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The ancient trade routes that made up the Silk Road were some of the great conduits of cultural and material exchange in world history. In this intriguing book, Xinru Liu reveals both why and how this long-distance trade in luxury goods emerged in the late third century BCE, following its story through to the Mongol conquest....

Lee Smithey examines how symbolic cultural expressions in Northern Ireland, such        as parades, bonfires, murals, and commemorations, provide opportunities for        Protestant unionists and loyalists to reconstruct their collective identities and        participate in conflict transformation....

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The Original Funny GirlIn this luminous volume, Herbert G. Goldman, acclaimed biographer of Al Jolson, illuminates the life of the woman who inspired the spectacularly successful Broadway show and movie Funny Girl, the vehicle that catapulted Barbara Streisand to stardom. In a work that is both glorious biography and captivating theatre history,...