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For fifty years men come to the island of Cyprus, a Mediterranean paradise split and war torn by a marathon ethnic struggle between Greek and Turk, to the villa where British …

John Galsworthy first published in 1897 with a collection of short stories entitled "e;The Four Winds"e;. For the next 7 years he published these and all works under his …

A Mexican folk hero with supernatural courage. A mysterious stone with the power to raise the dead. And an ancient Aztec legend that foretold of their meeting - and the chaos that …

Ernest Auerbach served as an Army captain in Vietnam during the build up of the war, 1966-1967. He recounts his adventures there and describes some of the general courts martial …

Social networks are a breeding ground for fake news – and enough scientific research has observed how online content can shape children’s opinions and thoughts. This timely book …

Since the origin of the villa culture in ancient times, the term villa has been invested with a special magic. Seen formerly as a genteel country estate and companion piece to city …

President James K. Polk and Congress declared war on Mexico in 1846, ten years after the Alamo. Two years later, the U.S. took 55 percent of Mexico's land, including California, …

In 1992, the year of the hundredth anniversary of Walt Whitman's death, a major gathering of international scholars took place at the University of Iowa. Over 150 participants …

The book Psychoanalysis and Severe Handicap: The Hand in the Cap introduces an original look at handicap, a look aiming at capturing the subjectivity, no matter how weak or …

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its …

Theodor Adorno once wrote an essay to "e;defend Bach against his devotees."e; In this book Dana Villa does the same for Hannah Arendt, whose sweeping reconceptualization of …