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Dom Casmurro Dom Casmurro Margaret Jull Costa,Robin Patterson,Anne-Marie Quint,0,Machado de Assis,John A. Gledson,João Adolfo Hansen "At last, a new translation of Machado's masterpiece that is complete (unlike Scott-Buccleuch's 1992 version - see HLAS 54:5078 - which omitted key chapters) and highly readable. Gledson produces a m… OL1003040W
Lord Lord João Gilberto Noll As Lord begins, a Brazilian author is arriving at London’s Heathrow airport for reasons he doesn’t fully understand. Only aware that he has been invited to take part in a mysterious mission, the Braz… OL1011781W
The Shakespearean stage, 1574-1642 The Shakespearean stage, 1574-1642 Andrew Gurr "For almost forty years The Shakespearean Stage has been considered the liveliest, most reliable and most entertaining overview of Shakespearean theatre in its own time. It is the only authoritative … OL102630W
Vol de nuit Vol de nuit Antoine de Saint-Exupéry *Night Flight* (French title: *Vol de Nuit*) is the second novel by French writer and aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. It was first published in 1931 and became an international bestseller. The book… OL10267W
David Copperfield David Copperfield Charles Dickens David Copperfield is the eighth novel by Charles Dickens. The novel's full title is The Personal History, Adventures, Experience and Observation of David Copperfield the Younger of Blunderstone Rooke… OL10322056W
Notes on Eliot's " Mill on the Floss" Notes on Eliot's " Mill on the Floss" William Holland In this 19th-century novel, Maggie Tulliver breaks off her romance with the man she loves, after she discovers that it was he who ruined her family's small mill business. She runs off with her cousin… OL10363750W
Sister Carrie Sister Carrie Frederick J. Balling A groundbreaking book when it was first published, Sister Carrie is about a young woman who runs to the big city in search of adventure. She finds it aplenty, and her transgressions are numerous. Thi… OL10363791W
Continuity & change in the American family Continuity & change in the American family Suzanne M. Bianchi,Lynne M. Casper,Lynne M Casper "Continuity & Change in the American Family engages students with issues they see every day in the news, while providing them with a comprehensive description of the social demography of the American… OL10396490W
Power and Terror Power and Terror Noam Chomsky In Power & Terror, the author presents his latest thoughts on terrorism, US foreign policy, and the meaning and true impact of militarism in the world today. He challenges the United States to apply … OL10403078W
Intermediate Types among Primitive Folk Intermediate Types among Primitive Folk Edward Carpenter Intermediate Types among Primitive Folk expands on Carpenter’s idea of the Intermediate type; a person of mixed sexes such as a feminine body with a masculine mind or vice versa. Originally published… OL1041136W
Of rainbows and clouds Of rainbows and clouds Yab Ugyen Dorji,Queen of Bhutan Ashi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck Memoirs of Yab Ugyen Dorji on his ancestors and decendants, a merchant family from Bhutan. OL1044184W
Field Notes on Democracy Field Notes on Democracy Arundhati Roy Combining fierce conviction, deft political analysis, and beautiful writing, this is the essential new book from Arundhati Roy. This series of essays examines the dark side of democracy in contempora… OL1052137W
AIA Detroit AIA Detroit Eric J. Hill,Eric Hill,John Gallagher "This completely new guide to Detroit architecture provides a fresh, in-depth look at the city of Detroit itself as well as a number of distinctive environments outside the city proper. Like its pred… OL10619166W
The Hessian The Hessian Howard Fast When his entire brigade is wiped out by the colonists, a sixteen-year-old German drummer boy survives with the aid of a Quaker family and the local doctor. OL1067130W
Mein Kampf Mein Kampf Adolf Hitler 1925 autobiographical book "My Struggle" (USA: "My Battle") by Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler On April 1, 1924, because of the sentence handed down by the People's Court of Munich, I had to begin … OL1067314W
Among the Tibetans Among the Tibetans Graham Earnshaw,Isabella L. Bird,Bishop "There never was anybody," wrote the Spectator, "who had adventures as well as Miss Bird." In Among the Tibetans you can see why, as Isabella Lucy Bird writes of her journey through the Himalayas on … OL1077883W
Yours Faithfully, Bertrand Russell Yours Faithfully, Bertrand Russell Bertrand Russell "Bertrand Russell was one of the twentieth century's greatest philosophers. His astonishingly productive life spanned nearly a hundred years (1872-1970) and his contributions to global thought - in p… OL1088530W
The Problems of Philosophy The Problems of Philosophy Bertrand Russell In the following pages I have confined myself in the main to those problems of philosophy in regard to which I thought it possible to say something positive and constructive, since merely negative cr… OL1088577W
Ėtika Ėtika Peter Kropotkin **Ethics: Origin and Development** is a book by Peter Kropotkin, published posthumously in 1921. It continues the argument of Mutual Aid, that sociable morality is essential to human survival. It was… OL1105379W
20 Years at Hull House 20 Years at Hull House Jane Addams Jane Addams's narrative of life in an immigrant urban neighborhood provides students with an introduction to the issues of the Progressive era and the tenets of social activism. This new teaching edi… OL1106688W
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