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Meditation and the Martial Arts (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
This book provides an approach to understanding the connection between martial arts and spirituality in such diverse disciplines as Japanese aikido, Chinese tai chi chuan, Hindu yoga, Christian asceticism, Zen Buddhism and Islamic Jihad.
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Women in George Washington's World (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
A lively and accessibly written volume, this book highlights some of the women whom Washington knew. Women who admired and memorialized him, women who provided him... Læs mere
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Divided by the Word: Colonial Encounters and the Remaking of Zulu and Xhosa Identities (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Using archival sources from three continents written in multiple languages, this book offers a new appreciation for... Læs mere
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To Organize the Sovereign People: Political Mobilization in Revolutionary Pennsylvania (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Explores the struggle to define self-government in the critical years following the Declaration of Independence,... Læs mere
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Blueprint for Going Green: How a Small Foundation Changed the Model for Environmental Conservation (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
In 1977, one forward-thinking judge took an ecological disaster--the poisoning of the James River by... Læs mere
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Drone Enlightenment: The Colonial Roots of Remote Warfare (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Focusing specifically on the United States’ use of killer drones during the War on Terror, Drone Enlightenment argues that this kind of warfare... Læs mere
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Caribbean Jewish Crossings: Literary History and Creative Practice (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
The first essay collection to consider the Caribbean's relationship to Jewishness through a literary lens. Although Caribbean novelists and poets regularly incorporate Jewish motifs in their work, scholars have neglected this strain in studies of Caribbean literature.
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The Belgian Friendship Building: From the New York World's Fair to a Virginia HBCU (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
A singular architectural landmark bridging western Europe and the American South.
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Searching for Jimmie Strother: A Tale of Music, Murder, and Memory (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)Levering: Skaffevare (forvent 14 - 30 hverdage)
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Plain Paths and Dividing Lines: Navigating Native Land and Water in the Seventeenth-Century Chesapeake (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
It is one thing to draw a line in the sand but another to enforce it. In this innovative new work,... Læs mere
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Archival Communities: Constructing the Past in the Early United States (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)Levering: Skaffevare (forvent 14 - 30 hverdage)
