The War is in the Mountains: Violence in the World's High Places
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Mountainous regions are home to only ten percent of the world's population yet host a strikingly...
What is to be Done?: A Dialogue on Communism, Capitalism, and the Future of Democracy
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The fall of the Berlin wall was seen by many as the final triumph of liberal democracy over...
Whatever Happened to Tanganyika?: The Place Names That History Left Behind
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Do you still find yourself referring to Zaire or Czechoslovakia, or wondering whether it should be...
When the Lights Went Out: Britain in the Seventies
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The seventies encompass strikes that brought down governments, shock general election results, the...
Yemen in Crisis: Autocracy, Neo-Liberalism and the Disintegration of a State
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Yemen is in the grip of its most severe crisis in years. The civil war between the Huthi rebels and...
Vittorio the Vampire (New Tales of the Vampires, #2)
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With Pandora, Anne Rice began a magnificent new series of vampire novels. Now, in the second of her...
Liverpool in 50 Buildings
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From its humble 13th-century origins, Liverpool grew rapidly to become the greatest port in the...
A History of Virility
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How has the meaning of manhood changed over time? A History of Virility proposes a series of answers...
Anthropology, Art and Cultural Production
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This book provides an introduction to anthropological perspectives on art. Svasek defines art as a...
Art Since 1989
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The years since 1989 have seen a complete untethering of what art can be, who makes it and where it...