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Letters from Iwo Jima reveals the true story of the Battle of Iwo Jima, the subject of two films directed by Clint Eastwood. Flags of Our Fathers tells the story of the US Marines who raised the flag above the island: the iconic image of the war with Japan. His other...
Editeur :
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution :
2015-09-10
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The distant past is commonly characterized in terms of dominant materials of the time – the Stone Age, the Bronze Age, the Iron Age, etc. Since the dawn of writing, however, characterizing eras in terms of materials has fallen by the wayside, and yet materials have...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2025-06-13
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Concentrates solely on North-Western Europe, examines the crucial structural changes that shaped the modern world The History of North-Western Europe provides a broad account of the regions included in the modern states of France, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium,...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2025-06-12
Collection :
Blackwell History of the World
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During the long nineteenth century, faced with an increasingly powerful and arrogant West, the Ottoman Empire modernised itself with the objective of dealing with an increasingly precarious situation. The history of this modernity, strongly marked by Westernisation,...
Editeur :
Collège de France
Parution :
2025-06-06
Collection :
Leçons inaugurales
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER A Recommended Book in the Washington Post, the New York Times Style Magazine, Observer, W Magazine, NBC News, E! Online, Queerty, Literary Hub, Stylist, Dazed, & Publishers WeeklyFrom the National Book Critics Circle Award-winning...
Editeur :
Little, Brown and Company
Parution :
2025-06-03
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From a brilliant cultural historian, “a secret history of the twentieth century” (Louis Menand) told through the story of design and its utopian promises Design has penetrated every dimension of contemporary society, from classrooms to statehouses to...
Editeur :
Basic Books
Parution :
2025-06-03
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June 1940: France surrenders to Germany. The Gestapo is searching for Heinrich Mann and Franz Werfel, Hannah Arendt, Lion Feuchtwanger and many other writers and artists who had sought asylum in France since 1933. The young American journalist Varian Fry arrives in...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2025-06-03
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A revelatory investigation into the rise and fall of the 'woke' movement and how we can prevent it from happening again. It is no secret that we are in the midst of a cultural revolution. Activists in the 'woke' movement have claimed to be on the right side of history,...
Editeur :
Constable
Parution :
2025-05-29
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From an award-winning historian and New York Times bestselling author, a gripping, fly-on-the-wall account of the weeks leading up to Abraham Lincoln's decision to go to war against the Confederacy.1861: The Lost Peace is the story of President Lincoln’s...
Editeur :
Grand Central Publishing
Parution :
2025-05-27
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This book examines the past history, and contemporary status of subsistence whaling. The papers derive from a symposium ‘Aboriginal Whaling and Identity in the 21st Century’ held at the Eleventh Conference on Hunting and Gathering Societies in Vienna, Austria in...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2025-05-27
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A narrative blend of history, cultural criticism, and memoir in celebration of everyday queer women, based on a lesbian helpline that existed in North London in the nineties, and "a clear-eyed and moving addition to the still-expanding record of lesbian lives"...
Editeur :
Legacy Lit
Parution :
2025-05-27
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Shakespeare stellt in seinen Dramen diverse politische Regime mit ihren jeweiligen Vorzügen und Defiziten dar. Er präsentiert dabei die Monarchie als eine der geeignetsten Staatsformen, sieht aber durchaus auch deren Schwierigkeiten. So entwickelt er die Idee, die...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2025-05-27
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This book analyzes and summarizes the narrative motifs of Chinese mythology, before tracing their material and cultural elements using the new classification of Big Tradition and Small Tradition theories of culture from the field of literary anthropology, as well as...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2025-05-24
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In June 1960, several British newspapers received a letter so shocking some thought it was a hoax. Beginning 'Sir, we are homosexuals . . ', it was signed by Roger Butler and two others. Publishing such a letter seven years prior to the decriminalisation of...
Editeur :
Headline Press
Parution :
2025-05-22
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Washington's Spies, "a page-turning thriller" (James M. Scott) about one of the greatest heists in history: the U.S. Navy’s clandestine capture of a Nazi U-boat at the climax of World War II....
Editeur :
Little, Brown and Company
Parution :
2025-05-20
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This book volume presents a nuanced perspective on comprehending power and authority in Indian history by offering a collection of case studies from different regions of India from different periods. The chapters in the book shed light on the sociological, cultural,...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2025-05-13
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"McNally masterfully combines many disparate lineages of political, social, art, and pop history into one singular, sweeping portrait. The result is a stunning vision of a broad and powerful idealism that gripped the world for more than two...
Editeur :
Da Capo
Parution :
2025-05-13
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A gripping chronicle of the relentless fight for Black educational freedom—and the bold strategies to protect, nourish, and empower Black minds. The Battle for the Black Mind is an explosive historical account of the struggle for...
Editeur :
Legacy Lit
Parution :
2025-05-13
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The astonishing inside story of the Wagner Group, the world’s deadliest militia – “a must-read for anyone interested in the future of Russia and how to counter the Kremlin’s wars” (H. R. McMaster) In June 2023, the Wagner Group...
Editeur :
PublicAffairs
Parution :
2025-05-13
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AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThis is the untold story of the rediscovery of the ancient City of David in Jerusalem and the powerful evidence that proves the Jewish people’s historical and indigenous connection to the Holy Land. Since the founding of...
Editeur :
Center Street
Parution :
2025-05-13
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