Byzantium in the Eleventh Century: Being in Between (Publications of the Society for the Promotion of Byzantine Studies) by: Marc D. Lauxtermann (Editor), Mark Whittow (Editor) Edition: 1st Publication Date: 2019-12-12 Language: English Print Length: 272 pages ISBN-10: 0367885336 ISBN-13: 9780367885335 Book Description The eleventh century in Byzantium is all about being in between, whether this is between Basil II and Alexios Komnenos, between the forces of the Normans, the Pechenegs and the Tu...
Brassey’s D-Day Encyclopedia: The Normandy Invasion A-Z Author(s): Barrett Tillman (Author) Publisher: University of Nebraska Press Publication Date: January 1, 2004 Edition: First Edition Language: English Print length: 320 pages ISBN-10: 1574887602 ISBN-13: 9781574887600 Book Description This encyclopedia provides detailed entries for everything you ever wanted to know about D-Day, the invasion of Normandy. Organized alphabetically, the entries give descriptions of weapons, equipment, di...
Hunt for the Jews: Betrayal and Murder in German-Occupied Poland by: Jan Grabowski (Author) Publisher: Indiana University Press Publication Date: 2013-10-09 Language: English Print Length: 320 pages ISBN-10: 0253010748 ISBN-13: 9780253010742 Book Description Judenjagd, hunt for the Jews, was the German term for the organized searches for Jews who, having survived ghetto liquidations and deportations to death camps in Poland in 1942, attempted to hide “on the Aryan side.” Jan Grabowsk...
Water into Bones: Birth Rituals, Ancestors, and Religious Pluralism in Northern Madagascar by: Erin K. Nourse (Author) Publisher: Indiana University Press Publication Date: 2025-03-04 Language: English Print Length: 288 pages ISBN-10: 0253072409 ISBN-13: 9780253072405 Book Description Water into Bones explores the spiritual importance of water in Madagascar. Families in northern Madagascar conceptualize water as a spiritual realm where magical creatures and some ancestors live, and believe that ...
Unboxing Japanese Videogames: A Metadata-Based Approach to the Production and Distribution of Spatial Instability by: Martin Roth (Author) Publisher: The MIT Press Publication Date: 2025-02-25 Language: English Print Length: 192 pages ISBN-10: 0262552221 ISBN-13: 9780262552226 Book Description A new perspective on the spatial complexity and plurality of Japanese videogames.Unboxing Japanese Videogames uncovers the complex and plural spatialities of commercial videogames published in Japan betwee...
The Dead Sea: A 10,000 Year History by: Nir Arielli (Author) Publisher: Yale University Press Publication Date: 2025-01-28 Language: English Print Length: 304 pages ISBN-10: 0300259425 ISBN-13: 9780300259421 Book Description A human history of one of the planet’s most iconic lakes, and the civilizations that surrounded its shores The Dead Sea is a place of many contradictions. Hot springs around the lake are famed for their healing properties, though its own waters are deadly to most lifeforms...
In the Shadow of Slavery: African Americans in New York City, 1626-1863 (Historical Studies of Urban America) by: Leslie M. Harris (Author) Publication Date: 2023-11-29 Language: English Print Length: 395 pages ISBN-10: 022682487X ISBN-13: 9780226824871 Book Description A new edition of a classic work revealing the little-known history of African Americans in New York City before Emancipation. The popular understanding of the history of slavery in America almost entirely ignores the institution’...
Drugging France: Mind-Altering Medicine in the Long Nineteenth Century (Volume 5) (Intoxicating Histories) by: Sara E. Black (Author) Publisher: McGill-Queen’s University Press Publication Date: 2022-09-15 Language: English Print Length: 400 pages ISBN-10: 0228011434 ISBN-13: 9780228011439 Book Description In the nineteenth century, drug consumption permeated French society to produce a new norm: the chemical enhancement of modern life. French citizens empowered themselves by seeking pharm...
Meetings With Remarkable Animals by: Martin Clunes (Author) Publisher: Michael Joseph Publication Date: 2025-02-11 Language: English Print Length: 288 pages ISBN-10: 0241723787 ISBN-13: 9780241723784 Book Description Read this remarkable account of the moving and sometimes astonishing ways animals have enriched our lives, from national treasure Martin Clunes—-Guide-dog Laura needed a new home. And, after listening to her owner, Jaina, talk on the radio about what would happen to her much-l...
Speed Capital: Indianapolis Auto Racing and the Making of Modern America (Sport and Society) by: Brian M. Ingrassia (Author) Publisher: University of Illinois Press Publication Date: 2024-02-06 Language: English Print Length: 304 pages ISBN-10: 0252045556 ISBN-13: 9780252045554 Book Description How a speedway became a legendary sports site and sparked America’s car culture The 1909 opening of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway marked a foundational moment in the history of automotive racing. Events...
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