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Albert Brooks

Interviews

University Press of Mississippi

Fourteen profiles of and conversations with the well-known American actor, director, and screenwriter

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Tracing Florida Journeys

Explorers, Travelers, and Landscapes Then and Now

University Press of Florida

In this book, Leslie Poole delves into the stories of explorers and travelers who came to Florida during the past five centuries, looking at their words and the paths they took from the perspective of today.

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The Space Age Generation

Lives and Lessons from the Golden Age of Solar System Exploration

The University of Arizona Press

The Space Age Generation shares the lives and careers of a dozen men and women whose passion for science was sparked by an astounding era—the golden age of space science. These scientists, historians, and astronomers lived and participated in an amazing time that not only saw humans step foot on the Moon but also saw human-made spacecraft travel throughout our solar system.

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The Archaeology of Contemporary America

University Press of Florida

This book provides a survey of contemporary archaeology in the United States, demonstrating the plurality of theoretical and methodological approaches that make this discipline in the US unique.

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Sunshine State Mafia

A History of Florida’s Mobsters, Hit Men, and Wise Guys

University Press of Florida

A wild ride through a century of Mafia lore, this book offers inside accounts and little-known stories of organized crime across Florida, from the Keys to Pensacola and Jacksonville.

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Restoring the Pitchfork Ranch

How Healing a Southwest Oasis Holds Promise for Our Endangered Land

The University of Arizona Press

Restoring the Pitchfork Ranch tells the story of a decades-long habitat restoration project in southwestern New Mexico. Rancher-owner A. Thomas Cole explains what inspired him and his wife, Lucinda, to turn their retirement into years dedicated to hard work and renewal on 11,300 acres of grass- and wetlands. The Pitchfork Ranch is an inspiring promise for the future in the face of crippling climate change.

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Portraits of Persistence

Inequality and Hope in Latin America

Edited by Javier Auyero
University of Texas Press

Profiles of triumph and hardship amid massive inequality in Latin America.

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Jean Peters

Hollywood's Mystery Girl

University Press of Mississippi

The first definitive volume in more than fifty years on the extraordinary star of Pickup on South Street, Three Coins in the Fountain, and Niagara

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Florida's Peace River Frontier

University Press of Florida

In this book, Canter Brown, Jr. records the economic, social, political, and racial history of the Peace River Valley in southwest Florida in an account of violence, passion, struggle, sacrifice, and determination.

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Collected Epiphanies of James Joyce

A Critical Edition

University Press of Florida

This book offers the first critical edition of the forty short texts James Joyce called “epiphanies.” Presenting the texts with background information and thorough annotations, this edition provides a vivid insight into Joyce’s art.

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Unsettling Brazil

Urban Indigenous and Black Peoples' Resistances to Dependent Settler Capitalism

University of Alabama Press

Analyzes favela, quilombola, and indigenous communities’ responses to settler colonialism in urban Brazil. Based on ethnographic research and her experiences growing up in Brazil, the author tells the stories of communities in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, and Belo Horizonte

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The Long Swim

Stories

University of Massachusetts Press
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The Indians Won

University of New Mexico Press
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Suing for Silence

Sexual Violence and Defamation Law

UBC Press

Suing for Silence exposes the phenomenon of lawsuits whose purpose is to silence those who disclose sexual violence, revealing the gendered underpinnings of Canadian defamation law and its chilling effect on public discourse including formal reports of sexual violence.

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Ride the High Country

University of New Mexico Press
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Hell’s Not Far Off

Bruce Crawford and the Appalachian Left

West Virginia University Press
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Green World

A Tragicomic Memoir of Love & Shakespeare

University of Massachusetts Press
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Fine Dreams

University of Massachusetts Press
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Tōku Whānau Rerehua

My Beautiful Family

Oratia Books
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The Trial of Pak Tal and Other Stories

Korean Diaspora Literature

Seoul Selection, Seoul Selection USA, Inc.
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Te Reo Kapekape

Māori Wit and Humour

Oratia Books
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Serendipity

Experience of Pacific Historians

Edited by Brij V. Lal and Doug Munro
University of Hawaii Press
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Sāmoa

People, Culture, Language

By Dahlia Malaeulu; Translated by Tapaau Auvaa
Oratia Books
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Remapping the World in East Asia

Toward a Global History of the “Ricci Maps”

University of Hawaii Press
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Ordinary Lives

Recovering Deaf Social History through the American Census

University of Massachusetts Press
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Ngā Atua

Māori Gods

By Robyn Kahukiwa; Translated by Kiwa Hammond; Illustrated by Robyn Kahukiwa
Oratia Books
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Nā Hale Pule

Portraits of Native Hawaiian Churches, 1820–1900

University of Hawaii Press
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