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How Congress Works and Why You Should Care 3 reviews
Lee H. Hamilton
Indiana University Press, 2004
Substantive View from inside Congress
This book is especially valuable because the author's insights on Congress come from his long legislative career. It is a substantive view of the legislative branch from the inside.
Hamilton provides a good sense of the usually messy process involved in a bill becoming law, explaining how powerful members can often circumvent the normal process, and sometimes even avoid bringing a bill into ...
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Crow Killer: The Saga of Liver-Eating Johnson (Midland Book) 29 reviews
Raymond W. Thorp, Robert Bunker
Indiana University Press, 1983
Crow Killer
I have read many books and biographies about trapper and traders and this one although a fictional biography (hearsay and letters to the author) was fantastic; many true items; I'm sure. John Johnson - the main character; inspired the movie Jeremiah Johnson, that Robert Redford stared in. Quite the read!
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The Brusilov Offensive (Twentieth-Century Battles)1 review
Timothy C. Dowling
Indiana University Press, 2008
Excellent treatise - but want more
This is another fine book by Dowling. The constraints imposed on the author by the paucity of good sources leads the volume to be a little light and leaves the reader wanting more detail. Unfortunately, this deficiency may or may not be corrected in the future. It was impossible to follow the action at the corps or division level, and the treatment of casualties was sketchy due in a large ...
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Robert F. Kennedy and the 1968 Indiana Primary 2 reviews
Ray E. Boomhower
Indiana University Press, 2008
Indiana May Make the Difference Again
The Washington Post on March 25, 2008 reported that the Indiana May primary between Obama and Clinton may make the difference for the Democratic nomination. Forty years ago this was also the case. Every political reporter, blogger and junkie needs to read this book. Indiana politics are quirky, but there are similarities between 1968 and 2008, especially over the race issue. Obama is Bobby ...
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Who Will Write Our History?: Emanuel Ringelblum, the Warsaw Ghetto, and the Oyneg Shabes Archive (The Helen ...
Samuel D. Kassow
Indiana University Press, 2007
In 1940, the historian Emanuel Ringelblum established a clandestine organization, code named Oyneg Shabes, in Nazi-occupied Warsaw to study and document all facets of Jewish life in wartime Poland and to compile an archive that would preserve this history for posterity. As the Final Solution unfolded, although decimated by murders and deportations, the group persevered in its work until the spring of 1943. Of its more than 60 members, only ...
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The Unknown Black Book: The Holocaust in the German-Occupied Soviet Territories7 reviews
Indiana University Press, 2007
Weeping in Babylon
It's a rare reader who'll be able to get through The Unknown Black Book without having to walk away from it several times. The tragedies it documents are just too horrible to bear except in small doses. Both text and photographs stun the imagination and freeze the heart.
The UBB is a narrative history of Nazi atrocities against the Jews in the German-occupied Soviet territories (Ukraine, ...
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Marcel Tabuteau: How Do You Expect to Play the Oboe If You Can't Peel a Mushroom?8 reviews
Laila Storch
Indiana University Press, 2008
Fantastic Book, Terrific Production Values!
My copy of Laila Storch's book just arrived in the US Post, and what a surprise! First off all, the Amazon.com box was a heck of a lot heavier than I thought it would be. I was expecting this book to be a fairly slim volume of reminiscences and maybe some explication of Tabuteau's teaching and theories.
But it is SO much more! It is an absolutely vital, comprehensive memoir by Ms. Storch, who ...
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A Girl of the Limberlost (The Library of Indiana Classics)50 reviews
Gene Stratton-Porter
Indiana University Press, 1984
Gene Stratton Porter's greatest work
This story is so beautiful, you'll want to read it over and over. If you're afraid of creepy-crawly critters, you should read this. It will change your perspective. This is one of those stories whose beauty makes you ache inside when it's over.
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Sound in Motion: A Performer's Guide to Greater Musical Expression
David McGill
Indiana University Press, 2007
David McGill has assembled an exhaustive study that uses the musical concepts of the legendary Marcel Tabuteau as a starting point from which to develop musical thought. McGill methodically explains the frequently misunderstood "Tabuteau number system" and its relationship to note grouping-the lifeblood of music. The controversial issue of baroque performance practice is also addressed. Instrumentalists and vocalists alike will find that many of ...
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Contemporary Quilt Art: An Introduction and Guide4 reviews
Kate Lenkowsky
Indiana University Press, 2008
Wonderful Resource
If you've been talking to your friends and family about art quilts and getting a lot of blank looks, you need this book. It's divided into three sections with full color images throughout. The first section gives a history of art quilting, the second section profiles 19 important artists, and the third section gives advice about all aspects of collecting art quilts. Profiled artists' careers are ...
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The Keeper of the Bees (Library of Indiana Classics)24 reviews
Gene Stratton-Porter
Indiana University Press, 1991
Like a comforting blanket
This is one of those books that you think your grandparents' would like you to read, but not in a bad way. The story is pure and has a very homey feeling to it. While not like the books I typically read, I found it to be very enjoyable.
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Riddley Walker74 reviews
Russell Hoban
Indiana University Press, 1998
A sad, hilarious, and beautiful book...
This has been one of my favorite books since I first read it 20 years ago, and have reread an additional 6 times. Most recently, after reading "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy, I needed a post-apocalyptic tale that was funny AND heartbreaking.
My 15 year old is just reading it now, for her first time, after reading "Slaughterhouse Five" by Vonnegut and "Oryx and Crake" by Atwood. It is ...
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Mexicanos: A History of Mexicans in the United States1 review
Manuel G. Gonzales
Indiana University Press, 2000
Mexicanos
Finally, a long awaited balanced, and factually well-researched story of mexican-american history, migration and assimilation. It was very impressive to me the thoughtful, scholarly approach to what has recently become mostly an politically biased field. I was quite impressed and captivated by Professor Gonzales' extensive research, as well as his determination to not be swayed by the ...
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Guide to the Pianist's Repertoire7 reviews
Maurice Hinson
Indiana University Press, 2001
The Best Guide To Solo Piano Literature
"Essential," "Indispensable," "Invaluable," "Crucial." Those are a few of the labels often applied to this remarkable book. Currently in its third edition, Maurice Hinson's "Guide to the Pianist's Repertoire" is still the most sought-after reference for essentially all solo piano music of significance. Outside professional private instruction and a reliable piano technician, every serious ...
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The American Way of War: A History of United States Military Strategy and Policy12 reviews
Russell F. Weigley
Indiana University Press, 1977
Well-written and surprising
If you were assigned this text as part of a college course, you are in luck - it might be the best thing you read all semester. Weigley has a sharp prose style, and he delves into areas of American military history that others either ignore or neglect. I found his take on the war of annihilation against the American Indians especially important, mostly because it is free of political ...
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After the Dinosaurs: The Age of Mammals (Life of the Past)5 reviews
Donald R. Prothero
Indiana University Press, 2006
A most excellent, needed work
Owing to the undeniable "glamour" of dinosaurs, mammalian evolution is a sort of neglected stepchild in literature about the unfolding pageant of life. This book is a most worthy step in removing that status.
As with his other works, Dr. Prothero's present text is well organized and easily read, although some prior familiarity with evolution and anatomy is desireable. The very fine graphics ...
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Rabelais and His World6 reviews
Mikhail Bakhtin
Indiana University Press, 1984
The Roots of Our Bittersweet Laughter
Take your time with this academic book and you will be rewarded. It rediscovers the spirit of the Medieval carnival. The tradition stemmed from ancient Greek and Rome and its function was to give a vent to people's death fear and anger over social injustice. "Everything was allowed" and for a short period of time the social taboos were erased. Fools and prostitutes were "crowned" to embody ...
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The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years14 reviews
Chingiz Aitmatov
Indiana University Press, 1988
The Day Lasts More Than A Hundred Years
It came on time in great shape.
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Jewish Philosophy as a Guide to Life: Rosenzweig, Buber, Levinas, Wittgenstein (The Helen and Martin Schwartz ...1 review
Hilary Putnam
Indiana University Press, 2008
Religion and Experiential Philosophy
The American philosopher Hilary Putnam has had a long and varied philosophical career. Putnam began as an analytic philosopher steeped in mathematical logic. He subsequently became an adherent of a new form of American pragmatism. His debates with the late Richard Rorty over the content of this pragmatism became well-known. Putnam is famous for his receptivity to new ideas and for his ...
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Claiming Sacred Ground: Pilgrims and Politics at Glastonbury and Sedona4 reviews
Adrian J. Ivakhiv
Indiana University Press, 2001
Essential environmental cultural studies reading
I think we can safety say that it's extremely difficult to produce thoughtful work that engages the slippery interface of 'environmental studies', geography and cultural studies. There are lots of reasons for this, not least is the need for any cultural scholar to bend over backwards to avoid any kind of 'essentialist' claim regarding what is 'out there'. However, for most committed environmental ...
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