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Published in 1924 and widely acknowledged as a major work of twentieth-century Latin American literature, Jose Eustasio Rivera's The Vortex follows the harrowing adventures of the …

When a soldier must face multiple opponents at close quarters, few weapons can match the effectiveness of the shotgun. From World War I to the War on Terror, the shotgun has been a …

Having previously embarked on a collecting expedition to the Pyrenees, backed by Sir William Hooker and George Bentham, the botanist Richard Spruce (1817–93) travelled in 1849 to …

While video games have blossomed into the foremost expression of contemporary popular culture over the past decades, their critical study occupies a fringe position in American …

Selected from a diverse field of speakers and venues, this volume offers some of the most engaging American speeches of the year. Distinguished by its diversity, covering areas in …

American literature offers exceptional resources for understanding the complex role religion has played in the life of the culture and in the experience of its people. In recent …

Charles White (1918–1979), one of the twentieth century’s most accomplished and innovative draftsmen, was also highly regarded as an educator and activist. His life spanned the …

In Modeling Entradas, Clay Mathers brings together leading archaeologists working across the American South to offer a comprehensive, comparative analysis of Spanish entrada …

Året är 1952, och gamle E.F. Blood­worth är slutligen på väg tillbaka till Ackerman’s Field – ett bortglömt hörn av Tennessee – efter tjugo år ute på väg­arna som banjospelande …

For more than 150 years, the activity on and around Commencement Bay-since the 1840s, when Charles Wilkes first named it, to the present day-has been a barometer for measuring …