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The violence of Mao's China is well known, but its extreme form is not. In 1967 and 1968, during the Cultural Revolution, collective killings were widespread in rural China in the form of public exe……続きを見る

For the first time showcasing a unique and extensive range of Australian War Memorial photographs, Gallipoli: a Ridge too far describes the pivotal events of that momentous year as they affected all……続きを見る

Mariam F. Ayad explores how five women were elevated to a position of supreme religious authority. Drawing on a variety of textual, iconographic, and archaeological evidence, and containing fifty-on……続きを見る

Salutations to Jinshashan! In which there is an excellent rite of confession to wash out the sins of a person. Will the water of River Ganga remain contaminated forever? No! If process is carried ou……続きを見る

The book is divided into two broad sections: In Slavery and Freedom, which features critical research on slavery and post-emancipation society, and Gender Paradigms.続きを見る

The Nihon Shoki, translated as The Chronicles of Japan, is the second oldest book of classical Japanese history. The book is also called the Nihongi (The Japanese Chronicles). It is more elaborate a……続きを見る

Fred “Dixie” Walker was a gifted ballplayer from a family of gifted athletes. (His father, uncle, and brother all played major league baseball.) Dixie Walker played in the majors for 18 seasons and ……続きを見る

The Ringling Brothers began their business under the most modest of circumstances and through hard work, business savvy, and some luck created the largest, most famous circus in the world. They beca……続きを見る

Join Liz Bryan on 18 picturesque journeys through the diverse landscapes of the British Columbia Interior. Winding through sagebrush and forest, grassland plateaus and mountain valleys, beside river……続きを見る

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The Turkish Republic was formed out of immense bloodshed and carnage. During the decade leading up to the end of the Ottoman Empire and the ascendancy of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, virtually every town ……続きを見る

This work describes the beliefs, customs and traditions of this tribe from the Ekat district. 続きを見る

In this work of feminist film criticism, Mary Ann Doane examines questions of sexual difference and knowledge in cinematic, theoretical, and psychoanalytic discourses. "Femmes Fatales" examines Freu……続きを見る

Since September 11, 2001, the extensive literature on the United Statess image abroad, by popular pundits and academics alike, leaves the reader with a false impression that foreigners views of Amer……続きを見る

In the tradition of Mark Kurlansky's Cod and Salt, this endlessly revealing book reminds us that the fiber we think of as ordinary is the world's most powerful cash crop, and that it has shaped the ……続きを見る

With a rich and varied history spanning almost three hundred years, Montgomery County suffered during the Revolutionary War, prospered with the Erie Canal and the railroad, and changed in the age of……続きを見る

Sports now constitute one of the most valuable forms of broadcast entertainment in today’s lucrative international market. This textbook explains the economics underlying the sports broadcasting phe……続きを見る

The famed artist discusses the state of Game fishing in the United states during the last decade of the 19th century in this short illustrated essay. 続きを見る

One of the oldest settlements in Michigan, Monroe is a treasure trove of American history. The area had been occupied by various cultures of indigenous people for hundreds of years and later claimed……続きを見る

To ask around town, one will get dozens of conflicting impressions of him. Old timers will state that the guy was quite the boozing rounder. Others might react negatively to stuff he wrote about the……続きを見る

A Sufi Message Of Spiritual Liberty by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan. "Hazrat Inayat Khan (July 5, 1882 - February 5, 1927) was the founder of Universal Sufism and the Sufi Order International. He ……続きを見る

The Navy is very old and very wise. Much of her wisdom is on record and available for reference; but more of it works in the unconscious blood of those who serve her. She has a thousand years of exp……続きを見る

A biography of one of the great 19th-century Africans and an insightful analysis of one of the earlier phases of African nationalism. 続きを見る

It was a wet, bad year on the Old Western Trail. From Red River north and all along was herd after herd waterbound by high water in the rivers. Our outfit lay over nearly a week on the South Canadia……続きを見る

Why did Rome fall?Vicious barbarian invasions during the fifth century resulted in the cataclysmic end of the world's most powerful civilization, and a 'dark age' for its conquered peoples. Or did i……続きを見る

Antonia Fraser's bestselling account of the lives of women in seventeenth-century England. Just how weak were the women of the Civil War era? What could they expect beyond marriage and childbirth in……続きを見る

Before the famed Nuremberg Tribunal, there was Rüsselsheim, a small German town, where ordinary civilians were tried in the first War Crimes Trial of World War II. As the tide of World War II turned……続きを見る

Technology and In/equality explores the diverse implications of the new information and communication technologies through case studies of their applications in three main areas - media, education a……続きを見る

Hujan Rintik rintik di sore hari, Dua orang sahabat karib berteduh di halte bis di sudut kota. Ketika hujan mulai reda, mereka berjalan menuju rumah di pinggir kota sambil bertukar pendapat tentang ……続きを見る

How Cyriacus of Anconaーmerchant, spy, and amateur classicistーtraveled the world, fighting to save ancient monuments for posterity. At the beginning of the fifteenth century, a young Italian bookke……続きを見る