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The definitive survey, combining current scholarship with a vibrant narrative. Carefully informed by feedback from dozens of scholars, it remains the

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Cultural psychology through a global lens.

Tracing the rich story of Bulgaria from pre-history to the political upheavals of the twentieth century. This edition includes the years from 1995 to

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In his Bellum Catilinae, C. Sallustius Crispus or Sallust (86-35/34 B.C.E.) recounts the dramatic events of the year 63 B.C.E. when a disgruntled and

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A panoramic history of the vast migration of Eastern Europeans to the West by a recent winner of a MacArthur Fellowship.

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Often understood as a high-minded, orderly event, the American Revolution grows in this masterful history like a ground fire overspreading Britain’s m

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* Both a history of theories of myth and a practical 'how--to' guide to interpreting myth. * Introduces the major theories of myth from the nineteent

A Companion to Latin Literature gives an authoritative account of Latin literature from its beginnings in the third century BC through to the end of t