The Cambridge History of Religions in Latin America
Virginia Garrard-Burnett, Paul Freston and Stephen C. Dove
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The Cambridge History of Religions in Latin America covers religious history in Latin America from...
Suswatibasu (1702 KP) rated On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons From The Twentieth Century in Books
Jan 3, 2018
Along with Burleigh and Kershaw he has exposed the monstrosities of the evil regimes ruled by Hitler, Mussolini, Lenin, Stalin, Pol Pot and other tyrants who have murdered at home and abroad. Having extensively studied both right-wing and left-wing tyrannical regimes, Snyder goes onto look at the 2016 presidential campaign and Donald Trump. "Post-truth is pre-fascism," he writes, in one of many passages that seem to cast the US as a society in a pre-fascist stage.
Snyder succinctly suggests that 20 lessons from history are invaluable if we are to avoid democracy collapsing as it did after 1918. History he agrees does not repeat but it does instruct.
In a world where truth, reality and fantasy are thrown into a huge melting pot - having a book that researched facts, presents political history and encourages the reader to make their own decisions is a liberating read.
The Champion of Auschwitz (2020)
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The story of the pre-war boxing champion Tadeusz "Teddy" Pietrzykowski, who in 1940 arrives with the...
Celibate and Childless Men in Power: Ruling Eunuchs and Bishops in the Pre-Modern World
Almut Hofert, Matthew M. Mesley and Serena Tolino
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This book explores a striking common feature of pre-modern ruling systems on a global scale: the...
Energy and Civilization: A History
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A comprehensive account of how energy has shaped society throughout history, from pre-agricultural...
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Restitution
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This title was first published in 2001. In the Western legal tradition, the history of restitution...
Architecture History and Theory in Reverse: From an Information Age to Eras of Meaning
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This book looks at architecture history in reverse, in order to follow chains of precedents back...
Fruit Bat (42 KP) rated Against All Odds: Walter Tull the Black Lieutenant in Books
Mar 1, 2018
Remaking the Modern World 1900-2015: Global Connections and Comparisons
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The sequel and companion volume to C.A. Bayly's ground-breaking The Birth of the Modern World,...