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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...

Zadania zawarte w tej książce, opracowane poprzez doświadczonego nauczyciela, nadają się do samodzielnej pracy uczniów klas IV-VI, ułatwiają powtórzenie wiadomości przed pracą klasową, mogą być...

A glorious photographic record of the superhumans who have completed the Barkley Marathons, one of the most mythical running races on earth. It is a race like no other: There is no website to take...

Do you want to have more meaningful conversations in Spanish? Do you want to feel comfortable in a variety of situations? Using authentic conversations between native speakers as a basis, this...

Última entrega de la fascinante saga de los «Hathaways».Aunque haasistido a varios actos sociales en Londres y posee una bellezaclásica y un espíritu libre, Beatrix Hathaway nunca se...

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

Just as the Galactic Empire used great fleets of starships to expand Imperial control across the galaxy, the subsequent authoritarian government, the First Order, used even more technologically...

Berserk has conquered the worlds of manga and anime, and now comes the essential roadmap to the sprawling Berserk universe, exploring the characters, creatures, settings, and stories of...