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Anthony Bale
A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages

Europeans of the Middle Ages were the first to use travel guides to orient their wanderings, as they moved through a world punctuated with miraculous wonders and beguiling encounters. In this vivid and al…

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Charles-François Mathis
Coal in Modern Britain

An exploration of Britain's relationship with coal from the explosion of the coal industry in the 1830s to the 'coal-minded' society of the 1940s.

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A Cultural History of Mathematics in Antiquity

A Cultural History of Mathematics in Antiquity covers the period from 3000 BCE to 500 CE, exploring the great richness and diversity of mathematical thought and activity across the ancient world. Our mode…

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Michael Collins
Windrush Cricket

How did the 'quintessentially English' game of cricket come to be so important across Britain's Caribbean empire? As empire declined and gave way to complex patterns of migration, what part did cricket pl…

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Ignorance Unmasked

We live in an age of ignorance. This book offers a guide to how we got here-and how we might escape.From obfuscations of climate science to the myriad deceptions inhering in language, Ignorance Unmasked e…

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Sergio Guerra Vilaboy, Oscar Loyola Vega
Cuba

"Cuba: A Brief History covers the pre-Hispanic period, through Cuba's struggle to maintain the revolution in the years following the collapse of the Soviet Union, to the period after Fidel Castro's d…

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Rosemary Cresswell
The History of the British Red Cross, 1870-2020

The British Red Cross (BRC) has played a pivotal role in the history of war, international relations, humanitarianism and health in modern Britain, and interest in the charity has been piqued by the cente…

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Rosemary Cresswell
The History of the British Red Cross, 1870-2020

The British Red Cross (BRC) has played a pivotal role in the history of war, international relations, humanitarianism and health in modern Britain, and interest in the charity has been piqued by the cente…

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A Cultural History of Translation

How has our relationship with translation changed for different cultures over the centuries? What effect has it had on politics, art and religion?In a work that spans 2,500 years these ambitious questions…

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Regionalists on the Left

"Nothing is more anathema to a serious radical than regionalism," Berkeley English professor Henry Nash Smith asserted in 1980. Although regionalism in the American West has often been character…

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The Anthropology of White Supremacy

"White supremacy has shaped cultural anthropology from its inception, yet the discipline also offers powerful tools for understanding how this corrosive force structures societies around the world. T…

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Tess Wilkinson-Ryan
Fool Proof

The fear of playing the fool is a universal psychological phenomenon and an underappreciated driver of human behavior; in the spirit of Malcolm Gladwell's Blink, Dan Ariely's Predictably Irrational, and S…

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Lizzie Wade
Apocalypse

A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A Next Big Idea Club Must-Read Book of May 2025 • APublishers Weekly Most Anticipated History Book of the Year • A The Millions Most Anticipated Spring Book of the YearA…

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Surekha Davies
Humans

"Surekha Davies invites readers to imagine the lives of historical monsters and to empathize with their often-wretched treatment."―Science magazineA history of how humans have created monsters o…

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Why Bob Dylan Matters, Revised Edition

"The coolest class on campus" -- The New York Times***Revised and updated with a new Afterword from the author.***When the Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded to Bob Dylan in 2016, a debate r…

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A Cultural History of Insects in Antiquity

A Cultural History of Insects in Antiquity covers the period from 1000 BCE to 500 CE. As different cultures expanded so did their interactions with insects, largely seen as vectors of disease and as agric…

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Andrew Stone Higgins
From the Free Speech Movement to the Factory Floor

From the Free Speech Movement to the Factory Floor documents the overlooked history and lasting influence of the International Socialists through the words of its members.Founded at UC Berkeley in 1964 as…

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Andrew Stone Higgins
From the Free Speech Movement to the Factory Floor

From the Free Speech Movement to the Factory Floordocuments the overlooked history and lasting influence of the International Socialists through the words of its members.Founded at UC Berkeley in 1964 as …

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Sally Crawford
Daily Life in Anglo-Saxon England

Part of the Daily Life Through History Series this new addition, Daily Life in Anglo-Saxon England covers life in England from the 5th through the 11th centuries.These six centuries saw significant social…

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A Cultural History of Insects in the Medieval Age

A Cultural History of Insects in the Medieval Age covers the period from 500 to 1300, a time when the uses and value of insect products greatly increased. Silk, in particular, created economies and led to…

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