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Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
1010L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, color map, portraits, photographs (some color) ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Documents the life and achievements of the nineteenth-century Northern Paiute leader, examining how her aptitude for languages and diplomacy enabled her to advocate on behalf of her tribe.
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
xviii, 261 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"The Encyclopedia of Black Comics focuses on people of African descent who have published significant works in the United States or have worked across various aspects of the comics industry. The book focuses on creators in the field of comics: inkers, illustrators, artists, writers, editors, Black comic historians, Black comic convention creators, website creators, archivists and academics--as well as individuals who may not fit into any category...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
xi, 224 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Twain was an active, even giddy, participant in all the great booms and busts of his time, launching himself into one harebrained get-rich scheme after another. But far from striking it rich, he failed with comical regularity in an era notorious for its wealth and excess. Mining firms failed; importing coca leaves from the Amazon fizzled. Crawford tells Twain's story of financial optimism and perseverance, and in doing so creates a cracked-mirror...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiii, 362 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The ten brilliant women who are the focus of Sharp came from different backgrounds and had vastly divergent political and artistic opinions. But they all made a significant contribution to the cultural and intellectual history of America and ultimately changed the course of the twentieth century, in spite of the men who often undervalued or dismissed their work. These ten women-- Dorothy Parker, Rebecca West, Hannah Arendt, Mary McCarthy, Susan...
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
xiv, 279 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
In a bold and sweeping reevaluation of the past two centuries of women's writing, At Home in the World argues that this body of work has been defined less by domestic concerns than by an active engagement with the most pressing issues of public life: from class and religious divisions, slavery, warfare, and labor unrest to democracy, tyranny, globalism, and the clash of cultures. In this new literary history, Maria DiBattista and Deborah Epstein Nord...
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