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Distorted mirrors Americans and their relations with Russia and China in the twentieth century / by Davis, Donald E., 1936-

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The distorting mirror visual modernity in China / by Pang, Laikwan

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Unvarnishing Reality : Subversive Russian and American Cold War Satire / by Maus, Derek C.

Table of Contents: “…The role of literature during the cold war -- The intersection of literature and politics during the cold war -- "The bind of the digital" and other oversimplified logic -- Cold war critiques of Utopia -- Totalized distortions and fabrications -- Epilogue: there is still time.…”
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The last Jews in Baghdad remembering a lost homeland / by Rejwan, Nissim

Table of Contents: “…In old Baghdad -- The Rejwan tribe -- Mother and the placebo effect -- Naʻīma -- Early initiations -- Schooling -- The great crash and US -- Hesqail Abul ʻAlwa hires a helper -- Living in sexual deprivation -- Idle days -- Distorted visions -- Rashid ʻAli's coup and its aftermath -- Bookshop days -- A deepening friendship -- The start : movies, book reviews -- Out in the cold -- Disposing of a library -- End of a community -- Farewells and reunions.…”
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Character Constellations : Representations of Social Groups in Present-Day Dutch Literary Fiction / by Smeets, Roel

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