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Surviving Ancient Droughts, Plagues, and Natural DisastersSurviving Ancient Droughts, Plagues, and Natural Disasters will capture readers' attention with historical tales of human triumph and tribulation in the midst of ancient illness and forces of nature. Written with reluctant readers in mind, considerate text, engaging stories, and intriguing sidebars and photographs...
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SunriverThe idyllic community of Sunriver sits at the crossroads of Central Oregon. The region was inhabited as early as 11,500 years ago by native tribes. The first non-native explorers filtered through the area in the early 19th century, and homesteaders began farming the region...
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Sulamith Und Maria: Beziehungen Zwischen Friedrich Overbeck, Franz Pforr Und Den Schwestern Regula Und Lisette HottingerIm Zentrum dieser Studie stehen zwei Hauptwerke der nazarenischen Kunst, Franz Pforrs Sulamith und Maria und Friedrich Overbecks Zwei Braute (spater Italia und Germania). Durch die kritische Lekture schriftlicher Zeugnisse der beiden Maler sowie weiterer Quellen gelingt es dem Autor, in den Gemalden Verschlusseltes...
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Studies in Maximus the Confessor's Opuscula Theologica Et Polemica: Papers Collected on the Occasion of the Belgrade Colloquium on Saint Maximus, 3-4Opuscula theologica et polemica is a collection of minor works of Maximus the Confessor which has not received much scholarly attention so far. Yet it offers a unique insight in the Christological and personological universe of the Christian thinker. The present volume is the...
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Strudel, Noodles and Dumplings: The New Taste of German CookingA celebration of modern German home cooking from Anja Dunk's young family kitchen. Strudel, Noodles and Dumplings is a long-awaited revival of this underserved national cuisine, proving that there is more to German food than Bratwurst and Black Forest gateau. Anja Dunk's German food...
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Structure and Form: The Art of B. L. HydeA major rediscovery in the history of Northwest art Beulah Loomis Hyde (1886-1983) was an important cultural figure in Tacoma, Washington, as both a contemporary painter and a patron of the arts. Growing up in the rugged Northwest environment, Hyde was an athletic individualist...
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Storm's Edge: Life, Death and Magic in the Islands of Orkney'A surprising page-turner, full of humour and startling details' THE TIMES 'If I read a better history this year, I will be lucky' TOM HOLLAND 'An astonishing tour de force' SPECTATOR Longlisted for the 2024 Highland Book Prize From Peter Marshall, winner of the...
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Stories in Glass: A Guide to Medieval Stained Glass in NorfolkNorfolk's churches are home to some of the highest-quality and best-preserved medieval stained glass in Britain. Panels produced in the county's extensive and long-lasting workshops, centred in the historically important city of Norwich, can be found in some 270 buildings, including churches, museums and...
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Steiger, Emblematik Bd.1Der Band bietet eine grundlegende Einfuhrung in die fruhneuzeitlich-geistliche Emblematik und deren buchexterne Rezeption im Ostseeraum. Erortert werden die hermeneutische, theologische und insbesondere eschatologische Relevanz der Anigmatizitat der Emblemata und der Kunst ihrer Entratselung, der Zusammenhang von geistlicher Intermedialitat, Intertextualitat und Interpikturalitat sowie die...
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Steamships across the Pacific: Maritime Journeys between Mexico, China, and Japan, 1867-1914A unique investigation of the transpacific steam network of Mexico, Britain, China, and Japan. During the nineteenth century, the Trans-Pacific world underwent a profound transformation due to the transition from sail to steam navigation that was accompanied by a reconfiguration of power. Steamships across...
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Stadt Und Erinnerungskultur: Tagungsband Der 58. Jahrestagung Des Sudwestdeutschen Arbeitskreises Fur StadtgeschichtsforschungIn Deutschland erinnern eine Vielfalt von Museen, Archiven und Gedenkstatten an die Geschichte. Haufigstes Thema sind die NS-Verbrechen, der Zweite Weltkrieg und die deutsche Teilung sowie deren Uberwindung. Getragen werden diese fur die Demokratie und Demokratieerziehung so wichtigen Institutionen von Kommunen, Land oder Bund....
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Spike Island: The Rebels, Residents and Crafty Criminals of Ireland's Historic IslandA monastic outpost in the Celtic Sea, a fortress built to defend an Empire, a prison established to intern a nation; Spike Island's remarkable 1300-year history far exceeds its modest acreage. No other place better encapsulates the Irish story. Spike Island tells of religious...
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Soviet Posters: Pull-Out EditionThis large-format book of Soviet propaganda posters allows the reader to remove individual posters and is at once a revealing historical document and a sublime example of graphic art at its best. A special feature of this book allows for the removal of the...
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Souvenirs of Cicero: Shaping Memory in the Epistulae AD FamiliaresCicero's letters have figured prominently in some of western modernity's most cherished illusions about the immediacy of its encounter with Classical antiquity. Celebrated since their discovery in the Renaissance for their intimate mode of self-expression, they have been prized since then for the unparalleled...
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Southern Poets And Poems, 1606 -1860: The Land They Loved Volume 1THIS COLLECTION OF SOUTHERN POETS AND POEMS, 1606-1860, is made not from the viewpoint of a literary critic but that of a student of history interested in how the experiences of the Southern people have been reflected in verse. Poetry contains a kind of...
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So Help Us, God: American Presidents and the BibleThe religious beliefs of America's leaders and the role of religion in public life have long captivated the American public. In this book, historian Carl J. Richard looks at the many ways that the Bible has influenced America's leaders in their personal and political...
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Slave Trading in the Early Middle Ages: Long-Distance Connections in Northern and East Central EuropeThis book reexamines slave trading in the early Middle Ages from a comparative perspective, situating it at the core of economic and political development in northern and eastern Europe.Author: Janel M. FontainePublisher: Manchester University PressPublished: 02/18/2025Pages: 296Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.08lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x...
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Sisters, Oregon--Five Decades of Quilting in AmericaExplore the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show through stunning visuals and compelling stories!Renowned as the world's largest outdoor quilt show, the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show in Sisters, Oregon, attracts more than 10,000 visitors annually to celebrate quilting artistry and craftsmanship. Explore the vibrant quilting community...
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Shifting Grounds: Nationalism and the American South, 1848-1865Between 1848 and 1865 white southerners felt the grounds of nationhood shift beneath their feet. The conflict over slavery that led to the Civil War forced them to confront the difficult problems of nationalism. What made a nation a nation? Could an individual or...
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She Stood for Freedom: The Untold Story of a Civil Rights Hero, Joan Trumpauer MulhollandJoan Trumpauer Mulholland was a white teenager in the South during Segregation who put herself on the front lines of the Civil Rights struggle. This is the first biography about her experiences, published simultaneously in picture book and middle grade editions, detailing the many...
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