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Water On Fire: A Memoir of War

Water On Fire: A Memoir of War

Author: Tarek El-Ariss
ISBN: 9781635424461
Format: Paperback
$35.00

"In this evocative, insightful memoir, a leading voice in Middle Eastern Studies revisits his childhood in war-torn...  Read More >>

Shinto: The Kami Spirit World of Japan

Shinto: The Kami Spirit World of Japan

Author: Sokyo Ono ,  William Woodard
ISBN: 9784805317938
Format: Paperback
$22.99

"""Shinto: The Japanese World of Kami Spirits is a concise guide to the fundamental elements of the Shinto religion--its...  Read More >>

A Morphological Interpretation of a Northern Chinese Traditional Village: Case Study of Zhangdaicun Village

A Morphological Interpretation of a Northern Chinese...

Author: Kun Li
ISBN: 9789819969609
Format: Hardback
$343.17

By applying a specific case study in the Hancheng context, Shaanxi Province, which lacks sound studies, the book...  Read More >>

The Social Life of Teak

The Social Life of Teak

Author: Tim Webster ,  Virginia Henderson
ISBN: 9786164510821
Format: Paperback
$69.99

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Rich World, Poor World: The Struggle to Escape Poverty

Rich World, Poor World: The Struggle to Escape Poverty...

Author: Ali A. Allawi
ISBN: 9780300214284
Format: Hardback
$51.95

A landmark history of the world economic order, exploring how developing countries have fought to escape impoverishment...  Read More >>

Statelet of Survivors: The Making of a Semi-Autonomous Region in Northeast Syria

Statelet of Survivors: The Making of a Semi-Autonomous...

Author: Amy Austin Holmes (Research Professor of International Affairs, Research Professor of International Affairs, George Washington University)
ISBN: 9780197621042
Format: Paperback
$54.95

A remarkable examination of an understudied aspect of the Syrian conflict that traces the genealogy of one of the...  Read More >>

The Ghosts of Iraq's Marshes: A History of Conflict, Tragedy, and Restoration

The Ghosts of Iraq's Marshes: A History of Conflict,...

Author: Steve Lonergan ,  Jassim Al-Asadi
ISBN: 9781649033253
Format: Hardback
$118.80

The gripping history of the devastation and resurrection of the Marshes of Iraq, an environmental treasure of the...  Read More >>

The Eternal Decline and Fall of Rome: The History of a Dangerous Idea

The Eternal Decline and Fall of Rome: The History of...

Author: Edward Watts
ISBN: 9780197691953
Format: Paperback
$37.95

As this book intriguingly explores, for those who would make Rome great again and their victims, ideas of Roman...  Read More >>

MUSEO JUMEX: 10 Years

MUSEO JUMEX: 10 Years

Author: Jeff Koons ,  Melanie Smith 
ISBN: 9788891840080
Format: Hardback
$230.00

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London: A History of 300 Years in 25 Buildings

London: A History of 300 Years in 25 Buildings

Author: Paul Knox
ISBN: 9780300269208
Format: Hardback
$51.95

A lively new history of London told through twenty-five buildings, from iconic Georgian townhouses to the Shard...  Read More >>

The Making of Felony Procedure in Middle English Literature

The Making of Felony Procedure in Middle English Literature...

Author: Elise Wang (Assistant Professor of English, Assistant Professor of English, California State University, Fullerton)
ISBN: 9780192870728
Format: Hardback
$149.95

This book is about felony prosecution in late medieval England, which it argues was shaped by literary and legal...  Read More >>

MUSEO JUMEX: 10 Años 

MUSEO JUMEX: 10 Años 

Author: Jeff Koons ,  Melanie Smith 
ISBN: 9788891840097
Format: Hardback
$230.00

This volume celebrates the 10th anniversary of Museo Jumex, Mexico City s most important contemporary art museum,...  Read More >>

Protest Arts, Gender, and Social Change: Fiction, Popular Songs, and the Media in Hausa Society across Borders

Protest Arts, Gender, and Social Change: Fiction, Popular...

Author: Ousseina D. Alidou
ISBN: 9780472076680
Format: Hardback
$211.20

Examines how a new generation of novelists, popular songwriters, and musical performers in contemporary Hausa society...  Read More >>

K-Drama School: A Pop Culture Inquiry Into Why We Love Korean Television

K-Drama School: A Pop Culture Inquiry Into Why We Love...

Author: Grace Jung
ISBN: 9780762485727
Format: Hardback
$49.99

Illustrator statement of responsibility from title page verso.  Read More >>

Agriculture, Economy and Society in Early Modern Scotland

Agriculture, Economy and Society in Early Modern Scotland...

Author: Harriet Cornell ,  Professor Julian Goodare
ISBN: 9781837650484
Format: Hardback
$194.06

Showcases the latest research on Scotland's rural economy and society.  Read More >>

Pearls for the Crown: Art, Nature, and Race in the Age of Spanish Expansion

Pearls for the Crown: Art, Nature, and Race in the Age...

Author: Mónica Domínguez Torres (University of Delaware)
ISBN: 9780271096810
Format: Hardback
$179.25

Examines a selection of artworks featuring pearls and pearl fishing scenes that demonstrate the interplay between...  Read More >>

African Migration and the Novel: Exploring Race, Civil War, and Environmental Destruction

African Migration and the Novel: Exploring Race, Civil...

Author: Professor Jack Taylor (Author)
ISBN: 9781648250910
Format: Hardback
$261.36

Examines how current novels dealing with African migration address social issues, immigrant subjectivity, and the...  Read More >>

The Global Ethiopian Diaspora: Migrations, Connections, and Belongings

The Global Ethiopian Diaspora: Migrations, Connections,...

Author: Dr Shimelis Bonsa Gulema ,  Professor Hewan Girma
ISBN: 9781648250880
Format: Hardback
$343.20

A comprehensive historical, geographic, and thematic analysis of the multidimensional and dynamic migration experience...  Read More >>

History of Finance Capital in America: The Great Depression and Interwar Years

History of Finance Capital in America: The Great Depression...

Author: Go Tian Kang
ISBN: 9781032727851
Format: Hardback
$305.00

Go details through institutional analysis how major financial institutions (including banks and insurance companies),...  Read More >>

Testing the Elite: Yale College in the Revolutionary Era, 1740–1815

Testing the Elite: Yale College in the Revolutionary...

Author: David Wilock (Wilton High School, USA)
ISBN: 9781032540054
Format: Hardback
$273.00

This volume explores the extent to which the Revolutionary period (1740–1815) impacted the faculty, students, and...  Read More >>

Early English Queens, 850–1000: Potestas Reginae

Early English Queens, 850–1000: Potestas Reginae

Author: Matthew Firth
ISBN: 9780367760922
Format: Hardback
$273.00

This book offers a comprehensive, biography-led examination of queenship in England between 850 and 1000, tracing...  Read More >>

Sindiwe Magona and the Power of Paradox: Challenging the Polarization of South African Discourse

Sindiwe Magona and the Power of Paradox: Challenging...

Author: Renée Schatteman
ISBN: 9781032598604
Format: Hardback
$273.00

This book examines the work of Sindiwe Magona, one of South Africa’s most prolific and ground-breaking writers,...  Read More >>

Silicon Valley and the Environmental Inequalities of High-Tech Urbanism Volume 9

Silicon Valley and the Environmental Inequalities of...

Author: Jason A. Heppler
ISBN: 9780806193731
Format: Hardback
$237.60

In the half century after World War II, California’s Santa Clara Valley transformed from a rolling landscape of...  Read More >>

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