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Society & Culture
History
326
Deana Heath, "Colonial Terror: Torture and Stat...
25 min
327
Stephen Fritz, "The First Soldier: Hitler as a ...
A necessary volume for understanding the influence of World War I on Hitler’s thinking, this work is also an eye-opening reappraisal of major events like the invasion of Russia and the battle for Normandy...
73 min
328
Mark Mazower, "On Antisemitism: A Word in Histo...
43 min
329
Anthony Valerio, "Semmelweis: The Women's Docto...
Though his advice has saved the lives of millions of people, the name Ignaz Semmelweis is not one commonly known today...
57 min
330
Ashley D. Farmer, "Queen Mother: Black National...
23 min
331
Selena Daly, "Emigrant Soldiers: Mobilising Ita...
59 min
332
Paul Galvez, "Courbet's Landscapes: The Origins...
An interview with Paul Galvez
63 min
333
Danny Orbach, "Plots Against Hitler" (Mariner, ...
Orbach offers a profound and complete examination of the plots to assassinate Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler...
60 min
334
Cristina Plamadeala, "Dossierveillance, Collabo...
26 min
335
Becky M. Nicolaides, "The New Suburbia: How Div...
35 min
336
Angelos Chaniotis, "Age of Conquests: The Greek...
The world that Alexander remade in his lifetime was transformed once more by his death in 323 BCE...
67 min
337
Peter D. Blackmer, "Unleashing Black Power: Gra...
77 min
338
Martyn Whittock, "Vikings in the East: From Vla...
59 min
339
The Light Between Apple Trees: Rediscovering th...
46 min
340
William Doyle, "Napoleon at Peace: How to End a...
An interview with William Doyle
17 min
341
David Stasavage, "The Decline and Rise of Democ...
36 min
342
Lorenzo Castellani, "Alberto Beneduce, Mussolin...
44 min
343
Carl Benedikt Frey, "How Progress Ends: Technol...
32 min
344
Andrea Freeman, "Ruin Their Crops on the Ground...
56 min
345
Julia Ross Cummiskey, "Virus Research in Twenti...
88 min
346
Justin Stover and George Woudhuysen, "The Lost ...
82 min
347
Karl Ittmann, "Fuelling Empire: The British Imp...
39 min
348
Kathryn Hurlock, "Holy Places: How Pilgrimage C...
51 min
349
Darren Mueller, "At the Vanguard of Vinyl: A Cu...
70 min
350
Lawrence Grossman, "Living in Both Worlds: Mode...
51 min