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Donald Campbell
The Arecibo Observatory: A History of Innovation and Discovery

Written by its former Director, this book presents a historical account of the famous Arecibo Observatory and its 305-meter radio astronomical telescope, widely known for its groundbreaking scientific dis…

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Cosmic Events

Historical & Cultural Astronomy

This book showcases a wide-ranging study of the comets of 1618. That year came to be regarded as a turning point in European history, marking the start of the Thirty Years' War, which was the most destruc…

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Mariusz Zió¿kowski
History, Calendar and Skylore of the Incas at the Time of the Spanish Conquest

Historical & Cultural Astronomy

A significantly expanded translation of the author's Pachap vnancha: El calendario metropolitano del Estado Inca, this book is the culmination of several decades of research on Andean calendar-astronomica…

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The World of Visual Time Signals for Mariners

Historical & Cultural Astronomy

This book describes the worldwide evolution of land-based visual time signals that were used by mariners in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries for accurate navigation at sea. They followed development…

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Elly Dekker
Alessandro Piccolomini's Early Astronomical Works: II. An Examination of Their Scientific Content

Historical & Cultural Astronomy

This book presents the first detailed scientific examination of Alessandro Piccolomini's two early astronomical works - De la Sfera del Mondo and De le Stelle Fisse. First published in Venice in 1540, the…

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Kristen Lippincott
Alessandro Piccolomini's Early Astronomical Works: I. An Exploration of Their Cultural Significance

Historical & Cultural Astronomy

This book presents the first interdisciplinary study of Alessandro Piccolomini's two early astronomical works - De la Sfera del Mondo and De le Stelle Fisse. First published in Venice in 1540, the two tre…

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Cultural-Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Indian Mobility

This book explores centuries of human movement across the Indian subcontinent through a groundbreaking interdisciplinary lens, masterfully weaving together anthropological insights, historical analysis, a…

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Gudrun Wolfschmidt
Booklet of Abstracts. Timekeeping, Navigation, Surveying - Cultural Astronomy and Instruments.

The main topic is cultural astronomy and archaeoastronomy. A cultural and thematic arc is drawn for the location of humans in space and time for archaic and ancient cultures. All epochs are presented from…

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Gudrun Wolfschmidt
Booklet of Abstracts. Timekeeping, Navigation, Surveying - Cultural Astronomy and Instruments.

The main topic is cultural astronomy and archaeoastronomy. A cultural and thematic arc is drawn for the location of humans in space and time for archaic and ancient cultures. All epochs are presented from…

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Susan M. Divine
Historical Debt and Cultural Capital in Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Spanish Narrative

Susan M. Divine delves beyond the historical fiction model to look at how different genres and generations of contemporary artists take on the concerns of memory, nostalgia, tradition, trauma, and cultura…

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The Anglican Church in the Anglophone Caribbean

Fortress Academic

This book highlights the Church's significant cultural, social, and political presence across the Anglophone Caribbean.Individual authors collectively provide a series of readings of historical and contem…

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Philip A. Clarke
Aboriginal Peoples and Terrestrial Invertebrates in Australia

Aboriginal peoples have deep connections with Australia's terrestrial invertebrates, going back millennia. This book focuses on these historical and cultural relationships, describing the role of insects …

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Scripture in Its Material and Literary Context

T&T Clark

This edited collection explores the world of the Bible by situating Scripture within the material, historical, and literary cultures of the ancient Near East and southern Levant. Bringing together leading…

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The Anglican Church in the Anglophone Caribbean

This book highlights the Church's significant cultural, social, and political presence across the Anglophone Caribbean.Individual authors collectively provide a series of readings of historical and contem…

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Frank Petersen
The Mystery in the Rye

There are countless reports on microorganisms and their special abilities. The saga of the ergot fungus is perhaps the most unusual of them all. The unique history of this plant pathogenic microbe, which …

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Bukola Adeyemi Oyeniyi
The Ife-Modakeke Conflict

Bukola Adeyemi Oyeniyi examines the complex interplay of history, culture, and politics that have shaped the longstanding conflict between the Ife and Modakeke communities in Nigeria.This book argues that…

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Bukola Adeyemi Oyeniyi
The Ife-Modakeke Conflict

Examines the complex interplay of history, culture, and politics that have shaped the longstanding conflict between the Ife and Modakeke communities in Nigeria.

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Design for Performative Arts Spaces

This comprehensive book explores the multifaceted world of performative arts spaces.Part I establishes a strong foundation by tracing the historical evolution of these spaces, showcasing iconic examples, …

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Julian Zabalbeascoa
What We Tried to Bury Grows Here

A Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist A masterly crafted and haunting tale of survival, longing, and empathy, set during the Spanish Civil War, now in a new paperback edition. "Julian Zabalbeascoa …

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Andrew Jamieson
On the Couch

Notting Hill Editions

Psychotherapist Andrew Jamieson considers ten key principles of psychoanalysis and illuminates them through psychobiographies of twenty extraordinary people, including Ernest Hemingway, Josephine Baker, C…

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