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University of Oklahoma Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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"A history of the US Midwest in the nineteenth century, describing and analyzing a rich civic culture that prized education, literature, libraries, and the arts; developed a stable social order grounded in Victorian norms, republican virtue, and Christian teachings; was marred by overt racism but made significant progress toward racial equality; and generally put democratic ideals into practice further than any nation to date"--
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Crown Publishing
Pub. Date
©2017.
Language
English
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"The American Revolution is often portrayed as an orderly, restrained rebellion, with brave patriots defending their noble ideals against an oppressive empire. It's a stirring narrative, and one the founders did their best to encourage after the war. But as historian Holger Hoock shows in this ... account of America's founding, the Revolution was not only a high-minded battle over principles, but also a profoundly violent civil war--one that shaped...
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"A brilliant synthesis of African and African-American history that shows how slavery differed in different regions of the country, and how the Africans and their descendants influenced the culture, commerce, and laws of the early United States"--
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English
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Even today, the influence of Ancient Rome is indelible, with Europe and the world owing this extraordinary empire a huge cultural debt in almost every important category of human endeavor, including art, architecture, engineering, language, literature, law, and religion. At the peak of its power, Rome's span was vast. In the regional, restless, and shifting history of continental Europe, the Roman Empire stands as a towering monument to scale and
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Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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"Books about the origins of humanity dominate bestseller lists, while national newspapers present breathless accounts of new archaeological findings and speculate about what those findings tell us about our earliest ancestors. We are obsessed with prehistory―and, in this respect, our current era is no different from any other in the last three hundred years. In this coruscating work, acclaimed historian Stefanos Geroulanos demonstrates how claims...
1247) Petersburg fin de siècle
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Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Concentrates on the time between the 1905 and 1917 revolutions.
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Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
©2014.
Language
English
Description
"At the core of Einstein's general theory of relativity are a set of equations that explain the relationship among gravity, space, and time--possibly the most perfect intellectual achievement of modern physics. For over a century, physicists have been exploring, debating, and at times neglecting Einstein's theory in their quest to uncover the history of the universe, the origin of time, and the evolution of solar systems, stars, and galaxies. In this...
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Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
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"Goldman's story of his emergence from grief five years after his wife's death, symbolized by his attempt to overcome his fear of driving in the city. Embracing the DF (Mexico City) as his home, Goldman explores and celebrates the city, which stands defiantly apart from so many of the social ills and violence wracking Mexico ... [and] sets out to try to understand the menacing challenges the city now faces ... [resulting in] an account of one of...
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Publisher
Picador
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"The Bells of Old Tokyo is a remarkable literary debut by Anna Sherman that is an elegant and insightful tour of Tokyo and its residents, as well as a meditation on Japanese culture and society. The book is structured around Anna's search for the eight lost bells that once surrounded the city. These bells marked the city's neighborhoods and kept time for its inhabitants before the introduction of Western-style clocks. The bells are tangible vestiges...
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Publisher
Alfaguara
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
Español
Description
La literatura como forma de intervención en el mundo. Un manifiesto rebelde. De Manuel Rivas. Todo Esto es descivilización. Todo Esto es retroceso y rearme. Todo Esto es la producción de miedo para poner en cuarentena derechos y libertades. Todo Esto es la sustracción de la democracia. Todo Esto es la producción de grietas de desigualdad. Todo Esto es el desmantelamiento de los espacios comunes. Todo Esto es la producción del odio hacia el otro,...
1254) Ancient Egypt for Kids
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Series
Publisher
Albatros Media Group
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Over 5'000 years ago, a civilization developed along the Nile River whose sights and remnants are still enchanting people from all over the world. Huge wonderful pyramids, stone temples, decorated tombs, larger-than-life statues of rulers, tall columns, obelisks, and other memorials can be seen in Egypt wherever you look. Still, many sights are waiting to be freed from the African sands and it remains somewhat mysterious how Egyptian builders could...
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Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Many books offer information about China, but few make sense of what is truly at stake. The questions addressed in this unique volume provide a window onto the challenges China faces today and the uncertainties its meteoric ascent on the global horizon has provoked. In only a few decades, the most populous country on Earth has moved from relative isolation to center stage. Thirty of the world's leading China experts--all affiliates of the renowned...
1256) Egyptians!
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Publisher
Nomad Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"What was it like to live in ancient Egypt? Ancient Civilizations: Egyptians! With 25 Social Studies Projects for Kids combines hands-on STEAM projects with riddles, jokes, fascinating facts, comic strips, essential questions, and links to online resources to encourage kids to develop an understanding of how this ancient civilization contributes to our modern world"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Debate
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
Una lectura necesaria para comprender el tumultuoso pasado de América Latina y la complejidad de su identidad.
The timeless stories of three contemporary Latin Americans whose lives represent three driving forces that have shaped the character of the region: exploitation, violence, and religion.
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Publisher
Gotham Books
Pub. Date
©2014.
Language
English
Description
" The quintessential A to Z guide to British English-perfect for every egghead and bluestocking looking to conquer the language barrier Oscar Wilde once said the Brits have "everything in common with America nowadays except, of course, language." Any visitor to Old Blighty can sympathize with Mr. Wilde. After all, even fluent English speakers can be at sixes and sevens when told to pick up the "dog and bone" or "head to the loo," so they can "spend...
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
At the age of forty-eight, writer and film critic David Denby returned to Columbia University and re-enrolled in two core courses in Western civilization to confront the literary and philosophical masterpieces -- the "great books"--That are now at the heart of the culture wars. In Great Books, he leads us on a glorious tour, a rediscovery and celebration of such authors as Homer and Boccaccio, Locke and Nietzsche. Conrad and Woolf. The resulting personal...
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