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Under Jackie's Shadow: Voices of Black Minor Leaguers Baseball Left Behind

Under Jackie's Shadow: Voices of Black Minor Leaguers...

Author: Mitchell Nathanson
ISBN: 9781496237170
Format: Hardback
$86.99

The stories of thirteen Black Minor League baseball players during the post–Jackie Robinson era, from the 1960s...  Read More >>

The Inhuman Empire: Wildlife, Colonialism, Culture

The Inhuman Empire: Wildlife, Colonialism, Culture

Author: Sadhana Naithani
ISBN: 9781032700496
Format: Hardback
$273.00

This book is a study of selected texts of British writings on Indian wildlife published between 1860 and 1960.  Read More >>

The Making of Lay Religion in Southern France, c. 1000-1350

The Making of Lay Religion in Southern France, c. 1000-1350...

Author: John H. Arnold (Professor of Medieval History, Professor of Medieval History, University of Cambridge)
ISBN: 9780192871763
Format: Hardback
$277.95

A rich study of what medieval Christianity meant for ordinary people, and how it changed across the middle ages,...  Read More >>

Finland’s Great Famine, 1856-68

Finland’s Great Famine, 1856-68

Author: Andrew G. Newby
ISBN: 9783031194764
Format: Paperback
$369.57

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What Have the French Ever Done For Us?: French Contributions to Australia's Cultural Life

What Have the French Ever Done For Us?: French Contributions...

Author: John West-Sooby
ISBN: 9781923042346
Format: Paperback
$39.95

By shining a light on a range of French cultural phenomena and examining their legacy, in Australia and beyond,...  Read More >>

Henry ‘Chips’ Channon: The Diaries (Volume 2): 1938-43

Henry ‘Chips’ Channon: The Diaries (Volume 2): 1938-43...

Author: Chips Channon
ISBN: 9781529160215
Format: Paperback
$36.99

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It Was Vulgar and It Was Beautiful: How AIDS Activists Used Art to Fight a Pandemic

It Was Vulgar and It Was Beautiful: How AIDS Activists...

Author: Jack Lowery
ISBN: 9781645036609
Format: Paperback
$42.99

The story of art collective Gran Fury-which fought back during the AIDS crisis through direct action and community-made...  Read More >>

Edgware Road: From Romans to Romanians and Everyone In Between

Edgware Road: From Romans to Romanians and Everyone...

Author: Léo Woodland
ISBN: 9781803996271
Format: Paperback
$39.99

The first book to tell the history of the Edware Road.  Read More >>

Labelled with Love: A History of the World in Your Record Collection

Labelled with Love: A History of the World in Your Record...

Author: Andy Bollen
ISBN: 9781803994338
Format: Paperback
$49.99

A warm-hearted, reflective, musical odyssey through the record labels, bands and music which shaped our lives.  Read More >>

The Middle Kingdoms: A New History of Central Europe

The Middle Kingdoms: A New History of Central Europe...

Author: Martyn Rady
ISBN: 9780141996271
Format: Paperback
$32.99

The dramatic history of Europe's shape-shifting centre, from the author of The Habsburgs Central Europe is not...  Read More >>

The Jews of Galicia: A Genealogy Handbook

The Jews of Galicia: A Genealogy Handbook

Author: Suzan Wynne ,  Irv Osterer
ISBN: 9781954176997
Format: Paperback
$89.63

This handbook is designed to guide descendants of Jewish Galitzianers to geographical, historical, cultural, and...  Read More >>

Beautiful: The Story of Julian Eltinge, America's Greatest Female Impersonator

Beautiful: The Story of Julian Eltinge, America's Greatest...

Author: Andrew L. Erdman (Independent scholar, Independent scholar)
ISBN: 9780197696330
Format: Hardback
$61.95

Beautiful is a biography of Julian Eltinge, a female impersonator and major cultural figure who has been appropriated...  Read More >>

Hanna and Barbera: Conversations

Hanna and Barbera: Conversations

Author: Kevin Sandler ,  Tyler Solon Williams
ISBN: 9781496850447
Format: Paperback
$51.70

Encompassing more than fifty years of film and television history, the conversations in this volume include first-person...  Read More >>

How Would You Like Your Mammoth?: 12,000 Years of Culinary History in 50 Bite-Size Essays

How Would You Like Your Mammoth?: 12,000 Years of Culinary...

Author: Uta Seeburg ,  Max Miller
ISBN: 9781803997322
Format: Hardback
$39.99

This culinary romp through 50 dishes that shaped human history will tickle the tastebuds of every food lover  Read More >>

Sustaining Social Conflict: Hatred, Money, and Genocide

Sustaining Social Conflict: Hatred, Money, and Genocide...

Author: E.N. Anderson ,  Barbara A. Anderson
ISBN: 9781666918724
Format: Paperback
$68.99

This book examines the roots of hatred, genocide, and mass murder in psychology, history, politics, and economics,...  Read More >>

Bouboulina and the Greek Revolution: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Heroine of 1821

Bouboulina and the Greek Revolution: Interdisciplinary...

Author: April Kalogeropoulos Householder ,  Kalomoira Anargyriou-Koumpi
ISBN: 9781666917673
Format: Paperback
$80.99

Bouboulina and the Greek Revolution: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Heroine of 1821 offers a critical look...  Read More >>

Overworked and Undervalued: Black Women and Success in America

Overworked and Undervalued: Black Women and Success...

Author: Rosalyn D. Davis ,  Sharon L. Bowman
ISBN: 9781666907766
Format: Paperback
$68.99

This essay collection describes multiple experiences of what it means to Black, female, and successful in a country...  Read More >>

Identity Orchestration: Black Lives, Balance, and the Psychology of Self Stories

Identity Orchestration: Black Lives, Balance, and the...

Author: David Wall Rice ,  Grant Bennett
ISBN: 9781793644046
Format: Paperback
$73.99

Identity Orchestration demonstrates the particular importance of identity balance in behavioral health.  Read More >>

Transatlantic Liverpool: Shades of the Black Atlantic

Transatlantic Liverpool: Shades of the Black Atlantic...

Author: Mark Christian
ISBN: 9781793652652
Format: Paperback
$73.99

Written within the perspective of Africana critical studies, this book presents a transatlantic voyage and the depths...  Read More >>

Religion, Women of Color, and the Suffrage Movement: The Journey to Holistic Freedom

Religion, Women of Color, and the Suffrage Movement:...

Author: SimonMary Asese A. Aihiokhai ,  SimonMary Asese A. Aihiokhai
ISBN: 9781793627711
Format: Paperback
$73.99

This edited collection focuses on the uncelebrated insights and perspectives of women of color in a world where...  Read More >>

Neglected Social Theorists of Color: Deconstructing the Margins

Neglected Social Theorists of Color: Deconstructing...

Author: Korey Tillman ,  David R. Dickens
ISBN: 9781793643209
Format: Paperback
$68.99

This book contributes to the ongoing debates concerning the canon in contemporary sociological theory by presenting...  Read More >>

A History of Books in Ancient China

A History of Books in Ancient China

Author: Li Chen ,  Yunyan Zheng
ISBN: 9789819989393
Format: Hardback
$316.77

This book presents a study of the history of ancient Chinese books, not only highlighting specific aspects of the...  Read More >>

Greater Atlanta: Black Satire after Obama

Greater Atlanta: Black Satire after Obama

Author: Derek C. Maus ,  James J. Donahue
ISBN: 9781496850560
Format: Paperback
$51.70

Argues that in the years after the widespread hopefulness surrounding Barack Obama’s election as president waned,...  Read More >>

The Muse of History: The Ancient Greeks from the Enlightenment to the Present

The Muse of History: The Ancient Greeks from the Enlightenment...

Author: Oswyn Murray
ISBN: 9780241360576
Format: Hardback
$65.00

Oswyn Murray charts the shifting uses of the ancient past, showing how three centuries of scholars interpreted ancient...  Read More >>

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