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Andrea Stone
Black Prison Intellectuals

Recovering critical, understudied writings from early archives, this book calls into question the idea that the Black prison intellectual movement began in the twentieth century, tracing the arc of Black …

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Kristen Lopez
But Have You Read the Book? Romance Edition

For film buffs and literature lovers alike, Turner Classic Movies presents an essential guide to 40 cinema classics and the enduring love stories that served as their heart-tugging inspiration.What makes …

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John Edgar Wideman
Slaveroad

"Master of language" (The New York Times ) John Edgar Wideman uses his unique generational position to explore what he calls the "slaveroad," offering "a fresh perspective of slav…

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Kendra Strand
An Unfamiliar Place

In mid-fourteenth-century Japan, amid decades of civil unrest caused by a violent rivalry over imperial succession, three men embarked on journeys that would lead them to reimagine their world: the second…

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Matthew Wright,
Euripides and Quotation Culture

"Presenting a new approach to Euripides' plays, this book explores the playwright's ancient tragedies in relation to quotation culture. Treating extant works and lost works side-by-side, Matthew Wrig…

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Andrea Stone
Black Prison Intellectuals

Recovering critical, understudied writings from early archives, this book calls into question the idea that the Black prison intellectual movement began in the twentieth century, tracing the arc of Black …

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Paula Byrne
Hardy Women

A Book of the Year in The Times, Guardian, Independent, New Statesman, Bookseller and at Waterstones'He understands only the women he invents - the others not at all'Thomas Hardy is one of the most belove…

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Ari Kaplan,
From Krakow to Krypton: Jews and Comic Books

The creators of such famous comic books as "Superman, Spider-Man, X-Men," and "Batman"--as well as the founders of "MAD" Magazine--were Jewish. This oversized, full-color vol…

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Talila Kosh Wollner,
Marta's Notebooks

Decades after that war, when she was hospitalized in a psychiatric ward suffering from deep depression, Marta Wollner, a Holocaust survivor, wrote her memoir. Comprising a an intimate and historical testi…

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Teaching Politically

"Teaching Politically addresses a pair of important and resonant issues in universities in the U.S. and elsewhere: how one teaches and learns under political pressure and surveillance, and how one ta…

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Bob Dylan
The Nobel Lecture

On October 13, 2016, Bob Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, recognizing his countless contributions to music and letters over the last fifty years. Some months later, he delivered an accepta…

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From Camp Douglas to Vicksburg

"Wars change the course of history and touch in intensely personal ways the lives of everyone involved. Thankfully, surviving firsthand accounts offer modern readers a deeply personal window into ear…

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Laozi,
Daodejing

Grounded in a lifetime of research and interpretive work and informed by careful study of recent archeological discoveries of alternate versions of the text, Brook Ziporyn, one of the preeminent explicato…

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Richard Jenkyns
The Path from Aulis

The first book to re-assess the Oresteia for a new generation of Classicists. Bridging between the disciplines of Classics, literary studies, gender studies, moral philosophy, and theories of imagery, Jen…

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Laurence Bergreen
Jules Verne and the Invention of the Future

From the acclaimed biographer of explorers Magellan, Columbus, and Francis Drake comes a unique exploration of life and influence of Jules Verne, the novelist whose mind spun the greatest adventures ever …

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Evelyn McDonnell
The World According to Joan Didion

**INDIE BESTSELLER**A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2023 by The Millions • B&N Best Books of 2023 •"Shaped by intellectual rigor and artistic grace ... McDonnell's portrait is vibrant, fluent, sensiti…

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Karl Kerényi,
Eleusis

A landmark account of the Eleusinian Mysteries by one of the leading mythologists of the twentieth centuryThe Sanctuary of Eleusis near Athens was the center of a religious cult that endured for nearly tw…

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Steve Courtney
Bewitching Place

A Bewitching Place: The Story of the Mark Twain House in Hartford is the official guide to The Mark Twain House & Museum, an institution dedicated to preserving the author's home, literary legacy, and…

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Karl Kerényi,
Zeus and Hera

A landmark study of the archetypal father, husband, and wife in Greek religion and mythWhat did Zeus mean to the Greeks of antiquity? Who was Hera, archetypally united with Zeus as if they were a human co…

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Robin Smith
Aristotle: On Sophistical Refutations

The Clarendon Aristotle Series is designed for both students and professionals. It provides accurate translations of selected Aristotelian texts, accompanied by incisive commentaries that focus on philoso…

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