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EN10-02-20269780300286885
A leading scientist’s guide to the way our immune system protects us—but only most of the time What is our immune system, and how does it work? A vast array of cells, proteins and chemicals spring into action whenever our bodies are damaged, but immunity is not something you can see, touch, or feel… Meer
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EN12-05-20269780300287004
A major new history of medieval monasticism, from the fourth to the sixteenth century From the late Roman Empire onwards, monasteries and convents were a common sight throughout Europe. But who were monasteries for? What kind of people founded and maintained them?… Meer
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EN28-07-20269780300289206
The story of the social and sexual revolution responsible for the emergence of our most prized skill—the ability to speakSpeech is unprecedented in the natural world. Yet human infants can learn the grammar of their native tongue so quickly, it is as if they knew the basics already… Meer
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EN22-09-20269780300306316
A thrilling history of the bloody climax to two centuries of crusading in the Holy LandBy the end of the thirteenth century, the great saga of the crusades had come down to a single city. Acre—a once-great Mediterranean metropolis on the shores of the Holy Land, home to the Templars, Hospitallers… Meer
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EN03-02-20259780300246797
The story of India’s exuberantly colored textiles that made their mark on design, technology, and trade around the world Chintz, a type of multicolored printed or painted cotton cloth, originated in India yet exerted influence far beyond its home shores: it became a driving force of the spice trade… Meer
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EN28-04-20269780300257465
An authoritative biography of Offa of Mercia, revealing his importance as the king who stood at the turning point of Anglo-Saxon history Offa ruled the Mercian heartland of the west midlands from 757 to 796… Meer
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EN08-07-20259780300258042
A deeply researched history of assassination in the modern world, from Franz Ferdinand to Osama bin Laden Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Leon Trotsky, Reinhard Heydrich, Mahatma Gandhi, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Indira Gandhi, Benazir Bhutto, Osama bin Laden, Qasem Soleimani: assassination—the… Meer
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EN03-12-20249780300259117
An interdisciplinary study of the central role that the neighborhood played in seventeenth-century Dutch painting and culture The neighborhood was a principal organizing structure of Dutch cities in the seventeenth century, and each had its own regulations, administrators, social networks, events… Meer
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EN28-10-20249780300267754
Crushed by the Romans in the first century A.D., the ancient Druids of Britain left almost no reliable evidence behind. Because of this, historian Ronald Hutton shows, succeeding British generations have been free to reimagine, reinterpret, and reinvent the Druids… Meer
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EN23-06-20269780300269376
The first major biography on Anni Albers traces the complex personality and influential artistic career of the groundbreaking modern artist “Brilliant anecdotes. . . . The first comprehensive biography of this fascinating artist, an indelible figure of not just textile art but modernism… Meer
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EN25-02-20259780300272161
A groundbreaking exhibition catalogue of Native, First Nations, Metis, and Inuit photography from the nineteenth century to the present day Photographs of and by Native people have long been exhibited in museums… Meer
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EN28-04-20269780300274080
A vivid history of the evolution of printmaking as a means of creative expression, from prehistory to the present dayThe significance of printmaking within the history of art is often underplayed, obscured or misunderstood… Meer
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EN22-01-20269780300275841
A beautifully produced facsimile of the last known intact sketchbook by J. M. W. TurnerJ. M. W. Turner (1775–1851) seldom left home without a sketchbook. Over the course of his lifetime, he filled more than three hundred, most of them small enough to carry in his pocket… Meer
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EN12-05-20269780300276213
The first full history of an extraordinary eighteenth-century British entertainment Glittering masquerades, held at the most fashionable London venues, dominated the calendars of the Georgian elite. A thrilling opportunity to gather, flirt, and consume, hosts such as “Empress of Pleasure” Teresa… Meer
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EN10-09-20249780300278699
An enjoyable, accessible exploration of the legacy of ancient Greece today, across our daily lives and all forms of popular culture Our contemporary world is inescapably Greek. Whether in a word like “pandemic,” a Freudian state of mind like the “Oedipus complex,” or a replica of the Parthenon in a… Meer
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EN29-01-20259780300279719
An engaging account of Britain’s greatest painter, told through works from the Yale Center for British Art’s extensive collection Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775–1851) is one of the most recognizable names in the history of British art… Meer
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EN28-03-20259780300282627
A rich and engaging guide to psychology, the science devoted to understanding human nature Psychology is the science devoted to understanding human nature. Its practitioners have long sought to understand behaviour, feelings and thoughts… Meer
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EN12-05-20269780300282887
A major new history of revolutionary Iran, from the 1940s to the presentIran’s revolution in 1979 shook the world. The Pahlavi dynasty came crashing down, and the Islamic Republic rose in its place. But what led to this seismic event? How did the revolutionary movement gain such strength?… Meer
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The first full-scale, monumental life of Barbara Stanwyck, the first to delve into her complex life and to explore her extraordinary range of films. Meer