Blurring Timescapes, Subverting Erasure: Remembering Ghosts on the Margins of History, Hardcover - Sarah Surface-Evans

What happens when we blur time and allow ourselves to haunt or to become haunted by ghosts of the past? Drawing on archaeological, historical, and ...

Publisher: Berghahn BooksNumber of pages: 384Collection: Max Planck Studies in Anthropology and EconomyPublication date: 2022Dimensions: 151 x 228 ...

DescriptionThis collection of new essays explores the many ways in which writing relates to corporeality and how the two work together to create, r...

DescriptionWhat do they all mean--the lascivious ape, autophagic dragons, potbellied heads, harp-playing asses, arse-kissing priests, and somersaul...

This book aims to provide an original perspective on the changes that Greece has undergone in recent decades, by examining questions related to bor...

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Scone obsessive Sarah Cleland has gathered 50 scone recipes from National Trust experts around the country, and has written a quirky guide to 50 Na...

Between 1941 and 1945, thousands of German Jews, in fear for their lives, made the choice to flee their impending deportations and live submerged i...

Reducere. DescriptionFrom the critically acclaimed author whom The Wall Street Journal called ""a first-class historian, "" here is a riveting account of one...

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Classical music shows a close relationship to language, and both musicology and philosophy have tended to approach music from that angle, exploring...

The city of Americus--seat of Sumter County, Georgia--has a rich past that stretches back hundreds of years. The people and events that shaped Amer...

The book provides an in-depth discussion of democratic theory questions in relation to refugee law. It will be essential reading for academics and ...

This book addresses how international trade, investment and finance agreements have unintended consequences and result in inequality. It will be of...

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Reducere. Books for a Better Life*A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* For Sarah Hepola, alcohol was "the gasoline of all adventure." She spent her evenings at cockt...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Kathrin HamenstadtNumber of pages: 320Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 178 x 241 x 25Cover type: Ha...

Reducere. Before John and Jackie lent a touch of Camelot to the famous red-bricked rows and even before the founding of the nation s capital, Georgetown was ...

Debunks the pervasive and self-congratulatory myth that our country is proudly founded by and for immigrants, and urges readers to embrace a more c...

Reducere. A ghostly tour of Maine's coast - twenty-five tales of hauntings and unexplained supernatural occurrences compiled by a woman whose family's home i...

A candid reassessment of the role of anthropologists in mediating encounters between Western armies and non-Western peoples.

This volume addresses the relationship between the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Angkor (Cambodia), and the nearby town of Siem Reap, assessing the...

A moving and detailed look at how the dead of the First World War were commemorated, both during the war and in the years since 1918Publisher: Hach...

Reducere. For thirty-one years, the RMS "Queen Mary" sailed the North Atlantic. It helped defeat Hitler and was the ship of choice for the world's rich and f...

Reducere. Bringing Down the Mountains provides insight into how mountaintop removal has affected the people and the land of southern West Virginia. It examin...

Reducere. Nestled on the rocky coast of Massachusetts, Salem is a city steeped in history and legend. Famous for its witch trials, the storied North Shore se...

Reducere. Tradition meets tragedy in the chilling local lore of the Rio Grande Valley. Hidden in the dense brush and around oxbow lakes wait sinister secrets...

For more than a century, skin lighteners have been a ubiquitous feature of global popular culture--embraced by consumers even as they were fiercely...

Reducere. DescriptionThe first volume in Mark Nesbitt's popular book series. A combination of history and mystery, this volume focuses on the early ghost-lor...

Reducere. Iconoclasm, Identity Politics and the Erasure of History surveys the origins, uses and manifestations of iconoclasm in history, art and public cult...

Reducere. The Treasure Coast is such a popular destination that some choose to never leave. From the spirits of ancient Indians who once inhabited the beache...

Acre for acre, Gettysburg has earned the reputation as the most haunted place in America The fourth book in Mark Nesbitt's popular "Ghosts of Getty...

Reducere. Sarah Raymond was an unmarried woman of twenty-four who in May 1865--barely a month after the end of the Civil War--mounted her beloved pony and he...

Allan Kaprow's "happenings" and "environments" were the precursors to contemporary performance art, and his essays are some of the most thoughtful,...

Reducere. Bukowski Erasure Poetry Anthology is a collection of erasure poems based on the novels, letters, and poetry of Charles Bukowski. The 41 poets who c...

Reducere. DescriptionThe fifth volume in Mark Nesbitt's popular "Ghosts of Gettysburg" book series. This volume includes tales of eerie events and more ghost...

DescriptionThere are many holy cities in India, but Mumbai is not usually considered one of them. More popular images of the city capture the world...

Reducere. DescriptionCompiled from the best of John Conway s popular Retrospect column, these articles shine a spotlight on famous faces of the past, from Ge...

Reducere. From the Chumash legends of the Dolphins and the Whispering Tree to the ghostly sightings at Sedgwick Reserve, hauntings abound here. In beautiful ...

Reducere. Lake Champlain is located between New York's majestic Adirondacks and Vermont's famed Green Mountains. Yet despite the beauty of this region, it ha...

From the 3rd century Japanese Empress, Jingu to the 20th century British social reformer, Octavia Hill, Jewell has collected together 100 of the br...

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The First World War produced a unique outpouring of prose and poetry depicting the stark realism of a brutal and futile war; no war before or since...

Reducere. Academic studies of the Civil War and historical memory abound, ensuring a deeper understanding of how the war's meaning has shifted over time and ...

Reducere. Step back into the magical world of Pendleford with Sarah Painter's new book The Secrets of Ghosts. Don't miss the magical, heart-warming story fro...