A Traveler's Guide to the Afterlife: Traditions and Beliefs on Death, Dying, and What Lies Beyond
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Drawing on death and afterlife traditions from cultures around the world, Mark Mirabello explores...
Lily
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The lily is a flower of contradictions. It represents both life and death, appearing at weddings and...
A History of Architecture in 100 Buildings
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Featuring over 200 photographs, this stunning book by renowned television historian Dan Cruickshank...
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty
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Shortlisted for the Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award 2012. Why are...
Lonely Planet Pocket Beijing
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Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Pocket Beijing is your...
Civilisations: How Do We Look / The Eye of Faith
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The idea of 'civilisation' has always been debated, even fought over. At the heart of those debates...
The Philosophy of the Mozi: The First Consequentialists
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Mohism was an ancient Chinese philosophical movement founded in the fifth century BCE by the...
The Social History of Agriculture: From the Origins to the Current Crisis
Christopher M. Isett and Stephen Miller
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This innovative text provides a compelling narrative world history through the lens of food and...
The Making of Place: Modern and Contemporary Gardens
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While some gardens are built with a respect towards tradition, others forge new, innovative ways to...
After Alexander: Central Asia Before Islam
Georgina Hermann and Joe Cribb
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This is a new study of the history, archaeology and numismatics of Central Asia, an area of great...