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Cover of "Names and Naming in Young Adult Literature" featuring a color-blocked background


Names and Naming in Young Adult Literature
Don L.F. Nilsen

This book shows how authors of young adult literature use the creation of names for people, places, events, inventions, animals and ...


Cover of "Kiss Me Good-Bye" featuring images of a Civil War battle and another of a man and woman dancing in period clothing


Kiss Me Good-Bye
Finding Love Among the Ashes of the Civil War
Bonny Barry Sanders

The actual history of the 60th New York State Volunteer Regiment and accounts of its battles at Antietam, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg and ...


Cover of "Joan Bauer" featuring a boy jumping over a fence and a girl reading


Joan Bauer
Alleen Pace Nilsen

Joan Bauer is one of the most popular young adult novelists today. She is well-respected not only by her readers, but also by librarians and ...


Cover of Once Upon a Time in a Different World


Once Upon a Time in a Different World
Issues and Ideas in African American Children’s Literature
Neal Lester

"Once Upon a Time in a Different World," a unique addition to the celebrated Children’s Literature and Culture series, seeks to move discussions ...


Cover of "The Alphabet of Nature" featuring an illustration of a man looking at a painting of another man


The Alphabet of Nature
By F.M. van Helmont
Translated by Allison P. Coudert, Taylor Corse

The "Alphabet of Nature" belongs to the debate over language that marked the transition from the pre-modern to the modern world ...


Cover of Hybridity, Identity, and Monstrosity in Medieval Britain


Hybridity, Identity, and Monstrosity in Medieval Britain
On Difficult Middles
Jeffrey Jerome Cohen

"Hybridity, Identity and Monstrosity in Medieval Britain" examines an island made turbulent by conquest and civil war. Focusing upon history ...


Cover of Breathing between Dances by Bettie Anne Doebler


Breathing Between Dances
Bettie Anne Doebler

This limited edition (85 copies) artist's book of poetry by Bettie Anne Doebler was printed at Almond Tree Press. The cover is a handmade lokta ...


Bodywork book cover


Bodywork
Liz Cohen

This instantly collectible limited edition artist's book — featuring rounded edges and nine blown-in, four-color photographic images — documents a ...

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