A Family of Gods: The Worship of the Imperial Family in the Latin West
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Roman politics and religion were inherently linked as the Romansattempted to explain the world and...
Society and the Internet: How Networks of Information and Communication are Changing Our Lives
Mark Graham and William H. Dutton
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How is society being shaped by the diffusion and increasing centrality of the Internet in everyday...
Becoming a Romanov. Grand Duchess Elena of Russia and Her World (1807-1873)
Marina Soroka and Charles A. Ruud
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The Russian Great Reforms of the 1860s were the last major modernizing effort by the Romanov...
The Splendor Before the Dark: A Novel of the Emperor Nero
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Ascending to the throne was only the beginning… Now Margaret George, the author of The Confessions...
Thieves of State: Why Corruption Threatens Global Security
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"I can’t imagine a more important book for our time." ―Sebastian Junger The world is blowing...
Politics
Revolutionary Lives: Constance and Casimir Markievicz
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Constance Markievicz (1868-1927), born to the privileged Protestant upper class in Ireland, embraced...
Marcel Mauss: A Biography
Marcel Fournier and Jane Marie Todd
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This book is the first intellectual biography of Marcel Mauss (1872-1950), the father of modern...
Serbia
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This new, thoroughly updated fifth edition of Bradt's Serbia remains the most acclaimed guide...
China's Geography: Globalization and the Dynamics of Political, Economic, and Social Change
Gregory Veeck, Clifton W. Pannell, Youqin Huang and Shuming Bao
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Despite China's obvious and growing importance on the world stage, it remains often and easily...
The Life and Songs of Stephen Foster: A Revealing Portrait of the Forgotten Man Behind Swanee River, Beautiful Dreamer, and My Old Kentucky Home
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The Life and Songs of Stephen Foster offers an engaging reassessment of the life, politics, and...