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The Silk Road in World History
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The Silk Road was the current name for a complex of ancient trade routes linking East Asia with...
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Vienna: A Cultural and Literary History
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From border garrison of the Roman Empire to magnificent Baroque seat of the Habsburgs, Vienna's...
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The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women Across the Ancient World
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Amazons--fierce warrior women dwelling on the fringes of the known world--were the mythic...
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Theodora: Actress, Empress, Saint
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Two of the most famous mosaics from the Byzantine period, from the church of San Vitale in Ravenna,...
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How England Made the English: From Why We Drive on the Left to Why We Don't Talk to Our Neighbours
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Harry Mount's How England Made the English: From Why We Drive on the Left to Why We Don't Talk to...
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Cursed Objects: Strange but True Stories of the World's Most Infamous Items
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An illustrated compendium that reveals the true stories behind the most infamous, creepy, and...
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Marcus Agrippa: Right-Hand Man of Caesar Augustus
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Marcus Agrippa personified the term 'right-hand man'. As Emperor Augustus' deputy, he waged wars,...
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Museums 101
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Looking for an A-Z, one-stop, comprehensive book on museums? Wish you were able to have one of the...
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Marseille
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The reality of Marseille, with its secret life and scarred beauty, has little in common with its...
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Tripoli: A History
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It has been called a "Noble Possession", abused as "A Nest of Corsairs" and extolled as "The Pearl...