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  • Libris – July 2014

    July 1, 2014

    Libris - July 2014
    What it Takes to be a Translator: Theory and Practice Alexander Burak Alexander Burak, Norman and Irma Braman Professor of Holocaust Studies in the Center for Jewish Studies. Available from Berghahn Books. Berghahn Books, Assistant Professor of Russian in Languages, Literatures and Cultures. ...
  • Libris – June 2014

    June 1, 2014

    Libris - June 2014
    Media and Translation: An Interdisciplinary Approach Dror Abend-David Dror Abend-David, Lecturer in Languages, Literatures and Cultures. Available from Bloomsbury Publishing and Amazon. Over the last decade there has been a dramatic increase in publications on media and translation. In fact, there are those ...
  • Libris – April 2014

    April 1, 2014

    Libris - April 2014
    After Newspeak: Language Culture and Politics in Russia from Gorbachev to Putin Michael S. Gorham Michael S. Gorham, Associate Professor of Russian Studies in Languages, Literatures and Cultures. Available from Cornell University Press. In After Newspeak, Michael S. Gorham presents a cultural history ...
  • Libris – March 2014

    March 1, 2014

    Libris - March 2014
    Content Burns Stephanie A. Smith Stephanie A. Smith, Professor of English. Pre-order available from Amazon. CONTENT BURNS chronicles the parallel stories of two women who bear the same Puritan name, in the same family, who are separated by three centuries and who are ...
  • Libris – February 2014

    February 1, 2014

    Libris - February 2014
    That Religion in Which All Men Agree: Freemasonry in American Culture David G. Hackett David G. Hackett, Associate Professor of Religion. Available from Amazon. This powerful study weaves the story of Freemasonry into the narrative of American religious history. Freighted with the mythical ...
  • Libris – December 2013

    December 1, 2013

    Libris - December 2013
    Tan Men/Pale Women: Color and Gender in Archaic Greece and Egypt, a Comparative Approach Mary Ann Eaverly Mary Ann Eaverly, Associate Professor of Classics. Available from University of Michigan Press. One of the most obvious stylistic features of Athenian black-figure vase painting is ...
  • Libris – November 2013

    November 1, 2013

    Libris - November 2013
    “The Other” in Translation: A Case for Comparative Translation Studies Alexander Burak Alexander Burak, Assistant Professor of Russian. Available from Amazon. In The Other in Translation: A Case for Comparative Translation Studies, Alexander Burak brings theorists and practitioners together and discusses ways of ...
  • Libris – October 2013

    October 1, 2013

    Libris - October 2013
    Visions of Power in Cuba Revolution, Redemption, and Resistance, 1959-1971 Lillian Guerra Lillian Guerra, Associate Professor of History. Available from The University of North Carolina Press. In the tumultuous first decade of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro and other leaders saturated the media with ...
  • Libris – April 2013

    April 1, 2013

    Libris - April 2013
    Baby Rocket Stephanie A. Smith Stephanie A. Smith, Professor of English. Available from Thames River Press. Online article about new book trilogy. “Baby Rocket” is the name given to a child who, in 1966, is found abandoned in a rocket-ride on Cape Canaveral. Traumatized, ...