Medusa: In the Mirror of Time
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Medusa, literally, petrifies: her face turned the ancients to stone. For Perseus and his patriarchal...
The Life of Ibn Hanbal
Abu al-Faraj 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Ali Ibn al-Jawzi, Garth Fowden and Michael Cooperson
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Ahmad ibn Hanbal (d. 241 H/855 AD), renowned for his profound knowledge of hadiths-the reports of...
Eve Arnold: Magnum Legacy
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Eve Arnold (1912 - 2012) was born to a poor immigrant family in Philadelphia and became a...
Mona Lisa: A Life Discovered
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A genius immortalized her. A French king paid a fortune for her. An emperor coveted her. Every year...
Alfred Jarry: A Pataphysical Life
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When Alfred Jarry died in 1907 at the age of thirty-four, he was a legendary figure in Paris -- but...
Ali: A Life
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When the frail, trembling figure of Muhammad Ali lit the Olympic flame in Atlanta in 1996, a TV...
An Improbable Friendship: The Story of Yasser Arafat's Mother-in-Law, the Wife of Israel's Top General and Their 40-Year Mission of Peace
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An Improbable Friendshipis the dual biography of Israeli Ruth Dayan, now ninety-seven, who was Moshe...
On the Other Hand: Left Hand, Right Brain, Mental Disorder, and History
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Since the late Stone Age, approximately 10 percent of humans have been left-handed, yet for most of...
Our Emily Dickinsons: American Women Poets and the Intimacies of Difference
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For Vivian R. Pollak, Emily Dickinson's work is an extended meditation on the risks of social,...
Seven Contemporary Plays from the Korean Diaspora in the Americas
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Showcasing the dynamism of contemporary Korean diasporic theater, this anthology features seven...