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Euripides: Iphigenia in TaurisEuripides' Iphigeneia among the Taurians has been a popular and influential text from antiquity onwards. It is a suspenseful drama set on the Black Sea coast in what is now Crimea, which explores themes of family loyalty, Greeks and barbarians, and the nature of...
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Eureka! True Tales of DiscoveryFrom sinking ships being found and raised, to fossils and statues being discovered, these nine true tales of important historical revelations are sure to inform and entertain readers. With dazzling art and fascinating captions, this graphic format will guide readers on a journey of...
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Esther Pressoir: A Modern Woman's PainterComing of age in the 1920s, Stella, as she was known to her friends, cast off societal expectations of a working-class immigrant family in New England and moved through the studios, galleries, and nightclubs of New York. Following an unprecedented 18,000 km bicycle trip...
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Eponyms and Names in Obstetrics and GynaecologyFew specialties have a longer or richer eponymous background than obstetrics and gynaecology. Eponyms add a human side to an increasingly technical profession and represent the historic tradition and language of the speciality. This collection aims to perpetuate the names and contributions of pioneers...
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Epic Journeys: Incredible Tales of Amazing TrailsSam G.C. and Raquel Martín undertake their most ambitious and original work to date: the history of the routes that women and men have taken throughout the ages. Sam's telling of mankind's migrations around the world will have readers dreaming, while Raquel's entrancing illustrations...
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Enchanted by Cinema: Wilhelm Thiele Between Vienna, Berlin, and HollywoodWilliam Thiele is remembered today as the father of the sound film operetta with seminal classics such as Drei von der Tankstelle (1930). While often considered among the most accomplished directors of Late Weimar cinema, as an Austrian Jew he was vilified during the...
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Empires of the Steppes: A History of the Nomadic Tribes Who Shaped Civilization"A vibrant account of how roaming warlords shaped technology, religion and culture." --The Guardian The barbarian nomads of the Eurasian steppes have played a decisive role in world history, but their achievements have gone largely unnoticed. These nomadic tribes have produced some of the...
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El Burlador de SevillaFirst published in 1954 as part of the Cambridge Plain Texts series, this volume contains the original Spanish version of El burlador de Sevilla y convidado de piedra by the renowned dramatist and Roman Catholic monk Tirso de Molina (1579-1648). An English editorial introduction...
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Eden Undone: A True Story of Sex, Murder, and Utopia at the Dawn of World War IIAn incredible true story of murder in a utopian community established on a remote Galápagos island by European refugees and the American industrialist who became embroiled in the investigation--from the New York Times bestselling author of The Ghosts of Eden Park At the height...
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Early Medieval Britain, C. 500-1000Author: Rory NaismithPublisher: Cambridge University PressPublished: 07/15/2021Pages: 490Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 2.10lbsSize: 9.40h x 8.10w x 0.90dISBN: 9781108440257About the AuthorNaismith, Rory: - Rory Naismith has published extensively on early medieval history, including Money and Power in Anglo-Saxon England: the Southern English Kingdoms 757-865 (2012), Medieval...
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Early Los Altos and Los Altos HillsLos Altos would never have existed if not for the Southern Pacific Railroad. Since the 1850s, Los Altos, Spanish for "heights" or "foothills," was the name generally applied to the two ranchos (San Antonio and La Purisima Concepcion) between Palo Alto and Mountain View...
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Dream Car: Malcolm Bricklin's Fantastic Sv1 and the End of Industrial ModernityDream Car tells the story of entrepreneur Malcolm Bricklin's fantastical 1970s-era Safety Vehicle-1 (SV1), audaciously launched during a tumultuous breakpoint in postwar history. The tale of the sexy-yet-safe SV1 reveals the influence of automobiles on ideas about the future, technology, entrepreneurship, risk, safety, showmanship,...
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Doce Césares: La Representación del Poder Desde El Mundo Antiguo Hasta La ActualidadLa fascinante historia de cómo las imágenes de los emperadores romanos han influido en el arte, la cultura y la representación del poder durante más de dos mil años. Cómo es el rostro del poder? A quién se representa en el arte y por...
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DK Super Readers Level 3 El Titanic (Spanish Edition)Help your child power up their reading skills and learn all about a family's journey on board the Titanic with this fun-filled nonfiction reader - carefully leveled to help children progress. Will Tate and his family set sail for America. But they are on...
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DK Eyewitness Scotland"Discover Scotland -- small but spectacular, this country offers bucket-list experiences in abundance. Whether you want to explore Edinburgh Castle, venture through iconic Highland landscape, or sample ancient malts, your DK Eyewitness travel guide makes sure you experience all that Scotland has to offer....
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Divine ProvidenceIn Divine Providence Swedenborg explains why it is that we cannot always see God's hand in our chaotic world. Why tragedy and war are allowed to happen and how these things relate to us. If God were to remove all tragedies from our lives...
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Divine, Demonic, and Disordered: Women Without Men in Song Dynasty ChinaFemale chastity stirs trouble in medieval ChinaA variety of Chinese writings from the Song period (960-1279)--medical texts, religious treatises, fiction, and anecdotes--depict women who were considered peculiar because their sexual bodies did not belong to men. These were women who refused to marry, were...
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Determined to Be: The Sculpture of John RhodenThis richly illustrated book celebrates the groundbreaking work of an African American sculptor Determined to Be explores the work of prizewinning American sculptor John Walter Rhoden (1916-2001). When Rhoden was young, his talent caught the attention of several notable mentors: he was advised by...
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Deportation: The Origins of U.S. PolicyBefore 1882, the U.S. federal government had never formally deported anyone, but that year an act of Congress made Chinese workers the first group of immigrants eligible for deportation. Over the next forty years, lawmakers and judges expanded deportable categories to include prostitutes, anarchists,...
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Defeat and Division: France at War, 1939-1942Defeat and Division launches a definitive new account of France in the Second World War. In this first volume, Douglas Porch dissects France's 1940 collapse, the dynamics of occupation, and the rise of Charles de Gaulle's Free France crusade, culminating in the November 1942...
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