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  • A History of Food in 100 Recipesby William Sitwell

    Little, Brown and Company 2013; US$ 16.99

    A riveting narrative history of food as seen through 100 recipes, from ancient Egyptian bread to modernist cuisine. We all love to eat, and most people have a favorite ingredient or dish. But how many of us know where our much-loved recipes come from, who invented them, and how they were originally cooked? In A HISTORY OF FOOD IN 100 RECIPES,... more...

  • Global Intellectual Historyby Samuel Moyn; Andrew Sartori

    Columbia University Press 2013; US$ 34.99

    Where do ideas fit in historical accounts that take an expansive, global view of human movements and events? Teaching intellectual history scholars to incorporate transnational perspectives into their work, while also advising them how to handle the challenges and controversies that may arise, this original resource explains the concepts, practice,... more...

  • Abraham Lincoln Civil War Storiesby Joe Wheeler

    Howard Books 2013; US$ 22.99

    More books have been written about Abraham Lincoln than about any other president in United States history. And now, story archeologist Joe Wheeler has gathered?for the first time ever?the most beloved, the most deeply moving stories about Lincoln ever written. In this treasure you will dis­cover who Lincoln really was through stories that bring to... more...

  • Abraham Lincoln Civil War Storiesby Joe Wheeler

    Howard Books 2013; Not Available

    More books have been written about Abraham Lincoln than about any other president in United States history. And now, story archeologist Joe Wheeler has gathered?for the first time ever?the most beloved, the most deeply moving stories about Lincoln ever written. In this treasure you will dis­cover who Lincoln really was through stories that bring to... more...

  • Abraham Lincoln Civil War Storiesby Joe Wheeler

    Howard Books 2013; Not Available

    More books have been written about Abraham Lincoln than about any other president in United States history. And now, story archeologist Joe Wheeler has gathered?for the first time ever?the most beloved, the most deeply moving stories about Lincoln ever written. In this treasure you will dis­cover who Lincoln really was through stories that bring to... more...

  • The Frontier Withinby Abe Kobo; Richard Calichman

    Columbia University Press 2013; US$ 39.99

    Abe Kobo (1924?1993) was one of Japan?s greatest postwar writers, recognized widely for his science fiction and plays of the absurd. He also wrote keen theoretical criticism for which he is lesser known, merging literary, historical, and philosophical perspectives. From the nature of creativity to the evolution of the human species, Abe tackled contemporary... more...

  • Rolling Thunder in a Gentle Landby Andrew Wiest

    Osprey Publishing 2013; US$ 9.95

    From the Introduction In the end, then, the Vietnam War was a conflict of myriad complexities. It was a colonial war and a regional war. It was a total war and a limited war. It was a civil war, an insurgency and a conventional war - and indeed it varied from one form to another at different times and in different places. It was a war in mountains,... more...

  • The Canadian Experience of the Great Warby Brian Tennyson

    Scarecrow Press 2013; US$ 114.99

    Although the United States itself did not enter the war until April 1917, Canada enlisted the moment Great Britain engaged in the conflict in August of 1914. The Canadian contribution was great, as over 600,000 men and women came to serve in the war effort. Over 150,000 were wounded while near 67,000 gave their lives. The literature it generated,... more...

  • Daily Ritualsby Mason Currey

    Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2013; US$ 24.95

    Franz Kafka, frustrated with his living quarters and day job, wrote in a letter to Felice Bauer in 1912, ?time is short, my strength is limited, the office is a horror, the apartment is noisy, and if a pleasant, straightforward life is not possible then one must try to wriggle through by subtle maneuvers.?   Kafka is one of 161 inspired?and inspiring?minds,... more...

  • Legends, Lies & Cherished Myths of American Historyby Richard Shenkman

    HarperCollins 2013; US$ 10.99

    The truth and nothing but the truth?Richard Shenkman sheds light on America's most believed legends. The story of Columbus discovering the world was round was invented by Washington Irving. The pilgrims never lived in log cabins. In Concord, Massachusetts, a third of all babies born in the twenty years before the Revolution were conceived out of... more...