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The Histories

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Translated by Tom Holland ...

Tom Holland's 'stirring new translation' (Telegraph) of Herodotus' Histories, one of the great books in Western history - now in paperbackThe Histories of Herodotus, completed in the second half of the 5th century BC, is generally regarded as the first work of history and the first great masterpiece of non-fiction writing. Joined here are the sheer drama of Herodotus' narrative of the Persian ... Read more

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Fall of Civilizations

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A History of Jerusalem

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Due to the level of detail, maps are best viewed on a tablet.‘A History of Jerusalem should be read, not only by travellers and potential travellers in Jerusalem, but by all of us.’ Stephen Tummin, Daily TelegraphJerusalem has probably cast more of a spell over the human imagination than any other city in the world.Held by believers to contain the site where Abraham offered up Isaac, the place of ... Read more

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Due to the level of detail, maps are best viewed on a tablet.‘A History of Jerusalem should be read, not only by travellers and potential travellers in Jerusalem, but by all of us.’ Stephen Tummin, Daily TelegraphJerusalem has probably cast more of a spell over the human imagination than any other city in the world.Held by believers to contain the site where Abraham offered up Isaac, the place of
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Tao Te Ching

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The bestselling, widely acclaimed translation from Stephen Mitchell"Mitchell’s rendition of the Tao Te Ching comes as close to being definitive for our time as any I can imagine. It embodies the virtues its translator credits to the Chinese original: a gemlike lucidity that is radiant with humor, grace, largeheartedness, and deep wisdom." — Huston Smith, author of The Religions of ManIn eighty-one ... Read more

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The bestselling, widely acclaimed translation from Stephen Mitchell"Mitchell’s rendition of the Tao Te Ching comes as close to being definitive for our time as any I can imagine. It embodies the virtues its translator credits to the Chinese original: a gemlike lucidity that is radiant with humor, grace, largeheartedness, and deep wisdom." — Huston Smith, author of The Religions of ManIn eighty-one
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Life in a Medieval Village

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Series series Medieval Life
The reissue of Joseph and Frances Gies’s classic bestseller on life in medieval villages.This new reissue of Life in a Medieval Village, by respected historians Joseph and Frances Gies, paints a lively, convincing portrait of rural people at work and at play in the Middle Ages. Focusing on the village of Elton, in the English East Midlands, the Gieses detail the agricultural advances that made ... Read more

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The LGBTQ + History Book

Big Ideas Simply Explained

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Discover the rich and complex history of LGBTQ+ people around the world - their struggles, triumphs, and cultural contributions.Exploring and explaining the most important ideas and events in LGBTQ+ history and culture, this book showcases the breadth of the LGBTQ+ experience. This diverse, global account explores the most important moments, movements, and phenomena, from the first known lesbian ... Read more

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Discover the rich and complex history of LGBTQ+ people around the world - their struggles, triumphs, and cultural contributions.Exploring and explaining the most important ideas and events in LGBTQ+ history and culture, this book showcases the breadth of the LGBTQ+ experience. This diverse, global account explores the most important moments, movements, and phenomena, from the first known lesbian
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Time's Monster

History, Conscience and Britain's Empire

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CHOSEN AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NEW STATESMAN AND BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE'In this searing book, Priya Satia demonstrates, yet again, that she is one of our most brilliant and original historians' Sunil Amrith, author of Unruly WatersFor generations, the history of the British empire was written by its victors. British historians' accounts of conquest guided the consolidation of imperial rule in India ... Read more

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CHOSEN AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NEW STATESMAN AND BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE'In this searing book, Priya Satia demonstrates, yet again, that she is one of our most brilliant and original historians' Sunil Amrith, author of Unruly WatersFor generations, the history of the British empire was written by its victors. British historians' accounts of conquest guided the consolidation of imperial rule in India
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Medium Raw

A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook

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Medium Raw marks the return of the inimitable Anthony Bourdain, author of the blockbuster bestseller Kitchen Confidential and three-time Emmy Award-nominated host of No Reservations on TV’s Travel Channel. Bourdain calls his book, “A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook,” and he is at his entertaining best as he takes aim at some of the biggest names in the foodie world, ... Read more

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Medium Raw marks the return of the inimitable Anthony Bourdain, author of the blockbuster bestseller Kitchen Confidential and three-time Emmy Award-nominated host of No Reservations on TV’s Travel Channel. Bourdain calls his book, “A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook,” and he is at his entertaining best as he takes aim at some of the biggest names in the foodie world,
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Maths on the Back of an Envelope

Clever ways to (roughly) calculate anything

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‘Another terrific book by Rob Eastaway’ SIMON SINGH‘A delightfully accessible guide to how to play with numbers’ HANNAH FRYHow many cats are there in the world?What's the chance of winning the lottery twice?And just how long does it take to count to a million?Learn how to tackle tricky maths problems with nothing but the back of an envelope, a pencil and some good old-fashioned brain power.Join ... Read more

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Promiscuous Knowledge

Information, Image, and Other Truth Games in History

by Kenneth Cmiel, John Durham Peters ...

"[A] lively account of the cultural and intellectual history of how Americans have lived with image and information since the mid-nineteenth century." —Peter Simonson, author of Refiguring Mass CommunicationSergey Brin, a cofounder of Google, once compared the perfect search engine to "the mind of God." As the modern face of promiscuous knowledge, however, Google's divine omniscience traffics in ... Read more

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Time Devoured

A Materialistic Discussion of Duration

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Series series Routledge Library Editions: Philosophy of Time
Originally published in 1964. This lively, challenging book, written with enthusiasm, conviction and clarity, sets out to elucidate the shadowy concept of Time. This involves central philosophical issues, which are vigorously discussed. Also relativity theory, in a clear-cut exposition, is made intelligible in a new light. All who are interested in science and its philosophical implications will ... Read more

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Originally published in 1964. This lively, challenging book, written with enthusiasm, conviction and clarity, sets out to elucidate the shadowy concept of Time. This involves central philosophical issues, which are vigorously discussed. Also relativity theory, in a clear-cut exposition, is made intelligible in a new light. All who are interested in science and its philosophical implications will
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Monsters and Borders in the Early Modern Imagination

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Series series Routledge Studies in Cultural History
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This edited collection explores the axis where monstrosity and borderlands meet to reflect the tensions, apprehensions, and excitement over the radical changes of the early modern era. The book investigates the monstrous as it acts in liminal spaces in the Renaissance and the era of Enlightenment. Zones of interaction include chronological change – from the early New World encounters through the
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Wir haben nur dieses Land

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by Kurt O Wyss ...

'Mutter aller Nahostkonflikte' nennt Kurt O. Wyss, der als Diplomat u.a. in Jordanien, Syrien und der Türkei im Einsatz war, die beinahe ein Jahrhundert dauernden Auseinandersetzungen zwischen Israel und den Palästinensern. Seit der Gründung hat Israel in diesem ungleichen Kampf das maximalistische Vorhaben nicht aufgegeben, sich gemäss biblischen Verheissungen das ganze Territorium des ... Read more

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'Mutter aller Nahostkonflikte' nennt Kurt O. Wyss, der als Diplomat u.a. in Jordanien, Syrien und der Türkei im Einsatz war, die beinahe ein Jahrhundert dauernden Auseinandersetzungen zwischen Israel und den Palästinensern. Seit der Gründung hat Israel in diesem ungleichen Kampf das maximalistische Vorhaben nicht aufgegeben, sich gemäss biblischen Verheissungen das ganze Territorium des
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A Companion to the Physical Sciences

by David Knight ...

Series series Routledge Revivals
First published in 1989, this dictionary of the whole field of the physical sciences is an invaluable guide through the changing terminology and practices of scientific research. Arranged alphabetically, it traces how the meaning of scientific terms have changed over time. It covers a wide range of topics including voyages, observations, magnetism and pendulums, and central subjects such as atom, ... Read more

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First published in 1989, this dictionary of the whole field of the physical sciences is an invaluable guide through the changing terminology and practices of scientific research. Arranged alphabetically, it traces how the meaning of scientific terms have changed over time. It covers a wide range of topics including voyages, observations, magnetism and pendulums, and central subjects such as atom,
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History of the Arab Invasions: The Conquest of the Lands

A New Translation of al-Baladhuri's Futuh al-Buldan

by Ahmad b. Yahya al-Baladhuri ...

Translated by Hugh Kennedy ...

Ahmad bin Yahuya al-Baladhuri's History of the Arab Invasions is perhaps the most important single source for the history of the great Arab conquests of the Middle East in the sixth and early seventh centuries. The author, who died in 892, was a historian working at court of the Abbasid caliphs in Baghdad. He had access to a wide variety of earlier writings on the conquests and has preserved ... Read more

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Ahmad bin Yahuya al-Baladhuri's History of the Arab Invasions is perhaps the most important single source for the history of the great Arab conquests of the Middle East in the sixth and early seventh centuries. The author, who died in 892, was a historian working at court of the Abbasid caliphs in Baghdad. He had access to a wide variety of earlier writings on the conquests and has preserved
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Modelscapes of Nationalism

Collective Memories and Future Visions

by Yael Padan ...

Series series Heritage and Memory Studies
Modelscapes are clusters of miniature architectural models that represent entire environments. They're frequently found in museums as representations of heritage, architecture, and collective identity. This book offers a critical analysis of modelscapes, using case studies from Israel, to show how miniature representations of contested physical space participate in the construction of a sense of ... Read more

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Modelscapes are clusters of miniature architectural models that represent entire environments. They're frequently found in museums as representations of heritage, architecture, and collective identity. This book offers a critical analysis of modelscapes, using case studies from Israel, to show how miniature representations of contested physical space participate in the construction of a sense of
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The Forgotten History of Lake County, Illinois

by James D Lodesky ...

The book covers the long-forgotten history of Lake County, Illinois. The period takes place mainly in the late 1800s and early 1900s. The first chapter tells the story of Robert Dady. Starting with nothing and never learning to read or write, Robert would become the largest landowner in the county. His daughter, Nellie Conrad, became one of Waukegan’s most successful businesswomen. She built the ... Read more

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The book covers the long-forgotten history of Lake County, Illinois. The period takes place mainly in the late 1800s and early 1900s. The first chapter tells the story of Robert Dady. Starting with nothing and never learning to read or write, Robert would become the largest landowner in the county. His daughter, Nellie Conrad, became one of Waukegan’s most successful businesswomen. She built the
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Honor and Shame in Western History

Edited by Jörg Wettlaufer, David Nash, Jan Frode Hatlen ...

Series series Routledge Studies in Cultural History
This book covers a wide range of topics related to honor and shame in European historical societies: history of law and literature, social and ancient history, as well as theoretical contributions on the state of research and the importance of honor and shame in traditional societies.Honor and shame in Western History brings together 14 texts of interdisciplinary scholars from Europe and North ... Read more

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This book covers a wide range of topics related to honor and shame in European historical societies: history of law and literature, social and ancient history, as well as theoretical contributions on the state of research and the importance of honor and shame in traditional societies.Honor and shame in Western History brings together 14 texts of interdisciplinary scholars from Europe and North
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Die politischen Ideen

Von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart

by Ulrich Thiele ...

Series series marixwissen
Geschichte der politischen Ideen kreist seit der Antike um die Frage nach dem Wesen des Staates. So war man zu allen Zeiten von der Notwendigkeit politischer Herrschaft überzeugt, da andernfalls die Gesellschaft im Chaos versinken würde. Das Interesse richtet sich aber ebenso durchgängig auf die Legitimation politischer Herrschaft. Die galt deswegen als erforderlich, weil ausschließlich dem Staat ... Read more

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Geschichte der politischen Ideen kreist seit der Antike um die Frage nach dem Wesen des Staates. So war man zu allen Zeiten von der Notwendigkeit politischer Herrschaft überzeugt, da andernfalls die Gesellschaft im Chaos versinken würde. Das Interesse richtet sich aber ebenso durchgängig auf die Legitimation politischer Herrschaft. Die galt deswegen als erforderlich, weil ausschließlich dem Staat
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Pierre Gassendi

Humanism, Science, and the Birth of Modern Philosophy

Edited by Delphine Bellis, Daniel Garber, Carla Rita Palmerino ...

Series series Routledge Studies in Seventeenth-Century Philosophy
Pierre Gassendi (1592–1655) was a major figure in seventeenth-century philosophy and science and his works contributed to shaping Western intellectual identity. Among “new philosophers,” he was considered Descartes’s main rival, and he belonged to the first rank of those attempting to carve out an alternative to Aristotelian philosophy. In his writings, he promoted a revival of atomism and ... Read more

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Pierre Gassendi (1592–1655) was a major figure in seventeenth-century philosophy and science and his works contributed to shaping Western intellectual identity. Among “new philosophers,” he was considered Descartes’s main rival, and he belonged to the first rank of those attempting to carve out an alternative to Aristotelian philosophy. In his writings, he promoted a revival of atomism and
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Historical Dictionary of the Gypsies (Romanies)

by Donald Kenrick ...

Series series Historical Dictionaries of Peoples and Cultures
Originating in India, the Gypsies arrived in Europe around the 14th century, spreading not only across the entirety of the continent but also immigrating to the Americas. The first Gypsy migration included farmworkers, blacksmiths, and mercenary soldiers, as well as musicians, fortune-tellers, and entertainers. At first, they were generally welcome as an interesting diversion to the dull routine ... Read more

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Originating in India, the Gypsies arrived in Europe around the 14th century, spreading not only across the entirety of the continent but also immigrating to the Americas. The first Gypsy migration included farmworkers, blacksmiths, and mercenary soldiers, as well as musicians, fortune-tellers, and entertainers. At first, they were generally welcome as an interesting diversion to the dull routine
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Die Textsorte Rechtsbuecher

Die Entwicklung der Handschriften und Drucke des Sachsenspiegels und weiterer ausgewaehlter Rechtsbuecherhandschriften vom 13.-16. Jahrhundert

by Gabriele von Olberg-Haverkate ...

Series Book 55 - Germanistische Arbeiten zu Sprache und Kulturgeschichte
Gegenstand der Untersuchung ist der Objektbereich «Rechtsbuch» und seine heterogene Kategorisierung. Die Materialgrundlage bilden ausgewählte repräsentative Rechtsbücherhandschriften und keine Editionen. In vier synchronen Schnitten (um 1300, 1400, 1500, 1600) von je ca. 100 Jahren untersucht die Autorin die externen und internen Merkmale der Handschriften und Drucke, vorrangig des Sachsenspiegels ... Read more

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Gegenstand der Untersuchung ist der Objektbereich «Rechtsbuch» und seine heterogene Kategorisierung. Die Materialgrundlage bilden ausgewählte repräsentative Rechtsbücherhandschriften und keine Editionen. In vier synchronen Schnitten (um 1300, 1400, 1500, 1600) von je ca. 100 Jahren untersucht die Autorin die externen und internen Merkmale der Handschriften und Drucke, vorrangig des Sachsenspiegels
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Historie og offentlighed. Kampen om arkivadgang i Danmark 1971-1982

by Claus Bryld ...

Professor i historie Claus Bryld undersøger hemmelighedsbestemmelserne og adgangsmulighederne til samtidshistoriske kilder i både Danmark og andre lande. Han opdager, at det er betydeligt sværere for danskerne at få adgang til deres lands akter, end det er i andre lande, og særligt arkiverne fra besættelsestiden holdes hemmelige. Claus Bryld foreslår en måde, hvorpå man kan reformere arkivadgangen ... Read more

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Professor i historie Claus Bryld undersøger hemmelighedsbestemmelserne og adgangsmulighederne til samtidshistoriske kilder i både Danmark og andre lande. Han opdager, at det er betydeligt sværere for danskerne at få adgang til deres lands akter, end det er i andre lande, og særligt arkiverne fra besættelsestiden holdes hemmelige. Claus Bryld foreslår en måde, hvorpå man kan reformere arkivadgangen
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Historical Dictionary of Japan to 1945

by Kenneth Henshall ...

Series series Historical Dictionaries of Ancient Civilizations and Historical Eras
The Historical Dictionary of Japan to 1945 spans the entire period from the earliest evidence of human habitation in Japan through to the end of the Pacific War. It includes substantial topics such as cultural and literary history, with entries ranging from aesthetics to various genres of writing. Other branches of history also feature, such as economic history, industrial history, political ... Read more

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The Historical Dictionary of Japan to 1945 spans the entire period from the earliest evidence of human habitation in Japan through to the end of the Pacific War. It includes substantial topics such as cultural and literary history, with entries ranging from aesthetics to various genres of writing. Other branches of history also feature, such as economic history, industrial history, political
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The Histories

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Tao Te Ching

Life in a Medieval Village

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Promiscuous Knowledge

Time Devoured

Monsters and Borders in the Early Modern Imagination

Wir haben nur dieses Land

A Companion to the Physical Sciences

History of the Arab Invasions: The Conquest of the Lands

Modelscapes of Nationalism

The Forgotten History of Lake County, Illinois

Honor and Shame in Western History

Die politischen Ideen

Pierre Gassendi

Historical Dictionary of the Gypsies (Romanies)

Die Textsorte Rechtsbuecher

Historie og offentlighed. Kampen om arkivadgang i Danmark 1971-1982

Historical Dictionary of Japan to 1945