Players and Pawns: How Chess Builds Community and Culture
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A chess match seems as solitary an endeavor as there is in sports: two minds, on their own, in...
Switzerland: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
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There is far more to Switzerland than beautiful scenery, chocolate, watches, faceless bankers, and...
City Linkage: Art and Culture Fostering Urban Futures
Michael Ziehl, Carsten Rabe and Till Haupt
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How do we want to live together? How can citizens directly participate in city politics? How can we...
The Tango Machine: Musical Culture in the Age of Expediency
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In Argentina, tango isn't just the national music it's a national brand. But ask any contemporary...
The Material Culture of Daily Living in the Anglo-Saxon World
Maren Clegg Hyer and Gale R. Owen-Crocker
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This illustrated book introduces serious students of Anglo-Saxon culture to selected aspects of the...
Stolen, Smuggled, Sold: On the Hunt for Cultural Treasures
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Stolen, Smuggled Sold: On the Hunt for Cultural Treasures tells the dark and compelling stories of...
Christos Yannaras: Philosophy, Theology, Culture
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Christos Yannaras is one of the most significant Orthodox theologians of recent times. His work...
Culture and Conservation: Beyond Anthropocentrism
Helen Kopnina and Eleanor Shoreman-Ouimet
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Today, there is growing interest in conservation and anthropologists have an important role to play...