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From multi-award-winning, literary legend Ursula K. Le Guin comes a speculative fiction classic, The Eye of the Heron.In Victoria on a former prison colony, two exiled groups—the farmers of Shantih...

Now And Then is not merely a collection of a songwriter's lyrics; the song-poems of this undisputed 'bluesologist' triumphantly stand on their own, evoking the rhythm and urgency which have...

This vibrant 3-volume set explores Banksy’s iconic works through the lens of some of his most powerful symbols—rats, monkeys, and children.Whether he’s protesting war, challenging societal norms, or...

The weird—and weirdly delightful—adventures of fiction’s first occult detective.Flaxman Low, literature’s first professional, full-time “occult detective,” i.e., an intrepid investigator who deploys...

Storable votes are a simple voting scheme that allows the minority to win occasionally, while treating every voter equally. Because the minority wins only when it cares strongly about a decision...

In this book, the "humanitarianism" of the unpeopled land and townscapes is related to an obsession with pathos in the artist's melancholy allegories and existential portraits. A unique feature of...

First published in 1970 and digging the rhythms of the street, where the biggest deal life has to offer is getting high, THE VULTURE is a hip and fast-moving thriller. It relates the strange story of...

This book accompanies a major exhibition devoted to portraits created by Austrian artist Egon Schiele, whose figurative work exhibits intense emotion and technical brilliance. Egon Schiele...

Licofrone ; A Cura Di Massimo Fusillo, André Hurst, Guido Paduano. Italian And Greek Text On Facing Pages, With Annotations In Italian. Includes Bibliographical References.

An authoritative interdisciplinary account of the historic discovery of gravitational wavesIn 1915, Albert Einstein predicted the existence of gravitational waves—ripples in the fabric of spacetime...

Ordinary people seek connections to the natural world and each other in the poems of The Heronry, a collection that presents a series of spiritual encounters in the form of praise poems, lyric...

A candid inquiry into the intertwining of religious and sexual fervor, and a telling portrait of the United States at the end of the nineteenth century, this novel foreshadows the rise of naturalism...

Un petit peuple issu d'Europe s'est établi "au Nord du monde" , dans une solitude glacée où il s'acharne à survivre. Mais, au fil des siècles, les communications s'espacent, puis s'interrompent...

This dynamic collection presents a new way of writing national and global histories while developing our understanding of France in the world through short, provocative essays that range from...

From one of the foremost medievalists of our time, a groundbreaking work on history and memory that goes well beyond the life of this influential saint.   Elected bishop of Milan by popular acclaim...

Book by James C. Juhnke

Greenberg, C. Avant-garde Attitudes.--brook, D. Flight From The Object.--mitchell, C. Very Like A Whale.--hutchings, P. Some Contemporary Realisms.--wollheim, R. Style Now.--heron, P. The Shape Of...