Dashiell Hammett and the Movies
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As the father of the hardboiled detective genre, Dashiell Hammett had a huge influence on Hollywood....
Emerging German-Language Novelists of the Twenty-First Century
Lyn Marven and Stuart Taberner
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After the international success in the 1990s of authors such as Bernhard Schlink, Marcel Beyer, and...
China's Crony Capitalism: The Dynamics of Regime Decay
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When Deng Xiaoping launched China on the path to economic reform in the late 1970s, he vowed to...
History Politics economics
Rent: The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Broadway Musical
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Set on the Lower East Side of New York City, Rent is the story of young bohemians Mark, Roger,...
Postcards from Stanland: Journeys in Central Asia
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"An illuminating travelogue through Central Asia...As a genial travel guide, Mould, an academic who...
Close to the Machine: Technophilia and its Discontents
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Close to the Machine: Technophilia and Its Discontents, Ellen Ullman's cult classic memoir of the...
Lion Songs: Thomas Mapfumo and the Music That Made Zimbabwe
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Like Fela Kuti and Bob Marley, singer, composer, and bandleader Thomas Mapfumo and his music came to...
Mel and Sue: The Biography
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With their silly puns, down-to-earth style and obvious affection for each other, Mel Giedroyc and...
Eccentric Orbits: The Iridium Story - How a Single Man Saved the World's Largest Satellite Constellation from Fiery Destruction
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In the early 1990s, Motorola, the legendary American company, made a huge gamble on a revolutionary...
Financial Development, Economic Crises and Emerging Market Economies
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Recurrent crises in emerging markets and in advanced economies in the last decades cast doubt about...