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A many-faceted exploration of spoken eloquence: how it works, how it has evolved, and how to tap its remarkable power...

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Tracing the story of anger from the Buddha to Twitter, Rosenwein provides a much-needed account of our changing and contradictory understandings of this emotion. All of us think we know when we are angry, and we are sure we can recognize anger...

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A global account of military strategy, which examines the practices, rather than the theories, of the most significant military figures of the past 400 years. Strategy has existed as long as there has been organised conflict...

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Yale University Press: Examining 36 democracies from 1945 to 1996, this text arrives at important - and unexpected -...

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Widely acknowledged in his time as a premier painter of still life and genre scenes, Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin (1699-1779) created unsentimentalized works that appeal to viewers today for their richness of feeling and simplicity of composition...

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How subtler forms of balance-of-power politics can help states achieve their goals against aggressive powers without wars or arms races. At the end of the Cold War, the United States emerged as the world's most powerful state, and then used that power...

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Celebrating decades of achievement by one of the foremost names in British fashion, whose vitality and influence continue to shine. Zandra Rhodes provides a luscious documentary of this leading British designer, ...

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Named one of Book Riot's Six Great Nonfiction Books about Time. A tour of clocks throughout the centuries-from the sandglass to the telomere-to reveal the physical, biological, and social nature of time...

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The first in a ground-breaking two-volume history of Henry III's rule. Nine years of age when he came to the throne in 1216, Henry III had to rule within the limits set by the establishment of Magna Carta and the emergence...

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The first comprehensive history of the most decisive military campaign of the Third Crusade and one of the longest wartime sieges of the Middle Ages. The two-year-long siege of Acre (1189-1191) was the most significant military engagement...

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An authoritative survey situating some of the Western world's most renowned buildings within a millennium of Islamic history. Some of the most outstanding examples of world architecture, such as the Mosque of Cordoba...

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Told for the first time from their perspective, the story of children who survived the chaos and trauma of the Holocaust. How can we make sense of our lives when we do not know where we come from? This was a pressing question for the youngest survivors...

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The extraordinary account of the Cuban people's struggle for survival in a post-Soviet world. In the aftermath of the fall of the Soviet Union, Cuba faced the start of a crisis that decimated its economy...

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An insider's account of the Eastern Orthodox Church, from its beginning in the era of Jesus and the Apostles to the modern age. In this lively and intimate account of the Eastern Orthodox Church, John McGuckin tackles the question...

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For mathematician Francis Su, a society without mathematical affection is like a city without concerts, parks, or museums. To miss out on mathematics is to live without experiencing some of humanity’s most beautiful ideas...

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The altarpiece is one of the most distinctive and remarkable art forms of the Renaissance period. It is difficult to imagine an artist of the time―whether painter or sculptor, major or minor―who did not produce at least one...

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The history of Britain's complex relationship with Europe, untangled"[A] cool-headed, fair, and judicious analysis of Britain and the EU at a decisive period in history"- Thomas Gallagher, Brexit-Watch.org Is Britain a part of Europe? The British have...

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Usually associated with Mies and Le Corbusier, the Modern Movement was instrumental in advancing new technologies of construction in architecture, including the use of glass, steel, and reinforced concrete. Renowned historian Kenneth Frampton offers...

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A wide-ranging look at surrealist and postsurrealist engagements with the culture and imagery of childhood We all have memories of the object-world of childhood. For many of us, playthings and images from those days continue to resonate. Rereading a swath

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Human travel into space is an enormously expensive and unforgiving endeavor. So why go? In this accessible and authoritative book, astrophysicist Martin Elvis argues that the answer is asteroid exploration, for the strong motives...

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