The adventures of Ibn Battuta, a Muslim traveler of the 14th century [[electronic resource] /] / Ross E. Dunn |
Autore | Dunn Ross E |
Edizione | [Updated edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif. ; ; London : , : University of California Press, , [2012] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
Disciplina |
910.917
910.91767 910.92 |
Soggetto topico |
Travelers - Islamic Empire
Travel, Medieval |
Soggetto non controllato |
biography
great traveler historical context human struggles islam medieval times political and social commentary religion and travel religion remarkable career |
ISBN |
1-280-78287-0
9786613693266 0-520-95161-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Maps -- Preface to the 2012 Edition -- Preface to the Revised Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- Acknowledgements -- The Muslim Calendar -- A Note on Money -- Abbreviations Used in Footnotes -- Introduction -- 1. Tangier -- 2. The Maghrib -- 3. The Mamluks -- 4. Mecca -- 5. Persia and Iraq -- 6. The Arabian Sea -- 7. Anatolia -- 8. The Steppe -- 9. Delhi -- 10. Malabar and the Maldives -- 11. China -- 12. Home -- 13. Mali -- 14. The Rihla -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790307103321 |
Dunn Ross E | ||
Berkeley, Calif. ; ; London : , : University of California Press, , [2012] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Anatomy of Harpo Marx / / Wayne Koestenbaum |
Autore | Koestenbaum Wayne |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2012] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (311 p.) |
Disciplina |
792.702/8092
B |
Soggetto topico |
Comedians - United States
Comedians -- United States -- Biography Marx, Harpo Marx, Harpo, 1888-1964 Motion picture actors and actresses - United States Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography Music, Dance, Drama & Film Drama |
Soggetto non controllato |
barbra streisand
beauty book club reads books for movie lovers bookstore finds discussion books drama easy to read entertainment industry film and television heart racing how to be funny how to make a comedy film human struggles insightful analysis learning while reading leisure reads life struggle lively love marx brothers nonfiction stories page turner pleasure reading relatable characters romance satisfying endings the art of acting vacation reads walter benjamin what is method acting |
ISBN |
1-280-11654-4
9786613520838 0-520-95198-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- I. Early Ecstatic Emptiness -- II. Later Astonishments -- III. The Idiot Tumbles Back to the Beginning of Time |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790015303321 |
Koestenbaum Wayne | ||
Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2012] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Anatomy of Harpo Marx / / Wayne Koestenbaum |
Autore | Koestenbaum Wayne |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2012] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (311 p.) |
Disciplina |
792.702/8092
B |
Soggetto topico |
Comedians - United States
Comedians -- United States -- Biography Marx, Harpo Marx, Harpo, 1888-1964 Motion picture actors and actresses - United States Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography Music, Dance, Drama & Film Drama |
Soggetto non controllato |
barbra streisand
beauty book club reads books for movie lovers bookstore finds discussion books drama easy to read entertainment industry film and television heart racing how to be funny how to make a comedy film human struggles insightful analysis learning while reading leisure reads life struggle lively love marx brothers nonfiction stories page turner pleasure reading relatable characters romance satisfying endings the art of acting vacation reads walter benjamin what is method acting |
ISBN |
1-280-11654-4
9786613520838 0-520-95198-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- I. Early Ecstatic Emptiness -- II. Later Astonishments -- III. The Idiot Tumbles Back to the Beginning of Time |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819300503321 |
Koestenbaum Wayne | ||
Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2012] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The blood of strangers [[electronic resource] ] : stories from emergency medicine / / Frank Huyler |
Autore | Huyler Frank <1964-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c1999 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (165 p.) |
Disciplina | 616.02/5 |
Soggetto topico |
Emergency medicine
Hospitals - Emergency services |
Soggetto non controllato |
accidents
anthology blood career collection of stories disease emergency medicine emergency rooms emotional er physicians fast paced firsthand accounts healthcare human struggles illness injury life and death literary nonfiction lyrical essays medical professionals medical world memoirs modern medicine neurosurgeons new mexico nonfiction stories patients and doctors retrospective trauma surgeons vignettes visceral |
ISBN |
0-585-46784-6
1-283-29193-2 9786613291936 0-520-95072-0 0-520-90003-0 1-59734-502-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- The Unknown Assailant -- Prelude -- Through The Dark, Softly -- Faith -- Black Bag -- A Good Scar -- The Engineer In The Desert -- The Invitation -- Sunday Morning -- The Short Arm Of Chromosome 4 -- Needle -- The Dead Lake -- The Prisoner -- Numbers And Voices -- A Difference Of Opinion -- The Bleeding Girl -- I ' M Driving -- Burn -- The Secret -- Speaking In Tongues -- Power -- Jaw -- The Virgin -- Sugar -- Liar -- The Bee Sting -- The House In The Wilderness -- Time |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780374603321 |
Huyler Frank <1964-> | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c1999 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Memory for forgetfulness [[electronic resource] ] : August, Beirut, 1982 / / Mahmoud Darwish ; translated, with an introduction by Ibrahim Muhawi |
Autore | Darwīsh Maḥmūd |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xi, 182 pages) |
Disciplina | 956.9204/4 |
Altri autori (Persone) | MuhawiIbrahim <1937-> |
Collana | Literature of the Middle East |
Soggetto topico | POETRY / General |
Soggetto non controllato |
1982 israeli invasion
arabic literature bitter rivals conflict engaging fate good vs evil hardship heroism historical dimensions historical history homeland hostilities human struggles intense invasion lebanon life lessons literature men at war middle east history palestine poems poetry collection poetry political politics power struggle prominent poets prose poems resistance revolutionaries shelling of beirut spiritual tragic violence war ravaged streets war warriors world politics |
ISBN | 0-520-95459-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Memory for Forgetfulness -- Chapter I |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786880703321 |
Darwīsh Maḥmūd | ||
Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Memory for forgetfulness [[electronic resource] ] : August, Beirut, 1982 / / Mahmoud Darwish ; translated, with an introduction by Ibrahim Muhawi |
Autore | Darwīsh Maḥmūd |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xi, 182 pages) |
Disciplina | 956.9204/4 |
Altri autori (Persone) | MuhawiIbrahim <1937-> |
Collana | Literature of the Middle East |
Soggetto topico | POETRY / General |
Soggetto non controllato |
1982 israeli invasion
arabic literature bitter rivals conflict engaging fate good vs evil hardship heroism historical dimensions historical history homeland hostilities human struggles intense invasion lebanon life lessons literature men at war middle east history palestine poems poetry collection poetry political politics power struggle prominent poets prose poems resistance revolutionaries shelling of beirut spiritual tragic violence war ravaged streets war warriors world politics |
ISBN | 0-520-95459-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Memory for Forgetfulness -- Chapter I |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817439203321 |
Darwīsh Maḥmūd | ||
Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The selected poetry of Yehuda Amichai / / edited and translated from the Hebrew by Chana Bloch and Stephen Mitchell ; with a new foreword by C.K. Williams |
Autore | Amichai Yehuda |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2013] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
Disciplina | 892.4/16 |
Collana | Literature of the Middle East |
Soggetto topico | POETRY / Middle Eastern |
Soggetto non controllato |
20th century literature
edge of your seat famous poets hebrew speaking poet history through poetry how to write a poem human struggles interesting reads israeli culture israeli lit israeli poetry jewish culture jewish lit judaism literary art middle eastern lit palestinian culture poetry books poetry collections stories with poetry students and teachers translated hebrew poetry word art world literature |
ISBN | 0-520-95444-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Foreword to the 2013 Edition -- Foreword 1996 -- PART ONE -- PART TWO -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index of Titles -- About |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786046703321 |
Amichai Yehuda | ||
Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2013] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The selected poetry of Yehuda Amichai / / edited and translated from the Hebrew by Chana Bloch and Stephen Mitchell ; with a new foreword by C.K. Williams |
Autore | Amichai Yehuda |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2013] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
Disciplina | 892.4/16 |
Collana | Literature of the Middle East |
Soggetto topico | POETRY / Middle Eastern |
Soggetto non controllato |
20th century literature
edge of your seat famous poets hebrew speaking poet history through poetry how to write a poem human struggles interesting reads israeli culture israeli lit israeli poetry jewish culture jewish lit judaism literary art middle eastern lit palestinian culture poetry books poetry collections stories with poetry students and teachers translated hebrew poetry word art world literature |
ISBN | 0-520-95444-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Foreword to the 2013 Edition -- Foreword 1996 -- PART ONE -- PART TWO -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index of Titles -- About |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812496403321 |
Amichai Yehuda | ||
Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2013] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Sensory biographies : lives and deaths among Nepal's Yolmo Buddhists / / Robert Desjarilais |
Autore | Desjarlais Robert R |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif. : , : University of California Press, , 2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 396 pages) |
Disciplina |
294.3/923/09225496
B |
Collana | Ethnographic studies in subjectivity |
Soggetto topico |
Lamas - Nepal
Buddhists - Nepal Death - Religious aspects - Buddhism Helambu Sherpa (Nepalese people) - Religion |
Soggetto genere / forma | Ethnography |
Soggetto non controllato |
biographical profiles
biographical buddhist priests death and dying death experience ethnographers ethnographic studies gerontology human struggles interviews life and death life histories life journey life stories nepal nonfiction biography physical senses religious figures sensory experiences sociology spiritual subjective experience tibetan buddhists touching vision yolmo buddhists yolmo elders yolmo valley |
ISBN |
1-59734-893-7
9786612762796 1-282-76279-6 0-520-93674-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Note on Transliteration -- Kurāgraphy -- Hardship, Comfort -- Twenty-Seven Ways of Looking at Vision -- Startled into Alertness -- A Theater of Voices -- "I've Gotten Old" -- Essays on Dying -- "Dying Is This" -- The Painful Between -- Desperation -- The Time of Dying -- Death Envisioned -- To Phungboche, by Force -- Staying Still -- Mirror of Deeds -- Here and There -- "So: Ragged Woman" -- Echoes of a Life -- A Son's Death -- The End of the Body -- Last Words -- Notes -- Glossary of Terms -- References -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782924503321 |
Desjarlais Robert R | ||
Berkeley, Calif. : , : University of California Press, , 2003 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Struggle and Survival in Palestine/Israel / / Mark LeVine, Gershon Shafir |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2012] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (473 p.) |
Disciplina | 956.94 |
Soggetto topico |
Cities and towns - History - 19th century - Palestine
Jews - History - 20th century - Palestine Jews - History - 19th century - Palestine Palestinian Arabs - History - 20th Century Palestinian Arabs - History Arab-Israeli conflict - Influence |
Soggetto non controllato |
conflict scholars
everyday life generational global politics historians historical context history of conflict human agency human experience human history human struggles interviews israel israeli palestinian conflict middle east scholars middle east modern history multidisciplinary approach nonfiction palestine political science region in conflict regional history social biographies social contexts |
ISBN |
1-283-57152-8
9786613883971 0-520-95390-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction: Social Biographies in Making Sense of History -- 1. "Left Naked on the Beach": The Villagers of Aylut in the Grip of the New Templers -- 2. The Sephardi Entrepreneur and British Vice-Consul Haim Amzalak -- 3. A Musician's Lot: Wasif Jawhariyyeh's Old Jerusalem -- 4. Revolutionary Pioneer: Manya Shochat and Her Commune -- 5. Hero or Antihero? S. Yizhar's Ambivalent Zionism and the First Sabra Generation -- 6. "A Son of the Country": Dr. Tawfiq Canaan, Modernist Physician and Palestinian Ethnographer -- 7. The Ordeal of Henya Pekelman, a Female Construction Worker -- 8. "A Nation in a Hero": Abdul Rahim Hajj Mohammad and the Arab Revolt -- 9. Hillel Kook: Revisionism and Rescue -- 10. Matar Ἁbdelrahim: From a Palestinian Village to a Syrian Refugee Camp -- 11. Joseph Spronz: From the Holocaust to a Safe Shore -- 12. The Trees Die Standing: A Story of a Palestinian Refugee -- 13. The Brief Career of Prosper Cohen: A Would-Be Leader of Moroccan Immigrants -- 14. A Tale of Baghdad and Tel Aviv -- 15. Is Slavery Over? Black and White Arab Bedouin Women in the Naqab (Negev) -- 16. Of Possessions and Dispossessions: A Story of Palestinian Property in Jewish Israeli Lives -- 17. The Rise and Fall of the Russian-Speaking Journalist in Israel -- 18. The Village against the Settlement: Two Generations of Conflict in the Nablus Region -- 19. Majed al-Masri in Two Intifadas in Nablus -- 20. Benni Gaon: From Socialist to Capitalist Tycoon -- 21. From Religion to Revenge: Becoming a Hamas Suicide Bomber -- 22. Yigael Amir: The Making of a Political Assassin -- 23. Mais in the War of the Words -- 24. Jonathan Pollak: An Anarchist "Traitor" in His Own Society -- 25. Abu Ahmad and His Handalas -- List of Contributors -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785618403321 |
Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2012] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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