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The Cauldron
The Making of the Modern Middle EastA history of the Middle East - from Morocco, Yemen and Iran to Sudan, Israel and Turkey - since 1900, from the no.1 bestselling author of JERUSALEM
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The Embarrassment of Riches
An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the Golden Age€ 32,99 -
The World According to Colour
A Cultural HistoryA book to brighten the dullest days
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Iran: Empire of the Mind
A History from Zoroaster to the Present DayIran often appears in the media as a hostile and difficult country. From the time of the prophet Zoroaster, to the powerful ancient Persian Empires, to the revolution of 1979, the hostage crisis and president Mahmud Ahmadinejad - a controversial figure within as well as outside the country - this guide traces an account of Iran's past.
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How to Fight Anti-Semitism
Her childhood synagogue in Pittsburgh was the site of last year's Shabbat morning massacre. This passionate, vividly written, regularly insightful book is her pained, fighting
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The Life and Legend of the Sultan Saladin
Superb, highly readable and definitive ... One of the world’s leading crusades scholars ... Phillips's narrative of Saladin's career is vivid and judicious, punctuated by set pieces that charge along like battle scenes from Game of Thrones
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The Land Where Lemons Grow
The Story of Italy and its Citrus FruitA book about Italy's unexpected history, told through its citrus fruits. Combining travel writing with history, recipes, horticulture and art, it takes the reader on a unique and rich journey through Italy's cultural, moral, culinary and political past.
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Foreign Bodies
The Terror of Contagion, the Ingenuity of ScienceAn epic story of humanity’s struggle against pandemics from the renowned historian and broadcaster
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A Fistful of Shells
West Africa from the Rise of the Slave Trade to the Age of RevolutionA Fistful of Shells is the fruit of research conducted in the archives of nine nations and required the author to undertake fieldwork across eight West African states. It shows. [...] This is a stunning work of research and argumentation. It has the potential to become a landmark in our understanding of the most misunderstood of continents.
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A History of Judaism
An absolute godsend ... Goodman has done both Jews and non-Jews a great service with this book, encapsulating most of Jewish thought over four millennia into one extraordinarily readable volume
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Belonging
The Story of the Jews 1492–1900A magnificent achievement… [a] parade of bustlingly vital characters from across the globe ... all painted in luminous colour… By offering such a throbbing cavalcade of characters, Schama is defying several key assumptions, even stereotypes, about Jewish history and Jews themselves… Above all, while much Jewish history can read like a sorrowful trudge through disaster, plague and pogrom, Schama’s book teems with life rather than death
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The Stuff of History
A Curated Compendium of Curious Objects and Forgotten PeopleSteven Moore has worked as an antiques dealer, auctioneer and museum curator. He is a published author, journalist, and also a highly experienced TV presenter best known for his appearances on the BBC, particularly BBC One's top-rated factual Antiques Roadshow, where he has been a regular expert since 2003. More recently he has joined BBC One's Antiques Roadtrip.
€ 14,95