This is the first collection of the poems of Mary Austin (1868-1934), a prominent environmental, feminist, and western writer of the American Southwest.
Offers an overview of the ways in which Middle Eastern cities can be studied. This book includes essays that explore the interconnectedness between... Læs mere
Like many of their characters, Joyce and Beckett were superb musicians, creators of performance, and they sought both to evoke... Læs mere
Serves as a comprehensive field guide to the mushrooms of the southeastern United States. Featuring more than 450 species, this volume includes descriptions... Læs mere
Focusing specifically on Jordanian and Palestinian women, Sonbol shows the legal constraints extant in a number of legal codes, namely penal codes that permit violence against Muslim women and personal status laws that require a husband's permission for a woman to work.
Literary, lyrical, and cuttingly satiric, Mother India is a brilliantly original novel about Jews who go to India to find transformation and eternal release. The novel is populated by the... Læs mere
As one of Currier & Ives's leading artists, Frances (“Fanny”) Bond Palmer (1812-1876) was a major lithographer whose prints reached a mass... Læs mere
Depicts the childhood of Murtada al-Shamikh and his return forty years later to his home in the medina or old city of Tunis. After being taken from his mother and raised... Læs mere
The title is a collection of Adirondack landscapes taken along Dr. Daniel Way's travels, mingled with portraits of his patients... Læs mere
Pesach'ke Burstein, an old trouper from the Yiddish theatre, recalls dramas both onstage and off in this memoir, which he dictated to his... Læs mere
On September 23, 1957, Carmen Basilio defeated Sugar Ray Robinson to win the middleweight championship of the world. Basilio's story celebrates... Læs mere
Challenges the conventional view of television as lowbrow entertainment devoid of intellectual activity. Rather, Fägersten champions the use of fictional television to learn... Læs mere