
Landscapes of the Metropolis of Death: Reflections on Memory and Imagination
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Otto Dov Kulka's memoir of a childhood spent in Auschwitz is a literary feat of astounding emotional...

Mistress of Udolpho: Life of Ann Radcliffe
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This is the biography of the Gothic novelist, Ann Radcliffe (1764-1823), author of "The Mysteries of...

Mom and Me and Mom
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'In the first decade of the twentiety century, it was not a good time to be born black, or woman, in...
Jewish/Christian/Queer: Crossroads and Identities
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At a time when major branches of Judaism and most Christian denominations are addressing the...
Making Canada New: Editing, Modernism, and New Media
Dean Irvine, Vanessa Lent and Bart A. Vautour
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An examination of the connections between modernist writers and editorial activities, Making Canada...

In the Self's Place: The Approach of Saint Augustine
Jean-Luc Marion and Jeffrey L. Kosky
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In the Self's Place is an original phenomenological reading of Augustine that considers his...

State by State: A Panoramic Portrait of America
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Editors Sean Wilsey and Matt Weiland have turned to 50 of the finest, funniest, and foremost writers...

The Origin of Species
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The publication of Charles Darwin's The Origin of Species in 1859 marked a dramatic turning point in...

Mountains of the Mind: a History of a Fascination
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Why do so many feel compelled to risk their lives climbing mountains? During the climbing season,...

Gone to New York: Adventures in the City
Ian Frazier and Jamaica Kincaid
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In the early 1970s, the writer Ian Frazier left a small town in Ohio to move to a loft in lower...