The Executioner's Journal: Meister Frantz Schmidt of the Imperial City of Nuremberg
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During a career lasting nearly half a century, Meister Frantz Schmidt (1554-1634) personally put to...
Faisal I of Iraq
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Born in 1883, King Faisal I of Iraq was a seminal figure not only in the founding of the state of...
Lenin: A Biography
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Lenin is a colossal figure whose influence on twentieth-century history cannot be underestimated....
Power to the People: Energy in Europe Over the Last Five Centuries
Astrid Kander, Paolo Malanima and Paul Warde
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Power to the People examines the varied but interconnected relationships between energy consumption...
Advancing Organizational Theory in a Complex World
Jane Qiu, Ben Nanfeng Luo, Chris Jackson and Karin Sanders
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While research in organisational studies has become increasingly rich and complex, organisation...
Isabella of Castile: Europe's First Great Queen
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In 1474, a twenty-three year old woman ascended the throne of Castile, the largest and strongest...
Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
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Many modern knowledge workers now spend most of their brain power battling distraction and...
Contributions to a Philosophy of Technology: Studies in the Structure of Thinking in the Technological Sciences
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The highly sophisticated techniques of modern engineering are normally conceived of in practical...
Feasting Our Eyes: Food Films and Cultural Identity in the United States
Fabio Parasecoli and Laura Lindenfeld
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Big Night (1996), Ratatouille (2007), and Julie and Julia (2009) are more than films about food-they...
Star Trek: The Human Frontier
Duncan Barrett and Michele Barrett
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In a world shrunk by modern transport and communication, Star Trek has maintained the values of...