Midnight at the Pera Palace: The Birth of Modern Istanbul 0393245780, 9780393245783

The Accidental Palace: The Making of Yıldız in Nineteenth-Century Istanbul 9780271094267

This book tells the story of Yıldız Palace in Istanbul, the last and largest imperial residential complex of the Ottoman

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The Mycenaean Palace at Nippur 9781463220198

This site report presents a Mycenean palace found at Nippur (a city in the heart of ancient Babylon) with a floor-plan a

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The Architectural Ornament of Diocletian's Palace at Split 9780860548232, 9781407349466

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Greece and Rome at the Crystal Palace: Classical Sculpture and Modern Britain, 1854-1936 0199596468, 9780199596461

This volume uncovers the social, political, and aesthetic role of ancient Greek and Roman sculpture in modern Britain fo

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The Mirror at Midnight: A South African Journey 0618758259, 9780618758258

History lies heavily on South Africa, and Adam Hochschild brings to bear a lifetime's familiarity with the country

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Images of the Immortal: The Cult of Lu Dongbin at the Palace of Eternal Joy 9780824862909

The Palace of Eternal Joy (Yongle gong) is a mammoth cult site dedicated to one of late imperial China’s most popular de

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The English Governess at the Siamese Court being the Recollections of Six Years in the Royal Palace at Bangkok

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Nihongo pera pera! : a user's guide to Japanese onomatopoeia 0804818908

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A Knock at Midnight (Oeb) 9780759520196, 0759520194

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Judgment At Istanbul: The Armenian Genocide Trials 9780857452863

Turkey’s bid to join the European Union has lent new urgency to the issue of the Armenian Genocide as differing interpre

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