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LAST STANDS reviews certain military defeats in American history (the
Alamo, the Little Big Horn, Wake Island, Bataan, Pork Chop Hill, Mogadishu,
Benghazi and others) and analyzes howHollywood films attempt to preserve
honor in defeat by portraying them as “moral” victories, often by selective
manipulation and revision of the actual events. The book also considers
how even “moral” victories have become suspect and much harder to claim,
starting with the consequences of the Vietnam War.
Frank J. Wetta and Martin A. Novelli
Last Stands From the Alamo to
Benghazi: How Hollywood Turns
Military Defeats into Moral Victories
New York and London: Routledge Press,
2016
The wise elders of the Bible impart great wisdom for those
on the spiritual journey. As Pope Francis said recently, “It’s
good for the elderly to communicate their wisdom to the
young; and it is good for young people to gather this wealth
of experience and wisdom, and to carry it forward.” Using
insights from some famous and some unknown tales, myths,
legends, allegories, chronicles, and proverbs, the author
places them in the context of the ancient biblical world in
which they were written. The Bible is a living text offering all
of us-Jews, Christians, and Muslims (as well as the occasional
nonbeliever)-a roadmap to gain wisdom. Drawing not only
on the Bible itself, but on medieval and modern Jewish
commentaries (midrashim), Christian sermons, and Muslim
explanations (such as Tales of the Prophets), Ageless Wisdom
offers examples of how past generations of men and women
have made the Bible’s lessons about wisdom their own.
Advertising by Design
is the most comprehensive, up-to-date guide to concept generation and design for
advertising. This new edition has been thoroughly updated to reflect the industry’s shift from print and TV ads
to fully integrated trans-media campaigns, offering invaluable insight into a broad range of media channels. New
concepts and strategies for social media, digital media, pull marketing, creative content, and more are discussed
in depth to help readers tell an engaging story using every tool at their disposal. Interviews with leading creative
directors and case studies provide glimpses into practitioners’ idea generation process.
Christopher M. Bellitto
Ageless Wisdom - Lifetime Lessons
from the Bible
Paulist Press, 2016
Robin Landa
Advertising By Design, 3rd edition
John Wiley & Sons, 2016
bookmarks
This volume explores the significant connections between the Quaker community and the abolitionist
cause in America. The case studies that make up the collection mainly focus on the greater greater-
Philadelphia area (Philadelphia, New Jersey, and Delaware), a hotbed of the abolitionist movement and
the location of the first American abolition society founded in 1775. Despite the importance of Quakers to
the abolitionist movement, their significance has been largely overlooked in the existing historiography.
These studies will be of interest to scholars of slavery and abolition, religious history, Atlantic studies and
American social and political history.
Susan Kozel (co-editor)
Quakers and their Allies in the Abolitionist Cause, 1754-1808
Routledge Oxford and NY, 2016
