Praetorian: The Rise and Fall of Rome's Imperial Bodyguard
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A riveting account of ancient Rome's imperial bodyguard, the select band of soldiers who wielded the...
Qatar: The Rise to Power and Influence
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Qatar plays a crucial part in the Middle East today. With the second greatest natural gas resources...
Resilience and Collapse in African Savannahs: Causes and Consequences of Environmental Change in East Africa
Michael Bollig and David M. Anderson
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This book assesses the causes and consequences of environmental change in East Africa, asking...
Revolution
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The twentieth century was an age of revolutions. As the pace of social and economic change quickened...
Social Policy and Planning for the 21st Century: In Search of the Next Great Social Transformation
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The greatest problems facing humanity today are climate change, poverty, and the increasing...
Sustainability
Thomas Pfister, Martin Schweighofer and Andre Reichel
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Sustainability as a reference frame for dealing with the interconnection of environmental, economic...
The Governance of Sustainable Rural Renewal: A Comparative Global Perspective
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This book examines examples of rural regeneration projects through the public administration lens,...
Krautrock: German Music in the Seventies
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Krautrock is a catch-all term for the music of various white Germanrock groups of the 1970s that...
Listening for Africa: Freedom, Modernity, and the Logic of Black Music's African Origins
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In Listening for Africa David F. Garcia explores how a diverse group of musicians, dancers,...
Sidereus Nuncius, or the Sidereal Messenger
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Galileo Galilei's Sidereus Nuncius is arguably the most dramatic scientific book ever published. It...
