How did the dog become man’s best friend? A celebrated anthropologist unearths the mysterious origins of the unique partnership that rewrote the history of both ...
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A classic in the field of Medical Humanities, the late Philip Sandblom’s study of art and ill health first appeared in English in 1982. This is a new, extended ...
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A Forbes Best Business Book“Vital reading for today’s and tomorrow’s leaders.” —Arianna Huffington “Burnout seems to be everyone’s problem, and this book has so ...
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“From the bedroom to the classroom to the courtroom, ‘consent’ is a key term in our contemporary sexual ethics. In this timely reexamination, Manon Garcia deftl ...
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Los Angeles Times Book Prize FinalistWinner of the Willie Lee Rose PrizeWinner of the PROSE Award in United States HistoryHagley Prize in Business History Final ...
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In this gripping sequel to his bestselling 1177 B.C., Eric Cline tells the story of what happened after the Bronze Age collapsed—why some civilizations endured ...
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A compelling history of the Ptolemies, the decline of Egypt, and the rising power of the Roman Empire The Ptolemaic era, Egypt's last and one of its longest dyn ...
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An enchanting history of the otherworld of elves and fairies, from the nature spirits of Iceland and Ireland to Avalon and Middle EarthOriginating in Norse and ...
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A compelling new history of the EU and the people who sought to shape and challenge it―from Maastricht to todayThe European Union is the most ambitious, and one ...
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A spirited and essential companion to Orwell and his works, covering all the novels and major essaysAn intellectual who hated intellectuals, a socialist who did ...
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Flush with hundreds of illustrations, this book revisits the histories of chemistry, medicine, ideas, and culture through the lens of alchemy The cr ...
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The story of the medieval world’s most extraordinary organisations, the Assassins and the TemplarsThe Assassins and the Templars are two of history’s most legen ...
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The definitive story of cannabis, from its evolution and biological quirks to its role in human history In this entertaining natural history, Rob De ...
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How does AI compare to a doctor when it comes to saving lives? Doctors are under-resourced and face unprecedented levels of stress, with rising patie ...
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A lively account of the history of our planet, from its earliest origins to the present day, told through the major geological changes and scientific breakthrou ...
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A riveting history of vampire panics across cultures and down through the millennia—and why killing the dead is better than killing the livingKilling the Dead p ...
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Women’s cultural and political engagement with oral tales and traditions in European peripheries With Seekers of Wonder, Elena Sottilotta offers the first compa ...
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A major poet and literary critic leads an aesthetic adventure through poems about queer experience, by writers who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, tr ...
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This classic study remains the definitive account of witchcraft and magic in the centuries following the witch trials. The Witchcraft Act of 1736 brought an end ...
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An engaging introduction to the cutting-edge discipline of experience design for students and practitioners in creative fields, including architecture, product ...
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An informative and entertaining account of how actions send signals that shape behaviors and how to design better incentives for better results in our life, our ...
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A beautifully illustrated guide to over seventy-five important journeys in world literature, spanning more than thirty countries and twenty-five hundred yearsFr ...
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The Posthuman offers both an introduction and major contribution to contemporary debates on the posthuman. Digital 'second life', genetically modified food, adv ...
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Frank Furedi returns to the theme of Fear in our society and culture.In 1997, Frank Furedi published a book called Culture of Fear. It was widely acclaimed as p ...
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