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The Way of Bitterness: Soviet Russia, 1920

The Way of Bitterness: Soviet Russia, 1920

Author: Princess Peter Wolkonsky
ISBN: 9781032676227
Format: Hardback
$189.00

The Way of Bitterness (1931) is a valuable record of life in Soviet Russia in the early days of Bolshevik rule....  Read More >>

The Soviet Union: Second Edition

The Soviet Union: Second Edition

Author: R.W. Davies
ISBN: 9781032676333
Format: Hardback
$189.00

The Soviet Union (1989) examines the state of the Soviet Union at the end of the 1980s. It claimed to offer a new...  Read More >>

Searching for Juliet: The Lives and Deaths of Shakespeare's First Tragic Heroine

Searching for Juliet: The Lives and Deaths of Shakespeare's...

Author: Sophie Duncan
ISBN: 9781529365160
Format: Paperback
$24.99

A cultural, historical, and literary exploration of the birth, death, and legacy of the ultimate romantic heroine...  Read More >>

Historia de M�xico: 1000 datos interesantes desde la antig�edad hasta nuestros d�as

Historia de M�xico: 1000 datos interesantes desde la...

Author: Ahoy Publications
ISBN: 9798892960434
Format: Paperback
$50.13

�Descubra la fascinante historia de M�xico a trav�s de 1000 datos interesantes!  Read More >>

Waikiki Dreams: How California Appropriated Hawaiian Beach Culture

Waikiki Dreams: How California Appropriated Hawaiian...

Author: Patrick Moser
ISBN: 9780252045912
Format: Hardback
$271.00

Despite a genuine admiration for Native Hawaiian culture, white Californians of the 1930s ignored authentic relationships...  Read More >>

Unsettled: American Jews and the Movement for Justice in Palestine

Unsettled: American Jews and the Movement for Justice...

Author: Oren Kroll-Zeldin
ISBN: 9781479821457
Format: Hardback
$75.99

"""Unsettled examines the role of young American Jews in the Palestine solidarity movement and argues that their...  Read More >>

Mississippian Women

Mississippian Women

Author: Rachel V. Briggs ,  Michaelyn S. Harle
ISBN: 9781683404149
Format: Hardback
$250.80

Highlights how women were powerful farmers, economic decision-makers, spiritual leaders, and agents of social integration...  Read More >>

Chinatown, Honolulu: Place, Race, and Empire

Chinatown, Honolulu: Place, Race, and Empire

Author: Nancy E. Riley (A. Myrick Freeman Professor of Social Sciences)
ISBN: 9780231196789
Format: Hardback
$232.95

This book offers a critical account of the history of Chinese in Hawai‘i from the mid-nineteenth century to the...  Read More >>

Pivot of China: Spatial Politics and Inequality in Modern Zhengzhou

Pivot of China: Spatial Politics and Inequality in Modern...

Author: Mark Baker
ISBN: 9780674293816
Format: Hardback
$99.95

China’s modern history has been marked by deep spatial inequalities between regions, between cities, and between...  Read More >>

Strabo's Geography: A Translation for the Modern World

Strabo's Geography: A Translation for the Modern World...

Author: Strabo ,  Sarah Pothecary
ISBN: 9780691243139
Format: Hardback
$115.00

"A lively new translation of Strabo's complete Geography-an encyclopedic guide to the ancient world of the first...  Read More >>

Sacred Feminine Through The Ages: Voices of visionary women on power and belief

Sacred Feminine Through The Ages: Voices of visionary...

Author: Paula Marvelly
ISBN: 9781786788757
Format: Hardback
$45.00

A fascinating history of women's belief, faith and spirituality, as told through the art and writing of over 30...  Read More >>

How the West Became Antisemitic: Jews and the Formation of Europe, 800–1500

How the West Became Antisemitic: Jews and the Formation...

Author: Ivan G. Marcus
ISBN: 9780691258201
Format: Hardback
$69.99

An examination of how the Jews—real and imagined—so challenged the Christian majority in medieval Europe that it...  Read More >>

Billy Waters is Dancing: Or, How a Black Sailor Found Fame in Regency Britain

Billy Waters is Dancing: Or, How a Black Sailor Found...

Author: Mary L. Shannon
ISBN: 9780300267686
Format: Hardback
$51.95

The story of William Waters, Black street performer in Regency London, and how his huge celebrity took on a life...  Read More >>

Stowaway: The Disreputable Exploits of the Rat

Stowaway: The Disreputable Exploits of the Rat

Author: Joe Shute
ISBN: 9781399402507
Format: Hardback
$39.99

A cultural and social history of the rat, examining how one creature achieved total world domination and has inspired...  Read More >>

If You Run Out of Words: A Picture Book

If You Run Out of Words: A Picture Book

Author: Felicita Sala
ISBN: 9781419766886
Format: Hardback
$29.99

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Sikh History: A Captivating Guide to the Story of Sikhism, From Spiritual Beginnings to Heroic Stands

Sikh History: A Captivating Guide to the Story of Sikhism,...

Author: Captivating History
ISBN: 9798893580471
Format: Hardback
$73.89

Dive Into the Heart of Sikhism: Your Ultimate Guide to Understanding an Unyielding Faith & Fierce Warriors!  Read More >>

Ghosts of the British Museum: A True Story of Colonial Loot and Restless Objects

Ghosts of the British Museum: A True Story of Colonial...

Author: Noah Angell
ISBN: 9781800961340
Format: Hardback
$49.99

An artist investigates strange goings on at the British museum - and uncovers a maelstrom of disquiet within its...  Read More >>

Rendering History: The Women of ACM-W

Rendering History: The Women of ACM-W

Author: Gloria Childress Townsend
ISBN: 9798400717727
Format: Paperback
$84.70

The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has more than 100,000 members circling the globe, including trailblazing...  Read More >>

All the Rage: Power, Pain, Pleasure: Stories from the Frontline of Beauty 1860-1960

All the Rage: Power, Pain, Pleasure: Stories from the...

Author: Virginia Nicholson
ISBN: 9780349014319
Format: Hardback
$59.99

From the popular historian and author of Among the Bohemians and How Was It For You? comes a new offering, unbuttoning...  Read More >>

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