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101 Things I Learned in Architecture School
Matthew Frederick
The MIT Press
The MIT Press
2008 Silver Award Winner, Architecture Category, Independent Publisher Book Awards. and Winning entry, General Trade Illustrated Category, in the 2008 New England Book Show sponsored by Bookbuilders of Boston. This is a book that students of...
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The Last Days of the Incas
Kim MacQuarrie
Simon & Schuster
Simon & Schuster
In 1532, the fifty-four-year-old Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro led a force of 167 men, including his four brothers, to the shores of Peru. Unbeknownst to the Spaniards, the Inca rulers of Peru had just fought a bloody civil war in which the...
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The Complete World of Greek Mythology
Richard Buxton
Thames & Hudson
Thames & Hudson
A full, authoritative, and wholly engaging account of these endlessly fascinating tales and of the ancient society in which they were created. Greek myths are among the most complex and influential stories ever told. From the first millennium BC...
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The Little Ice Age: How Climate Made History, 1300-1850
Brian M. Fagan
Basic Books
Basic Books
"Climate change is the ignored player on the historical stage," writes archeologist Brian Fagan. But it shouldn't be, not if we know what's good for us. We can't judge what future climate change will mean unless we know something about its effects...
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How to Read Egyptian Hieroglyphs: A Step-by-Step Guide to Teach Yourself, Revised Edition
Mark Collier, Bill Manley
University of California Press
University of California Press
You need no previous experience reading hieroglyphs to benefit from this book. This is a hieroglyphs guide for the layperson, tourist, or museum enthusiast who'd like to have more of a clue when it comes to understanding Egyptian hieroglyphs....
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Who Owns Antiquity?: Museums and the Battle over Our Ancient Heritage
James Cuno
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
Whether antiquities should be returned to the countries where they were found is one of the most urgent and controversial issues in the art world today, and it has pitted museums, private collectors, and dealers against source countries,...
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An Illustrated Dictionary of the Gods and Symbols of Ancient Mexico and the Maya
Mary Miller, Karl Taube
Thames & Hudson
Thames & Hudson
The myths and beliefs of the great pre-Columbian civilizations of Mesoamerica have baffled and fascinated outsiders ever since the Spanish Conquest. Yet, until now, no single-volume introduction has existed to act as a guide to this labyrinthine...
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