Search Results for 'Barbara A. Purdy'

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Sons of Ishmael: Muslims through European Eyes in the Middle Ages

John Tolan, one of the world’s foremost authorities on early Christian/Muslim interactions, offers ten essays that explore the history of conflict and convergence between Latin Christendom and the Arab Muslim world during the Middle Ages, deepening our understanding of the roots of current stereotypes of Muslims and Arabs in Western Culture.

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Under the Shade of Thipaak: The Ethnoecology of Cycads in Mesoamerica and the Caribbean

Exploring the cultural role of cycads in the ancient and modern Mesoamerican and Caribbean worlds, this volume demonstrates how these ancient plants have figured prominently in regional mythologies, rituals, art, and foodways from the Pleistocene-Holocene transition to the present.

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An Introduction to British Arthurian Narrative

<em>An Introduction to British Arthurian Narrative</em>&nbsp;covers over 400 years and discusses a broad range of romances, histories, and parodies written about King Arthur in Britain during the medieval period.

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The Spanish Missions of <em>La Florida</em>

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Slavery Without Sugar: Diversity in Caribbean Economy and Society Since the 17th Century

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The Saltwater Angler's Guide to Florida's Big Bend and Emerald Coast

A comprehensive travel guide for fishing Florida's Gulf Coast

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New Immigrants, New Land: A Study of Brazilians in Massachusetts

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An Introduction to Jean Bodel

In this book, Lynn Ramey explores the life and works of Jean Bodel, a twelfth-century French poet, playwright, and epic writer, providing translations and summaries of works never published before in English while delving into Bodel&rsquo;s historical and cultural context.

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Tatham Mound and the Bioarchaeology of European Contact: Disease and Depopulation in Central Gulf Coast Florida

This is the first systematic analysis of Tatham Mound, one of the most important archaeological sites in Central Gulf Coast Florida.

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My Scrapbook of My Illness with Polio, 19461951

<p>A unique scrapbook diary of one child's experience with Polio in the 1940s. This daily journal, written by a mother on the frontlines on the fight against the Polio epidemic, describes her daughter&rsquo;s journey in her daughter&rsquo;s voice, through the pain and loneliness of her life-changing illness.</p>