Archives, Museums and Collecting Practices in the Modern Arab World
Sonja Mejcher-Atassi and John Pedro Schwartz
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Collecting has a long tradition in the Middle East but the museum as a public institution is...
River Forth: From Source to Sea
Richard Happer and Mark Steward
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The Forth packs more interesting historical and geographical attractions into its relatively short...
Pastrami on Rye: An Overstuffed History of the Jewish Deli
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Winner, 2015 National Jewish Book Award presented by the Jewish Book Council For much of the...
The Prisoner of Kathmandu: Brian Hodgson in Nepal 1820-43
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"The Prisoner of Kathmandu" is the first biography of Brian Hodgson, Britain's "father of Himalayan...
Reelin' in the Years: The Soundtrack of a Northern Life
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When Mark Radcliffe was born in the late 1950s, Britain was trying to find its own version of the...
L.A. Rebellion: Creating a New Black Cinema
Jan-Christopher Horak, Allyson Field and Jacqueline Najuma Stewart
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L. A. Rebellion: Creating a New Black Cinema is the first book dedicated to the films and filmmakers...
The Space Oracle
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Astronomy is another form of cinema. Time is fragmented and extended. Matter becomes light in...
The Age of the Horse: An Equine Journey Through Human History
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Man has always been fascinated by Equus caballus, recasting horse power into many forms: a hunk of...
The Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization
Simon Hornblower, Antony Spawforth and Esther Eidinow
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What did the ancient Greeks eat and drink? What role did migration play? Why was emperor Nero...
Towards a Typology of Soviet Mass Housing: Prefabrication in the USSR 1955 - 1991 (the Set)
Philipp Meuser and Dimitrij Zadorin
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Soviet mass housing is a contradictory but unique phenomenon. It is usually blamed for creating the...