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Aubrey Clayton traces the history of the flaw that underlies modern statistics, beginning with the seventeenth-century…

Compiled during the Warring States period of 475-221 B.C.E., The Art of War has had an enormous impact on the development of…

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This book shows how self-improvement culture became so toxic - and why we need both a new concept of the self and a mission…

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An important account of the historical roots of the Tiananmen Square incident, Wang Fan-Isaac autobiography documents events…

When we think of the Italian Mafia, we think of Marlon Brando, Tony Soprano, and the Corleones--iconic actors and characters…

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The launch of the Dutch East India Company in 1602 initiated Amsterdam's transformation from a regional market town into a…

In this beautifully illustrated natural history that links extinct larger feline species with those still in existence,…

Jeffrey E. Cohen demonstrates that existing research has underestimated the president's power to sway Congress. The…

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Since the 1950s, Warren Buffett and his partners have backed some of the twentieth century's most profitable, trendsetting…

\nAlix Olson and Alex Zamalin offer a clear-eyed critical account of how neoliberalism has redefined resistance to thwart…

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\nGuy Crosby offers a lively tour of the history and science behind the art of cooking, with a focus on achieving a healthy…

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Compiled during the Warring States period of 475-221 B.C.E., The Art of War has had an enormous impact on the development of…

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Subtitled, }Their Fossil Remains & Evolutionary History{. Kniha 9780231135290 Dogs | Xioming Wang Brožovaná…

The Book of Swindles, a seventeenth-century story collection, offers a panoramic guide to the art of deception. Ostensibly a…

History of Art in Japan is a fully illustrated overview of Japanese art, written by one of Japan's most distinguished art…

The years before the First World War have long been romanticized as a zenith of French culture—the "Belle Époque.” Dominique…

-- Gerald Prince, University of Pennsylvania Kniha 9780231075916 History and Memory | Jacques Legoff,etc. Brožovaná…

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Aubrey Clayton traces the history of the flaw that underlies modern statistics, beginning with the seventeenth-century…

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The Remarkable Madame Pandit is the definitive biography of Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (1900-1990), India's greatest modern…

This is the extraordinary story of how Japan was dramatically transformed during the long reign of Emperor Meiji, from an…

\nBuried Beneath the City uses urban archaeology to retell the history of New York, from the deeper layers of the past to…

Throughout our history, humans have been captivated by mythic beasts and legendary creatures. Tales of Bigfoot, the Yeti,…

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\nPeace on Our Terms is the first book to demonstrate the centrality of women\'s activism to the Paris Peace Conference and…

\nTo Catch a Dictator is a dramatic insider’s account of the hunt for Hissène Habré, the former despot of Chad, and his…

\nThis book offers a new vision of ecological and participatory democratic life for a time of crisis, allying visionary…

François Hartog is perhaps the most important historian of historiography today... Regimes of Historicity should be required…

Ernst Junger, one of twentieth-century Germany\'s most important and controversial writers, faithfully kept a journal during…

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Maya Deren (1917--1961) was a Russian-born American filmmaker, theorist, poet, and photographer working at the forefront of…

Sima Qian (145?-90? BCE) was the first major Chinese historian. His Shiji, or Records of the Grand Historian, documents the…

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Dating back to the eighth century C.E., the Platform Stra of the Sixth Patriarch is a foundational text of Chan/Zen Buddhism…

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Giovanni Aloi maps the discourses and practices that have enabled the emergence of taxidermy in contemporary art.…

Stretching from ancient times to the late medieval period, Traditional Japanese Literature spans both high and popular…

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-- "New Republic" Kniha 9780231114356 Dawn to the West: A History of Japanese Literature | Donald Keene Brožovaná…

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Moscow in the middle of the seventeenth century had a distinctly apocalyptic feel. An outbreak of the plague killed half the…

The Triassic period is generally viewed as the beginning of the Age of Dinosaurs. For paleontologists, however, it also…

\nFranklin Rudolf Ankersmit—the preeminent figure in the philosophy of history today—offers a deeply original way of…

Focuses on the Dutch East India Company's clashes with Tokugawa Japan over diplomacy, violence, and sovereignty.…

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At the height of the Cold War, the United States Army secretly began work on a base embedded deep in the Greenland ice cap.…

Sixiang Wang demonstrates how Chosŏn political actors strategically deployed cultural practices, values, and narratives to…

\nLet There Be Light is a groundbreaking history of electrification in Hong Kong. Mark L. Clifford traces how a power…

\nTosaka Jun—a major Marxist thinker and critic in 1930s Japan—offers a ruthless philosophical critique of contemporary…

Amy Allen fractures critical theory from within by dispensing with its progressive reading of history while retaining its…

Explores the shifting perceptions and conceptions of historical time that have emerged over the past two centuries. This…

• Rok vydání 2003

Since it was first published more than forty years ago, Sources of Japanese Tradition, Volume 2, has been considered the…

In Travels with Trilobites, Andy Secher invites readers to come along in search of the fossilized remains of ancient…

In this groundbreaking book, leading Arab and Jewish intellectuals examine how and why the Holocaust and the Nakba are…

\nThis book explores how Qatar became a major player in the global energy market. Part historical analysis, part in-the-room…

Notre-Dame of Amiens is one of the great Gothic cathedrals. Its construction began in 1220, and artistic production in the…