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The House of Government: A Saga of the Russian Revolution
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On the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, the epic story of an enormous apartment building...
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The Ship That Would Not Die: USS Queens, SS Excambion and USTS Texas Clipper
Stephen Curley and J. Dale Shively
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Starting its life as an attack transport in World War II-and one of the last five left afloat by...
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Consuming Stories: Kara Walker and the Imagining of American Race
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In Consuming Stories, Rebecca Peabody uses the work of contemporary American artist Kara Walker to...
![The Big Thing: How to Complete Your Creative Project Even If You're a Lazy, Self-Doubting Procrastinator Like Me](/uploads/profile_image/e34/91ff1efa-4914-457c-ab4b-5c31cd637e34.jpg?m=1522334083)
The Big Thing: How to Complete Your Creative Project Even If You're a Lazy, Self-Doubting Procrastinator Like Me
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A New York Times business journalist explains why it's important for people to pursue big creative...
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The Art of Failure: An Essay on the Pain of Playing Video Games
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We may think of video games as being "fun," but in The Art of Failure, Jesper Juul claims that this...
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Edo Kabuki in Transition: From the Worlds of the Samurai to the Vengeful Female Ghost
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Satoko Shimazaki revisits three centuries of kabuki theater, reframing it as a key player in the...
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Oscar Wilde Prefigured: Queer Fashioning and British Caricature, 1750-1900
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"I do not say you are it, but you look it, and you pose at it, which is just as bad," Lord...
Confederate Combat Commander: The Remarkable Life of Brigadier General Alfred Jefferson Vaughan, Jr.
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Known as one of the most aggressive Confederate officers in the Western Theater, Brigadier General...
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Music Direction for the Stage: A View from the Podium
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Theater music directors must draw on a remarkably broad range of musical skills. Not only do they...
![Spearhead: An American Tank Gunner, His Enemy, and a Collision of Lives In World War II](/uploads/profile_image/f3e/a966868c-ef29-49f9-a583-173a99ae5f3e.jpg?m=1547038970)
Spearhead: An American Tank Gunner, His Enemy, and a Collision of Lives In World War II
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From the New York Times bestselling author of A Higher Call comes the riveting story of an American...