Newport Mansions: Postcards of the Gilded Age
Federico Santi and John Gacher
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Newport, Rhode Island, nicknamed "the Queen of Resorts," has been celebrated in beautiful postcard...
The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction
Walter Benjamin and J.A. Underwood
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One of the most important works of cultural theory ever written, Walter Benjamin's groundbreaking...
The Second Age of Rail: A History of High Speed Trains
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Speed on steel wheels has fascinated engineers for nearly two centuries, and a string of stunning...
Grace Hopper and the Invention of the Information Age
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A Hollywood biopic about the life of computer pioneer Grace Murray Hopper (1906--1992) would go like...
The Notorious Mrs. Clem: Murder and Money in the Gilded Age
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In September 1868, the remains of Jacob and Nancy Jane Young were found lying near the banks of...
Head in the Cloud: The Power of Knowledge in the Age of Google
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What's the point of knowing anything when facts are so easy to look up? Just reach for your...
A Cultural History of Gardens in the Medieval Age
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The Middle Ages was a time of great upheaval - the period between the seventh and fourteenth...
City of Virtues: Nanjing in an Age of Utopian Visions
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Throughout Nanjings history, writers have claimed that its spectacular landscape of mountains and...
Justice League Dark, Volume 1: The Last Age of Magic
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The Enchantress has unleashed a wave of chaos across the globe! Shade the Changing Man, Madame...