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Frederick Barbarossa

A fresh account of the life and legacy of the legendary Holy Roman emperor.Frederick Barbarossa--also known as Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor from 1155--was a dominant figure in late-twelfth-century Euro…

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Allan I Macinnes
Conflict and Loyalty

A new, global history of the Jacobite movement spanning more than a century.A seventeenth-century British political cause, Jacobitism endured for more than a hundred years, fueled by plots, propaganda, an…

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Carol Mavor
Serendipity

"An exploration of the sadness, as well as the joy, of unexpected discoveries in history and life. Carol Mavor's first "happy accident" occurred in 1980 when visiting New York's Serendipity…

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Jr Moores
Off the Ground

"A sympathetic but clear-eyed exploration of Paul McCartney's work in the 1990s, arguably his most important since the rise of the Beatles."--Provided by publisher.

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Katrina Navickas
Contested Commons

A dynamic history of political organizing for the preservation of public spaces in England.A radical history of England, Contested Commons is a gripping overview of increasingly restrictive policing and l…

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Nicholas Nicastro
Archimedes

A bold reimagining of the Greek mathematician's singular life as a truly modern scientist.Galileo, Leonardo, Newton, and Tesla revered him: Archimedes of Syracuse--an engineer who single-handedly defied t…

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Jill Norman
The English Table

A delectable journey through the culinary history of England from ancient times to today.The English Table is a delectable journey through the culinary history of England from ancient times to the present…

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Gill Perry
Islands and Contemporary Art

A profound journey through diverse representations of islands in contemporary art.In this groundbreaking exploration, Gill Perry looks at the vital role that islands play in contemporary visual arts. Resp…

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François Quiviger
Bernard Palissy and the Arts of the Earth

A life of the sixteenth-century potter and scientist, with special attention to his natural philosophy.Bernard Palissy, a French Renaissance artisan philosopher, saw intelligence and consciousness in all …

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Eric C Rath
Kanpai

Lift a glass to the story of sake--from Japanese homebrew to global phenomenon.Sake, Japan's iconic rice-based alcoholic drink, has been central to Japanese culture for over 1,300 years. Traditionally mad…

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Glenn Richardson
Francis I

A compelling, concise biography of the sixteenth-century French king, whose patronage was central to Renaissance art.Francis I of France led one of the most colorful and influential reigns of the sixteent…

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Ritchie Robertson
E.T.A. Hoffmann

A life of the nineteenth-century German writer and composer most famous for inspiring The Nutcracker.E.T.A. Hoffmann (1776-1822) is celebrated for his supernatural fiction such as The Sandman as well as h…

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Anastasija Ropa
The Medieval Horse

A rich history of how the bonds between horses and people shaped the Middle Ages.This book explores the role of horses across the global medieval world. Covering the early medieval period to the late Midd…

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Barbara H Rosenwein
Winter Dreams

Examines how the elderly have thought, felt and expressed themselves over 2,000 years.

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Bartholomew Ryan
Fernando Pessoa

A critical biography of the modernist Portuguese writer.As a young man Fernando Pessoa aspired to, as he put it, "be plural like the universe." He would fulfill this desire by inventing over one…

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Alec Ryrie
The Age of Hitler and How We Will Survive It

Examining everything from popular novels to politics, an investigation of persistent fascination with Nazis--and where it might take us.We live in an age where Hitler and the Nazis dominate our cultural i…

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Helen Scales
Ocean Art

From a leading writer of the sea, an exquisitely illustrated deep dive into the beauty and meaning of art inspired by the life of the watery depths.Artists have captured the marvels of ocean life througho…

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Timon Screech
Tokyo Before Tokyo

A rich and original history of Edo, the shogun's city that became modern Tokyo. Tokyo today is one of the world's mega-cities and the center of a scintillating, hyper-modern culture--but not everyone is…

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Vaughn Scribner
Merpeople

A wide-ranging, beautifully illustrated history of mermaids and mermen from the classics to cosplay.People have been fascinated by merpeople and merfolk since ancient times. From the sirens of Homer's Ody…

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Michael J Seth
Forever President

The life story of enigmatic North Korean leader Kim Il Sung, grandfather to Kim Jong Un.Kim Il Sung (1912-94) ruled his country, North Korea, for longer and shaped it more profoundly than almost any other…

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