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Imagining Antiquity in Islamic SocietiesA history of Islamic interest in the material past of the ancient world. The tragic destruction of cultural heritage performed by ISIS in Syria and Iraq is often superficially explained as an attempt to stamp out idolatry or as a fundamentalist desire to revive...
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The Agony of AtlasWhen Atlas loses a battle with Zeus, he is exiled to Tartarus. But Atlas escapes to live among the Mauri, where he becomes very successful. But Zeus finds out and punishes Atlas by forcing him to hold the heavens away from the earth. Will...
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The Acclaim of AchillesAchilles is his father's sixth son. His five brothers all died as infants. To protect Achilles from the same fate, his mother Thetis dips him into the River Styx. When Greece attacks Troy, Achilles joins the fight. Will his mother's treatment keep him from...
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The Atheist's Bible: The Most Dangerous Book That Never ExistedA comprehensive biography of the Treatise of the Three Impostors, a controversial nonexistent medieval book. Like a lot of good stories, this one begins with a rumor: in 1239, Pope Gregory IX accused Frederick II, the Holy Roman Emperor, of heresy. Without disclosing evidence...
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Still the Night CallSTILL THE NIGHT CALL is about Calem Honeycutt, a 32-year-old Missouri dairy farmer of few words. But just because he's quiet doesn't mean he's simple. In fact, Calem's internal voice eloquently leads us through his wondrous yet tortured past, his fears for the future...
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Mother MidnightPaul Doherty's twenty-second medieval mystery featuring Sir Hugh Corbett is a gripping and gruesome tale of murder and mayhem sure to appeal to fans of C. J. Sansom and Bernard Cornwell. 1312. Sir Hugh Corbett, Keeper of the Secret Seal, has returned from the...
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The Lost Treasures of LondonThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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Solid Air: Invisible Killer- Saving Birds from WindowsBirds behave as if sheet glass is invisible to them. They kill themselves striking clear and reflective panes in all types and sizes of human-built structures the world over. The killing is indiscriminate, taking the fit and unfit species, of any age category- both...
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Hitler's Northern Utopia: Building the New Order in Occupied NorwayAuthor: Despina StratigakosPublisher: Princeton University PressPublished: 03/22/2022Pages: 352Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.90lbsSize: 7.90h x 5.20w x 1.20dISBN: 9780691234137
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Dynamic Matter: Transforming Renaissance ObjectsDynamic Matter investigates the life histories of Renaissance objects. Eschewing the critical tendency to study how objects relate to human needs and desires, this work foregrounds the objects themselves, demonstrating their potential to transform their environments as they travel across time and space.Integrating early...
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Housing for Humans: A Book to Imagine, Create and Design a New Housing Model in AmericaWhere are all the homes?The affordable housing crisis today can be solved through innovative residential and urban design. Family models have evolved, society has reframed the role of cities, and ongoing urban realities demand opportunities to create housing for all, from first-time homeowners to...
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TidepoolNominated for a 2022 Bram Stoker Award."Wilson's plot hits all the right beats...Devotees of cosmic horror will enjoy this woman-centered take on familiar tropes."-Publisher's Weekly If ye give not willingly, the Lords will rise... In 1913, Henry Hamilton disappears while on a business trip,...
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Designing Modernity: Architecture in the Arab World 1945-1973(Bilingual Edition: English / Arabic)Designing Modernity: Architecture in the Arab World 1945-1973 is the result of a fascinating investigation by international experts into the influences of modernist architecture in the Arab world. Nine case studies provide the foundation for a thorough exploration of the...
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The Negro Motorist Green-Book: 1940 Facsimile Edition PaperbackIn the segregated US of the mid-twentieth century, African-American travelers could have a hard time finding towns where they were legally allowed to stay at night and hotels, restaurants, and service stations willing to serve them. In 1936, Victor Hugo Green published the first...
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight;The Original and Translated VersionFeaturing both the original text and a modern, translated version, this fourteenth-century Arthurian poem tells the legendary tale of the mysterious Green Knight and Sir Gawain, a great knight of the Round Table. The knights of the Round Table are celebrating Yuletide when their...
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Migration in the Medieval MediterraneanMigration in the Medieval Mediterranean argues that the cross-Mediterranean movement of peoples was a central aspect of the medieval world. Medieval people migrated in search of safety after regime change, secure life amongst coreligionists, and prosperous careers. This kind of travel between Muslim and...
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Place and Space: Montalba ArchitectsFounded in 2004 by David Montalba, Montalba Architects is an international architecture firm with offices in both Los Angeles and Lausanne. Raised between Switzerland and California, David has cultivated a design philosophy that balances precision and craft with humanistic architecture to form a cohesive...
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Philippa of Hainault: Mother of the English NationNew paperback edition--Philippa of Hainault: Mother of the English Nation. The first biography of a remarkable and influential English queen. Philippa of Hainault: Mother of the English Nation is the first full-length biography of the queen at the center of the some of the...
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Poisoned Wells: Accusations, Persecution, and Minorities in Medieval Europe, 1321-1422Between 1348 and 1350, Jews throughout Europe were accused of having caused the spread of the Black Death by poisoning the wells from which the entire population drank. Hundreds if not thousands were executed from Aragon and southern France into the eastern regions of...
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Embodying the Soul: Medicine and Religion in Carolingian EuropeEmbodying the Soul explores the possibilities and limitations of human intervention in the body's health across the ninth-century Carolingian Empire. Early medieval medicine has long been cast as a superstitious, degraded remnant of a vigorous, rational Greco-Roman tradition. Against such assumptions, Meg Leja argues...
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