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1915, the Death of Innocenceby Lyn MacdonaldISBN 0801864437 (0-8018-6443-7)
Softcover, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: '1915, the Death of Innocence'Book summary:By Christmas 1914, the wild wave of enthusiasm that had sent men flocking to join up a few months earlier began to tail off, and though the original British Expeditionary Force had suffered 90 percent casualties, most people, particularly the soldiers themselves, still believed that 1915 would see the breaking of the deadlock. But their hopes were shattered on the bloody battlefields of Neuve Chapelle, Ypres, Loos, and far away on the shores of Gallipoli.
Lyn Macdonald's story of 1915 is stark, brutal, frank, sometimes painfully funny, always human. Never before has any writer collected so many firsthand accounts of the experiences of ordinary soldiers, through diaries, letters, and interviews with survivorsand it is the dogged heroism and sardonic humor of the soldiers that shine through the pages of this epic narrative. 1915 is a uniquely compelling blend of military history and poignant memories of the fighters who survived the ordeal.
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36 Hour Day: A Family Guide to Caring for Persons With Alzheimer's Disease, Realted Dementing Illnesses, and Memory Loss in Later Lifeby Nancy L. MacE, Peter V. RabinsISBN 0801826608 (0-8018-2660-8)
Softcover, Johns Hopkins University Press
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722 Miles: The Building Of The Subways And How They Transformed New Yorkby Clifton HoodISBN 0801880548 (0-8018-8054-8)
Softcover, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
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Al-Jazeera: The Inside Story Of The Arab News Channel That Is Challenging The Westby Hugh MilesISBN 0802117899 (0-8021-1789-9)
Hardcover, Grove Pr
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The Algiers Motel Incidentby John HerseyISBN 0801857775 (0-8018-5777-5)
Softcover, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
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Andrew Jackson: The Course of American Democracy, 1833-1845by Robert V. ReminiISBN 0801859131 (0-8018-5913-1)
Softcover, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
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Andrew Jackson: The Course of American Empire, 1767-1821by Robert V. ReminiISBN 0801859115 (0-8018-5911-5)
Softcover, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
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Arcana Mundi: Magic and the Occult in the Greek and Roman Worldsby Georg LuckISBN 0801825482 (0-8018-2548-2)
Softcover, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
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Arcana Mundi: Magic and the Occult in the Greek and Roman Worlds a Collection of Ancient Textsby Georg LuckISBN 0801883466 (0-8018-8346-6)
Softcover, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
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The Art of the Novelby Milan KunderaISBN 0802100112 (0-8021-0011-2)
Hardcover, Grove Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Art of the Novel'Book summary:Landmark collection of essays on subject. The first appearance of the title in English. The artistic manifesto of the greatest living "postmodern" novelist. Written with a strong philosophical and aesthetic background, the book's greatest value is as the perfect antidote to the countless, dreary "critical theory" studies churned out by unimaginative and mediocre university professor/hacks. One of the most eloquent books on the novelist's art, it is indispensable to a greater understanding of Milan Kundera's roots, influences and very deeply held beliefs as a novelist as well as to the very possibilities of the novel itself as an art form. Wise, tender, poetic, intelligent and witty, as is to be expected from Kundera's novels, and to be found in these essays, too. The question is no longer whether Kundera deserves to win the Nobel Prize but whether the award is worthy of him. © 2005, ModernRare.com [via]
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The Autobiography of a Tibetan Monkby Tsering Shakya, Palden GyatsoISBN 0802135749 (0-8021-3574-9)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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With the help of translator Tsering Shakya, Palden Gyatso has crafted his story into a fluid yet surprisingly dispassionate account of his time in prison. Still, it is almost impossible not to be swept along on waves of pity, horror, and compassion as he suffers unspeakably at the hands of his tormentors. To understand the plight of one Tibetan monk is to step behind the eyes of an entire people. --Brian Bruya [via]
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Biologyby Peter H. Raven, George B. JohnsonISBN 0801640415 (0-8016-4041-5)
Hardcover, Times Mirror/Mosby College Pub
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Chimpanzee Politics: Power and Sex Among Apesby Frans De WaalISBN 0801863368 (0-8018-6336-8)
Softcover, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
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Churchill's Black Dog, Kafka's Mice, and Other Phenomena of the Human Mindby Anthony StorrISBN 0802110525 (0-8021-1052-5)
Hardcover, Grove Pr
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A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionaryby Herbert D. Meritt, J. R. Clark HallISBN 0802065481 (0-8020-6548-1)
Softcover, Univ of Toronto Pr
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Contact Wounds: A War Surgeon's Educationby Jonathan KaplanISBN 0802118003 (0-8021-1800-3)
Hardcover, Grove Pr
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The Content of the Form: Narrative Discourse and Historical Representationby Hayden WhiteISBN 0801841151 (0-8018-4115-1)
Softcover, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
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Critical and Cultural Theory Readerby Antony Easthope, Kate McGowanISBN 080203800X (0-8020-3800-X)
Softcover, Univ of Toronto Pr
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A Death in the Delta: The Story of Emmett Tillby Stephen J. WhitfieldISBN 080184326X (0-8018-4326-X)
Softcover, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
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Down the Highway: The Life of Bob Dylanby Howard SounesISBN 0802116868 (0-8021-1686-8)
Hardcover, Grove Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Down the Highway: The Life of Bob Dylan'Book summary:Featuring a wealth of new information, Down the Highway is likely to be hailed as the definitive biography of Bob Dylan. Acclaimed biographer Howard Sounes has spent three years researching the book and has interviewed more than 250 people important in Dylan's life -- many of whom have never before given interviews -- and sifted through documentary evidence unavailable to previous biographers. With this unprecedented access, Sounes dispels many myths, reveals major discoveries, and uncovers the secret life of the mysterious singer, while giving a full appreciation of Dylan's artistic achievements and significance to American culture. Sounes's prodigious research has led to many significant revelations about every aspect of Dylan's life. For years there has been speculation about Dylan's marital life and children, and Sounes has uncovered the complete, fascinating story of his family life, which will completely change the public's perception of the singer. Sounes has interviewed a key witness to Dylan's 1966 motorcycle accident, a turning point in his career. The witness has never before spoken publicly, and Sounes provides the clearest picture yet of the accident and the subsequent "lost years" in Woodstock, New York. He also gives inside accounts of the important recording sessions and concert tours, the creation of every album and the most celebrated songs, Dylan's labyrinthine love life, his heart illness in 1997, and much more. These inside accounts come directly from Sounes's extensive interviews of girlfriends, family members, former personal assistants, fellow music stars and friends, members of touring and session bands, producers, club owners and concert promoters, and many others. Candid and refreshing, Down the Highway is also a sincere appreciation of Dylan's seminal place in postwar American cultural history and an essential book for the millions of people who have enjoyed Dylan's music over the years. [via]
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Edie: American Girlby Jean Stein, George PlimptonISBN 0802134106 (0-8021-3410-6)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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Editors on Editing: What Writers Need to Know About What Editors Doby Gerald GrossISBN 0802132634 (0-8021-3263-4)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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Embroiderersby Kay StanilandISBN 0802069150 (0-8020-6915-0)
Softcover, University of Toronto Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Embroiderers'Book summary:Embroiderers in the Middle Ages were purveyors of wealth and status since they supplied the Church and aristocratic patrons with a splendid variety of vestments and alter cloths, clothes and wall-hangings. Although a common pastime among women, professional embroidery was carried out by both men and women who sometimes operated from family workshops. These could expand significantly in response to great demand, as from a royal patron. But how did they acquire their skills? Were they well paid? What techniques did they employ? Who were their designers? The author answers these and many other questions, reassessing past research and introducing new documentary material, and casts light on the shadowy figures who toiled over the pieces we admire today in churches and museums.
With a section explaining and illustrating the techniques, this book will be an invaluable source of information and inspiration tothose interested in the great legacy of medieval embroiderers.
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Ethnicity at Work: Divided Labor on a Central American Banana Plantationby Philippe I. BourgoisISBN 080183693X (0-8018-3693-X)
Hardcover, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
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The Exile: Sex, Drugs, and Libel in the New Russiaby Mark Ames, Matt Taibbi, Edward LimonovISBN 0802136524 (0-8021-3652-4)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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The Explorers: Stories of Discovery and Adventure from the Australian Frontierby Tim F. FlanneryISBN 0802137199 (0-8021-3719-9)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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The Fall of the Athenian Empireby Donald KaganISBN 0801499844 (0-8014-9984-4)
Softcover, Cornell Univ Pr
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Feudalismby Francois Louis Ganshof, Philip GriersonISBN 0802071589 (0-8020-7158-9)
Softcover, Univ of Toronto Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Feudalism'Book summary:'Professor Ganshof's book answers the prayer of every teacher and student of medieval history for a lucid, concise and authoritative exposition of feudal institutions. Its author is one of the leading authorities in western Europe on Feudalism and its translator a leading English expert on the early Middle Ages. Professor Ganshof ... confined himself to those institutionalized relationships of lord and man, prevalent in western Europe from the ninth to the thirteenth century, which are commonly included in the narrower definition of Feudalism. The result is a summary of current doctrine which could scarcely be bettered.'
George Holmes, The Cambridge Review
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The First Casualty: The War Correspondent As Hero And Myth-maker From The Crimea To Iraqby Phillip Knightley, John PilgerISBN 080186951X (0-8018-6951-X)
Softcover, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
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"The first casualty when war comes, is truth," said American Senator Hiram Johnson in 1917, and in his gripping, now-classic history of war journalism, Phillip Knightley shows just how right Johnson was. From William Howard Russell, who described the appalling conditions of the Crimean War in Times [London], to the ranks of reporters, photographers, and cameramen who captured the realities of war in Vietnam, The First Casualty tells a fascinating story of heroism and collusion, censorship and suppression, myth-making and propaganda. Since Vietnam, Knightley finds, governments have become much more adept at managing the media, and in new chapters on the Falklands, the Gulf War, and the former Yugoslavia, he concludes that the war correspondent's role as a seeker of truth is now in jeopardy.
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"[This book] may make us all a little more free to talk about and find the truth." -- Garry Wills, New York Times Book Review
"Disturbing, even dismaying, yet also in its painful way, enormously entertaining." -- New Yorker
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The Forgotten Language: An Introduction to the Understanding of Dreams, Fairy Tales, and Mythsby Erich FrommISBN 080213050X (0-8021-3050-X)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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Fortunate Son: The Autobiography of Lewis B. Puller, Jr.by Lewis B. PullerISBN 0802136907 (0-8021-3690-7)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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From Front Porch to Back Seat: Courtship in Twentieth-Century Americaby Beth L. BaileyISBN 0801839351 (0-8018-3935-1)
Softcover, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
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Guitar: An American Lifeby Tim BrookesISBN 0802117961 (0-8021-1796-1)
Hardcover, Grove Pr
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The Heavens and the Earth: A Political History of the Space Ageby Walter A. McDougallISBN 0801857481 (0-8018-5748-1)
Softcover, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
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Honey, I'm Home!: Sitcoms Selling the American Dreamby Gerard JonesISBN 0802113087 (0-8021-1308-7)
Hardcover, Grove Pr
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How I Became Hettie Jonesby Hettie JonesISBN 0802134963 (0-8021-3496-3)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'How I Became Hettie Jones'Book summary:Jones' atmospheric prose brings the Beat era to life with more gusto than any previous memoir, thanks to homely details like eating potato pancakes at the Second Avenue Deli and wearing Ukrainian scarves and black tights. She looks back on her marriage to LeRoi Jones with tenderness, even as she delineates the cultural forces that eventually ripped them apart. Famous friends like Allen Ginsberg make appearances, but Jones' focus is on family (her two daughters are lovingly described) and individual growth. Evocative and touching. [via]
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In Times Like Theseby Nellie McClung, Veronica Strong-BoagISBN 0802061257 (0-8020-6125-7)
Softcover, Univ of Toronto Pr
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Indigenous Difference and the Constitution of Canadaby Patrick MacklemISBN 0802080499 (0-8020-8049-9)
Softcover, Univ of Toronto Pr
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Industrial Sunset: The Making of North America's Rust Belt, 1969-1984by Steven HighISBN 0802085288 (0-8020-8528-8)
Softcover, Univ of Toronto Pr
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Inventing American Broadcasting, 1899-1922by Susan J. DouglasISBN 0801838320 (0-8018-3832-0)
Softcover, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
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Knitting Stitch Libraryby Lesley StanfieldISBN 0801983320 (0-8019-8332-0)
Hardcover, Krause Publications
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Laocoon: An Essay on the Limits of Painting and Poetryby Gotthold Ephraim LessingISBN 0801831393 (0-8018-3139-3)
Softcover, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
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Manual of Zen Buddhismby Daisetz Teitaro SuzukiISBN 0802130658 (0-8021-3065-8)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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Mary Shelleyby Miranda SeymourISBN 0802117023 (0-8021-1702-3)
Hardcover, Grove Pr
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Mastering Wineby Tom MarescaISBN 0802132987 (0-8021-3298-7)
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Much Depends on Dinner: The Extraordinary History and Mythology, Allure and Obsessions, Perils and Taboos, of an Ordinary Mealby Margaret VisserISBN 0802136516 (0-8021-3651-6)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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Visser is the author of three other books: The Rituals of Dinner, The Way We Are and the recent study of an Italian church, The Geography of Love. In all her work she manages to make the sometimes bizarre history utterly fascinating. Aztec cannibals, for instance, were fond of eating something called man-stew mixed with maize. Grisly details aside, this fine book will leave you thoroughly sated and ready for an after-dinner cognac. --Mark Frutkin [via]
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Nathaniel Hawthorne in His Timesby James R. MellowISBN 080185900X (0-8018-5900-X)
Softcover, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
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Winner of the 1983 National Book Award, James R. Mellow's magisterial biography of Nathaniel Hawthorne places America's first great writer in the midst of the literary and cultural turmoil of the early republic. Mellow draws on Hawthorne's letters and notebooks, as well as on perceptive readings of his fiction in recreating the details of Hawthorne's life: the long apprenticeship of the reclusive young author, his romantic courtship of Sophia Peabody, and his travels to Europe at the height of his literary career.
More fascinating still is Mellow's portrayal of Hawthorne's stimulating, complicated relationships with his fellow pioneers in the creation of a uniquely American literature -- Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Herman Melville, Edgar Allan Poe, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Louisa May Alcott. Hawthorne was also a lifelong friend of President Franklin Pierce, and Mellow follows the fortunes of Hawthorne's political career which brought the writer into contact with the era's great politicians -- Daniel Webster, William Lloyd Garrison, Charles Sumner, and Abraham Lincoln. An unparalleled panorama of nineteenth-century American intellectual life, Nathaniel Hawthorne in His Times convincingly traces Hawthorne's literary concerns -- the unspeakable secret guilt, the fall of man, the yearning for a lost paradise -- to the events of his enigmatic life.
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New Worlds for All: Indians, Europeans, and the Remaking of Early Americaby Colin G. CallowayISBN 080185959X (0-8018-5959-X)
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New York Before Chinatown: Orientalism and the Shaping of American Culture, 1776-1882by John Kuo Wei TchenISBN 0801867940 (0-8018-6794-0)
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The Odysseyby Homer, Richard P. Martin, Edward McCrorieISBN 0801882672 (0-8018-8267-2)
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The Odysseyby Richard P. Martin, HomerISBN 0801868548 (0-8018-6854-8)
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when all the rest at Troy had fled from that steep doom
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only this man longed for his wife and a way home."
Homer's Odyssey, at once an exciting epic of strife and subterfuge and a deeply felt tale of love and devotion, stands at the very beginning of the Western literary tradition. From ancient Greece to the present day its influence on later literature has been unsurpassed, and for centuries translators have approached the meter, tone, and pace of Homer's poetry with a variety of strategies. Chapman and Pope paid keen attention to color, drama, and vivacity of style, rendering the Greek verse loosely and inventively. In the twentieth century, translators such as Lattimore kept rigorously close to the sense of each word in the original; others, including Fitzgerald and Fagles, have departed further from the language of the original, employing their own inventive modern style.
Poet and translator Edward McCrorie now opens new territory in this striking rendition, which captures the spare, powerful tone of Homer's epic while engaging contemporary readers with its brisk pace, idiomatic language, and lively characterization. McCrorie closely reproduces the Greek metrical patterns and employs a diction and syntax that reflects the plain, at times stark, quality of Homer's lines, rather than later English poetic styles. Avoiding both the stiffness of word-for-word literalism and the exaggeration and distortion of free adaptation, this translation dramatically evokes the ancient sound and sense of the poem. McCrorie's is truly an Odyssey for the twenty-first century.
To accompany this innovative translation, noted classical scholar Richard Martin has written an accessible and wide-ranging introduction explaining the historical and literary context of the Odyssey, its theological and cultural underpinnings, Homer's poetic strategies and narrative techniques, and his cast of characters. In addition, Martin provides detailed notesfar more extensive than those in other editionsaddressing key themes and concepts; the histories of persons, gods, events, and myths; literary motifs and devices; and plot development. Also included is a pronunciation glossary and character index.
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On Clowns: The Dictator and the Artist Essaysby Norman ManeaISBN 0802133754 (0-8021-3375-4)
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Oranges Are Not the Only Fruitby Jeanette WintersonISBN 0802135161 (0-8021-3516-1)
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Pigeons: The Fascinating Saga of the World's Most Revered And Reviled Birdby Andrew D. BlechmanISBN 0802118348 (0-8021-1834-8)
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The Raw and the Cooked: Adventures of a Roving Gourmandby Jim HarrisonISBN 0802116981 (0-8021-1698-1)
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Religion in Ancient Egypt: Gods, Myths, and Personal Practiceby Byron E. Shafer, Leonard H. Lesko, David SilvermanISBN 0801497868 (0-8014-9786-8)
Softcover, Cornell Univ Pr
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Rituals of Dinner: The Origins, Evolution, Eccentricities, and Meaning of Table Mannersby Margaret VisserISBN 0802111165 (0-8021-1116-5)
Hardcover, Grove Pr
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Sexing the Millennium: Women and the Sexual Revolutionby Linda GrantISBN 0802133495 (0-8021-3349-5)
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Sexual Revolution in Early Americaby Richard GodbeerISBN 0801878918 (0-8018-7891-8)
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Silent Travelers: Germs, Genes, and the "Immigrant Menace"by Alan M. KrautISBN 0801850967 (0-8018-5096-7)
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A Spirited Resistance: The North American Indian Struggle for Unity, 1745-1815by Gregory Evans DowdISBN 0801846099 (0-8018-4609-9)
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The events leading to this vision are the subject of A Spirited Resistance, the poignant story of the Indian movement to challenge Anglo-American expansionism. Departing from the traditional confines of the history of American Indians, Gregory Evans Dowd carefully draws on ethnographic sources to recapture the beliefs, thoughts, and actions of four principal Indian nations-Delaware, Shawnee, Cherokee, and Creek. The result is a sensitive portrayal of the militant Indians-often led by prophets-who came to conceive of themselves as a united people, and launched an intertribal campaign to resist the Anglo-American forces.
Dowd also uncovers the Native American opposition to the movement for unity. That opposition, he finds, was usually the result of divisions within Indian communities rather than intertribal rivalry. In fact, Dowd argues, intertribal enmity had little to do with the ultimate failure of the Indian struggle; it was division within Indian communities, colonial influence on Indian government, and the sheer force of the Anglo-American campaign that brought the Indian resistance movement to an end. An evocative history of long frustration and ultimate failure, A Spirited Resistance tells of a creative people, whose insights, magic, and ritual add a much-needed dimension to our understanding of the American Indian.
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Stories I Stoleby Wendell SteavensonISBN 0802117376 (0-8021-1737-6)
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Storming Heaven: Lsd and the American Dreamby Jay StevensISBN 0802135870 (0-8021-3587-0)
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Sugar Bluesby William F. DuftyISBN 0801959543 (0-8019-5954-3)
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Twilight of the Habsburgs: The Life and Times of Emperor Francis Josephby Alan PalmerISBN 0802115608 (0-8021-1560-8)
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Unclaimed Experience: Trauma, Narrative, and Historyby Cathy CaruthISBN 0801852471 (0-8018-5247-1)
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Variations: Knitting Patterns for More Than 50 Seasonal Designsby Patricia RobertsISBN 0802114903 (0-8021-1490-3)
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Venice, a Maritime Republicby Frederic Chapin LaneISBN 080181460X (0-8018-1460-X)
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War and Society in Renaissance Europe, 1450-1620by J. R. HaleISBN 0801831962 (0-8018-3196-2)
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The War Industries Board: Business-Government Relations During World War Iby Robert D. CuffISBN 0801813603 (0-8018-1360-3)
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War, Technology, and Experience Aboard the Uss Monitorby David A. MindellISBN 0801862507 (0-8018-6250-7)
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When Illness Goes Public: Celebrity Patients And How We Look at Medicineby Barron H. LernerISBN 0801884624 (0-8018-8462-4)
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The World Must Know: The History of the Holocaust As Told in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museumby Michael Berenbaum, Arnold KramerISBN 080188358X (0-8018-8358-X)
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Zola: A Lifeby Frederick BrownISBN 0801854636 (0-8018-5463-6)
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