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Legion: life in the Roman army /anglais
ABDY RICHARD - BRITISH MUSEUM
Format: Hardcover
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The accompanying hardback catalogue to the British Museum exhibition Legion: life in the Roman army.. The Roman army has been immortalised in heroic art and screen epics, but what was life really like for an ordinary soldier? This book tells the story of everyday life in the army - including... |
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The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church
Sarah McCammon - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NATIONAL BESTSELLER. "An intimate window into the world of American evangelicalism. Fellow exvangelicals will find McCammon's story both startlingly familiar and immensely clarifying, while those looking in from the outside can find no better introduction... |
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To Be a Jew Today: A New Guide to God, Israel, and the Jewish People
Noah Feldman - Recorded Books
Format: Hardcover
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A leading public intellectual's timely reckoning with how Jews can and should make sense of their tradition and each other.What does it mean to be a Jew? At a time of worldwide crisis, venerable answers to this question have become unsettled. In To Be a Jew Today, the legal scholar... |
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The Reckoning: From the Second Slavery to Abolition, 1776-1888
Robin Blackburn - Verso
Format: Hardcover
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"Tremendously impressive, the result of a lifetime of learning. Historical writing at its best." - Marcus Rediker, author of The Slave Ship. A history of 19th century slavery in the US, Brazil and Cuba from a critically acclaimed historian of slavery in the Americas. The Reckoning... |
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Little Brother: Love, Tragedy, and My Search for the Truth
Ben Westhoff - Hachette Books
Format: Hardcover
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This intimate exploration of race and inequality in America tells the story of a journalist's long-time relationship with his mentee, Jorell Cleveland, through the Big Brothers Big Sisters program and investigates Jorell's tragic fatal shooting. In 2005, soon after Ben Westhoff... |
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Brought Forth on This Continent: Abraham Lincoln and American Immigration
Harold Holzer - Dutton
Format: Hardcover
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From acclaimed Abraham Lincoln historian Harold Holzer, a groundbreaking account of Lincoln's grappling with the politics of immigration against the backdrop of the Civil War.. In the three decades before the Civil War, some ten million foreign-born people settled in the United States,... |
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Lighthouses of Hampton Roads: A History (The History Press)
Benjamin H. Trask - The History Press
Format: Paperback
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For nearly two centuries, the beacons of light stations guided vessels through the deceptively hazardous waters in and around Hampton Roads. Eleven light stations have dotted the southeastern coast of Virginia since the days of the early republic. Starting with Alexander Hamilton's... |
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American Zion: A New History of Mormonism
Benjamin E. Park - Liveright
Format: Hardcover
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The first major history of Mormonism in a decade, drawing on newly available sources to reveal a profoundly divided faith that has nevertheless shaped the nation.The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints was founded by Joseph Smith in 1830 in the so-called burned-over district of western... |
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The Pet Shop Boys and the Political: Queerness, Culture, Identity and Society
Bodie A. Ashton - Bloomsbury Academic
Format: Paperback
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The Pet Shop Boys came of age at a time of deep socio-political tension. From the rise of sexual politics and awareness to Thatcherite neoliberalism and the Cold War, this book explores the cultural and political impact of the band and offers a fascinating window into the late 20th and early... |
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