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Reading Herzl in Beirut: The PLO Effort to Know the Enemy
Reading Herzl in Beirut by Jonathan Marc Gribetz is a well-researched book that sheds light on the fascinating history of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)'s Research Center and the raids on it by Israel. The present work focuses...
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The Problem of Immigration in a Slaveholding Republic: Policing Mobility in the Nineteenth-Century United States
The present book, The Problem of Immigration in a Slaveholding Republic by Kevin Kenny, focuses on the period between the American Revolution (1765-1783) and the end of the Reconstruction Era (1863-1877) and discusses at length the little-known...
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An Archaeology and History of a Caribbean Sugar Plantation on Antigua
This book is a collection of essays that blends archaeology, archival research, and environmental studies to examine the history and material culture of Betty's Hope, established in the 1650s by the Codrington family. Moreover, Fox, alongside...
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From Cyrus to Alexander: A History of the Persian Empire
Pierre Briant’s From Cyrus to Alexander: A History of the Persian Empire is widely considered the definitive modern history of the Persian Empire. The book covers its origins under Cyrus the Great through its conquest by Alexander the Great...
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Disasters and History: The Vulnerability and Resilience of Past Societies
The collaborated book by Bas Van Bavel and others, Disasters and History; The Vulnerability and Resilience of Past Societies, offers a distinctive examination of various methodologies and discoveries in historical disaster research. It situates...
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In the Land of Ninkasi: A History of Beer in Ancient Mesopotamia
In the Land of Ninkasi: A History of Beer in Ancient Mesopotamia by Tate Paulette offers a straightforward introduction to its subject matter. It provides a comprehensive insight into the ancient practice of Mesopotamian beer-making. Each...
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Revolutionaries : The Other Story of How India Won Its Freedom
Revolutionaries: The Other Story of How India Won Its Freedom is a popular history book about the sacrifice of the Indian people during the Indian Revolution. The author, Sanjeev Sanyal, is currently a member of the Indian Prime Minister...
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Paper Before Print: The History and Impact of Paper in the Islamic World
Paper Before Print: The History and Impact of Paper in the Islamic World, penned by the retired art historian Jonathan Max Bloom from Boston College, offers a comprehensive exploration of the prominence of paper in Islamic history and its...
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In Praise of the Ancestors: Names, Identity, and Memory in Africa and the Americas
Susan Elizabeth Ramírez’s In Praise of the Ancestors book underlines the fact that besides collective memories, the modern world’s sense of history is based primarily on written records stored in archives around the world. This book seeks...
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The Bright Ages: A New History of Medieval Europe
Each chapter of the book examines key developments in time and space across Medieval Europe, starting and ending in Ravenna, Italy. It covers: the late Western Roman Empire the Byzantine Empire, the Goths, Anglo-Saxon Britain...
