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Radicalization and Fascism in the Ustaša: From Terrorism to Mass Violence in the Western Balkans

Radicalization and Fascism in the Ustaša: From Terrorism...

Author: Dr Constantin Iordachi (Central European University, Hungary) ,  Goran Miljan (Uppsala University, Sweden)
ISBN: 9781350596085
Format: Hardback
$170.00

An examination of the radicalization and fascistization of the Ustaša and the emergence of fascist movements and...  Read More >>

Seventeen, North Wharf: Stories of Australian Postwar Immigration

Seventeen, North Wharf: Stories of Australian Postwar...

Author: Tom Valenta
ISBN: 9780648991847
Format: Paperback
$34.95

In the aftermath of World War II, thousands migrated to Australia in search of peaceful, healthy lives, and further...  Read More >>

The Impact of Wars on World Politics, 1775–2023: Hope and Despair

The Impact of Wars on World Politics, 1775–2023: Hope...

Author: Deepak Tripathi
ISBN: 9783031658440
Format: Paperback
$258.72

In a study of cyclical history, this book presents a grand sweep of modern history and how decades of savage wars,...  Read More >>

A Poetic History of Melbourne: An Anthology of Poems and Short Stories By Students of Marymede Catholic College

A Poetic History of Melbourne: An Anthology of Poems...

Author: John Milides
ISBN: 9780646851549
Format: Paperback
$24.95

With the support of teacher John Milides, the students of the Creative Writing Program of Marymede Catholic College...  Read More >>

Banton of Paramount: Haute Couture in Hollywood's Golden Age

Banton of Paramount: Haute Couture in Hollywood's Golden...

Author: Howard Gutner
ISBN: 9781493085026
Format: Hardback
$64.99

An introduction to the career of Travis Banton, one of the preeminent costume/fashion designers of Hollywood’s Celebrated...  Read More >>

Doctors' Riot of 1788: Body Snatching, Bloodletting, and Anatomy in America

Doctors' Riot of 1788: Body Snatching, Bloodletting,...

Author: Andy McPhee
ISBN: 9781493088058
Format: Hardback
$79.07

In this riveting and revelatory history, Andy McPhee delves into the post-revolutionary period of America to trace...  Read More >>

Thinking Historically: A Guide to Statecraft and Strategy

Thinking Historically: A Guide to Statecraft and Strategy...

Author: Francis J. Gavin
ISBN: 9780300278361
Format: Hardback
$61.95

A compelling and insightful argument for historical study as a way to understand and navigate the complex, often...  Read More >>

Chinese Ancient Origins: Stories Of People & Civilization

Chinese Ancient Origins: Stories Of People & Civilization...

Author: Scott Forbes Crawford ,  Professor Yijie Zhuang
ISBN: 9781835622728
Format: Hardback
$29.99

A brand new, highly readable history by Scott Crawford, Chinese Ancient Origins surveys the events, cultural practices,...  Read More >>

Making The Met, 1870–2020

Making The Met, 1870–2020

Author: Andrea Bayer ,  Laura D Corey
ISBN: 9781588398062
Format: Hardback
$82.95

This history of The Metropolitan Museum of Art celebrates its evolution into one of the world's greatest museums...  Read More >>

Family of Spies: A World War II Story of Nazi Espionage, Betrayal, and the Secret History Behind Pearl Harbor

Family of Spies: A World War II Story of Nazi Espionage,...

Author: Christine Kuehn
ISBN: 9781250344465
Format: Hardback
$55.00

A propulsive, never-before-told story of one family’s shocking involvement as Nazi and Japanese spies during WWII...  Read More >>

On Obedience: Contrasting Philosophies for the Military, Citizenry, and Community

On Obedience: Contrasting Philosophies for the Military,...

Author: Pauline Shanks Kaurin
ISBN: 9798892410397
Format: Paperback
$59.99

Provides an in-depth and nuanced philosophical treatment of the virtue of obedience in the context of the professional...  Read More >>

Messiah Mode

Messiah Mode

Author: David Sheen
ISBN: 9781682195123
Format: Paperback
$34.99

Journalist David Sheen reports reveals how Netanyahu's inclusion of far-right Jewish Power in the coalition marks...  Read More >>

The House of Seymour

The House of Seymour

Author: Joanna Hickson
ISBN: 9780008544690
Format: Paperback
$22.99

Will his ambition be her destiny or her downfall? Praise for Joanna Hickson: 'An intriguing tale, told with...  Read More >>

Beirut Rules: The Murder of a CIA Station Chief and Hezbollah's War Against America

Beirut Rules: The Murder of a CIA Station Chief and...

Author: Fred Burton ,  Samuel M Katz
ISBN: 9798895150443
Format: Paperback
$41.37

From the New York Times bestselling coauthors of Under Fire comes the story of the kidnapping and murder of CIA...  Read More >>

Serigrafistas Queer: Freedom for Sensibilities

Serigrafistas Queer: Freedom for Sensibilities

Author: Amanda Carneiro ,  Marta Dillon
ISBN: 9786557770788
Format: Paperback
$99.50

Queer activism meets grassroots printing and Latin American identity in this typographic celebration of resistance...  Read More >>

African Literature and US Empire: Postcolonial Optimism in Nigerian and South African Writing

African Literature and US Empire: Postcolonial Optimism...

Author: Katherine Hallemeier (Associate Professor in the Department of English, Oklahoma State University)
ISBN: 9781399516174
Format: Paperback
$44.99

Demonstrates how African literature grapples with the enforced optimism of US empire that circulates in postcolonial...  Read More >>

Epistolary Courtiership and Dramatic Letters: Thomas Overbury and the Jacobean Playhouse

Epistolary Courtiership and Dramatic Letters: Thomas...

Author: Jackie Watson (Independent Scholar, PhD from Birbeck College, University of London)
ISBN: 9781474483384
Format: Paperback
$57.99

Analyses how the political career of Sir Thomas Overbury exposes the changing systems of power at the English court...  Read More >>

Twenty-First Century Fictions of Terrorism

Twenty-First Century Fictions of Terrorism

Author: Arin Keeble (Lecturer in Contemporary Literature and Culture, Edinburgh Napier University)
ISBN: 9781474478687
Format: Paperback
$57.99

A comprehensive study of how fiction has depicted and responded to terrorism in the twenty-first century  Read More >>

Deutschland im Europarat: Ein Überblick

Deutschland im Europarat: Ein Überblick

Author: Andreas N. Ludwig ,  Birte Wassenberg
ISBN: 9783658500733
Format: Paperback
$47.49

Der Beitritt zum Europarat vor 75 Jahren war für die Deutschen in der Bundesrepublik der erste große Schritt zur...  Read More >>

Indigenous Affinities: Toward Solidarity Across the Global South

Indigenous Affinities: Toward Solidarity Across the...

Author: Amal Eqeiq
ISBN: 9781531510282
Format: Paperback
$73.99

Inspired by and committed to global Indigenous solidarity and South-South encounters, Indigenous Affinities examines...  Read More >>

Seattle Walks: Discovering History and Nature in the City

Seattle Walks: Discovering History and Nature in the...

Author: David B. Williams
ISBN: 9780295753577
Format: Paperback
$38.50

""In this extensively revised version of a modern-day classic, David Williams shines a light on the city's rapidly...  Read More >>

Media, Culture, and Decolonization: Re-righting the Subaltern Histories of Ghana

Media, Culture, and Decolonization: Re-righting the...

Author: Wunpini Fatimata Mohammed
ISBN: 9781978841642
Format: Paperback
$67.10

Through Dagbaŋ epistemologies and knowledge systems, this book examines media by highlighting how African languages,...  Read More >>

The Immortal Ten: The Definitive Account of the 1927 Tragedy and Its Legacy at Baylor University

The Immortal Ten: The Definitive Account of the 1927...

Author: Todd Copeland
ISBN: 9781481323390
Format: Paperback
$53.99

On January 22, 1927, Baylor University's basketball team set out by bus for Austin to play the University of Texas....  Read More >>

The Ottoman Empire and Safavid Iran, 1639–1682: Diplomacy and Borderlands in the Early Modern Middle East

The Ottoman Empire and Safavid Iran, 1639–1682: Diplomacy...

Author: Selim Güngörürler (Assistant Professor, Marmara University)
ISBN: 9781399510110
Format: Paperback
$44.99

Explores how the longest peace of the early modern Middle East was established and consolidated.  Read More >>

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