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  • What America Read

    Taste, Class, and the Novel, 1920-1960

    by Gordon Hutner ...
    Despite the vigorous study of modern American fiction, today’s readers are only familiar with a partial shelf of a vast library. Gordon Hutner describes the distorted, canonized history of the twentieth-century American novel as a record of modern classics insufficiently appreciated in their day but recuperated by scholars in order to shape the grand tradition of Hemingway, Fitzgerald, and ... Read more

    $26.59 USD

  • The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie and The Gospel of Wealth

    by Andrew Carnegie ...
    The enlightening memoir of the industrialist as famous for his philanthropy as for his fortune.His good friend Mark Twain dubbed him “St. Andrew.” British Prime Minister William Gladstone called him an “example” for the wealthy. Such terms seldom apply to multimillionaires. But Andrew Carnegie was no run-of-the-mill steel magnate. At age 13 and full of dreams, he sailed from his native Dunfermline ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

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  • Babbitt

    by Sinclair Lewis ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    Amusing and tragic by turn, Sinclair Lewis's classic novel is a biting satire of middle-American values whose title has entered the language as a byword for smug complacency, conformity, and materialism, and whose suburban targets are still much in evidence. A successful real estate agent, George F. Babbitt is a member of all the right clubs, and unquestioningly shares the same aspirations and ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

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  • A New Deal for the Humanities

    Liberal Arts and the Future of Public Higher Education

    by Gordon Hutner, Feisal G. Mohamed, Roger L. Geiger, Sheldon Rothblatt, Kathleen Woodward, Yolanda Moses, Daniel Lee Kleinman, Charlotte Melin, Bethany Nowviskie0, John McGowan1, Jeffrey J. Williams2, Christopher Newfield3 ...
    Series series The American Campus
    Many in higher education fear that the humanities are facing a crisis. But even if the rhetoric about “crisis” is overblown, humanities departments do face increasing pressure from administrators, politicians, parents, and students. In A New Deal for the Humanities, Gordon Hutner and Feisal G. Mohamed bring together twelve prominent scholars who address the history, the present state, and the ... Read more

    $23.09 USD

  • National Imaginaries, American Identities

    The Cultural Work of American Iconography

    Edited by Larry J. Reynolds, Gordon Hutner ...
    From the American Revolution to the present, the United States has enjoyed a rich and persuasive visual culture. These images have constructed, sustained, and disseminated social values and identities, but this unwieldy, sometimes untidy form of cultural expression has received less systematic attention than other modes of depicting American life. Recently, scholars in the humanities have ... Read more

    $39.59 USD

  • Immigrant Voices, Volume 2

    by Gordon Hutner ...
    Series Book 2 - Immigrant Voices
    A compelling collection of essays providing a comprehensive vision of immigration to the United States in the late twentieth and twenty-first centuries—the indispensable companion to Immigrant Voices.Filled with moving narratives by authors from around the world, Immigrant Voices: Volume II delivers a global and intimate look at the challenges modern immigrants confront. Their stories, told with ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Selected Speeches and Writings of Theodore Roosevelt

    by Theodore Roosevelt ...
    Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) was America's most published president with an incredible output of writing including forty books, over a thousand articles, and countless speeches and letters.Collected here in one volume are examples of Roosevelt’s voluminous writings over a dazzling array of topics. Organized by general categories, readers can sample writings on subjects as varied as the ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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    Big Ideas Simply Explained

    by DK ...
    Series series DK Big Ideas
    Since the dawn of humankind, people have looked upward to the heavens and tried to understand them. This encyclopedia takes you on an expedition through time and space to discover our place in the universe.We invite you to take a journey through the wonders of the universe. Explore the cosmos, from planets to black holes, the Big Bang, and everything in-between!Get ready to discover the story of ... Read more

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  • The Witch's Vacuum Cleaner and Other Stories

    by Terry Pratchett ...
    New York Times BestsellerDo you believe in magic? Can you imagine a war between wizards? An exciting journey in an airship or down in a submarine? Would you like to meet the fastest truncheon in the Wild West?The Witch’s Vacuum Cleaner is the second fabulously funny short-story collection from the late acclaimed storyteller Sir Terry Pratchett, author of the beloved and bestselling Discworld ... Read more

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  • The Wages of War

    When America's Soldiers Came Home: From Valley Forge to Vietnam

    by Richard Severo, Lewis Milford ...
    Series Book 20 - Forbidden Bookshelf
    A disturbing chronicle of the US government's mistreatment of American soldiers and veterans throughout history, with a new introduction by Charles Sheehan-MilesTime and time again, the sacrifices made by veterans and their families have been repaid with scorn, discrimination, lack of health services, scant financial compensation, and other indignities. This injustice dates back as far as the ... Read more

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  • Strange Devices of the Sun and Moon

    by Lisa Goldstein ...
    "[Lisa Goldstein's] magnificent book functions as both an eerie fantasy and an evocative period piece, overlaid with all the thrills of a convoluted conspiracy novel . . . The reader is plunged into a fantasy milieu reminiscent of some of Yeats's Faerie poems, illustrated perhaps by Arthur Rackham." —Paul Di Filippo ( Washington Post)London in the time of Queen Elizabeth I is a bustling place, its ... Read more

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  • The Square of Revenge

    by Pieter Aspe ...
    Translated by Brian Doyle ...
    Series Book 1 - The Pieter Van In Mysteries
    The #1 international bestselling crime thriller that introduces Belgian detective Pieter Van In, "a brusque cop with every bad habit you can think of" ( The New York Times Book Review).The beautiful medieval architecture of Bruges belies the dark longings of her residents. When the wealthy and powerful Ludovic Degroof's jewelry store is robbed, nothing is stolen, but the jewels have been dissolved ... Read more

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