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In 70 CE, the Jews were an agrarian and illiterate people living mostly in the Land of Israel and Mesopotamia. By 1492 the Jewish people had become a small group of literate urbanites specializing in crafts, trade, moneylending, and medicine in hundreds of places across the Old World, from Seville to Mangalore. What caused this radical change The

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Follows the fraught, exciting and painful process of getting to know others, in this case Australian Aborigines in the suburbs who are already known through shocking images and worrying statistics. This book is about the intimacy of the encounter, the practical and ethical dilemmas of research and the fun of engagement in the city's outback.

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Examines 100 mysterious conspiracies and hidden societies throughout history, from Ancient Greece to today.

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Tracing devotion to Mary to psychological and historical processes that began in the fifth century, this title answers questions: What explains the many reports of Marian apparitions over the centuries Why has the Marian cult always been stronger in certain geographical areas than in others

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This illustrated survey of 600 years of fashion investigates its cultural and social meanings from medieval Europe to 20th-century America. It provides a guide to the changes in style and taste, showing that clothes have always played a pivotal role in defining a sense of identity and society.

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Part of an 8 volume series, this author's abridged version of his longer work of the same title illustrates the status of the Muslim woman in Islam which differs from what is assumed in society today.

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(Paperback, First Trade Paper Edition)

Essays exploring politics and place, written with the lyricism of a poet and the wisdom of a modern-day sage

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When it comes to the work/life balance, modern women continually find themselves in a no-win situation where they are criticised regardless of the path they choose. This book provides practical tips drawn from personal experience on how to improve the work/life balance.

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Contains essays that reveal a concern about the one-sidedness of patriarchal Western civilization. They discuss the psychological stages of woman's development, the moon and matriarchal consciousness, Mozart's Magic Flute, the meaning of the earth archetype for modern times, and the fear of the feminine.

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"The long awaited sequel to the worldwide best-seller Chariots of the gods."

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This is an account of the origins, founders and practices of a 19th-century secret order. Access to rare material informs this account of the brotherhood's chequered history, with texts of the teachings and a variety of documents included.

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Makes the case that the conventional understandings of Jesus and the origins of Christianity are wrong: that Jesus' core teachings were not a break from Jewish beliefs and that Jesus was embraced by many Jews as the Messiah of the ancient Jewish texts.

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Originally published in 1994, The Little Red Yellow Black Book

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The book is a study of the evolving history of knowledge in the arts and sciences in the modern era from 1648 through the present. Modernism is treated as an epoch with evolving disciplines whose articulated problems of a time and the inquiry methods to address them develop in a coordinated manner, given a mutual awareness.

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Brings together a lifetime's experience of travelling in tribal lands in a searing condemnation of the lethal impact of North American fundamentalist Christian missionaries on aboriginal life throughout the world.

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Talks about the thousands of people who live in the subway, railroad, and sewage tunnels of New York City.

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Super-charged work from the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of Between Riverside and Crazy.

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Part of an 8-volume series, this author's abridged version of his longer work of the same title illustrates the status of the Muslim woman in Islam which differs from what is assumed in society today.