker to the mayor's office, all within the bruising arena of Chicago politics. Part sociopolitical history, part memoir, it begins with a history of the city and her early life, before she enters politics as a paid...

Before the popularity of the electric guitar and before every teenager with a rock 'n' roll dream had a band in their garage, Manny's Music in New York City was providing the hardware for swing stars and big bands, and establishing itself as the place to go for the musician in the know. Besides being a garden of delight for musicians looking for the latest gear, Manny's became a center of activity where stories and tips were swapped among superstars and budding musicians alike. The Wall of Fame is not only for anyone who has ever bought a guitar or played in a band, but for fans and music...

A landmark compilation of popular music, this collection contains Paul Simon's lyrics from his first album in 1964 to the present, now with 2011's So Beautiful Or So What?

This book was forbidden by the Nazi government, as it outlines a defense against the charges brought forth against Catholicism. It is a piece of Catholic reform theology that articulated a new understanding of what it means to be church. The reprinted edition features an introduction by Ulrich L. Lehner.

Paul Simon (1882-1946) was professor of scholastic philosophy and apologetics in the department of Catholic theology at the University of Tubingen (1925-33). In 1933, he was appointed Cathedral Vicar in Paderborn. He was one of Germanys most distinguished theologians, as well as a proponent...