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Ancient and medieval labyrinths embody paradox, according to Penelope Reed Doob. Their structure allows a double perspective--the baffling, fragmented prospect confronting the maze-treader within,...

In Too Few Women at the Top, Kumiko Nemoto draws on theoretical insights regarding Japan's coordinated capitalism and institutional stasis to challenge claims that the surge in women's...

The Electrification of Russia, 1880-1926 is the first full account of the widespread adoption of electricity in Russia, from the beginning in the 1880s to its early years as a state technology...

As portrayed in this masterful biography, Jozef Tiso's life not only illuminates the modern history of Slovakia but also supplies a missing piece of the larger puzzle that was interwar and...

Since its beginnings, Poland has been a moving target, geographically as well as demographically, and the very definition of who is a Pole has been in flux. In the late medieval and early modern...

The popularity of such books as Frank McCourt's Angela's Ashes, May Karr's The Liar's Club, and Kathryn Harrison's controversial The Kiss, has led columnists to call ours...

Mitrovich argues that the Cold War policy of containment was only the first step in America's clandestine campaign to destroy Soviet power, revealing a range of previously unknown covert...

Trance states, prophesying, convulsions, fasting, and other physical manifestations were often regarded as signs that a person was seized aby spirits. In a book that sets out the prehistory of the...

The author describes the various ideas that may be called chivalric, illustrates their nature and content from contemporary literature, and attempts to show what effect they had on the ethical...

Your Happy Healthy Pet The authoritative information and advice you need, illustrated throughout with full-color photographs--now revised and redesigned to be even more reader-friendly! Cavalier...

Topinambur-meine Di t w chst im Garten Hunger ade - Kilos verlieren mit Topinambur Vor einigen Monaten machte ich eine sonderbare Entdeckung beim Einkaufen auf dem gr nen Markt. "Hey, was...

\nThis sourcebook is a season-by-season appraisal of the fashions of the 1930s, with over 600 photos and illustrations. Includes analysis of the significance of the fashions, and the key designers and

Sildenafil, for the treatment of erectile dysfunction, is one of the first products that has made its way successfully from basic NO (nitrous oxide) research, to clinical routine therapy....

Czas na slow cooker i dania bogate w bialko!Jesli szukasz swietnych pomyslów na przepisy dla swojego slow cookera, to trafiles we wlasciwe miejsce. Z piecdziesiecioma propozycjami kulinarnymi, w...

Ce livre présente le travail de Thomas Freyer, un photographe allemand de nu féminin.