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“…Presentación del editor: "Ephesus has had a fascinating and eventful history. Famous for its connections with Artemis, Heraclitus and St Paul, it is also one of the richest archaeological sites in the Mediterranean. …”

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“…"As war and mass emigration across oceans increased the distances between ordinary people in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, many of them, previously barely literate and unaccustomed to writing, began to communicate on paper. This fascinating account explores this surge of ordinary writing, how people met the new challenges of literacy and the importance of scribal culture to the history of individual experience in modern Europe. …”
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“…No se trata tanto de apreciar la influencia de las obras de Goya sobre otros artistas que han representado estos asuntos, cuanto, además, de plasmar la afinidad entre la concepción goyesca y la que es propia de artistas como Géricault, Delacroix, Manet, Munch, Kiefer, Dix, Picasso, Masson, Kline o Saura, entre otros muchos…”

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“…Evening's Empire is a fascinating study of the myriad ways in which early modern people understood, experienced, and transformed the night. …”

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“…Humanity Works doesn't just explain the fascinating trends of the future of work, it gives you practical guidance on what you can do about the future right now. …”

“…One collection of chapters reflects on the legacy of the Pasadena smog experiment, while another presents a fascinating overview of military applications and nuclear aerosols. …”

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“…Friends denounced him, his family disowned him, and enemies ultimately drove him from his home state.In Moses of South Carolina, Benjamin Ginsberg rescues this protean figure and his fascinating story from obscurity. Though Moses was far from a saint—he was known as the “robber governor” for his corrupt ways—Ginsberg suggests that Moses nonetheless deserves better treatment in the historical record. …”

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“…It is not only the pace of industrialisation but the relative equity which has accompanied growth in these countries that has fascinated economists. This paper analyses alternative structural models which represent different theoretical frameworks for development in East Asia. …”