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MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin Murder in Lascaux
Book SynopsisThe cave of Lascaux may be closed to the public, but five scholars a day are allowed inside, and Nora Barnes has finagled an appointment. True, she may have fudged a bit in her letter to the authorities, but she does teach art history, and she isn’t about to miss her chance to see the world’s most famous prehistoric paintings.
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MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin Sunlit Riffles and Shadowed Runs Stories of Fly Fishing in America
Book SynopsisRanging from the riotously comic to the nostalgic, edgy, and suspenseful, these sixteen stories offer richly developed and engaging portraits of characters across the spectrum of life, all absorbed by the thrill of fly fishing.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Valentine Two Men in a Museum Day of Mourning The Conception Anglinguistics Spanish Fly Rage The Devil's Arse Fly The F\u00dcLODOG Last Cast Coachmen Indian Summer Labor Day The Rod Season's End
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MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin From War to Genocide Criminal Politics in Rwanda 19901994
Trade Review"A landmark in the historiography of the Rwandan genocide. No serious scholar writing about the genocide can afford to ignore this trailblazing contribution."—René Lemarchand, author of The Dynamics of Violence in Central Africa“Anyone with an interest in Rwanda, the African Great Lakes region, or genocide and mass atrocities should read this book. As a scholar who has focused on Rwanda and the genocide for twenty years, I learned something new on nearly every page.”—African Conflict & Peacebuilding Review
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MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin The City of Palaces A Novel
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MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin Death Stalks Door County
Book SynopsisSix deaths mar the holiday mood as summer vacationers enjoy Wisconsin’s beautiful Door County peninsula. Murders, or bizarre accidents? Newly hired park ranger Dave Cubiak, a former Chicago homicide detective, assumes the worst but refuses to get involved. Grief-stricken and guilt-ridden over the loss of his wife and daughter, he’s had enough of death.
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MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin The Holocaust and The West German Historians Historical Interpretation and Autobiographical Memory
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MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin Cubans in Angola SouthSouth Cooperation and Transfer of Knowledge 19761991
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MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin Selected Epigrams
Book SynopsisThis lively translation accurately captures the wit and uncensored bawdiness of the epigrams of Martial, who satirized Roman society, both high and low, in the first century CE. His pithy little poems amuse, but also offer vivid insight into the world of patrons and clients, doctors and lawyers, prostitutes, slaves, and social climbers in ancient Rome.
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MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin The Many Lives of Cy Endfield Film Noir the
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MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin Agamemnon
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MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin Wisconsin Sentencing in the ToughonCrime Era How Judges Retained Power and Why Mass Incarceration Happened Anyway
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MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin Amending the Past Europes Holocaust Commissions and the Right to History
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MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin Shaping the New Man Youth Training Regimes in Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany
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MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin The Disintegrations A Novel
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MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin Conflicted Memory Military Cultural
Book SynopsisWhat happens when concepts of ""truth,"" ""memory,"" and ""human rights"" are taken up and adapted by former perpetrators of violence? Cynthia Milton reveals how Peru's military has engaged in a tactical cultural campaign - via books, films, museums - to shift public opinion, debate, and memories about the nation's violent recent past and its part in it.
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MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin Wildly Successful Farming Sustainability and the New Agricultural Land Ethic
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MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin Holding the World Together African Women in Changing Perspective
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MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin Understanding and Teaching the Civil Rights Movement
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University of Wisconsin Press Lyric Complicity Poetry and Readers in the
Book SynopsisFor many nineteenth-century Russians, poetry was woven into everyday life. Blending close literary analysis with social and cultural history, Daria Khitrova shows how poetry lovers of the period all became nodes in a vast network of literary appreciation and constructed meaning.Trade ReviewWe need this book. It addresses a number of important issues that most literary critics and scholars have been aware of, but that no one has attempted to bring together. Moreover, it offers a bold cumulative interpretation of Russian poetic culture of the so-called Golden Age." - Ilya Vinitsky, Princeton University"Khitrova is a sensitive reader, and she writes provocatively, incisively, at times even wittily. She is extremely knowledgeable about both primary literature and secondary sources." - Michael Wachtel, author of A Commentary to Pushkin's Lyric Poetry, 1826-1836
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University of Wisconsin Press Vietnams Strategic Thinking during the Third
Book SynopsisProvides a vital addition to existing scholarship on asymmetric wartime decision-making and alliance formation among small states. The result uncovers how this critical period had lasting implications for the ways Vietnam continues to conduct itself on the global stage.Trade ReviewThe first academic monograph in any language dedicated to telling the story of the Third Indochina War from the Vietnamese perspective using predominantly Vietnamese archival sources. . . . It will be required reading for scholars of Vietnamese, regional, and global Cold War diplomatic history and international relations for years to come. . . . An immense contribution." - Journal of Vietnamese StudiesTable of Contents Acknowledgments ix List of Abbreviations xi Introduction 3 1 Impact of the Economic Crisis, 1975–1978 19 2 The Decision to Invade Cambodia, December 1978 52 3 Mobilization for a Two-Front War, 1979–1981 79 4 The Two-Faced Enemy in Cambodia, 1979–1985 113 5 Economic Regionalism in Indochina, 1982–1985 134 6 The Road to Doi Moi, 1986 167 Conclusion 203 Notes 211 Bibliography 263 Index 285
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MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin The Play of Allusion in the Historia Augusta
Book SynopsisBy turns outlandish, humorous, and scatological, the ""Historia Augusta"" is an eccentric compilation of biographies of the Roman emperors and usurpers of the second and third centuries. David Rohrbacher offers a literary analysis of the work, focusing on its many playful allusions.
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University of Wisconsin Press A Spiritual Revolution The Impact of Reformation
Book SynopsisEmbedded with lively portrayals of historical actors and vivid descriptions of political details, A Spiritual Revolution is the first large-scale effort to fully identify exactly how Western progressive thought influenced the Russian Church.Trade Review“Ivanov breaks new ground in his exploration of the link between Orthodoxy and Protestantism. Theological and political concepts are explained with clarity, and the evolution of abstract ideas is embedded in a lively portrayal of political and social history. It will become the go-to book on Russian Orthodoxy in the eighteenth century.”—Alexander M. Martin, author of Enlightened Metropolis: Constructing Imperial Moscow, 1762–1855 “Tells a compelling and historiographically important story by way of intellectual and institutional archaeology. Ivanov brings historical nuance to a neglected and generally misunderstood piece of history.”—Patrick Lally Michelson, author of Beyond the Monastery Walls: The Ascetic Revolution in Russian Orthodox Thought, 1814–1914 “Well-researched and provocative. . . . Engaging and thought provoking.”—Canadian-American Slavic Studies
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MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin Slavery and Sexuality in Classical Antiquity
Book SynopsisSlavery and sexuality in the ancient world are well researched on their own, yet rarely have they been examined together. This volume explores the range of roles that sex played in the lives of enslaved people in antiquity beyond prostitution, bringing together scholars of both Greece and Rome to consider important and complex issues.Trade ReviewA set of detailed, theoretically informed and compassionate studies of the sexual existence of enslaved persons. Using textual, visual, and archaeological evidence, this valuable book builds on and challenges earlier work to illuminate crucial aspects of forms of domination in the long histories of Ancient Greece and Rome." - Page duBois, author of Slaves and Other Objects"This brilliant collection of essays will deepen our knowledge of how slavery and sexuality were inseparable in classical antiquity. Ranging from Archaic Greece to the Roman Empire, this book is full of new insights into the power dynamics of ancient societies." - Kyle Harper, University of Oklahoma
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University of Wisconsin Press Somerset Maugham and the Cinema
Book SynopsisExplores the relationship between literature and film, what is involved in adaptation, and how best to judge films based on celebrated books. Robert Calder offers production histories, insight into both fortunate and misguided casting decisions, shrewd analyses of performances and film techniques, and summaries of public and critical responses.Trade Review“An astute and thought-provoking account of Somerset Maugham’s relationship to cinema. Comprehensive in scope, Calder’s book gathers together basic production information, chiefly on scripting and casting, on a large number of films derived from the works of one of the most popular and prolific writers of the twentieth century.”—Russell Campbell, author of Marked Women: Prostitutes and Prostitution in the Cinema“A thorough, well-researched study of all the films (and TV shows) based on Maugham, together with sharp critical appraisals and information about their production and initial reception. I learned something on almost every page.”—James Naremore, author of More than Night: Film Noir in Its ContextsTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments 1 Maugham, Hollywood, and Screenwriting 2 A New Industry Finds Gold in Somerset: The Silent Era 3 Swanson, Crawford, and Hayworth: Rain 4 Eagels and Davis: Evil behind the Smile: The Letter 5 Rebellious Wives, Secret Agents, and Beach Bums: Early Sound and the 1930s 6 Bette Davis’s Corrosive Mildred: Of Human Bondage 7 Garbo Speaks Maugham: The Painted Veil 8 Fascism, Bigamy, and the Creative Spirit: The 1940s 9 The Greatest Generation’s Quest: The Razor’s Edge 10 Life in Short Sharp Strokes: The Omnibus Films 11 Twenty-First-Century Perspectives: Up at the Villa and Being Julia 12 Looking Back and Looking Ahead Appendix: Film Productions of Maugham Works Notes Bibliography Index
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MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin Legitimating Nationalism Political Identity in
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Yale University Press Portfolio Selection Efficient Diversification of Investments
Book SynopsisEmbracing finance, economics, operations research, and computers, this book applies modern techniques of analysis and computation to find combinations of securities that best meet the needs of private or institutional investors.
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Yale University Press Boys Together English Public Schools 18001864
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Yale University Press The Dybbuk and Other Writings by S. Ansky New Yiddish Library
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Yale University Press Working with Manuscripts A Guide for Textual Scholars
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Little, Brown & Company Cirque Du Freak 9 Killers of the Dawn
Book SynopsisDarren Shan is framed as public enemy number one in the ninth book in the New York Times bestselling Cirque Du Freak series, now reissued with new cover art.
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Little, Brown Books for Young Readers The Wild Robot Paperback Boxed Set
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Little Brown and Company Michael Bennett 6Book Box Set
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Little Brown and Company Womens Murder Club 6Book Box Set
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Mariner Books Classics King Leopolds Ghost
Book SynopsisThe 25th Anniversary Edition, with a foreword by Barbara Kingsolver An enthralling story . . . A work of history that reads like a novel. — Christian Science Monitor “As Hochschild’s brilliant book demonstrates, the great Congo scandal prefigured our own times . . . This book must be read and reread.” — Los Angeles Times Book ReviewA National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist * A New York Times Notable Book In the late nineteenth century, as the European powers were carving up Africa, King Leopold II of Belgium carried out a brutal plundering of the territory surrounding the Congo River. Ultimately slashing the area’s population by ten million, he still managed to shrewdly cultivate his reputation as a great humanitarian. A tale far richer than any novelist could invent, King Leopold’s Ghost is t
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WW Norton & Co Guns Germs and Steel The Fates of Human Societies
Book Synopsis"Fascinating.... Lays a foundation for understanding human history."—Bill GatesTrade Review"Artful, informative, and delightful.... There is nothing like a radically new angle of vision for bringing out unsuspected dimensions of a subject, and that is what Jared Diamond has done." -- William H. McNeil - New York Review of Books"An ambitious, highly important book." -- James Shreeve - New York Times Book Review"A book of remarkable scope, a history of the world in less than 500 pages which succeeds admirably, where so many others have failed, in analyzing some of the basic workings of culture process.... One of the most important and readable works on the human past published in recent years." -- Colin Renfrew - Nature"The scope and the explanatory power of this book are astounding." -- The New Yorker"No scientist brings more experience from the laboratory and field, none thinks more deeply about social issues or addresses them with greater clarity, than Jared Diamond as illustrated by Guns, Germs, and Steel. In this remarkably readable book he shows how history and biology can enrich one another to produce a deeper understanding of the human condition." -- Edward O. Wilson, Pellegrino University Professor, Harvard University"Serious, groundbreaking biological studies of human history only seem to come along once every generation or so. . . . Now [Guns, Germs, and Steel] must be added to their select number. . . . Diamond meshes technological mastery with historical sweep, anecdotal delight with broad conceptual vision, and command of sources with creative leaps. No finer work of its kind has been published this year, or for many past." -- Martin Sieff - Washington Times"[Diamond] is broadly erudite, writes in a style that pleasantly expresses scientific concepts in vernacular American English, and deals almost exclusively in questions that should interest everyone concerned about how humanity has developed. . . . [He] has done us all a great favor by supplying a rock-solid alternative to the racist answer. . . . A wonderfully interesting book." -- Alfred W. Crosby - Los Angeles Times"An epochal work. Diamond has written a summary of human history that can be accounted, for the time being, as Darwinian in its authority." -- Thomas M. Disch - The New Leader
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WW Norton & Co The End of Faith Religion Terror and the Future
Book Synopsis"The End of Faith articulates the dangers and absurdities of organized religion so fiercely and so fearlessly that I felt relieved as I read it, vindicated....Harris writes what a sizable number of us think, but few are willing to say."—Natalie Angier, New York TimesTrade Review"A genuinely frightening book.... Read Sam Harris and wake up." -- Richard Dawkins - The Guardian"Sam Harris launches a sustained nuclear assault.... A brave, pugilistic attempt to demolish the walls that currently insulate religious people from criticism.... Badly needed." -- Johann Hari - The Independent"A radical attack on the most sacred of liberal precepts—the notion of tolerance.... An eminently sensible rallying cry for a more ruthless secularisation of society." -- Stephanie Merritt - The Observer"Shows how the perfect tyranny of religious and secular totalitarianism demonizes imperfect democracies such as the United States and Israel. A must read for all rational people." -- Alan Dershowitz, professor of law at Harvard University and author of America on Trial
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WW Norton & Co How Late It Was How Late A Novel
Book SynopsisWinner of the Booker Prize: A work of marvelous vibrance and richness of character.--New York Times Book Review
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WW Norton & Co Bess of Hardwick Empire Builder
Book SynopsisThe best account yet available of this shrewd, enigmatic and remarkable woman.-Sunday Times [London]Trade Review"Lovell has synthesized admirably a staggering amount of information...and she presents it with verve. A fascinating life within an endlessly fascinating era." -- Kirkus Reviews
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Random House USA Inc The Assault
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Houghton Mifflin Line by Line
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Warner Books - Us Brown Girl In The Ring
Book SynopsisRediscover the first books from Nalo Hopkinson, now with a fresh new cover.
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LUP - University of Michigan Press Ladies of the Lights
Book SynopsisStories from fifty historic female lighthouse keepers
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LUP - University of Michigan Press Great Lakes Rocks
Book SynopsisThe geologic story of the Great Lakes region is one of the most remarkable of any place on Earth. Written for nonspecialist readers, this book provides a detailed but easy-to- follow introduction to the geology of the Great Lakes region, and it is an ideal fit for introductory geology courses, including those aimed at nonscience majors.
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LUP - University of Michigan Press Discredited
Book SynopsisBased on dozens of original interviews and thousands of pages of documents, Discredited demonstrates just how far a university will go to preserve the athletic status quo: tolerating tarnished careers, ruined reputations, and years of scathing media criticism - all for a shot at competitive glory.Table of Contents Author’s note Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Afterword Acknowledgments Bibliography
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Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Youre Not Stuck You Just Think You Are
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Hitone Publishing House Limited hide and seek LEGENDS
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MP-AMM American Mathematical Flatland
Book SynopsisA fully annotated edition of Abbott's classic work Flatland. The inclusion of mathematical and historical notes that show connections to late-Victorian England and to classical Greece, citations from Abbott's other writings, and a commentary on language and literary style, enhance the usefulness of Flatland as an elementary introduction to higher-dimensional geometry.Trade Review"It is all good fun, and the authors point out much that we readers would probably otherwise miss…. This annotated version of Flatland is clearly designed to be enjoyed by a very wide audience. … Readers of this edition will become more familiar with Edwin A. Abbott the person. The multitude of notes explaining, among other things, Abbott’s wordplay, his grasp of classical Greek culture, and his critical views of Victorian society makes us almost feel like we are having a conversation with him…. I highly recommend this edition. Abbott’s story can be enjoyed by those with a taste for any combination of mathematics, linguistics, social commentary, history, philosophy, religion, and faith. Lindgren and Banchoff’s notes and commentary deepen the enjoyment of these many dimensions of Abbott’s creation." David A. Huckaby, MAA Reviews"There (have been) lots of new editions (of Flatland) and further interpretations of the original. But the book presented here is something totally new. … The book can be highly recommended, it is a must for all admirers of Flatland." Karin Reich, Zentralblatt MATH"Flatland should be in every mathematics collection, and this is the definitive edition. Outstanding Academic Title." C. A. Gorini, Maharishi University of Management, Choice Magazine"With their informative notes, Banchoff and Lindgren add immeasurably to the text. In addition to explanations of arcane terminology and of the mathematics involved, they provide the background necessary to understand the book in the context of Victorian England. It is a period during which entrenched ideas, both social and scientific, were undergoing dramatic metamorphosis. Banchoff and Lindgren’s comments on Abbott and his milieu allow the reader to comprehend this fascinating turning point in history. ... The plethora of fascinating background information and detail will make you appreciate the book at a much deeper level." American ScientistTable of ContentsIntroduction William F. Lindgren and Thomas F. Banchoff; Part I. This World: 1. Of the nature of Flatland; 2. Of the climate and houses in Flatland; 3. Concerning the inhabitants of Flatland; 4. Concerning the women; 5. Of our methods of recognizing one another; 6. Of recognition by sight; 7. Concerning irregular figures; 8. Of the ancient practice of painting; 9. Of the universal colour bill; 10. Of the suppression of the chromatic sedition; 11. Concerning our priests; 12. Of the doctrine of our priests; Part II. Other Worlds: 13. How I had a vision of Lineland; 14. How in my vision I endeavoured to explain the nature of Flatland, but could not; 15. Concerning a stranger from Spaceland; 16. How the stranger vainly endeavoured to reveal to me in words the mysteries of Spaceland; 17. How the sphere, having in vain tried words, resorted to deeds; 18. How I came to Spaceland and what I saw there; 19. How, though the sphere showed me other mysteries of Spaceland, I still desired more, and what came of it; 20. How the sphere encouraged me in a vision; 21. How I tried to teach the theory of three dimensions to my grandson, and with what success; 22. How I then tried to diffuse the theory of three dimensions by other means, and of the result; Appendix A. Critical reaction to Flatland; Appendix B. Biography and chronology of Edwin A. Abbott; References and recommended reading.
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Cengage Learning, Inc Bee Bim Bop
Book SynopsisA Korean American girl celebrates food and family in this cheerful book about cooking a special meal by Newbery Medalist Linda Sue Park.In bouncy rhyming text, an excited and hungry child tells about helping her mother make bee-bim bop: shopping, preparing ingredients, setting the table, and finally sitting down with her family to enjoy a favorite meal.The energy and enthusiasm of the young narrator are conveyed in the whimsical illustrations, which bring details from the artist’s childhood in Korea to his depiction of a modern Korean American family.
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