The adventures of Tom Sawyer, 135th anniversary edition / / Mark Twain; Paul Baender
| The adventures of Tom Sawyer, 135th anniversary edition / / Mark Twain; Paul Baender |
| Autore | Twain Mark <1835-1910, > |
| Edizione | [3rd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2010] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (306 p.) |
| Disciplina | 813.4 |
| Collana | Mark Twain Library |
| Soggetto topico |
Boys -- Fiction
Child witnesses -- Fiction Mississippi River Valley -- Fiction Missouri -- Fiction Runaway children -- Fiction Sawyer, Tom (Fictitious character) -- Fiction Runaway children Fugitive slaves English Languages & Literatures American Literature |
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19th century
adventure stories adventures american authors american literature american south anniversary edition banned books boyhood childhood children classic lit classic literature coming of age famous author famous authors fiction classics fiction growing up hannibal missouri high school huckleberry finn humor illustrated juvenile literary fiction mississippi river mississippi moral issues original text realism required reading slavery small town setting tom sawyer young adult fiction |
| ISBN |
1-280-49195-7
9786613587183 0-520-94632-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- FOREWORD -- THE WRITING OF TOM SAWER -- PREFACE -- 1. Y-o-u-u Tom-Aunt Polly Decides Upon her Duty- Tom Practices Music-The Challenge-A Private Entrance -- 2. Strong Temptations-Strategic Movements-The Innocents Beguiled -- 3. Tom as a General-Triumph and Reward-Dismal Felicity-Commission and Omission -- 4. Mental Acrobatics-Attending Sunday-School-The Superintendent-"Showing off-Tom Lionized -- 5. A Useful Minister-In Church-The Climax -- 6. Self-Examination-Dentistry-The Midnight Charm- Witches and Devils-Cautious Approaches-Happy Hours -- 7. A Treaty Entered Into-Early Lessons-A Mistake Made -- 8. Tom Decides on his Course-Old Scenes Re-enacted -- 9. A Solemn Situation-Grave Subjects Introduced- Injun Joe Explains -- 10. The Solemn Oath-Terror Brings Repentance- Mental Punishment -- 1 1. Muff Potter Comes Himself-Tom's Conscience at Work -- 12. Tom Shows his Generosity-Aunt Polly Weakens -- 13. The Young Pirates-Going to the Rendezvous-The Camp-Fire Talk -- 14. Camp-Life-A Sensation-Tom Steals Away from Camp -- 15. Tom Reconnoiters-Learns the Situation-Reports at Camp -- 16. A Day's Amusements-Tom Reveals a Secret-The Pirates take a Lesson-A Night Surprise-An Indian War -- 17. Memories of the Lost Heroes-The Point in Tom's Secret -- 18. Tom's Feelings Investigated-Wonderful Dream- Becky Thatcher Overshadowed-Tom Becomes Jealous-Black Revenge -- 19. Tom Tells the Truth -- 20. Becky in a Dilemma-Tom's Nobility Asserts Itself -- 21. Youthful Eloquence-Compositions by the Young Ladies-A Lengthy Vision-The Boys' Vengeance Satisfied -- 22. Tom's Confidence Betrayed-Expects Signal Punishment -- 23. Old Muff's Friends-Muff Potter in Court-Muff Potter Saved -- 24. Tom as the Village Hero-Days of Splendor and Nights of Horror-Pursuit of Injun Joe -- 25. About Kings and Diamonds-Search for the Treasure -Dead People and Ghosts -- 26. The Haunted House-Sleepy Ghosts-A Box of Gold -Bitter Luck -- 27. Doubts to be Settled-The Young Detectives -- 28. An Attempt at No. Two-Huck Mounts Guard -- 29. The Pic-nic-Huck on Injun Joe's Track-The "Revenge" Job--Aid for the Widow -- 30. The Welchman Reports-Huck Under Fire-The Story Circulated-A New Sensation-Hope Giving Way to Despair -- 31. An Exploring Expedition-Trouble Commences-Lost in the Cave-Total Darkness-Found but not Saved -- 32. Tom tells the Story of their Escape-Tom's Enemy in Safe Quarters -- 33. The Fate of Injun Joe-Huck and Tom Compare Notes-An Expedition to the Cave-Protection Against Ghosts-"An Awful Snug Placen-A Reception at the Widow Douglas's -- 34. Springing a Secret-Mr. Jones' Surprise a Failure -- 35. A New Order of Things-Poor Huck-New Adventures Planned -- CONCLUSION -- EXPLANATORY NOTES -- SOURCES FOR CHARACTERS -- NOTE ON THE TEXT |
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Twain Mark <1835-1910, >
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| Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2010] | ||
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Ahead of the curve [[electronic resource] ] : David Baltimore's life in science / / Shane Crotty
| Ahead of the curve [[electronic resource] ] : David Baltimore's life in science / / Shane Crotty |
| Autore | Crotty Shane <1974-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (302 p.) |
| Disciplina | 572.8/092 B |
| Soggetto topico | Molecular biologists - United States |
| Soggetto non controllato |
aids vaccine
biographical biography caltech career college controversial controversy cultural history cultural studies culture dna famous scientist genetic engineering growing up life story mit molecular biology nobel prize political politics rockefeller science scientific research scientist true story university vaccine vietnam war |
| ISBN |
1-59734-456-7
1-282-75923-X 9786612759239 0-520-93026-6 |
| Classificazione | TB 3120 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- PROLOGUE -- ONE. GREAT NECK, LONG ISLAND -- TWO. SWARTHMORE -- THREE. APPRENTICESHIPS -- FOUR. SALK INSTITUTE -- FIVE. MIT -- SIX. RECOMBINANT DNA -- SEVEN. NOBELGOLD -- POLIOVIRUS: AN INTERLUDE -- EIGHT. WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE -- NINE. ROCKEFELLER -- TEN. HOMECOMING -- ELEVEN. CALTECH -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- NOTES -- INDEX |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777365503321 |
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| Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c2003 | ||
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Army of shadows : Palestinian collaboration with Zionism, 1917-1948 / / Hillel Cohen ; translated by Haim Watzman
| Army of shadows : Palestinian collaboration with Zionism, 1917-1948 / / Hillel Cohen ; translated by Haim Watzman |
| Autore | Cohen Hillel |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , [2008] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (353 pages) |
| Disciplina | 956.94/04 |
| Soggetto topico |
Jewish-Arab relations - History - 1917-1948
Collaborationists Palestinian Arabs - Politics and government - 20th century Zionism - History - 20th century Jews - Palestine - Politics and government - 20th century |
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academic
arab israeli arab bedouin childhood collaborators controversial economics economy growing up history israel palestine conflict israel jewish judaism nationalism nationalist palestine palestinian political politics propaganda scholarly security untold history untold story west bank zionist zionists |
| ISBN |
1-282-76229-X
9786612762291 0-520-93398-2 1-4356-3040-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Utopia and its collapse -- Who is a traitor? -- We, the collaborators -- Old collaborators, new traitors -- Unity ends -- The "traitors" counterattack -- World war, local calm -- Prelude to war -- Treason and defeat: the 1948 War. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778243403321 |
Cohen Hillel
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| Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , [2008] | ||
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Coming of Age in America : The Transition to Adulthood in the Twenty-First Century / / Mary C. Waters, Patrick Joseph Carr, Maria Kefalas, Jennifer Ann Holdaway
| Coming of Age in America : The Transition to Adulthood in the Twenty-First Century / / Mary C. Waters, Patrick Joseph Carr, Maria Kefalas, Jennifer Ann Holdaway |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2011] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (253 p.) |
| Disciplina | 305.2350973/09051 |
| Soggetto topico |
Adolescence - United States - History - 21st century
Adolescence -- United States -- History -- 21st century Ethnology - United States Ethnology -- United States Parent and teenager - United States Parent and teenager -- United States Social classes - United States Social classes -- United States Adolescence - History - 21st century - United States Social Welfare & Social Work Social Sciences Child & Youth Development |
| Soggetto non controllato |
21st century adult
adulting american youth becoming an adult bildungsroman books for young adults buying first house early adult housing education family first job graduation gifts growing up guide to adulthood guide to your thirties guide to your twenties how to adult life after college life in your thirties life in your twenties living in new york city living in san diego navigating adulthood nyc life work and education work and marriage work life balance young adult self help young parenthood |
| ISBN |
1-280-10208-X
9786613520548 0-520-95018-6 |
| Classificazione | LB 43610 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Straight from the Heartland: Coming of Age in Ellis, Iowa -- 2. Transitions to Adulthood in the Land of Lake Wobegon -- 3. If You Can Make It There . . . : The Transition to Adulthood in New York City -- 4. Coming of Age in "America's Finest City": Transitions to Adulthood Among Children of Immigrants in San Diego -- 5. Becoming Adult: Meanings and Markers for Young Americans -- 6. Conclusion -- Appendix: Methods -- References -- Contributors -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781558703321 |
| Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2011] | ||
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From grandmother to granddaughter : Salvadoran women's stories / / Michael Gorkin, Marta Pineda, Gloria Leal
| From grandmother to granddaughter : Salvadoran women's stories / / Michael Gorkin, Marta Pineda, Gloria Leal |
| Autore | Gorkin Michael |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , [2000] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (271 p.) |
| Disciplina | 972.8405/2 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
PinedaMarta
LealGloria |
| Soggetto topico |
Women - El Salvador - Social conditions - 20th century
Oral history |
| Soggetto non controllato |
biographical
biography childhood children coming of age domestic el salvador familia family life family living family relationships female stories feminism feminist granddaughter grandmother grandparents growing up latin america life story parenting parents south america spanish language true story womens issues womens stories |
| ISBN |
0-520-22240-7
0-520-92450-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Map of El Salvador -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- La Familia Nunez -- La Familia Garcia -- La Familia Rivas -- Some Afterwords -- Chronology -- Glossary |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787538103321 |
Gorkin Michael
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From grandmother to granddaughter : Salvadoran women's stories / / Michael Gorkin, Marta Pineda, Gloria Leal
| From grandmother to granddaughter : Salvadoran women's stories / / Michael Gorkin, Marta Pineda, Gloria Leal |
| Autore | Gorkin Michael |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , [2000] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (271 p.) |
| Disciplina | 972.8405/2 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
PinedaMarta
LealGloria |
| Soggetto topico |
Women - El Salvador - Social conditions - 20th century
Oral history |
| Soggetto non controllato |
biographical
biography childhood children coming of age domestic el salvador familia family life family living family relationships female stories feminism feminist granddaughter grandmother grandparents growing up latin america life story parenting parents south america spanish language true story womens issues womens stories |
| ISBN |
0-520-22240-7
0-520-92450-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Map of El Salvador -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- La Familia Nunez -- La Familia Garcia -- La Familia Rivas -- Some Afterwords -- Chronology -- Glossary |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817684603321 |
Gorkin Michael
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The lost boys of Zeta Psi : a historical archaeology of masculinity in a university fraternity / / Laurie A. Wilkie
| The lost boys of Zeta Psi : a historical archaeology of masculinity in a university fraternity / / Laurie A. Wilkie |
| Autore | Wilkie Laurie A. <1968-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (361 pages) |
| Disciplina | 378.18/550979467 |
| Soggetto topico |
Greek letter societies - California - Berkeley - History
Male college students - California - Berkeley - Conduct of life Male college students - California - Berkeley - Psychology Male college students - Sexual behavior - California - Berkeley Masculinity - California - Berkeley - History Gender identity - California - Berkeley - History |
| Soggetto non controllato |
1900
america american society archaeological excavation archaeology architecture behind the scenes biographical california college men coming of age discussion books first fraternity frat history frat house fraternal orders gender roles gender studies growing up historical perspective masculinity mens society oral histories photographs school secret world social context university fraternity university of california berkeley west coast life zeta psi |
| ISBN |
0-520-94594-8
1-282-76393-8 9786612763939 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- FIGURES -- TABLES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Prologue. Peering into the Rooms of a Fraternity's Far Past -- Stage Directions -- PROGRAM FOR ACT I -- PROGRAM FOR ACT III -- Epilogue. When the Zetes Grew Up -- Appendix. Membership of Zeta Psi Iota as Compiled from Alumni Registers, Wall Panels, and Yearbooks -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
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Wilkie Laurie A. <1968->
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Lula of Brazil : The Story So Far / / Richard Bourne
| Lula of Brazil : The Story So Far / / Richard Bourne |
| Autore | Bourne Richard |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2008] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (309 p.) |
| Disciplina |
981.06092
B |
| Soggetto topico | Presidents - Brazil |
| Soggetto non controllato |
20th century
biographical brazil brazilian history brazilian politics brazilian president childhood coming of age corruption dictator dictatorship elections globalization growing up hard times latin america leadership life story metalworker military narrative political politics presidency president progressive politics progressive scandal south america true story world leader |
| ISBN |
1-282-75944-2
9786612759444 0-520-93252-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1. A Tough Start in Life -- 2. Strike Leader -- 3. The PT, the Workers' Party -- 4. Persistent Candidate for the Presidency -- 5. Overview of the First Term -- 6. Domestic Policy -- 7. International and Economic Policy -- 8. Corruption and Scandal -- 9. The Elections of 2006 -- 10. Lula So Far: An Interim Assessment -- NOTES -- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777950403321 |
Bourne Richard
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| Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2008] | ||
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Performance artists talking in the eighties : sex, food, money/fame, ritual/death / / compiled by Linda M. Montano
| Performance artists talking in the eighties : sex, food, money/fame, ritual/death / / compiled by Linda M. Montano |
| Autore | Montano Linda M. |
| Edizione | [Reprint 2019] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2000 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (588 pages) : illustrations, plates |
| Disciplina | 709/.2/273 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | MontanoLinda <1942-> |
| Soggetto topico |
Performance artists - United States
Performance art - United States |
| Soggetto non controllato |
1980s
academic american history artist artistic influences artistic childhood coming of age death decades entertainment history entertainment industry entertainment ethnography fame finance growing up interviews life and death memories money nostalgia pop culture history pop culture ritual scholarly sex sexual experience sexuality true story |
| ISBN |
1-282-75871-3
9786612758713 0-520-91966-1 1-59734-802-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction: Shall We Talk? Linda M. Montano Performs Autobiographical Voices -- PART ONE. Sex -- PART TWO. Food -- PART THREE. Money/fame -- PART FOUR. Ritual/death -- Afterword: Quicksilver and Revelations: Performance Art at the End of the Twentieth Century -- Biographies -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779926603321 |
Montano Linda M.
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William Mulholland and the rise of Los Angeles [[electronic resource] /] / Catherine Mulholland
| William Mulholland and the rise of Los Angeles [[electronic resource] /] / Catherine Mulholland |
| Autore | Mulholland Catherine |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2000 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (468 p.) |
| Disciplina | 979.4/9404/092 |
| Soggetto topico |
Water-supply - California - Los Angeles - History
Engineers - California - Los Angeles |
| Soggetto non controllato |
academic
aqueduct biography california career history chinatown coming of age department of power department of water drought engineer engineering family history growing up immigrant life story los angeles mulholland natural history natural resources natural world nature newspaper owens valley primary source research scholarly southern california true story untold story water history water system west coast western united states |
| ISBN |
0-520-92901-2
1-59875-011-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The Long Journey from Dublin to Los Angeles, 1855-1876 -- 2. The City of Angels, 1877 -- 3. The Private Water Company and Its Owners, 1878-1879 -- 4. Advancing in the Water Business, 1880-1886 -- 5. The New Superintendent, 1887-1892 -- 6. Water Plots and Politics, 1893-1895 -- 7. The Years of Mayor Eaton, 1898-1900 -- 8. The City's Victory over the "Grand Monopoly," 1901-1902 -- 9. New Regime for a Booming Town, 1903-1904 -- 10. Desperate Remedies in a Dry Season, 1904 -- 11. A Plan Revealed, 1905 -- 12. Preparations for an Aqueduct and a Trip to Washington, D.C., 1906 -- 13. The Big Job Begins, 1907 -- 14. The Chief and the General, 1908 -- 15. Building the Aqueduct: The Best Year, 1909 -- 16. Troubles and Interruptions, 1910 -- 17. Aqueduct Progress and Political Fireworks, 1911 -- 18. The Investigation, 1912 -- 19. The Completion of the Aqueduct, 1913 -- 20. After the Aqueduct, 1914-1919 -- 21. A Stormy Decade Begins, 1920-1923 -- 22. Boulder Dam and Dynamite, 1924 -- 23. More Dynamite, 1925-1927 -- 24. The Saint Francis Dam Disaster and After, 1928-1935 -- Afterword -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783300003321 |
Mulholland Catherine
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2000 | ||
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