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Homo Ludens Homo Ludens Johan Huizinga A unique philosophical perspective regarding the topic of play and it's impact and necessity in human culture. OL1141874W
Byzantium Byzantium Norman Hepburn Baynes Chapters on all aspects of Byzantine culture - Religion - monasticism - Art - Education - Literature - Language. OL1145188W
An American Primer An American Primer Daniel J. Boorstin Anthology of essays, laws, speeches and other writings illustrating the American way of life. OL1169614W
How real is race? How real is race? Carol Chapnick Mukhopadhyay How real is race? What is biological fact, what is fiction, and where does culture enter? What do we mean by a “colorblind” or “postracial” society, or when we say that race is a “social construction… OL12088969W
Outlaw Culture Outlaw Culture Bell Hooks Bell hooks, one of America's leading black intellectuals, is also one of our most clear-eyed and penetrating analysts of culture. Outlaw culture--the culture of the margin, of women, of the disenfran… OL15053153W
The Sheikh's Batmobile The Sheikh's Batmobile Poplak Richard In 2005, Al Shamshoon—an Arabized version of The Simpsons—debuted on an Egyptian satellite station. Pop-culture commentator Richard Poplak was so intrigued that he set off to uncover other examples o… OL15173953W
Strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde describing disordered relationship between science and the … Strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde describing disordered relationship between science and the … Robert Louis Stevenson,Dr. Andrej Poleev A conceptual book of metascience OL15374185W
Capitalist Realism Capitalist Realism Mark Fisher It is easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism. After 1989, capitalism has successfully presented itself as the only realistic political-economic system - a situation that th… OL15683250W
Alistair Cooke's America Alistair Cooke's America Alistair Cooke For years legendary broadcaster Alistair Cooke brought America to the rest of the world with incomparable wit and wisdom. This is his now classic and irresistibly readable 'personal history' of Ameri… OL15841398W
A people of one book A people of one book Timothy Larsen The scripture-saturated culture of nineteenth-century England is displayed by Timothy Larsen in a series of lively case studies of representative figures ranging from the Quaker prison reformer Eliza… OL15934082W
Sailing the wine-dark sea Sailing the wine-dark sea Thomas Cahill "In Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea, his latest bestselling work of popular history, Thomas Cahill escorts the reader on another entertaining-and historically unassailable-journey through the landmarks of … OL15939936W
Resistance and emancipation Resistance and emancipation Arturo Casas,Ben Bollig vii, 409 p. ; 23 cm OL16014557W
1973 nervous breakdown 1973 nervous breakdown Andreas Killen Tumultuous and exciting, 1973 marked the end of the 1960s and the birth of a new cultural sensibility. A year of shattering political crisis, 1973 was defined by defeat in Vietnam, Roe v. Wade, the o… OL16070559W
Kulturtopographie des deutschsprachigen Südwestens im späteren Mittelalter Kulturtopographie des deutschsprachigen Südwestens im späteren Mittelalter Barbara Fleith,René Wetzel Literary historians, paleographers and historians use case studies to discuss ways in which an approach based on the history of transmission can be expanded using aspects from the history of receptio… OL16121889W
Crying in the Middle Ages Crying in the Middle Ages Elina Gertsman "Sacred and profane, public and private, emotive and ritualistic, internal and embodied, medieval weeping served as a culturally charged prism for a host of social, visual, cognitive, and linguistic … OL16168292W
The Ecuador reader The Ecuador reader Steve Striffler,Carlos de la Torre Product Description: Encompassing Amazonian rainforests, Andean peaks, coastal lowlands, and the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador's geography is notably diverse. So too are its history, culture, and politi… OL16500588W
Before the Pyramids Before the Pyramids University of Chicago. Oriental Institute. Museum This catalog for an exhibit at Chicago's Oriental Institute Museum presents the newest research on the Predynastic and Early Dynastic Periods in a lavishly illustrated format. Essays on the rise of t… OL16563805W
Introduction to Islamic civilisation Introduction to Islamic civilisation R. M. Savory This book is a wide-ranging and general introduction to Islamic civilisation from its origins to the present day. Writing in clear and non-technical language, Professor Savory's contributors seek ans… OL17696516W
Water Water Steven Solomon "A narrative account of how water has shaped human society from the ancient past to the present"--Provided by publisher. OL18649828W
On the map On the map Simon Garfield Examines the pivotal relationship between mapping and civilization, demonstrating the unique ways that maps relate and realign history, and shares engaging cartography stories and map lore. OL19667916W
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