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Harry Munt
Universalism and Regionalism in the Early Islamic World

What was the role of local history-writing in the early Islamic World, and why was it such a popular way of thinking about the past? In this innovative study, Harry Munt explores this understudied phenome…

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Sylvia D Hoffert
Wagging Tongues and Tittle Tattle

In Wagging Tongues and Tittle Tattle, Sylvia Hoffert calls on a particularly rich collection of primary sources, including diaries, letters, oral histories, census data, court documents, church records, a…

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Sebastiana Nervegna
The Performance Reception of Greek Tragedy in Ancient Theatres

Greek tragedy enjoyed a rich afterlife on ancient stages. This book reconstructs that history across the entire Mediterranean area, from the fourth century BC to the early third century AD. It is based on…

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Diana Garrisi
Reporting Skin and the Wounded Body in Victorian Britain

Drawing on a wide range of primary sources, this book explains what made skin newsworthy in Victorian Britain. It represents a unique contribution to the media history of the human body by delving into th…

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Kathleen Menzie Lesko, Valerie M. Babb, Carroll R. Gibbs
Black Georgetown Remembered

Georgetown University Press

Georgetown's little-known Black heritage shaped a Washington, DC, community long associated with white power and privilege.Black Georgetown Remembered reveals a rich but little-known history of the George…

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Tyler Goodspeed
Recession

What causes a recession? Do recessions end on their own, or do they require external intervention? Does a recession in one country mean the rest of the world will follow? Are we in a recession now?Economi…

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Shah Tahmasp I,
The Memoirs of Shah Tahmasp I

A remarkable first-person narrative by a sixteenth-century Iranian ruler, the Memoirs of Shah Tahmasp I, Safavid Ruler of Iran (1514-1576), originally written in Persian, represent a vitally important pri…

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Chris Carey
Herodotus

Herodotus' Histories are the primary source for the conflict between Greece and the enormous Persian Empire in the fifth century BC. Book VII begins after the defeat of the first Persian invasion by Athen…

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Indaka Weerasekera
The Notion of Solitude in Pali Buddhist Literature

Exploring how notions of solitude in Pali literature are encompassed in various literary forms, such as stock formulae, poetry, narrative, and imagery, this book includes close analysis of some of the mos…

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Angela Cheetham, Sonya Kirk, George Lord, Katharine Radice
de Romanis Book 1 (2nd edition)

Now endorsed by OCR and Eduqas, this popular Latin course for students aged 11-16 is breathing new life into Latin teaching and learning.de Romanis is a vibrant and accessible introduction to both the Lat…

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Serendipitous Translations

The most comprehensive anthology of primary sources on Sri Lanka's links with the Islamic world ever assembled in English.Sri Lanka is an underappreciated focal point of global history. Known to Persian a…

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Sidney G. Denny
Colonel Benjamin Stephenson and the History of Early Illinois

Colonel Benjamin Stephenson and the History of Early Illinois details the life of Colonel Benjamin Stephenson through unique access to primary sources, including the house in which Stephenson lived--and w…

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Lindy Grant
Eleanor of Aquitaine

An approachable biography of medieval Europe's most powerful (and enigmatic) queen.Eleanor of Aquitaine (1124-1204), the legendary queen of France and later England, has captivated historians for centurie…

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Sunil Amrith
The Burning Earth

In this magisterial book, historian Sunil Amrith twins the stories of environment and Empire, of genocide and eco-cide, of an extraordinary expansion of human freedom and its planetary costs. Drawing on a…

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Toby Osborne
Popes and Papal Rome, 1503-1655

Popes and Papal Rome, 1503-1655 is the first book-length account of the early modern papal court in English. As well as bringing together art historical, social, and political studies in several languages…

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Frank Trentmann
Out of the Darkness

#1 Most Important Political Book of 2023, Sueddeutsche Zeitung (Germany) A Best Book of 2023, The Telegraph(Great Britain)A gripping and nuanced history of the German people from World War II to the war i…

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Victoria Taylor
Eagle Days

TELEGRAPH HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025The Luftwaffe has been historically - almost cartoonishly - depicted as the RAF's antagonist in the Battle of Britain. But how much do we really know about the exper…

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Camilla Annerfeldt
Clothing and Identity in Early Modern Rome

This is the first book-length exploration of the clothes worn in early modern Rome and provides novel insights into the city of Rome during one of its most fascinating periods. It also challenges the noti…

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Alan Walker
Fryderyk Chopin

**A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice. The Sunday Times (UK) Classical Music Book of 2018 and one of The Economist's Best Books of 2018. "A magisterial portrait." - Corinna da Fonseca-W…

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James P Bevill
Spies in Saigon

The Central Intelligence Agency scaled up operations in Vietnam during the early 1950s. Using personal stories, eyewitness accounts, and recently declassified CIA reports from the field, author James P. B…

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