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Dangerous intimacy: the untold story of Mark Twain's final years

Author: Lystra, Karen

Publisher: University of California Press, 2004

Abstract: The last phase of Mark Twain's life is sadly familiar: Crippled by losses and tragedies, America's…

Appeasement or resistance and other essays on New Testament Judaism

Author: Daube, David

Publisher: University of California Press, 1987

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The oceans, their physics, chemistry, and general biology

Author: Sverdrup, H. U. (Harald Ulrik) 1888-1957

Publisher: Prentice-Hall, 1942

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Unsnarling the world-knot: consciousness, freedom, and the mind-body problem

Author: Griffin, David Ray 1939-

Publisher: University of California Press, 1998

Abstract: The mind-body problem, which Schopenhauer called the "world-knot," has been a central problem for …

The erotic Whitman

Author: Pollak, Vivian R

Publisher: University of California Press, 2000

Abstract: In this provocative analysis of Whitman's exemplary quest for happiness, Vivian Pollak skillfully …

Traditional oral epic: the Odyssey, Beowulf, and the Serbo-Croatian return song

Author: Foley, John Miles

Publisher: University of California Press, 1991

Abstract: John Miles Foley offers an innovative and straightforward approach to the structural analysis of o…

Behind the scenes: Yeats, Horniman, and the struggle for the Abbey Theatre

Author: Frazier, Adrian Woods

Publisher: University of California Press, 1990

Abstract: Behind the Scenes presents the story of Dublin's famous Abbey Theatre and its major creative perso…

1910, the emancipation of dissonance

Author: Harrison, Thomas J 1955-

Publisher: University of California Press, 1996

Abstract: The year 1910 marks an astonishing, and largely unrecognized, juncture in Western history. In this…

Spectacle and society in Livy's history

Author: Feldherr, Andrew 1963-

Publisher: University of California Press, 1998

Abstract: Public spectacle - from the morning rituals of the Roman noble to triumphs and the shows of the Ar…

The way the world is: cultural processes and social relations among the Mombasa Swahili

Author: Swartz, Marc J

Publisher: University of California Press, 1991

Abstract: Marc Swartz takes us for the first time into the homes and neighborhoods of the Swahili in the Eas…