Collection: History & Culture

Between Two Rivers
Between Two Rivers: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Birth of History cover image
Moudhy Al-Rashid

Between Two Rivers

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Alexandria: The City that Changed the World
Alexandria: The City that Changed the World: 'Monumental' – Daily Telegraph cover image
Islam Issa

Alexandria: The City that Changed the World

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Dear Bi Men
Dear Bi Men: A Black Man's Perspective on Power, Consent, Breaking Down Binaries, and Combating Erasure cover image
J.R. Yussuf

Dear Bi Men

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The Caribbean Race Reader
The Caribbean Race Reader: From Colonialism to Anticolonial Thought (Critical South) cover image
Victoria J. Collis-Buthelezi, Aaron Kamugisha

The Caribbean Race Reader

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Malayan Classicism
Malayan Classicism: From the Architecture of Empire to Asian Vernacular cover image
Soon-Tzu Speechley

Malayan Classicism

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My Country, Africa
My Country, Africa: Autobiography of the Black Pasionaria (Verso's Southern Questions) cover image
Andrée Blouin

My Country, Africa

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Iran's Rise and Rivalry with the US in the Middle East
Iran's Rise and Rivalry with the US in the Middle East cover image
Mohsen M. Milani

Iran's Rise and Rivalry with the US in the Middle East

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The Anti-Ableist Manifesto
The Anti-Ableist Manifesto cover image
Tiffany Yu

The Anti-Ableist Manifesto

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Forgotten
Forgotten
Raja Shehadeh, Penny Johnson

Forgotten

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Pakistan: Recipes and Stories from Home Kitchens, Restaurants, and Roadside Stands
Pakistan: Recipes and Stories from Home Kitchens, Restaurants, and Roadside Stands cover image
Maryam Jillani

Pakistan: Recipes and Stories from Home Kitchens, Restaurants, and Roadside Stands

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Mahjong: House Rules from Across the Asian Diaspora
Mahjong: House Rules from Across the Asian Diaspora cover image
Nicole Wong

Mahjong: House Rules from Across the Asian Diaspora

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All She Lost
All She Lost: The Explosion in Lebanon, the Collapse of a Nation and the Women who Survive - Between Civil War, Israel and Hezbollah cover image
Dalal Mawad

All She Lost

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For the Culture
For the Culture: The Power Behind What We Buy, What We Do and Who We Want to Be cover image
Marcus Collins

For the Culture

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Farmers' Protest
Farmers' Protest: Why the Indian Farmer's went on strike cover image
Namita Waikar

Farmers' Protest

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We Have Never Been Woke
We Have Never Been Woke
Musa al-Gharbi

We Have Never Been Woke

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Secrets of Romani Fortune-Telling
Secrets of Romani Fortune-Telling: Divining with Tarot, Palmistry, Tea Leaves, and More cover image
Jezmina Von Thiele, Paulina Stevens

Secrets of Romani Fortune-Telling

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American Dark Age
American Dark Age: Racial Feudalism and the Rise of Black Liberalism cover image
Keidrick Roy

American Dark Age

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This Fiction Called Nigeria
This Fiction Called Nigeria: The Struggle for Democracy (Verso's Southern Questions) cover image
Adewale Maja-Pearce

This Fiction Called Nigeria

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Mau Moko: The World of Maori Tattoo
Mau Moko: The World of Maori Tattoo cover image
Ngahuia Te Awekotuku

Mau Moko: The World of Maori Tattoo

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Mastering AI
Mastering AI: A Survival Guide to our Superpowered Future cover image
Jeremy Kahn

Mastering AI

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Why We Travel
Why We Travel
Ash Bhardwaj

Why We Travel

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Are Prisons Obsolete?
Are Prisons Obsolete? cover image
Angela Y. Davis

Are Prisons Obsolete?

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An A-Z of Chinese Food (Recipes Not Included)
An A-Z of Chinese Food (Recipes Not Included)
Jenny Lau

An A-Z of Chinese Food (Recipes Not Included)

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Friction: An Ethnography of Global Connection
Friction: An Ethnography of Global Connection
Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing

Friction: An Ethnography of Global Connection

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Return to Sri Lanka
Return to Sri Lanka cover image
Razeen Sally

Return to Sri Lanka

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The Study: The Inner Life of Renaissance Libraries
The Study: The Inner Life of Renaissance Libraries cover image
Andrew Hui

The Study: The Inner Life of Renaissance Libraries

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The Philosophy of Curry
The Philosophy of Curry (British Library Philosophy of series) cover image
Sejal Sukhadwala

The Philosophy of Curry

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Slaves for Peanuts
Slaves for Peanuts: A Story of Conquest, Liberation, and a Crop That Changed History cover image
Jori Lewis

Slaves for Peanuts

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Land Back
Land Back: Aboriginal land rights in New South Wales, today and always cover image
Heidi Norman

Land Back

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The Food of Bharat
The Food of Bharat: A Chef's Journey through India's Rich Culinary History cover image
Helly Raichura

The Food of Bharat

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The Islamic Moses
The Islamic Moses: How the Prophet Inspired Jews and Muslims to Flourish Together and Change the World cover image
Mustafa Akyol

The Islamic Moses

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A Theory of Everyone
A Theory of Everyone: Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We’re Going cover image
Michael Muthukrishna

A Theory of Everyone

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The Burning Earth
Book cover of 'The Burning Earth' by Sunil Amrith with a silhouette of a person on a mountain.
Sunil Amrith

The Burning Earth

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Race and Entertainment
Race and Entertainment: Reflections on Racism in Film, TV and the Media cover image
Thandi Lubimbi

Race and Entertainment

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Ending the Pursuit: Asexuality, Aromanticism and Agender Identity
Ending the Pursuit: Asexuality, Aromanticism and Agender Identity cover image
Michael Paramo

Ending the Pursuit: Asexuality, Aromanticism and Agender Identity

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Neverland: The Pleasures and Perils of Fandom
Neverland: The Pleasures and Perils of Fandom cover image
Vanessa Kisuule

Neverland: The Pleasures and Perils of Fandom

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How to Lose a Country
How to Lose a Country: The 7 Steps from Democracy to Fascism (Canons) cover image
Ece Temelkuran

How to Lose a Country

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Scenes of Subjection
Scenes of Subjection: Terror, Slavery and Self-Making in Nineteenth Century America cover image
Saidiya Hartman

Scenes of Subjection

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Breakthrough: The Quest for Lifesaving Medicines
Breakthrough: The Quest for Lifesaving Medicines
Dr William Pao

Breakthrough: The Quest for Lifesaving Medicines

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The Politics of Sorrow
The Politics of Sorrow: Unity and Allegiance Across Tibetan Exile (Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University) cover image
Tsering Wangmo Dhompa

The Politics of Sorrow

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The Fourth Invasion
The Fourth Invasion: Decolonizing Histories, Extractivism, and Maya Resistance in Guatemala cover image
Giovanni Batz

The Fourth Invasion

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Where We Stand
Where We Stand
Djamila Ribeiro

Where We Stand

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Whose Language Is English?
Whose Language Is English? cover image
Jieun Kiaer

Whose Language Is English?

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Undisciplined
Undisciplined: Reclaiming the Right to Imagine cover image
Melz Owusu

Undisciplined

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The Prince Who Beat the Empire
The Prince Who Beat the Empire: How an Indian Ruler Took on the Might of the East India Company cover image
Moin Mir

The Prince Who Beat the Empire

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Liberating Abortion
Liberating Abortion
Renee Bracey Sherman, Regina Mahone

Liberating Abortion

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Culture and Imperialism
Edward W. Said Culture and Imperialism /anglais cover image
Edward W. Said

Culture and Imperialism

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Poor Artists
Poor Artists
Zarina Muhammad and Gabrielle de la Puente

Poor Artists

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