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Caucasia: A Novel
by Danzy Senna
"Lucid and magnificent." --James McBride, author of The Color of Water "Senna's remarkable first novel <will> cling to your memory. There's Birdie, who takes after her mother's white, New England side of the family--light skin, straight hair. There's her big sister, Cole, who takes after her father, a radical black intellectual. It's the early seventies, and black-power politics divide their parents, who... (more)
Georgia in Antiquity: A History of Colchis and Transcaucasian Iberia, 550 BC-AD 562
by David Braund
The first full history of ancient Georgia ever to be written outside Georgia itself, this book also serves as a valuable introduction to the substantial archaeological work that has been carried out there in recent decades. Designed to open up ancient Georgia for the world of scholarship at large, it is not only a history of a neglected region, but also a sustained attempt to inform topics and issues that are more... (more)