Thomas Aquinas on Bodily Identity
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This is a study of the union of matter and the soul in the human being in the thought of the...
Two Romes: Rome and Constantinople in Late Antiquity
Lucy Grig and Gavin Kelly
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The city of Constantinople was named New Rome or Second Rome very soon after its foundation in AD...
Viet Nam: A History from Earliest Times to the Present
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This book narrates the history of the different peoples who have lived in the three major regions of...
When Life Strikes the President: Scandal, Death, and Illness in the White House
Jeffrey A. Engel and Thomas J. Knock
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What happens when life, so to speak, strikes the President of the United States? How do presidents...
Wondrous Truths: The Improbable Triumph of Modern Science
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A fresh, daring, and genuine alternative to the traditional story of scientific progress. Explaining...
Worlds of Arthur: Facts and Fictions of the Dark Ages
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King Arthur is probably the most famous and certainly the most legendary medieval king. From the...
Marine Chronometers at Greenwich: A Catalogue of Marine Chronometers at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
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The Marine Chronometers at Greenwich is the fifth, and largest, of the distinguished series of...
Power, Patronage, and Memory in Early Islam
Alain George and Andrew Marsham
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When the Umayyads, the first Islamic dynasty, rose to power shortly after the death of the Prophet...
Rethinking Lessing's Laocoon: Antiquity, Enlightenment, and the 'Limits' of Painting and Poetry
Michael Squire and Avi S. Lifschitz
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Gotthold Ephraim Lessing first published Laokoon, oder uber die Grenzen der Mahlerey und Poesie...
Word of Mouth: Fama and its Personifications in Art and Literature from Ancient Rome to the Middle Ages
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The concept expressed by the Roman term fama, although strictly linked to the activity of speaking,...