American Sirens 9780306926082, 9780306926075

The extraordinary story of an unjustly forgotten group of Black men in Pittsburgh who became the first paramedics in Ame

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English Year 2022

American Sirens
9780306926082, 9780306926075

Sirens are sounds that confront us in daily life, from the sounds of police cars and fire engines to, less often, tornad

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"To the short list of genuinely great addiction memoirs we can now add Sirens, a searing and at times hilarious acc

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Sirens are sounds that confront us in daily life, from the sounds of police cars and fire engines to, less often, tornad

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Sirens are sounds that confront us in daily life, from the sounds of police cars and fire engines to, less often, tornad

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In this collection of his essays on Homer, some new and some appearing for the first time in English, the distinguished

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The history of a demonic tradition that was stolen from women - and then won back again. Creatures like Lilith, the sed

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"Sarah Stewart Johnson interweaves her own coming-of-age story as a planetary scientist with a vivid history of the

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In this fresh and innovative study, Judith A. Peraino investigates how music has been used throughout history to call in

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Introduction: captive women -- Science fiction: silents and the establishment of female roles -- Science fantasy: sound,

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