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Dann, David.
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(2019)
| 9781477318775 | University Of Texas Press | hbk. | book | 776pp | Availability last checked: 28/2/2020
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Named one of the world’s great blues-rock guitarists by Rolling Stone,Mike Bloomfield (1943–1981) remains beloved by fans nearly forty years afterhis untimely death. Taking readers backstage, onstage, and into the recordingstudio with this legendary virtuoso, David Dann tells the riveting storiesbehind...
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Tarkovskii, Andrei. Hunter-Blair, Kitty. Tarkovsky, Andrey.
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(1989)
| 9780292776241 | University Of Texas Press | pbk. | book | 256pp | Availability last checked: 14/1/2020
AUD 56.95 (inc. GST), AUD 51.77 (ex. GST),
Andrey Tarkovsky, the genius of modern Russian cinema—hailed by Ingmar Bergmanas "the most important director of our time"—died an exile in Paris inDecember 1986. In Sculpting in Time, he has left his artistic testament, aremarkable revelation of both his life and work. Since Ivan's Childhood won...
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Felton, D.
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(1998)
| 9780292725089 | University Of Texas Press | pbk. | book | 168pp | Availability last checked: 28/2/2020
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Stories of ghostly spirits who return to this world to warn of danger, toprophesy, to take revenge, to request proper burial, or to comfort the livingfascinated people in ancient times just as they do today. In this innovative,interdisciplinary study, the author combines a modern folkloric perspective...
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Rae, Casey.
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(2019)
| 9781477316504 | University Of Texas Press | hbk. | book | 312pp | Availability last checked: 26/2/2020
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William S. Burroughs's fiction and essays are legendary, but his influence onmusic's counterculture has been less well documented—until now. Examining howone of America's most controversial literary figures altered the destinies ofmany notable and varied musicians, William S. Burroughs and the Cult...
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Museum, of Modern Art (New York N. Y. ). Staff. Palacio, de Bellas Artes (Mexico City Mexico) Staff. Paquette, Catha. Rivera, Diego. Rockefeller, Center Staff.
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(2017)
| 9781477311004 | University Of Texas Press | pbk. | book | 360pp | Availability last checked: 21/2/2020
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Collaborations during the Great Depression between the Mexican artist andCommunist activist Diego Rivera and institutions in the United States and Mexicowere fraught with risk, as the artist occasionally deviated from course, servingand then subverting his patrons. Catha Paquette investigates controversiessurrounding...
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Bryan, Joe. Hale, Charles. Sletto, Bjørn. Wagner, Alfredo.
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(2020)
| 9781477320884 | University Of Texas Press | hbk. | book | 224pp | Availability last checked: 26/2/2020
AUD 83.95 (inc. GST), AUD 76.32 (ex. GST),
Coming in August 2020
Cartography has a troubled history as a technology of power. The production anddistribution of maps, often understood to be ideological representations thatsupport the interests of their developers, have served as tools of colonization,imperialism, and global development, advancing Western notions of...
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Carter, Nicholas. Houston, Stephen. Rossi, Franco.
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(2020)
| 9781477320709 | University Of Texas Press | hbk. | book | 264pp | Availability last checked: 26/2/2020
AUD 111.95 (inc. GST), AUD 101.77 (ex. GST),
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How we dress our bodies—through clothing, footwear, headgear, jewelry,haircuts, and more—is key to the expression of status and identity. This ideais as true today as it was for ancient Maya civilization, yet few studies havecentered on what ancient Maya peoples wore and why. In The Adorned Body,Nicholas...
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Gonzalez, Martha.
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(2020)
| 9781477321126 | University Of Texas Press | hbk. | book | 192pp | Availability last checked: 1/7/2020
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As the lead singer of the Grammy Award–winning rock band Quetzal and a scholarof Chicana/o and Latina/o studies, Martha Gonzalez is uniquely positioned toarticulate the ways in which creative expression can serve the dual roles ofpolitical commentary and community building. Drawing on postcolonial,...
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Gonzalez, Martha.
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(2020)
| 9781477321133 | University Of Texas Press | pbk. | book | 192pp | Availability last checked: 1/7/2020
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As the lead singer of the Grammy Award–winning rock band Quetzal and a scholarof Chicana/o and Latina/o studies, Martha Gonzalez is uniquely positioned toarticulate the ways in which creative expression can serve the dual roles ofpolitical commentary and community building. Drawing on postcolonial,...
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Dixon, James R. Forstner, Michael. Werler, John E.
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(2020)
| 9781477320419 | University Of Texas Press | pbk. | book | 400pp | Availability last checked: 1/7/2020
AUD 46.95 (inc. GST), AUD 42.68 (ex. GST),
With species ranging from the legendary, fear-inspiring western diamond-backedrattlesnake to the tiny threadsnakes, Texas has a greater diversity of snakesthan any other state in the country. This fully illustrated field guide to Texassnakes, written by two of the state’s most respected herpetologists...
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Erdim, Burak.
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(2020)
| 9781477321218 | University Of Texas Press | hbk. | book | 360pp | Availability last checked: 1/7/2020
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Landed Internationals examines the international culture of postwar urbanplanning via the case of the Middle East Technical University (METU) in Ankara,Turkey. Today the center of Turkey's tech, energy, and defense elites, METU wasfounded in the 1950s through an effort jointly sponsored by the UN, theUniversity...
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Bradley, Barrie Scardino. Fox, Stephen. Sabatino, Michelangelo.
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(2020)
| 9781477320556 | University Of Texas Press | hbk. | book | 360pp | Availability last checked: 1/7/2020
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Complex, controversial, and prolific, Howard Barnstone was a central figure inthe world of twentieth-century modern architecture. Recognized asHouston’s foremost modern architect in the 1950s, Barnstone came toprominence for his designs with partner Preston M. Bolton, which transposed therigorous...
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Gibbings, Julie. Vrana, Heather.
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(2020)
| 9781477320853 | University Of Texas Press | hbk. | book | 336pp | Availability last checked: 1/7/2020
AUD 83.95 (inc. GST), AUD 76.32 (ex. GST),
Guatemala’s “Ten Years of Spring” (1944–1954) began when citizensoverthrew a military dictatorship and ushered in a remarkable period of socialreform. This decade of progressive policies ended abruptly when a coupd’état, backed by the United States at the urging of the UnitedFruit...
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Bradley, Barrie Scardino.
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(2020)
| 9781477320198 | University Of Texas Press | hbk. | book | 412pp | Availability last checked: 1/6/2020
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Just over 180 years ago, the city of Houston was nothing more than analligator-infested swamp along the Buffalo Bayou that spread onto a flat,endless plain. Today, it is a sprawling, architecturally and culturally diversemetropolis. How did one transform into the other in such a short period?Improbable...
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Dewey, MatĂas.
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(2020)
| 9781477321058 | University Of Texas Press | hbk. | book | 272pp | Availability last checked: 1/6/2020
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La Salada is South America’s largest marketplace for fraudulently labeledclothing, a sprawling and dangerous bazaar on the fringes of Buenos Aires wherecounterfeit goods are bought and sold, armed thieves roam the nearby streets,and corrupt police and politicians turn a blind eye to widespread...
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