Clio's cosmetics : three studies in Greco-Roman literature / by Wiseman, T. P.

Dress accessories, c. 1150 - c. 1450 / by Egan, Geoff

Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: Introduction -- Introduction to the second edition -- Dating and Context of the Finds -- Alloy Nomenclature -- The Metal Dress Accessories - Some Observations -- Girdles -- Buckles -- Strap-ends -- Mounts -- Combinations of Diverse Strap Fittings -- and Possible Ensuite Items -- Brooches -- Buttons -- Lace Chapes -- Hair Accessories -- Pins -- Beads -- Chains -- Pendants -- Finger Rings -- Bells -- Purses -- Cased Mirrors -- Combs -- Cosmetic Sets -- Needlecases -- Metallurgical Analysis of the Dress Accessories -- Conservation.…”

Tell Abu Al-Kharaz in the Jordan Valley. by Fischer, Peter M.

Table of Contents: “…Fischer -- Appendix 3. Cosmetic palettes of stone / Peter M. Fischer -- Appendix 4. …”
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An African Athens : rhetoric and the shaping of democracy in South Africa / by Salazar, Philippe Joseph

Table of Contents: “…About the Author; Series Editor's Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Desmond Tutu: The Oratorical Link; 2 "So to Speak": The Rhetoric of Mandela; 3 The Two Rhetorics of The Presidency; 4 Democratic Deliberations; 5 Reconciliation and Rhetoric; 6 The "True Colours" of Popular Deliberation; 7 The Rhetorical Cosmetics of Peace; 8 Space As Democratic Deliberation; 9 Conclusion: Robben Island as Foundation Rhetoric; Appendix I; Appendix II; Appendix III; Notes; References; Author Index; Subject Index.…”
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Experiments in skin : race and beauty in the shadows of Vietnam / by Tu, Thuy Linh N.

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The best are leaving : emigration and post-war Irish culture / by Wills, Clair

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Dedication; Table of contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction; Part I Emigrants; Chapter 1 The Best Are Leaving; 'The Survival of the Unfittest'; 'The Moral Aspect of the Problem'; 'The Weakening of Our Nationality'; 'Luxurious Living and Modern Sanitation'; Chapter 2 Pink Witch; Toothpaste and Cosmetics; Toffs and the Poorer Type of Girl; 'Love and Things'; Part II Immigrants; Chapter 3 British Paddies; Ethnography and the Irish Male Immigrant; Turning a Shade Darker; Chapter 4 The Vanishing Irish.…”
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Fragrant frontier. Global spice entanglements from the Sino-Vietnamese uplands.

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The spirit of Ancient Egypt / by Ruiz, Ana

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The Egyptian collection at Norwich Castle Museum : catalogue and essays / by Kalloniatis, Faye, Munro, Irmtraut, Taylor, John H., Wenzel, Gabriele, Horn, Maarten, Müller-Roth, Marcus, Rooijakkers, Tineke, Shirai, Noriyuki, Tomas, Sian

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Hatshepsut : from Queen to Pharaoh /

Table of Contents: “…Models of authority: Hatshepsut's predecessors in power -- The burial of a royal woman and child of the late seventeenth dynasty -- Art in transition: the rise of the eighteenth dynasty and the emergence of the Thutmoside style in sculpture and relief -- Painting in the early eighteenth dynasty -- Egypt and Nubia: conflict with the kingdom of Kush -- Egypt and the near east: evidence of contact in the material record -- Glass -- The tomb of Maiherperi in the Valley of the Kings -- Egypt and the Aegean: cultural convergence in a Thutmoside palace at Avaris -- The role of Amun -- Hatshepsut: princess to queen to co-ruler -- The tomb of Ramose and Hatnefer -- The joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III -- The royal court -- The career of Senenmut -- Senenmut, royal tutor to princess Neferure -- The statuary of Senenmut -- The tombs of Senenmut -- The temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahri -- Foundation deposits for the temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahri -- Hatshepsut's mortuary temple at Deir el-Bahri: architecture as political statement -- The statuary of Hatshepsut -- The shrines to Hathor at Deir el-Bahri -- The temple of Mut: new evidence on Hatshepsut's building activity -- The two tombs of Hatshepsut -- Jewelry in the early eighteenth dynasty -- Cosmetic equipment -- Pottery and stone vessels in the reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III -- Figure vases -- Animal vases -- Metalwork -- Furniture and carpentry -- After Hatshepsut: the military campaigns of Thutmose III -- The proscription of Hatshepsut -- The destruction of the statues of Hatshepsut from Deir el-Bahri -- Erasing a reign -- The temple of Thutmose III at Deir el-Bahri -- A chronology: the later history and excavations of the temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahri -- Hatshepsut's reputation in history.…”

The affect of difference : representations of race in East Asian empire /

Table of Contents: “…: ethnographies of a dispersed empire / Chul Kim -- Faces that change : physiognomy, portraiture and photography in colonial Korea / Gyewon Kim -- Speaking Japanese : language and the expectation of empire / Kate McDonald -- Race behind the walls : contact and containment in Japanese images of urban Manchuria / Kari Shepherdson-Scott -- Imagining an affective community in Asia : Japan's wartime broadcasting and voices of inclusion / Ji Hee Jung -- Racialized sounds and cinematic affect : my nightingale, the Russian diaspora, and musical film in Manchukuo / Inyoung Bong -- Chang Hyokchu and the short twentieth century / John Whittier Treat -- Japan the beautiful : 1950s cosmetic surgery and the expressive Asian body / Kim Brandt -- Implied promises betrayed : "intraracial" alterity during Japan's imperial period / Edward Mack -- The sun never sets on Little Black Sambo : circuits of affection and the cultural hermeneutics of Chibikuro Sambo, a transpacific approach / William H. …”
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The First World War : Germany and Austria-Hungary 1914-1918 / by Herwig, Holger H.

Table of Contents: “…Austria-Hungary: On the brinkOf men and machines: The third OHL; 'Total war': Reality and myth; Notes; Chapter 7 Survival; Hunger: Austria-Hungary; Beleaguered fortress: Germany; Death, disease and doctors; The politics of 'total' war; Notes; Chapter 8 A sea change, 1917; U-boat warfare: Playing va banque; The Nivelle offensive: À Berlin once more; Triumph in the east; Caporetto: A cosmetic victory; Notes; Chapter 9 The last levy, 1917-18; The hollow ally; Strikes and mutinies; The k.u.k. army disintegrates; Germany: Mutinies, strikes and megalomania; Notes.…”
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No more bullshit, please : we're all Malaysians. by Chye, Kee Thuan

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Title; Copyright; Preface; Content; All We Want Is an Even Chance; Sharing a Commonwealth in Malaysia; Freedom of Expression and Culture in Malaysia: Telling You What You Already Know; Excerpt from 1984 Here and Now (play); Mahathir the Mess-Maker; The Man who Created a Culture of Fear; A Blackly Comic Whodunit; Now Showing in Bolehland; Closer to Cosmetic Surgery; Excerpt from the Swordfish, Then the Concubine (play); March 8 and More; Merdeka on March 8; March 8 Two Years After; The Day Sarawak Woke Up?…”
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Buthelezi : a biography / by Temkin, Ben, 1938-

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The Greek world /

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