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Surviving the Slaughter: The Ordeal of a Rwandan Refugee in Zaire (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
In this firsthand account of inexplicable brutality, day-to-day suffering, and survival, Marie Beatrice Umutesi sheds light on ""the other genocide"" that targeted the Hutu refugees of Rwanda after the victory of the Rwandan Patriotic Front in 1994.
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The Tenement Saga: The Lower East Side and Early Jewish American Writers (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Two million Jewish men, women, and children from Eastern Europe came to the Lower East Side of New York City between 1882 and 1924. Sanford Sternlicht tells of his own childhood in this neighborhood and puts it within the context of early 20th-century East Side writers
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The Year We Studied Women (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
In this intimate first poetry collection, Bruce Snider explores the intricacies of memory, loss and identity. A farmer finds the body of a dead child, a boy watches his mother get ready for a date, an overweight sister shares a cupcake.
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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Three prospectors find treasure and loss in John Huston's screenplay for his acclaimed 1948 film with Humphrey Bogart, Walter and John Huston and Alfonso Bedoya. This... Læs mere
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Twilight at the Equator: A Novel (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Colombian-born Santiago Martinez starts his adult life as a young gay writer living in Spain. Years later, as a university professor in New York City, Santiago is called... Læs mere
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Widescreen Dreams: Growing Up Gay at the Movies (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
This is the author's memoir of moving through childhood to gay adulthood through visceral encounters with Hollywood movies: ""Hello Dolly!"", ""The Poseidon Adventure"", ""Dog Day Afternoon"" and ""The Sound of Music"" Oz"".
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Goddesses and Monsters: Women, Myth, Power, and Popular Culture (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
The essays in Goddesses and Monsters recognize popular culture as a primary repository of ancient mythic energies, images, narratives, personalities, icons and archetypes.
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EDUCATION and the CULTURE of PRINT in MODERN AMERICA (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)Levering: Skaffevare (forvent 14 - 30 hverdage)
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Mystery, Violence, and Popular Culture (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Mystery, Violence, and Popular Culture is John G. Cawelti's discussion of American popular culture and violence, from its precursors in Homer and Shakespeare to the... Læs mere
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Joyce's Critics: Transitions in Reading and Culture (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
This broad study of how James Joyce's work was received in the Anglophone world, written for both academic and lay readers, shows how the reading of... Læs mere
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Wild Man (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Part autobiographical journal, part social-historical novel, this book tracks Tobias Scheebaum's almost epic life story, from his youth through his life in Peru, Borneo and beyond.
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How to Learn More in Less Time (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
The Study Smart Series, designed for students from junior high school through lifelong learning programs, teaches skills for research and note-taking, provides exercises to improve grammar, and reveals secrets for putting these skills together in great essays.
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