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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...

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...

"American Pulp tells the story of the midcentury golden age of pulp paperbacks and how they brought modernism to Main Street, democratized literature and ideas, spurred social mobility, and helped...

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 pathbreaking new perspective on the ways ancient societies were shaped and transformed by slave tradingThe growing economies of ancient Greece and Rome created an ever-increasing demand for...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

In this evocative picture book, award-winning author Rajani LaRocca and newcomer Sayan Mukherjee illustrate the traditions leading up to the holiday. We are the light— the light of good that defeats...

Larocca, Donald J.

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...

“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...

"This volume is the first in-depth examination of the fascinating and virtually unknown subject of armor and weapons from Tibet. Not only the birthplace of Tibetan Buddhism, one of the world's great...