Oman Reborn: Balancing Tradition and Modernization: 2015
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The Sultanate of Oman is one of the few "good news" stories to have emerged from the Middle East in...
The Curious Bartender: The Artistry and Alchemy of Creating the Perfect Cocktail
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Preparing a first-class cocktail relies upon a deep understanding of its ingredients, the...
The Power of Herbs
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The oldest document reporting the use of herbs is the Ebers Papyrus which is dated as being from...
Truffle: A Global History
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What is a truffle? Is it the highest order of fungal foods, above the many mushrooms we eat? Despite...
Crown and Veil: Female Monasticism from the Fifth to the Fifteenth Centuries
Jeffrey F. Hamburger, Susan Marti, Dietlinde Hamburger and Caroline Walker Bynum
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Crown and Veil offers a broad introduction to the history and visual culture of female monasticism...
De-Militarizing Masculinities in the Age of Empire
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Feminist scholars have theorized extensively about how the military, war, and especially the combat...
The Seven Archetypal Stones: Their Spiritual Powers and Teachings
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Integrating gemstone lore from around the world with modern mineral science, Nicholas Pearson guides...
A History of Football in North and South Korea C.1910-2002: Development and Diffusion
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For the Koreans, no sport has surpassed football in terms of its popularity and national importance,...
Buses, Coaches, Trams and Trolleybus Recollections 1963
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The aim of this series is to appeal to readers of all ages, perhaps for different reasons...In this...
Diplomatic Material: Affect, Assemblage, and Foreign Policy
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In Diplomatic Material Jason Dittmer offers a counterintuitive reading of foreign policy by tracing...