The Writing of the Disaster [New Bison book ed] 978-0-8032-6120-4, 0-8032-6120-9, 978-0-8032-7747-2, 978-0-8032-7748-9

Modern history is haunted by the disasters of the century—world wars, concentration camps, Hiroshima, and the Holocaust—

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The Writing of the Disaster [New Bison book ed]
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The importance of personal storytelling in contemporary culture and politics In an age where our experiences are proces

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'There are many guides to good writing but none as valuable as this.' Oliver Kamm, author and columnist for Th

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From antiquity through the Enlightenment, disasters were attributed to the obscure power of the stars or the vengeance o

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In the winter of 1811–12, a series of large earthquakes in the New Madrid seismic zone-often incorrectly described as th

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Archaeologists John D. Speth and William J. Parry present the results of the first season of excavation at the Garnsey s

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A revised and updated edition of an essential reference book filled with more than thirteen thousand famous quotations

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Updated for 2020, readers can easily relive the course of American history through a detailed timeline, more than 50 viv

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This extraordinary book contains in one unique volume, the most wide-ranging history of apples ever written and a detail

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