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Painted Faces
Throughout history, women (and men) have applied make-up to enhance, alter, conceal and even to disguise their appearance. Also, to a greater or lesser degree over time, cosmetics …
On Longing
Miniature books, eighteenth-century novels, Tom Thumb weddings, tall tales, and objects of tourism and nostalgia: this diverse group of cultural forms is the subject of On Longing, …
The Most Dangerous Animal of All: Searching for My Father . . . and Finding the Zodiac Killer
"I promise that you've never read anything like The Most Dangerous Animal of All. Mesmerizing from the first page, the story includes a shattering surprise that will sear itself in …
The Ruins Lesson
How have ruins become so valued in Western culture and so central to our art and literature? Covering a vast chronological and geographical range, from ancient Egyptian …
Analyzing Intelligence
Analyzing Intelligence, now in a revised and extensively updated second edition, assesses the state of the profession of intelligence analysis from the practitioners point of view. …
Conventional Wisdom, Parties, and Broken Barriers in the 2016 Election
The 2016 presidential election was unconventional in many ways. The election of President Donald Trump caught many by surprise, with a true outsider — a candidate with no previous …
Leo Strauss
In this book, 19 prominent representatives of each side in the basic division among Strauss's followers explore his contribution to political philosophy and Jewish thought. The …
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Han letade efter sin far - och fann en ökänd seriemördare.Strax innan Gary fyller fyrtio blir han uppsökt av sin biologiska mamma. Deras kontakt leder till att han även börjar söka …
Most Dangerous Animal of All
An explosive and historic book of true crime and an emotionally powerful and revelatory memoir of a man whose ten-year search for his biological father leads to a chilling …
Yellow Stars and Ice
From a sequence, "e;The Countries Surrounding the Garden of Eden"e;:Gihon, that compasseth the whole landAt the first frost we found our sheep with strangled hearts, lying …
The Forest
Susan Stewart plumbs human history in an attempt to articulate the way language, memory, and art join in evoking consciousness. The Forest is about violence and memory: the …
Poetry and the Fate of the Senses
What is the role of the senses in the creation and reception of poetry? How does poetry carry on the long tradition of making experience and suffering understood by others? With …