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BAAL is a work at once brutal, coarse, and tender that pictures an "amoral" life ruthless in its consistency. A MAN'S A MAN probes individuality and social roles, transecnding locality and topicality...

Solzhenitsyn's narrative of his tenyear battle to outwit Russian officials and have his works published in his own country recounts his struggles from the moment of his release from Gulag through the...

Looks at Hitler's first year in power through the stories of the American ambassador, Hitler's chief of the foreign press, a Jewish society reporter, and the first head of the Gestapo

This revised edition of a cross-cultural study of rituals surrounding death has become a standard text in anthropology, sociology, and religion. Part of its fascination and success is that in...

This volume of Princeton Readings in Religions brings together the work of more than thirty scholars of Islam and Muslim societies in South Asia to create a rich anthology of primary texts that...

From Art galleries, Bowler hats, and Cockneys to Weather, Umbrellas, and Zebra crossings, an alphabetical, pocket-sized tour through 1950s LondonFirst published in 1953, the year that saw thousands...

By William E. Metcalf. Includes Bibliographical References (p. Xi-xiv).

Book by Metcalf, Peter

"Inspiring...breathtaking." -- School Library Journal (STARRED REVIEW) "Stunning." -- Horn Book (STARRED REVIEW) A poetic odyssey through space with the groundbreaking Voyager 2 probe--past Earth,...

Focusing on the private and public use of space, this volume explores the religious life of the new Muslim communities in North America and Europe. Unlike most studies of immigrant groups, these...