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Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Publication Date
2025.
Physical Desc
xi, 353 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), map ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Carpet specialist Dorothy Armstrong tells the stories surrounding twelve of the world's most fascinating carpets. Dorothy Armstrong's Threads of Empire is a spellbinding look at the history of the world through the stories of twelve carpets. Beautiful, sensuous, and enigmatic, great carpets follow power. Emperors, shahs, sultans and samurai crave them as symbols of earthly domination. Shamans and priests desire them to evoke the spiritual realm....
Author
Publisher
Other Press
Publication Date
[2026]
Physical Desc
502 pages : black and white illustrations, portraits, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A riveting history of the Enlightenment figures who shaped the concept of race, from the acclaimed author of Diderot and the Art of Thinking Freely. In the first decades of the 18th century, Christianity began to lose its jurisdiction over the story of humankind. Yet centuries of xenophobia, religious intolerance, and proto-biological ideas did not simply disappear. This raw material was increasingly "processed" by secularly minded thinkers who claimed...
Author
Publisher
HarperOne, an Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Publication Date
[2026]
Physical Desc
xi, 352 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In this memoir, James Martin recounts his experiences working in a variety of entry-level jobs during his youth, including positions as a busboy, dishwasher, caddy, usher, factory worker, bank teller, and corporate employee, before entering the Jesuit order. Set primarily in the 1960s and 1970s, the narrative describes his lack of prior experience in these roles and the challenges he encountered while learning workplace responsibilities. The work...