The Life and Career of David Beckham: Football Legend, Cultural Icon
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David Beckham is an English soccer player whose popularity extends beyond the field and into...
British Urban Trees: A Social and Cultural History 1800-1914
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Greening the Victorian Urban WorldWhether we consider the great London Planes which are now the...
The Mindbody Self: How Longevity is Culturally Learned and the Causes of Health are Inherited
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In these turbulent times, just about every solution you can think of has been put forth by someone,...
The Cultural Landscape: An Introduction to Human Geography
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For courses in Human Geography. Strengthening readers' connection to geography through active,...
Simon Bolivar: Travels and Transformations of a Cultural Icon
Maureen G. Shanahan and Ana Maria Reyes
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One of Latin America's most famous historical figures, Simon Bolivar has become a mythic symbol for...
Reflections on Exile: And Other Literary and Cultural Essays
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With their powerful blend of political and aesthetic concerns, Edward W. Said's writings have...
Mao's Lost Children: The Rusticated Youth of the Cultural Revolution
Ou Nianzhong, Liang Yongkang and Laura Manyard
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A collection of memoirs from more than fifty zhiqings or young Chinese who suffered under the reign...
The Children and Animals: Cultural, Environmental and Ethical Issues
Veronica Pacini-Ketchabaw and Affrica Taylor
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This book offers detailed accounts of everyday encounters between children and animals, exploring...
Sex and Slaughter in the Tent of Jael: A Cultural History of a Biblical Story
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In the Hebrew Bible, Judges 4-5 tells the lurid story of the heroic figure of Jael, a woman who...