The Right to Difference: French Universalism and the Jews
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Universal equality is a treasured political concept in France, but recent anxiety over the country's...
Train Songs: Poetry of the Railway
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"This is the night mail crossing the border, Bringing the cheque and the postal order...". (W.H....
Show Me A Mountain
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A story of revolution and oppression, privilege and poverty, love and betrayal from the Costa and...
Thieves Fall Out
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Gore Vidal was one of America's greatest and most controversial writers. The author of twenty-three...
Island Beneath the Sea
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From the sugar plantations of Saint-Domingue to the lavish parlors of New Orleans at the turn of the...
Golden Parasol: A Daughter's Memoir of Burma
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At the time of Burma's military coup in 1962, Wendy Law-Yone was fifteen. A year later, her father...
Rum: A Global History
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What did Charles Dickens savour in punch, Thomas Jefferson eat in omelettes, Queen Victoria sip in...
Band of Angels: The Forgotten World of Early Christian Women
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In Band of Angels, Kate Cooper tells the surprising story of early Christianity from the woman's...
The Ugly Wife is a Treasure at Home: True Stories of Love and Marriage in Communist China
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The ugly wife is a treasure at home" is not just an idle expression in China. For centuries, Chinese...
Embrace the Suck: What I Learned at the Box About Hard Work, (Very) Sore Muscles, and Burpees Before Sunrise
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With irreverence, humor, and soul-touching candor, the former editor of Bicycling magazine explores...