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...
The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie
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Andrew Carnegie, the great steel-baron-turned-philanthropist, was an industrialist unlike any other....
Herodotus: A Very Short Introduction
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Herodotus has come to be respected by most scholars as a responsible and important historian....
At the Edge of Uncertainty: 11 Discoveries Taking Science by Surprise
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The atom. The Big Bang. DNA. Natural selection. All ideas that have revolutionised science - and...
Riding Home
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Throughout history, people have loved, owned and ridden horses. They fascinate us, and we are drawn...
The Six Wives & Many Mistresses of Henry VIII: The Women's Stories
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For a King renowned for his love life, Henry VIII has traditionally been depicted as something of a...
The Infiltrator: Undercover in the World of Drug Barons and Dirty Banks
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Robert Mazur spent five years undercover infiltrating the criminal hierarchy of Colombia's drug...
Hypnos
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Rene Char (1907 - 88) is considered the most important French poet of his generation. A member of...
Bachata: A Social History of a Dominican Popular Music
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Like rap in the United States, bachata began as a music of the poor and dispossessed. Originating in...
Sex and Slaughter in the Tent of Jael: A Cultural History of a Biblical Story
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In the Hebrew Bible, Judges 4-5 tells the lurid story of the heroic figure of Jael, a woman who...