Both in her lifetime and since, Gertrude Stein's persona received far more attention than her writings. The result was a distorted view of both her person and her work. This monumental two-volume set of her correspondence with Carl Van Vechten, the critic novelist, and photographer, offers new insight into Stein's life, her art, and the ...
A critical analysis of scientific research on sexual orientation, its methodological and ontological assumptions and its ethical implications. The book argues that we are far from understanding how human sexual desires originate and that our thinking about sexual orientations and the issues relating to them are based on unfounded cultural ...
The social constructionist controversy is a central issue in lesbian and gay studies. Social constructionism is the view that the categories of sexual orientation (the category "homosexual" in particular, but also the categories "heterosexual" and "bisexual") are cultural constructs rather than universal categories of nature. Forms of Desire ...
Are humans rational? Various experiments performed over the last several decades have been interpreted as showing that humans are irrational we make significant and consistent errors in logical reasoning, probabilistic reasoning, similarity judgements, and risk-assessment, to name a few areas. But can these experiments establish human ...
Helping students develop an understanding of important mathematical ideas is a persistent challenge for teachers. In this book, one of a three-volume set, well-known mathematics educators Margaret Smith, Edward A. Silver, and Mary Kay Stein provide teachers of mathematics the support they need to improve their instruction. They focus on ways to ...
Featuring an exceptional range of visual material supported by lucidly written text, An Atlas of Orthopedic Surgery: A Guide to Management and Practice helps clinicians in the management of their orthopedic patients. Written by distinguished specialists in the field, the atlas covers practical issues relating to the diagnosis and treatment of bone ...
From the origins of the Jews and the settling of the land of Israel to the current situation in the Middle East, this work covers the history of all the significant world events in which Jews have played a role. This volume displays entries chronologically and geographically, illustrating important people, significant events, and works of cultural ...
Volume 2 of this great 2-volume centennial tribute to one of the greatest composers of the 20th Century. From The Threepenny Opera to his last great masterpiece Lost in the Stars. This volume contains 54 songs. Highlights include: Pirate Jenny * The Saga of Jenny * September Song * Sing Me Not a Ballad * Speak Low * What Good Would the Moon Be. ...
Taking a commonsense approach to pets, this guide for kids discusses types of pets, diet, life spans of certain animals, and how tame the pet can become. Types of habitats are also discussed, including instructions on how to build an inexpensive but comfortable habitat. Photos & illustrations.
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Periodical. Stein, Jean (Ed. ) [William T. Vollman, Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Peter Sellars, Edward Said, Mike Davis, Ruben...
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Description: NY: Grand Street, 1997. 270 pages. Trade paperback. Illustrated. ISSN 0734-5496. Very Good+. Covers have light corner wear, light bump creases bottom rear corner with light effect to the last 20 pages or so. Bright, solid and clean; no names, marks or spine creasing. ISBN: 1885490127 Includes Renaldo Arenas, William T. Vollman, Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Peter Sellars, Edward Said, Mike Davis, Ruben Ortiz-Torres; Doris Salcedo (Portfolio), James Welling (photos); poems by Octavio Paz, Eduardo ... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: (Rhinebeck, NY: The Double Pelican, 1982).
Description: -Octavo, softcover bound in printed white wraps. The spine & extremities are darkened. The wraps are lightly soiled with a few tiny stains to the rear wrap. 181 pages. Black-and-white illustrations. The contents are very good. In addition to poetry, this issue includes prose contributions from Charles Bernstein ["On Theater"], Paul Metcalf ["The Roar of the Greasepaint, the Smell of the Crowd"], Clayton Eshleman ["Paleo-Spores"], Bob Callahan ["Toward a New Program for the Provisional IRA"] and ... read more
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Grossinger, Richard (Editor), Harvey Bialy, Charles Olson, Robert Duncan, Charles Stein, Charles Doria, Edward Dorn, Robert...
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Edition: 1st edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Ann Arbor: Io Publications
Date Published: 1969
Description: Very Good. No Jacket (as issued) 8vo, 212pp, printed wrappers. First printing. Another great early book-length issue of Io, includes an early piece on DNA and the I Ching by Harvey Bialy. Minor reading wear to spine and light spotting to back cover. read more
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Making Sex: Body and Gender from the Greeks to Freud
