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Victorian Christmas
Lucinda Dickens Hawksley
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Celebrate the holiday like a Victorian with authentic dishes and customs beloved by all, from the working classes to the royal family.
Lucinda Dickens Hawksley, a descendant of Charles Dickens, reveals the fascinating tale of Christmas traditions during Queen Victoria's reign. In 1843,... |
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Precious
Helen Molesworth
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A renowned jewelry expert recounts her career working with nature’s most extraordinary treasures—gemstones—and traces these rare jewels from ancient Egyptian records through the high-stakes auctions of today.“Engaging and illuminating, Precious is a master class in the history of gems.”—Francesca... |
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Narcotopia
Patrick Winn
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The gripping true story of an indigenous people running the world’s mightiest narco-state—and America’s struggle to thwart them. In Asia’s narcotics-producing heartland, the Wa reign supreme. They dominate the Golden Triangle, a mountainous stretch of Burma between Thailand... |
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Not Stolen
Jeff Fynn-Paul
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A renowned historian debunks current distortion and myths about European colonialism in the New World and restores much needed balance to our understanding of the past.Was America really "stolen" from the Indians? Was Columbus a racist? Were Indians really peace-loving, communistic environmentalists?... |
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Runes and Astrology
Nigel Pennick
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Explores how runes relate to the cycles of time• Looks at the meanings and temporal qualities of the 24 runes of the Elder Futhark and their rapport with ancient timekeeping and star-reading methods• Examines the runes' relationships with the planets, the stars, the seasons, and the precessional... |
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