Humanities - Page 188

Silk: A History in Three Metamorphoses

There is not just one story of silk.In silk is science, history and mythology.In silk is the future....

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Greek Tragedy in a Global Crisis: Reading through Pandemic Times

What does it mean to read Greek tragedy in a pandemic, a global crisis? How can Greek tragedy addres...

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Intimate History of Evolution: The Story of the Huxley Family

'A masterpiece of biography ... a vivid account of a family at the heart of some of the great cultur...

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Young Queens: Three Renaissance Women and the Price of Power

The boldly original, dramatic intertwined story of Catherine de' Medici, Elisabeth de Valois and Mar...

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Reign of Arrows: The Rise of the Parthian Empire in the Hellenistic Middle East

From its origins as a minor nomadic tribe to its status as a major world empire, the rise of the Par...

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Tutankhamun's Trumpet: The Story of Ancient Egypt in 100 Objects

‘Beautifully written, sumptuously illustrated, constantly fascinating‘ - The TimesOn 26 November 192...

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Germany: The Long Road West: Volume 2: 1933-1990

Vivid, succinct, and highly accessible, Heinrich Winkler's magisterial history of modern Germany off...

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Germany: The Long Road West: Volume 1: 1789-1933

Vivid, succinct, and highly accessible, Heinrich Winkler's magisterial history of modern Germany off...

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Adriatic: A Concert of Civilizations at the End of the Modern Age

“[An] elegantly layered exploration of Europe’s past and future . . . a multifaceted masterpiece.”—T...

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Plato's Caves: The Liberating Sting of Cultural Diversity

Classical antiquity has become a political battleground in recent years in debates over immigration...

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The Madman in the White House: Sigmund Freud, Ambassador Bullitt, and the Lost Psychobiography of Woodro

“A rich study of the role of personal psychology in the shaping of the new global order after World...

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Fire and Rain: Nixon, Kissinger, and the Wars in Southeast Asia

This gripping account interweaves Nixon and Kissinger's pursuit of the war in Southeast Asia and the...

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Imagined Communities in Greece and Turkey: Trauma and the Population Exchanges under Ataturk

In 1923 the Turkish government, under its new leader Kemal Ataturk, signed a renegotiated Balkan War...

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Worshipping Virtues: Personification and the Divine in Ancient Greece

The culture of ancient Greece was thronged with personifications. In poetry and the visual arts, per...

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Polygamy Prostitutes and Death: The Hellenistic Dynasties

The hellenistic royal families, from Alexander the Great to the last Cleopatra, took part in dynasti...

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