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Destruction of the Bison
The Destruction of the Bison, first published in 2000, explains the decline of the North American bison population from an estimated 30 million in 1800 to fewer than a thousand a …
Acceptable words
Geoffrey Hill has said that some great poetry 'recognises that words fail us'. These essays explore Hill's struggle over fifty years with the recalcitrance of language. This book …
Alexander Paterson: Prison Reformer
The first biography of the prison reformer Alexander Paterson (1884-1947).Sir Alexander Paterson (1884-1947) is best remembered for his role as Commissioner of Prisons and as the …
Jîyanî min
Den här boken är på Sorani Kurdiska.Axo çon debê ke dayk u bawik nexwazin degel yek bijîn? Ey çon debê eger her dukîyan bixwazin minaleke lay ewan bêt?Ew beserhate le kêberkêy …
Science and American Foreign Relations since World War II
The sciences played a critical role in American foreign policy after World War II. From atomic energy and satellites to the green revolution, scientific advances were central to …
Death of Old Yokohama
A first-hand account of the disaster told by a survivor, this accurate and authentic account was written immediately after the earthquake and is here published with only minor …
You Don't Know Us Negroes and Other Essays
'One of the greatest writers of our time.' Toni Morrison'You Don't Know Us Negroes adds immeasurably to our understanding of Hurston ... her words make it impossible for readers to …
Century of Man-Made Disasters
A pictorial history of the major man-made calamities that shocked the world throughout the twentieth century. It was a period during which the power and scale of …
Phthonos In Pindar
Phthonos in Pindar by Patricia Bulman offers the first full-scale examination of one of the most charged and elusive concepts in Greek literature: phthonos, often translated as …
The Woman on the Bridge. ...: Poetry
The Woman on the Bridge over the Chicago River is Allen Grossman’s first collection with New Directions. His voice is astonishingly contemporary, his often dissociated imagery …
