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In 1997 and early 1998, one of the most powerful El Ninos ever recorded disrupted weather patterns all over the world. Europe suffered through a record freeze as the American West was hit with massive floods and snowstorms; in the western Pacific, meanwhile, some island...
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Basic Books
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2009-02-10
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A harrowing record of the atrocities of the Iraq War, as told through the haunting testimonials of US soldiers who witnessed—and in some cases, were complicit in—the horrors of civilian life there “The best account so far of what Hedges...
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Bold Type Books
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2009-02-10
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The Idea of Latin America is a geo-political manifesto which insists on the need to leave behind an idea which belonged to the nation-building mentality of nineteenth-century Europe. Charts the history of the concept of Latin America from its emergence in Europe in...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-02-09
Collection :
Wiley-Blackwell Manifestos
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The Idea of Latin America is a geo-political manifesto which insists on the need to leave behind an idea which belonged to the nation-building mentality of nineteenth-century Europe. Charts the history of the concept of Latin America from its emergence in Europe in the...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-02-09
Collection :
Wiley-Blackwell Manifestos
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This sourcebook presents a wealth of material relating to every aspect of Roman spectacles, especially gladiatorial combat and chariot racing. Draws on the words of eye-witnesses and participants, as well as depictions of the games in mosaics and other works of art. ...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-02-09
Collection :
Blackwell Sourcebooks in Ancient History
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In Food in the Ancient World, a respected classicist and a practising world-class chef explore a millennium of eating and drinking. Explores a millennium of food consumption, from c.750 BC to 200 AD. Shows the pivotal role food had in a world where it was linked...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-02-09
Collection :
Ancient Cultures
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This sourcebook presents a wealth of material relating to every aspect of Roman spectacles, especially gladiatorial combat and chariot racing. Draws on the words of eye-witnesses and participants, as well as depictions of the games in mosaics and other works of art....
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-02-09
Collection :
Blackwell Sourcebooks in Ancient History
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'Lonely Young Officer, up to his neck in Flanders mud, would like to correspond with young lady (age 18-20), cheery and good looking.' 1916'Discreet, attractive couple 21 and 25 wish to meet couples and singles 21-35 for exciting and fun-loving adult relationships. ...
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Cornerstone Digital
Parution :
2009-02-05
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Hackney, that Rose-Red Empire is Iain Sinclair's foray into one of London's most fascinating boroughs'As detailed and as complex as a historical map, taking the reader hither and thither with no care as to which might be the most direct route'ObserverHackney, That...
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Penguin
Parution :
2009-02-05
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Classicists have been slow to take advantage of the important advances in the way that literacy is viewed in other disciplines (including in particular cognitive psychology, socio-linguistics, and socio-anthropology). On the other hand, historians of literacy continue...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2009-02-05
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Transcending ethnic, linguistic, and religious boundaries, early empires shaped thousands of years of world history. Yet despite the global prominence of empire, individual cases are often studied in isolation. This series seeks to change the terms of the debate by...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2009-02-05
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Idina Sackville - the 1920's style icon and seductress who 'Taylor Swift fans think "The Bolter" could be inspired by' BustleIn 1934Idina Sackville met the son she had last seen fifteen years earlier when she shocked high society by running off to Africa with a...
Editeur :
Virago
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2009-02-05
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In this ground-breaking new study,Jacques Le Goff, arguably the leading medievalist of his generation, presents his view of the primacy of the Middle Ages in the development of European history. "[A] superb and necessary book. This provocative assessment from a...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-02-04
Collection :
Making of Europe
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Winner of the 2006 John D. Criticos Prize This book introduces the reader to the complex history, ethnicity, and identity of the Byzantines. This volume brings Byzantium – often misconstrued as a vanished successor to the classical world – to the forefront of European...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-02-04
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Winner of the 2006 John D. Criticos Prize This book introduces the reader to the complex history, ethnicity, and identity of the Byzantines. This volume brings Byzantium – often misconstrued as a vanished successor to the classical world – to the forefront of European...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-02-04
Collection :
The Peoples of Europe
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For many centuries Germanic peoples occupied much of northern and central Europe. From the fourth century onward migrant groups extended their power and influence over much of western Europe and beyond to North Africa. In so doing, they established enduring states in...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-02-04
Collection :
The Peoples of Europe
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Shed some light on one of history's darkest periods. The Complete Idiot's Guide® to the Middle Ages gives readers the beginning, middle, and end of the era, starting with the fall of the Roman Empire in the year 550 and ending with the Renaissance in 1500, and covers...
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Dk
Parution :
2009-02-03
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Over the last four decades, women's history has developed from a new and marginal approach to history to an established and flourishing area of the discipline taught in all history departments.
Clio in the Classroom makes accessible the content, key themes and...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2009-02-02
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This incisive collection probes the history of colonialism within Europe and posits that Eastern Europe was in fact Germany s true "colonial" empire. Through a series of interdisciplinary essays ranging from 1850 to the European Union of today, this collection explores...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2009-02-02
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In the 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, French revolutionaries proclaimed the freedom of speech, religion, and opinion. Censorship was abolished, and France appeared to be on a path towards tolerance, pluralism, and civil liberties. A mere four...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2009-02-02
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