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Cultures of Doing Good//Anthropologists and NGOs About the book Anthropological field studies of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in their unique cultural and political contexts. Cultures of Doing...

Downsizing // We're Meant for Something Bigger The best thing about director Alexander Payne’s science-fiction, social satire “Downsizing”  is Matt Damon.  Damon makes such a friendly, sympathetic,...

Even Mississippi by Melany Neilson About the book Even Mississippi is a well-crafted and engaging account that is not only good reading but also a penetrating commentary on several social, political, and...

A Year of Success for Ernest & Hadley Booksellers Easty Lambert-Brown knew she wanted to open a bookstore, but never told anybody. On a trip to Paris with her husband, she visited Ernest Hemingway's...

DADDY'S HOME 2 // More Daddys, More Problems. “Sex Drive” writer & director Sean Anders scored a box office hit back in 2015 when he cast slapstick comic Will Ferrell and smash-up action hero Mark...

Indians Playing Indian//Multiculturalism and Contemporary Indigenous Art in North America by Monika Siebert Contemporary indigenous peoples in North America confront a unique predicament. While they are...

AUGUST // OSAGE COUNTY PLAYING AT UA THEATRE AND DANCE Before heading home for Thanksgiving break, the University of Alabama’s Dance and Theatre department is taking you on a quick detour to Oklahoma....

Only the brave // Based on a true Story A top-notch, true-life, tale of tragedy, “Only the Brave”, starring Josh Brolin, Jeff Bridges, Miles Teller, Taylor Kitsch, and Jennifer Connelly, salutes an...

American Literary Realism and Graphic Illustration, 1880-1905 by Adam Sonstegard About the book Artistic Liberties is a landmark study of the illustrations that originally accompanied now-classic works...

AMERICAN ASSASSIN // It Takes one to Kill One You’d think with gifted writers like Stephen Schiff, who wrote “True Crime” and “Lolita,” Michael Finch who penned “Hitman: Agent 47” and “The...