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David E. Whisnant / Rascally Signs in Sacred Places (Large Paperback)

H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman Series Rascally Signs in Sacred Places: The Politics of Culture in Nicaragua David E. Whisnant     David Whisnant provides a comprehensive analysis of the dynamic relationship between culture,...

Bianca Pitzorno / The Seamstress of Sardinia (Large Paperback)

A bestselling Italian writer makes her American debut with this delightful dramedy of manners, family, romance, and fashion that is set on the island of Sardinia at the end of the nineteenth century--a dazzling and original literary blend of Jane...

Tony Judt/ Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 (Large Paperback)

Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 #1-4 Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 Tony Judt     Tony Judt's Postwar makes one lament the overuse of the word "groundbreaking." It is an unprecedented accomplishment: the...

Katherine Verdery / What Was Socialism, and What Comes Next? (Large Paperback)

Among the first anthropologists to work in Eastern Europe, Katherine Verdery had built up a significant base of ethnographic and historical expertise when the major political transformations in the region began to take place. In this collection of...

Wisława Szymborska / View with a Grain of Sand: Selected Poems (Large Paperback)

In these one-hundred poems Wisława Szymborska portrays a world of astonishing diversity and richness, in which nature is wise and prodigal and fate unpredictable, if not mischevious. With acute irony tempered by a generous curiousity, she documents...

Liah Greenfeld / Nationalism: Five Roads to Modernity (Large Paperback)

Trilogy of Nationalism #1 Nationalism: Five Roads to Modernity Liah Greenfeld     Nationalism is a movement and a state of mind that brings together national identity, consciousness, and collectivities. It accomplished the...

Stephen R. Graubard / A New Europe for the Old? (Large Paperback)

Since 1989, it has been possible to review what has been published both at home and abroad on the communist states of Central and Eastern Europe and, no less importantly, on the Soviet Union itself, from a new perspective. Few have chosen to engage...

Pauline Marie Rosenau / Post-Modernism and the Social Sciences (Large Paperback)

Post-modernism offers a revolutionary approach to the study of society: in questioning the validity of modern science and the notion of objective knowledge, this movement discards history, rejects humanism, and resists any truth claims. In this...

Péter Esterházy / Not Art (Large Paperback)

Winner of the 2004 Peace Prize—Germany’s most prestigious literary honor—Peter Esterhazy, author of the acclaimed Celestial Harmonies, offers us Not Art, a uniquely brilliant novelized exploration of his...

J. Hoberman / The Red Atlantis (Large Paperback)

Argues that Communism produced a complex culture with a dialectical relation to both modernism and itself. Offering examples ranging from the Stalinist show trial to Franz Kafka's posthumous career as a dissident writer, this book says that Communism...

Aleksandar Hemon (Editor) / Best European Fiction 2012 (Large Paperback)

Now in its third year, the Best European Fiction series has become a mainstay in the literary landscape, each year featuring new voices from throughout Europe alongside more established names such as Hilary Mantel, Jean-Philippe Toussaint,...

Mark Robert Waldman (Editor )/ The Spirit of Writing (Large Paperback)

  The Spirit of Writing: Classic and Contemporary Essays Celebrating the Writing Life Mark Robert Waldman (Editor ), Eaton Hamilton (Contributor), Tom Bradley     In this compilation of essays by...

Brubaker / Ethnicity without Groups (Large Paperback)

Despite a quarter-century of constructivist theorizing in the social sciences and humanities, ethnic groups continue to be conceived as entities and cast as actors. Journalists, policymakers, and researchers routinely frame accounts of ethnic,...

William P. Germano / Getting It Published (Large Paperback)

  A Guide for Scholars and Anyone Else Serious about Serious Books   Writers and publishers depend on one another, but it often seems as if they speak two different languages. Getting It Published is a lively, insider's guide to...

Jiří Gruša / The Questionnaire (Large Paperback)

The Questionnaire Jiří Gruša, Peter Kussi (Translator), Josef Škvorecký (Preface)     Originally circulated in Czechoslovakia in an underground edition of nineteen typewritten...

Istvan Pogany / The Roma Cafe (Large Paperback)

Human Rights and the Plight of the Romani People Istvan Pogany     Written in a lively and accessible style, and illustrated throughout with photographs, The Roma Cafe is a poignant and intriguing analysis of the diverse problems...

Ivan Klíma/ The Spirit of Prague and Other Essays (Large Paperback)

In this collection of political and personal essays, the novelist Ivan Klima charts five decades in the history of Czechoslovakia -- from the Nazi occupation to the Velvet Revolution. Klima invokes the spirit of the city that shaped him: ironical,...

John Storey / An Introductory Guide to Cultural Theory and Popular Culture (Large Paperback)

This text presents a survey of the competing theories of and various approaches to popular culture. This edition includes new sections on popular culture and carnivalesque, and on postmodernism and the pluralism of value.   238 pages,...

James Reston Jr. / The Last Apocalypse (Large Paperback)

Accomplished historical author James Reston, Jr., presents the enthralling saga of how the Christian kingdoms converted, conquered, and slaughtered their way to dominance in Europe as the year 1000 approached. Through Reston's brilliant...

Jane A. Plant / Prostate Cancer : Understand, Prevent and Overcome (Large Paperback)

  A GROUND-BREAKING BOOK FOR PROSTATE CANCER SUFFERERS FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF YOUR LIFE IN YOUR HANDS Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer (after lung cancer) among men. Professor Jane Plant's international bestseller Your...

Homi K. Bhabha / The Location of Culture (Large Paperback)

Rethinking questions of identity, social agency and national affiliation, Bhabha provides a working, if controversial, theory of cultural hybridity - one that goes far beyond previous attempts by others. In The Location of Culture , he uses concepts...

Miklós Molnár / A Concise History of Hungary (Large Paperback)

Cambridge Concise Histories A Concise History of Hungary Miklós Molnár, Anna Magyar (Translator)     This book offers a comprehensive thousand-year history of the land, people, society, culture and economy...

Robert Hollinger / Postmodernism and the Social Sciences (Large Paperback)

The major themes of postmodernist writing are demystified in this introductory text. Robert Hollinger reviews key postmodern discussions on critical topics such as values, identity, and the self and society. He compares postmodern thinking with that...

Arthur Asa Berger / Cultural Criticism (Large Paperback)

Cultural Criticism: A Primer of Key Concepts Arthur Asa Berger     In this guide to cultural criticism, Arthur Asa Berger presents complex concepts in jargon-free language, making the book an ideal introductory text. It covers...

Stephen Duncombe (Editor) / Cultural Resistance Reader (Large Paperback)

Stephen Duncombe (Editor), Theodor W. Adorno (Contributor), Matthew Arnold (Contributor), Mikhail Bakhtin (Contributor), Jean Baudrillard (Contributor)    From the Diggers seizing St...

David McKittrick / Endgame (Large Paperback)

The Search for Peace in Northern Ireland   This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the picture it will be the same author and title. Removing existing stickers from a second hand book...

Bonnie C. Wade / Thinking Musically (Large Paperback)

Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture Bonnie C. Wade     As the cornerstone of the Global Music Series, Thinking Musically, Third Edition, explores musical diversity by integrating the sounds and traditions of world cultures...

Ladislav Holy / The Little Czech and the Great Czech Nation (Large Paperback)

Cambridge Studies in Social Anthropology #103 The Little Czech and the Great Czech Nation: National Identity and the Post-Communist Social Transformation Ladislav Holy     Ladislav Holy brings to this timely study of...

Sabrina P. Ramet (Editor) / The Radical Right in Central and Eastern Europe Since 1989 (Large Paperback)

With the collapse of Communism in Central and Eastern Europe between 1989 and 1991, right-wing extremist parties have emerged and claimed a prominence that they have not enjoyed since the early 1940s. The Radical Right in Central and Eastern Europe...

Steven Mithen / The Singing Neanderthals (Large Paperback)

The propensity to make music is the most mysterious, wonderful, and neglected feature of this is where Steven Mithen began, drawing together strands from archaeology, anthropology, psychology, neuroscience--and, of course, musicology--to explain why...

Eric Gordy / The Culture of Power in Serbia (Large Paperback)

Nationalism and the Destruction of Alternatives Eric Gordy     How does the regime of Slobodan Milošević and his Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) remain in power? Since legitimizing its power in 1990, the SPS has never...

Rob Sheppard / Digital Photographer's Complete Guide to HD Video (Large Paperback)

HD video is one of the hottest new features on digital SLR cameras, and photographers are eager to understand how it works and optimize their results. Rob Sheppard and Michael Guncheon, longtime digital experts and contributors to HD Video Pro...

Andrea Canobbio / The Natural Disorder of Things (Large Paperback)

Claudio Fratta is a garden designer at the height of his career; a naturally solitary man, a tender, playful companion to his nephews, and a considerate colleague. But under his amiable exterior simmers a quiet rage, and a desire to punish the...

James Naughton / Traveller's Literary Companion: Eastern & Central Europe (Large Paperback)

The Traveller's Literary Companion brings the countries of Eastern and Central Europe to you in the words of novelists, poets, and travel writers, including Milan Kundera, Joseph Conrad, Vaclav Havel, Franz Kafka, and many others.An accessible and...

Jáchym Topol / City Sister Silver (Large Paperback)

Winner of the Egon Hostovský Prize as the best Czech book of the year, this epic novel powerfully captures the sense of dislocation that followed the Czechs’ newfound freedom in 1989. More than just the story of its young...

Jennifer Lash / Blood Ties (Large Paperback)

Set mainly in Ireland, Jennifer Lash's dark, exhilarating novel is about the redemptive power of love. It tells of Violet Farr and her loveless marriage, her wild, unfathomable son and his illegitimate son, all of them bound together in a repeating...

Janet Wright / Reflexology and Acupressure (Large Paperback)

A practical guide to the drug-free, hands-on therapies of reflexology and acupressure - Endorsement by expert consultant therapists - Easy-to-follow treatments to combat everyday ailments - Gentle treatment tips to suit everyone, including children and...

Chris Alden / In Print (Large Paperback)

    This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the picture it will be the same author and title. Removing existing stickers from a second hand book may damage it, so we refrain...

Steve Erickson / Our Ecstatic Days (Large Paperback)

  Kristin #2 Our Ecstatic Days In the waning summer days, a lake appears almost overnight in the middle of Los Angeles. Out of fear and love, a young single mother commits a desperate convinced that the lake means to take her small son...

Bentley Little / The Vanishing (Large Paperback)

With his novels, “Bentley Little has created nothing less than a nightmarishly brilliant tour de force of modern life in America.”— Publishers Weekly (starred review)In Beverly Hills, a wealthy CEO goes on a bloody rampage and...

Finding the Treasure / Finding the Treasure (Large Paperback)

This book analyzes where religious life is going on the dawn of the next century and what elements remain since the profound changes that are a valuable basis for future growth.   This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same...

David Galenson / Artistic Capital (Large Paperback)

At what stage of their careers do great artists produce their most important work? In a series of studies that bring new insights and new dimensions to the study of artistic creativity, Galenson’s new book examines the careers of more than one...

Elizabeth Kolbert / Under a White Sky (Large Paperback)

The Nature of the Future Elizabeth Kolbert     CHOSEN BY BILL GATES AS A MUST-READ FOR SUMMER 2021ONE OF THE SUNDAY TIMES 'BOOKS OF 2021''Important, necessary, urgent and phenomenally interesting' HELEN MACDONALD, New York TimesThe...

Tony Humphreys /Breakthrough (Large Paperback)

The Power of the Interrupted Relationship   Tony Humphreys, Helen Ruddle 4.50 6 ratings0 reviews The high prevalence of couple conflict and marital breakdown causes considerable suffering to the individuals...

D.K. Publishing / E-New York (Large Paperback)

Eyewitness Travel Guides E-New York D.K. Publishing     Find your corner of New York City with this essential travel guide to this great city, designed to help you create your own unique trip and to transport you there before...

Saul David /Crucible of Hell (Large Paperback)

From award-winning historian Saul David, an action-packed and powerful new narrative of the Battle of Okinawa – one of the greatest battles to take place across air, land and sea, and one of the most extraordinary, unusual episodes of the...

Jonathan Hafetz / The Guantánamo Lawyers (Large Paperback)

Inside a Prison Outside the Law Jonathan Hafetz, Jonathan Hafetz     Read free excerpts from the book at http: //www.theguantanamolawyers.com and explore the complete archive of narratives at http: //dlib.nyu...

D'Este / Eisenhower: A Soldier's Life (Large Paperback)

"An excellent book . . . D'Este's masterly account comes into its own." ― The Washington Post Book World Born into hardscrabble poverty in rural Kansas, the son of stern pacifists, Dwight David Eisenhower graduated from high school more likely to...

Howard Jacobson / Whatever It Is, I Don’t Like It (Large Paperback)

It takes a particular kind of man to want an embroidered polo player astride his left nipple. Occasionally, when I am tired and emotional, or consumed with self-dislike, I try to imagine myself as someone else, a wearer of Yarmouth shirts and fleecy...

Liane Holliday Willey / Pretending to be Normal (Large Paperback)

Living with Asperger's Syndrome   This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the picture it will be the same author and title. Removing existing stickers from a second hand book may...

Marek Krajewski / Death in Breslau (Large Paperback)

Eberhard Mock #1 Breslau 1933: the mutilated body of a young woman, an aristocrat, is found dead on a train. Scorpions writhe in her slashed stomach, a horrifying image that becomes crucial to the investigation. Inspector Eberhard Mock is called...

Maggie Pinkney / Timeless Thoughts on Love (Large Paperback)

An Anthology of Quotations   This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the picture it will be the same author and title. Removing existing stickers from a second hand book may damage...