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Winner of the 1945 Red Badge Prize for Best Unpublished Mystery, Elinor Chamberlain spins a mesmerizing tale of a Olivia Brander, a young portrait painter in Spain. When the patron who commissioned a series of portraits is murdered, against the backdrop of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, it's up to Olivia -- with the help of an agent of a little-publicized branch of the U.S. government -- to unravel the mystery. Here is a stark and fearful story of grim tragedy, unforgetable characters, and terrifying suspense!
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In v.1-8 the final number consists of the Commencement annual.
"Here is the book lover's literary tour of Florida, an exhaustive survey of writers, books, and literary sites in every part of the state. The state is divided into ten areas and each one is described from a literary point of view. You will learn what authors lived in or wrote about a place, which books describe the place, what important movies were made there, even the literary trivia which the true Florida book lover will want to know. You can use the book as a travel guide to a new way to see the state, as an armchair guide to a better understanding of our literary heritage, or as a guide to what to read next time you head to a bookstore or library."--Publisher.
Any reader who has ever visited Asia knows that the great bulk of Western-language fiction about Asian cultures turns on stereotypes. This book, a collection of essays, explores the problem of entering Asian societies through Western fiction, since this is the major port of entry for most school children, university students and most adults. In the thirteenth century, serious attempts were made to understand Asian literature for its own sake. Hau Kioou Choaan, a typical Chinese novel, was quite different from the wild and magical pseudo-Oriental tales. European perceptions of the Muslim world are centuries old, originating in medieval Christendom's encounter with Islam in the age of the Crus...
Includes Part 1, Number 1 & 2: Books and Pamphlets, Including Serials and Contributions to Periodicals (January - December)
Collects poetry and prose by renowned writers who won Hopwood Awards when they were students at the University of Michigan
Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.