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BUCKSKIN AND BUFFALO
The purpose of this book is to illustrate so me of the more exquisite items of the Plains Indians culture which were derived from buffalo or deer in the last...
The Strassmanns: Science, Politics and Migration in Turbulent Times
Across six generations and two hundred years, this book tells the story of a German- Jewish family who emigrated from Rawicz, Poland, first to Prussian Berlin, and finally to America....
Force from Nietzsche to Derrida
In this book, Clare Connors sets out to answer the question: What is the pervasive character of the world?, tracing a genealogy of the idea of force through the writings...
The Creation of the Modern German Army: General Walther Reinhardt and
Civil-military relations have been a consistent theme of the history of the Weimar Republic. This study focuses on the career of General Walther Reinhardt, the last Prussian Minister of War...
Fossils, Finches, and Fuegians: Darwin's Adventures and Discoveries on
When Charles Darwin, then age 22, first saw the HMS Beagle, he thought it looked "more like a wreck than a vessel commissioned to go round the world." But travel...
House of Lost Worlds: Dinosaurs, Dynasties, and the Story of Life on
A gripping tale of 150 years of scientific adventure, research, and discovery at the Yale Peabody Museum This fascinating book tells the story of how one museum changed ideas about...
Worlds of Print: Diversity in the Book Trade
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Worlds of Print: Diversity in the Book Trade
Pity and Power in Ancient Athens
Ancient Athenians resemble modern Americans in their moral discomfort with empire. Athenians had power and used it ruthlessly, but the infliction of suffering did not mesh well with their civic...
Roast Figs, Sugar Snow: Food to Warm the Soul
The beautiful new edition of Diana Henry's classic Crazy Water, Pickled Lemons is OUT NOW *** From critically acclaimed, multi-award-winning author, Diana Henry, a new edition...
The Verge: Reformation, Renaissance, and Forty Years that Shook the
In the bestselling tradition of The Swerve and A Distant Mirror, THE VERGE tells the story of a period that marked a decisive turning point for both European and world...
Fidel Castro
In this masterly biography, the prize-winning historian Robert E. Quirk paints a portrait of the charismatic leader who for more than three decades?nd over eight American presidencies?anaged to sustain a...
Trotskyism In The United States: Historical Essays and
In the new edition of this definitive work on the history of the revolutionary socialist current in the United States that came to be identified as "American Trotskyism," Paul Le...
Defeat of Rome: Crassus, Carrhae and the Invasion of the East
In 53BC the Proconsul Marcus Crassus and 36,000 of his legionaries were crushed by the Parthians at Carrhae in what is now eastern Turkey. Crassus' defeat and death and the...
Lighting Out for the Territory: How Samuel Clemens Headed West and
A rollicking, hilarious stagecoach journey across the Great Plains and over the Rocky Mountains was just the beginning of a nearly six-year-long odyssey that took Samuel Clemens from St. Joseph,...
Muslim Rebels: Kharijites and the Politics of Extremism in Egypt
The Kharijites were the first sectarian movement in Islamic history, a rebellious splinter group that separated itself from mainstream Muslim society and set about creating, through violence, an ideal community...
Bourgeouis Hinduism, or Faith of the Modern Vedantists: Rare
In 1839 a diverse group of Hindu leaders began gathering in Calcutta to share and propagate their faith in a non-idolatrous form of worship. The group, known as the Tattvabodhini...
Pagans and Practitioners: Expanding Biblical Scholarship
Biblical scholarship, like many other disciplines, has become increasingly isolated. As a result, the field has not borrowed as much from other areas of scholarship as it could have and...
The Island of Seven Cities: The Discovery of a Lost Chinese Settlement
"The Island of Seven Cities" unveils the first tangible proof that the Chinese settled in the New World before Columbus. In the summer of 2003, architect Paul Chiasson decided to...
Sparta: Unfit for Empire
The end of the Peloponnesian War saw Sparta emerge as the dominant power in the Greek world. Had she used this position wisely her hegemony might have been secure. As...
On a Knife-Edge: The Poetry of Joao Cabral de Melo Neto
On a Knife-Edge represents the first book-length study in English solely devoted to the work of Joao Cabral de Melo Neto (1920-1999), one of Brazil's foremost poets of the twentieth...
The She-Apostle: The Extraordinary Life and Death of Luisa de Carvajal
Born into a great Spanish noble family, Luisa de Carvajal hankered from her early years to become a martyr for her faith. In 1605 - the year of the Gunpowder...
The Cultural Politics of Reproduction: Migration, Health and Family
Charting the experiences of internally or externally migrant communities, the volume examines social transformation through the dynamic relationship between movement, reproduction, and health. The chapters examine how healthcare experiences of...
Homemade Men in Postwar Austrian Cinema: Nationhood, Genre and
Despite the massive influx of Hollywood movies and films from other European countries after World War II, Austrian film continued to be hugely popular with Austrian and German audiences. By...
Survivors in Mexico
West's narrative takes on all of Mexican history, from the conquest by Spain and the Mexican Revolution, to the muralist movement, and explores the inner lives of such figures as...
You Shall Know Our Velocity
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An "entertaining and profoundly original" (San Francisco Chronicle) moving and hilarious tale of two friends who fly around the world trying to give away a lot of money and free...
The Hills of Rome: Signature of an Eternal City
Rome is 'the city of seven hills'. This book examines the need for the 'seven hills' cliche, its origins, development, impact and borrowing. It explores how the cliche relates to...
War on the Homefront: An Examination of Wife Abuse
About half of the women in the United States and Canada have been physically or sexually assaulted after the age of 16. The figures in other countries are similar. Written...
The Return of Splendor in the World: The Christian Doctrine of Sin and
The Return of Splendor in the World: The Christian Doctrine of Sin and Forgiveness
Confusion Arises as Wisdom: Gampopa's Heart Advice on the Path of
Clear and enlightening commentary on a classic text of Tibetan Buddhism by a beloved contemporary teacher. How could confusion arise as wisdom? According to the Mahamudra view, confusion arises as...
Win
In this #1 New York Times bestselling thriller from Harlan Coben, a dead man's secrets fall into the hands of a vigilante antihero--drawing him down a dangerous road. Over twenty...
Economic Transition in Central and Eastern Europe: Planting the Seeds
Analysing the key problems facing the transition countries in Central and Eastern Europe, this accessible book describes the legacy of the central planners, the progress achieved so far and the...
Thomas Burt, Miners' MP, 1837-1922: The Great Conciliator
A critical biography of one of the most respected and beloved labour leaders of late-19th century Britain - Thomas Burt (1837-1922). Based on a conciliatory approach to labour-management relations, burt...
Going Dutch: How England Plundered Holland's Glory
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In Going Dutch, renowned writer Lisa Jardine tells the remarkable history of the relationship between England and Holland, two of Europe's most important colonial powers at the dawn of the...
Blood and Justice: The 17th Century Parisian Doctor Who Made Blood
In 1667 a Parisian doctor by the name of Jean-Baptiste Denis performed an operation that had never previously been attempted - he transfused blood into another human being. This was...
The Snowman (Movie Tie-In Edition)
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Inspector Harry Hole tracks a Norwegian serial killer in this installment of Jo Nesbo's New York Times bestselling series. Now a Major Motion Picture starring Michael Fassbender.One night, after the...
The Race for Mukalla: Arabian Elite Forces and the War Against Al-
The sequel to Michael Knights' successful 25 Days to Aden, The Race for Mukalla is the story of elite UAE forces taking the counter-terrorism fight to Al -Qaeda in the...
Official Trolls Band Together: Story of the Movie
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This retelling of the hotly anticipated movie TROLLS BAND TOGETHER brings the magic home so fans can experience the adventure again and again. Perfect for young readers to enjoy alone...
Breaks Volume 2: The enemies-to-lovers queer webcomic sensation . . .
Before Heartstopper, there was Breaks . . . the enemies-to-lovers queer webcomic sensation. Now publishing in three volumes, catch the complete series in print for the first time.Ian and Cortland...
To Break Russia's Chains: Boris Savinkov and His Wars Against the Tsar
A brilliant examination of the enigmatic Russian revolutionary about whom Winston Churchill said "few men tried more, gave more, dared more and suffered more for the Russian people," and who...
The Collected Shorter Plays
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Samuel Beckett, the great minimalist master and winner of the 1969 Nobel Prize for Literature, produced some of his most widely praised work for the stage in the form of...
MONEYMAKER THE
Three hundred years ago, a charismatic young gambler and man-about-town with a natural gift for mathematics fled London for the Continent. His name was John Law and he had good...
The Power of Nonviolent Resistance: Selected Writings
In time for the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of his birth, a specially curated collection of Mahatma Gandhi's writings on nonviolent resistance and activism. A Penguin Classic In time...
East India Patronage and the British State: The Scottish Elite and
The Act of Union in 1707 brought with it a new 'Great Britain'. How did the English bind the Scottish elites to the new British State, ensuring the stability of...
History of the Buccaneers of Americ
"As factual and...authentic as anything on the subject could be." - The New Yorker. One of the most comprehensive and accurate accounts of buccaneering, this exciting narrative is the work...
St.Edmund of Abingdon
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St Edmund was the last Archbishop of Canterbury and the first Oxford master to have been officially canonized. This book offers a careful scrutinisation of the hagiographic tradition and the...
The Spy Who Couldn't Spell: A Dyslexic Traitor, an Unbreakable Code,
The thrilling, true-life account of the FBI's hunt for the ingenious traitor Brian Regan-known as the Spy Who Couldn't Spell. Before Edward Snowden's infamous data breach, the largest theft of...
Loss and the Other in the Visionary Work of Anna Maria Ortese
This book examines the oevre of Anna Maria Ortese (1914-1998) from her first literary writings in the Thirties to her great novels in the Nineties. The analysis focusses on two...
Why Save the Bankers?: And Other Essays on Our Economic and Political
Incisive commentary on the financial meltdown and its aftermath, from the author of the bestselling global phenomenon Capital in the Twenty-First Century Thomas Piketty's work has proved that unfettered markets...