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Product Description: The great scientific, astronomical and technological advances of the 20th century inspired the science fiction genre to imagine distant worlds and futures, far beyond the discoveries of the here and now. This book explores science fiction films, television series, novels and short stories--from Lost in Space (1965-1968) to Fringe (2008-2013) to the works of Isaac Asimov and Stephen Baxter--with a focus on their underlying concepts of physics and astronomy...read more
By David A. Powell (foreword by)

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9780786470532 | McFarland & Co Inc Pub, May 2, 2016, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: The great scientific, astronomical and technological advances of the 20th century inspired the science fiction genre to imagine distant worlds and futures, far beyond the discoveries of the here and now.

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9781611211740 | Savas Beatie, October 19, 2014, cover price $37.50
9780317398687, titled "Poverty of Nations and New Economic Order" | Asia Book Corp of Amer, June 1, 1985, cover price $20.95 | also contains Poverty of Nations and New Economic Order

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Product Description: "Something happened in the 1990s"; a group of people who were perceived as radical and "unmentionable" were transformed into a group of people who deserved human rights, and, if you looked close enough, were "normal," just like everybody else (John D'Emilio (2002)...read more
By David A. Powell (editor)

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9781443858830 | Cambridge Scholars Pub, June 1, 2014, cover price $67.95 | About this edition: "Something happened in the 1990s"; a group of people who were perceived as radical and "unmentionable" were transformed into a group of people who deserved human rights, and, if you looked close enough, were "normal," just like everybody else (John D'Emilio (2002).

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By David A. Powell (editor)

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9781847184146 | Cambridge Scholars Pub, January 1, 2008, cover price $50.95

While the Music Lasts posits that musical references in literary texts present two significant problems: first, how does the author recreate music or musical experiences? Second, what do these musical allusions say about the culture the author is describing and, of course, about the author her- or himself? Apart from displaying an acute awareness of music―baroque and romantic music; creation and performance; aesthetics and politics―the musical references Sand uses allow for commentary on contemporary politics and social reform and provide a wide range of material for a musico-literary study. (view table of contents)

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9780838754740 | Bucknell Univ Pr, July 1, 2001, cover price $55.00
9781611481358 | Bucknell Univ Pr, June 1, 2001, cover price $90.00 | About this edition: While the Music Lasts posits that musical references in literary texts present two significant problems: first, how does the author recreate music or musical experiences?

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By Shira Malkin (contributor) and David A. Powell

Paperback:

9789042004733, titled "Le Siècle De George Sand" | Rodopi Bv Editions, January 1, 1998, cover price $115.00

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Product Description: Bringing together a variety of critical approaches and interdisciplinary perspectives, this work reflects the continuing vitality and breadth of George Sand scholarship around the world. It contains twenty-eight papers and a keynote address presented at the Seventh International George Sand Conference...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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9780313275845 | Praeger Pub Text, September 30, 1991, cover price $84.00 | About this edition: Bringing together a variety of critical approaches and interdisciplinary perspectives, this work reflects the continuing vitality and breadth of George Sand scholarship around the world.

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Product Description: A volume in Twayne's World Authors series. Table of contents, biographical sketch of the author, preface, acknowledgments, chronology of Sand's life, endnotes, select bibliography, index. Discusses Sand's fiction, drama, and essays...read more

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9780805782608 | Twayne Pub, June 1, 1990, cover price $28.95 | About this edition: A volume in Twayne's World Authors series.

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