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313 produkter
Florida's Snakes
A Guide to Their Identification and Habits
Av University Press of Florida
Häftad, 2003
272 kr
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Because Florida's human population has increased so dramatically over the past three decades, residents are more likely than ever to encounter a snake or legless lizard. This volume is designed to dispel some of the apprehension from these encounters by providing a comprehensive, illustrated guide …
Autobiography of Maria Elena Moyano: the Life and Deth of a Peruvian
Av University Press of Florida, Diana Miloslavich Tupac m. fl.
Häftad, 2000
291 kr
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Sputnik and the Soviet Space Challenge
Av University Press of Florida
Häftad, 2003
457 kr
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First published by NASA in 2000 as ""Challenge to Apollo"", this volume, together with a second volume entitled ""The Soviet Space Race with Apollo"", presents a comprehensive history of the Soviet-manned space programmes covering a period of 30 years, from the end of World War II, when the Soviets …
Camp-Fires of the Everglades: or Wild Sports in the South
Av University Press of Florida
Häftad, 1991
237 kr
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These charming tales of Florida in the early nineteenth century were brought to the attention of the University of Florida Press by the late Archie Carr, Florida's preeminent naturalist, who believed they evoked a place, a time, and a way of life that belonged in print again. The Florida peninsula …
Against Islamic Extremism
The Writings of Muhammad Said Al-Ashmawy
Av University Press of Florida, Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban
Inbunden, 2002
687 kr
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This volume makes available to Western readers the writings of a prominent intellectual of the modern Islamic world, Muhammad Sa'id al-'Ashmawy, former chief justice of the High Court of Cairo. He is widely recognized for the forcefulness of his writing in the intense struggle to redefine Islam in …
Sentimental Journey and Continuation of the ""Bramine's Journal
Av University Press of Florida, Melvyn New
Inbunden, 2002
855 kr
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The sixth volume of the Florida Edition of the Works of Laurence Sterne contains scholarly editions of two works of Sterne's last year of life, A Sentimental Journey and the Bramine's Journal (Journal to Eliza). As with the first five volumes of the series (Tristram Shandy, the Sermons, and their …
French in Early Florida
In the Eye of the Hurricane
Av University Press of Florida
Inbunden, 2000
793 kr
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A reconstruction of the fate of the expeditions that tried to found a permanent French colony on the Eastern Seaboard in the 1560's. From the French perspective, the author relates their defeat by Spanish Commander Pedro Menendez de Aviles, who destroyed France's Fort Caroline and its relief fleet.
Indian Traders on the Southeast Border
Av University Press of Florida
Häftad, 2000
343 kr
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"Long shrouded in mystery and myth, the principal entrepreneurs of the southeastern Spanish borderlands find life in this comprehensive, illuminating narrative representing a significant benchmark in Florida historical scholarship".--J. Earle Bowden, Editor, "Pensacola News-Journal".
Chaucer and the Energy of Creation: the Design and Organization of the Can Tales
Av University Press of Florida
Häftad, 1999
317 kr
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Arguing from the evidence of extant manuscripts, Condren describes the overall design of the "Canterbury Tales"--one of the most enigmatic puzzles in Chaucer studies--as a structural parallel to Dante's "Commedia". (Poetry)
Bahamas from Slavery to Servitude, 1783-1933
Av University Press of Florida
Häftad, 1997
284 kr
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Gender and Lanquage in Chaucer
Av University Press of Florida
Häftad, 1997
317 kr
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Catherine S. Cox considers the significance of gender in relation to language and poetics in ChaucerUs writing. Examining selections from "The Canterbury Tales, Troilus and Criseyde, The Legend of Good Women" and the ballades, she explores ChaucerUs concern with gender and language both within the …
Islamic Identity and the Struggle for Justice
Av University Press of Florida, Nimat Hafez Barazangi m. fl.
Häftad, 1996
275 kr
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Presenting the Islamic concept of justice, this book offers an introduction to contemporary Islamic thought and practice, suggesting a catalyst for dialogue and understanding. (World Religions)
Derek Walcott
Politics and Poetics
Av University Press of Florida
Inbunden, 2001
778 kr
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This text offers an interpretation of the life's work of acclaimed St. Lucian poet, Derek Walcott. It discusses his unique approach to myth, identity, and aesthetics. What emerges is the picture of an epic poet with remarkable gifts working to impart the distinctive wisdom of Caribbean culture.
Balancing Evils Judiciously: the Proslavery Writings of Zephaniah Kingsley
Av University Press of Florida, Daniel W. Stowell m. fl.
Häftad, 2000
226 kr
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Cypress Swamps
Av University Press of Florida, Katherine Carter Ewel m. fl.
Häftad, 2001
446 kr
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Studies of the World Turkey in Florida
Av University Press of Florida
Häftad, 2001
474 kr
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Any Time Is Trinidad Time: Social Meanings and Temporal Consciousness
Av University Press of Florida
Häftad, 1999
276 kr
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Islam in South Africa: Mosques, Imams, and Sermons
Av University Press of Florida
Häftad, 1999
275 kr
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Colonial Plantations and Economy in Florida
Av University Press of Florida, Jane Landers
Häftad, 2000
284 kr
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Finding of the Grail: Retold from Old French Sources
Av University Press of Florida
Häftad, 2000
317 kr
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Love Debate Poems of Christine De Pizan
Av University Press of Florida
Häftad, 1998
316 kr
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Gender & Text in the Later Middle Ages
Av University Press of Florida, Jane Chance
Häftad, 1996
316 kr
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Jewett and Her Contemporaries: Reshaping the Canon
Av University Press of Florida, Karen L. Kilcup m. fl.
Häftad, 1999
316 kr
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Colette, Beauvoir, and Duras: Age and Women Writers
Av University Press of Florida
Häftad, 1999
317 kr
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Numerical Universe of the Gawain-Pearl Poet
Beyond Phi
Av University Press of Florida
Inbunden, 2002
783 kr
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Edward Condren examines the manuscript of the Gawain-Pearl Poet in the light of a compositional method well recognized from the literature of ancient Greece and Rome through the Renaissance but largely overlooked by modern criticism. Arguing that the manuscript is a single integrated artifact and …
Race and Politics in the Dominican Republic
Av University Press of Florida
Häftad, 2000
275 kr
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Southern Movie Palace
Rise, Fall and Resurrection
Av University Press of Florida
Inbunden, 2003
296 kr
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Focusing on the restoration of movie theaters in Atlanta, Biloxi, Birmingham, Durham, Memphis, and Tampa, Janna Jones provides a record of the architectural history and preservation of the opulent urban picture palace. Reflecting our fascination with the past, she recreates the magic of the early …
E-mails from Scheherazad
Av University Press of Florida
Inbunden, 2003
334 kr
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Kahf establishes herself as a new voice in the tradition of ethnic American poets, blending the experiences of recent Arab-American immigrants into contemporary American scenery. In her poems, Muslim ritual and Qur'anic vocabulary move in next door to the idiom of suburban Americana, and the …
