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Allied encounters : the gendered redemption of World War II Italy by Escolar, Marisa

Table of Contents: “…Happily Ever after Redemption: Luciana Peverelli's "True" Romance Novels of Occupied Rome --…”
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Race on the QT : blackness and the films of Quentin Tarantino by Nama, Adilifu

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Reservoir dogs and True romance -- Pulp fiction and Jackie Brown -- Kill Bill: vol. 1, Kill Bill: vol. 2, and Death proof -- Inglourious basterds and Django unchained -- Coda.…”
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Science and religion in neo-Victorian novels : eye of the ichthyosaur by Glendening, John

Table of Contents: “…Reconstructing history : the world-renowned ichthyosaurus -- Fossils and faith : Remarkable creatures, Ever after, and The bone hunter -- Paradises lost :The voyage of the Narwhal and English passengers -- Evolution and the uncrucified Jesus : the French lieutenant's woman -- True romance : A.S. Byatt's Possession and Morpho Eugenia -- Devil's chaplain : This thing of darkness and Mr. …”
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Sensuous seas : tales of a marine biologist by Kaplan, Eugene H. (Eugene Herbert), 1932-

Table of Contents: “…The perils of teaching -- Deadly darts -- The great jade green octopus hunt -- Bedtime stories -- Garden of Eden : the death apple and the tree of life -- A true romance story -- Elixir of love -- Skinny South Sea sausages -- The only male reproductive organ with a name -- Living lance -- Role reversal -- Super male -- Miracle fish -- Fugu -- Bunnies of the sea -- Passion for purple -- Size does count -- Fiddler on the root -- Beware the duppy -- The secret of an improved sex life -- How to court a female -- The anti-BLB club -- Sea pussy -- Debunking the big lie -- A peek into the anus of a sea cucumber -- The yellow submarine -- The perils of vanity -- Sexually repressed Victorian taxonomists -- Random ramblings on relationships -- Penile bloodletting -- Death and confusion -- Eyeball to eyeball.…”
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Perspectives on Percival Everett

Table of Contents: “…Vander -- "Knowledge2 + certainty2 = squat2": (re)thinking identity and meaning in Percival Everett's The water cure / Jonathan Dittman -- "This strange juggler's game": forclusion in Percival Everett's I am not Sidney Poitier / Sarah Mantilla Griffin -- Frenzy: framing text to set discourse in a cultural continuum / Ronald Dorris -- The preservationist impulse in Percival Everett's "True romance" / Frederic Dumas -- The mind-body split in American desert: synthesizing Everett's critique of race, religion, and science / Richard Schur -- A bird of a different feather: blues, jazz, and the difficult journey to the self in Percival Everett's Suder / Uzzie Cannon -- "Do you mind if we make Craig Suder white?"…”
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Quentin Tarantino FAQ : everything left to know about the original reservoir dog / Quentin Tarantino frequently asked questions by Sherman, Dale

Table of Contents: “…Clarence Was Me: The Making of True Romance; 6. I Never Said I Wanted Tarantino Dead: The Making of Natural Born Killers; 7. …”
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