Republic of Elsewhere

Dio Cassius (Cassius Dio), c. 150-235 CE, was born in Bithynia. Little of his Roman History survives, but missing portions are partly supplied from...

Reducere. Together with cultural attractions and historical monuments, visitors of Slovakia should taste the typical Slovak food and drinks. There is no real...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Peter ManuelFirst published in 1995, Caribbean Currents has become the definitive guide to the distinctive musics of this r...

DescriptionSeventeenth-century Amsterdam was a cosmopolitan "carnival of nations: " French Huguenots, North African merchants, Spanish Moriscos--an...

Reducere. The poems in Andrea Cohen's Nightshade, her sixth full-length collection, are constructed from the wisdom of loss--of lovers and loved ones and a w...

Subverting celebrated classics of poetry and mythology and examining horrors from contemporary film and cultural fact, National Book Award winner J...

A Short History of U.S. Interventions in Latin America and the Caribbean presents a concise account of the full sweep of U.S. military invasions an...

Reducere. This book traces the significant history of the U.S. Consular Service, America's principal representation abroad through most its history. This new...

Reducere. Morgan Llywelyn's masterly epic, The Irish Century, continues in 1949, a sequel to 1916 and 1921.The struggle of the Irish people for independence ...

Reducere. "A pathbreaking work about how policies forged in blood and fire in Latin America were then exported to every corner of the globe. This brilliant a...