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Jerusalem Interrupted: Modernity and Colonial Transformation 1917 - Present

Jerusalem Interrupted: Modernity and Colonial Transformation...

Author: Lena Jayyusi
ISBN: 9781623716776
Format: Paperback
$92.40

Most histories of twentieth-century Jerusalem published in English focus on the city's Jewish life and neighbourhoods;...  Read More >>

The world according to Teresa Di Sclafani

The world according to Teresa Di Sclafani

Author: Teresa Teresa Di Sclafani de Nasca ,  Andre�na Ascanio Toro
ISBN: 9798989065295
Format: Paperback
$58.08

Teresa Di Sclafani De Nasca was born in Italy. She has also lived in Venezuela and in the United States. Her autobiography...  Read More >>

Vows: The Modern Genius of an Ancient Rite

Vows: The Modern Genius of an Ancient Rite

Author: Cheryl Mendelson
ISBN: 9781668021569
Format: Hardback
$54.99

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Global Gold: Aesthetics, Material Desires, Economies in the Late Medieval and Early Modern World

Global Gold: Aesthetics, Material Desires, Economies...

Author: Thomas B. F. Cummins ,  Abigail Krasner Balbale
ISBN: 9780674296176
Format: Paperback
$68.95

The interdisciplinary essays in Global Gold—by scholars of European, American, African, and Asian history and art...  Read More >>

Worthy of Freedom: Indenture and Free Labor in the Era of Emancipation

Worthy of Freedom: Indenture and Free Labor in the Era...

Author: Jonathan Connolly
ISBN: 9780226833620
Format: Hardback
$190.95

"A study of Indian indentured labor in Mauritius, British Guiana, and Trinidad that explores the history of indenture's...  Read More >>

The Birds That Audubon Missed: Discovery and Desire in the American Wilderness

The Birds That Audubon Missed: Discovery and Desire...

Author: Kenn Kaufman
ISBN: 9781668007594
Format: Hardback
$59.99

From Kenn Kaufman, a founding father of modern birding, The Birds that Audubon Missed examines the scientific quests...  Read More >>

Earth History: Our Legacy

Earth History: Our Legacy

Author: Azhar Ul Haque Sario
ISBN: 9798224811441
Format: Paperback
$44.85

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Exekutive der Gewalt: Die österreichische Polizei und der Nationalsozialismus

Exekutive der Gewalt: Die österreichische Polizei und...

Author: Dr. Kurt Bauer ,  Mag. Gerald Hesztera
ISBN: 9783205218470
Format: Hardback
$118.80

Schlaglichter auf die Geschichte der österreichischen Polizei im Nationalsozialismus  Read More >>

Transatlantische Rivalitäten: Deutsche und amerikanische Einstellungen zu Technik, Kultur und Moderne

Transatlantische Rivalitäten: Deutsche und amerikanische...

Author: emer. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Frank Trommler
ISBN: 9783412529819
Format: Hardback
$69.84

Über die Rolle der Technik in Deutschland und Amerika im 19. Jahrhundert  Read More >>

The Uses of Diversity

The Uses of Diversity

Author: G K Chesterton
ISBN: 9798869298652
Format: Paperback
$29.01

Delve into the profound musings of G.K. Chesterton in The Uses of Diversity, a collection of essays that traverses...  Read More >>

Mightier Than the Sword: How Three Obscure Treaties Sanctioned the Enslavement of Millions and the Exploitation of Continents for More Than 400 Years

Mightier Than the Sword: How Three Obscure Treaties...

Author: Lorraine Atkin
ISBN: 9781039188020
Format: Paperback
$52.77

How can words on paper be more devastating than war? Why is there persistent inequality-racial, financial, structural?...  Read More >>

The Bourbon Drinker's Companion: A Guide to American Distilleries, with Travel Advice, Folklore, and Tasting Notes

The Bourbon Drinker's Companion: A Guide to American...

Author: Colin Spoelman ,  Chris Abernathy
ISBN: 9798874771065
Format: Audio
$121.41

This insider's guide to American distilleries offers colorful lore, regional history, and tasting notes for bourbon,...  Read More >>

The Bourbon Drinker's Companion: A Guide to American Distilleries, with Travel Advice, Folklore, and Tasting Notes

The Bourbon Drinker's Companion: A Guide to American...

Author: Colin Spoelman ,  Chris Abernathy
ISBN: 9798874771072
Format: Audio
$121.31

This insider's guide to American distilleries offers colorful lore, regional history, and tasting notes for bourbon,...  Read More >>

The Anthem Companion to Raymond Boudon

The Anthem Companion to Raymond Boudon

Author: Christian Robitaille ,  Robert Leroux
ISBN: 9781839991455
Format: Hardback
$240.00

This book seeks to identify the main threads of a resolutely complex course of thought which has contributed greatly...  Read More >>

A Cultural History of Comedy in Antiquity

A Cultural History of Comedy in Antiquity

Author: Michael Ewans (University of Newcastle, Australia) ,  Professor Andrew McConnell Stott (University of Southern California, USA)
ISBN: 9781350440692
Format: Paperback
$52.99

Drawing together contributions from scholars in a wide range of fields inside Classics and Drama, this volume traces...  Read More >>

Overlooked Places and Peoples: Indigenous and African Resistance in Colonial Spanish America, 1500-1800

Overlooked Places and Peoples: Indigenous and African...

Author: Dana Velasco Murillo ,  Robert C. Schwaller
ISBN: 9781032721392
Format: Hardback
$273.00

This book examines the hemispheric histories of overlooked peoples and places that shaped colonial Spanish America....  Read More >>

Frank O. Etheridge: Musician of the African Diaspora

Frank O. Etheridge: Musician of the African Diaspora...

Author: Ben Vinson III
ISBN: 9781032278872
Format: Hardback
$231.00

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Working in the 21st Century: 105 Portraits

Working in the 21st Century: 105 Portraits

Author: Mark Larson
ISBN: 9781572843332
Format: Hardback
$62.99

"""From nurses and teachers to rideshare drivers and funeral directors-an intimate, honest, and illuminating collection...  Read More >>

Messerschmitt Me 309 Development & Politics

Messerschmitt Me 309 Development & Politics

Author: Calum E. Douglas ,  Dan Sharp
ISBN: 9781911658962
Format: Hardback
$90.56

Chosen in 1941 to replace the Bf 109 as the Luftwaffe’s standard front-line fighter, Messerschmitt’s innovative...  Read More >>

The Amusement Park at Sloan's Lake: The Lost History of Denver's Manhattan Beach

The Amusement Park at Sloan's Lake: The Lost History...

Author: David Forsyth
ISBN: 9781493076970
Format: Paperback
$50.99

Operating from 1890 to 1914, Manhattan Beach Amusement Park was the first true amusement park in Denver and was...  Read More >>

A Ministry of Risk: Writings on Peace and Nonviolence

A Ministry of Risk: Writings on Peace and Nonviolence...

Author: Philip Berrigan ,  Brad Wolf
ISBN: 9781531506285
Format: Paperback
$50.99

Experience the powerful legacy of Philip Berrigan's nonviolent resistance to war and empire. From the battlefields...  Read More >>

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