Scandal of the century

Simplicity and Excellence

Born at the turn of the twentieth century in Cynthiana, Kentucky, Elizabeth Cromwell Kremer was a woman who strove for excellence in all things.

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New Female Antihero

The New Female Antihero examines the hard-edged spies, ruthless queens, and entitled slackers of twenty-first-century television.

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Pushing Cool

Spanning a century, Pushing Cool reveals how the twin deceptions of health and Black affinity for menthol were crafted—and how the industry’s distur

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Mourner

Hot on the trail of a statue stolen from a fifteenth-century French tomb, Parker enters a world of eccentric art collectors, greedy foreign officials,

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Mid-Century Modern Design

The ultimate survey of mid-century modern design and architecture.

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Poets and Murder

Judge Dee, the master detective of seventh-century China, sets out to solve a puzzling double murder and discovers complex passions lurking beneath th

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Experimenters

Practically every major artistic figure of the mid-twentieth century spent some time at Black Mountain College: Harry Callahan, Merce Cunningham, Walt

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The Hascoe Collection of Czech Modern Art of the First Half of the Twentieth Century - Hlusicka, Jiri (EN)

České moderní umění v Hascoeově sbírce. Texty napsali Jiří Hlušička, Sophia James, Světlana Soukupová. Celoplátěná vazba se zlaceným titulem, v přebalu, 255 stran s reprodukcemi 185 uměleckých děl, 4° (23,5 x 30,5 cm); text je v angličtině, s českým, německým a francouzským resumé.

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Science of Arms: The Art of War in the Century of the Soldier 1672 to 1699 Volume 1

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Poems and Selected Letters

Veronica Franco was a 16th-century Venetian beauty, poet, and protofeminist. This collection presents the eroticism and eloquence that set her apart f

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Absorption and Theatricality

With this widely acclaimed work, Fried revised the way in which eighteenth-century French painting and criticism were viewed and understood."A reinter

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Story of Bath

The rediscovery of the Roman Baths and growing industries led to BathÂ’s expansion in the late nineteenth century, while the Blitz and the consequent

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Birds of America

First published in double elephant size in the first half of the nineteenth century, The Birds of America is famous for its stunning life-size illustr

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Little History of Glasgow

The Little History of Glasgow explores the cityÂ’s slow and steady economic rise, its calamitous collapse and its 21st-century reinvention as one of E

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Bound Together

Takes a new look at twentieth-century Turkey, asking whether its current condition was inevitable; what it will take for Turkish women and men to rega

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Tale of Mermaids

It's the end of the seventeenth century. Alix is a middle-class French girl, due to marry a nobleman. Vivien is a rebellious 'poor' girl from Delaware

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Fashion History from the 18th to the 20th Century

<p>Take an trip through three centuries of trend. In this spectacular collection from the Kyoto Costume Institute, one of the world’s most extensive clothing collections, the smartest minds and sharpest eyes in fashion studies walk us through the outer- and underwear, shoes, and accessories that have defined people around the world.</p> <p>Clothes define...

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Eighteenth-Century Women Dramatists

This is the only edition of these four plays, which are otherwise unavailable, and introduces readers to some of the earliest published women dramatis

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21st Century Nanoscience - A Handbook

This up-to-date reference is the most comprehensive summary of the field of nanoscience and its applications. It begins with fundamental properties at

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21st Century Nanoscience – A Handbook

This up-to-date reference is the most comprehensive summary of the field of nanoscience and its applications. It begins with fundamental properties at

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21st Century Nanoscience – A Handbook

This up-to-date reference is the most comprehensive summary of the field of nanoscience and its applications. It begins with fundamental properties at

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Twenty-First-Century Fiction

Provides a collection of in-depth readings of British writers that have come to prominence in the 21stcentury. -- .

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Eighteenth-Century Women Poets

During the 18th century, there was a great proliferation of poetry published by women. Most of their work has since fallen into obscurity and their pl

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Midwifery from the Tudors to the 21st Century

This book recounts the journey of English midwives over six centuries and their battle for survival as a discrete profession, caring safely for childb

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Case of the Duplicate Daughter

'The bestselling author of the century ... a master storyteller' New York TimesPerry Mason - a major new TV series

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The Dilbert Future: Thriving on Stupidity in the 21st Century

In "The Dilbert Principle" and "Dogbert's Top Secret Management Handbook", Adams skewered the absurdities of the corporate world. Now he takes the next logical step, turning his keen analytical focus on how human greed, stupidity, and horniness will shape the future. Comic strips throughout.

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Dulwich: Mid-Century Oasis

Dulwich’s mid-century modern architecture is recognised for its qualities of light, landscape and lifestyle. This book showcases the award-winnin

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Cuban Mid-Century Design

The first book, accompanying a traveling exhibition, dedicated to Cuban mid-century design anchored by an under-acknowledged collection of graphic des

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Twenty-First-Century Feminismos

Twenty-First-Century Feminismos provides a compelling account of the important victories attained by Latin American and Caribbean organized women over

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History of the Leyland Bus

An illustrated history of the Leyland bus, one of the most important British buses of the twentieth century. With full production histories and techni

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Twentieth-Century American Art

A rapid succession of art movements and different styles reflected the extreme changes in US culture and society, as well as America's position within

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Searching for the 17th Century on Nevis: The Survey and Excavation of Two Early Plantation Sites

'Searching for the 17th Century on Nevis' is the first of a series of monographs dedicated to the archaeological investigation of the landscape, build

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Real and the Complex: A History of Analysis in the 19th Century

This book contains a history of real and complex analysis in the nineteenth century, from the work of Lagrange and Fourier to the origins of set theor

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Images of the Past: A Century of Man-Made Disasters

Fresh insights into a century of major disasters caused by human error with more than 100 photographs graphically demonstrating this needless carnage.

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How History Was Used in the Wars of the Twentieth Century

How History Was Used in the Wars of the Twentieth Century: Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace examines the decisions that historical thinking shaped ab

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The Navy of the 21st Century, 2001-2022 Taylor & Francis Ltd

The Navy of the 21st Century, 2001-2022 presents an all-inclusive listing of the ships that have served in the U.S. Navy since the start of the new century. This is an essential reference volume for scholars and institutions specializing in American military history, policy, and strategy....

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The Navy of the 21st Century, 2001-2022 Taylor & Francis Ltd

The Navy of the 21st Century, 2001-2022 presents an all-inclusive listing of the ships that have served in the U.S. Navy since the start of the new century. This is an essential reference volume for scholars and institutions specializing in American military history, policy, and strategy....

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Rise and Fall of the National Atlas in the Twentieth Century

Many countries produced an official national atlas in the twentieth century. This book examines these national atlases as an intriguing window into th

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Truth and Existence

Truth and Existence, written in response to Martin Heidegger's Essence of Truth, is a product of the years when Sartre was reaching full stature as a philosopher, novelist, playwright, essayist, and political activist. This concise and engaging text not only presents Sartre's ontology of truth but also addresses the key moral questions of freedom, action, and bad faith. T...

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The Routledge Handbook of Judaism in the 21st Century Taylor & Francis Ltd

The Routledge Handbook of Judaism in the 21st Century is a cutting-edge volume that addresses central questions and issues animating Judaism, Jewish identity, and Jewish societyin a global, integrated, and forward-looking way,through the prism of three contemporary sets of issues: identities and geographies, structures and power, and knowledge and performances. It is esse...

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African American Literature of the Twenty-First Century and the Black Arts

The six novels that John Edgar Wideman wrote from 1987 to 2017 enable reassessment of the quarantining of the Black Arts movement by African American

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Tragedy of Madagascar, The, An Island Nation Confronts the 21st Century Collective Ink

A fascinating and well-researched book about one of the most neglected and puzzling countries in the world....

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The Archaeology of the Natha Sampradaya in Western India, 12th to 15th Century Taylor & Francis Ltd

This book studies Natha Sampradaya through archaeological evidence for the first time. Drawing on a pioneering approach to the study of ascetic traditions, it investigates not only the nature of the Sampradaya´s religious architecture but also examines the extent to which they shared space with other religious groups - such as the devotees of Siva and Sakti, Buddhism, and...

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G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century - Beverly Gage

<p>Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography 2023 Winner of the 2022 National Book Critics Circle Award in BiographyWinner of the 2023 Bancroft Prize in American History and DiplomacyWinner of the American History Book Prize Shortlisted for the 2023 PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for BiographyLonglisted for the CWA ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction When he became ...

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Václav HavelThe Power of the Powerless in the 20th Century, mp3 - Martin Vopěnka

Martin Vopěnka weaves historical events with biographical narratives, describing the essence of a totalitarian society and the individual's yearning for truth.

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One Clear, Ice-cold January Morning at the Beginning of the 21st Century

A contemporary Berlin fairy tale that bristles with urban truths - the first novel of Germany's most successful playwright

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21st Century Voices Of A People's History Of The United States

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Osudové chvíle Československa. Fateful Moments of Czechoslovakia. Obrazový příbeh století. Picture Story of the Century - kol.

Kniha "Osudové chvíle Československa - obrazový příběh století" je vytvořená z unikátních autorských fotografických kolekcí, která vypráví dramatický příběh našeho státu od první světové přes druhou světovou válku...

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Arcimboldo

In Giuseppe Arcimboldo's most famous paintings, grapes, fish, and even the beaks of birds form human hair. A pear stands in for a man's chin. Citrus fruits sprout from a tree trunk that doubles as a neck. All sorts of natural phenomena come together on canvas and panel to assemble the strange heads and faces that constitute one of Renaissance art's most striking oeuvres. ...

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Hayek's Challenge

Friedrich A. Hayek is regarded as one of the preeminent social theorists of the twentieth century as much for his work outside of economics as for his work within it. During a career spanning several decades, he made contributions in fields as diverse as psychology, political philosophy, the history of ideas, and the methodology of the social sciences. Bruce Caldwell - ed...

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Bourgeois Virtues

For a century and a half, the artists and intellectuals of Europe have scorned the bourgeoisie. And for a millennium and a half, the philosophers and theologians of Europe have scorned the marketplace. The bourgeois life, capitalism, Mencken's "booboisie" and David Brooks's "bobos" - all have been, and still are, framed as being responsible for everything from financial t...

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Photography and Fine Art in the Second Half of the 20th Century - Jiří Pátek (EN)

Kniha vyšla ke stejnojmenné výstavě Element F pod vedením kurátora výstavy pana Jiřího Pátka.

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Barry White – Love's Theme: The Best Of The 20th Century Records Singles MP3

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Barry White – Love's Theme: The Best Of The 20th Century Records Singles FLAC

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Barry White – Love's Theme: The Best Of The 20th Century Records Singles CD

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Exploration of the South Seas in the Eighteenth Century: Rediscovered Accounts, Volume II

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Exploration of the South Seas in the Eighteenth Century: Rediscovered Accounts, Volume I

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Corporate Patronage of Art and Architecture in the United States, Late 19th Century to the Present

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Oxford History of Western Music: Music from the Earliest Notations to the Sixteenth Century

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The Book on Games of Chance: the 16th Century Treatise on Probability

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