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John Boardman on the ParthenonSurprising, questioning, challenging, enriching: the Pocket Perspectives series presents timeless works by writers and thinkers who have shaped the conversation across the arts, visual culture, and history. Celebrating the undiminished vitality of their ideas today, these covetable and collectable little books embody the best...
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Jimmy Breslin: The Man Who Told the TruthIn a newspaper career spanning decades, Jimmy Breslin covered the stories that he knew mattered most: the human stories beyond the front page. From the JFK assassination, to the Son of Sam killings, mafia heists, the Crown Heights riots, and the Occupy movement, Breslin's...
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James Meredith and the University of Mississippi: The History of the School's Integration During the Civil Rights Movement*Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts of the integration, including Meredith's own *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents Though Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence wrote that the United States would be founded on the principles...
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I Used to Live Here Once: The Haunted Life of Jean RhysJean Rhys is one of the most compelling writers of the twentieth century. Memories of her Caribbean girlhood haunt the four short and piercingly brilliant novels that Rhys wrote during her extraordinary years as an exile in 1920s Paris and later in England, a...
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I Try Not to Think of Afghanistan: Lithuanian Veterans of the Soviet WarI Try Not to Think of Afghanistan includes photographs and commentaries from Lithuanian veterans of the Soviet War in Afghanistan (1979-89), addressing the lasting realities of war and its effects on those conscripted to fight. Unflinching first-person accounts give details of training, combat, and...
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It Came From Hollywood Film Journal Book 5Presented in Glorious Spectra-Vision 2000, It Came From Hollywood Film Book 5 explodes on the page with eye-popping color! We present Fritz Lang's "M," a chat with actress Marlena Lustik, the Trade Ads of Crown International Pictures, a deep dive into Disney's Treasure Planet,...
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Italian Forgers: The Art Market and the Weight of the Past in Modern ItalyItalian Forgers takes an unorthodox approach to the fascinating topic of art forgery, focusing not on art forgery per se, but on the major forgery scandals that shifted the Italian art market in response to constant, and often intense, demand for Italian objects. By...
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Iowa CityTruly a frontier town when it was founded in 1839, Iowa City was created to become the new capital of Iowa Territory. Author Tom Schulein has been researching and speaking widely on Iowa City history for over a decade. With the arrival of the...
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In the Footsteps of Olympia: A concise history of the Summer GamesThe origins of the Olympics date back to Ancient Greece as a festival to the god Zeus but remarkably the four year cycle established then is still integral more than 2000 years later. After setting the scene in Olympia, Joanne traces the evolution of...
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In the Days of Alfred the GreatThrust into leadership in an age of war and spiritual discord, Alfred struggles to steer his kingdom through chaos. Will his vision for a unified, educated England come to fruition?'In the Days of Alfred the Great' transports readers to the 9th century, a pivotal...
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International Relations of the Middle EastAs the most authoritative and comprehensive overview of international relations in the Middle East, this highly respected textbook is designed to help students get to grips with this important and challenging subject area. A team of expert scholars combines a history of the region...
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In Search of Ellen MarieWhen author Rachel Rowley Spaulding first saw a copy of the painting of a fishing boat's wheelhouse, she passed. Later, when presented with the chance to acquire the original painting, she knew she had to have it. Inspired by the rich colors (and the...
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In France Profound: The Long History of a House, a Mountain Town, and a PeopleFrom the National Book Award-longlisted author of Finding Florida, a sparkling, sweeping chronicle of the author's life and discoveries in an ancient town in "Deep France," from nearby prehistoric caves to medieval dynastic struggles to the colorful characters populating the area todayWhen T. D....
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Indigenous Culture and Change in Guerrero, Mexico, 7000 Bce to 1600 CEUntil recently, Guerrero's past has suffered from relative neglect by archaeologists and historians. While a number of excellent studies have expanded our knowledge of certain aspects of the region's history or of particular areas or topics, the absence of a thorough scholarly overview has...
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India's Development Dilemma, Productivity or Bureaucracy: Management Strategy for the World's Largest DemocracyIndia is one of the oldest civilizations in the world. In many ways, India is perceived as a spiritual nation with rich traditions and a way of life quite different from Western countries. History shows that ancient Indian civilization had effective systems for planning...
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Indígenas de California (California Indians)This nonfiction book explores the history, culture, customs, and beliefs of California's American Indian tribes including the Chumash, Tongva, Hupa, Yokuts, Quechan, and Coso tribes. Detailed primary source images in conjunction with Spanish text provide 3rd grade students with an inviting reading and learning...
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Imperfect Justice: Looted Assets, Slave Labor, and the Unfinished Business of World War IIIn the second half of the 1990s, Stuart Eizenstat was perhaps the most controversial U.S. foreign policy official in Europe. His mission had nothing to do with Russia, the Middle East, Yugoslavia, or any of the other hotspots of the day. Rather, Eizenstat's mission...
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Huzza!: Toasting a New Nation, 1760-1815Raising a glass to toast someone at a wedding or birthday is a familiar and usually informal occurrence, but at one time it was a carefully orchestrated ritual. They were planned, revised, given at an event, and then printed in newspapers. Americans learned who...
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Hurricane Agnes in Virginia"The greatest natural disaster of all time"That's how observers at the time viewed Agnes. When the storm arrived in Virginia in June of 1972 it largely spared coastal areas. With modest wind speeds, Agnes no longer registered as a hurricane as it crossed the...
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How to Make a Killing: Blood, Death and Dollars in American MedicineSix decades ago, visionary doctors achieved the impossible: the humble kidney, acknowledged since ancient times to be as essential to life as the heart, became the first human organ to be successfully replaced with a machine. Yet huge dialysis corporations, ambitious doctor-entrepreneurs, and Beltway...
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