The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Its Terrifying Times: A Cultural History, Hardcover - Joseph Lanza

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Publisher: HeadpressAuthor(s): Martin HarrisIllustration(s): 1 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 248Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 126 ...

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An encyclopaedic, eye-catching tribute to one of the world's most popular foods - the humble hamburgerCelebrate the classic hamburger with this unp...

Italy, the country with a hundred cities and a thousand bell towers, is also the country with a hundred cuisines and a thousand recipes. Its great ...

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Witchcraft in Illinois: A Cultural History, Hardcover

This is a cultural history of mathematics and art, from antiquity to the present. Mathematicians and artists have long been on a quest to understan...

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A nineteenth-century attack by Native Americans on a Presbyterian mission in what would become the Oregon Territory proved to be a turning point in...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of the Wounded Knee Massacre, then keep reading...The Wounded Knee Massacre is often glossed over i...

"A rich cultural history of smells that sheds new light on an under-appreciated sense"--

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Reducere. In late July 1910, a shocking number of African Americans in Texas were slaughtered by white mobs in the Slocum area of Anderson County and the Per...

James Callahan entered Texas armed, a quixotic young man enlisted in the Georgia Battalion for the cause of independence. He barely survived the 18...

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In the spring of 1940, Stalin's NKVD executed 22, 000 Polish officers, ensigns and state officials near the Russian village of Katyn and other plac...

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London: A Social and Cultural History, 1550–1750 - Robert O. Bucholz, Joseph P. Ward

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