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Reinventing the Wheel: Milk, Microbes, and the Fight for Real Cheese Volume 65
The Age of Openness: China Before Mao
The era between empire and communism is routinely portrayed as a catastrophic interlude in China's modern history. But in this book, Frank Dik tter shows that the first half of the …
The Diaries of Paul Klee, 1898-1918
Paul Klee was endowed with a rich and many-sided personality that was continually spilling over into forms of expression other than his painting and that made him one of the most …
Jews in the Mediterranean Diaspora: From Alexander to Trajan (323 Bce-117 Ce) Volume 33
This book for the first time assembles and analyzes the evidence about the Jewish communities outside Judea: in Egypt (the longest section, for the evidence is quite plentiful), …
Life at the Extremes: The Science of Survival
The challenge of scaling the highest mountain, exploring the deepest ocean, crossing the hottest desert, or swimming in near-freezing water is irresistible to many people. Life at …
The Finest Wines of Tuscany and Central Italy: A Regional and Village Guide to the Best Wines and Their Producers
The wines of Tuscany were famous long before Leonardo da Vinci described them as bottled sunshine, and they are at the forefront of the remarkable renaissance of Italian wine over …
The Roman Empire: Economy, Society and Culture
During the Principate (roughly 27 BCE to 235 CE), when the empire reached its maximum extent, Roman society and culture were radically transformed. But how was the vast territory …
Talking at the Gates: A Life of James Baldwin
James Baldwin was one of America's finest and most influential writers. By the time he died in 1987, his books, such as The Fire Next Time, Go Tell It on the Mountain, and …
Just My Soul Responding: Rhythm and Blues, Black Consciousness, and Race Relations
One of the most innovative and ambitious books to appear on the civil rights and black power movements in America, Just My Soul Responding also offers a major challenge to …
Twelve Feminist Lessons of War
Renowned scholar-activist Cynthia Enloe lays out the lessons that women activists have drawn from their immediate experiences of war. Twelve Feminist Lessons of War draws on …
Hard Core: Power, Pleasure, and the Frenzy of the Visible, Expanded Edition
In this study, the author moves beyond the impasse of the anti-porn/anti-censorship debate to analyze what hard-core film pornography is and does - as a genre with a history, as a …