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Digital Literary Redlining

African American Anthologies, Digital Humanities, and the Canon

by Amy E. Earhart ...

Series series Stanford Text Technologies
Though canon concerns seem to be a relic of 1990s academia, we are, once again, at a historical moment when there is resistance to teaching texts by writers of color and texts that deal with race, ethnicity and gender. At the same time, algorithmic bias scholars are locating systemic bias encoded into systems from policing software to housing software. Bringing these divergent areas together, Amy ... Read more

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Though canon concerns seem to be a relic of 1990s academia, we are, once again, at a historical moment when there is resistance to teaching texts by writers of color and texts that deal with race, ethnicity and gender. At the same time, algorithmic bias scholars are locating systemic bias encoded into systems from policing software to housing software. Bringing these divergent areas together, Amy
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Teaching with Digital Humanities

Tools and Methods for Nineteenth-Century American Literature

by Jennifer Travis, Jessica DeSpain, Nicole N Aljoe, Elizabeth Argentieri, Blair Best, Tisha M Brooks, Madeleine (Maddie) G Cella, Benjamin J Doyle, Amy E Earhart0, Duncan Faherty1, Eric Gardner2, Ella L Gill3, Clayton Grimm4, Cynthia L Hallen5, Molly O'Hagan Hardy6, Elizabeth Hopwood7, Teagan Rabuano8, Ashley Reed9, Lawrence G Richardson0, Augusta Rohrbach1, Victoria K Sprowls2, Catherine Waitinas3, Ed White4 ...

Series series Topics in the Digital Humanities
Jennifer Travis and Jessica DeSpain present a long-overdue collection of theoretical perspectives and case studies aimed at teaching nineteenth-century American literature using digital humanities tools and methods. Scholars foundational to the development of digital humanities join educators who have made digital methods central to their practices. Together they discuss and illustrate how digital ... Read more

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Jennifer Travis and Jessica DeSpain present a long-overdue collection of theoretical perspectives and case studies aimed at teaching nineteenth-century American literature using digital humanities tools and methods. Scholars foundational to the development of digital humanities join educators who have made digital methods central to their practices. Together they discuss and illustrate how digital
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Missing: Believed Killed

Amelia Earhart, Amy Johnson, Glenn Miller & the Duke of Kent

by Roy Conyers Nesbit ...

The uncertain fates of Amelia Earhart, Amy Johnson and Glenn Miller have fascinated readers and aviation historians ever since they disappeared. Even today, more than half a century after their final flights, what happened to them is still the subject of speculation, conspiracy theory and controversy. This has prompted Roy Conyers Nesbit to reinvestigate their stories and to write this perceptive, ... Read more

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The uncertain fates of Amelia Earhart, Amy Johnson and Glenn Miller have fascinated readers and aviation historians ever since they disappeared. Even today, more than half a century after their final flights, what happened to them is still the subject of speculation, conspiracy theory and controversy. This has prompted Roy Conyers Nesbit to reinvestigate their stories and to write this perceptive,
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Amelia Earhart

by Amie Jane Leavitt ...

From the moment Amelia Earhart took her first airplane ride in 1920, she knew she wanted to spend the rest of her life flying. Her achievements opened doors for women pilots around the world. Her disappearance remains a mystery. ... Read more

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From the moment Amelia Earhart took her first airplane ride in 1920, she knew she wanted to spend the rest of her life flying. Her achievements opened doors for women pilots around the world. Her disappearance remains a mystery.
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Oceans to Cross

Amelia Earhart's Extraordinary Life and Her Fight for Women's Rights

by Amy M. Kleppner ...

The ultimate biography of Amelia Earhart, written by the last surviving family member who knew her.Amelia Earhart was an unknown twenty-three-year-old in 1920 when women won the right to vote in the United States. Eight years later, she burst onto the world stage when she became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic. Amelia used her newfound platform to amplify her profound belief that there ... Read more

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The ultimate biography of Amelia Earhart, written by the last surviving family member who knew her.Amelia Earhart was an unknown twenty-three-year-old in 1920 when women won the right to vote in the United States. Eight years later, she burst onto the world stage when she became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic. Amelia used her newfound platform to amplify her profound belief that there
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Quick Hits for Creativity in the Classroom

Successful Strategies from Award-Winning Teachers

by Julie Goodspeed-Chadwick, Deborah Elizabeth Whaley, Sumreen Asim, Clark Barwick, Kirsten Behling, Asha Leena Bhandary, Kelly Blewett, Marsha Bryant0, Dacia Charlesworth1, Xin Chen2, Dhabih V. Chulhai3, Doyin Coker-Kolo4, Janet R. Decker5, Scott A. Desmond6, Amy E. Earhart7, Emily Esola8, Hilary Florian9, Elizabeth M. Goering0, Edwina Helton1, Debora S. Herold2, Jay R. Howard3, Kathy E. Johnson4, Michael L. Johnson II5, Kevin J. Jones6, John Paul M. Kanwit7, Johanna Lampela8, James M. Lang9, J. D. Mendez0, Deborah M. Mix1, Lori L. Montalbano2, Robin K. Morgan3, Michael C. Morrone4, Charmaine Mullins-Jaime5, Joe Packowski6, George Micajah Phillips7, Krista Quesenberry8, Vanessa L. Rapatz9, Elisa Räsänen0, T. J. Rivard1, Lee M. Roberts2, Miranda Yaggi Rodak3, Katherine C. Ryan4, Zihang Shao5, Carrie Sue Shaver6, Sean Sidky7, Jennifer J. Smith8, Gabrielle Stecher9, Courtney Stephenson0, George W. Towers1, Lana Watson2, Dawn Wisher3 ...

Quick Hits for Creativity in the Classroom introduces faculty, administrators, and staff to creative techniques that can be incorporated into the classroom at undergraduate and graduate levels. These techniques from the arts, humanities, social sciences, and sciences can enhance learning and support professional development experiences for students and faculty alike.While faculty are experts in ... Read more

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Quick Hits for Creativity in the Classroom introduces faculty, administrators, and staff to creative techniques that can be incorporated into the classroom at undergraduate and graduate levels. These techniques from the arts, humanities, social sciences, and sciences can enhance learning and support professional development experiences for students and faculty alike.While faculty are experts in
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The Korean War

A History

by Bruce Cumings ...

Series Book 33 - Modern Library Chronicles
A BRACING ACCOUNT OF A WAR THAT IS EITHER MISUNDERSTOOD, FORGOTTEN, OR WILLFULLY IGNORED.For Americans, it was a discrete conflict lasting from 1950 to 1953. But for the Asian world the Korean War was a generations-long struggle that still haunts contemporary events. With access to new evidence and secret materials from both here and abroad, including an archive of captured North Korean documents, ... Read more

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A BRACING ACCOUNT OF A WAR THAT IS EITHER MISUNDERSTOOD, FORGOTTEN, OR WILLFULLY IGNORED.For Americans, it was a discrete conflict lasting from 1950 to 1953. But for the Asian world the Korean War was a generations-long struggle that still haunts contemporary events. With access to new evidence and secret materials from both here and abroad, including an archive of captured North Korean documents,
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Reporting on Hitler

Rothay Reynolds and the British Press in Nazi Germany

by Will Wainewright ...

Allegedly the only man capable of holding the Führer's intense gaze, Rothay Reynolds was a leading foreign correspondent between the wars and ran the Daily Mail's bureau in Berlin throughout the 1920s and 1930s. The enigmatic former clergyman was one of the first journalists to interview Adolf Hitler, meeting the future Führer days before the Munich Putsch.While the awful realities of the Third ... Read more

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Allegedly the only man capable of holding the Führer's intense gaze, Rothay Reynolds was a leading foreign correspondent between the wars and ran the Daily Mail's bureau in Berlin throughout the 1920s and 1930s. The enigmatic former clergyman was one of the first journalists to interview Adolf Hitler, meeting the future Führer days before the Munich Putsch.While the awful realities of the Third
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Churchill Warrior

How a Military Life Guided Winston's Finest Hours

by Brian Lavery ...

A "truly exceptional" account of how Churchill's experiences in the armed forces helped him lead Britain to victory in World War II ( Booklist).No defense minister in modern times has faced the challenges that Winston Churchill did during the Second World War. Fortunately, he had a unique and intimate inside knowledge of all three services, which allowed him to assess their real needs—a crucial ... Read more

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A "truly exceptional" account of how Churchill's experiences in the armed forces helped him lead Britain to victory in World War II ( Booklist).No defense minister in modern times has faced the challenges that Winston Churchill did during the Second World War. Fortunately, he had a unique and intimate inside knowledge of all three services, which allowed him to assess their real needs—a crucial
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Intrepid's Last Case

by William Stevenson ...

Intrepid's Last Case chronicles the post-World War II activities of Sir William Stephenson, whose fascinating role in helping to defeat the Nazis was the subject of the worldwide bestseller A Man Called Intrepid. Sir William Stephenson (Intrepid) still stood at the center of events when he and author William Stevenson discussed in the 1980s an investigation into sudden allegations that Intrepid's ... Read more

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Intrepid's Last Case chronicles the post-World War II activities of Sir William Stephenson, whose fascinating role in helping to defeat the Nazis was the subject of the worldwide bestseller A Man Called Intrepid. Sir William Stephenson (Intrepid) still stood at the center of events when he and author William Stevenson discussed in the 1980s an investigation into sudden allegations that Intrepid's
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A Right Royal Scandal

Two Marriages That Changed History

by Joanne Major, Sarah Murden ...

From the authors of An Infamous Mistress: "The tale of two juicy 19th-century scandals, both concerning the aristocratic Cavendish-Bentinck family" ( Cheshire Life ).Almost two books in one, A Right Royal Scandal recounts the fascinating history of the irregular love matches contracted by two successive generations of the Cavendish-Bentinck family, ancestors of the British royal family. The first ... Read more

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From the authors of An Infamous Mistress: "The tale of two juicy 19th-century scandals, both concerning the aristocratic Cavendish-Bentinck family" ( Cheshire Life ).Almost two books in one, A Right Royal Scandal recounts the fascinating history of the irregular love matches contracted by two successive generations of the Cavendish-Bentinck family, ancestors of the British royal family. The first
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Guy Gibson

Dambuster

by Geoff Simpson ...

A new assessment of the life of one of the most famous and controversial airmen of the Second World War, this book covers Guy Gibson's sometimes troubled upbringing and the impact on him of his time at St Edward's School, Oxford. In particular, the story of his career in the RAF is relayed, including his stunning leadership achievement in creating No 617 Squadron and leading its attack on the dams ... Read more

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A new assessment of the life of one of the most famous and controversial airmen of the Second World War, this book covers Guy Gibson's sometimes troubled upbringing and the impact on him of his time at St Edward's School, Oxford. In particular, the story of his career in the RAF is relayed, including his stunning leadership achievement in creating No 617 Squadron and leading its attack on the dams
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