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The Encyclopaedia Of Good Reasons
Monica Cantieni, Donal McLaughlin
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• Author(s): Monica Cantieni | Donal McLaughlin • Publisher: Seagull Books • Publisher Imprint: Seagull Books • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: LiteraryAbout the Book My father bought me from the council for 365 francs, recalls the narrator ...
View full detailsThe Duchess of Malfi
John Webster
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• Author(s): John Webster • Publisher: Bloomsbury • Publisher Imprint: MethuenDraThis new edition of Webster's macabre masterpiece is accompanied by insightful commentary notes and a detailed introductory analysis of the play written by Karen Bri...
View full detailsThe Dark Side of Technology
Townsend Peter
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• Author(s): Townsend Peter • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: Physics - GeneralAbout the Book The Dark Side of Technology is intended as a powerful wake-up call to the potential dang...
View full detailsThe Dancing Body: Labour Livelihood and Leisure
Urmimala Sarkar Munsi, Aishika Chakraborty
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• Author(s): Urmimala Sarkar Munsi | Aishika Chakraborty • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge India • Subject: Music, Theatre & FilmsThis book, with its focus on the dancing body, is the first of its kind within th...
View full detailsThe Crescent Moon
Tagore, Rabindranath
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• Author(s): Tagore | Rabindranath • Publisher: Niyogi Books • Publisher Imprint: NiyogiBook • Subject: English Literature‘My song will be like a pair of wings to your dreams, it will transport your heart to the verge of the unknown. It will be l...
View full detailsThe Cow in the Elevator: An Anthropology of Wonder
Srinivas Tulasi
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• Author(s): Srinivas Tulasi • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and PhilosophyIn the cow in the elevator tulasi Srinivas explores a wonderful world where deities jump fences and priests ride in helicopters t...
View full detailsThe Concise Encyclopaedia Of Islam
Cyril Glasse
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• Author(s): Cyril Glasse • Publisher: Stacey International • Publisher Imprint: Stacey Int • Subject: Religion and PhilosophyThe Concise Encyclopaedia of Islam [Hardcover] Glasse, Cyril
The China Sketchbook
I.allen Sealy
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• Author(s): I.allen Sealy • Publisher: Seagull Books • Publisher Imprint: Seagull Books • Subject: Fine Arts • BISAC: GeneralAbout the Book A camera makes enemies; a sketchbook, friends. Firm in this belief, Irwin Allan Sealy carried to China ju...
View full detailsThe Challenge Of D.H. Lawrence
Michael Squires, Keith Cushman
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• Author(s): Michael Squires | Keith Cushman • Publisher: Univ.of Wisconsin Pr • Publisher Imprint: UWisconsiP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: English, Irish, Scottish, WelshThirteen essays that aim to illuminate the achievement of one of ...
View full detailsThe Butterfly Effect
Rajat Chaudhuri
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• Author(s): Rajat Chaudhuri • Publisher: Niyogi Books • Publisher Imprint: NiyogiBook • Subject: Creative Writing, FictionA self-obsessed Calcutta detective who goes by his last name `Kar’, an enigmatic internet cafe hostess in Seoul, and a hots...
View full detailsThe Avant-Garde: Race, Religion, War
Mike Sell
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• Author(s): Mike Sell • Publisher: Seagull Books • Publisher Imprint: Seagull Books • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: GeneralAbout the Book In The Avant-Garde, Mike Sell rejects the common idea that the avant-garde is only about art and ins...
View full detailsThe Apu Trilogy
Satyajit Ray
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• Author(s): Satyajit Ray • Publisher: Seagull Books • Publisher Imprint: Seagull Books • Subject: Music, Theatre & Films • BISAC: Film - History & CriticismAbout the Book With Satyajit Ray’s Apu Trliogy―"Pather Panchali" (1955), "Ap...
View full detailsText Wars: Communication, Censorship, Freedom and Responsibility
Hilda David
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• Author(s): Hilda David • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: GeneralAbout the Book Discourse is a battlefield, and texts (in the broadest sense) are weapons in such battles. Contemporary In...
View full detailsTantu: The Loom of Life
S.L. Bhyrappa
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• Author(s): S.L. Bhyrappa • Publisher: Niyogi Books • Publisher Imprint: NiyogiBook • Subject: English LiteratureIn this epic novel, the author examines the very fibre of contemporary Indian life in terms of post-Independence and the post-Gandhi...
View full detailsTagore and the Feminine: A Journey in Translations
Malashri Lal
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• Author(s): Malashri Lal • Publisher: Sage Publications • Publisher Imprint: SAGE India • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: GeneralThis book presents a range of Rabindranath Tagore’s creative works, including translations of short stories, es...
View full detailsSymbolic Heat: Gender, health & worship among the Tamils of south India and Sri Lanka
Dennis B. McGilvray
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• Author(s): Dennis B. McGilvray • Publisher: Mapin Publishing • Publisher Imprint: MapinPub • Subject: Sociology and AnthropologyFor the Tamils in modern-day South India and Sri Lanka, a concept of physical and spiritual heat as female energy (s...
View full detailsSufism And Beyond: Sufi Thought in the Light of Late 20th Century Science
Ali Ansari
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• Author(s): Ali Ansari • Publisher: Mapin Publishing • Publisher Imprint: MapinPub • Subject: Religion and PhilosophyFor millennia, the sages of the East have claimed that the world is maya or ‘illusion’. Drawing on theories of sensory perceptio...
View full detailsStupefaction: A Radical Anatomy of Phantoms
Keston Sutherland
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• Author(s): Keston Sutherland • Publisher: Seagull Books • Publisher Imprint: Seagull Books • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: Semiotics & TheoryAbout the Book From Shakespeare to Beckett, the contradictory figure of the fool who possess...
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INTIZAR HUSAIN
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• Author(s): INTIZAR HUSAIN • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English LiteratureStory is a Vagabond [Hardcover] Frank Stewat
Solum And Other Plays From Turkey
Serap Erincin
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• Author(s): Serap Erincin • Publisher: Seagull Books • Publisher Imprint: Seagull Books • Subject: Music, Theatre & Films • BISAC: Theater - GeneralAbout the Book This anthology of six contemporary plays from Turkey captures such global them...
View full detailsSolid: Liquid, a (Trans)national Reproductive Formation
Kumkum Sangari
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• Author(s): Kumkum Sangari • Publisher: Tulika Books • Publisher Imprint: Tulika Books • Subject: Sociology and Anthropology • BISAC: Gender StudiesAbout the Book Sex selection and commercial surrogacy are practices pursued in the full glare of ...
View full detailsSocial Work Education: Indigenous Perspectives
Sanjoy Roy
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• Author(s): Sanjoy Roy • Publisher: Sage Publications • Publisher Imprint: SAGE India • Subject: Sociology and AnthropologySocial work education as a concept refers to the integration of the core knowledge, values, and critical skills and compet...
View full detailsSocial Movements: Concepts Experiences and Concerns
Biswajit Ghosh
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• Author(s): Biswajit Ghosh • Publisher: Sage Publications • Publisher Imprint: SAGETexts • Subject: Sociology and Anthropology • BISAC: Sociology - GeneralA comprehensive textbook that deals with the issue of social movements from both theoretic...
View full detailsSlivers Of A Mirror: Glimpses of the Ghazal
Shama Futehally
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• Author(s): Shama Futehally • Publisher: Mapin Publishing • Publisher Imprint: MapinPub • Subject: Fine Arts • BISAC: GeneralFor nearly three centuries, the Urdu ghazal has been beloved of connoisseur and layman alike. Its hypnotic rhythmic qual...
View full detailsSix Characters In Search Of An Author
Luigi Pirandello
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• Author(s): Luigi Pirandello • Publisher: Methuen Drama • Publisher Imprint: MethuenDraSix people arrive in a theatre during rehearsals for a play. But they are not ordinary people. They are the characters of a play that has not yet been written...
View full detailsSimilarity: A Paradigm for Culture Theory
Anil Bhatti
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• Author(s): Anil Bhatti • Publisher: Tulika Books • Publisher Imprint: Tulika Books • Subject: Sociology and Anthropology • BISAC: Anthropology - Cultural & SocialAbout the Book This volume is a collection of papers based on the idea that th...
View full detailsShakespeare'S Sonnets-Arden Shakespeare
William Shakespeare, Karerine Duncan-jones
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• Author(s): William Shakespeare | Karerine Duncan-jones • Publisher: Bloomsbury • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury • Subject: English LiteratureShakespeare's Sonnets are universally loved and much-quoted throughout the world. First published in 199...
View full detailsShakespeare : A Life
Honan
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• Author(s): Honan • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: LiteraryAbout the Book In the last ten years, virtually every previously known fact about Shakespeare has been modified by new researc...
View full detailsSeasons Of Grace: The Life-giving Practice of Gratitude
Alan Jones, John O'Neil
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• Author(s): Alan Jones | John O'Neil • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Wiley • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: SpiritualityAbout the Book Praise for Seasons of Grace "In this beautifully written book, Alan Jones and John O'Neil ...
View full detailsSayings From The Bhagvad Gita
Dilwali, Ashok Compiler
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• Author(s): Dilwali | Ashok Compiler • Publisher: Niyogi Books • Publisher Imprint: NiyogiBook • Subject: Religion and PhilosophyThe Vedas are considered the oldest scriptures of mankind, the sermon by Lord Krishna is known as the Bhagvad Gita a...
View full detailsSamuel Johnson by Donald Johnson Greene
Donald Johnson Greene
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• Author(s): Donald Johnson Greene • Publisher: Cengage • Publisher Imprint: Twayne Pub • Subject: English LiteratureEditorial Reviews - Samuel Johnson
Samboli! Beware!
Susheela Punitha Lakshman
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• Author(s): Susheela Punitha Lakshman • Publisher: Niyogi Books • Publisher Imprint: NiyogiBook • Subject: English LiteratureSamboli! means echcharike in Kannada ‘Be careful!’ Samboli! This expression is not from yesterday or the day before; it ...
View full detailsRue Traversiere
Yves Bonnefoy
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• Author(s): Yves Bonnefoy • Publisher: Seagull Books • Publisher Imprint: Seagull Books • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: European - GeneralAbout the Book Praised by Paul Auster as "one of the rare poets in the history of literature to have...
View full detailsRomeo And Juliet-Arden Shakespeare
William Shakespeare, Rene Weis
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• Author(s): William Shakespeare | Rene Weis • Publisher: Bloomsbury • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury • Subject: English LiteratureThis major new edition of Shakespeare's greatest tragedy of love argues that that play is ultimately Juliet's. The p...
View full detailsResearch Methodology for Social Sciences
Debasish Biswas, Arunangshu Giri
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• Author(s): Debasish Biswas | Arunangshu Giri • Publisher: Sage Publications • Publisher Imprint: SAGETexts • Subject: Sociology and Anthropology • BISAC: ResearchAn indispensable companion to UG and PG students of social sciences, this book wil...
View full detailsRefractions of Islam in India: Situating Sufism and Yoga
Carl W. Ernst
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• Author(s): Carl W. Ernst • Publisher: Sage Publications • Publisher Imprint: SAGEYODAPress • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: Islam - HistoryThe essays explore Sufism as it developed in the Indian subcontinent, including translations o...
View full detailsReflection
Mahesh Elkunchwar
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• Author(s): Mahesh Elkunchwar • Publisher: Seagull Books • Publisher Imprint: Seagull Books • Subject: Music, Theatre & Films • BISAC: GeneralAbout the Book Celebrated Indian playwright Mahesh Elkunchwar has experimented with many forms of d...
View full detailsRationality and Science: Can Science Explain Everything?
R. Trigg
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• Author(s): R. Trigg • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Blackwell • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: Philosophy & Social AspectsAbout the Book In this important new work, Professor Trigg deals with the question of the rational ...
View full detailsQuod Erat Demonstrandum: India Tests Social Theory
Gupta Dipankar
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• Author(s): Gupta Dipankar • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Sociology and Anthropology • BISAC: ResearchAbout the Book Sociology in India has remained dominated by its unique epistemological location - which has a...
View full detailsQueer Activism In India: A Story in the Anthroplogy of Ethics
Naisargi Dave
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• Author(s): Naisargi Dave • Publisher: Zubaan • Publisher Imprint: Zubaan • Subject: Religion and Philosophy
Provincializing Bollywood: Bhojpuri Cinema in the Comparative Media Crucible
Akshaya Kumar
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• Author(s): Akshaya Kumar • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Music, Theatre & Films • BISAC: Media StudiesAbout the Book Provincializing Bollywood argues that Bhojpuri cinema exemplifies the overflow of a provin...
View full detailsPromise Of The Soul: Identifying and Healing Your Spiritual Agreements
Dennis Kenny
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• Author(s): Dennis Kenny • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Wiley • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: SpiritualityAbout the Book Promise of the Soul is a spiritual workbook. Through simple, accessible exercises and reflections, Kenn...
View full detailsProject Cinema City
Madhusree Dutta, Kaushik Bhowmik, Rohan Shivkumar
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• Author(s): Madhusree Dutta | Kaushik Bhowmik | Rohan Shivkumar • Publisher: Tulika Books • Publisher Imprint: Tulika Books • Subject: Music, Theatre & Films • BISAC: Film & VideoAbout the Book Project Cinema City is an anthology of text...
View full detailsPrivacy
P. Francis & G. Francis
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• Author(s): P. Francis & G. Francis • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Sociology and AnthropologyAbout the Book We live more and more of our lives online; We rely on the internet as we work, correspond with frie...
View full detailsPoverty and Deprivation: Changing Contours
K B. Saxena
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• Author(s): K B. Saxena • Publisher: Sage Publications • Publisher Imprint: SAGE India • Subject: Sociology and Anthropology • BISAC: Sociology - GeneralPoverty and Deprivation: Changing Contours traces the journey of poverty estimation and erad...
View full detailsPopular And The Public: Cultural Debates and Struggles Over Public Space in Modern India, Africa and Europe
Preben Kaarsholm
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• Author(s): Preben Kaarsholm • Publisher: Seagull Books • Publisher Imprint: Seagull Books • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: Sociology - GeneralAbout the Book The Popular and the Public brings together a range of international scholars to e...
View full detailsPop Goes The Avant-Garde: Experimental Theater in Contemporary China
Rossella Ferrari
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• Author(s): Rossella Ferrari • Publisher: Seagull Books • Publisher Imprint: Seagull Books • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: PerformanceAbout the Book Pop Goes the Avant-Garde: Experimental Theatre in Contemporary China is the first compreh...
View full detailsPoliticizing Islam
Z. Fareen Parvez
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• Author(s): Z. Fareen Parvez • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and PhilosophyAbout the Book Politicizing Islam is a comparative ethnographic study of Islamic revival movements in France and India, home to ...
View full detailsPlaying With Words: An Introduction to Creative Writing Craft
Shelley Davidow, Paul Williams
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• Author(s): Shelley Davidow | Paul Williams • Publisher: Macmillan • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic • Subject: Creative Writing, Fiction • BISAC: Writing - GeneralAbout the Book Drawing on years of experience of writing, teaching and pub...
View full detailsPhilosophical Writing: An Introduction
A. P. Martinich
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• Author(s): A. P. Martinich • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Wiley-Blac • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: Composition & Creative Writing - GeneralAbout the Book Philosophical Writing: An Introduction , 4th Edition , features...
View full detailsPhilosophers Take On The World C
Edited By David Edmonds
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• Author(s): Edited By David Edmonds • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: GeneralAbout the Book Every day the news shows us provoking stories about what's going on in the world, about e...
View full detailsPeople Of India Odisha (Vol. 1)
K.S. Singh
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• Author(s): K.S. Singh • Publisher: Seagull Books • Publisher Imprint: Seagull Books • Subject: Sociology and Anthropology
People Of India - West Bengal Part- Ii (Vol. 43)
K. S. Singh
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• Author(s): K. S. Singh • Publisher: Seagull Books • Publisher Imprint: Seagull Books • Subject: Religion and PhilosophyThe Anthropological Survey of India launched the People of India project on 2 October 1985 to generate an anthropological pro...
View full detailsParty Fun with Kant
Nicolas Mahler
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• Author(s): Nicolas Mahler • Publisher: Seagull Books • Publisher Imprint: Seagull Books • Subject: Creative Writing, Fiction • BISAC: LiteraryAbout the Book Thousands upon thousands of books have been written about Immanuel Kant since his death...
View full detailsPahari Masters
B.N. Goswamy
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• Author(s): B.N. Goswamy • Publisher: Niyogi Books • Publisher Imprint: NiyogiBook • Subject: Fine Arts • BISAC: Asian - GeneralThe book challenges the popular notion of the Pahari painter being an anonymous craftsman plying predetermined stroke...
View full detailsOxford Readings in Indian Art
Goswamy B.N (Ed.)
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• Author(s): Goswamy B.N (Ed.) • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Fine Arts • BISAC: Asian - GeneralThe world of art is complex and challenging, more so in India because the documentation here is remarkably thin what...
View full detailsOvid (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Llewelyn Morgan
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• Author(s): Llewelyn Morgan • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: Ancient, Classical & MedievalAbout the Book "Vivam" is the very last word of Ovid's masterpiece, the Metamorphoses: "I s...
View full detailsOn Uncertain Ground
Ankur Datta
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• Author(s): Ankur Datta • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Sociology and Anthropology • BISAC: Anthropology - Cultural & SocialAbout the Book This book seeks to engage the reader in questioning how societies com...
View full detailsOn American Fiction
Jean-Paul Sartre
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• Author(s): Jean-Paul Sartre • Publisher: Seagull Books • Publisher Imprint: Seagull Books • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: GeneralAbout the Book Sartre’s engagement with literature of his day extended well beyondthe works of his French ...
View full detailsOffence The Jewish Case
Brian Klug
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• Author(s): Brian Klug • Publisher: Seagull Books • Publisher Imprint: Seagull Books • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: Judaism - GeneralAbout the Book Part of an ongoing series published in cooperation with the Index on Censorship that...
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