The Spirits and the Law: Vodou and Power in Haiti
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Vodou has often served as a scapegoat for Haiti's problems, from political upheavals to natural...
The Zookeeper's Wife
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Now a major motion picture, starring Jessica Chastain and Daniel Bruhl, based on a remarkable true...
Waterloo: The History of Four Days, Three Armies and Three Battles
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From the internationally bestselling author of the Sharpe novels - this is the true story of...
Loot: The Battle over the Stolen Treasures of the Ancient World
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Why are the Elgin Marbles in London and not on the Acropolis? Why do there seem to be as many...
Posters: A Global History
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Posters are ubiquitous. They hang on office walls, bedroom doors and bus shelters. But what...
A Kind of Magic: Art Deco Vanity Cases
Sarah Hue-Williams and Peter Edwards
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After 1918, post-war euphoria spread across Europe and America. Technology was changing the pace of...
Alan Sorrell: The Man Who Invented Roman Britain
Julia Sorrell and Mark Sorrell
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Alan Sorrell's archaeological reconstruction drawings and paintings remain some of the best, most...
Amaravati: The Art of an Early Buddhist Monument in Context
Michael Willis and Akira Shimada
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Buddhism originated in north India and spread to other parts of the subcontinent in the third...
Daido Moriyama: Record
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Inspired by Japanese photographers, as well as by William Klein's seminal photography book on New...
The Spanish Golden Age: Painting and Sculpture in the Time of Velazquez
Michael Eissenhauer, Berlin Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung and Roger
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The Siglo de Oro, the golden century of Spanish painting, is one of the most fascinating chapters of...