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In this deeply personal and learned labor of love, R.W.B. Lewis, acclaimed chronicler of such great American cosmopolitans as Edith Wharton and Henry James, provides a new look at the glories of...

World-wide in scope, this volume brings together the work of twenty historians, anthropologists, and literary scholars who have tried to examine the nature of the encounter between Europeans and the...

David Lyman, an almost-middle-aged California composer, enters a passionate affair with a young, brilliant music student from Georgia, with surprising results

The definitive guide for identifying Southern Africa's wildlife Highly portable, concise, and informative, this is the essential guide for identifying Southern Africa's most visible wildlife...

The recent backlash against democracy in such countries as Bolivia, Venezuela, Russia, and Georgia poses renewed concerns about the viability of this regime type in the developing world. Drawing on a...

Illuminating the dynamics of political change in Latin America during the twentieth century, this ambitious work traces the impact of a "critical juncture": a period of fundamental political...