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Historian Tsuyoshi Hasegawa writes definitive account of the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II

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A first edition of "The Grapes of Wrath" was among a recent donation of John Steinbeck's major works to the UCSB Library archive

Trove of John Steinbeck first editions and audio recordings elevate UCSB Library archive
three-panel photographic image of a woman holding a picture of her son, the cover of a new book on Guatemala and the dry riverbed below a dam
"The Fourth Invasion" argues that present-day hydroelectric projects are a continuation of Guatemala's long history of colonialism and resource exploitation and includes the state-sponsored genocide of the late 20th century

Guatemala’s history of colonialism, from genocide to extractionist industries
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Professor and author Tania Israel, October 2024

Tania Israel’s new book teaches civil conversations in divisive times
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Author measures memoir’s potential impacts on readers with eating disorders
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Theater scholar’s culminating work unpacks masterpiece of the American stage
Photograph of author Patricia Fancher with her new book, Queer Techné

New book explores gay, queer and feminist community at the heart of early advances in computer science
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New book reveals Ottoman origins of refugee resettlement in Middle East
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Religious scholar to discuss FBI roots in white Christian nationalism
Portrait of professor Jody Enders with two books of translated French stage comedies
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Matt Perko
Author and professor Jody Enders, January 2024

Jody Enders’s ‘uncomfortably entertaining’ naughty French comedies nab prize for translation
UC Santa Barbara Professor Emeritus Francisco Lomelí
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UC Santa Barbara Professor Emeritus Francisco Lomelí at the International Latino Book Awards, October 2023

Compendium on Chicano poet laureate Juan Felipe Herrera strikes gold
Book cover image of The Computer Music Tutorial

Core textbook on computer music distills ‘vast information space’ in a definitive tutorial
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Matt Perko
Giuliana Perrone, October 2023

Freedom in the aftermath of slavery: historian Giuliana Perrone tracks the failures of American law
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