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Though more than sixty years have passed since the signing of the proclamation of the State of Israel, the impact of that epochal event continues to shape the political policies and public opinion of not only the Middle East but much of the world. This book is suitable for those seeking a balanced understanding of this enduring struggle.

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A significant, ground-breaking reassessment of ancient Chinese tombs, which were filled with exquisite art objects and images, now available in paperback. The Art of the Yellow Springs looks at the implications presented by an entire burial site, rather than the individual works of art contained within them.

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A unique survey of the artful nature of funerals in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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The Beatles in Hamburg is a detailed, objective analysis of the events and personalities that shaped the Beatles as performers, composers and musicians, and the role that Hamburg itself played in their remarkable story.

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A fascinating reappraisal of Britains `oldest ally, the House of Braganza.

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The Desert: Lands of Lost Borders relates the tales, truths, folklore and facts of the desert in an analysis that is at once informative and surprising.

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In January 2006, a man tried to break Marcel Duchamp's Fountain sculpture with a small hammer. The sculpted foot of Michelangelo's "David" was damaged in 1991 by a purportedly mentally-ill artist. The author tackles this weighty issue in depth, exploring spectres of censorship, iconoclasm and vandalism that surround such acts.

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A compelling and thought-provoking study, now available in B-format paperback, The Destruction of Art investigates the destruction of architecture and art around the globe, uncovering a surprisingly widespread phenomenon.

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The Dragon traces the history of ideas about dragons and asks what exactly it might be in our imaginations that appears to have necessitated such a creature for thousands of years.

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The Mughal empire (1526 1857) has long been viewed as a wonderland of unimaginable treasure; it was in fact the mightiest Islamic empire in the history of India. This book describes the political, military and economic rise of the Mughals, their system of rule, and their gradual collapse, finally supplanted by the British colonial empire in 1857.

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Shows how stupidity manifests itself in all areas, in everyone, at all times, proposing that stupidity is the foundation of our civilization. This title analyses stupidity on the basis of fairy tales, cartoons, triumphal arches, garden architecture, Baroque ceilings, jokes, flimsy excuses and science fiction.

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A highly original and wide-ranging study of 'the end' in art.

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In The Europe Illusion

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An exploration of Andr Bretons life-long commitment to the visual arts.

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Traces the evolution of the financial system from its beginnings in the eighteenth century, outlining the growth of the financial markets and the development

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An account of the emergence and evolution of the female goddess, from ancient India and Iran, through Europe and the Far East, to Ireland and Iceland.

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What is Nigel Farage's favourite novel Why do Brexiteers love Sherlock Holmes Is Philip Larkin the best Brexit poet ever Through the politically relevant side-road of English literature, John Sutherland quarries the great literary minds of English history to assemble the ultimate reading list for Brexiteers.

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The Great American Speech is a contemplative and fascinating look at a hidden strand of American national identity.

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The Habsburgs: Dynasty, Culture and Politics

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The epic tale of the House of Orange-Nassau, from 1772 to 1890.

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Now available in b-format paperback, this is an acclaimed exploration of the conception of 'north' as represented in art, literature and myth.

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Asserting that art and the aesthetic dimension appeared in antiquity, The Infinite Image is a ground-breaking dissection of the established eurocentric ideas regarding art as a modern, and purely Western, aspect of culture.