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From master storyteller J. M. G. Le Clézio, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, the search for treasure in a childhood Eden. "For as long as I can remember," the author writes, "I heard the sea...

James Merrill's new collection, The Inner Room, combines symmetry with surprise.The first and last of its five parts include, in addition to diverse two masterly long poems each ('Morning Glory' and...

"I have been waiting for a book like this, and I’m so glad it's here." — Clint Smith, author of How the Word is Passed Since the nation’s founding, Black Americans have had a unique perspective on...

[1.] A Note On Soviet Poetry: On A Generation That Squandered Its Poets / Roman Jakobson -- Akhmatova And Mayakovsky / Korney Chukovsky -- The Unshackled Voice: Anna Akhmatova / Andrey Sinyavsky --...

A path-breaking exploration of how space, place, and scale influenced the production and circulation of scientific knowledge in the nineteenth century.Over the past twenty years, scholars have...

From the author of Pulitzer Prize finalist Hitler in Los Angeles, the definitive story of the rise and fall of hate groups in America from 1945 until the late 1970s, and of the intrepid activists and...

In Writing Genres, Amy J. Devitt examines genre from rhetorical, social, linguistic, professional, and historical perspectives and explores genre's educational uses, making this volume the most...

The "brilliant, funny, meaningful novel" (The New Yorker) that established J. D. Salinger as a leading voice in American literature--and that has instilled in millions of readers around the world a...

Illuminated with illustrations, an exploration of medieval manuscript production that offers insight into both the early history of the book and life in the Middle Ages. This book takes the reader...

"In this twenty-fifth anniversary edition, you will find John a "soul friend" on your own journey through life, offering support and solace, clarity, and consciousness--expanding narratives that...

How FBI surveillance influenced African American writingFew institutions seem more opposed than African American literature and J. Edgar Hoover's white-bread Federal Bureau of Investigation. But...

Essays from the award-winning Dostoevsky biographerIn this book, acclaimed Dostoevsky biographer Joseph Frank explores some of the most important aspects of nineteenth and twentieth century Russian...

Philip J. Deloria’s classic exploration of white America’s drive to “play Indian,” from the Boston Tea Party to the New Age“[A] brilliant book. . . . This book reminds us that at least one question...

In the midst of spiraling ecological devastation, multispecies feminist theorist Donna J. Haraway offers provocative new ways to reconfigure our relations to the earth and all its inhabitants. She...

Now in its third edition, "The Rights of Patients" has long been considered the definitive guide to understanding the legal and ethical issues patients face in our often mismanaged healthcare system...

A comprehensive introduction to the natural history of ponds, small lakes, and other quiet or still bodies of water in the eastern United States This richly illustrated guide introduces readers to...

An "astute" and "insightful" (Financial Times) exploration of the forces that keep us from getting things done, and how we can restore confidence in government America was once a country that did big...

Mexico's struggle for independence was as much a series of civil wars and failed social revolutions as it was a war to separate Mexico from Spain. Some Mexicans fought to bring profound social change...

Even though they are immersed in sex-saturated society, millions of teens are pledging to remain virgins until their wedding night. How are evangelical Christians persuading young people to wait...

Deemed by Heinrich Heine a city of merchants where poets go to die, Hamburg was an improbable setting for a major intellectual movement. Yet it was there, at the end of World War I, at a new...