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Vanishing Vienna: Modernism, Philosemitism, and Jews in a Postwar City

Vanishing Vienna: Modernism, Philosemitism, and Jews...

Author: Frances Tanzer
ISBN: 9781512825343
Format: Hardback
$158.27

"""This book reveals the foundational role philosemitism played in the effort to reimagine urban cultures after...  Read More >>

The White Bonus: Five Families and the Cash Value of Racism in America

The White Bonus: Five Families and the Cash Value of...

Author: Tracie McMillan
ISBN: 9781250619426
Format: Hardback
$54.99

Award-winning journalist Tracie McMillan combines gripping memoir, top-notch original reporting, and rigorous research...  Read More >>

Libertine London: Sex in the Eighteenth-Century Metropolis

Libertine London: Sex in the Eighteenth-Century Metropolis...

Author: Julie Peakman
ISBN: 9781789148473
Format: Hardback
$49.99

Unveils the complex sex lives of libertine women in eighteenth-century London.  Read More >>

The English Convict Hulks 1600s - 1868: Transporting Criminals to Australia

The English Convict Hulks 1600s - 1868: Transporting...

Author: Mick Davis
ISBN: 9781399054492
Format: Hardback
$66.00

In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, Britain had eased its problem of crowded jails and surplus criminals...  Read More >>

Introduction to the Carolingian Age

Introduction to the Carolingian Age

Author: Cullen J. Chandler
ISBN: 9781032121222
Format: Hardback
$273.00

Introduction to the Carolingian Age provides an accessible history of western Europe in the eighth and ninth centuries,...  Read More >>

Well of Souls: Uncovering the Banjo's Hidden History

Well of Souls: Uncovering the Banjo's Hidden History...

Author: Kristina R. Gaddy ,  Rhiannon Giddens
ISBN: 9781324074489
Format: Paperback
$31.95

An illuminating history of the banjo, revealing its origins at the crossroads of slavery, religion and music  Read More >>

Strong Like Her: A Celebration of Rule Breakers, History Makers, and Unstoppable Athletes

Strong Like Her: A Celebration of Rule Breakers, History...

Author: Haley Shapley ,  Sophy Holland
ISBN: 9781982120863
Format: Paperback
$45.00

Beautiful and powerful, Strong Like Her presents the awe-inspiring account of women’s athleticism throughout history--from...  Read More >>

The Full English: A Journey in Search of a Country and its People

The Full English: A Journey in Search of a Country and...

Author: Stuart Maconie
ISBN: 9780008498290
Format: Paperback
$24.99

A Sunday Times Book of the Week and Top 10 Bestseller A Waterstones Travel Book of the Year A...  Read More >>

Rivets, Trivets and Galvanised Buckets: Life in the village hardware shop

Rivets, Trivets and Galvanised Buckets: Life in the...

Author: Tom Fort
ISBN: 9781472291950
Format: Paperback
$26.99

Rivets, Trivets and Galvanised Buckets is The Repair Shop meets The Diary of a Bookseller all conveyed in Tom Fort's...  Read More >>

Bernard Shaw’s and Virginia Woolf’s Interior Authors: Censored and Modern

Bernard Shaw’s and Virginia Woolf’s Interior Authors:...

Author: Lagretta Tallent Lenker
ISBN: 9783031496035
Format: Hardback
$316.77

Despite their difference in age (Shaw was twenty-six years older than Woolf), and public demeanor - Shaw sought...  Read More >>

The Palace: From the Tudors to the Windsors, 500 Years of History at Hampton Court

The Palace: From the Tudors to the Windsors, 500 Years...

Author: Gareth Russell
ISBN: 9780008437015
Format: Paperback
$26.99

'If a house could gossip, this is the book that Hampton Court would whisper. An enjoyable and readable stroll through...  Read More >>

Ethnographic Discourses on Women and Islam in Turkey: A Critical Reading

Ethnographic Discourses on Women and Islam in Turkey:...

Author: Petek Onur
ISBN: 9783031508745
Format: Hardback
$343.17

Countless aspects of Muslim women’s lives appear as symbols and indicators in this society like in many other Muslim...  Read More >>

Cypria: A Journey to the Heart of the Mediterranean

Cypria: A Journey to the Heart of the Mediterranean...

Author: Alex Christofi
ISBN: 9781399401890
Format: Paperback
$36.99

An evocative and lyrical history of Cyprus and the Mediterranean.  Read More >>

Moneta: A History of Ancient Rome in Twelve Coins

Moneta: A History of Ancient Rome in Twelve Coins

Author: Gareth Harney
ISBN: 9781847927514
Format: Paperback
$36.99

The extraordinary story of Rome told through one of the world's once most ubiquitous objects- coins. The extraordinary...  Read More >>

The Routledge History of Happiness

The Routledge History of Happiness

Author: Katie Barclay (University of Adelaide, Australia) ,  Darrin McMahon (Dartmouth College, USA)
ISBN: 9781032323190
Format: Hardback
$431.00

Unmatched in originality, breadth, and scope, The Routledge History of Happiness features chapters that explore...  Read More >>

The Women of Mexico's Cultural Renaissance: Intrepid Post-Revolution Artists and Writers

The Women of Mexico's Cultural Renaissance: Intrepid...

Author: Elena Poniatowska ,  Elizabeth Coonrod Martínez
ISBN: 9783031111792
Format: Paperback
$343.17

This includes Frida Kahlo, Maria Izquierdo, and Nahui Olin, three outstanding artists of the cultural renaissance...  Read More >>

Cypria: A Journey to the Heart of the Mediterranean

Cypria: A Journey to the Heart of the Mediterranean...

Author: Alex Christofi
ISBN: 9781399401883
Format: Hardback
$42.99

An evocative and lyrical history of Cyprus and the Mediterranean.  Read More >>

Sluts: The truth about slutshaming and what we can do to fight it

Sluts: The truth about slutshaming and what we can do...

Author: Beth Ashley
ISBN: 9780241675236
Format: Hardback
$37.99

From award-winning journalist Beth Ashley comes a groundbreaking investigation into the history of slutshaming,...  Read More >>

Moneta: A History of Ancient Rome in Twelve Coins

Moneta: A History of Ancient Rome in Twelve Coins

Author: Gareth Harney
ISBN: 9781847927507
Format: Hardback
$59.99

The extraordinary story of Rome told through one of the world's once most ubiquitous objects- coins. The extraordinary...  Read More >>

Harpy: A Manifesto for Childfree Women

Harpy: A Manifesto for Childfree Women

Author: Caroline Magennis
ISBN: 9781837730650
Format: Hardback
$44.99

Harpy is a measured, compassionate and truly compelling read. I've been waiting to read a book like this for such...  Read More >>

Feeling Asian American: Racial Flexibility Between Assimilation and Oppression

Feeling Asian American: Racial Flexibility Between Assimilation...

Author: Wen Liu
ISBN: 9780252087905
Format: Paperback
$60.99

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