
From a Rock to a Hard Place: Memories of the 1984/85 Miner's Strike
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By the end of the notorious 1984/85 miners' strike many wanted to forget their painful experiences....

Artisans of Empire: Crafts and Craftspeople Under the Ottomans
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The manufacture and trade in crafted goods and the men and women who were involved in this industry...

Caramelo
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Every year, Ceyala "Lala" Reyes' family--aunts, uncles, mothers, fathers, and Lala's six older...

Letters from the Trenches: The First World War by Those Who Were There
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A history of the First World War told through the letters exchanged by ordinary British soldiers and...

The Book of Longings
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In her mesmerizing fourth work of fiction, Sue Monk Kidd takes an audacious approach to history and...

In Essentials, Unity: An Economic History of the Grange Movement
Jenny Bourne and Paul Finkelman
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The Patrons of Husbandry-or the Grange-is the longest-lived U.S. agricultural society and, since its...
Anna Komnene: The Life and Work of a Medieval Historian
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Byzantine princess Anna Komnene is known for two things: plotting to murder her brother to usurp the...
The Critical Surf Studies Reader
Dexter Zavalza Hough-Snee and Alexander Sotelo Eastman
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The evolution of surfing-from the first forms of wave riding in Oceania, Africa, and the Americas to...

A Square Meal
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James Beard Foundation Book Award Winner From the author of the acclaimed 97 Orchard and her...
Great depression FDR food history

A Natural History of English Gardening 1650-1800
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A beautifully illustrated exploration of the quest for order within the garden, and within the...