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Surveying the city's life from Christian Antiquity through the Middle Ages, this book focuses on monuments of art and architecture as they reflect the historical events, the ideological currents, and the meaning Rome. It tells a story in which the heritage of antiquity intertwines with the living presence of Christianity.

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The year was 1932. At age fourteen the author's journey through life changed irrevocably when a classmate called him a "dirty Jew". Suddenly he encountered the belligerent poison of anti-Semitism. The safe confines of his upbringing had been violated. The pain that he felt at that moment was far more hurtful than any blow.

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Tracing the intersection of religion, race, and power in Texas from Reconstruction through the rise of the Religious Right and the failed presidential bid of Governor Rick Perry, Rough Country illuminates American history since the Civil War in new ways, demonstrating that Texas's story is also America's. In particular, Robert Wuthnow shows how dis

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Tracing the intersection of religion, race, and power in Texas from Reconstruction through the rise of the Religious Right and the failed presidential bid of Governor Rick Perry, Rough Country illuminates American history since the Civil War in new ways, demonstrating that Texas's story is also America's. In particular, Robert Wuthnow shows how dis

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Drawing on the various Russian sources, this title covers an array of topics, including the Bolshevik rise to power and World War I as the catalyst and cradle, respectively, of the Revolution. It conveys the boldness and diversity of the revolutionaries aspirations as well as the ways in which the Revolution affected the lives of ordinary people.

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Drawing on the various Russian sources, this title covers an array of topics, including the Bolshevik rise to power and World War I as the catalyst and cradle, respectively, of the Revolution. It conveys the boldness and diversity of the revolutionaries aspirations as well as the ways in which the Revolution affected the lives of ordinary people.

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This work aims to clarify the sweeping changes that transformed Russia in the 20th century, from a "muzhik" country to an urban power. The author reveals the historical roots of recent change and shows how a largely bureaucratic apparatus simply lost the ability to govern a changing society.

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This book celebrates the history and the rebirth of the salt industry in Scotland. Although manufacturing declined in the nineteenth century and was wound up in the 1950s, in the second decade of the twenty-first century the trade was revived. Scotlands salt is now a high-prestige, award-winning green product.

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The Sanctuary of the Great Gods on the island of Samothrace was a renowned center of religious life in the northern Aegean from the 7th century BC until the 4th century after Christ, and the mysteries practiced there rank in historical importance with those of Eleusis. This volume focuses primarily on excavations of the southern (S) Nekropolis.

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Quirky and amazing facts about the Alamo City

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A richly illustrated compilation of more that 150 years of coverage on the history and culture of San Antonio from the pages of the San Antonio Express-News.

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Examines contemporary debates about Ciceronian, Cynic, and Cartesian moral philosophy, as well as subjects ranging from music and the origins of government to property and the nature of the human soul. This book opens up fresh perspectives on the Enlightenment, and eighteenth-century moral and political philosophy.