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The New Roman Empire: A History of Byzantium
Anthony Kaldellis - Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover
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A major new history of the eastern Roman Empire, from Constantine to 1453.. In recent decades, the study of the Eastern Roman Empire, also known as Byzantium, has been revolutionized by new approaches and more sophisticated models for how its society and state operated. No longer looked... |
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Double Click: Twin Photographers in the Golden Age of Magazines
Carol Kino - Scribner
Format: Hardcover
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A riveting dual biography of the McLaughlins - identical twin sisters who became groundbreaking photographers in New York during the glamorous magazine golden age of the 1930s and 40s - for fans of Ninth Street Women and The Barbizon. . The McLaughlin twins were trailblazing female photographers,... |
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In True Face: A Woman's Life in the CIA, Unmasked
Jonna Mendez - PublicAffairs
Format: Hardcover
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The bestselling coauthor of The Moscow Rules and Argo tells her riveting, courageous story of being a female spy at the height of the Cold War. Jonna Hiestand Mendez began her CIA career as a "contract wife" performing secretarial duties for the CIA as a convenience to her husband,... |
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The Return of Great Powers: Russia, China, and the Next World War
Jim Sciutto - Dutton
Format: Hardcover
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The essential new book by CNN anchor and chief national security analyst Jim Sciutto, identifying a new, more uncertain global order with reporting on the frontlines of power from existing wars to looming ones across the globe. The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 dawned what Francis Fukuyama... |
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Women Money Power: The Rise and Fall of Economic Equality
Josie Cox - Abrams Press
Format: Hardcover
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From an experienced financial journalist, Women Money Power is the story of how women have fought for financial freedom, and the social and political hurdles that have kept them from equality. For centuries, women were denied equal access to money and the freedom and power that came with... |
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She's a Badass: Women in Rock Shaping Feminism
Katherine Yeske Taylor - Backbeat
Format: Hardcover
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Feminism has always been a complex and controversial topic, as female rock musicians know especially well. When they've stayed true to their own vision, these artists have alternately been adored as role models or denounced as bad influences. Either way, they're asked to cope with... |
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