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The Politics of Culture: Policy Perspectives for Individuals, Institutions,...
The Politics of Culture. A collection of key works in the emerging field of cultural policy. The culture wars of the early 1990s obscured broader challenges facing America’s cultural life in the next...
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Gone Tomorrow: The Hidden Life of Garbage – $275
A sobering exploration of our high-octane trash output that was named an Editor’s Choice by the New York Times and a nonfiction choice by The Guardian. Eat a take-out meal, buy a pair of shoes, or read...
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A Life in Medicine: A Literary Anthology – $295
A stirring collection of stories, poems, and essays on all aspects of the medical profession, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the “Children of Crisis” series. A century of unprecedented...
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If I Could Write This in Fire: An Anthology of Literature from the Caribbean...
Brings together fiction from the French- Spanish-, & English-speaking Caribbean, much of it translated here for the first time. The 15 selections deal with basic themes of the region’s literature:...
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The Nazis: A Warning from History – $250
A new edition of the lavishly illustrated companion to the BBC documentary, with rare archival material and photographs documenting the reality of daily life in Nazi Germany. Published in conjunction...
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Piano: A Novel – $225
Max Delmarc, age 50, is a famous concert pianist with two problems: the first is a paralyzing stage fright for which the second, alcohol, is the only treatment. In this unparalleled comedy from the...
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Over Exposed: Essays on Contemporary Photography – $295
Renowned photographers and critics address the major controversies in photography today. In recent years, photographic images have been blamed for everything from heroin chic and meaningless politics...
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LA HERMANDAD DE LA BIBLIA PERRY – $475
Una luminaria del humor libre. Nacida como tira de prensa para el periódico The Daily Orange, de la Universidad de Siracusa, La hermandad de la Biblia Perry reúne las entregas semanales realizadas...
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Ways of Forgetting, Ways of Remembering: Japan in the Modern World – $325
Remembering and reconstructing the past inevitably involves forgetting—and nowhere more so than in the complex relationship between the United States and Japan since the end of World War II. In this...
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Oil: A Concise Guide to the Most Important Product on Earth – $235
Matthew Yeomans begins his investigation into the role of oil in America by trying to spend a day without oil—only to stumble before exiting the bathroom (petroleum products play a role in shampoo,...
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The Land Where the Blues Began – $350
Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, a rollicking memoir of the legendary folklorist’s journey into blues country.The Land Where the Blues Began is Lomax’s “singingly well-written...
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Fukushima: The Story of a Nuclear Disaster – $395
On March 11, 2011, an earthquake large enough to knock the earth from its axis sent a massive tsunami speeding toward the Japanese coast and the aging and vulnerable Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power...
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