Excelsior editions | SWAN Consortium

Author

Verne, Jules, 1828-1905

Earliest Publication Date

1905

Description

Phileas Fogg was one of those mathematically exact people, who, never hurried and always ready, are economical of their steps and their motions. He never made one stride too many, always going by the shortest route. He did not give an idle look. He did not allow himself a superfluous gesture. When Phileas Fogg wagers a bet that he can travel across the globe in just 80 days, little does he know about the epic journey that he is about to undertake....

2) Bobby Darin: Roman candle

Author

Evanier, David

Earliest Publication Date

2025

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"A multilayered portrait of this brash, gifted artist, whose restless voice and spirit seem as alive today as ever"-- Provided by publisher.

3) Ducktails, drive-ins, and broken hearts: an unsweetened look at '50s music

Author

Davis, Hank, 1941-

Earliest Publication Date

2023

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"An unflinching look at the triumphs and tragedies of '50s rock and roll, from the biggest stars, like Chuck Berry and Carl Perkins, to those who barely grabbed the spotlight"-- Provided by publisher.

4) Go, tell Michelle: African American women write to the new First Lady

Earliest Publication Date

2009

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Passionate, shattering, and tender, this book gathers together letters to Michelle Obama, written by African American and African women. Shortly after the election, the Uncrowned Queens Institute in Buffalo, New York, sent out a call across the country for African American women to share their hopes, fears, and advice with the new First Lady. Hundreds of letters and poems poured in, signaling both an unprecedented moment in our nation's history and...

5) Haight-Ashbury, psychedelics, and the birth of acid rock

Author

Campbell, Robert J., 1950-2016

Earliest Publication Date

2023

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"Illuminates the beginnings, downfall, and legacy of the acid-inspired, spontaneous, and playful approach to life and music in the Haight-Ashbury from 1964-1967"-- Provided by publisher.

6) In security: a novel

Author

Schwarzschild, Edward, 1964-

Earliest Publication Date

2020

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"Gary Waldman is a grief-stricken former tennis coach slowly reentering the world after the death of his wife. As he struggles to remain a good father to his six-year-old son, Waldman finds unexpected comfort and stability in the rule-bound confines of the TSA, working as a Transportation Security Officer in upstate New York. Though Waldman considers himself an ordinary man, his life is turned upside down by an extraordinary circumstance when he uses...

7) Liberty Street: encounters at Ground Zero

Author

Josyph, Peter

Earliest Publication Date

2006

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A haunting record of the destruction and rebirth of the neighborhood surrounding Ground Zero. When writer and feature filmmaker Peter Josyph spent a year and a half combing the historic streets and debris-blasted buildings of Ground Zero in Lower Manhattan, talking with workers and residents, capturing its struggles and transformations, he became what he calls a "citizen-artist," personally shooting over two hundred hours of footage for his film...

8) Tales of an ecotourist: what travel to wild places can teach us about climate change

Author

Gunter, Michael M., 1969-

Earliest Publication Date

2018

9) The reason for crows: a story of Kateri Tekakwitha

Author

Glancy, Diane

Earliest Publication Date

2009

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The story of a 17th century Mohawk woman's interaction with her land, the Jesuits, and the religion they brought. In The Reason for Crows, award-winning author Diance Glancy retells the story of Kateri Tekakwitha, a seventeenth-century Mohawk woman who converted to Christianity and later became known as the "Lily of the Mohawks." Left frail, badly scarred, and nearly blind from a smallpox epidemic that killed her parents, Kateri nevertheless took...

10) The spirit of New York: defining events in the Empire State's history

Author

Dearstyne, Bruce W. (Bruce William), 1944-

Earliest Publication Date

2015

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In this lively and engaging book, Bruce W. Dearstyne presents New York state history through an exploration of nineteen dramatic events. From the launch of the state government in April 1777 through the debut of the musical play Hamilton in 2015, Dearstyne puts the fascinating people who made history at the center of the story: John Jay, the lead writer of the first state constitution; Elizabeth Cady Stanton, the irrepressible crusader for women's...

11) The suffragents: how women used men to get the vote

Author

Kroeger, Brooke, 1949-

Earliest Publication Date

2017

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"The Suffragents is the untold story of how some of New York's most powerful men formed the Men's League for Woman Suffrage, which grew between 1909 and 1917 from 150 founding members into a force of thousands across thirty-five states. Brooke Kroeger explores the formation of the League and the men who instigated it to involve themselves with the suffrage campaign, what they did at the behest of the movement's female leadership and why. She details...

12) Unruly Catholic feminists: prose, poetry, and the future of the faith

Earliest Publication Date

2021

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"Third- and fourth-wave feminists write about their experiences with Catholicism and their visions for the future of women in the Church"-- Provided by publisher.