American Smoke: Journeys to the End of the Light
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In American Smoke, Iain Sinclair hits the road to America in the tracks of the Beats. On the trail...
Miller Plays: v. 3: American Clock, The Archbishop's Ceiling, Two-way Mirror
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The third volume of Miller's plays reissued with a new jacket in the Methuen Drama World Classics...
Notes on a Foreign Country
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In the wake of the September 11 attacks and the U.S. invasion of Iraq, Suzy Hansen was enjoying...
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Dream West: Politics and Religion in Cowboy Movies
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While political liberals celebrated the end of "cowboy politics" with the election of Barack Obama...
The Suicide of Claire Bishop
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Greenwich Village, 1959. Claire Bishop sits for a portrait—a gift from her husband—only to...
Everybody Loves Our Town: a History of Grunge
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Grunge, also known as the 'Seattle Sound', emerged from the Pacific north-west in the early part of...
Palestine
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In late l991 and early 1992, at the time of the first Intifada, Joe Sacco spent two months with the...
North and South (The North and South Trilogy Book 1)
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In the years leading up to the Civil War, one enduring friendship embodies the tensions of a nation....
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The Post-American World
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The growth of countries such as India, China, Brazil, Russia, South Africa and Kenya is generating a...
A Brief History of Gangsters
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The romanticised American gangster of the Prohibition era has proved an enduringly popular figure....