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A Global History of LGBTQ+ Identity: A Fascinating Historical Evolution of LGBTQ+ Community

A Global History of LGBTQ+ Identity: A Fascinating Historical...

Author: Verity Press
ISBN: 9798323467082
Format: Paperback
$36.83

"""A Global History of LGBTQ+ Identity"" looks at the complex tapestry of human sexuality and gender expression...  Read More >>

Dispelling Misconceptions: Understanding the Resilience and Spirituality of Gullah Geechee Descendants

Dispelling Misconceptions: Understanding the Resilience...

Author: Barnaba Bruno
ISBN: 9798323439478
Format: Paperback
$36.96

"If you are curious about the real story behind the Gullah Geechee community, ""Dispelling Misconceptions"" is a...  Read More >>

YUTKA And the Voyage of the Parita

YUTKA And the Voyage of the Parita

Author: Marcia Breece
ISBN: 9781944887803
Format: Paperback
$44.75

Creative nonfiction based on a true story of courage, grief, and love. Rich in historical accuracy and authentic...  Read More >>

Auckland Vintage News - Volume One

Auckland Vintage News - Volume One

Author: Mia Thomas
ISBN: 9798322964841
Format: Paperback
$52.22

"Come with me as we gaze through the keyhole of history into the lives of people in and around the ancient town...  Read More >>

Fairfax of Virginia: The forgotten story of America's only peerage 1690-1960

Fairfax of Virginia: The forgotten story of America's...

Author: Hugh Fairfax
ISBN: 9781916556355
Format: Paperback
$36.96

This is the unique and largely forgotten story of how the ancient and noble Fairfax family of Yorkshire, England,...  Read More >>

Staging Revolutions and the Many Faces of Modernism: Performing Politics in Irish and Egyptian Theatre

Staging Revolutions and the Many Faces of Modernism:...

Author: Amina ElHalawani
ISBN: 9781032728902
Format: Paperback
$75.99

The book explores how theatre, with its performative capacity, has the power to engage with and affect the politics...  Read More >>

Staging Revolutions and the Many Faces of Modernism: Performing Politics in Irish and Egyptian Theatre

Staging Revolutions and the Many Faces of Modernism:...

Author: Amina ElHalawani
ISBN: 9781032560885
Format: Hardback
$273.00

The book explores how theatre, with its performative capacity, has the power to engage with and affect the politics...  Read More >>

England: Seven Myths That Changed a Country – and How to Set Them Straight

England: Seven Myths That Changed a Country – and How...

Author: Tom Baldwin ,  Marc Stears
ISBN: 9781526646231
Format: Hardback
$44.99

Tom Baldwin and Marc Stears take on seven myths that distort our ideas of England and where the country is heading....  Read More >>

Fall of Civilizations: Stories of Greatness and Decline

Fall of Civilizations: Stories of Greatness and Decline...

Author: Paul Cooper
ISBN: 9780715655009
Format: Hardback
$55.00

Based on the podcast with over 100 million downloads,Fall of Civilizationsbrilliantly explores how a range of ancient...  Read More >>

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 >>

Exiled in East Germany

Exiled in East Germany

Author: Sebastian Pampuch
ISBN: 9783111201481
Format: Hardback
$35.72

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The Korean Welfare State: Social Investment in an Aging Society

The Korean Welfare State: Social Investment in an Aging...

Author: Kyungbae Chung (, President of the Korean Socio-Economic Society) ,  Neil Gilbert (, Milton and Gertrude Chernin Chair in Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley)
ISBN: 9780197644928
Format: Hardback
$170.95

This book examines the evolution of the Korean welfare state over the last several decades and the challenges it...  Read More >>

The Campbells, 1250-1513

The Campbells, 1250-1513

Author: Stephen Boardman
ISBN: 9780859767248
Format: Paperback
$44.99

If not perhaps the most popular Highland clan, the Campbells are undoubtedly one of the most successful. This book...  Read More >>

Britain 3000 BC

Britain 3000 BC

Author: Rodney Castleden ,  Penelope Lively
ISBN: 9781803995557
Format: Paperback
$49.99

Rodney Castleden explores the purpose of great prehistoric projects like Avebury and Stonehenge and the nature of...  Read More >>

Hellfire: Evelyn Waugh and the Hypocrites Club

Hellfire: Evelyn Waugh and the Hypocrites Club

Author: David Fleming
ISBN: 9781803996516
Format: Paperback
$49.99

The first book to tell the remarkable story of Oxford University's hedonistic Hypocrites Club and its (in)famous...  Read More >>

The Great European Stage Directors Volume 8: Bausch, Castellucci, Fabre

The Great European Stage Directors Volume 8: Bausch,...

Author: Luk Van den Dries (University of Antwerp, Belgium) ,  Timmy De Laet (University of Antwerp, Belgium)
ISBN: 9781350445840
Format: Paperback
$44.99

This volume foregrounds Pina Bausch, Romeo Castellucci and Jan Fabre as three leading directors who have each left...  Read More >>

Hate Speech and Academic Freedom: The Antisemitic Assault on Basic Principles

Hate Speech and Academic Freedom: The Antisemitic Assault...

Author: Cary Nelson
ISBN: 9798887194202
Format: Paperback
$79.99

This book reveals the damage that antisemitism does to the identity of Jewish students, staff, and faculty. It details...  Read More >>

Columba: Pilgrim, Priest & Patron Saint

Columba: Pilgrim, Priest & Patron Saint

Author: Tim Clarkson
ISBN: 9780859767231
Format: Paperback
$34.99

St Columba is one of the most important figures in the early history of the British Isles. Drawing on contemporary...  Read More >>

Making Sense of the Great War: Crisis, Englishness, and Morale on the Western Front

Making Sense of the Great War: Crisis, Englishness,...

Author: Alex Mayhew (London School of Economics and Political Science)
ISBN: 9781009168755
Format: Hardback
$258.75

Alex Mayhew provides new perspectives on military morale by exploring the experiences of English infantrymen in...  Read More >>

Kith: Scottish Seasonal Food for Family and Friends

Kith: Scottish Seasonal Food for Family and Friends...

Author: Sarah Rankin
ISBN: 9781780278360
Format: Hardback
$49.99

A brand-new new cookery book from MasterChef finalist Sarah Rankin, showcasing the extraordinary versatility of...  Read More >>

How French Moderns Think: The Lévy-Bruhl Family, From “Primitive Mentality” to Contemporary Pandemics

How French Moderns Think: The Lévy-Bruhl Family, From...

Author: Frédéric Keck ,  Michael M. J. Fischer
ISBN: 9781914363023
Format: Paperback
$49.95

This book traces the contributions of the Lévy-Bruhl family to social and political thought and expertise in 20th-century...  Read More >>

The Book-Makers: A History of the Book in 18 Remarkable Lives

The Book-Makers: A History of the Book in 18 Remarkable...

Author: Adam Smyth
ISBN: 9781847926296
Format: Hardback
$69.99

Every book-lover's dream- a celebration of 550 years of the printed book, told through the lives of eighteen extraordinary...  Read More >>

Dressing the Part: Power, Dress, Gender, and Representation in the Pre-Columbian Americas

Dressing the Part: Power, Dress, Gender, and Representation...

Author: Sarahh Scher ,  Billie J. A. Follensbee
ISBN: 9780813080543
Format: Paperback
$110.88

"From Olmec costume switching to Peruvian bundle burials we see which types of power were gendered, which symbols...  Read More >>

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