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What would a piece of clay say if it could speak? This book revisits the enigma of the Phaistos Disc, exploring archaeological excavations, archaic languages, and myths to uncover new information and allow “The Stones to Speak.”
What would a piece of clay say if it could speak? This book revisits the enigma of the Phaistos Disc, exploring archaeological excavations, archaic languages, and myths to uncover new information and allow “The Stones to Speak.”
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A History of Magnetism in Human Civilisation
Magnetism on the Long Arc of Time
Journey through millennia as humanity unravels the mysteries of magnetism. From mystic reverence to modern science, this book explores history, philosophy, and scientific phenomena with rigour and clarity. A compelling read for academic minds and general readers alike.
Journey through millennia as humanity unravels the mysteries of magnetism. From mystic reverence to modern science, this book explores history, philosophy, and scientific phenomena with rigour and clarity. A compelling read for academic minds and general readers alike.
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Computers are supposed to be smart, yet they frustrate us because they don’t fit how people think. They impose a binary, all-or-nothing approach to a world of stories and analogies. This book proposes a solution: redesigning computer technology and its social institutions.
Computers are supposed to be smart, yet they frustrate us because they don’t fit how people think. They impose a binary, all-or-nothing approach to a world of stories and analogies. This book proposes a solution: redesigning computer technology and its social institutions.
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Peoples, Nature and Environments
Learning to Live Together
Scholars from the humanities, arts, and sciences debate the relationships between humans, nonhuman species, and ecosystems to overcome the human/environment dichotomy. This analysis explores the complexity of the human/nature interface, including the impacts of climate change.
Scholars from the humanities, arts, and sciences debate the relationships between humans, nonhuman species, and ecosystems to overcome the human/environment dichotomy. This analysis explores the complexity of the human/nature interface, including the impacts of climate change.
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This book explores how immigrants in Caribbean Colombia shaped the city of Barranquilla. It examines customs and cultural beliefs reflected in the region's housing, art, and culture, aiming to reconcile diverse groups and create bonds of shared responsibility.
This book explores how immigrants in Caribbean Colombia shaped the city of Barranquilla. It examines customs and cultural beliefs reflected in the region’s housing, art, and culture, aiming to reconcile diverse groups and create bonds of shared responsibility.
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Born a slave, C.H.J. Taylor became an influential, controversial figure in African American conservatism. He argued poverty, not racism, was the principal barrier to Black advancement, recruiting Blacks to vote Democratic and clashing with figures like Douglass and Ida B. Wells.
Born a slave, C.H.J. Taylor became an influential, controversial figure in African American conservatism. He argued poverty, not racism, was the principal barrier to Black advancement, recruiting Blacks to vote Democratic and clashing with figures like Douglass and Ida B. Wells.
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In response to Britain’s economic decline, the Conservative Government of 1959-1964 effected a series of striking and controversial policy transformations. This book examines their ambitious aim: to fashion a modern nation and ensure their continuation in power.
In response to Britain’s economic decline, the Conservative Government of 1959-1964 effected a series of striking and controversial policy transformations. This book examines their ambitious aim: to fashion a modern nation and ensure their continuation in power.
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This collection of essays examines identity in 19th & 20th century Britain. It explores how social, cultural, and political change created fragmented identities, linking theoretical debates to historical work on class, gender, religion, and nationality.
This collection of essays examines identity in 19th & 20th century Britain. It explores how social, cultural, and political change created fragmented identities, linking theoretical debates to historical work on class, gender, religion, and nationality.
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The world’s first Northern Lights observatory is the focus of this account about everyday life and the epoch-making pioneering of geophysical research on Haldde Mountain in Finnmark, Norway. The book builds on private letters and memoirs about daily life and research.
The world’s first Northern Lights observatory is the focus of this account about everyday life and the epoch-making pioneering of geophysical research on Haldde Mountain in Finnmark, Norway. The book builds on private letters and memoirs about daily life and research.
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Horace's Sermones is an artwork of enormous originality. It is the work of an outsider grappling with identity during a pivotal time in Roman history, detailing a journey from ‘nobody’ to ‘somebody’ in a simultaneous invention of the poet and reinvention of a poetic genre.
Horace’s Sermones is an artwork of enormous originality. It is the work of an outsider grappling with identity during a pivotal time in Roman history, detailing a journey from ‘nobody’ to ‘somebody’ in a simultaneous invention of the poet and reinvention of a poetic genre.
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This book argues that early British women writers created a new expressive mode for melancholy. During a time of cultural and political transitioning, they forged a melancholy aesthetic to articulate their own experiences of loss, depression, and artistic angst.
This book argues that early British women writers created a new expressive mode for melancholy. During a time of cultural and political transitioning, they forged a melancholy aesthetic to articulate their own experiences of loss, depression, and artistic angst.
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Politics and Culture in 18th-Century Anglo-Italian Encounters
Entangled Histories
Exploring Anglo-Italian encounters in the Enlightenment, this book interweaves political and cultural history to compose a lively, unexplored map of a cosmopolitan European world. It offers valuable insight into the interconnected nature of the Age of Reason.
Exploring Anglo-Italian encounters in the Enlightenment, this book interweaves political and cultural history to compose a lively, unexplored map of a cosmopolitan European world. It offers valuable insight into the interconnected nature of the Age of Reason.
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This collection of essays explores sacred groves in Africa and Asia, offering perspectives on the cultural and spiritual dimensions of biodiversity conservation. It brings center-stage the complex interaction between the ‘sacred’ and ‘secular’ in our threatened world.
This collection of essays explores sacred groves in Africa and Asia, offering perspectives on the cultural and spiritual dimensions of biodiversity conservation. It brings center-stage the complex interaction between the ‘sacred’ and ‘secular’ in our threatened world.
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The Political Warfare Executive Syllabus Volume II
Words at War
The Political Warfare Executive Syllabus reveals the dark arts of WWII's elite propagandists. Believing propagandists were trained, not born, they taught how to deliver lethal propaganda, use murder to amplify a message, and planned for a shocking, British-led Europe.
The Political Warfare Executive Syllabus reveals the dark arts of WWII’s elite propagandists. Believing propagandists were trained, not born, they taught how to deliver lethal propaganda, use murder to amplify a message, and planned for a shocking, British-led Europe.
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The Effects of The Black Death in England
Magna Mortalitas
This book gives an overview of the effects of The Black Death on the politics, culture, social structures, and economies of England, using both original commentaries and recent scholarship to document the impact of the 1348 Plague on the country's development.
This book gives an overview of the effects of The Black Death on the politics, culture, social structures, and economies of England, using both original commentaries and recent scholarship to document the impact of the 1348 Plague on the country’s development.
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A Festschrift in Honor of Rami Arav
“And They Came to Bethsaida…”
The Golden Age of Biblical Archaeology all but ignored Bethsaida until 1987, when a young Israeli archaeologist, Rami Arav, began what would become a thirty-two-year-long research project at the site. This work honors the remarkable discoveries and successes of the venture.
The Golden Age of Biblical Archaeology all but ignored Bethsaida until 1987, when a young Israeli archaeologist, Rami Arav, began what would become a thirty-two-year-long research project at the site. This work honors the remarkable discoveries and successes of the venture.
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This book challenges standard accounts of the Cold War's origins. It focuses on imperial rivalries between Britain, the US, and the Soviet Union, evaluating the responsibilities of all three for the breakdown of wartime cooperation. Uniquely, it treats Britain’s role as crucial.
This book challenges standard accounts of the Cold War’s origins. It focuses on imperial rivalries between Britain, the US, and the Soviet Union, evaluating the responsibilities of all three for the breakdown of wartime cooperation. Uniquely, it treats Britain’s role as crucial.
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Defending against Climate Risk
Lessons and Stories from a Foot Soldier in the Climate Wars
The climate wars are not fiction. This book teaches you how to engage in the debate by thinking coherently about climate risk. It presents lessons in risk management drawn from the author’s experiences working with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
The climate wars are not fiction. This book teaches you how to engage in the debate by thinking coherently about climate risk. It presents lessons in risk management drawn from the author’s experiences working with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
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Exploring the qualifications that social actors use to support themselves when engaging in common actions, this inquiry highlights the ways in which these actors communalise certain aspects of their life and produce justifications that give sense to their actions.
Exploring the qualifications that social actors use to support themselves when engaging in common actions, this inquiry highlights the ways in which these actors communalise certain aspects of their life and produce justifications that give sense to their actions.
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The James Losh Diaries, 1802-1833
Life and Weather in Early Nineteenth Century Newcastle-upon-Tyne
In his diaries (1802-1833), James Losh sees the political and social events of the great age of reform refracted through a meteorological prism. More than a weather diary, this long-neglected source provides a fascinating and highly personal narrative.
In his diaries (1802-1833), James Losh sees the political and social events of the great age of reform refracted through a meteorological prism. More than a weather diary, this long-neglected source provides a fascinating and highly personal narrative.
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