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Auckland University Press Nga Iwi O Tainui
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Warners Group Publications DNA Discoveries
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Hachette Livre - BNF Recherches Généalogiques Sur Les Familles Nobles
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Hachette Livre - BNF Souvenirs Ancienne Famille. La Maison de
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Hansebooks Descendants of John Pitman: The First of the Name
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Hansebooks Genealogy of the Thrall Family: Also of the Rose
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Salzwasser-Verlag Gmbh Neues allgemeines Deutsches Adels-Lexikon
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Alpha Edition A Genealogical Record Of The Descendants Of
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LEGARE STREET PR Our Family Affairs 18671896
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Prepare to Publish Ltd Family History Record Book: An 8-generation
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Complete Book of Hebrew Baby Names
Book SynopsisThe most comprehensive Hebrew baby name book available--thousands of listings--with advice on choosing names, naming ceremonies, and much more.
£999.99
University of California Press A History of the Habsburg Empire 15261918
Book SynopsisTells what really happened in history rather than simply what obviously happened.Trade Review"[Kann] has created an overview that is sweeping enough for undergraduate students and substantial enough for graduate students and their preceptors. His narrative reflects on dynastic, diplomatic, and martial policies and perturbations as well as cultural and social conditions and movements. His biographic essay will become a standard instrument." * CHOICE *"Goes beyond the traditional Vienne-centered narrative narrative of the fortunes of the Habsburg family and gives us a history of the numerous people who lived under the scepter of this historic ruling house. . . . Will serve as a basic history and reference for many years to come." * American Historical Review *"The most striking and novel feature of this book is its attempt to survey the Habsburg Empire as a multinational entity. . . . The institutions, internal divisions, and cultural achievements of each group are expounded and related to those of other groups. This staggering achievement marks a worthy capstone to Professor Kann's career. . . . For any topic in the political and social history of Austria between 1526 and 1918, this ought to become the volume of first resort." * Modern Austrian Literature *"Well-organized and based upon an extensive and, in many cases, exhaustive knowledge of sources . . . a useful addition to the literature in English on the Habsburg monarchy; indeed, it is the most extensive account we have for the period covered." * Slavic Review *"A book such as this is very welcome and will no doubt be read by many thousands of students." * Slavonic and East European Review *Table of ContentsPreface I. Toward the Union of the Habsburg Lands II. Turks and Protestants (1526-1648) III. An Empire Evolves and Asserts Itself (1648-1748) IV. Late Renaissance and Baroque Age in the Habsburg Lands (1526-1740) V. An Empire Reasserts Itself (1740-1815) VI. Standstill, Decline and Stabilization (1815-1879) VII. Cultural Trends from Late Englightenment to Liberalism (from mid-eighteenth century to the 1860's) VIII. Decline and Discord (1879-1914) IX. World War and Dissolution (1914-1918) X. New Beginnings: Cultural Trends from the 1860's to 1918 XI. Bibliographical Essay Appendix Index
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University of Texas Press Heimskringla
Book SynopsisBeginning with the dim prehistory of the mythical gods and their descendants, Heimskringla recounts the history of the kings of Norway through the reign of Olaf Haraldsson, who became Norway's patron saint.Trade Review[Snorri Sturluson] speaks—as almost no other historian ever has spoken—with the authority of a man whose masterful skills would have made him one of the formidable, foremost in any of the events he records. So he saturates even remotely past happenings with a gripping first-hand quality...Hollander's translation is very good, fresh on every page ...Wherever you open the book, the life grips you and you read on.... -- Ted Hughes * New York Review of Books *Among the many contibutions to world literature that ancient Iceland has given us, Heimskringla stands out as one of the truly monumental works. Among medieval European histories in the vernacular it has no equal. * Modern Philology *Table of Contents Introduction Snorri's Foreword The Saga of the Ynglings/Ynglinga saga The Saga of Hálfdan the Black/Hálfdanar saga Svarta The Saga of Harald Fairhair/Haralds saga Hárfagra The Saga of Hikon the Good/Hákonar saga Góða The Saga of Harald Graycloak/Haralds saga Gráfeldar The Saga of Óláf Tryggvason/Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar Saint Óláf's Saga/Óláfs saga Helga The Saga of Magnús the Good/Magnús saga ins Góða The Saga of Harald Sigurtharson (Hardruler)/Haralds saga Sigurðarsonar The Saga of Óláf the Gentle/Óláfs saga Kyrra The Saga of Magnús Barelegs/Magnúss saga Berfoetts The Saga of the Sons of Magnús/Magnússona saga The Saga of Magnús the Blind and Harald Gilli/Magnúss saga Blinda ok Harald Gilla The Saga of the Sons of Harald/Haraldssona saga The Saga of Hákon the Broadshouldered/Hákønar saga Herthibreiths The Saga of Magnús Erlingsson/Magnús saga Erlingssonar Index
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LEGARE STREET PR The Chiefs of Colquhoun and Their Country Volume 1
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LEGARE STREET PR Fairbairns Crests Of The Families Of Great Britain And Ireland And Their Kindred In Other Lands Volumes 12
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LEGARE STREET PR The Chronicle of the Kings of Britain
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HarperCollins Publishers Hadlow J Strangest Family
Book SynopsisAn intensely moving account of George III's doomed attempt to create a happy, harmonious family, written with astonishing emotional force by a stunning new history writer.George III came to the throne in 1760 as a man with a mission. He was determined to break with the extraordinarily dysfunctional home lives of his Hanoverian predecessors. He was sure that as a faithful husband and a loving father, he would be not just a happier man but a better ruler as well.During the early part of his reign it seemed as if, against all the odds, his great family project was succeeding. His wife, Queen Charlotte, shared his sense of moral purpose, and together they raised their fifteen children in a climate of loving attention. But as the children grew older, and their wishes and desires developed away from those of their father, it became harder to maintain the illusion of domestic harmony.The Strangest Family' is an epic, sprawling family drama, filled with intensely realised characters who leap off the page as we are led deep inside the private lives of the Hanoverians. Written with astonishing emotional force by a stunning new voice in history writing, it is both a window on another world and a universal story that will resonate powerfully with modern readers.Trade Review‘A masterpiece. Beautifully written, impeccably researched, this heartbreaking narrative of family dysfunction and royal sacrifice is an absolute page-turner’ Amanda Foreman, author of ‘Georgiana’ ‘Enthralling … you know you are in the hands of a master narrator as well as a profoundly perceptive historian. And like all great historical writing, the book transcends its immediate story – gripping and moving though that is – to be a timeless reflection on the human condition’ Simon Schama ‘Colourful and brilliantly narrated … excellent both in her narrative skill and her scholarship … Hadlow has produced a perceptive, lively and wonderfully enjoyable book’ Miranda Seymour, Sunday Times ‘Fascinating … in this densely detailed yet fast-paced book, as drama follows drama, the interest never flags … Hadlow is adept at the telling phrase and makes splendid use of the period's vivid letters, diaries and memoirs’ Jenny Uglow, Guardian ‘Engrossing … Hadlow, an accomplished storyteller, assembles a picture full of emotional colour and drama which still resonates today’ Lucy Hughes-Hallett, The Times ‘Truly engrossing. George III and his relatives give us the ultimate family saga, and it almost defies belief that these events really happened. A real-life period drama to lose yourself in’ Lucy Worsley ‘Hadlow's achievement is to unite in a single volume an overview of one family's squabbling, thwarted good intentions and petty vindictiveness … in readable prose, with a welter of detail Hadlow succeeds in her considerable task … This is a discursive, leisurely account, enlivened by Hadlow's infectious enthusiasm’ Sunday Telegraph ‘Hadlow’s energetic, richly detailed debut combines personal sympathy for her subjects with a shrewd alertness to wider significances’ Independent on Sunday
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Boydell & Brewer Ltd The Brus Family in England and Scotland,
Book SynopsisSurvey of the activities of one of the most important cross-Border families, the ancestors of Robert the Bruce. Robert de Brus, the "conquisitor of Cleveland, Hartness and Annandale", who came into England among the followers of Henry I, was also a close companion and mentor of David I, king of Scots. The lands he acquired from bothkings were divided between his sons, from whom two lines descended: the lords of Skelton, influential Northerners who played an active part during the baronial troubles in the reigns of John and Henry III, and the prominent cross-Border lords of Annandale, co-heirs of the substantial Chester and Huntingdon estates and progenitors of King Robert Bruce. This study takes a fresh approach to the Brus family by assessing the achievements of the two lines in parallel while examining the extent of their power and the development of their lordships; it highlights the inter-relations between the barons of England and Scotland during two hundred years of comparative peace between the kingdoms. Of additional interest is the appendix of an extensive handlist of charters of the Brus family of both lines. It will be a welcome addition to the existing body of works on English baronial families and on Anglo-Scottish cross-Border lords of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.Trade ReviewAs a further contribution to the literature on those individuals and their kinsmen who operated in the multiple kingdoms of the British Isles, the book does its job with clarity and concision, offering a sensible and unglamorous survey of its principal themes. As the first monograph devoted to Robert de Brus and his descendants, it will rightly serve as the new point of reference for the Bruses and their lands. * EHR *Does an admirable job of uncovering the origins and development of the Brus clan. [...] A well-written, detailed and valuable book, and deserves to be read by anyone either with an interest in Border life and politics, or the larger Anglo-Scottish situation in the later Middle Ages. * YORKSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNAL *A rewarding illumination of a specific medieval baronial family. * THE AMERICAN GENEALOGIST *A highly impressive monograph on the neglected history of the Brus family. [...] Dr Blakely's remarkable success in creating an intelligible narrative from some highly complex charter evidence makes this perhaps the most persuasive and enjoyable of all dynastic histories of the North. * NORTHERN HISTORY *Magisterial. [...] All those interested in King Robert I of Scotland will regard this book as the definitive study of the family which produced him. * TRANSACTIONS of the DUMFRIESSHIRE AND GALLOWAY NATURAL HISTORY AND ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY *This impressive book is a welcome exception to the well-rehearsed claim of historians (and their publishers) that their research 'fills an important gap' in current scholarship. * HISTORY *
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Forgotten Books Die Wustungen Im Nordthuringgau
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LEGARE STREET PR The Perrys of Rhode Island and Tales of Silver Creek
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LEGARE STREET PR The Larimer McMasters and Allied Families
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LEGARE STREET PR A History of two Virginia Families Transplanted From County Kent England. Thomas Baytop Tenterden 1638 and John Catlett Sittingbourne 1622
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LEGARE STREET PR Schoonmaker Family Births Marriages and Deaths Copied From old Church and Cemetery Records
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LEGARE STREET PR The Chiefs of Colquhoun and Their Country Volume 2
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LEGARE STREET PR Genealogical Biographical and Pictorial History of the Bettschen Family and its Connections
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Archway Publishing Scottish Clans and Their Associated Families:
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LEGARE STREET PR Memoirs of the Binghams
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LEGARE STREET PR Les Hotteterre célèbres joueurs et facteurs de flutes hautbois bassons et musettes des 17e 18e siècles nouvelles recherches par N. Mauger
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Harvard University Press Onomastic Reforms
Book SynopsisIn the mid-1920s, Iran abolished honorary titles and honorifics and required people to adopt family names. H. E. Chehabi describes the public debates surrounding what was an important state-building effort. He traces the legislative measures and decrees that constituted the reform and explores the surnames Iranians chose or invented for themselves.Trade ReviewIn this concise and stimulating study of personal names in modern Iran, Chehabi provides an excellent manual of contemporary Persian onomastics while also shedding light on the complex relations between individuals and political society. Through reforms of their personal names, citizens became clearly identified as taxpayers, voters, and soldiers. Anthropologists and historians will find here a wealth of examples to help them understand how, thanks to their new civil status, Iranians looked at themselves, wishing to be perceived as part of the ‘civilized’ (i.e. Westernized) world. -- Yann RichardThe project of imposing permanent patronyms on its populations is surely one of the earliest examples of state standardization. And, as Houchang Chehabi realizes in this luminous volume on Iran, it is a perfect lens for understanding modern state making. Deeply researched, bristling with thought-provoking aperçus, humor, and international comparisons, it enlarges our intellectual horizon. -- James C. Scott
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Lang Syne Publishers Ltd McCall: The Origins of the McCalls and Their
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Alpha Edition Short And Imperfect Sketch Of The Blair Family;
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Alpha Edition A Compendious History Of New-England: To Which Is
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Alpha Edition A Collection Of Coats Of Arms Borne By The
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Alpha Edition England'S Conversion And Reformation Compared:
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Little, Brown Book Group trackdownyourancestorshowtoresearchyourfamilyhisto
Book SynopsisSince its first publication, twenty years ago, Track Down Your Ancestors has helped thousands of readers to take the first steps on their journey into their family''s past. Now totally revised and updated in 2010, to include the latest on-line resources on the Internet, the 1911 Census and changes at the National Archives.Delving into the past and discovering who your ancestors were, where they lived and what their occupations were is a fascinating hobby that more and more people are choosing to take up. Over the years Track Down Your Ancestors has built up a fine reputation as the perfect place to get started - now this new, fully rewritten edition includes updated advice on using birth, death and marriage certificates, probate records, census returns, parish registers, old newspapers, The National Archives and many other sources to build up a picture of your family''s past. The Internet has revolutionised family history research. Estelle now also incl
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Dynasty Press Ltd Recusant
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Biteback Publishing Victoria Cross Heroes: Volume 11
Book SynopsisThe Victoria Cross is Britain and the Commonwealth’s most prestigious gallantry medal for courage in the face of the enemy. It has been bestowed upon 1,355 heroic individuals from all walks of life since its creation during the Crimean War. Lord Ashcroft, who has been fascinated with bravery since he was a young boy, now owns 200 VCs, by far the largest collection of its kind in the world. Following on from the bestselling Victoria Cross Heroes, first published in 2006 to mark the 150th anniversary of the award, Victoria Cross Heroes: Volume II gives extraordinary accounts of the bravery behind the newest additions to Lord Ashcroft’s VC collection – those decorations purchased in the last decade. With nearly sixty action-packed stories of courageous soldiers, sailors and airmen from a range of global conflicts including the Indian Mutiny of 1857–58, the Second Anglo-Boer War of 1899–1902 and the First and Second World Wars, this book is a powerful testament to the strength of the human spirit and a worthy tribute to the servicemen who earned the Victoria Cross. Their inspirational deeds of valour and self-sacrifice should be championed and never forgotten.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements ix Foreword by Lance-Sergeant Johnson Beharry VC xiii Author’s Royalties xvii Lord Ashcroft and Bravery xix Preface xxi Chapter 1: A Passion for the VC 1 Chapter 2: The Crimean War 21 Chapter 3: The Indian Mutiny and Beyond 57 Chapter 4: The Second Anglo-Boer War and Beyond 107 Chapter 5: The First World War and Beyond: Army VCs 133 Chapter 6: The First World War: Naval and Air VCs 255 Chapter 7: The Second World War 305 Select Bibliography 359 Picture Credits 365 Index 367
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Quill Driver Books, U.S. Videotape Your Memoirs: The Perfect Way to
Book SynopsisEvery one of us has a story to tell, yet writing is often such a daunting task that most people never get around to starting their memoirs -- let alone finishing them. There are plenty of books on how to write one''s memoir; this is the only one on how to videotape a memoir.
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Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd Ordinary People, Extraordinary Lives: Recipients
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Aberdeen & N.E.Scotland Family History Society Clock and Watch Makers of Aberdeen and North East
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Sterling Publishers Pvt.Ltd All You Wanted to Know About Baby Names: For the
Book SynopsisThis is a collection of the best and newest names with their meanings, that will help you to make a choice when selecting a name for your baby. A must-have for all parents-to-be.
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Islamic Book Service Names for Muslim Children
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Star Publications / Languages of the World Publications Hindu Baby Names: 2100 Beautiful Names for Boys and Girls - Roman-Hindi-English
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Independently Published Origins of the Joss/Joyce Family
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HarperCollins Publishers COOL IRISH NAMES FOR BABIES
Book SynopsisA must-have guide for parents-to-be everywhere. Whether you’re Irish, of Irish heritage or you simply love Celtic-inspired names, this book is packed full of the most popular, unusual and creative names around.
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