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  • Looking for a New England
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    Looking for a New England

    Looking for a New England covers the period 1975 to 1986, from Slade in Flame to Absolute BeginnersA carefully researched exploration of transgressive films, the career of David Bowie, dystopias, the Joan Collins ouevre, black cinema, the origins and...
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  • Short History Of The Anglo-saxons
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    Short History Of The Anglo-saxons

    From popular fiction such as The Hobbit and Game of Thrones to the universality of the English language, the continuing influence of the Anglo-Saxons can be found throughout the world.But who were the Anglo-Saxons and where did they come from?A Short...
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    Serpent in the Sky
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    Serpent in the Sky

    John Anthony West's revolutionary reinterpretation of the civilization of Egypt challenges all that has been accepted as dogma concerning Ancient Egypt. In this pioneering study West documents that: Hieroglyphs carry hermetic messages that convey the...
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    Stone
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    Stone

    Stone maps the force, vivacity, and stories within our most mundane matter, stone. For too long stone has served as an unexamined metaphor for the "really real": blunt factuality, nature's curt rebuke. Yet, medieval writers knew that stones drop with...
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    The White Possessive
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    The White Possessive

    The White Possessive explores the links between race, sovereignty, and possession throughthemes of property: owning property, being property, and becoming propertyless.Focusing on the Australian Aboriginal context, Aileen MoretonRobinson questionscurrent...
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    "Night and Fog"

    An engrossing account of Alain Resnais'sincomparable film, this book documents how a film that began as a cinematicspin-off of an educational exhibition became a significant step in the buildingof a collective consciousness of the tragedy of World War II...
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    Islam in History

    Recent events have made an understanding of the turmoil in the Middle East more important than ever. In these essays, Bernard Lewis, a leading expert on Islam, gives essential background on Middle Eastern conflicts with the West and shows how Islam -...
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    Challenging China
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    Challenging China

    Expertly researched and thought-out, yet approachable and witty, this book will immediately draw in anyone interested in global affairs, foreign policy and the future of America's role on the world stage.This book provides a fascinating...
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    A Brief History of Vietnam
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    A Brief History of Vietnam

    A comprehensive guide to understanding Vietnam's long and tumultuous historyA Brief History of Vietnam explores the turbulent history of a land that has risen from the ashes of war to become the newest Asian tiger economy. This book expertly...
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    Tokyo: A Biography

    The history of Tokyo is as eventful as it is long. A concise yet detailed overview of this fascinating, centuries-old city, Tokyo: A Biography is a perfect companion volume for history buffs or Tokyo-bound travelers looking to learn more about their...
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    North Korea Confidential
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    North Korea Confidential

    What is life in North Korea really like?This fascinating book by celebrated journalists Daniel Tudor and James Pearson explores that very question. The authors interview experts and tap a broad variety of sources to provide a startling insider's view of...
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  • Japan's Infamous Unit 731
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    Japan's Infamous Unit 731

    This is a riveting and disturbing account of the medical atrocities performed in and around Japan during WWII. Some of the cruelest deeds of Japan's war in Asia did not occur on the battlefield, but in quiet, antiseptic medical wards in obscure parts of...
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    A Brief History of Thailand
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    A Brief History of Thailand

    Thailand is known for its picturesque beaches and famous temples, but there's much more to this popular holiday destination than many realise.A Brief History of Thailand offers an engaging look at the country's last 250 years -from...
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    A History of Tea
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    A History of Tea

    As the world's second most popular beverage after water, tea has fascinated, awakened, motivated, and calmed us for well over two thousand years.A History of Tea tells the compelling story of the rise of tea in Asia and its eventual spread to the West...
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    A Brief History of Korea
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    A Brief History of Korea

    Korean culture developed on a 600-mile-long peninsula, bordered on the north by mountains and three sides by the sea, set apart from the Asian mainland. Korea was one of the last countries in Asia to be visited by Westerners and its borders have remained...
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    Drawing the Samurai Sword
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    Drawing the Samurai Sword

    To the Japanese, the sword is a spiritual weapon. It possesses a particular divinity, reflecting the soul of its maker, owner, and user. Around its mystical powers has grown the centuries-old ritual and practice of Samurai swordsmanship which is still...
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    Chinese Symbolism & Art Motifs Fourth Revised Edition
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    Chinese Symbolism & Art Motifs Fourth Revised Edition

    The Eight Immortals, the five eleents, the dragon and the phoenix, yin and yang - presentations of these important cultural symbols ar pervasive in Chinese literature, art, and architecture and without an understanding of their significance, much Chinese...
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    A Brief History of China
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    A Brief History of China

    For millennia, China was the largest and richest nation on earth. Two centuries ago, however, its economy sank into a depression from which it had not fully recovered-until now. China's modern resurgence as the world's largest nation in terms of...
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    Early Japanese Railways 1853-1914

    Early Japanese Railways 1853-1914 is a cultural and engineering history of railway building in Japan during the Meiji era. The importance of early railways in the industrialization of the United States and Europe is a fact all of us are familiar with. To...
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    Ask A North Korean
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    Ask A North Korean

    The weekly column "Ask a North Korean" published by NK News invites readers from around the globe to pose questions to North Korean defectors. By way of these provocative interviews, the North Koreans themselves provide authentic, first-person...
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    The Art of Life and Death

    This masterfully crafted guide to ninjutsu or budo explores in depth the history, culture, and philosophy of this fascinating and enduring Japanese martial art.Budo is one of the least understood forms of art in the world. Even more than skills or...
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    Secrets of the Japanese Art of Warfare

    This samurai strategy books is the first widely available English translation of Yamamoto Kansuke's classic treatise on strategy and tactics. Secrets of the Japanese Art of Warfare is Thomas Cleary's translation of the seminal writings attributed to...
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    Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan

    Two volumes in one!This is a complete, two-volume set of one of the greatest books on 19th century Japanese history and culture. Though Lafcadio Hearn went on to write a dozen more books on Japan, this collection of first impressions remains his most...
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    A Brief History Of Bali
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    A Brief History Of Bali

    This book tells the story of Bali the "paradise island of the Pacific" its rulers and its people, and their encounters with the Western world. Bali is a perennially popular tourist destination. It is also home to a fascinating people with a long and...
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    A Geek in Indonesia
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    A Geek in Indonesia

    For anyone wanting to get beyond tired travel guide cliches, A Geek in Indonesia is a hip, irreverent, and streetwise introduction to Southeast Asia's biggest country.Jump from the beaches of Bali to a tour bus circuit of the...
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    Korea: The Impossible Country
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    Korea: The Impossible Country

    In just fifty years, South Korea has transformed itself from a failed state, ruined and partitioned by war and decades of colonial rule, into an economic powerhouse and a democracy that serves as a model for other countries. How was it able to...
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    A Brief History of Indonesia
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    A Brief History of Indonesia

    Sultans, Spices, and Tsunamis: The Incredible Story of the World's Largest Archipelago Indonesia is by far the largest nation in Southeast Asia and one of the largest countries in the world and is fourth largest in terms of population. Indonesian history...
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    A Geek in China
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    A Geek in China

    Every year, millions of foreign tourists flock to China - only to find themselves overwhelmed by the complexities of navigating the world's largest and fastest culture. A professor, blogger, and avid China explorer, Matthew B. Christensen created this...
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    The Three Kingdoms, Volume 3: Welcome The Tiger
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    The Three Kingdoms, Volume 3: Welcome The Tiger

    The Three Kingdoms is the epic saga of loyalty and treachery, brotherhood and rivalry-and the deeds of legendary heroes and villains during one of the most tumultuous periods in Chinese history. This classic tale of brotherhood...
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    The Three Kingdoms, Volume 1: The Sacred Oath
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    The Three Kingdoms, Volume 1: The Sacred Oath

    The Three Kingdoms is the epic saga of loyalty and treachery, brotherhood and rivalry-and the deeds of legendary heroes and villains during one of the most tumultuous periods in Chinese history. This classic tale of brotherhood...
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    A Geek in Korea
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    A Geek in Korea

    A Geek in Korea reinvents the culture guide for the Internet age. Packed with articles and photographs, it covers all the touchstones of Korean culture - from Buddhism and Confucianism to chapters on the traditional arts and...
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    Samurai
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    Samurai

    Samurai: An Illustrated History brings the violent, tumultuous, and, at the same time, elegant world of the medieval Japanese samurai to life. This book of Japanese history traces the story of a unique historical phenomenon: a period of 700...
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    Writing Systems of the World

    This unique, ambitious and entertaining book presents twenty-nine scripts in detail and offers examples of a hundred more. Written in nontechnical prose and organized into brief but comprehensive sections, it will serve as a handy reference for world...
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    A Dying Colonialism
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    A Dying Colonialism

    An incisive and illuminating account of how, during the Algerian Revolution, the people of Algeria changed centuries-old cultural patterns and embraced certain ancient cultural practices long derided by their colonialist oppressors as primitive, in order...
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    Chicago's Great Fire
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    Chicago's Great Fire

    Published on the 149th anniversary of the catastrophe, Chicago's Great FireWill appeal to readers of great narrative historians who have chronicled disasters like Erik Larson (Isaac's Storm) and David McCullough, whose first major book was The Johnstown...
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    The Rise of the G.I. Army, 1940-1941

    In September 1939, when Nazi Germany invaded Poland and initiated World War II, a strong strain of isolationism existed in Congress and across the country. The U.S. Army stood at fewer than 200,000 men-unprepared to defend the country, much less carry...
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    The Deputy

    Upon its premiere, The Deputy stirred up more controversy and caused greater repercussions than any other postwar work. Based on Rolf Hochhuth's research into the Vatican activities during World War II, the play's treatment of Pope Pius XII - the...
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    Toward the African Revolution
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    Toward the African Revolution

    This powerful collection of articles, essays, and letters spans the period between Black Skin, White Masks (1952) and The Wretched of the Earth (1961), Fanon's landmark manifesto on the psychology of the colonized and the means of empowerment necessary...
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    The Comedians

    Jokes change from generation to generation, but the experience of the comedian transcends the ages: the drive, jealousy, heartbreak, and triumph. From the Marx Brothers to Milton Berle to George Carlin to Eddie Murphy to Louis CK-comedy historian Kliph...
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    Footprints of Polonia
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    Footprints of Polonia

    <li><b>This travel guide explores Polishimmigrant experience through sites across North America and will appeal to anyoneinterested in the unique stories and history of the Polish...
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    Forgotten Holocaust, Third Edition

    Forgotten Holocaust has become a classic of World War II literature. As Norman Davies noted, "Dr. Richard Lukas has rendered a valuable service, by showing that no one can properly analyze the fate of one ethnic community in occupied Poland without...
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    Dari-English/English-Dari Dictionary & Phrasebook

    <p><strong>The essential Dari languageresource!</strong></p><p>Dari, spoken by over 20 million peopleworldwide, is one of the official languages of Afghanistan. Closely related tothe...
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    Finding Nemon
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    Finding Nemon

    `I greatly admire the art of Mr Oscar Nemon, whose prowess in the ancient classical realm of sculpture has won such remarkable appreciation in our country.' - Winston ChurchillHis talent was classical sculpture, but his gifts lay in capturing the...
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  • Darkness and Company
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    Darkness and Company

    Part of the Peter Owen World Series: Baltics. 'Darkness and Company' is an unflinching and morally complex historical novel about a Lithuanian photographer who agrees to record the murderous actions of the occupying SS and local militia in return for the...
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    Historical literatures
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    Historical literatures

    Newly available in paperback, Historical literatures recovers a rich, vibrant and complex tradition of Restoration and early eighteenth century English historical writing. Highlighting the wide variety of historical works being printed and read in...
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    Conflict to peace
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    Conflict to peace

    After three decades of violence, Northern Ireland has experienced unprecedented peace. This book, now available in paperback, examines the impact of the 1998 Agreement which halted the violence on those most affected by it - the Northern Irish people...
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    Churchyard and cemetery
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    Churchyard and cemetery

    This book explores the turbulent social history of churchyards and cemeteries over the last 150 years. Using sites from across rural North Yorkshire, the text examines the workings of the Burial Acts and discloses the ways in which religious politics...
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