Russia's Uncommon Prophet: Father Aleksandr Men and His Times
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This lucidly written biography of Aleksandr Men examines the familial and social context from which...
The Alexander Scriabin Companion: History, Performance, and Lore
Lincoln Ballard, Matthew Bengston and John Bell Young
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This unique collaboration between a musicologist and two pianists - all experts in Russian music -...
Edgar Julius Jung, Right-Wing Enemy of the Nazis: A Political Biography
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By the time of his death, Edgar Julius Jung (1894-1934) was well known in Germany and Europe as one...
Letters 1941-1985
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The extraordinary letters of Italo Calvino, one of the great writers of the twentieth century,...
Mario Vargas Llosa: A Life of Writing
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Awarded the Nobel Prize in 2010 at the age of seventy-four, Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa has...
Mockingbird Songs: My Friendship with Harper Lee
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The violent racism of the American South drove Wayne Flynt away from his home state of Alabama, but...
Nabokov in America: On the Road to Lolita
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A unique portrait of Vladimir Nabokov told through the lens of the years he spent in a land that...
Microstructure of the First Organized Futures Market: The Dojima Security Exchange from 1730 to 1869: 2017
Yasuo Takatsuki and Takashi Kamihigashi
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This book is the first comprehensive account of the rules and practices-the microstructure-of the...
Policing, Port Security and Crime Control: An Ethnography of the Port Securityscape
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Ports are the vital hubs of the maritime transport industry, and crucial to the flow of global...
Destination London: German-speaking Emigres and British Cinema, 1925-1950
Tim Bergfelder and Christian Cargnelli
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The legacy of emigres in the British film industry, from the silent film era until after the Second...