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  • The Exemplary Hercules from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment and Beyond by Mainz, Valerie
    Valerie Mainz

    The Exemplary Hercules from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment and Beyond

    The Exemplary Hercules explores the reception of the ancient Greek hero Herakles - the Roman Hercules - in European culture from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment and beyond. Each chapter considers a particular work or theme in detail, raising questions about the hero's role...
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  • Rope: How a Bundle of Twisted Fibers Became the Backbone of Civilization by Queeney, Tim
    Tim Queeney

    Rope: How a Bundle of Twisted Fibers Became the Backbone of Civilization

    A unique and compelling adventure through the history of rope and its impact on civilization, in the vein of single-subject bestsellers like Salt and Cod Tim Queeney is a sailor who knows more about rope and its importance to humankind than most. In Rope,...
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  • The Shaping of Western Civilization: Volume Two: From the Reformation to the Present, Third Edition by Burger, Michael
    Michael Burger

    The Shaping of Western Civilization: Volume Two: From the Reformation to the Present, Third Edition

    In this overview, Michael Burger provides a brief historical narrative of Western civilization. The no-frills, uncluttered format and well-written, one-author approach make this book a valuable asset for every history student. This new edition includes additional coverage of race and slavery in the eighteenth...
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  • Embers of the Hands: Hidden Histories of the Viking Age by Barraclough, Eleanor
    Eleanor Barraclough

    Embers of the Hands: Hidden Histories of the Viking Age

    In imagining a Viking, a certain image springs to mind: a barbaric warrior, leaping ashore from a longboat, and ready to terrorize the hapless local population of a northern European town. Yet while such characters define our imagination of the Viking Age today, they...
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  • Progress: How One Idea Built Civilization and Now Threatens to Destroy It by McDonald, Samuel Miller
    Samuel Miller McDonald

    Progress: How One Idea Built Civilization and Now Threatens to Destroy It

    For readers of Thomas Piketty, David Graeber, and Jared Diamond: A bold, provocative, wide-ranging argument about the human idea of progress that offers a new vision of our futureProgress is power. Narratives of progress, the stories we tell about whether a society is moving...
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  • The Men Folk by Holtz-Davis, Frankie J.
    Frankie J. Holtz-Davis

    The Men Folk

    This book is a compilation of stories about African American men, aptly referred to as The Menfolk. These men hail from all walks of life, and they range from ages eighteen through ninety-eight. A majority of these men were reared in traditional homes, and...
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  • Maya Mythology: Myths and Folklore of the Mayan Civilization by Berg, Sebastian
    Sebastian Berg

    Maya Mythology: Myths and Folklore of the Mayan Civilization

    The Mayan people were natural storytellers, and their imagination knew no bounds. They took the traditional Mesoamerican versions of creation and the gods of the universe and molded them into their own, adding and shaping their unique version of mythology and folktales. This left...
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  • On The Three Periods Known As The Iron, The Bronze, And The Stone Ages by Rolleston, George
    George Rolleston

    On The Three Periods Known As The Iron, The Bronze, And The Stone Ages

    Delve into the prehistoric past with George Rolleston's study of the Iron, Bronze, and Stone Ages. This comprehensive guide covers everything from the tools and weapons of these periods to their art and culture. With detailed illustrations and a wealth of historical information, this...
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  • Foot in the River: Why Our Lives Change -- And the Limits of Evolution by Fernandez-Armesto, Felipe
    Felipe Fernandez-Armesto

    Foot in the River: Why Our Lives Change -- And the Limits of Evolution

    We are a weird species. Like other species, we have a culture. But by comparison with other species, we are strangely unstable: human cultures self-transform, diverge, and multiply with bewildering speed. They vary, radically and rapidly, from time to time and place to place....
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  • The War Economy of the Roman Republic (406-100 Bce): The System That Built an Empire by Biglino, Fabrizio
    Fabrizio Biglino

    The War Economy of the Roman Republic (406-100 Bce): The System That Built an Empire

    How did the Roman economy support the expansion of the Republic and play a crucial role in its success and rise from regional power in Central Italy to the dominant superpower of the Mediterranean world? To what extent did the intensification of the military...
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  • Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum, Volume LXIX (2019) by Chaniotis, Angelos
    Angelos Chaniotis

    Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum, Volume LXIX (2019)

    SEG LXIX covers newly published Greek inscriptions and studies on previously known documents from the year 2019, with occasional additions from previous years that have been missed in earlier volumes and from studies published after 2018 but pertaining to material from 2019.Author: Angelos ChaniotisISBN-10:...
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  • Brill's Companion to the Legacy of Greek Political Thought by Carter, David
    David Carter

    Brill's Companion to the Legacy of Greek Political Thought

    A wealth of political literature has survived from Greek antiquity, from political theory by Plato and Aristotle to the variety of prose and verse texts that more broadly demonstrate political thinking. However, despite the extent of this legacy, it can be surprisingly hard to...
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  • Holodomor Famine: A Captivating Guide to Understanding the Ukrainian Famine and Its Impact on History by History, Captivating
    Captivating History

    Holodomor Famine: A Captivating Guide to Understanding the Ukrainian Famine and Its Impact on History

    A Look at Ukraine's Tragic Famine and Its Impact on HistoryHolodomor Famine explores one of the most tragic and often forgotten events in recent history. Using historical records and personal stories, this book shows how Stalin's harsh policies crushed the Ukrainian people and how...
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  • Populus: Living and Dying in Ancient Rome by de la B?doy?re, Guy
    Guy de la B?doy?re

    Populus: Living and Dying in Ancient Rome

    This revealing look at life in ancient Rome offers a compelling journey through the vivid landscape of politics, domestic life, entertainment, and inequality experienced daily by Romans of all social strata. Frenzied crowds, talking ravens, the stench of the Tiber River: life in ancient...
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  • Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global by Spinney, Laura
    Laura Spinney

    Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global

    From the author of Pale Rider, drawing on cutting-edge science, the riveting story of how today's largest language family (including English) descends from one lost, ancient dialect-and what that reveals about the course of human civilization. Daughter. Duhit?r-. Dustr. Dukte. Listen to these English,...
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  • Ctesias' Persica in Its Near Eastern Context by Waters, Matt
    Matt Waters

    Ctesias' Persica in Its Near Eastern Context

    The Persica is an extensive history of Assyria and Persia written by the Greek historian Ctesias, who served as a doctor to the Persian king Artaxerxes II around 400 bce. Written for a Greek readership, the Persica influenced the development of both historiographic and...
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  • The First Americans: In Pursuit of Archaeology's Greatest Mystery by Adovasio, James
    James Adovasio

    The First Americans: In Pursuit of Archaeology's Greatest Mystery

    J. M. Adovasio has spent the last thirty years at the center of one of our most fiery scientific debates: Who were the first humans in the Americas, and how and when did they get there? At its heart, The First Americans is the...
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  • From Alabama to Margraten: The Story of War Veteran Jefferson Wiggins in the Segregated US Army During World War II by Kirkels, Mieke
    Mieke Kirkels

    From Alabama to Margraten: The Story of War Veteran Jefferson Wiggins in the Segregated US Army During World War II

    When he returned to the Netherlands in 2009, decades after World War II, Jefferson Wiggins realized that no one he met knew about the segregated US Army during the war, nor did they know about the contribution of Black American soldiers to the liberation...
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  • Dinner with King Tut: How Rogue Archaeologists Are Recreating the Sights, Sounds, Smells, and Tastes of Lost Civilizations by Kean, Sam
    Sam Kean

    Dinner with King Tut: How Rogue Archaeologists Are Recreating the Sights, Sounds, Smells, and Tastes of Lost Civilizations

    From the New York Times bestselling author of The Disappearing Spoon, an archaeological romp through the entire history of humankind--from tropical Polynesian islands to forbidding arctic ice floes, and everywhere in between. Whether it's the mighty pyramids of Egypt or the majestic temples of...
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  • Flavius Josephus' Self-Characterisation in First-Century Rome: A Historiographical Analysis of Autobiographical Discourse in the Judaean War by Glas, Eelco
    Eelco Glas

    Flavius Josephus' Self-Characterisation in First-Century Rome: A Historiographical Analysis of Autobiographical Discourse in the Judaean War

    The Jewish War describes the history of the First Jewish Revolt against Rome (66-70 CE). This study deals with one of this work's most intriguing features: why and how Flavius Josephus, its author, describes his own actions in the context of this conflict in...
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  • Mesopotamian History Trivia: Explore the Cradle of Civilization with 500+ Questions and Answers About Ancient Mesopotamia by Publications, Ahoy
    Ahoy Publications

    Mesopotamian History Trivia: Explore the Cradle of Civilization with 500+ Questions and Answers About Ancient Mesopotamia

    Discover the Wonders of Ancient Mesopotamia with This Fun Trivia Collection!Do you or someone you know love learning about ancient civilizations? Are you fascinated by trivia? Have you always wanted to explore the treasures of Mesopotamia? If so, this book is just what you...
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  • Subjugate the Earth: The Beginning and End of Human Domination of Nature by Blom, Philipp
    Philipp Blom

    Subjugate the Earth: The Beginning and End of Human Domination of Nature

    Subjugate the Earth traces the biography of a strange idea: the idea that human beings can subdue nature and rule over it. Born in Mesopotamia at the dawn of civilization, the idea of subjugating the Earth was included in the Bible, reached Europe through...
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  • Muslim Civilization in India by Ikram, S. M.
    S. M. Ikram

    Muslim Civilization in India

    'Muslim Civilization in India' by S.M. Ikram is an enthralling exploration of the profound and lasting influence of Islam on the Indian subcontinent. This scholarly yet accessible work delves into the multifaceted impact of Muslim rule, from the early Arab invasions to the grandeur...
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  • A Little Book of Language by Crystal, David
    David Crystal

    A Little Book of Language

    A lively journey through the story of language, from an infant's first word to the languages of the internet Language never leaves you alone. It's there in your head, helping you think. It's there to help you make relationships - and to break them....
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  • Alice's Wonderland: The Search for the Hidden Door by Graddon, Nigel
    Nigel Graddon

    Alice's Wonderland: The Search for the Hidden Door

    In the past Graddon has written on Otto Rahn, Jack the Ripper, Pythagorus of Samos and mythical land of Magonia. Now Graddon looks into the esoteric nature of Alice in Wonderland and the Hidden Door. Hi takes on such magical places as Hyperborea, phantom...
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  • Annunaki Genesis: Chronicles of Creation and Conflict: From Cosmic Origins to Earth's Legacy by Hartman, Michelle Ann
    Michelle Ann Hartman

    Annunaki Genesis: Chronicles of Creation and Conflict: From Cosmic Origins to Earth's Legacy

    "Annunaki Genesis: Chronicles of Creation and Conflict" is an epic saga that spans the cosmos and delves into the enigmatic relationship between the Annunaki, an advanced extraterrestrial civilization, and humanity. Originating from the distant planet Nibiru, the Annunaki face a crisis that forces them...
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  • The Axemaker's Gift: Technology's Capture and Control of Our Minds and Culture by Burke, James
    James Burke

    The Axemaker's Gift: Technology's Capture and Control of Our Minds and Culture

    Author: James BurkeISBN-10: 0874778565ISBN-13: 9780874778564Publisher: Penguin Publishing GroupLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/31/1997Pages: 368Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.00lbsSize: 9.10h x 5.99w x 0.96d
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  • Brill's Companion to Ancient Greek and Roman Warfare on Film by P. Nikoloutsos, Konstantinos
    Konstantinos P. Nikoloutsos

    Brill's Companion to Ancient Greek and Roman Warfare on Film

    Brill's Companion to Ancient Greek and Roman Warfare on Film is the first volume exclusively dedicated to the study of a theme that informs virtually every reimagining of the classical world on the big screen: armed conflict. Through a vast array of case studies,...
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  • Shaping Westn Civilizatn V2 1500-Present: From Antiquity to the Present by Burger, Michael
    Michael Burger

    Shaping Westn Civilizatn V2 1500-Present: From Antiquity to the Present

    Michael Burger's goal in this inexpensive overview is to provide a brief, historical narrative of Western civilization. Not only does its length and price separate this text from the competition, but its no-frills, uncluttered format and well-written, one-authored approach make it a valuable asset...
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  • Understanding Collapse by Middleton, Guy D.
    Guy D. Middleton

    Understanding Collapse

    Understanding Collapse explores the collapse of ancient civilisations, such as the Roman Empire, the Maya, and Easter Island. In this lively survey, Guy D. Middleton critically examines our ideas about collapse - how we explain it and how we have constructed potentially misleading myths...
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  • Emotion As The Basis Of Civilization by Denison, John Hopkins
    John Hopkins Denison

    Emotion As The Basis Of Civilization

    ""Emotion as the Basis of Civilization"" by John Hopkins Denison is a thought-provoking exploration of the role of emotions in shaping human civilization. Drawing on insights from psychology, sociology, and philosophy, Denison argues that emotions are not just individual experiences, but are fundamental to...
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  • The End of Everything: How Wars Descend Into Annihilation by Hanson, Victor Davis
    Victor Davis Hanson

    The End of Everything: How Wars Descend Into Annihilation

    Author: Victor Davis HansonISBN-10: 1541673514ISBN-13: 9781541673519Publisher: Basic BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/02/2025Pages: 352Format: PaperbackSize: 8.25h x 5.50w x 0.88d
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  • Brill's Companion to Diet and Logistics in Greek and Roman Warfare by Donahue, John
    John Donahue

    Brill's Companion to Diet and Logistics in Greek and Roman Warfare

    The adage that an army "marches on its stomach" finds renewed emphasis in this collection of essays. Focusing on military diet and supply from Homer through the Roman Empire, Diet and Logistics in Greek and Roman Warfare explains regional dietary options and reassesses traditional...
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  • Physical Descriptions, Biometrics, and Eikonographia in Graeco-Roman Papyri from Egypt by Karev, Ella
    Ella Karev

    Physical Descriptions, Biometrics, and Eikonographia in Graeco-Roman Papyri from Egypt

    In modern life, an identity document bearing a photograph is an indispensable feature. Yet this connection between physical appearance and legal identity is not as modern as it may seem. In Graeco-Roman Egypt, Greek texts also bore "lexical photographs" standardised, detailed physical descriptions (eikones)...
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  • Constructing Authors and Readers in the Appendices Vergiliana, Tibulliana, and Ouidiana by Franklinos, Tristan E.
    Tristan E. Franklinos

    Constructing Authors and Readers in the Appendices Vergiliana, Tibulliana, and Ouidiana

    The Augustan period in Rome was a golden age for poetry, and also the age in which the cult of the author began in the west. By examining some early poetic understandings of what it might have meant to be Vergil, Ovid, and Tibullus,...
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  • The King s Mirror (Speculum Regale Konungs Skuggsja): Translated From The Old Norse With Introduction And Notes By Laurence Marcellus Larson Edited By by Larson, Laurence Marcellus
    Laurence Marcellus Larson

    The King s Mirror (Speculum Regale Konungs Skuggsja): Translated From The Old Norse With Introduction And Notes By Laurence Marcellus Larson Edited By

    NEW PRINT WITH PROFESSIONAL TYPE-SET IN CONTRAST TO SCANNED PRINTS OFFERED BY OTHERS The King s Mirror (Speculum Regale Konungs Skuggsja): Translated From The Old Norse With Introduction And Notes By Laurence Marcellus Larson Edited By Erik J. Friis This book is a result...
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  • Greek and Roman Military History by Burckhardt, Leonhard
    Leonhard Burckhardt

    Greek and Roman Military History

    This Pauly Supplement volume does not treat military history purely as the history of war, but understands it in the context of all societal, political, economic, technological, cultural and religious phenomena related to the army and warfare in the Greco-Roman world. It also pays...
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  • The Year God Died: Jesus and the Roman Empire in 33 AD by Lacey, James
    James Lacey

    The Year God Died: Jesus and the Roman Empire in 33 AD

    A groundbreaking account of how the Roman Empire shaped the life and death of Jesus, overturning centuries of historical beliefs around the world--from the New York Times bestselling author of The First Clash. In late 31 AD, after the Roman senators murdered Lucius Sejanus,...
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  • Reading Greek and Hellenistic-Roman Spolia: Objects, Appropriation and Cultural Change by de Jong, Irene J. F.
    Irene J. F. de Jong

    Reading Greek and Hellenistic-Roman Spolia: Objects, Appropriation and Cultural Change

    Plundering and taking home precious objects from a defeated enemy was a widespread activity in the Greek and Hellenistic-Roman world. In this volume literary critics, historians and archaeologists join forces in investigating this phenomenon in terms of appropriation and cultural change. In-depth interpretations of...
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  • Theater and Politics in Plutarch's Parallel Lives by Dubreuil, Raphaëla
    Raphaëla Dubreuil

    Theater and Politics in Plutarch's Parallel Lives

    An orator turns to an actor for advice, citizens expect assemblies to unfold like dramas, and a theater-goer cries at a play thinking of his fallen enemy: no Life escapes the mention of theatrical imagery in Plutarch's paralleled biographies. And yet this is the...
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  • Agents of Change in the Greco-Roman and Early Modern Periods: Ten Case Studies in Agency in Innovation by Castelli, Silvia
    Silvia Castelli

    Agents of Change in the Greco-Roman and Early Modern Periods: Ten Case Studies in Agency in Innovation

    Who or what makes innovation spread? Ten case-studies from Greco-Roman Antiquity and the early modern period address human and non-human agency in innovation. Was Erasmus the 'superspreader' of the use of New Ancient Greek? How did a special type of clamp contribute to architectural...
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  • The Emergence of Civilisation: The Cyclades and the Aegean in the Third Millennium BC by Renfrew, Colin
    Colin Renfrew

    The Emergence of Civilisation: The Cyclades and the Aegean in the Third Millennium BC

    Unavailable for too long, this new edition reprints the original text of Renfrew's groundbreaking study, supplemented with a new introduction by the author and a foreword by John Cherry, in order to make this landmark publication available once again.Author: Colin Renfrew, John CherryISBN-10: 0977409465ISBN-13:...
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  • The Busy Narrow Sea: A Social History of the English Channel by Laurance, Robin
    Robin Laurance

    The Busy Narrow Sea: A Social History of the English Channel

    It was half a million years ago that Britain first parted from Europe. As ice melted, water smashed through the chalky land bridge that separated Britain from the continent of Europe, forming what we now know as the English Channel, and the French call...
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  • A Noble Madness: The Dark Side of Collecting from Antiquity to Now by Delbourgo, James
    James Delbourgo

    A Noble Madness: The Dark Side of Collecting from Antiquity to Now

    Collectors are often praised for their taste in art or contributions to science, but there can be a darker side: their passion is sometimes driven by dangerous obsession. Roman emperors who lusted after statues; Chinese scholars obsessed with rocks and flowers; fin de si?cle...
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  • The Conqueror's Gift: Roman Ethnography and the End of Antiquity by Maas, Michael
    Michael Maas

    The Conqueror's Gift: Roman Ethnography and the End of Antiquity

    The essential role of ethnographic thought in the Roman empire and how it evolved in Late Antiquity Ethnography is indispensable for every empire, as important as armies, tax collectors, or ambassadors. It helps rulers articulate cultural differences, and it lets the inhabitants of the...
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  • Lost in Time: Our Forgotten and Vanishing Knowledge by Bialik, Jack R.
    Jack R. Bialik

    Lost in Time: Our Forgotten and Vanishing Knowledge

    Author: Jack R. BialikISBN-13: 9798868502293Publisher: Mill City Press, IncLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/20/2025Pages: 266Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.75lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.60d
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  • Lost in Time: Our Forgotten and Vanishing Knowledge by Bialik, Jack R.
    Jack R. Bialik

    Lost in Time: Our Forgotten and Vanishing Knowledge

    Author: Jack R. BialikISBN-13: 9798868502309Publisher: Mill City Press, IncLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/20/2025Pages: 266Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.04lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.75d
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  • The Global Mind and the Rise of Civilization: The Quantum Evolution of Consciousness by Calleman, Carl Johan
    Carl Johan Calleman

    The Global Mind and the Rise of Civilization: The Quantum Evolution of Consciousness

    How the global mind drives the evolution of both consciousness and civilization - Explains how our brains receive consciousness from the global mind, which upgrades human consciousness according to a pre-set divine time frame - Reveals how the Mayan Calendar provides a blueprint for...
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  • Apocalypse: How Catastrophe Transformed Our World and Can Forge New Futures by Wade, Lizzie
    Lizzie Wade

    Apocalypse: How Catastrophe Transformed Our World and Can Forge New Futures

    Author: Lizzie WadeISBN-10: 0063097303ISBN-13: 9780063097308Publisher: HarperLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/06/2025Pages: 320Format: Hardcover
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  • Punishment, Labour and the Legitimation of Power by Fagbore, Adam
    Adam Fagbore

    Punishment, Labour and the Legitimation of Power

    This volume draws the outlines of a new field of scholarship at the crossroads of the social histories of punishment and labour. It poses key questions: What is "punishment" and how is it legitimized? In particular, how do punitive practices contribute to shape the...
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