Origins

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William D. Irvine
The Boulanger Affair Reconsidered: Royalism, Boulangism, and the Origins of the Radical Right in France
Recent scholarship on General Boulanger's 1888-89 bid for power in France's Third Republic has focused on the combination of socialism and national chauvinism in the movement supporting Boulanger's campaign, seeing in this alliance the left-wing origins of 20th-century fascism. In this groundbreakin...
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David Wengrow
The Origins of Monsters: Image and Cognition in the First Age of Mechanical Reproduction (The Rostovtzeff Lectures)
It has often been claimed that "monsters"--supernatural creatures with bodies composed from multiple species--play a significant part in the thought and imagery of all people from all times. The Origins of Monsters advances an alternative view. Composite figurations are intriguingly rare and isola...
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Robin Baker
Mesopotamian Civilization and the Origins of the New Testament
In this ground-breaking study, Robin Baker investigates the contribution ancient Mesopotamian theology made to the origins of Christianity. Drawing on a formidable range of primary sources, Baker's conclusions challenge the widely held opinion that the theological imprint of Babylonia and Assyria on...
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Rick Potts
What Does It Mean to Be Human?: Official Companion Book to the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History's David H. Koch Hall of Human Origins
This generously illustrated book tells the story of the human family, showing how our species’ physical traits and behaviors evolved over millions of years as our ancestors adapted to dramatic environmental changes. In What Does It Means to Be Human? Rick Potts, director of the Smithsonian’s ...
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Sean M. Brooks Ph.D
The Origins of School Violence
Pre-service and in-service training for teachers and administrators can vary between institutions. Some formal education programs train teachers for curriculum development, leadership characteristics, lesson planning, and subject-based knowledge acquisition. However, some pre-service teacher educati...
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Gwinyai H. Muzorewa
The Origins & Development of African Theology
The Origins and Development of African theology is a very informative survey of African theology over approximately the last twenty years. The author is widely read on the subject, as far as English publications go, and highlights the salient issues with balanced objectivity. The literature, both as...
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Donny B
SPECIAL CREATION UPDATED & EXPANDED: DISMANTLING EVOLUTION AND CONFIRMING INDEPENDENT ORIGINS
“Special Creation” was written with the purpose of presenting the most up-to-date evidence for separate ancestry and against universal common ancestry. Many people have blindly believed evolution is a fact without ever looking at the compelling evidence that shows otherwise. The scientific evide...
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Greg Harvey
The Origins of Tolkien's Middle-earth For Dummies
J.R.R. Tolkien's novels of Middle-earth –  The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings trilogy , and The Silmarillian  – have become some of the most famous, and most beloved, literary works of the twentieth century. And the Lord of the Rings films by director Peter Jackson have re-ignited intere...
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Arif Dirlik
The Origins of Chinese Communism
Based on a wealth of archival material released after Mao's death, this book offers a revisionist account of the introduction and triumph of Marxism in China. Dirlik shows that, in 1919, at the outset of the May Fourth Movement, anarchism was the predominant ideology among revolutionaries and intell...
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Mark M. Mazower
No Enchanted Palace: The End of Empire and the Ideological Origins of the United Nations (The Lawrence Stone Lectures)
A groundbreaking interpretation of the intellectual origins of the United Nations No Enchanted Palace traces the origins and early development of the United Nations, one of the most influential yet perhaps least understood organizations active in the world today. Acclaimed historian Mark Mazower...
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Annika Mombauer
The origins of the First World War: Diplomatic and military documents (Documents in Modern History)
Annika Mombauer's essential source reader translates, cross-references and annotates a vast range of international diplomatic and military documents on the origins of the First World War. It collects together documents which are newly discovered or were not previously available in English, drawn fro...
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Edward O. Wilson
The Origins of Creativity
“Brimming with ideas. . . . The Origins of Creativity approach[es] creativity scientifically but sensitively, feeling its roots without pulling them out.”― Economist In a stirring exploration of human nature recalling his foundational work Consilience, Edward O. Wilson offers a “luminous...
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Tricia McCannon
The Angelic Origins of the Soul: Discovering Your Divine Purpose
A journey into the immortal nature of the Soul, the landscapes of Heaven, and the purpose behind your incarnation on Earth • Reveals the connection between the soul and the orders of Angels and provides a roadmap to the realms of Heaven and Hell • Explains the six stages of Soul Evolution an...
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Peter Bellwood
First Farmers: The Origins of Agricultural Societies
First Farmers: the Origins of Agricultural Societies offers readers an understanding of the origins and histories of early agricultural populations in all parts of the world. Uses data from archaeology, comparative linguistics, and biological anthropology to cover developments over the past 12,000 ...
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Peter Skuse
Caught Red Handed: 101 Idioms, Sayings and Proverbs With Their Meanings and Origins
"The best book I've ever read!" Steven King (my yoga instructor) Curious why we say someone was “caught red‑handed” or what “under the weather” has to do with feeling unwell? Ever wondered about the meaning of “bite the bullet” or the origin of “break the ice” ? And who f...
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J. Lawrence Broz
The International Origins of the Federal Reserve System
The Federal Reserve Act of 1913 created the infrastructure for the modern American payments system. Probing the origins of this benchmark legislation, J. Lawrence Broz finds that international factors were crucial to its conception and passage. Until its passage, the United States had suffered under...
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Ilan Peleg
Crisis of Israel's Democracy, 1948–2025, The: Origins, Developments, and Consequences
The Crisis of Israel’s Democracy, 1948 - 2025: Origins, Developments, and Consequences focuses on Israeli democracy, its deep historical origins, development over seven decades, long-term consequences, and possible resolutions. While most commentaries on Israel’s crisis focus on the proposals f...
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George Steinmetz
The Colonial Origins of Modern Social Thought: French Sociology and the Overseas Empire (Princeton Modern Knowledge)
A new history of French social thought that connects postwar sociology to colonialism and empire In this provocative and original retelling of the history of French social thought, George Steinmetz places the history and development of modern French sociology in the context of the French empire af...
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John Kincheloe
Kincheloe Origins: Explorations in American and Irish Family History
Kincheloe Origins is a rich exploration of the history and meaning of this singular family name. The product of years of research, this book gives an authoritative overview of the earliest evidence of the surname in America and Ireland. Reviewing carefully all of the earliest documents related to t...
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Robert Enochs
The Origins and Evolution of Christmas: From Pagan Traditions to Modern Celebrations (Mysteries of Tradition: Uncovering the Origins of Iconic
What if the traditions you celebrate every December are far older (and far more complex) than you were ever taught? The Origins and Evolution of Christmas: From Pagan Traditions to Modern Celebrations takes readers on a fascinating historical journey through the beliefs, rituals, and cultural fo...
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