China to Chitral: Mountains are the Beginning and End of All Scenery
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'Upon this trackless waste of snow, cut by a shrewd wind they sat down and wept.' In China to...
Modernity Britain: 1957-1962
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David Kynaston's history of post-war Britain has so far taken us from the radically reforming Labour...
Religious Lessons: Catholic Sisters and the Captured Schools Crisis in New Mexico
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Religious Lessons tells the story of Zellers v. Huff, a court case that challenged the employment of...
The Newcomers: Finding Refuge, Friendship, and Hope in an American Classroom
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From the award-winning author of Soldier Girls and Just Like Us, a "fascinating" (The New York...
Austerlitz
James Wood, Anthea Bell and W.G. Sebald
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Austerlitz is W. G. Sebald's haunting novel of post-war Europe. In 1939, five-year-old Jacques...
Ta-ra-ra-boom-de-ay: The Dodgy Business of Popular Music
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Simon Napier-Bell is a legend in the music business. Not only was he the manager of The Yardbirds, T...
In Search of the Essence of Place
Petr Kral and Christopher Moncrieff
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A moving and reflective memoir, In Search of the Essence of Place is a Remembrance of Things Past...
Oliver!: A Dickensian Musical
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When the show was first produced in 1960, at a time when transatlantic musical theatre was dominated...
The Matter of High Words: Naturalism, Normativity, and the Postwar Sage
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In a world of matter, how can we express what matters? When the explanations of the natural sciences...
Progressive Business: An Intellectual History of the Role of Business in American Society
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Today, an increasing number of researchers, citizens, politicians, civil organizations, activists,...