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In the first comparative study of race relations in the postbellum urban South, Howard N. Rabinowitz re-creates the lives of Southern urban blacks durin the years from 1865 to 1890. The author's...

In this stunning follow-up to her prizewinning debut collection (At the Site of Inside Out), Anna Rabinowitz has created a braided and woven language from the turbulence of multiple voices in the act...

A richly illustrated cultural history of the midcentury pulp paperback"There is real hope for a culture that makes it as easy to buy a book as it does a pack of cigarettes."—a civic leader quoted in...

A richly illustrated cultural history of the midcentury pulp paperback "There is real hope for a culture that makes it as easy to buy a book as it does a pack of cigarettes."--a civic leader quoted...

From beloved CBS Sunday Morning correspondent and humorist Mo Rocca, an entertaining and rigorously researched book that celebrates the dead people who have long fascinated him.Mo Rocca has always...

“Rebhorn deserves our gratitude for an eminently persuasive translation. . . . I celebrate his accomplishment.”—Edith GrossmanThe year is 1348. The Black Death has begun to ravage Europe. Ten young...

Never has the relationship between art and nature been more complicated and more fragile, but also richer and more fascinating. The artists and architects in Natural Architecture have transformed the...

Newbery Honor Book! A heartbreakingly hopeful novel in verse about an Indian American girl whose life is turned upside down when her mother is diagnosed with leukemia. * Walter Award Winner * New...

A deeply researched, lively, and personal exploration of the multibillion-dollar wellness industry -- about why women are feeling so un-well and how this trend has shaped our thinking about health...

From Newbery Honor and Walter Award-winning author Rajani LaRocca comes a gripping middle grade fantasy perfect for fans of The Serpent's Secret and The Last Mapmaker. Though music is outlawed in...

A complete edition of the hilarious, bawdy, irreverent masterpiece of medieval Italy—and an inspiration for the Netflix dark comedy The Decameron—in an acclaimed translation In the summer of 1348,...

Set against the background of the Black Death of 1348, Giovanni Boccaccio's undisputed masterpiece recaptures both the tragedies and comedies of medieval life and is surely one of the greatest...

A Cura Di Piero Boccardo ; Con La Collaborazione Di Clario Di Fabio, Anna Orlando, Farida Simonetti. At Head Of Title: Genova, Palazzo Ducale. Published In Conjunction With The Exhibition Held In...

Il volume si apre con un saggio visuale, una sorta di introduzione per immagini sui temi e sulla presenza dell'imperatore nella storia attraverso testimonianze dall'antichità al XX secolo, seguita da...

The #1 bestselling chapter book series of all time celebrates 25 years with new covers and a new, easy-to-use numbering system!A castle with a secret passage! That's what Jack and Annie find when the...