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Fall of Civilizations

Stories of Greatness and Decline

by Paul Cooper ...

**"A treasure trove of myths and terror… Atmospheric as hell… Immersive."―**The TimesBased on the podcast with over one hundred million downloads, Fall of Civilizations brilliantly explores how a range of ancient societies rose to power and sophistication, and how they tipped over into collapse.Across the centuries, we journey from the great empires of Mesopotamia to those of Khmer and ... Read more

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The Histories

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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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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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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
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Time's Monster

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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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Promiscuous Knowledge

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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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"[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
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Life in a Medieval Village

by Frances Gies, Joseph Gies ...

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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 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
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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

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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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The LGBTQ + History Book

Big Ideas Simply Explained

by DK ...

Series series DK Big Ideas
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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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The Decline of Bismarck's European Order

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In an attempt to discover some of the underlying origins of World War I, the eminent diplomat and writer George Kennan focuses on a small sector of offstage events to show how they affected the drama at large long before the war even began. In the introduction to his book George Kennan tells us, "I came to see World War I . . . as the great seminal catastrophe of this century--the event which . . ... Read more

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In an attempt to discover some of the underlying origins of World War I, the eminent diplomat and writer George Kennan focuses on a small sector of offstage events to show how they affected the drama at large long before the war even began. In the introduction to his book George Kennan tells us, "I came to see World War I . . . as the great seminal catastrophe of this century--the event which . .
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Kalevipoeg, O Épico Da Estônia

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Die großen Revolutionen der Welt

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Treaty

A Historical Novel Concerning the Origins of the English-First Nations Covenant of 1725 and Its Aftermath

by Ronald E. Gaffney ...

‘’Treaty: A Historical Novel Concerning the Origins of the English-First Nations Covenant of 1725 and its Aftermath’’ explores the historic roots of the Treaty of 1725 – the first Treaty inclusive of both the Mi’kmaq and the Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet) and applicable to our Maritime Provinces. Utilizing a mixture of fictional and historical characters, the novel indicates how the English-First Nations ... Read more

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‘’Treaty: A Historical Novel Concerning the Origins of the English-First Nations Covenant of 1725 and its Aftermath’’ explores the historic roots of the Treaty of 1725 – the first Treaty inclusive of both the Mi’kmaq and the Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet) and applicable to our Maritime Provinces. Utilizing a mixture of fictional and historical characters, the novel indicates how the English-First Nations
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技术与文明：我们的时代和未来

by 张笑宇 ...

编辑推荐【一句话推荐】我们有石器时代的情感，中世纪的组织，却有着神一样的技术，这是*可怕的事情。人与机器之间的边界，*危险之处并不在于机器能够变得多么像人，而在于人在多大意义上已经变得像机器--像机器一样只在规范之内定义自己，接受权威灌输和社会主流观念的潜移默化以及消费主义的各种操纵，而无力反思更高层面的问题。毕竟，人的自由意志能力，并不体现在他们愿意做什么，而体现在他们不愿意去做什么。★我们总是过分强调精神与观念的伟大，却常常忽视技术对人类这一物种根本性的塑造能力--现代社会和现代文明是启蒙运动时代的大知识分子的思想缔造的，还是科技进步缔造的，抑或是在国家和国家间的竞争中缔造的？如果没有现代技术的加持，新教改革能否发生，启蒙运动能否发生，英国革命、法国革命和美国革命能否发生？--当下流行的那些经典解释框架-自由主义、民族主义或者左翼思想，它们有多少成分是在*、二次工业革命之前就... ... Read more

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编辑推荐【一句话推荐】我们有石器时代的情感，中世纪的组织，却有着神一样的技术，这是*可怕的事情。人与机器之间的边界，*危险之处并不在于机器能够变得多么像人，而在于人在多大意义上已经变得像机器--像机器一样只在规范之内定义自己，接受权威灌输和社会主流观念的潜移默化以及消费主义的各种操纵，而无力反思更高层面的问题。毕竟，人的自由意志能力，并不体现在他们愿意做什么，而体现在他们不愿意去做什么。★我们总是过分强调精神与观念的伟大，却常常忽视技术对人类这一物种根本性的塑造能力--现代社会和现代文明是启蒙运动时代的大知识分子的思想缔造的，还是科技进步缔造的，抑或是在国家和国家间的竞争中缔造的？如果没有现代技术的加持，新教改革能否发生，启蒙运动能否发生，英国革命、法国革命和美国革命能否发生？--当下流行的那些经典解释框架-自由主义、民族主义或者左翼思想，它们有多少成分是在*、二次工业革命之前就...
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Såfremt som vi skulle være deres lydige borgere. Rådene i København og Malmø 1516-1536 og deres politiske virksomhed i det feudale samfund

by Henrik Lundbak ...

"Såfremt som vi skulle være deres lydige borgere. Rådene i København og Malmø 1516-1536 og deres politiske virksomhed i det feudale samfund" er en bearbejdet udgave af forfatterens speciale i historie ved Københavns Universitet fra 1985. Det er en undersøgelse af reformationens betydning for den udvikling, der leder fra feudalisme til kapitalisme. En af teorierne, der ligger til grund for ... Read more

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"Såfremt som vi skulle være deres lydige borgere. Rådene i København og Malmø 1516-1536 og deres politiske virksomhed i det feudale samfund" er en bearbejdet udgave af forfatterens speciale i historie ved Københavns Universitet fra 1985. Det er en undersøgelse af reformationens betydning for den udvikling, der leder fra feudalisme til kapitalisme. En af teorierne, der ligger til grund for
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Famílias Endogâmicas Do Vale Do Acaraú

by Vicente Freitas ...

Vicente Freitas Araújo (Bela Cruz, Ceará, 11 de fevereiro de 1955) é um editor, escritor, poeta, historiador e artista plástico brasileiro. Filho de José Arimathéa de Freitas e Dona Maria Rios de Araújo. Depois de estudar em algumas escolas de sua cidade natal, mudou-se para Fortaleza, passando então a conviver com um grupo de escritores e poetas, frequentadores da Casa de Juvenal Galeno. ... Read more

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Vicente Freitas Araújo (Bela Cruz, Ceará, 11 de fevereiro de 1955) é um editor, escritor, poeta, historiador e artista plástico brasileiro. Filho de José Arimathéa de Freitas e Dona Maria Rios de Araújo. Depois de estudar em algumas escolas de sua cidade natal, mudou-se para Fortaleza, passando então a conviver com um grupo de escritores e poetas, frequentadores da Casa de Juvenal Galeno.
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Cultural Cold Wars and UNESCO in the Twentieth Century

by W. John Morgan ...

Series series Routledge Studies in the History of Russia and Eastern Europe
Cultural Cold Wars and UNESCO in the Twentieth Century addresses the now-considerable interest in the concept of cultural cold war as a means of advancing ideologies.The book charts the development of the concept in the twentieth century. Structured in two parts, Part I considers the League of Nations’ idealist attempts at international intellectual cooperation. It discusses also the first ... Read more

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Cultural Cold Wars and UNESCO in the Twentieth Century addresses the now-considerable interest in the concept of cultural cold war as a means of advancing ideologies.The book charts the development of the concept in the twentieth century. Structured in two parts, Part I considers the League of Nations’ idealist attempts at international intellectual cooperation. It discusses also the first
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This war is not our war

by Karl Glanz ...

Ukraine is at war with Russia. The conflict began on February 24, 2021. There are currently at least two wars. A war is a military one, fought between the two powers, Russia and Ukraine. Two warring factions face each other, one will win, the other will lose. This is really not a special statement, because one of these warring countries is better equipped. There really is no direct competition ... Read more

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Ukraine is at war with Russia. The conflict began on February 24, 2021. There are currently at least two wars. A war is a military one, fought between the two powers, Russia and Ukraine. Two warring factions face each other, one will win, the other will lose. This is really not a special statement, because one of these warring countries is better equipped. There really is no direct competition
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Calabria fra storia, miti e speranze

Un nome di valore e di valori si è imposto e diffuso fino a diventare Nazione

by Francesco Gullà ...

Questo libro descrive l’evoluzione della Calabria attraverso le migrazioni di popoli diversi e il passaggio da una società nomade-pastorale a una agricolo-stanziale e artigianale. Analizza le organizzazioni sociali, economiche e culturali che hanno reso la regione un modello di innovazione, nonostante le sfide e le difficoltà imposte dai colonizzatori. Il testo esplora come le dinamiche storiche, ... Read more

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Questo libro descrive l’evoluzione della Calabria attraverso le migrazioni di popoli diversi e il passaggio da una società nomade-pastorale a una agricolo-stanziale e artigianale. Analizza le organizzazioni sociali, economiche e culturali che hanno reso la regione un modello di innovazione, nonostante le sfide e le difficoltà imposte dai colonizzatori. Il testo esplora come le dinamiche storiche,
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Guilford Courthouse 1781

Lord Cornwallis's Ruinous Victory

by Angus Konstam ...

Series Book 109 - Campaign
A compact volume on Cornwallis's Pyrrhic victory in North Carolina, featuring illustrations throughout.By the Spring of 1781, the American Revolutionary War had dragged on for almost six years and the outcome still hung in the balance. When the British commander Lord Cornwallis launched his invasion of North Carolina in early 1781, his objective was to destroy General Nathaniel Greene's American ... Read more

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A compact volume on Cornwallis's Pyrrhic victory in North Carolina, featuring illustrations throughout.By the Spring of 1781, the American Revolutionary War had dragged on for almost six years and the outcome still hung in the balance. When the British commander Lord Cornwallis launched his invasion of North Carolina in early 1781, his objective was to destroy General Nathaniel Greene's American
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Renaissance Theories of Vision

Edited by John Shannon Hendrix, Charles H. Carman ...

How are processes of vision, perception, and sensation conceived in the Renaissance? How are those conceptions made manifest in the arts? The essays in this volume address these and similar questions to establish important theoretical and philosophical bases for artistic production in the Renaissance and beyond. The essays also attend to the views of historically significant writers from the ... Read more

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How are processes of vision, perception, and sensation conceived in the Renaissance? How are those conceptions made manifest in the arts? The essays in this volume address these and similar questions to establish important theoretical and philosophical bases for artistic production in the Renaissance and beyond. The essays also attend to the views of historically significant writers from the
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Contingency and the Limits of History

How Touch Shapes Experience and Meaning

by Liane Carlson ...

Central to the historicizing work of recent decades has been the concept of contingency, the realm of chance, change, and the unnecessary. Following Nietzsche and Foucault, genealogists have deployed contingency to show that all institutions and ideas could have been otherwise as a critique of the status quo. Yet scholars have spent very little time considering the genealogy of contingency itself ... Read more

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Central to the historicizing work of recent decades has been the concept of contingency, the realm of chance, change, and the unnecessary. Following Nietzsche and Foucault, genealogists have deployed contingency to show that all institutions and ideas could have been otherwise as a critique of the status quo. Yet scholars have spent very little time considering the genealogy of contingency itself
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Hodder Education Caribbean History: Empires and Conquests

by Beryl Allen, Dian McCallum, Ricardo Kerr, John T Gilmore ...

Provide students with a solid foundation in Caribbean history and encourage social studies skills, with an active approach to the study of social history for Lower Secondary.- Ensure full coverage with content spanning history from ancient civilisations to more recent 21st Century events.- Prepare students for studies at CSEC level with a solid grounding in Caribbean history.- Provide practice in ... Read more

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Provide students with a solid foundation in Caribbean history and encourage social studies skills, with an active approach to the study of social history for Lower Secondary.- Ensure full coverage with content spanning history from ancient civilisations to more recent 21st Century events.- Prepare students for studies at CSEC level with a solid grounding in Caribbean history.- Provide practice in
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Fall of Civilizations

The Histories

Tao Te Ching

A History of Jerusalem

Time's Monster

Promiscuous Knowledge

Life in a Medieval Village

Medium Raw

Maths on the Back of an Envelope

The LGBTQ + History Book

The Decline of Bismarck's European Order

Kalevipoeg, O Épico Da Estônia

Die großen Revolutionen der Welt

Treaty

技术与文明：我们的时代和未来

Såfremt som vi skulle være deres lydige borgere. Rådene i København og Malmø 1516-1536 og deres politiske virksomhed i det feudale samfund

Famílias Endogâmicas Do Vale Do Acaraú

Cultural Cold Wars and UNESCO in the Twentieth Century

This war is not our war

Calabria fra storia, miti e speranze

Guilford Courthouse 1781

Renaissance Theories of Vision

Contingency and the Limits of History

Hodder Education Caribbean History: Empires and Conquests