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Plantations & historic homes of New Orleans /
Published 2008“…With lavish photographs of exteriors and rooms of special interest, gardens and curiosities, and detailed information about New Orleans’ diverse architecture and history, this book is both a perfect guide for visitors and natives alike and an enchanting visual tour of one of the greatest cities in the United States.…”
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About the book «When the Volga was the sea. Leviathan and the pilgrims»
Published 2019-05-01“…The Volga region with its extensive deposits of the Mesozoic sea is one of the most important regions in the world for the study of reptiles and fills several «white spots» in their history. The book also tells about sea crocodiles, sea turtles, dinosaurs, pterosaurs, birds, fish, and various cephalopods. …”
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Aristocratic libraries in Slovakia – status, research, history
Published 2021-09-01“…For a certain period, these libraries occupied an underappreciated place in the history of book culture in Slovakia. The socialist ideology of the ruling regime allowed their collections (with a few exceptions) to be merged with those of public libraries and archives. …”
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The scientist-innovator, creator and producer. Book review: Itkis, G.E., Krivosheeva, A.M., & Karagesyan, A.K. (Eds.). (2022). M.I. Krivosheev. Strings of fate. Memoirs of the patr...
Published 2022-10-01“…The peculiarity of the book is that it is based on the personal notes of the professor, which is of particular value, allowing the reader to understand the point of view of an eyewitness to events at different stages of history. This book is the story of its main author (there are supplementary remarks-explanations in the book) about the difficult path of becoming a TV broadcasting platform and the development of television, which has gone through the stages from infancy to multi-program digital interactive TV broadcasting. …”
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Comparison of Types of Taxation in Islamic civilization with the Emphasis on the Financial Monographs in the First Five Centuries of Islam
Published 2023-12-01“…Moreover, the historical sources about conquests, general histories, geographical books, local histories as well as comprehensive hadith and jurisprudential books, contain a lot of important information about financial issues. …”
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Kállai Ernő, György Majtényi, Zsuzsanna Mikó and Péter Tóth. 2022. The Hungarian Gypsies/ Roma I–II. Budapest: National Archives of Hungary.
Published 2024-05-01“…Consequently, analysing these records on a singular, individual basis can lead to a skewed perception, thereby failing to provide a comprehensive understanding of Roma history. The book under review, “A magyarországi cigányok/romák I-II,” offers an extensive collection of sources, contributing significantly to the understanding of the Roma past within Hungarian historiography. …”
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The Persians: Ancient, mediaeval and modern Iran
Published 2010“…In his thoughtful analysis of Iranian society, Katouzian argues that the absolute and arbitrary power traditionally enjoyed by Persian/Iranian rulers has resulted in an unstable society where fear and short-term thinking dominate. A magisterial history, this book also serves as an excellent background to the role of Iran in the contemporary world. © 2009 Homa Katouzian. …”
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Incontri nel testo. Fidus comes di Andrzej Schoen e i suoi contesti
Published 2023-11-01“…The analysed poem displays the importance of their former journey to Italy, and Padua’s milieu is involved in its history. The book served also as a kind of “portfolio”, commending the author to the Belgian humanist Justus Lipsius. …”
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The bookplates of the fund of Lituanica of the 18th century at the library of Lithuanian academy of science
Published 2024-08-01“…This review of bookplates is material that will help in studies of book history and especially in studying the history of libraries of Lithuania, their dispersion, and the history of book travel. …”
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Factores de degradación intrínsecos en los libros : la naturaleza del material bibliográfico
Published 2014-06-01“…Knowledge of the various original materials used to make books is crucial to such professionals and this paper presents a comprehensive analysis of the main types of intrinsic degradation in the materials most commonly used in the history of book making.…”
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Factors de degradació intrínsecs als llibres : la naturalesa del material bibliogràfic
Published 2014-06-01“…Knowledge of the various original materials used to make books is crucial to such professionals and this paper presents a comprehensive analysis of the main types of intrinsic degradation in the materials most commonly used in the history of book making.…”
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The latence of the European colonial past: a reply by the author
Published 2022-12-01“…Mainly intended as a piece in French history, the book illuminates the extent to which Europe was the main vehicle of the rescue of the imperial nation-state, and how white supremacy and colonial rule were maintained through a peculiar combination of the rule of law and states of emergency.…”
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Archimandrite Leonid (Kavelin) and a collection of Slavic manuscripts in the library of St. Paul in Mount Athos monastery
Published 2017-06-01“…The monastery library was visited by famous personalities in the history of book culture such as Archimandrite Porfiry (Uspensky), Archimandrite Antonin (Kapustin), archaeographer and Slavicist V. …”
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Observation as a Tool for Historian: A Critical Analysis of James Elkins’ Theories in the book How to Use Your Eyes
Published 2021-10-01“…He is an important theorist of art historiography with a critical view of traditional theories about art history. The book's subject is "observation". Elkins carefully observes a wide range of visual phenomena in two main categories: man-made and natural, which have different dimensions: historical, artistic, technological, linguistic, cultural, social or completely natural. …”
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Translation and circulation of Romanian and Slavonic biblical books in the Romanian lands: a textual analysis of the sixteenth century Apostolos and Psalter texts
Published 2022“…</p> <p>After a brief Introduction to the sources and method of philological analysis, Chapter one investigates the history of book production and circulation in the Romanian lands between the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries and gives some essential historical context to the cultural dynamics defining the voivodeships of Moldavia, Wallachia, and the principality of Transylvania at the time.…”
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Identifying key digital prepress competence requirements for printing technology workforce / Muhammad Yusuf Masod … [et al.]
Published 2012“…It however does not cover printing or producing of a family history bound book form without commercial intent. Current literature in the field acknowledge that the printing industry is no longer the dominant sector as it is on its way to becoming a multimedia industry. …”
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Book Review: Dissimulation and deceit in early modern Europe, edited by Miriam Eliav-Feldon and Tamar Herzig
Published 2018“…With 11 chapters largely written by Italian specialists in religious history, the book extends a field already explored by the two editors in previous works on imposture and pretended sanctity. …”
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Fernand Braudel e Vidal de La Blache : Geohistória e História da Geografia
Published 2009-03-01“…According to the quotation dated of 1951, the first edition of “The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean Word in the Age of Philip II” is a book which is considered a landmark in Fernand Braudel´s geographical history. That book is considered his great contribution to Geohistory. …”
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