Hans Richter
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The Austro-Hungarian Hans Richter (1843-1916) was the first career-conductor to gain international...
The Best Beer in the World: One Man's Global Search for the Perfect Pint
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What's the best beer you've ever tasted? What's your favourite beer? Where can I drink your...
The Breakfast Book
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The most important meal of the day is also one of the most diverse. Breakfast varies greatly from...
The Wines of Canada
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Wine has been made commercially in Canada since the mid-1800s but Canadian wine has begun to...
Wood, Whiskey and Wine: A History of Barrels
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For over 2,000 years barrels have been used to store and transport a diverse array of commodities...
Gendering Radicalism: Women and Communism in Twentieth-Century California
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In 1919 Charlotte Anita Whitney, a wealthy white woman, received one of the first Communist Labor...
Compassion and Moral Guidance
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Compassion is a word we use frequently but rarely precisely. One reason we lack a philosophically...
Blaeu: Atlas Maior
Joan Blaeu and Peter Van Der Krogt
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World class: The finest atlas ever publishedSuperlatives tend to fail in face of Joan Blaeu s Atlas...
Cartographic Japan: A History in Maps
Karen Wigen, Fumiko Sugimoto and Cary Karacas
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Miles of shelf space in contemporary Japanese bookstores and libraries are devoted to travel guides,...
Catholicism, Identity and Politics in the Age of - The Life and Career of Sir Thomas Gascoigne, 1745-1810
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This book explores the changing aspirations, attitudes and identities of English Catholics in the...