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H P R Twiston Davies
The Transmission of the Book of the Dead in New Kingdom Tombs at Saqqara

T exts and images from the Book of the Dead were widely used to decorate the walls of tombs during Egypt's New Kingdom (c. 1550-1077 BCE). Prior research has tended to focus on either individual tombs, or…

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Chris Deacy
Nostalgia, Religion and Popular Culture

Drawing on the event of Queen Elizabeth II's death in 2022 as a central case study, this book explores the way we navigate the relationship between nostalgia and religion.Focusing on the lived experiences…

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Beth Derderian
Art Capital

Museums often served nationalist and imperialist interests in the past, but the primary force in the 21st century is the market. Museum franchising-exemplified by the Louvre Abu Dhabi-is one of the most v…

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Beth Derderian
Art Capital

Museums often served nationalist and imperialist interests in the past, but the primary force in the 21st century is the market. Museum franchising-exemplified by the Louvre Abu Dhabi-is one of the most v…

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Robin Derricourt
Five Innovations That Changed Human History

Drawing on both historical sources and archaeological discoveries, this book explores the origins and earliest development of five major achievements in our deep history, and their impacts on human lives.…

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Robin Derricourt
Five Innovations That Changed Human History

We live in an era of major technological developments, post-pandemic social adjustment, and dramatic climate change arising from human activity. Considering these phenomena within the long span of human h…

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Philippe Descola,
Forms of the Visible

Imagery and figuration are not just figments of an artist's imagination. Perception and imagination are always shaped by what habit has taught us to discern. The visual path we spontaneously trace through…

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Philippe Descola,
Politics of Worlding

The Politics of Worldlingpresents Philippe Descola's Tanner Lectures on Human Values, delivered in 2023 at the University of California, Berkeley. It offers a highly readable précis of some of the central…

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A. N. Devers (Freelance Writer, UK, and Owner of The Second Shelf bookstore)
Train

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.Triggering severe nostalgia and denoting adventure, mystery, and glamour, the passenger train is s…

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Dk
The Anthropology Book

Explore and understand the key ideas and movements in anthropology-the study of human societies and cultures and how they work.What does it mean to be human? Why do we have rituals? How do family structur…

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Dada Docot
Town of Dollars

Colonial aftermaths linger quietly, revealing violence woven into the fabric of daily life What does violence look like when it is not spectacular but quiet and routine? In this intimate ethnography, anth…

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Christopher T Dole
Living on

"Living On centers around the unprecedented mobilization of mental health professionals in the wake of a massive earthquake that struck western Turkey in 1999--a disaster that left more than 20,000 p…

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Christopher T Dole
Living on

"Living On centers around the unprecedented mobilization of mental health professionals in the wake of a massive earthquake that struck western Turkey in 1999--a disaster that left more than 20,000 p…

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Parin Dossa
Ethics of Co-Existence

Ethics of Coexistence maps a pathway for a socially just world through activist pedagogy of ethno-photography.

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Parin Dossa
Ethics of Co-Existence

How do we go about creating a socially just world where we can coexist equitably? What is it like to be cognizant of human-nature family? What are the forces that compromise our humanity? Ethics of Coexis…

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Rachel Douglas-Jones
Committee Worlds

Medical research is a global endeavor; a complex network of international drugs trials and data collection in the pursuit of novel treatments. And the Asia-Pacific region is considered an ideal "mark…

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Markus Eberl
War Owl Falling

Drawing on archaeological findings from the Maya lowlands, this book shows how innovation and creativity led to social change in ancient societies

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El-Sayed El-Aswad
Religion and the Invisible World

A broad critical history of the transformation of religious thought in Egypt from ancient to modern periodsWhen a civilization disappears, its heritage does not vanish. It survives in different potentiall…

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Yaron Eliav
A Jew in the Roman Bathhouse

A provocative account of Jewish encounters with the public baths of ancient RomePublic bathhouses embodied the Roman way of life, from food and fashion to sculpture and sports. The most popular institutio…

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Didier Fassin, Anne-Claire Defossez
Exile

In recent decades, the forced displacement of populations has fueled nationalism and xenophobia across the world, arousing fear and hostility. Policies have been implemented to deter migrants, crack down …

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