James Campbell

Lying due north of Australia, New Guinea is among the world's largest islands. In 1942, when World War II exploded onto its shores, it was an inhospitable, cursorily mapped, disease-ridden land of dense jungle, towering mountain peaks, deep valleys, and fetid swamps. Coveted by the Japanese for its strategic position, New Guinea became the site of one of the South Pacific's most savage campaigns. Despite their lack of jungle training, the 32nd Division's...

"The Art of Winnie-the-Pooh is an enchanting story of some of the most beloved characters in children's literature, and the remarkable partnership between writer A. A. Milne and illustrator E. H. Shepard that brought these classic characters to life. This stunning and rare collection traces the evolution of Shepard's work from his first tentative sketches of Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends. With more than 125 full-color images from the original Pooh...

The reason the author wrote this, book came from visiting air-traffic-control-system at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with a student. No one checked their identity, nor were there any security people present. The author went home at lunchtime and wrote the first ten pages, showing his concern of what just happened.

This book takes a look at how certain thinking processes create "psychiatric" symptoms, and how different choices can eliminate those experiences. Better understanding of the accurate meaning of commonly uses words can improve the likelyhood of working through conflicts with others, and can improve the quality of one's life.

While public debates over America's current foreign policy often treat American empire as a new phenomenon, this lively collection of essays offers a pointed reminder that visions of national and imperial greatness were a cornerstone of the new country when it was founded. In fact, notions of empire have long framed debates over western expansion, Indian removal, African slavery, Asian immigration, and global economic dominance, and they persist today...

"One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2016" James E. Campbell is UB Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York. An eye-opening look at how and why America has become so politically polarized Many continue to believe that the United States is a nation of political moderates. In fact, it is a nation divided. It has been so for some time and has grown more so. This book provides...

"James Baldwin was one of America's finest and most influential writers. By the time he died in 1987, his books, such as The Fire Next Time, Go Tell It on the Mountain, and Giovanni's Room, had become modern classics." "James Campbell knew Baldwin for ten years before Baldwin's death. For this book, he interviewed many of Baldwin's friends and examined several hundred pages of correspondence. He quotes from the vast and disturbing file that the FBI...

"The NB column in the Times Literary Supplement, signed at the foot by J.C., occupied the back page of the paper for thirteen years. For a decade before that, it was in the middle pages. That's roughly 60,000 words a year for twenty-three years.The purpose of the initials was not to disguise the author, but to offer complete freedom to the persona. J.C. was irreverent and whimsical. The column punctured pomposity, hypocrisy and cant in the literary...

"This totally original architecture book - the first ever comprehensive study of brick - follows the story of brick from 5,000 B.C. to its use in building today, from the vast baths and basilicas of ancient Rome, through the wonders of Gothic brick in Germany, the majestic temples of Pagan and Mughal mosques in Iran, to its modern revival."--Jacket.