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Voices of Memory
Give what you have in your hand, then turn to the one you've given joy, look at the face of happiness! It's your own face reflected smiling and radiant, in the mirror. Then Turn Oktay Rifat who died in 1974 aged 74 was in the forefront of Turkish literature for half a century. With friends Orhan Veli Kanik and Melih Cevdet Anday, he took part in the revolutionary movement in 1941 which moved Turkish poetry away from complex forms to the themes and rhythms of ordinary speech. As well as a poet, Oktay wrote plays and novels, was a translator and a painter. The versions here are by two of the foremost translators from Turkish, Ruth Christie and Richard McKane.
Mushrooms
"Mushrooms: An Illustrated Field Guide is a compact, beautifully illustrated field guide to 50 North America's most popular mushrooms. Inside this elegant hardcover, you'll find profiles on individual species, each showcasing a full-page illustration, plus a definition of fungi, information on where to find mushrooms and how--and when--to collect them, and, last but not least, notes on how to avoid mushroom poisoning." --
Game Of Scones
‘This was the ultimate summer read and I enjoyed every page and every word. A little slice of paradise.’ – Jenny in Neverland A story of icing and flour... and how love doesn’t always go to plan!
Inside/Outside
Beginning with a high schooler mesmerized by a stay on the Navajo and Hopi reservations and running through the founding of a major university department and the aftermath of a decision, a decade later, to forego permanent academic affiliations, Richard Price’s story is told with honesty, humor, and insight into the inner workings of academic politics from the 1960s to the present. Inside/Outside relates his life as an anthropologist, historian, and Caribbeanist—from conducting predawn discussions with Maroon historians deep in the rainforest of Suriname to editing the world’s first book series on Atlantic history and culture; from weekly meetings with Claude Le ́vi-Strauss in Paris t...
The Woman of a Thousand Names
From the internationally bestselling author of the “fascinating epic” (Associated Press) Between Love and Honor comes a rich, sweeping tale based on the captivating true story of the Mata Hari of Russia, featuring a beautiful aristocrat fighting for survival during the deadly upheaval of the Russian Revolution. Born into Russian aristocracy, wealth, and security, Moura never had any reason to worry. But in the upheaval of the Bolshevik Revolution, her entire world crumbles. As her family and friends are being persecuted by Vladimir Lenin’s ruthless police, she falls into a passionate affair with British secret agent Sir Robert Bruce Lockhart. But when he’s abruptly and mysteriously d...
Growing Point
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Poems of Oktay Rifat
First extensive publication of an accessible and enjoyable poet in translations doing justice to those qualities.
American National Biography
American National Biography is the first new comprehensive biographical dicionary focused on American history to be published in seventy years. Produced under the auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies, the ANB contains over 17,500 profiles on historical figures written by an expert in the field and completed with a bibliography. The scope of the work is enormous--from the earlest recorded European explorations to the very recent past.
