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Rania M Mahmoud
Female Voices and Egyptian Independence

"This book offers a nuanced analysis of the ways in which Egyptian and British novels represent the Egyptian nationalist project in its struggle against British hegemony in the aftermath of two revol…

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Anne Hillerman,
Tony Hillerman's Landscape

A photographic journey through the landscapes of Tony Hillermans novels, narrated by his daughter, Anne, with an introduction by the late author. Step into the world of Tony Hillermans novels with this st…

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Gregg Hecimovich
The Life and Times of Hannah Crafts

WINNER OF THE LA TIMES BOOK PRIZE FOR BIOGRAPHYAMERICAN BOOK AWARD WINNERFINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR BIOGRAPHYA groundbreaking study of the first Black female novelist and her …

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Ed Simon
Devil's Contract

"Lively . . . excoriating, eloquent . . . We are all Faustians now." --- James Wood, The New Yorker A devilishly fascinating tour of the Faustian bargain through the ages, from brimstone to blue…

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William Grady
Redrawing the Western

A history of American Western genre comics and how they interacted with contemporaneous political and popular culture.

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Kate Loveman
The Strange History of Samuel Pepys's Diary

"Kate Loveman explores the creation of the most famous English diary, how it came to be published, and the many remarkable roles it has since played in British culture. In so doing, she shows how Pep…

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Rachana Kamtekar
Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy

Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy is a volume of original articles on all aspects of ancient philosophy. The articles may be of substantial length, and include critical notices of major books. OSAP is …

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Leon Battista Alberti,
Dinner Pieces

A collection of stories meant to be read while dining and drinking, the Dinner Pieces , or Intercenales, are among Alberti's most innovative works. They constitute an important monument in the history of …

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Tony Hsu
Chasing the Modern

At the height of his literary prowess, Xu Zhimo was the most famous living poet in all of China. With his round spectacles and aristocratic profile, Xu had a face that became as iconic as his poetry. Duri…

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Sachiko Kusukawa
Andreas Vesalius

A revisionist biography of Andreas Vesalius--the father of modern anatomy--as deeply shaped by Renaissance culture.In 1543 the young and ambitious physician Andreas Vesalius published one of the most famo…

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Horror in Classical Antiquity and Beyond

A conceptual and cultural history of 'horror' as effect, concept, experience and emotion in Graeco-Roman antiquity and beyond.

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The Oxford Handbook of Monsters in Classical Myth

The Oxford Handbook of Monsters in Classical Myth presents forty chapters about the unique and terrifying creatures from myths of the long-ago Near East and Mediterranean world, featuring authoritative co…

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Natalie Prizel
Victorian Ethical Optics

Explores the way that characters and figures in Victorian literature and visual art encountered and observed the bodies of others, particularly those bodies which were aberrant, deformed, and disabled.

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Homa Katouzian
Humour in Iran

"Humorous and satirical writing is a prevalent yet little-discussed aspect of Persian literature, from the classical poets to contemporary writers. This book offers a chronological overview and antho…

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The Collected Works of Wyndham Lewis: Left Wings Over Europe

Part of the Collected Works of Wyndham Lewis critical edition, which brings together all of Wyndham Lewis's published writings for the first time, this is a scholarly edition of an inflammatory political …

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Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy, Volume 63

Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy is a volume of original articles on all aspects of ancient philosophy. The articles may be of substantial length, and include critical notices of major books. OSAP is …

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Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy, Volume 63

Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy is a volume of original articles on all aspects of ancient philosophy. The articles may be of substantial length, and include critical notices of major books. OSAP is …

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Jeremy Dauber
The Worlds of Sholem Aleichem

Part of the Jewish Encounters seriesThe first comprehensive biography of one of the most beloved authors of all time: the creator of Tevye the Dairyman, the collection of stories that inspired Fiddler on …

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Binyavanga Wainaina,
How to Write about Africa

From one of Africa's most influential and eloquent essayists, a posthumous collection that highlights his biting satire and subversive wisdom on topics from travel to cultural identity to sexuality"A…

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Priyasha Mukhopadhyay
Required Reading

How ordinary forms of writing---including manuals, petitions, almanacs, and magazines---shaped the way colonial subjects understood their place in empireIn Required Reading , Priyasha Mukhopadhyay offers …

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