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Caitlin Blackwell Baines
How to Build a Haunted House

A cultural history of the phenomenon of the 'haunted house' as seen through art, architecture, and ghost stories.What makes a house haunted? Why do some buildings conjure up a reputation for being particu…

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Norman Finkelstein
Method and Madness

In the past five years Israel has mounted three major assaults on the 1.8 million Palestinians trapped behind its blockade of the Gaza Strip. Taken together, Operation Cast Lead (2008-9), Operation Pillar…

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Stella A Ress
American Girls in Popular Media

The appearance of high-profile girl characters in popular culture media of all types soared between the years 1924, when Little Orphan Annie first appeared in the comic section of newspapers, to 1945, whe…

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James Ridgeway
Blood in the Face

A riveting, jaw-dropping view of America's white supremacy movement.

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Wolfram Grajetzki
The Middle Kingdom of Ancient Egypt

"For the ancient Egyptians, the Middle Kingdom (c. 2000-1700 BC) was a classical period of art, history and literature. The Twelfth Dynasty was one of the strongest ever to rule on the banks of the N…

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Connecting with Ambivalent Heritage

Offers an understanding of the myriad ways people interact, experience and give meaning to ambivalent heritage sites and scrutinizes how these places continue to affect people.

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Christopher T Dole
Living on

"Living On centers around the unprecedented mobilization of mental health professionals in the wake of a massive earthquake that struck western Turkey in 1999--a disaster that left more than 20,000 p…

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Steven Ujifusa
The Last Ships from Hamburg

"The story of the mass exodus of Jews out of Eastern Europe at the turn of the 20th century and the titans of industry who made it possible"--

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Christopher T Dole
Living on

"Living On centers around the unprecedented mobilization of mental health professionals in the wake of a massive earthquake that struck western Turkey in 1999--a disaster that left more than 20,000 p…

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Victoria Shepherd
Stony Jack and the Lost Jewels of Cheapside

A thrilling history of mudlarkers, charlatans, experts and chancers -- the underbelly of the Edwardian antiques trade.'What a story! And how skilfully told! A tale about treasure, as twisty and thrilling …

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A Cultural History of Plants in the Nineteenth Century

Looks at the revolution of botanical study and the evolution of the new science of biology in the period from 1800 to 1920, a time of astonishing growth in industrialization, urbanization, migration, popu…

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A Cultural History of Plants in the Modern Era

Examines how our relationship with plants has evolved since 1920, through advances in agriculture, industry, science, and technology,, the impact of urbanization, and our increased understanding of the si…

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Aaron Reeves, Sam Friedman
Born to Rule

The Economist , Best Books of 2024 The Times , Best Ideas Books of 2024 A uniquely data-rich analysis of the British elite from the Victorian era to today: who gets in, how they get there, what they like …

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Bodies, Spaces, Claims

This book asserts that there is no political representation without performance. When politicians, protesters, or politically engaged entertainers appear in public, they make or constitute political repre…

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Jonathan Moldover
The Oxbow Since Thomas Cole

Thomas Cole climbed Mt. Holyoke in Hadley, Massachusetts, in 1833 and made a sketch of the oxbow curve in the Connecticut River to the southwest. He used the sketch and his field notes three years later w…

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Grzegorz Zabinski, Marcin Wozniak, Jaroslaw Gramacki, Artur Gramacki
East Germanic Ironmaking in the Roman Period

An archaeometric study of iron ore and slag from Przeworsk Culture, employing the most up-to-date archaeological and statistical approaches.

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A Cultural History of Plants in the Post-Classical Era

Unravels the cultural history of plants from 500-1400, when ancient uses and meanings of plants were preserved but overlaid with new developments in agriculture, landscapes, medicines, eating habits and a…

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Merilee Grindle
In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl

A New Yorker Best Book of the Year A Foreign Affairs Best Book of the Year"Grindle's passionate book, including extensive research in Mexico, will ensure that [Zelia Nuttall] is never forgotten."…

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Poverty and Plenty in Scandinavia and the North Atlantic

Examining the archaeological material of the modern period, over a period of the last 500 years, this open access book presents a series of case studies that challenges the fallacy of Nordic egalitarianis…

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Adrian Young
The Myth of the Natural Laboratory

Outsiders have construed Pitcairn and Norfolk Islands as isolated natural laboratories since the 19th century. The islands' inhabitants, descended from the 18th-century mutineers of the British naval vess…

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