William Edmondson Grumble Jones: The Life of a Cantankerous Confederate
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William Edmondson "Grumble" Jones was among the most notable Southwest Virginians to fight in the...
William Morris: A Life for Our Time
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Winner of the Wolfson History Prize, this is the essential biography of the father of the Arts and...
Strange Tales of an Oriental Idol: An Anthology of Early European Portrayals of the Buddha
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We tend to think that the Buddha has always been seen as the compassionate sage admired around the...
Southern Frontier Humor: An Anthology
M. Thomas Inge and Edward J. Piacentino
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If, as some suggest, American literature began with "Huckleberry Finn", then the humorists of the...
Jungle of Stone: The Extraordinary Journey of John L. Stephens and Frederick Catherwood, and the Discovery of the Lost Civilization of the Maya
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New York Times Bestseller (Expeditions) "Thrilling...A captivating history of two men who...