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Offering more than just history,&nbsp;<em>Chinese Junks on the Pacific&nbsp;</em>focuses on ten ships, such as the&nbsp;<em>Whang Ho</em>, <em>Ning Po</em>, and&nbsp;<em>Amoy</em>, that sailed to the United States in the early twentieth century.

John Tolan, one of the world&rsquo;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.

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.

<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.

A comprehensive travel guide for fishing Florida's Gulf Coast