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Cuba and Western Intellectuals since 1959
Palgrave Macmillan 2009; US$ 105.00This timely book presents a history of the relationship between the Cuban Revolution and intellectuals and activists in France, Britain and the United States, exploring the 'complete cycle' in this relationship and using it to examine the future of Cuba's symbolic status among intellectuals and activists in the West. more...
The Fall of the Berlin Wall
Oxford University Press, USA 2009; US$ 18.99The fall of the Berlin Wall sent shock waves around the world, initiating a stunningly rapid power-shift that would bring about the collapse of the Soviet Union, give rise to new democracies in Eastern Europe, and end the Cold War superpower conflict that had governed international relations for nearly a half century. It was, quite literally, a world-changing... more...
Fight Scenes
Counterpoint 2008; US$ 20.00In an intricately linked series of poetic, short tales set in a 1983 suburb, Greg Bottoms portrays his life as one of two ?at-risk? boys as they attempt to learn how to be?and what it means to be?men. By turns funny, disquieting, and moving, Fight Scenes takes an unsparing look at juvenile disaffection and the dark side of white, working-class masculinity.... more...
Plato's Ghost
Princeton University Press 2008; US$ 55.00Plato's Ghost is the first book to examine the development of mathematics from 1880 to 1920 as a modernist transformation similar to those in art, literature, and music. Jeremy Gray traces the growth of mathematical modernism from its roots in problem solving and theory to its interactions with physics, philosophy, theology, psychology, and ideas... more...
1921
University of Nebraska Press 2010; US$ 31.95At the dawn of the roaring twenties, baseball was struggling to overcome two of its darkest moments: the death of a player during a Major League game and the revelations of the 1919 Black Sox scandal. At this critical juncture for baseball, two teams emerged to fight for the future of the game. They were also battling for the hearts and minds of New... more...
Bowled Over
The University of North Carolina Press 2009; US$ 33.00In this compellingly argued and deeply personal book, respected sports historian Michael Oriard--who was himself a former second-team All-American at Notre Dame--explores a wide range of trends that have changed the face of big-time college football and transformed the role of the student-athlete. Oriard considers such issues as the politicization... more...
OECD Economic Surveys: France 2000
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2000; US$ 50.00The OECD produces highly sought-after annual reviews of Member countries' economies and selected non-member countries. Approximately eighteen surveys are issued during a calendar year. Each issue provides a solid analysis of developments in the subject country, special reports on topics of current interest, and extensive statistical information.... more...
OECD Economic Surveys: Ireland 2001
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2001; US$ 53.00This 2001 edition of OECD's periodic review of Ireland's economy includes special features on regulatory reform and strucural policy and on making growth more environmentally sustainable. more...
Anything Goes
Overlook 2011; US$ 15.95The glitter of 1920s America was seductive, from jazz, flappers, and wild all night parties to the birth of Hollywood and a glamorous gangster-led crime scene flourishing under Prohibition. But the period was also punctuated by momentous events?the political show trials of Sacco and Vanzetti, the huge Ku Klux Klan march down Washington, D.C.šs Pennsylvania... more...
Medicine-by-Post
Editions Rodopi 2006; US$ 84.00Medicine-by-Post is an interdisciplinary study that will engage readers both in the history of medicine and the eighteenth-century novel. The correspondence from the large private practices of James Jurin, George Cheyne, and William Cullen opens a unique window on the doctorpatient relationship in England and Scotland from this period. The letters,... more...









