EGYPTOMANIA: a history of fascination, obsession and fantasy 9781789143485, 1789143489

The land of pyramids and sphinxes, pharaohs and goddesses, Egypt has been a source of awe and fascination from the time

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English Year 2020

EGYPTOMANIA: a history of fascination, obsession and fantasy
9781789143485, 1789143489

We live in an age of obsession. Not only are we hopelessly devoted to our work, strangely addicted to our favorite telev

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The world has always been fascinated with ancient Egypt. When the Romans conquered Egypt, it was really Egypt that conqu

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The leading U.S. expert on abortion law charts the many meanings associated with Roe v. Wade during its fifty-year histo

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The leading U.S. expert on abortion law charts the many meanings associated with Roe v. Wade during its fifty-year histo

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The snake is one of humankind's most powerful and ambiguous symbols: it has at various times represented immortalit

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In the somnolent Flemish town of Quiquendone disagreements are unheard of, courtships might last a decade and not a ripp

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In this compelling book, we meet a man who can't let anyone get within a certain distance of his nose, two kleptoma

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Yearning for an escape from a claustrophobic childhood, Geoffrey Weill became infatuated with travel. At twenty-three, t

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Sir Walter Besant (1836-1901), was a novelist and historian from London. His sister-in-law was Annie Besant. He was born

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