The Romans who established their rule on three continents as well as the Europeans who initially established new... Læs mere
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As Keeper of the Arrows, William Wayne Red Hat, Jr is charged with protecting one of the most sacred possessions of the Cheyenne people and serves... Læs mere
In 1953, Margot Pringle, newly graduated from Cornell University, took a job as a teacher in a one-room school in rural eastern Montana, sixty miles southeast of... Læs mere
One of Oklahoma’s most famous native sons, Fred Harris faced life’s challenges with the same resolve as a favorite uncle: “Does people do it? If people does it, I can do it.” In this engaging memoir, he describes how he met those challenges head-on.
Takes the reader on a memorable journey into the rough-and-tumble world of hardrock mining, recounting the author’s experiences both above and below ground as an apprentice engineer during the late 1950s.
Political image-making - especially from the Age of Augustus, when the Roman Republic evolved into a system capable of governing a vast, culturally diverse empire - is the focus of this masterful study of Roman culture.
A striking portrait of one of the most fascinating women in Roman history
Featuring more than 150 colour images, this volume highlights the Autry Museum of the American West's Art of the West exhibit. Alongside celebrated... Læs mere
Dong Xi's Record of Regret, here in its first English translation, introduces readers to a masterpiece of contemporary Chinese literature, and to the unparalleled tragicomic style of one of China's most celebrated writers.