The Sea Mark: Captain John Smith's Voyage to New England
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By age thirty-four Captain John Smith was already a well-known adventurer and explorer. He had...
The Stone Cradle: One Woman's Search for the Truth Beyond Everyday Reality
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In this gripping true-life memoir, Patrice Chaplin returns to the ancient city of secrets, Girona -...
The Alley of Love and Yellow Jasmines
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Enchanted by the Hollywood movies she watched while growing up in affluent Tehran in the 1950s and...
The Fires Beneath: The Life of Monica Wilson, South African Anthropologist
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The Fires Beneath is a powerful and affecting story of love and loss. Monica Wilson, nee Hunter, was...
The General: Charles de Gaulle and the France He Saved
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No leader of modern times was more unique and more uniquely national than Charles de Gaulle. As...
Islamic Financial Economy and Islamic Banking
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Islamic Financial Economy and Islamic Banking, is a thorough, deeply conceptual, analytical and...
Jurgen Habermas and the European Economic Crisis: Cosmopolitanism Reconsidered
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The European Union entered into an economic crisis in late 2009 that was sparked by bank bailouts...
Herring Tales: How the Silver Darlings Shaped Human Taste and History
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Scots like to smoke or salt them. The Dutch love them raw. Swedes look on with relish as they open...
Cultural Integration of Immigrants in Europe
Yann Algan, Alberto Bisin, Alan Manning and Thierry Verdier
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This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 International licence....
Abraham's Dice: Chance and Providence in the Monotheistic Traditions
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Most of us believe everything happens for a reason. Whether it is "God's will," "karma", or "fate,"...