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AGAMBEN, GIORGIO. The Kingdom And The Glory: For A Theological Genealogy Of Economy And Government.
Stanford University Press, Palo Alto: 2011. h Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book.
Why has power in the West assumed the form of an "economy," that is, of a government of men and things? If power is essentially government, why does it need glory, that is, the ceremonial and liturgical apparatus that has always accompanied it? In the early centuries of the Church, in order to reconcile monotheism with God's threefold nature, the doctrine of Trinity was introduced in the guise of an economy of divine life. It was as if the Trinity amounted to nothing more than a problem of managing and governing the heavenly house and the world. Agamben shows that, when combined with the idea of providence, this theological-economic paradigm unexpectedly lies at the origin of many of the most important categories of modern politics, from the democratic theory of the division of powers to the strategic doctrine of collateral damage, from the invisible hand of Smith's liberalism to ideas of order and security. But the greatest novelty to emerge from The Kingdom and the Glory is that modern power is not only government but also glory, and that the ceremonial, liturgical, and acclamatory aspects that we have regarded as vestiges of the past actually constitute the basis of Western power. Through a fascinating analysis of liturgical acclamations and ceremonial symbols of powerÑthe throne, the crown, purple cloth, the Fasces, and moreÑAgamben develops an original genealogy that illuminates the startling function of consent and of the media in modern democracies. With this book, the work begun with Homo Sacer reaches a decisive point, profoundly challenging and renewing our vision of politics. Translated into English from the Italian by Lorenzo Chiesa with Matteo Mandarini. Giorgio Agamben, an Italian philosopher and political theorist, teaches at the IUAV University in Venice and holds the Baruch Spinoza Chair at the European Graduate School. His most recent works available in English translation from Stanford University Press include "What is an Apparatus?" and Other Essays (2009), Nudities (2010), and The Sacrament of Language (2011).
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AGAMBEN, GIORGIO. The Kingdom And The Glory: For A Theological Genealogy Of Economy And Government.
Stanford University Press, Palo Alto: 2011. s Softcover. Brand new book.
Why has power in the West assumed the form of an "economy," that is, of a government of men and things? If power is essentially government, why does it need glory, that is, the ceremonial and liturgical apparatus that has always accompanied it? In the early centuries of the Church, in order to reconcile monotheism with God's threefold nature, the doctrine of Trinity was introduced in the guise of an economy of divine life. It was as if the Trinity amounted to nothing more than a problem of managing and governing the heavenly house and the world. Agamben shows that, when combined with the idea of providence, this theological-economic paradigm unexpectedly lies at the origin of many of the most important categories of modern politics, from the democratic theory of the division of powers to the strategic doctrine of collateral damage, from the invisible hand of Smith's liberalism to ideas of order and security. But the greatest novelty to emerge from The Kingdom and the Glory is that modern power is not only government but also glory, and that the ceremonial, liturgical, and acclamatory aspects that we have regarded as vestiges of the past actually constitute the basis of Western power. Through a fascinating analysis of liturgical acclamations and ceremonial symbols of powerÑthe throne, the crown, purple cloth, the Fasces, and moreÑAgamben develops an original genealogy that illuminates the startling function of consent and of the media in modern democracies. With this book, the work begun with Homo Sacer reaches a decisive point, profoundly challenging and renewing our vision of politics. Translated into English from the Italian by Lorenzo Chiesa with Matteo Mandarini. Giorgio Agamben, an Italian philosopher and political theorist, teaches at the IUAV University in Venice and holds the Baruch Spinoza Chair at the European Graduate School. His most recent works available in English translation from Stanford University Press include "What is an Apparatus?" and Other Essays (2009), Nudities (2010), and The Sacrament of Language (2011).
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AGAMBEN, GIORGIO. Nudities.
Stanford University Press, Stanford: 2010. s Softcover. Brand new book.
Encompassing a wide range of subjects, the ten masterful essays gathered here may at first appear unrelated to one another. In truth, Giorgio Agamben's latest book is a mosaic of his most pressing concerns. Take a step backward after reading it from cover to cover, and a world of secret affinities between the chapters slowly comes into focus. Take another step back, and it becomes another indispensable piece of the finely nuanced philosophy that Agamben has been patiently constructing over four decades of sustained research. If nudity is unconcealment, or the absence of all veils, then Nudities is a series of apertures onto truth. A guiding thread of this collectionÑweaving together the prophet's work of redemption, the glorious bodies of the resurrected, the celebration of the Sabbath, and the specters that stroll the streets of VeniceÑis inoperativity, or the cessation of work. The term should not be understood as laziness or inertia, but rather as the paradigm of human action in the politics to come. Itself the result of inoperativity, Nudities shuttles between philosophy and poetry, philological erudition and unexpected digression, metaphysical treatise and critique of modern life. And whether the subject at hand is personal identity or the biometric apparatus, the slanderer or the land surveyor, Kafka or Kleist, every page bears the singular imprint of one of the most astute philosophers of our time. Translated into English from the Italian by David Kishik and Stefan Pedatella. Giorgio Agamben, an Italian philosopher and radical political theorist, is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Venice.
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AGAMBEN, GIORGIO. Nudities.
Stanford University Press, Stanford: 2010. h Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book.
Encompassing a wide range of subjects, the ten masterful essays gathered here may at first appear unrelated to one another. In truth, Giorgio Agamben's latest book is a mosaic of his most pressing concerns. Take a step backward after reading it from cover to cover, and a world of secret affinities between the chapters slowly comes into focus. Take another step back, and it becomes another indispensable piece of the finely nuanced philosophy that Agamben has been patiently constructing over four decades of sustained research. If nudity is unconcealment, or the absence of all veils, then Nudities is a series of apertures onto truth. A guiding thread of this collectionÑweaving together the prophet's work of redemption, the glorious bodies of the resurrected, the celebration of the Sabbath, and the specters that stroll the streets of VeniceÑis inoperativity, or the cessation of work. The term should not be understood as laziness or inertia, but rather as the paradigm of human action in the politics to come. Itself the result of inoperativity, Nudities shuttles between philosophy and poetry, philological erudition and unexpected digression, metaphysical treatise and critique of modern life. And whether the subject at hand is personal identity or the biometric apparatus, the slanderer or the land surveyor, Kafka or Kleist, every page bears the singular imprint of one of the most astute philosophers of our time. Translated into English from the Italian by David Kishik and Stefan Pedatella. Giorgio Agamben, an Italian philosopher and radical political theorist, is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Venice.
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AGAMBEN, GIORGIO. The Sacrament Of Language: An Archaeology Of The Oath.
Stanford University Press, Stanford: 2010. h Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book.
This book is a continuation of Giorgio Agamben's investigation of political theory, which began with the highly influential volume Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life. Having already traced the roots of the idea of sovereignty, sacredness, and economy, he now turns to a perhaps unlikely topic: the concept of the oath. Following the Italian scholar Paolo Prodi, Agamben sees the oath as foundational for Western politics and undertakes an exploration of the roots of the phenomenon of the oath in human experience. He rejects the common idea that the oath finds its origin in religion, arguing instead that the oath points toward a particular response to the experience of language, a response that gave birth to both religion and law as we now know them. This book is important not only for readers of Agamben or of continental philosophy more broadly, but for anyone interested in questions relating to the relationships among religion, law, and language. Translated into English from the French by Adam Kotsko. Giorgio Agamben, an Italian philosopher and radical political theorist, is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Venice. Stanford University Press has published eight of his previous books: Homo Sacer (1998), Potentialities (1999), The Man Without Content (1999), The End of the Poem (1999), The Open (2004), The Time that Remains (2005), "What is an Apparatus?" and Other Essays (2009), and, most recently, Nudities (2010).
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AGAMBEN, GIORGIO. The Sacrament Of Language: An Archaeology Of The Oath.
Stanford University Press, Stanford: 2010. s Softcover. Brand new book.
This book is a continuation of Giorgio Agamben's investigation of political theory, which began with the highly influential volume Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life. Having already traced the roots of the idea of sovereignty, sacredness, and economy, he now turns to a perhaps unlikely topic: the concept of the oath. Following the Italian scholar Paolo Prodi, Agamben sees the oath as foundational for Western politics and undertakes an exploration of the roots of the phenomenon of the oath in human experience. He rejects the common idea that the oath finds its origin in religion, arguing instead that the oath points toward a particular response to the experience of language, a response that gave birth to both religion and law as we now know them. This book is important not only for readers of Agamben or of continental philosophy more broadly, but for anyone interested in questions relating to the relationships among religion, law, and language. Translated into English from the French by Adam Kotsko. Giorgio Agamben, an Italian philosopher and radical political theorist, is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Venice. Stanford University Press has published eight of his previous books: Homo Sacer (1998), Potentialities (1999), The Man Without Content (1999), The End of the Poem (1999), The Open (2004), The Time that Remains (2005), "What is an Apparatus?" and Other Essays (2009), and, most recently, Nudities (2010).
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AGATHA CHRISTIE. Murder On The Links.
Dell Publishing, New York: April 1980. 0440161029 New Dell Edition. s Softcover. Reading copy.
Monsieur Renaud had been tragically correct in fearing for his life, Hercule Poirot mused sadly. The sandtraps of millionaire Renauld's fabulous course were feared by golfers - and now one had became a fatal hazard for the legendary owner himself. Blood stained the sand where Renauld's butchered body was found.
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AGEE, JAMES. A Death In The Family.
Quartet Books, London: 1980. Reprint of book originally published in 1938. s Softcover. Very good reading copy.
A Pulitzer Prize winning novel set in Knoxville, Tennessee that is largely autobiographical. It is a masterly study of the feelings and reactions precipitated by the sudden death of Jay, head of the Follett household.
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AGEE, JAMES. The Morning Watch.
Ballantine Books, New York: 1969. Second Printing. s Softcover. Reading copy.
In prose of astonishing clarity and intensity, Agee captured in this first novel the portrait of an appealing and very real boy - serious, pitiable, funny - at the moment of his initiation into a feared yet fascinating world. "A successful and satisfying tour de force... The reader is left with catharsis and a memory of first-class writing." - Oliver LaFarge, Saturday Review.
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AGEE, JAMES; UNGERER, TOMI (DRAWINGS). Agee On Film: Reviews And Comments.
Beacon Press, Boston: 1964. Reprint Edition. s Softcover. Good condition.
From 1941 to 1948, James Agee was the movie reviewer for Time and from 1942 to 1948 he wrote the film column for The Nation. This volume contains all of The Nation articles. Also included are examples from the Time reviews, shorter and written for a wider, more varied audience. Agee's writing has an almost cinematic quality, a lens-like precision and immediacy; his perception in all his works was notable visual. Contains an Index.
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AGEE, JAMES; UNGERER, TOMI (DRAWINGS). Agee On Film: Essays And Reviews, Volume 1.
The Putnam Publishing Group, New York: 1983. 0399508708 Reprint Edition. s Softcover. Good condition.
From 1941 to 1948, James Agee was the movie reviewer for Time and from 1942 to 1948 he wrote the film column for The Nation. This volume contains all of The Nation articles. Also included are examples from the Time reviews, shorter and written for a wider, more varied audience. Agee's writing has an almost cinematic quality, a lens-like precision and immediacy; his perception in all his works was notable and visual. Contains an Index.
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AGEE, WILLIAM C. & FAXON, SUSAN C. Coming Of Age: American Art, 1850s To 1950s.
Yale University Press. New Haven and London: 2006. 0300115237 First Edition (Unstated). h Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book.
From the 1850s to the 1950s, American art and culture progressed from provincial status to international prominence, and American art transitioned from figurative depictions of the particular to abstract interpretation of universal ideals. This book chronicles this complex century of maturation through a selection of paintings from the collection of the Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover Massachusetts. From the 1850s to the 1950s, American art and culture progressed from provincial status to international prominence, and American art developed from figurative depictions of the particular to abstract interpretations of universal ideals. This beautiful book chronicles this complex century of maturation through an exquisite selection of paintings from the extraordinary collection of the Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts. "Coming of Age" begins with Albert Bierstadt, Frederic Church, and the Hudson River School landscapes that embody the new nationalism of mid-nineteenth century America. Their successors, American Luminists like Jasper Cropsey and Fitz H. Lane, infused their immediate natural surroundings with glowing light and crystalline clarity, while contemporary Barbizon-influenced tonalists, such as George Inness, sought to capture the American ethos through an emotional, atmospheric landscape language. In the later nineteenth century, Winslow Homer, Thomas Eakins, and Eastman Johnson imaged native subjects through the lens of realism. Childe Hassam and Maurice Prendergast brought Impressionist aesthetics to the American context, while expatriates including John Singer Sargent and James McNeil Whistler established themselves in European art capitals. In New York, turn-of-the-century Ashcan school painters captured the gritty cityscape that would host American champions of modernism Alfred Stieglitz, Man Ray, and Marsden Hartley. In the 1930s, European-trained artist Josef Albers introduced a generation of American painters to new theories of colour and space from which emerged the breakthrough Abstract Expressionists. By the 1950s, American art had come of age, as Americans securely held the vanguard position in the international art world. The search for an American expression, 1850-1917 by Susan C. Faxon 16 American art, 1910-1950s : themes, traditions, continuities by William C. Agee 68
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AGER, ANNE. Cooking In A Hurry.
Sundial Books Limited, London: 1980. 0906320135 First edition (unstated). St. Michael Cookery Library series. s Softcover. Good cndition.
To offr the cook in a hurry inspiration for all occasions Anne Ager has collected togethre dishes to suit all appetites and requierements, from light suppers to entertaining. Also included are useful hints on time-saving techniques and there is a helpful storecupboard checklist, too. Every recipe is illustrated in color and there is an Index.
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AGIRRE, JULEN. Operation Ogro: The Execution Of Admiral Luis Carrero Blanco.
Ballantine, New York: 1976 First Ballantine Books Edition. s Softcover. Very good reading copy.
On December 20, 1973, Admiral Luis Carrero Blanco, Premier of Spain and General Franco's No. 2 man, was assassinated. Here, in the actual words of the four young Basque terrorists, is the true story of the plot that escalated from kidnap to murder - the reckless and daring act that dynamited Carrero's car over a Madrid church. Translated into English from the Spanish, adapted and with an introduction by Barbara Probst Solomon. Includes photographs.
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AGNEW, BRAD. Fort Gibson: Terminal On The Trail Of Tears.
University of Oklahoma Press, Norman: 1981. 0806115211 Second Printing. h Hardcover with dustjacket. Good condition but back cover of dustjacket is worn.
Established on Grand River in 1824, Fort Gibson was the first and perhaps the most important military outpost in the Indian Territory. This volume pictur3es a vastly different type of military kmentality from what has been widely accepted as typical and suggesgts that it might be appropriate for the pubiic to re-examine its assumptions concerning nineteenth-century Indian-army relations. Includes an Index.
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AGNEW, SPIRO T. Go Quietly...or Else.
William Morrow and Company, New York: 1980. 0688036686 First Edition. h Hardcover with dustjacket. Good condition.
A powerful book in which Mr. Agnew challenges the widely held beliefs about his alleged involvement in bribery and extortion while in office. Includes an Index.
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AGNEW, SPIRO T. The Canfield Decision.
Berkley Publishing Corp., New York: 1977. 0425033384 s Softcover. Good condition.
The shocking superseller that reveals the secret deals, private passions and confidential crimes behind the WASHINGTON Scandals.
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AGNON, S. Y. A Guest For The Night.
Schocken Books, New York: 1968. h Hardcover with dustjacket. Fair condition.
[The novel] reveals the author's vision of his people's secure past, his view of the tragic present, his doubts his irony---and his affirmation.
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AGNON, S. Y. Twenty-one Stories.
Schocken Books, New York: 1970. Second Printing. h Hardcover with dustjacket. Good condition.
A collection of twenty-one stories from the hand of the Nobel Prize winning author S. Y. Agnon. These stories, both long and short, deal with the family among other subjects.
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AGNON, S. Y. Only Yesterday.
Princeton University Press, Princeton: 2002. 0691095442 Fourth Printing. s Softcover. Fair condition.
Tells a seemingly simple tale about a man who immigrataes to Palestine during the Second Aliya - the period between 1904 and 1914 when many Jewish idealists returned to work the Hebrew soil as in biblical times and revive Hebrew culture. Only Yesterday quickly became recognized as a major work of world literature, but not only for its vivid historical reconstruction of Israel's founding society. This monumental novel also engages the reader in a fascinating network of meanings, contradictions, and pareadoxes all leading to yhr question, What, if anything, controls human existence? Translated from the Hebrew into English by Barbara Harshav. "[A] scathing vision of God and man, Zionism and Jewish history, desire and guilt, language and meaning. . . . A work of powerful and eccentric, originality." - Robert Alter, Los Angeles Times
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AGOU, CHRISTOPHE. Life Below: The New York City Subway.
The Quantuck Lane Press: 2004. 1593720084 h Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book.
From its beginnings in the early part of the 20th century, the New York City subway has captured the imaginations of photographers from Walker Evans to Bruce Davidson, and many more. But never has it been so powerfully and lyrically portrayed as in these carefully orchestrated sequences from Christophe Agou, a photographer whose searing images haunt and intrigue us at the same time. Bridging the worlds of documentary and art photography, Life Below is a series of frozen moments, revealing fear, love, affection, stress, and solitude. The compelling photographs are an intimate rendezvous with people in a meditative state: people from all walks of life who have not yet put on a mask. This is at times a dark, but always sensitive view of a corner of our world. Highly illustrated including 75 duotones.
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AGRE, PHILIP E. AND TOTENBERG, MARC (EDITORS). Technology And Privacy: The New Landscape.
MIT Press, Cambridge: 1997. 026201162X First Edition. h Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent Condition.
The essays in this book provide a new cinceptual framework for analyzing and debating privacy policy and for designing and developing information systems. The authors are international experts in the technical, economic, and political aspects of privacy; the book's particular strengths are its synthesis of these three aspects and its treatment of privacy issues in Canada and in Europe as well as in the United States. Includes an Index.
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AGUDELO, SEBASTIAN. To The Bone.
Saturnalia, Philadelphia: 2009. First Edition. s Softcover. Brand new book.
To the Bone, winner of the 2008 Saturnalia Books Poetry Prize, selected by Mark Doty, is a poetic feast. These lush, highly detailed, and at times vulgar poems give insight into the body, mind, and soul of the millions of kitchen workers across the globe. Told with gritty authenticity that only someone with true life experience working "the back of the house", to use culinary lingo, can bring, Agudelo leads us by the mouth and nose on a one of a kind experience. In Whitmanesque style, Agudelo gives voice to the myriad of colorful characters who prepare our foods and clean up after us, lifting the veil on what we'd rather not see, but can't turn away from. To the Bone is a unique collection by a stunning new talent. As Mark Doty writes, "To the Bone is an unexpected, bracing debut. You'll have trouble putting it down." Sebastian Agudelo was born in Mexico City. He earned his MA from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale and currently teaches literature and writing at University of the Arts and Temple University. He has worked extensively in restaurants in Philadelphia, where he presently lives with his wife and daughter.
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AGUSTI, LLUIS (EDITOR). Essential Guide To Spanish Reading: Librarians' Selections.
Trade Commission of Spain, Coral Gables: 2007. 0979606705 First Edition (Unstated). s Softcover. Brand new book.
In Fall 2006, America Reads Spanish launched an on-line survey addressed to librarians in charge of Latin American collections in public, academic and research libraries in the United States,so that,in their capacity as experts, they would suggest works germane to the creation of a bibliographic Hispanic database which was initially thought would comprise 500 titles. The works would refer to Spanish letters,language and literature: fiction, poetry, theater, essays, reference works and children's literature. In March 2007, the compilation of materials was closed with nearly one thousand suggested works. This is the result.
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AHARON, SARA Y. From Kabul To Queens: The Jews Of Afghanistan And Their Move To The United States.
American Sephardi Federation, New York / Decalogue Books, New York: 2011. First Edition. s Softcover. Brand new book.
Here is the story of Jewish Afghanistan, a community some believe originated in Biblical times. Although no longer one with a physical presence in Afghanistan, it nonetheless still lives, but in a different locale. Actually, two. While many have relocated to Israel, there is also a sizable contingent that has reestablished itself in New York, with its own synagogue, one that maintains much of their Jewish heritage as it once thrived in cities along the fabled Silk Road of Central Asia. Based upon extensive interviews with many of these Afghan Jews, Sara Aharon, whose grandfather was the Torah reader at one of Herat's four synagogues, here details their past, and discusses how these traditional Jews have adapted to their American setting. From Kabul to Queens relates the history of a little known Jewish kehilla that was able to live in peace with its Sunni Moslem neighbors. ". . . an important contribution . . . future scholars will find Sara Aharon's study of significant value." - Rosanne Klass, author of Land of the High Flags: Afghanistan When the Going Was Good
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946 |
AHARONI, ISRAEL & EVRON, SHAUL. Kosher Italian Gourmet.
Modan Publishing House, Tel Aviv: . 1557740542 First Edition (Unstated). h Hardcover with dustjacket in protective mylar cover. Very good condition.
According to the authors, "All recipes in this book have been adapted to the kosher kitchen. Even so, we felt it would be unauthentic, not to mention phony, to neglect mention of the Italian food as it is - and Italians, do eat milk and meat in the same meal, and enjoy their shellfish. Such ingredients do not appear in the recipes, and we've found excellent replacements for them, but we would not want to belie their existence or 'kosher' the Italians, after all." Includes an Index.
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AHEARN, BARRY. Zukofsky's " A ": An Introduction.
University of California Press, Berkeley: 1983 0520043782 h Hardcover with dustjacket. Good condition.
An analytical introduction to Louis Zukofsky's epic poems, the product of 50 years of work and a lifetime of experience, exploring the decades of personal development that went into its. Includes an Index.
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AHMAD, HADRAT MIRZA BASHIR-UD-DIN MAHMUD (KHALIFATUL MASH II). Introduction To The Study Of The Holy Qur'an.
Islam International Publications Ltd., London: 1996. 1853722030 5th Edition. s Softcover. Good condition.
According to the publisher, this book "examines the need of the Holy Quran and how other scriptures have suffered the interpolation, addition, deletion, etc.; it then sets out the prophecies made by past prophets about the Holy Prophet Muhammad. This is supplemented by an excellent and affectionate life sketch of the Holy Prophet - a better biography has yet to be written." Includes an Index.
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955 |
AHMED, AFZAL SYED; FAROOQI, MUSHARRAF ALI. Rococo And Other Worlds: Selected Poems.
Wesleyan University Press. First Edition. h Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book.
First English language publication of Urdu's greatest modern poet Afzal Ahmed Syed holds a unique place among contemporary poets of the Urdu language, as an acknowledged master of both the classical and modern Urdu poetic forms. The poems in Rococo and Other Worlds explore the mythology and historical realities of South Asia and the Middle East; their bold imagery creates narratives of voluptuous perfection, which remain inseparable from the political realities that Syed witnessed as a young observer of the violent separation of East Pakistan and emergence of Bangladesh in 1971 and of the Lebanese civil war in 1976. Musharraf Ali Farooqi's sensitive translations bring this extraordinary work to English readers for the first time.
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956 |
AHNLUND, NILS; SHOWALTER, DENNIS E. (FOREWORD). Gustavus Adolphus The Great.
History Book Club, New York: 1999. 0965068076 History Book Club Edition. h Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand New Copy.
Follows this extraordinary soldier-king through his childhood and education, his uncertain ascension to the throne at the age of sixteen, and his short but brilliant military reign. Brings the king to life on and off the battlefield, examining his relationships with his loved ones as well as with his subjects, from the nurturing bond he enjoyed with his father to the antagonistic relationship he had with his politically strategic marriage, and, perhaps most importantly, his relationship with Sweden's highly influential chancellor, Axel Oxenstierna. Translated from the Swedish by Michael Roberts. Contains an Index.
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AHRAM, ARIEL I. Proxy Warriors: The Rise And Fall Of State-sponsored
Stanford University Press, Palo Alto: 2011. Stanford Security Forces Series. h Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book.
In this book, Ariel Ahram offers a new perspective on a growing threat to international and human securityÑthe reliance of 'weak states' on quasi-official militias, paramilitaries, and warlords. Tracing the history of several "high profile" paramilitary organizations, including Indonesia's various militia factions, Iraq's tribal "awakening," and Iran's Revolutionary Guard and Basij corps, the book shows why and how states co-opt these groups, turning former rebels into state-sponsored militias. Building on an historical and comparative empirical approach that emphasizes decolonization, revolution, and international threat, the author offers a new set of policy prescriptions for addressing this escalating international crisisÑwith particular attention to strategies for mitigating the impact of this devolution of violence on the internal and international stability of states. Ariel I. Ahram is an Assistant Professor in the School of International and Area Studies and the Department of Political Science at the University of Oklahoma. "Proxy Warriors makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the devolution of state control over violence to non-state actors within the state. It demonstrates that, contrary to received wisdom, decentralization need not undermine a state's internal security or even the ability of a state to guard against external threats. Thus, late-developing states may well have workable alternative institutional arrangement to those of the developed world."ÑPeter J. Dombrowski, Professor and Chair, Strategic Research Department, U.S. Naval War College "Proxy Warriors offers a timely, insightful, and often contrarian look at how leaders in developing states use militias, gangs, and other substate actors. Ahram offers important findings that explain states' different approaches and provides fresh policy prescriptions for the international community to manage, or at times live with, this difficult problem." ÑDaniel Byman, Professor, Security Studies Program, Georgetown University
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AHRAM, ARIEL I. Proxy Warriors: The Rise And Fall Of State-sponsored
Stanford University Press, Palo Alto: 2011. Stanford Security Forces Series. s Softcover. Brand new book.
In this book, Ariel Ahram offers a new perspective on a growing threat to international and human securityÑthe reliance of 'weak states' on quasi-official militias, paramilitaries, and warlords. Tracing the history of several "high profile" paramilitary organizations, including Indonesia's various militia factions, Iraq's tribal "awakening," and Iran's Revolutionary Guard and Basij corps, the book shows why and how states co-opt these groups, turning former rebels into state-sponsored militias. Building on an historical and comparative empirical approach that emphasizes decolonization, revolution, and international threat, the author offers a new set of policy prescriptions for addressing this escalating international crisisÑwith particular attention to strategies for mitigating the impact of this devolution of violence on the internal and international stability of states. Ariel I. Ahram is an Assistant Professor in the School of International and Area Studies and the Department of Political Science at the University of Oklahoma. "Proxy Warriors makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the devolution of state control over violence to non-state actors within the state. It demonstrates that, contrary to received wisdom, decentralization need not undermine a state's internal security or even the ability of a state to guard against external threats. Thus, late-developing states may well have workable alternative institutional arrangement to those of the developed world."ÑPeter J. Dombrowski, Professor and Chair, Strategic Research Department, U.S. Naval War College "Proxy Warriors offers a timely, insightful, and often contrarian look at how leaders in developing states use militias, gangs, and other substate actors. Ahram offers important findings that explain states' different approaches and provides fresh policy prescriptions for the international community to manage, or at times live with, this difficult problem." ÑDaniel Byman, Professor, Security Studies Program, Georgetown University
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AIDALA, THOMAS R. (TEXT) AND BRUCE, CUTIS (PHOTOGRAPHY). Hearst Castle San Simeon.
Harrison House, NY: 1984. 0517460823 1984 Edition. h Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition.
Here is the complete story of Hearst Castle, the house that William Randolph Hearst built. Gives the full history of the planning and construction of all the buildings, the landscaping, and the swimming pools - and gives, for the first time, an accurate estimate of the cost of the comple.Contains numerous full-page color photographs. Includes Index.
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AIKEN, KATHERINE G. The Rise And Fall Of A Great Mining Company, 1885-1981.
University of Oklahoma Press, Norman: 2011. s Softcover. Brand new book.
A comprehensive history of a major American mining company. For nearly a century, the Bunker Hill Company of Idaho was a leading U.S. mining and smelting corporation that played a key role in the nation's industrial development. At the same time, it was the catalyst for unprecedented labor strife and environmental desecration. In this richly detailed history, Katherine G. Aiken traces Bunker Hill's evolution from the mine's discovery in 1885 to the company's closure in 1981. Throughout the company's long history, management's relentless pursuit of profit and the labor-management conflicts that often resulted were nothing short of legendary. Often a tale of strife, Bunker Hill's history is at the same time a story of cooperation, dedication, and ingenuity. People literally gave their lives for the production of lead, zinc, and silver. In the end, however, environmental destruction, aging facilities, and mineral shortages, as well as foreign competition, crippled the company's economic viability. Aiken offers an in-depth profile that illustrates major trends in American corporate culture. Katherine G. Aiken is Professor and Chair in the Department of History, University of Idaho, Moscow. She is the author of Harnessing the Power of Motherhood: The National Florence Crittenton Mission, 1883-1925. "A solid contribution to the industrial history of the American West."ÑJournal of the West
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AINAUD, JUAN; HELD, ANDRE. Romanesque Painting.
Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London: 1963. s Softcover. Reading copy with slight discoloration on the cover.
This ambitious series covers the whole history of western painting in a dozen volumes... spreading throughout Western Europe between the eleventh and thirteenth centuries, Romanesque painting exhibits a richness and originality which deserves a much closer study.
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AINSZTEIN, REUBEN. In Lands Not My Own: A Wartime Journey.
Random House, New York: 2002. 0375507574 First Edition. h Hardcover with dustjcket. Very good condition.
Reuben Ainsztein fled the pogroms of Wilno, Poland, when he was only sixteen. In search of freedom and a role in the defeat of Hitler, he applied to and was accepted by Britain's Royal Air Force. Visa in hand, he embarked on an extraordinary journey across war-ravaged Europe seeking safe passage to London.
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AINSZTEIN, REUBEN. In Lands Not My Own: A Wartime Journey.
Random House, New York: 2002. 0375507574 First Edition. h Hardcover with dustjcket. Very good condition.
Reuben Ainsztein fled the pogroms of Wilno, Poland, when he was only sixteen. In search of freedom and a role in the defeat of Hitler, he applied to and was accepted by Britain's Royal Air Force. Visa in hand, he embarked on an extraordinary journey across war-ravaged Europe seeking safe passage to London.
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AIRD, POLLY. Mormon Convert, Mormon Defector: A Scottish Immigrant In The American West, 1848 - 1861.
University of Oklahoma Press, Norman: 2009. h Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book.
Peter McAuslan heeded Mormon missionaries spreading the faith in his native Scotland in the mid-1840s. The uncertainty his family faced in a rapidly industrializing economy, the political turmoil erupting across Europe, the welter of competing religionsÑall were signs of the imminent end of time, the missionaries warned. For those who would journey to a new Zion in the American West, opportunity and spiritual redemption awaited. When McAuslan converted in 1848, he believed he had a found a faith that would give his life meaning. A few years later, McAuslan and his family left Scotland for Utah, but soon after he arrived, his doubts grew about the religious community he had joined so wholeheartedly. Historian Polly Aird tells the story of how McAuslan first embraced, then came to question, and ultimately renounced the Mormon faith and left Utah. It would be the most courageous act of his life. In Mormon Convert, Mormon Defector, Aird tells of Scottish emigrants who endured a harrowing transatlantic and transcontinental journey to join their brethren in the valley of the Great Salt Lake. But to McAuslan and others like him, the Promised Land of Salt Lake City turned out to be quite different from what was promised: droughts and plagues of locusts destroyed crops and brought on famine, and U.S. Army troops threatened on the borders. Mormon leaders responded with fiery sermons attributing their trials to divine retribution for backsliding and sin. When the leaders countenanced violence and demanded absolute obedience, Peter McAuslan decided to abandon his adopted faith. With his family, and escorted by a U.S. Army detachment for protection, he fled to California. Mormon Convert, Mormon Defector reveals the tumultuous 1850s in Utah and the West in vivid detail. Drawing on McAuslan's writings and other archival sources, Aird offers a rare interior portrait of a man in whom religious fervor warred with indignation at absolutist religious authorities and fear for the consequences of dissension. In so doing, she brings to life a dramatic but little-known period of American history. Polly Aird is an independent historian whose award-winning articles have appeared in the Utah Historical Quarterly, the Journal of Mormon History, and Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought. She lives in Seattle, Washington.
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AIRTH, RENNIE. River Of Darkness.
Penguin Books, New York: 2005. 0143035703 Second Printing. s Softcover. Good condition.
As rural England slowly emergs from World War I, a particularly vicious attack on a household in a small village leaves five butchered bodies and no explanation for the killigns. Scotland Yard sends Inspector John Madden, still recovering from his own harrowing war experience and from the deaths of his wife and child to investigate. The local police dismiss the slaughter as a botched robbery, but Madden detects the signs of a madman at work. With the help of Dr. Helen Blackwell, who introduces him to the latest developments in criminal psychology, Madden sets out to identify and capture the killer, even as the mudrerer sets his sights on his next inocent victims. "It's the tactics and the terain, the morale and the characters that make the difference between an average thriller and one as good as this." - Christopher Dickey, The New York Times Book Review
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AISENBERG, NADYA. Ordinary Heroines: Transforming The Male Myth.
Continuum, New York: 1994 0826406521 h Hardcover with dustjacket. Good condition.
About the search for a new paradigm, that of a contemporary heroine. A heroine is not simply a female hero. The key to the contemporary heroine is that she substitutes moral courage for the physical bravery of the traditional hero, and enacts her 'hero-ine-ism' from within the parameters of her ordinary life. Includes an Index.
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AITKEN, DOUG; SPEAKS, MICHAEL. Doug Aitken: A-z Book (fractals).
The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia: 2002. 3775712917 First Edition. h Hardcover, no dustjacket. Good condition.
Published in conjunction with the exhibition Doug Aitken: Interiors (September 20 - January 11, 2003) at The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, and Doug Aitken (June 15 - August 10,2003) at the Kunsthalle Zurich.
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AITKEN, ROY E. AS TOLD TO NELSON, AL P. The Birth Of A Nation Story.
A Denlinger Book, Middleburg: 1965. First Edition (unstated). h Hardcover, no dustjacket. Good reading copy. Lower righthand front cover and facing corner on backcover are slightly banged up, but overall the book is clean and in good condition.
Here is the story of this most celebrated of silent films, produced in 1915 and directed by the talented David Wark Griffith. It was the first twelve-reel motion picture ever made. Highly illustrated.
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AJAMI, FOUAD. The Foreigner's Gift: The Americans, The Arabs, And The Iraquis In Iraq.
Free Press, New York: 2006. 074323667X First Printing. h Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition.
Offers a brilliant, illuminating, and lyrical portrait of the ongoing struggle for Iraq and of the American encounter with that volatile Arab land. Ajami situates the currnt unrest within the context of Iraq's recent history of dictatorship and its rich, diverse cultural heritage. Includes an Index. "One of the smartest, most experienced and wisest Americans about the Middle East." - Dan Rather, Houston Chronicle
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AKDIKMEN, RESUHI & UZBAY, EKREM (ASSISTANT). Langenscheidt's Pocket Turkish Dictionary: English - Turkish Turkish - English.
Langenscheidt KG - Berlin und Munchen: 1992. 0887290906 Reprint Edition. s Softcover. Very good condition.
This completely new dictionary takes due account of the very latest developments in both languages. It is designed for wide use and is suitable for beginners and more advanced students alike. Compehensive vocabulary including manyidiomatic expressions. In the Turkish-English part, contains the newest words coined by the Turkish Language Association. In the English-Turkish part, phonetic transcription is included following the principles of the International Phonetic Association.
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AKENS, HELEN MORGAN & BROWN, VIRGINIA POUNDS; DAVIS, DON (ILLUSTRATIONS). Alabama: Mounds To Missiles.
The Strode Publishers, Huntsville: 1963. Second Printing. h Hardcover with dustjacket. Good condition. Inscribed by one of the authors.
An entertaining and completely absorbing story of Alabama from the time of the first cave dwellers to the present. The diverse sections of Alabama are shown in their relationship to each orther, from old Mobile on the Gulf to the movement of pioneers into the ara of Jackson and Grove Hill and Thomasville, to Livingston, Demopolis, Montgomery, Wetumpka, and on north to Birmingham, and from there to Huntsville, Muscle Shoals, and Florence. An illustrated history of Alabama, this outstanding book will be enjoyed not only by Alabama Students but also by everyone interested in a good story. Includes an index.
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AKERLOF, GEORGE A.; KRANTON, RACHEL E. Identity Economics: How Our Identities Shape Our Work, Wages, And Well-being
Princeton University Press, Princeton: 2010. h Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book.
In 1995, economist Rachel Kranton wrote future Nobel Prize-winner George Akerlof a letter insisting that his most recent paper was wrong. Identity, she argued, was the missing element that would help to explain why people - facing the same economic circumstances -would make different choices. This was the beginning of a fourteen-year collaboration - and of Identity Economics, a new way to understand people's decisions - at work, at school, and at home. With it, we can better appreciate why incentives like stock options work or don't; why some schools succeed and others don't; why some cities and towns don't invest in their futures - and much, much more. Identity Economics bridges a critical gap in the social sciences. It brings identity and norms to economics. People's notions of what is proper, and what is forbidden, and for whom, are fundamental to how hard they work, and how they learn, spend, and save. Thus people's identity - their conception of who they are, and of who they choose to be - may be the most important factor affecting their economic lives. And the limits placed by society on people's identity can also be crucial determinants of their economic well-being. George A. Akerlof is the Koshland Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley, and 2001 Nobel Laureate in Economics. Rachel E. Kranton is Professor of Economics at Duke University. Akerlof is the coauthor, with Robert Shiller, of Animal Spirits: How Human Psychology Drives the Economy, and Why It Matters for Global Capitalism. Includes an Index. "[A]n important new book. . . . Professor Akerlof and Rachel Kranton have invented Identity Economics."--Daniel Finkelstein, The Times "In the regular economic discourse of markets and taxes, we often forget about the forces that truly make a large difference in our lives. In Identity Economics we sit on an economic porch with Rachel Kranton and George Akerlof, observing what we care about most--our identity."--Dan Ariely, author of Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions "In Identity Economics, George Akerlof and Rachel Kranton team up to bring people and their passions into economic analysis. Moving away from conventional accounts, they propose a bold paradigm to explain why and how identity and social norms shape economic decision making. With verve and insight, the book transforms standard economic understandings of organizations, schools, gender segregation, and racial discrimination. This new enlightened economics opens up a bright future for serious collaboration between economists and sociologists."--Viviana A. Zelizer, author of The Purchase of Intimacy "This intriguing book shows how much can be learned when you add the tools of economics to the other intellectual resources now available for thinking about the power of identity. George Akerlof and Rachel Kranton report the results of technical modeling without immersing the reader in the technicalities. The result is an accessible work of commendable clarity."--Kwame Anthony Appiah, author of The Ethics of Identity "Identity Economics blends elements of psychology with traditional economic analysis. The writing is clear, interesting, and light on jargon. The interplay between theoretical predictions and concrete examples is particularly successful. It brings fascinating developments at the frontier of economics within reach of a wide audience."--H. Peyton Young, University of Oxford
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AKERS, KEITH; SINGER, PETER (INTRODUCTION). A Vegetarian Sourcebook.
G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York: 1983. 0399128026 First Edition (unstated). h Hardcover with dustjacket. Good condition. Some very slight tears in dustjacket.
Covers the nutrition, ecology and ethics of a natural foods diet. An essential volume for everyone concerned about health and longevity, the fate of the earth, and the well-being of our fellow creatures. Includes an Index.
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AKHILANANDA, SWAMI; MUELDER, WALTER G. (INTRODUCTION). Hindu View Of Christ,
Philosophical Library, New York: 1949. First Edition (unstated).
This is the first time that a Hindu religious teacher has written a comprehensive book on Jesus, the Christ. While the religious life of the world is at stake, Swami Akhilananda offers a deeper understanding of the life and teachings of Jesus in his Hindu View of Christ. Includes an Index.
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AKHTAR, M.D., SALMAN (EDITOR). New Psychiatric Syndromes: Dsm III And Beyond.
Jason Aronson, New York and London: 1983. 0876686145 First Printing. h Hardcover, no dustjacket. Good condition.
Introduces clinicians to new diagnostic entities in the context of their historical evolution and their relationship to and status in psychiatric classification. Many of these new psychiatric syndromes are delineated and discussed so as to reflect and clarify the major revisions in classification of psychopathology in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM III). Includes an Index.
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AKOUNINE, BORIS. Leviathan.
Presses de la Cite: 2001. 2264035501 Edition traduit du russe. s Softcover. Very good condition.
Un riche lord anglais assassine a Paris, un foulard indien de grand prix derobe: en ce mois de mars 1878, le commissaire Gauche, view routier de la police francaise, est en charge d'une bien delicate affaire. Un indice le mene au Leviathan, paquebot geant en partance pour Calcutta. A Son bord,Dix suspectes, dont un certain.., Eraste Fandorine! Fausse pistees, forfaitures, coups de theatre: un savoureux huis clos. Traduit en francais du russe par Odette Chevalot.
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AKSAKOV, SERGEI; BAYLEY, JOHN (INRODUCTION). A Russian Schoolboy.
Oxford University Press, Oxford: 1983. 019281575X Reprint. The World's Classics Edition. s Softcover. Good condition.
Remembering the 'magic world' of his youth, Aksakov recounts with nostalgia his country boyhood and its intense delights. This concluding work of a trilogy also conveys with an intimate charm Serezha's increasingly sophisticated perception of his own passage from schoolboy to adolescent. Translated from the Russan by J. D. Duff.
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AKST, DANIEL. St. Burl's Obituary.
Harcourt Brace & Company, New York: 1996. 015600514X First Harvest Edition. s Softcover. Good condition
"A Peculiar and wonderful first novel, full of surprises and small excitements, just the kind of thing to put the pleasure back in reading." -Frederick Barthelme, Author.
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AKUTAGAWA, RYUNOSUKE. Mandarins: Stories.
Archipelago Books, New York: 2007. 0977857603 First Archipelago Books Edition. s Softcover. Very good condition.
In addition to the title story, this volume also includes In A Grove, Yam Gruel, The Martyr, Kesa And Morito, and The Dragon. These are sardonic comments on the timeless frailties of human nature in stories which mirror the splendor and horror of medieval Japan. Translated into English from the Japanese by Takashi Kojima.
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AKUTAGAWA, RYUNOSUKE; DR. SHIMIZU, SAMU (INTRODUCTION). Rashomon And Other Stories.
Bantam Books, New York: 1959. Bantam Classic Series. s Softcover. Reading copy.
In addition to the title story, this volume also includes In A Grove, Yam Gruel, The Martyr, Kesa And Morito, and The Dragon. These are sardonic comments on the timeless frailties of human nature in stories which mirror the splendor and horror of medieval Japan. Translated into English from the Japanese by Takashi Kojima.
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AKUTAGAWA, RYUNOSUKE; MCVITTIE, JOHN (INTRODUCTION); KUWATA, MASAKAZU (WITH VERY UNUSUAL ILLUSTRATIONS BY). Japanese Short Stories.
Liveright Publishing Corporation, New York: 1962. Revised Edition. h Hardcover with dustjacket. Good condition.
Here are ten short stories by the author of Rashomon: A Sprig of Cherry (Introduction), The Hell Screen, A Clod of Soil, Nezumi-Kozo (The Japanese Robin Hood), Heichu: The Amorouse Genius, Genkaku-Sanbo, Otomi's Virginity, The Spider's Thread, The Nose, The Tangerines, and The Story of Yonosuke. Translated into English from the Japanese by Takashi Kojima.
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