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Money Changes Everything: How Finance Made Civilization Possible
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In the aftermath of recent financial crises, it's easy to see finance as a wrecking ball: something...
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Bombing Hitler: The Story of the Man Who Almost Assassinated the Fuhrer
Hellmut G. Haasis and William Odom
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Georg Elser was just a working-class citizen living in Munich, Germany. He was employed as a...
Apocalypse of the Alien God: Platonism and the Exile of Sethian Gnosticism
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In the second century, Platonist and Judeo-Christian thought were sufficiently friendly that a Greek...
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Nourishing the Inner Life of Clinicians and Humanitarians: The Ethical Turn in Psychoanalysis
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Nourishing the Inner Life of Clinicians and Humanitarians: The Ethical Turn in Psychoanalysis,...
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Lesser Beasts: A Snout-to-Tail History of the Humble Pig
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Unlike other barnyard animals, which pull plows, give eggs or milk, or grow wool, a pig produces...
Pulcinellopaedia Seraphiniana
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From the intriguing mind behind Codex Seraphinianus comes this beautifully illustrated tribute to...
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Theodora: Actress, Empress, Saint
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Two of the most famous mosaics from the Byzantine period, from the church of San Vitale in Ravenna,...
Roman Portable Sundials: The Empire in Your Hand
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In an unscientific era when maps were rarities, how did ancient Romans envisage their far flung...
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The Phoenix: An Unnatural Biography of a Mythical Beast
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Arising triumphantly from the ashes of its predecessor, the phoenix has been an enduring symbol of...
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Jungle of Stone: The Extraordinary Journey of John L. Stephens and Frederick Catherwood, and the Discovery of the Lost Civilization of the Maya
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New York Times Bestseller (Expeditions) "Thrilling...A captivating history of two men who...