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Never Fade Away

William Hart

An untenured instructor at a state university in mid-1980s Los Angeles goes against the system to help ethnic minority and immigrant students succeed.

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Portuguese Irregular Verbs

Alexander McCall Smith

Von Igelfeld is the world's leading scholar on Portuguese irregular verbs, having written a majestic, nearly 1,200-page book on the subject.

At the Villa of Reduced Circumstances

Alexander McCall Smith

Von Igelfeld is quite pleased with his role as a visiting scholar at Cambridge, even if his English colleagues can be difficult to comprehend.

The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs

Alexander McCall Smith

Invited to lecture in America, von Igelfeld envisions a visit to California or New York. Instead, he finds himself at the University of Arkansas.

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