Hayden Library - PN6790.L29 C65 2017

Hayden Library - PN6727.D375 I55 2017

Hayden Library - PN6727.G466 F48 2017

Toronto, Ryerson Press, 1930

Calgary : Alberta Records Publication Board, Historical Society of Alberta, c2008

Dewey Library - HC107.C2 H5335 2020

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Hayden Library - DT3387.M46 2016

Hayden Library - PN1997.M46 A1 2018

Dewey Library - HF5718.22.N49 2016

Rotch Library - N6488.I8 V433 2019 Y8

Originally this post was a way to mark this month’s Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month by sharing personal memories from an editorial perspective of a pioneering Asian American literary icon, Milton Murayama. It has grown to include other remembrances from a marketing perspective. We are all proud to be the publisher of his bestselling novels. Masako […]

We mark last week’s passing of Trần Đình Trụ, the author of Ship of Fate: Memoir of a Vietnamese Repatriate (UH Press, 2017), with words from the book’s co-translators Jana K. Lipman and Bac Hoai Tran: “Trần Đình Trụ’s life story was one of grace, fortitude, and devotion to his family. A skilled seaman and […]

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Hayden Library - PN1997.2.M897 P67 2017

Hayden Library - PN1995.9.H53 C36 2018

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Dewey Library - HN57.K368 2018

Barker Library - HQ1155.W673 2019

Barker Library - HQ77.9.N645 2019

Dewey Library - HQ250.A5 P58 2020

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It is the unofficial start of summer; beaches open, some of us think of auto racing, and we hope for suitable weather for a barbecue. Memorial Day is upon us, and its national observance is 150 years old this year, the holiday Americans once called Decoration Day. The veterans’ group known as the Grand Army...

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Given its links to Massachusetts, it may come as a surprise to many that the earliest surviving text of “Christian Charitie. A Modell hereof” (more commonly called “A Model of Christian Charity”) resides in New York.  A lay sermon attributed to the Puritan John Winthrop, the once unheralded manuscript came to the New-York Historical Society from Francis...

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Prior to the construction of Robert Mills’ Washington Monument in 1833, proposals to erect a memorial in honor of George Washington began as early as 1783. The defeat of the British under his command and his consecutive time as the first President of the United States had thrust Washington into the public’s mind as an...

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Cambridge ; Melbourne : Cambridge University Press, 2011.

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008

The men who served in the Revolutionary War share much in common with their modern-day brothers. The sacrifices of friendship, safety, and security unite soldiers across time. Remember their devotion and support them when they come home, urges Lieutenant Colonel James Innes, portrayed by Nat Lasley.

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The CAB has decked up the stadium facade and interior with Tendulkar''s posters and cut-outs.

Shrivenham, Oxfordshire : Shearsman Books, 2020.

With a brand new era of Star Wars content on the way, the Wired staff has been reminiscing about their favorite memories of the saga.

The Angry Nerd vs The White House.

Joshua Foer can remember anything, including the first 100 digits of Pi. The former U.S.A. Memory Champion explains how he—and you—can memorize anything using the major system technique, which converts numbers into words and images.

Ever wanted to be inside an episode of South Park? At the Paley Center in Los Angeles, the South Park 20 Experience lets you do just that. Taking the twenty most iconic moments of the television series, the South Park 20 Experience gives people the opportunity to take pictures and become part of South Park's best episodes.

With the social-media platform killing off its infamous avatar, we pay our respects to the departed Twitter eggs.

Vance, J. D., author

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Our stress levels are at an all-time high right now, which means our attentiveness to our own self-care should be, too—especially those of us with wanderlust. Traveling from the living room to the kitchen and back is no one’s ideal of a vacation, yet here we are. On top of that, our social media platforms seem determined to remind us of better days: Hey, look where you were a year ago today! blares Facebook, serving up a photo of a gorgeous beach or other getaway spot much more alluring than the permanent butt-groove you have formed in your couch.

For many of us, looking back on our travels past is not doing us much good at the moment. Luckily, there are a few methods to keep them from showing up in your social media feeds.