As the Vietnam War grinds on and the Nixon presidency collapses, Del “Minnow” Finwick's small world in Wisconsin has blown apart. His father, a deputy sheriff, has been murdered... Læs mere
This comprehensive and sweeping assessment of Brazilian studies in the United States examines trends and perspectives, providing an overview of the writings by the foremost US scholars of Brazil since 1945.
A candid and revelatory memoir of simultaneously falling in love with the Catholic faith and with another woman.
The essays in Goddesses and Monsters recognize popular culture as a primary repository of ancient mythic energies, images, narratives, personalities, icons and archetypes.
A selection of poetry covering the full range of Hellenistic poetic genres, this anthology includes translations of ""Argonautica"" and eight of Theocritus's ""Idylls"". The author has also written ""The Hellenistic Aesthetic"".
Of the Rosenbluth family, only the older children, Faiga and Luzer, had gone into hiding before the SS rounded up the Jews of Kanczuga, Poland. ""Hidden"" is Faiga and Luzer's story.
Georg Brandes was a prominent writer, thinker, and speaker, who often examined intellectual topics beyond the literary criticism he was best known for. In this collection, William Banks has translated a number of Brandes's pieces that engage in the concerns of oppressed peoples.
After fleeing Latvia as a child, Anna Duja escapes Russian confinement in displaced persons camps and eventually arrives in America. Years later, she finds herself in... Læs mere
Full of humor, profundity, and obsession, these are tales of writers on peregrine paths. Some set out in search of legends or artistic inspiration;... Læs mere
German Jews were fully assimilated and secularized in the nineteenth century - or so it is commonly assumed. Nils... Læs mere