A tale in two cities : Fanny Burney and Adèle, Comtesse de Boigne / by Unwin, Brian

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Young Tel Aviv : a tale of two cities / by Helman, Anat

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Hellenistic and Roman Sparta : a tale of two cities / by Cartledge, Paul

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Patronage, power, and poverty in southern Italy : a tale of two cities / by Chubb, Judith, 1947-

Preserving Petersburg : history, memory, nostalgia /

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Odessa Recollected : the Port and the People. by Herlihy, Patricia

Table of Contents: “…Port Jews of Odessa and Trieste -- A Tale of Two Cities --…”
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Life and thought in the ancient Near East / by Orlin, Louis L.

Table of Contents: “…Ancient Persia and a Tale of Two Cities: Athens and Jerusalem in the Fifth Century --…”
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Paradise divided : a portrait of Lebanon / by Klaushofer, Alex

Table of Contents: “…A tale of two cities -- the world of the Maronites -- Islam in dialogue -- Hezbollah heartlands -- The secrets of the Druze -- Revelations -- Unfreedom -- After Syria -- Exile from Palestine -- Israel returns -- Death and life.…”
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Rome and Jerusalem : the clash of ancient civilizations / by Goodman, Martin, 1953-

Table of Contents: “…The main witness -- The destruction of Jerusalem, 66-70 CE -- A tale of two cities -- One world under Rome -- Diversity and toleration -- Identities -- Communities -- Perspectives -- Lifestyles -- Government -- Politics -- Romans and Jews -- The road to destruction, 37 BCE-70 CE -- Reactions, 70-312 CE -- The growth of the church -- A new Rome and a new Jerusalem -- The origins of antisemitism.…”

The Byzantine-Islamic transition in Palestine : an archaeological approach / by Avni, Gideon

Table of Contents: “…From polis to madina: the evolution of large urban communities -- 3. A tale of two cities: Jerusalem and Ramla in the early Islamic period -- 4. …”

Kazakhstan : surprises and stereotypes after 20 years of independence / by Aitken, Jonathan, 1942-

Table of Contents: “…Nuclear Past Nuclear Future 6. A Tale of Two Cities 7. Riding High after the Recession -- Prospects for the Economy 8. …”
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The Byzantine-Islamic transition in Palestine : an archaeological approach / by Avni, Gideon

Table of Contents: “…Prologue: four eyewitness accounts versus 'arguments in stone' -- Shifting paradigms for the Byzantine-Islamic transition -- From polis to madina: the evolution of large urban communities -- A tale of two cities: Jerusalem and Ramla in the early Islamic period -- The changing land: settlement patterns and ethnic identities -- The transformation of settlement and society: a synthesis -- Conclusion -- Appendix I : cities in Byzantine Palestine, Phoenice, and Arabia -- Appendix II: early Islamic settlements in Palestine and Jordan -- Appendix III : regional surveys: Byzantine and early Islamic sites.…”
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Shanghai modern : the flowering of a new urban culture in China, 1930-1945 / by Lee, Leo Ou-fan

Table of Contents: “…Shanghai cosmopolitanism ; Epilogue: a tale of two cities.…”

Fuelling the empire : South Africa's gold and the road to war / by Stephens, John J. 1945-

Table of Contents: “…Intrigue and confrontation: Afrikaner nationalism and railway politics ; A tale of two cities ; The conspiracy and the raid ; Power politics ; A short war, a long battle -- Epilogue.…”

Preserving Petersburg : history, memory, nostalgia /

Table of Contents: “…visions and visuals / Helena Goscilo -- A tale of two cities: ancient Rome and St. Petersburg in Mandelstam's poetry / Zara Torlone -- Petersburg in the poetry of the Russian emigration / Vladimir Khazan -- Multiethnic St. …”
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Deformations and crises of ancient civil communities /

Table of Contents: “…Intro; CONTENTS; FIGURES; PREFACE; REFERENCES; CONTRIBUTORS; THE 'CRISIS OF THE PYRAMID-BUILDERS' IN HERODOTUS BOOK 2 AND DIODORUS BOOK 1, AND THE EPOCHS OF EGYPTIAN HISTORY; INSTABILITY IN THE GREEK CITIES; ARISTOCRACY IN DEMOCRATIC ATHENS: DEFORMATION AND/OR ADAPTATION; EMPIRE AND CRISIS IN FOURTH-CENTURY GREECE; THE ANTIGONIDS, CAUNUS AND THE SO-CALLED 'ERA OF MONOPHTHALMUS': SOME OBSERVATIONS PROMPTED BY A NEW INSCRIPTION; 'A TALE OF TWO CITIES': SOME PARTICULARS OF THE CONQUEST OF CIUS AND MYRLEA BY THE KINGDOM OF BITHYNIA…”
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Biography of an industrial town : Terni, Italy, 1831-2014 / by Portelli, Alessandro

Table of Contents: “…The Empire Strikes Back: The Town, the Factory and the Strike: Reprise.- 15. A Tale of Two Cities: Death, Survival and Powerlessness in the Neo-Liberal Age.- 16. …”
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Jews and Urban Life. by Greenspoon, Leonard J.

Table of Contents: “…Jews in ancient civic life / Gary Gilbert -- Urbanizing Jews : agriculture, slave codes, and the Byzantine empire / Anthony Meyer -- Vienna's Jewish community, 1819-1826 : glimpses from Beethoven's conversation books at the dawn of a new era / Theodore Albrecht -- A tale of two cities : Jewish creativity in Venice and Prague / Ori Z. …”
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Jews and urban life /

Table of Contents: “…Jews in ancient civic life / Gary Gilbert -- Urbanizing Jews : agriculture, slave codes, and the Byzantine empire / Anthony Meyer -- Vienna's Jewish community, 1819-1826 : glimpses from Beethoven's conversation books at the dawn of a new era / Theodore Albrecht -- A tale of two cities : Jewish creativity in Venice and Prague / Ori Z. …”
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In the land of the Ayatollahs, Tupac Shakur is king : reflections from Iran and the Arab world / by Aziz, Shahzad

Table of Contents: “…Prologue: From the Marabar to the Tora Bora Caves -- Genesis and Exodus: the Islamic revolution and Persian diaspora (Birmingham-Frankfurt-Tehran) -- Big brother on Sugar Street (Tehran) -- In the Land of the Ayatollahs Tupac Shakur is King (Tehran) -- Careless whispers in the state of grace (Tehran-Qom-Esfahan) -- Coca-colonisation (Esfahan) -- Purple rain where the streets have no name (Esfahan) -- Martyrs blood stains the stairway to heaven (Esfahan-Shiraz) -- Alladin Sane lost in the land of the philosopher kings (Shiraz) -- Smooth criminals on the road to Damascus (Shiraz-Tehran-Damascus) -- Madame tells a tale of two cities (Damascus) -- The continuing adventures of man's spare rib (Damascus) -- The Gospel of Descartes (Damascus) -- The shame of midnight's children (Damascus-Beirut) -- Finding Hermes footprints: a critique of pure dogma? …”