
The Assault on International Law
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International law presents a conceptual riddle. Why comply with it when there is no world government...

Tripoli: A History
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It has been called a "Noble Possession", abused as "A Nest of Corsairs" and extolled as "The Pearl...

English Cathedral
Martin Barnes and John Goodall
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Among the most magnificent buildings of England are its Anglican cathedrals, great symbols of...

The United States of Excess: Gluttony and the Dark Side of American Exceptionalism
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Americans take pride in their "exceptionalism," not always aware that exceptional excess is part of...

100 Shakespeare Films
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From Oscar-winning British classics to Hollywood musicals and Westerns, from Soviet epics to...

According to Yes
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Dawn French, number one bestselling author of A Tiny Bit Marvellous and Oh Dear Silvia, returns with...

African Theatre: China, India & the Eastern World: Volume 15
Martin Banham, James Gibbs and Femi Osofisan
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China is the main focus of this volume, and articles consider the way it is using "soft power" in...

Bondarchuk's 'War and Peace': Literary Classic to Soviet Cinematic Epic
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Sergei Bondarchuk's War and Peace , one of the world's greatest film epics, originated as a...

Religion and Trade: Cross-Cultural Exchanges in World History, 1000-1900
Francesca Trivellato, Leor Halevi and Catia Antunes
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Although trade connects distant people and regions, bringing cultures closer together through the...

George Yeo on Bonsai, Banyan and the Tao: Pruning the Banyan Tree
Asad-ul Iqbal Latif, Huay Leng Lee and George Yong-Boon Yeo
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Since his undergraduate days in Cambridge, George Yeo has spoken and written much in and out of...