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A fascinating insider's account of Sufi life in contemporary EgyptFor centuries Sufism--Islamic mysticism--held a major place in Islamic spirituality, intellectual life, and popular religion. While...

Fourteen fanciful stories by a rediscovered luminary of Southern literatureWilliam Gilmore Simms--a nineteenth-century American writer whose popularity once rivaled that of Edgar Allan Poe and Herman...

In Tell It Like It Is, Mary E. Triece brings to light a lesser known yet influential social movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s-the welfare rights movement, led and run largely by poor black...

In Tell It Like It Is, Mary E. Triece brings to light a lesser known yet influential social movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s--the welfare rights movement, led and run largely by poor black...

A compelling biography of a South Carolina slave who returned to fight the slave trade in his African homelandThe inspirational story of John Kizell celebrates the life of a West African enslaved as...

The Army Correspondence of Colonel John Laurens is a collection which displays Simms's efforts of documentary editing in the vein of a similar project he published the prior year, Selections from the...

Refreshing, inclusive approaches to the theory and practice of short fictionThe Art of Brevity gathers fresh ideas about the theory and writing of short fiction from around the globe to produce an...

Chronicles the Civil War experience of a representative African American regimentThe Black Civil War Soldiers of Illinois tells the story of the Twenty-ninth United States Colored Infantry, one of...

A provocative rhetorical approach to one of the defining medical debates of our timeMichael J. Hyde's pathbreaking study considers the relationship between the phenomenon of conscience and the...

One of the major American cities of the mid-19th century, Charleston was viewed by its citizens as a hub of culture and erudition equal to that of the other great cities of the time, including New...

A sweeping assessment of the most influential Chief Justice in American historyPerhaps no one has exerted a more profound influence on the United States Supreme Court or on the Federal Constitution...

The safeguarding of economic rights during Fuller's tenureIn this comprehensive interpretation of the Supreme Court during the pivotal tenure of Melville W. Fuller, James W. Ely Jr., provides a...

An empowering story of families and friendships forged through struggle, loss, and redemption "The sun leaned for down bringing shade to the waterfront," begins Michele Moore's entrancing debut...

The first reprint of an innovative social novel of London in 1848, the year of European revolutions, by a radical exileFirst printed in 1850, The City of the Jugglers is a cautionary Victorian novel...

Letters that illustrate the loss of innocence in the harsh realities of war and epitomize the experience of the common soldier of the Confederacy"To comprehend the nature of the 'real war, ' which...

The definitive study of post-Reconstruction political culture in South CarolinaFirst published in 1968, The Conservative Regime: South Carolina, 1877-1890 remains one of the most often cited texts on...

An original hermeneutical approach to Luke's passion narrative.The death of Jesus is of central importance in all four New Testament gospels. For centuries much attention and scholarship have been...

A comprehensive account of the longest, largest, and most complex naval battle in history.The Defeat of the German U-Boats explains the significance and the outcome of World War II's most important...

An examination of the foundation of rhetorical criticism as reconceptualized for the twenty-first centuryThe Effects of Rhetoric and the Rhetoric of Effects tackles one of the thorniest and...

Compelling perspectives on the Gospel of John from a premiere scholar of the subjectThis multidimensional volume from the leading American scholar of Johannine studies brings together D. Moody...

The Geography of South Carolina, published in 1843, is a companion piece for the edition of The History of South Carolina that came out the previous year. The separation of Simms's subject into two...

The definitive story of Georgia's role in the first U.S. gold rushIn the 1820s a series of gold strikes from Virginia to Alabama caused such excitement that thousands of miners poured into the region...

A holiday romance, rich in historical particulars, from South Carolina's foremost writerRife with historical details and peppered with comic characters, The Golden Christmas remains a timeless tale...

An engrossing investigation into the deadly outcome of a sixteen-year family feudAs compelling as fiction, The Guns of Meeting Street reconstructs a series of murders from the early 1940s that rocked...

This first volume in a two-volume history of Newberry County chronicles the developments in the district from its earliest settlement through the onset of the Civil WarThe South Carolina upcountry...

The History of South Carolina strives to educate South Carolinian youth in the vibrant history of the state and the distinguished accomplishments of its leaders. In this book, Simms provides an...

Examines the U.S. plan to end the Second World War by invading JapanFor more than a half century scholars and nonscholars alike have debated the ethics of dropping the atomic bomb, but rarely have...

An unforgettable generational saga about the roots of American culture, class, identity, and the meaning of freedomThe Killing Ground begins in 1978 with the return of Hannah McKarkle to her hometown...

Set during the Anglo-Cherokee War (1758-1761), The Last Sister traces a young woman's journey through grief, vengeance, guilt, and love in the unpredictable world of the early American frontier...

The Life of Francis Marion is a biography of the legendary "Swamp Fox" of the American Revolution. Simms's goal in writing the biography was to show Marion as a Washington-like figure who should be...