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Zephyr's War is a gripping tale of ambition, temptation, and the precarious nature of wealth's pursuit.

Zep Zephyr cultivated sunflowers in the shadow of the Chornobyl nuclear power plant, yearning…

This innovative collection brings together a range of perspectives on the notions of 'orderly heterogeneity' and 'social meaning', shedding light on how structured variation and indexicalities of social meaning 'cohere'…

Deacon rides into his home town of Greenbrier, Texas after being gone for over ten years. He’s tracking a man accused of murder. A range war is about to roll…

This book reviews the development of resistance to the core group of fungicides used throughout global crop production. Chapters explore the mechanisms of resistance, as well as the challenges facing…

Wars do not end with peace. When America’s Civil War was over it set the stage for another, more enduring conflict. Epic battles fought across America’s landscape inspired countless books…

Focuses extensively on spiritualism’s religious, political, and commercial activities during the war years, as well as the controversies surrounding the faith, strengthening the connection between ante- and postbellum studies of…

This book presents estimates of the growth of the tsarist economy during the ‘industrialization era’, 1885-1913. Comparisons are made with the performance of Soviet Russia during the plan era and…