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Flowers in the Snow: The Life of Isobel Wylie Hutchison (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Paints a vivid portrait of a woman gloriously out of the step with the conventions of her time. Over the course of a dozen years, Scottish plant... Læs mere
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The Robber (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Tells the story of a dreamer on a journey of self-discovery. This novel is a hybrid of love story, tragedy, and farce, with a protagonist who sweet-talks teaspoons, flirts with important... Læs mere
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Wakinyan: Lakota Religion in the Twentieth Century (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Presents an overview of Lakota religious thought and practice, introducing readers to its essential components. Through finely detailed descriptions of... Læs mere
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Beyond Papillon: The French Overseas Penal Colonies, 1854-1952 (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Through an analysis of criminal case files, administrative records, and prisoner biographies, this book reconstructs life in the penal colonies and examines how the social sciences, tropical medicine, and sensational journalism evaluated and exploited the inmates' experiences.
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Degeneration (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Max Nordau was a famous writer, a practicing physician, a bourgeois examplar of enterprise and energy when his "Degeneration" appeared in Germany in 1892. He argued that the spirit of the... Læs mere
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Italian Fascism: Its Origins and Development, Third Edition (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Disagreeing with interpretations of the Fascist movement and regime as "revolutionary" and "leftist", this work, while not ignoring the... Læs mere
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Russian Formalist Criticism: Four Essays, Second Edition (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
The Russian formalists emerged from the Russian Revolution with ideas about the independence of literature. They enjoyed that independence until... Læs mere
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Palimpsests: Literature in the Second Degree (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
One of Gérard Genette’s most important works, this examines the manifold relationships a text may have with prior texts. Genette describes the multiple ways a... Læs mere
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The Forbidden Woman (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Tells the story of Sultana, an Algerian woman doctor who, after years spent living in France, returns to her native village in order to attend the funeral of a former lover. This book explores the clash between her origins and the Westernized life she now leads.
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The Mexican Revolution, Volume 2: Counter-revolution and Reconstruction (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Begins with the army counter-revolution of 1913, which ended Francisco Madero's liberal experiment and installed Victoriano Huerta's... Læs mere
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The Space of Literature: A Translation of "L'Espace Litteraire" (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Explores the process of reading as well as the nature of artistic creativity, all the while considering the relation of the literary work to time, to history, and to death. This work reflects on literature and the unique demand it makes upon our attention.
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Mindgames: Phil Jackson's Long Strange Journey (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Follows the journey of Phil Jackson to the top of basketball's coaching hierarchy.
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