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Book SynopsisSHORTLISTED FOR THE EDWARD STANFORD TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR''A dazzlingly brilliant book'' Hannah Dawson''Fascinating, often exhilarating ... Albinia is an intrepid, imaginative guide'' TLSThe Britannias tells the story of Britain''s islands and how they are woven into its collective cultural psyche.From Neolithic Orkney to modern-day Thanet, Alice Albinia explores the furthest reaches of Britain''s island topography, once known (wrote Pliny) by the collective term, Britanniae. Sailing over borders, between languages and genres, trespassing through the past to understand the present, this book knocks the centre out to foreground neglected epics and subversive voices.The ancient mythology of islands ruled by women winds through the literature of the British Isles - from Roman colonial-era reports, to early Irish poetry, Renaissance drama to Restoration utopias - transcending and subverting the moTrade ReviewA dazzlingly brilliant book. Travelling by boat, swimming through kelp, riding on a fishing trawler, Alice Albinia takes us on an extraordinary journey around the British isles, revealing a liquid past where women ruled and mermaids sang and tracing the sea-changes of her own heart. -- Hannah DawsonAn artful book of waterways and wildernesses, monastic havens and tax havens. A fascinating demonstration that Britain ‘singular’ is shorthand for something tectonically, volcanically plural. -- Amy Jeffs, author of Storyland and WildThere are books crafted from research, worthy and informative. And there are books that happen. That need to happen. That feel inevitable. As if they have always, somehow, been there waiting for us. The voyages of Alice Albinia around our ragged fringes range through time, recovering and resurrecting the most potent myths. A work of integrity and vision. -- Iain SinclairA passionate rich work of historical scholarship and poetic imagination. -- Xiaolu Guo, author of Radical: A Life of My OwnBewitching and illuminating, glinting with possibilities… I’ll be thinking about The Britannias for a long time. -- Melissa Harrison, author of All Among the BarleyBy looking more closely at the periphery, we might learn something new about the centre ... Albinia’s prose is impressive ... the main impression given by The Britannias is the uniqueness of our outlying islands, each one entire unto itself. -- Guy Stagg * Financial Times *Fascinating, often exhilarating ... By the end of her survey readers may wonder how the term “island mentality” ever became a disparagement. It should connote not small-mindedness but radical, progressive, sometimes magical thinking. ... Albinia is an intrepid, imaginative guide, an adventurer for our more environmentally conscious age. -- Miranda France * Times Literary Supplement *Islands always intrigue, hovering on the horizons of our imaginations ... [Albinia] makes memorable connections, meets some engaging people and offers some salutary observations. -- Derek Turner * The Spectator *Spellbinding... an impressive achievement. * New Statesman *PRAISE FOR CWEM: 'A wild, original, surefooted feminist reimagining of the present and the past that brushes up against the mythical. It reminds us, eloquently and passionately, what is or can be possible, and in its depiction of a revolutionary becomes revolutionary itself. Beautiful work' -- Neel MukherjeeA wild ride! She sees Graves' White Goddess and raises 50 with female magic and transformations. -- Margaret AtwoodMagical, rich and magnificent. -- Maxine Peake

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Book SynopsisThe first biography of Churchill to focus on the Christian motivation behind his style of leadership, his inspiring speeches and his eventual success in preventing the collapse of Christian civilization in Europe.Trade ReviewA fascinating and well-argued book that adds a vital, missing component to understanding Churchill. As a lifelong admirer who as a boy met Churchill and who has read widely on his life, I was curious to know what Sandys and Henley would present as evidence. I was not only convinced but delighted at the realism and relevance of their portrayal of Churchill. He emerges as anything but ardently religious, but he was more personally aware of his destiny and more biblically literate and attuned to the Christian worldview and Christian civilization than many Christians today. * Os Guinness, author, social critic and founder of the Trinity Forum, Washington, DC *What a wonderfully enthusiastic book, written with the insights of a great-grandson of Winston Churchill who . . . grasps the spiritual dimensions of Churchill’s life and the struggle against the pure evil of Nazi tyranny . . . And there is no doubt: it was Churchill as prime minister in 1940 who not only saved Britain from defeat but saved Christian civilization itself, as Jonathan and Wallace make so very clear. This is a book for Christians as well as for Churchill enthusiasts. * Christopher Catherwood FRHS, historian and Churchill Archives By-Fellow Emeritus, Churchill College, Cambridge *I cannot imagine anyone better suited to tell the story of God’s work in the life and times of Churchill than Churchill’s own flesh and blood. Jonathan Sandys brings an unparalleled vibrancy and perspective on the great man and his times. He and Wallace Henley have artfully woven together the best-known and most obscure pieces of history to present the beautiful and compelling tapestry that is God and Churchill. An absolute must-read. * Joanne King Herring, international diplomat, author and President of the Marshall Plan Charities *A graphic portrayal of the life and legacy of Winston Churchill, with emphasis on his guiding belief in divine providence. Long before "the clash of civilizations" had become a common term, Churchill knew what it meant and spent his life defending the civilization so decisively shaped by the Christian faith. A fascinating study! * Timothy George, Dean of Beeson Divinity School, Samford University *

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Book SynopsisThe first theory of legitimate opposition in fifty yearsTrade Review“Legitimate opposition—an essential political practice aimed at concentrated power—has been hiding in plain sight. Now, at this critical moment, Kirshner brings it forcefully into focus.”—Nancy L. Rosenblum, coauthor of A Lot of People Are Saying: The New Conspiracism and the Assault on Democracy“In this brilliant book, Alexander S. Kirshner reminds us that representative democracy can hardly be conceived without permanent legitimate opposition and the practice of disagreement and political conflict.”—Nadia Urbinati, author of Me the People“Alex Kirshner offers the definitive account of how we should understand the ‘legitimate opposition’—one that is realistic, skeptical, and yet preserves the most demanding aspirations for democracy.”—Russell Muirhead, coauthor of A Lot of People Are Saying“Alexander Kirshner’s Legitimate Opposition offers a subtle, systematic and powerful way to analyze one crucial vulnerability in democracy: opposition by some to democracy itself.”—Corey Brettschneider, author of The Oath and the Office

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Book SynopsisThe first major history of Chile’s most significant peasant rebellion and the violent repression that followedTrade ReviewWinner of the Whitaker Book Prize from the Mid-Atlantic Council on Latin American Studies (MACLAS)“This deeply researched narrative unfolds like a historical novel, capturing the protagonists in the long history of conflict over land, labor conditions, and national government policies that provoked the Ranquil rebellion and massacre, as well as its ‘place’ in present-day Chilean politics and historical memory.”—Brian Loveman, author of No Higher Law: American Foreign Policy and the Western Hemisphere since 1776“In this meticulously researched, finely crafted, and cogently argued work, Klubock challenges Chile’s long-standing image as a paradigm of social peace and political concord in Latin America. This is a mandatory read for anyone interested in contemporary Chilean history.”—Julio Pinto, Universidad de Santiago de Chile

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Book SynopsisA powerful and counterintuitive argument that we should welcome the current slowdown—of population growth, economies, and technological innovationTrade Review“[Dorling] argues that society is not speeding up in the way some claim in books like James Gleik’s Faster – The Acceleration of Just About Everything. Indeed, [he] does an excellent and entertaining job of showing that most of this is bunk.”—Iain Macwhirter, Herald“[A]n engrossing read that throws up all manner of questions, as well as offering an upbeat view of the planet’s future”—Paul Donovan, Morning Star Online“While poised at the dawn of the golden age of digital technology, this might seem counterintuitive, but the statistics, phase graphs and the maths back up the case for the end of the 'great acceleration'. Fascinating stuff.”—Nick Smith, Engineering & Technology“Dorling draws on data ranging from the number of books per person published in Holland over the century, to population levels and birthrates for entire continents…[T]he argument is provocative and well worth a read.”—Money Week“Dorling argues convincingly that the global slowdown in population increase is a symptom of global development.”—Victoria White, Irish Examiner“Dorling…argues – with lots of graphs to validate his claims – we are already experiencing a slowdown in terms of population, fertility and even Gross Domestic Product (GDP).”—Sylvia Thomson, Irish Times“[A] fascinating book”—Vicky Pryce, The Society of Professional Economists“Published in the midst of a global pandemic, Dorling’s insightful and persuasive book is a well-timed forecast that the storm will eventually subside and humankind will advance towards an era of peace and stability for all.”—Theo Curtis, LSE Review of Books“Blinded by a cult of progress, many of us can’t see the slowdown that Dorling makes clear. A true public intellectual, he shows that, if we survive, life will be slower—and possibly better.”—Paul Chatterton, author of Unlocking Sustainable Cities: A Manifesto for Real Change“Slowdown is a new standard for visually understanding human history and social change. Using beautifully illustrated graphs, Danny Dorling provides a broad perspective on long-term social changes, the limits of growth, and widening inequalities, and emphasizes the importance of adapting to this slowdown.”—Tomoki Nakaya, author of The Atlas of Health Inequalities in Japan “A spellbinding book that will almost certainly make you reconsider what you thought was happening in and to the world, and then think again about where we might be heading.“—Juliette Powell, author of 33 Million People in the Room “Powerful, thought-provoking, and timely. Professor Dorling brilliantly exposes how spiraling work intensity, alongside bumper profits and freedoms for capital, cannot sustain people and planet. From stronger unions to a greener economy, he compellingly shows how we can choose a more hopeful and humane future.”—Frances O’Grady, General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress “Dorling’s optimism is infectious as he brilliantly explores the huge challenges of a slowing pace of growth while the world transitions to a new ‘normal’ of stable and then shrinking populations.”—Vicky Pryce, author of Women vs Capitalism

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Book SynopsisA provocative account of the seismic shift in attitude toward the supernatural in seventeenth and eighteenth century BritainTrade Review“[D]evelops a different argument in suggesting that it was sceptical humanists and freethinkers, rather than scientists, who did most to discredit traditional magic.”—Tony Barber, Financial Times "Next year will mark the 50th anniversary of Keith Thomas’s Religion and the Decline of Magic, one of the 20th century’s seminal historical texts. Hunter’s book has a similar-sounding title, but develops a different argument in suggesting that it was sceptical humanists and freethinkers, rather than scientists, who did most to discredit traditional magic"—Tony Barber, Financial Times 'Best Books of 2020: History'“In forcing us all to think more critically about the ways in which intellectual and cultural change happens, Hunter has again made a major contribution to the history of early modern Britain.”—Dimitri Levitin, Literary Review“Hunter has taken us on a fascinating journey, providing us with some astute case studies and pointed observations along the way.”—Dr Jan Machielsen, Reviews in History“Michael Hunter provides a route-map of sorts with which to negotiate this sometimes precarious cognitive terrain.”—Mark Jones, Albion Magazine“[T]he author’s lucid and detailed exposition introduces us to a cast of lesser known writers – such as Francis Hutchinson, Obadiah Oddy and Richard Mead – as he sketches the broader context in which the seismic shift in attitude occurred, while acknowledging the gulf between educated and popular opinion.”—Paul Sieveking, Fortean Times“Although most of The Decline of Magic: Britain in the Enlightenment is straightforward intellectual history, folklorists will find two chapters exploring topics that are clear folklore case studies.”—William Pooley, Folklore “Hunter's book is particularly praiseworthy for its reflection on the nature of intellectual change...He provides us with a thoroughly engaging and stimulating study, which has a particular resonance today.”—Audrey Borowski, Times Literary Supplement "An original examination of the evolution of ideas that influenced the processes of community regulation such as medicine, justice, witchcraft and the supernatural”—Elizabeth Tingle, Family & Community History"Hunter’s book weaves a gripping account...He provides a compelling and erudite account that shines light on the origins of the English Enlightenment, while teasing out the complex processes of intellectual change that underpins his study.”—Stephen Brogan, Interlib"Hunter’s fascinating study sheds light on the roots of this tradition and opens new directions for research."—Kathryn Morris, The Canadian Journal of History"In 1971, Keith Thomas published what became a classic study on Religion and the Decline of Magic. Half a century later, Michael Hunter approaches that decline from another angle and offers an alternative explanation. Learned, lucid, acute and balanced, Hunter’s book deserves to become another classic."—Peter Burke, author of A Social History of Knowledge "This is an important and remarkable book, the product of a master of the subject and period. It completely overhauls our view of that subject, answering questions which have hung over it for decades, and raises some exciting and disturbing questions for the present."—Ronald Hutton, author of The Witch“Michael Hunter, a pre-eminent historian of early modern science, redresses a balance in recent scholarship by examining skepticism towards magical phenomena among British intellectuals of the early Enlightenment. The result is a readable, thought-provoking book that places scientific inquiry firmly within broader historical trends.”—Paul Kléber Monod, author of Solomon's Secret Arts“Definitely a book to think with. Hunter brings new figures to scrutiny—Obadiah Oddy, Richard Mead, John Wagstaffe, Francis Hutchinson—and expertly weaves them into this tapestry of intellectual and cultural change.”—Justin Champion, author of The Pillars Of Priestcraft Shaken

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Book SynopsisA timely look at the impact of China’s booming emergence on the countries of Southeast AsiaTrade Review“[P]rovides an expert and lucid synthesis of the historical context and recent developments of south-east Asia’s rich and complex relations with Beijing”—John Reed, Financial Times"In the Dragon's Shadow is a very ambitious book but one that meets the challenge with carefully weighted judgement, insight and panache.”—Malcolm Cook, Contemporary Southeast Asia “Well-researched...A book that should prove valuable to the incoming Biden administration in the vacuum left by the abdication of the Trump administration across the region…The sum and substance of Strangio’s book is that the countries of Southeast Asia remain in an uneasy embrace from a country that seemingly has little sense of how to wield its power.”—John Berthelsen, Asia Sentinel"A very relevant work...Chapter by chapter, Strangio provides valuable insights into the countries of Southeast Asia."—Manya Koetse, What's on Weibo“Comprehensive...meticulously researched"—Ron Gluckman, Nikkei Asia“Easily one of the best books I’ve read this year”—Kaiser Kuo, Sinica“Balanced and well-informed...The work of a journalist with an excellent grip on history”—Frank Beyer, Asian Review of Books“An outstanding explanation of how eight Southeast Asian countries have perceived China’s rise in the region”—Dr. Jagannath Panda, Strategic Analysis"Superbly researched... Could not be more timely and important.”—Sholto Byrnes, The National"A serious and rewarding account of China’s history, influence and possible future in South-East Asia, with little treasures scattered throughout...In the Dragon’s Shadow is a new entry on the “must-read” list. For those already entranced, it should become a well-thumbed reference of ideas, dates, quotes and further reading.."—Liam Cochrane, Australian Current Affairs, “Strangio knows his terrain well and guides us through the particularities of each country’s choice, or dilemma, with an eye to the big picture of the Indo-Pacific.”—Alec Ash, The Wire China“Comprehensive…meticulously researched.”—Rob Gluckman, Nikkei Asia "A very good book…The author has succeeded in writing a scholarly book that reads as an incisive, well-documented news analysis.”—Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Director, Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS Thailand) “Based on scholarly research and years of front-line reporting, this is a singular guide both to China's international ambitions and to what will become of the world's most congested geopolitical region.”—New Statesman“An insightful account...Strangio's journalistic writing style makes it superbly readable; he should be applauded for this important and timely contribution, a must read for anyone interested in both the past and likely future of China and South-East Asia.”—Le Hong Hiep, History Today“Informative yet digestible and combining accounts of geopolitical developments with the anecdotes of taxi drivers, this book sets a high standard for future works on the topic.”—Thomas Kingston, LSE Review of Books‘A superbly well-informed, judicious and eloquent guide to the most important region in the world.’—Pankaj Mishra‘A penetrating tour de force. It will be a very long time before there is a better account of the past and present dynamics of the ever-more contested sphere of influence to China’s south.’ —Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr., former US Assistant Secretary of Defense‘Indispensable for understanding one of the most important and often most misinterpreted stories of our day.’— Thant Myint-U, author of The Hidden History of Burma‘A candid and sometimes harrowing inside-look at China’s rise in the region.’ — Brian Eyler, author of Last Days of the Mighty Mekong‘A timely, deftly-researched, and provocative examination into one of the critical issues of our time.’— Joshua Kurlantzick, Senior Fellow for Southeast Asia, Council on Foreign Relations

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Book SynopsisAn engagingly accessible introduction to war, from ancient times to the present and into the futureTrade Review“Jeremy Black’s extraordinary body of work regularly returns to themes in military history. . . . His latest book distills his achievements as the most prolific historian in the English language into 40 short chapters that describe war from the ancient world to the present day. . . . A Short History of War offers an expansive and often evocative account of great causes that are never lost or won.”—Crawford Gribben, Wall Street Journal“This is a feat of remarkable compression and erudition...Studded with thought-provoking comparisons and insights and offers a handy introduction to the subject, and to Black’s oeuvre.”—Jonathan Boff, Spectator “Black has demonstrated an enormous capacity for the length, breadth and depth of global military history which will prompt readers to explore further into campaigns they know little about.”—Major General Sir Evelyn Webb-Carter, Aspects of History“This book should be a ‘must read’ for people entering into a study of military history. It will also be a valuable resource for those who already have some broader knowledge in the field or are already possessed of some expertise. This is a book well worth reading more than once, keeping as a reference, and as a start-point for future study.”—Rob Ellis, Royal United Services Institute of Victoria ‘Jeremy Black has somehow managed to condense a vast and complex subject into a very compact and compelling book. His global range, avoidance of repetition of the standard topics, and ability to capture the variety of warfare in all its forms throughout history is truly remarkable.’—Professor Andrew Roberts, author of Churchill: Walking with Destiny ‘This is an excellent overview of the history of war. Highly recommended reading for anyone who wants to understand the evolution of war around the globe from prehistory to the present day.’—Professor Heather Jones, University College London‘This is a truly global survey which amounts to a miracle of compression. Indispensable for students and scholars alike.’— Professor Gary Sheffield, University of Wolverhampton

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Book SynopsisThe first global history of the epic early days of the iron railwayTrade Review“One does not have to be a train-spotter to read it: it tells a crucial story of our social and economic history, and does so with recourse to exceptional scholarship.”—Simon Heffer, The Telegraph“Written with great confidence and considerable aplomb, The Coming of the Railway is a must for the train enthusiast.”—Jeremy Black, New Criterion“The iron railway truly made the modern world. . . . [An] authoritative, superbly footnoted account.”—Jack Watkins, Country Life“Even for those who have a library of books on railways this is a good addition. It is strongly recommended.”—Rev Dr Peter Howson, Methodist Recorder"This is the sort of book for which the word 'masterly' was coined.”—Roger Backhouse, Welsh Railways Research Circle“The nineteenth century was defined by the railway. In this compelling new book David Gwyn weaves together the disparate strands that led to its emergence as the singular new technology of its age; a monumental study, erudite, authoritative, and full of wider historical insights.”—Sir Neil Cossons, former director of the Science Museum London“This book is a real eye-opener for rail enthusiasts and scholars with a detailed and well researched account of the dawn of the railways. The rapid advancement in technology in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries that the railways brought our society is truly astounding.”—Siddy Holloway, historian and presenter“A fresh perspective on the early railway story across time and world space, with a wealth of intriguing details. Gwyn ably demonstrates the role played by overlapping technologies, harmonising under the influence of shaping forces.”—Susan Major, author of Early Victorian Railway Excursions“The railways were the most important invention of the nineteenth century, but they only emerged thanks to a series of technological developments. This book documents these in a thorough and revealing way which makes it essential reading for anyone interested in the origins of this great invention.”—Christian Wolmar, author of The Great Railway Revolution

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Book SynopsisA case for why regionalization, not globalization, has been the biggest economic trend of the past forty yearsTrade Review“It is regionalisation, not globalisation, that explains the mechanics of prosperity. . . . If hope truly does lie in thought, we need to take our thinking about the world a lot more seriously than we do today.”—Richard Horton, The Lancet“Regionalization is quickly becoming the new globalization. Shannon O’Neil’s The Globalization Myth deftly explains why the key to America’s continued industrial competitiveness lies neither in ‘America alone’ reshoring nor in laissez faire offshoring, but in nearshoring. An important corrective to a broken public policy debate.”—Ian Bremmer, president, Eurasia Group“Shannon O’Neil’s call for ‘more NAFTAs and fewer America Firsts’ is timely, constructive, and pragmatic. With her deep knowledge of the Americas and of the politics of regional integration, she makes a practical case for an American economic strategy which would work in a world dividing more into blocs. I urge our elected officials to open their minds to O’Neil’s compelling argument.”—Adam S. Posen, president, Peterson Institute for International Economics“This is a phenomenal book about regionalization. Global markets are consolidating into three regional hubs. The US needs to act on that, or it will get left behind. I found this a gripping read!”—Ann E. Harrison, University of California, Berkeley

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Book SynopsisIn time for Scorsese’s 80th birthday and the release of Killers of the Flower Moon, a new edition of the seminal oral history tracing Scorsese’s journey from young filmmaker to legend, featuring a foreword by Steven Spielberg Few filmmakers, if any, make the kind of impact that Martin Scorsese has made on American cinema. The winner of every prestigious film award, including the Oscar, Scorsese is a living legend. Bestselling author and award-winning filmmaker Mary Pat Kelly’s groundbreaking biography reveals how this working-class boy from Manhattan’s Little Italy became one of our most acclaimed, celebrated, and influential filmmakers.Martin Scorsese: A Journey maps Scorsese’s personal and artistic evolution though his films, from early works like student films and Mean Streets through cinematic masterpieces like Taxi Driver, Raging Bull,The King of Comedy,Goodfellas. Across interviews with Scorsese himself; stars like Robert De Niro, Paul Newman, Liza Minelli, and Nick Nolte; colleagues including screenwriters and cinematographers; as well as family and friends, it reveals the story of a man in a way that only his community and fellow artists can, giving us unprecedented, intimate access to the making of these iconic films and the extraordinary mind behind them. Brimming with insight into Scorsese’s life, values, process, humor, and inspirations, it is a remarkable account of America’s premiere director, the shepherd of countless imaginations.

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Book SynopsisTHE AUTHORITATIVE AND ORIGINAL ACCOUNT OF TANK WARFARE, TOLD BY THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE LIVED THROUGH IT. Perfect for fans of John Nichol, Peter Caddick-Adams and Max Hastings ''A highly original and valuable piece of military history. It ought to transform our idea of the Second World War; it has mine'' - Sir John Keegan''Tank Men is a triumph . . . it is a really fine piece of work'' - Richard Holmes-------The First World War saw the birth of an extraordinary fighting machine that has fascinated three generations: the tank.In Tank Men, ex-soldier and military historian Robert Kershaw brings to life the grime, the grease and the fury of a tank battle through the voices of ordinary men and women who lived and fought in those fearsome machines.Drawing on vivid, newly researched personal testimony from the crucial battles of the First and Second World Wars, this is military history at its very best. -------Readers'' praise for Tank Men:''The narrative is excellent and allows one to view the work, servicing and horrendous battles from the safety of one''s chair.'' ????? ''One of those books which I felt genuinely gutted when I realised I was reaching the end. Just brilliant. Very balanced, taking testimony from all sides of a brutal part of any conflict. It combines human stories with technical detail and historical context - no mean feat. ????? ''For anyone who thinks that the tank was a safe haven in war read this book. For all AFV modellers and re-enacters who have never been involved with the real thing, read this book. ????? ''A first-class book that I highly recommend to anyone who wants to gain insight into what fighting inside a tank was like.'' ?????Trade ReviewA highly original and valuable piece of military history. It ought to transform our idea of the Second World War, it has mine...a marvellous and origninal book based on the most detailed research. * Sir John Keegan *I thought TANK MEN was a triumph ... it is a really fine piece of work * Richard Holmes *Some of the eye witness accounts Kershaw has collected for this comprehensive review of tank warfare have the power to chill the reader to the bone. This is warfare at the sharp end. * Nottingham Evenong Post *Very well written, with excellent photographs, it's an indispensable addition to the body of knowledge about modern warfare. * South Wales Argus *

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Book SynopsisThe First World War was too big to be grasped by its participants. In the retelling of their war in the competing memories of leaders and commanders, and the anguished fiction of its combatants, any sense of order and purpose, effort and achievement, was missing. Drawing on the experience of front line soldiers, munitions workers, politicians and those managing the vast economy of industrialised warfare, Attrition explains for the first time why and how this new type of conflict born out of industrial society was fought as it was. It was the first mass war in which the resources of the fully-mobilised societies strained every sinew in a conflict over ideals - and the humblest and highest were all caught up in the national enterprise. In a stunning narrative, this brilliant and necessary reassessment of the whole war cuts behind the myth-making to reveal the determination, organization and ambition on all sides.Trade ReviewA refreshingly balanced view . . . the great strength of Philpott's book is its magisterial overview of the whole war . . . a fine contribution to our growing understanding of the conflict -- Peter Parker * Daily Telegraph *A highly readable account . . . a great book for those who want to look behind the propaganda * Sunday Herald *Philpott's achievement is to present a view of The Great War as an attritional conflict in a very readable fashion. 'Attrition' is an accessible work for the general reader rather than a denesley argued mongraph...Attrition stands on its own merits, as an important contribution to an active and lively scholarly debateWilliam Philpott's boldly argued and engaging book is a timely rejoinder to simplistic views * Times Literary Supplement *A first-class overview of the whole war, and a useful addition to anyone's library * Military History *

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Book SynopsisEavesdropping on Jane Austen''s England explores the real England of Jane Austen''s lifetime. It was a troubled period, with disturbing changes in industry and agriculture and a constant dread of invasion and revolution. The comfortable, tranquil country of her fiction is a complete contrast to the England in which she actually lived. From forced marriages and the sale of wives in marketplaces to boys and girls working down mines or as chimney sweeps, this enthralling social history reveals how our ancestors worked, played and struggled to survive. Taking in the horror of ghosts and witches, bull baiting, highwaymen and the stench of corpses swinging on roadside gibbets, this book is a must-read for anyone wanting to discover the genuine story of Jane Austen''s England and the background to her novels.

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Book SynopsisThe first book in a new three-volume history of the Asia-Pacific War, by the acclaimed author of Downfall and Guadalcanal.Trade Review"It was [Richard Frank's] account of the chaos of war that most gripped me. Another of this book's many strengths is the author's welcome desire to tell the Chinese side of the story… Excellent though he is at most things, Frank is arguably at his best in his portrayal of both the leading and minor characters in this story." -- Malcolm Murfett - Literary Review"Outstanding, wide-ranging... Frank has a humane, sure eye for detail." -- Rana Mitter - BBC History Magazine

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Book SynopsisWhy did the first civilizations emerge when and where they did? How did Islam become a unifying force in the world of its birth? What enabled the West to project its goods and power around the world from the fifteenth century on? Why was agriculture invented seven times and the steam engine just once?

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Book SynopsisThis series supports the AS and A-Levels starting September 2000. The series provides coverage of all the most popular topics, so you can cover the whole of the specification with up-to-date resources. This text concentrates on the Cold War.Table of ContentsAS SECTION: NARRATIVE AND EXPLANATIONThe Cold War in Europe 1945-91 1 The seeds of conflict 1941-5 2 The Cold War in Europe 1945-50 3 The Soviet orbit: eastern Europe 1945-80 4 The collapse of Soviet control over eastern Europe 1980-91 The Cold War in Asia and the Americas 1949-755 US Foreign policy in the 1950s 6 The Korean War 1950-3 7 The Vietnam War I: Escalation 1945-68 8 The Vietnam War II: US failure and withdrawal 1968-75 9 The Cuban Missile Crisis AS AssessmentA2 SECTION: ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATIONCold War to Detente 1945-911 What were the causes of the Cold War? 2 What were Stalin's motives for Soviet expansion in Europe? 3 Why did East-West relations change between 1948 and 1962? 4 What was the nature of the conflict during the Cold War? 5 What were the casuses and achievements of Detente? 6 Why, and how, did superpower rivalry change between 1979 and 1991? Containing communism: the USA in Asia 1945-73 7 For what reasons, and with what results did the USA intervene in the Korean War? 8 What was the significance of the French withdrawal from South East Asia for the conflict between capitalism and communism? 9 By what means, and for what reasons did the USA participate in the Vietnam War? 10 What was the response of the American people to the Vietnam War and to what extent did this influence its outcome? A2 Assessment

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Book SynopsisA new edition of Cary Reich's engaging biography of Andre Meyer. In this new edition of Financier, Cary Reich presents an illuminating portrait of this ferociously energetic, charming, and ruthless businessman who was a trusted advisor of the Kennedys and an intimate of William Paley and Katherine Graham.Table of ContentsA Tale of Two Financiers. The Picasso of Banking. Up and Coming. Starting Over. Gold Under the Asphalt. André and Ferd. Friends. The Women in his Life. The Avis Saga. Sins of Pride. Zeckendorf. The Incomparable Investor. Money Hungry. Madeleine Malraux. Life at Lazard. Pierre the Duke. The Sage of the Carlyle. Merger Making. Cashing in. Jackie O. A Rendezvous with LBJ. Tidying Up. Eddie Gilbert ... Again. A Deal Under Fire. The Vise Tightens. Fighting for his Life. Adrift. The Torch Passes. The Final Tally. Notes on Sources. Interviews. Sources. Index.

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Book SynopsisThe adventurous stories of the greatest explorers in history.Table of ContentsAncient World – Out of Africa • Into a New World • Early Pacific Voyagers • Egyptian Explorers Herodotus • Xenophon • Alexander the Great • Pytheas the Greek • Hannibal • St Paul • The Emperor Hadrian Medieval World Early Chinese Travellers on the Silk Road • Early Voyagers to America Christian Pilgrimages • Muslim Pilgrimages • Genghis Khan • Marco Polo • Ibn Battuta • Cheng Ho, the Grand Eunuch • The Renaissance Christopher Columbus • Vasco da Gama & Bartolomeu Diaz Lodovico da Varthema • Ferdinand Magellan • Herman Cortés • Francisco Pizarro • Francisco de Orellana Early Explorers of North America • Francis Drake • Samuel Champlain • Early Searches for the Northwest Passage • 17th and 18th Centuries Abel Tasman • Maria Sibylla Merlan • Ippolito Desideri • Vitus Bering • James Bruce • James Cook • Jean-François de Lapérouse • Alexander Mackenzie • Mungo Park • 19th Century Alexander van Humboldt • Lewis & Clark’s Expedition across America • Jean-Louis Buckhardt Darwin and the Beagle • The Trail of Tears • Journeys into the Mexican Jungle • Later Searchers for the Northwest Passage • Henrich Barth & the Central African Mission • Search for the Source of the Nile Crossing Australia • Into the Heart of Africa • The Mekong River Expedition • Travels in Arabia Deserts TheNortheastPassage•ThePunditsExploreTibet•ExploringCentral&EastAsia ModernTimes Journeys Across Asia • To the North Pole • The Race to the South Pole • Shackleton & the Endurance Women Travellers in Asia • Charles Lindbergh • Women Pioneers of Flight • The Long March • Thor Heyerdahl & Kon-Tiki • Scaling Everest • Single-Handed around the World • To the Moon & Back • Voyages to the Bottom of the Ocean • Round the World by Balloon • Into Outer Space: Mars, Jupiter & Beyond

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Book SynopsisAn essential primer on twenty-four of the most significant revolutions from the 17th century to the present day, narrated by leading historians from around the world.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Peter Furtado The English Revolution 1642–89: Simon Jenkins The American Revolution 1776–88: Ray Raphael The French Revolution 1789–99: Sophie Wahnich The Haitian Revolution 1791–1804: Bayyinah Bello The Year of Revolutions 1848: Axel Körner Japan: The Meiji Restoration 1867: Shin Kawashima The Young Turk Revolution 1908: Mehmed Sükrü Hanioglu The Mexican Revolution 1910–17: Javier Garciadiego The Irish Revolution 1913–23: Diarmaid Ferriter Russia: The Bolshevik Revolution 1917: Dina Khapaeva The Indian Revolution 1919–47: Mihir Bose The Vietnamese Revolution 1945: Stein Tønnesson China’s Communist Revolution 1949–76: Mobo Gao The Cuban Revolution 1959–2000: Luis Martinez Fernandez The Student Revolution 1968: Stephen Barnes Portugal: The Carnation Revolution 1974: Filipe Ribeiro de Meneses Cambodia: The Khmer Rouge Revolution 1975–79: Sorpong Peou The Iranian Revolution 1979: Homa Katouzian Nicaragua: The Sandinista Revolution 1979–1990: Mateo Jarquin Poland: The Solidarity Revolution 1981–89: Anita Prazmowska Eastern Europe 1989: Vladimir Tismaneanu and Andres Garcia South Africa: The End of Apartheid 1990–1994: Thula Simpson Ukraine: The Orange Revolution 2004: Yaroslav Hrytsak Egypt: The Arab Spring 2011: Yasser Thabet

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Undocumented Politics provides rich theoretical advances to literature on transnational political strategies, the role of local-level contexts, and immigrant 'illegality.' . . . a powerful read that contributes to the literature on international migration, undocumented immigrants, and gender." * ILR Review *"I highly recommend this engaging and elegant monograph, suitable for students and researchers of migration and borders." * American Journal of Sociology *"Andrews has delivered an insightful, well-researched exposition on Mexican migration in the United States. . . . Undocumented Politics successfully showcases the ways that undocumented migrant women have self-advocated, despite their lack of access to legal and electoral outlets of political activism." * California History *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Legacies of (In)Equity 2. “Illegality” under Two Local Modes of Control 3. Stoicism and Striving in the Face of Exclusion 4. Cross-Border Fights, Rifts, and Ties 5. Pathways to Hometown Change Conclusion Methodological Appendix: Listening to Difference Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisCultures invest great efforts into creating a long-term memory on the basis of oral transmission, media technology and institutional frameworks. This book provides an introduction to the concept of cultural memory, focusing on the 'arts' of its construction, particularly various media such as writing, images, bodily practices, places and monuments. Examining the period from the European Renaissance to the present, Aleida Assmann reveals the close association between cultural memory and the arts, arguing that the artists who have supplemented, criticized, transformed and opposed it are its most lucid theorists and acute observers. Her analysis also addresses the interaction of cultural memory with individual memory and the ways in which cultural memory supports or subverts social and political identity constructions. Ultimately, this book offers a comprehensive overview of the history, forms and functions of cultural memory, which has become a central analytical tool for scholars acrossTrade Review'Aleida Assmann brings startling originality, brilliant explanation, and conceptual rigor to the difficult and sprawling terrain of memory. This is a classic, pathbreaking work to which readers will remain long indebted.' Peter Fritzsche, University of Illinois'This is a pathbreaking study of a category that now is commonplace in both undergraduate and graduate studies in the humanities and social sciences. Until now, there has been nothing like it available in English. It is essential reading to understand why memory has displaced class, race, and gender as the signature category of our generation.' Jay Winter, Yale University'An unsurpassed starting point for the understanding of the human as, in Nietzsche's words, an animal who remembers.' The Times Literary SupplementTable of ContentsIntroduction; Part I. Functions: 1. Memory as ars and vis; 2. THE sECULARIZATION oF mEMORY - MEMORIA, FAMA, HISTORIA; 3. The battle of memories in Shakespeare's histories; 4. Wordsworth and the wound of time; 5. Memory boxes; 6. Function and storage: two modes of memory; Part II. Media: 7. Metaphors, models, and media of memory; 8. Writing; 9. Image; 10. Body; 11. Places; Part III. Storage: 12. Archives; 13. Permanence, decay, residue - problems of conversation and the ecology of culture; 14. Memory simulations in the wasteland of forgetfulness - installations by modern artists; 15. Memory as 'leidschatz'; 16. Beyond the archive; 17. Conclusion: the arts of memory.

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Book SynopsisAt the end of his life the emperor Augustus wrote an account of his achievements in which he reviewed his rise to power, his conquest of the world and his unparalleled generosity towards his subjects. This edition provides a text, translation and detailed commentary - the first substantial one in English for more than four decades - which is suitable for use with students of all levels. The commentary deals with linguistic, stylistic and historical matters. It elucidates how Augustus understood his role in Roman society, and how he wished to be remembered by posterity; and it sets this picture that emerges from the Res Gestae into the context of the emergence both of a new visual language and of an official set of expressions. The book also includes illustrations in order to demonstrate how the Augustan era witnessed the rise of a whole new visual language.Trade Review"...Alison Cooley provides what will be the standard textbook for the RGDA in this generation... Cooley has provided students and colleagues with an edition of the RGDA that will serve as a textbook and as a work of reference. ..a book that is at the same time a pleasure to read and highly useful. That is no small accomplishment." --BMCRTable of ContentsIntroduction; Text and translation; Commentary; Appendix.

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Book SynopsisAn authoritative 2007 history of one of the world's most important empires on the road to decolonisation. Ronald Hyam offers a major reassessment of the end of empire which combines a study of British policymaking with case studies on the experience of decolonization after 1945.Trade Review'There is no shortage of books on end of empire, but Britain's Declining Empire stands out from the crowd for reliability, readability and scholarship. Writing with an originality and authority that few can match, he has produced a vivid, riveting, frequently amusing and profoundly thoughtful book that marks a significant advance on other studies of decolonization and deserves a wide audience.' A. J. Stockwell, Emeritus Professor of Modern History, Royal Holloway, University of London'No one writes with more authority and felicity on the history of the British Empire than Ronald Hyam. This book on British rule and decolonization is destined to become a classic.' Wm Roger Louis, Kerr Chair in English History and Culture, University of Texas at Austin'This magisterial volume, a sequel to Britain's Imperial Century, 1815–1914 (1976), is the distillation of a lifetime's learning and teaching about the British Empire. … [Hyam] is a consummate historian with a transcendent literary style and he has crowned his career with a tour de force.' Literary Review'It will probably come to be regarded as the best single-volume general account of decolonisation that has been written and answers familiar questions about the end of empire exceptionally well. In a field that has grown rich with general accounts, it offers the greatest sense of colour and personality in considering the end of empire, combined with an Olympian breadth of vision.' English Historical ReviewTable of ContentsPreface; Introduction; 1. 'The whole world is rocking': British governments and a dysfunctional imperial system, 1918–45; 2. 'British imperialism is dead': the Attlee government and the end of empire, 1945–51; 3. 'Rugged and tangled difficulties': the Churchill and Eden governments and the end of Empire, 1951–6; 4. 'The wind of change is blowing…': the Macmillan and Douglas-Home governments and the end of empire, 1957–64; 5. 'We could no longer afford to honour our pledges': the Wilson government and the end of empire, 1964–8; Epilogue; Select bibliography; Index.

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Book Synopsis____________________As vivid and compelling as the best adventure thriller, and a fitting tribute to a small band of men who became heroes' ANDY MCNAB Gripping, revealing and extraordinarily well-researched, this is a riveting new account of a little known but crucial war' SIR RANULPH FIENNES____________________Dawn. 19 July 1972. A force of nearly three hundred heavily armed, well-trained guerrillas launches a surprise attack on the small fishing village of Mirbat. All that stands in their way is a troop of just nine SAS, aided only by an elite band of fighter pilots overhead.Two years earlier a Communist rebellion had threatened the Arabian Peninsula, in the strategically critical Sultanate of Oman. Following a covert intelligence mission, 22 SAS deployed their largest ever assault force against the rebels.But this was to be a bitter and hard-fought campaign culminating the BattlTrade ReviewCatapulting us from the cockpits of heavily armed, low-level attack jets to the beating heart of elite Special Forces soldiers under siege, Storm Front tells this epic story as only the author of Vulcan 607 can. It's as vivid and compelling as the best adventure thriller, and a fitting tribute to a small band of men who became heroes -- Andy McNabGripping, revealing and extraordinarily well-researched, Storm Front is a riveting new account of a little known, but crucial war. Combining page-turning military action in the air and on the ground with a clear-sighted understanding of the big picture it brings to life the campaign in Oman more vividly than any other book I've read -- Sir Ranulph FiennesThe best account I've ever read of this legendary battle. Takes you right to the heart of the action -- Sgt Dan Mills, author of "Sniper One"This is a rare insight into the battle that defined the modern SAS. Storm Front is the best book you will read this year -- Tim CollinsI loved Storm Front. A period of history - and more particularly a single shining moment - that has been obscured by myth and legend. Here is the truth of it all at last in all its spine-tingling, spine-straightening glory -- Neil Oliver

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Book SynopsisA luminous exploration of exile the people who have experienced it, and the places they inhabit from the award-winning travel writer and author of The Immeasurable World and The Moor. ''Breathtakingly good . . . Exiles is completely sui generis.''EDMUND DE WAAL''Atkins spins a marvellous tapestry of colourful tales, beautifully weaving history and travel accounts.''ANDREA WULF, author of The Invention of Nature''A volume for our times.''SARA WHEELER, THE SPECTATOR''A fascinating study of exile and its effects.''OBSERVERThis is the story of three unheralded nineteenth-century dissidents, whose lives were profoundly shaped by the winds of empire, nationalism and autocracy that continue to blow strongly today: Louise Michel, a leader of the radical socialist government known as the Paris Commune; Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo,

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Book SynopsisThorsten Opper is Curator of Greek and Roman sculpture at the British Museum. He is the author of Hadrian: empire and conflict and curator of the exhibition Nero at the British Museum.Table of ContentsIntroduction – approaches to Nero; the source tradition 1. Nero and the family of Augustus – Augustus and the system of the principate; Julio-Claudian society; Nero’s family 2. Power and succession – Nero’s accession; expectations of the new reign; poetry and imagery 3. Conflict and reform – Nero and the military; external conflicts; the Armenian War; Britain and the Boudicca rebellion 4. Spectacle and splendor – Nero’s reforms and major projects; public entertainment; Nero on stage 5. Passion and discord – the imperial family; Nero’s wives and daughter 6. Fire – the great fire of Rome of AD 64 7. The new Apollo – Nero’s palaces and the Domus Aurea; luxury and elite society; diplomacy and triumph 8. Crisis and death – internal conflict and elite resistance; rebellion; Nero’s death; civil war; ‘False Neros’ and Nero’s enduring popularity Bibliography Credits Index

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Book SynopsisThe late twentieth century saw charities grow from timid service deliverers into major providers with campaigning teeth. What caused this? How did they gain confidence and strength? In this fascinating history, examined through the eyes of RNIB from 1970 to 2010, Ian Bruce examines the internal drivers and the external socio-political environment that allowed and encouraged this explosion. Bruce''s experience of leading a charity at the forefront of this change, and his participation in the wider charity sector for fifty years as both activist and academic, gives him an unsurpassed understanding of what happened and why. His first-hand knowledge will speak to charity workers as well as academics, covering themes such as the rise of beneficiary power against patronising providers; the change from welfare to rights; the shift from the medical to the social model of disability; and the adoption of social welfare and business professionalisms such as Strategic Planning and Charity MarketinTrade Review'Too often organisational histories gloss over tensions. Ian does not hold back from describing the extraordinary story of how the unsighted took over from the sighted. An extraordinary case study reflecting on the challenges and changes in the charity sector since the 1970s. A must read for any person interested in change.' - Professor Paul Palmer, Bayes Business School 'The strength of this well-crafted account of the RNIB's recent history is the way in which Ian Bruce relates the story of the Institute not only to the context of disability politics but also to wider movements in the voluntary sector and society as a whole. This is a must read.' - Sir Stuart Etherington, Chair, Oversight Trust 'This book will be of consuming interest to students of the British welfare state and its complex and shifting relationship with the voluntary sector. Thanks to Bruce's personal qualities, not least his remarkable empathy with blind and partially sighted people in all walks of life, it will also be compelling reading for those like myself, activists campaigning for the improvements he did so much to bring about.' - Fred Reid, Hon. Professor of History, University of Warwick and long-time trustee of RNIBTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Foreword by Matt Stringer, RNIB Chief Executive Introduction Part I. Four Decades of Change 1a. 1970-80: How Blind People Took Back Control of RNIB 1b. Progress in the Face of a Dominant Welfare State 2a. 1980-90: Early Adoption of Strategic Planning 2b. Far-reaching Change 3a. 1990-2000: RNIB Can't Do It All 3b. Expansion and Extension 4a. 2000-10: Governance and Merger Revolution 4b. Services: Launches, Relaunches and Closures Part II. Forty-year Trends in the Charity in Socio-Political Context 5. External Impacts 1970 to 2010 6. Trends within RNIB 7. Strategic and Structural Change 8. Friends and Foes - Campaigning and Lobbying 9. Resources - People and Money 10. Milestones - but a Long Way to Go Postscript References Appendices List of Organisational Initials and Acronyms Organisation Chart 1990 RNIB Management Conference Attendance - 1985, 1991, 1997 and 2003 Index

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Book SynopsisLevant is a book of cities. It describes Smyrna, Alexandria and Beirut when they were windows on the world, escapes from nationality and tradition, centres of wealth, pleasure and freedom. Using unpublished family papers, Philip Mansel describes their colourful, contradictory history, from the beginning of the French alliance with the Ottoman Empire in the sixteenth century to their decline in the mid twentieth century. Smyrna was burnt; Alexandria Egyptianised; Beirut lacerated by civil war.Trade Review'Fascinating . . . the strengths of the book are colossal. Philip Mansel's knowledge of the history and culture of these places is encyclopaedic; he has walked their streets, met the scions of their famous families and penetrated their private archives. His eye for detail is sharp; telling anecdotes are culled from memoirs of all kinds, and the sights and smells of each city are vividly conjured up . . . To anyone who has read Mansel's Constantinople: City of the World's Desire, it will be sufficient to say: read this one too. To anyone who has not, I can only say: read both of them' * Noel Malcolm, Sunday Telegraph *'Excellent . . . thought-provoking . . . thoroughly researched . . . One of its strengths lies in the colourful quotations from letters, diaries and travel narratives' * Giles Milton, Literary Review *'Philip Mansel's impressive return to the Middle East . . . Instead of composing an elegy on a once powerful civilisation, Mansel has given the Levantine world its chronicle, and restored its weight in history' * Jason Goodwin, Spectator *'I could scarcely put down this magnificent book, with its galloping narrative, its worldly analysis, sparkling anecdotes and its unforgettable cast of the decadent, the cosmopolitan and the cruel' * Simon Sebag-Montefiore, Financial Times *'With sober judgement but passionate feeling, Mansel has produced a work of formidable scholarship and subtlety, rich in colour, sights, personalities and horrifyingly abundant incident. Levant shows the destructivness of nationalism, offers precepts for the coexistence of Muslims, Christians and Jews and has wisdom and sensibility all of its own' * Richard Davenport-Hines, TLS *'Philip Mansel's Levant . . . comes from the pen which, more sharply than any other, has delineated Istanbul. Here, with evocations of Smyrna, Alexandria and Beirut, all of which he knows well, Mansel gives us history, travel-writing and evocation of place with spare lack of sentimentality, but passionate intensity. The chapters on Beirut, in the light of what is continuing there to this sad hour, are especially poignant. Highly recommended' * A. N. Wilson, New Statesman *'Elegiac' * Independent Christmas history round-up *'An engrossing, historical tapestry' * Philip Adair, Scotsman *'A highly enjoyable and intricately worked account of three great Mediterranean ports . . . [Mansel has] a sharp eye for detail and a deep understanding of the dynamics of traditional empires and societies' * The Economist *'A masterly work . . . prodigious' * Independent *'An excellent study' * Guardian *'An enthralling history of Alexandria, Beirut and Smyrna, those vanished worlds of cosmopolitan high culture and society' * Daily Telegraph *

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewReaders of this book will meet some of the most interesting, important, and memorable characters in American history—men and women whose stories are expertly and beautifully recounted in these pages. But they will also see reflected and illuminated in these lives great forces and momentous issues, the passions and motives and movements that have shaped our country. The authors' approach humanizes what might have been lifeless abstractions, showing how the largest of matters can touch and change the lives of individuals and how individuals can give life and voice to things bigger than themselves. -- David W. Levy, David Boyd Ross Professor Emeritus, University of OklahomaThese well-researched, highly readable biographical narratives vividly evoke key issues and trends in American history from the early Colonial era through the Civil War and Reconstruction. The subjects are well chosen to illuminate central features of their era, and each chapter's introductory essay positions these men and women in their larger historical context. Lives and Times: Individuals and Issues in American History should find a broad audience of readers. -- Paul Boyer, Institute for Research in the Humanities, University of Wisconsin-MadisonTable of ContentsPreface Introduction Chapter 1: Orthodoxy and Dissent in Puritan England: Mary Dyer, Cotton Mather Chapter 2: The American Mind in the Eighteenth Century: Jonathan Edwards, Benjamin Franklin Chapter 3: Revolutionaries: Thomas Paine, Mercy Otis Warren Chapter 4: Republicans, Federalists, Virginians: Thomas Jefferson, John Marshall Chapter 5: Popular Culture in Antebellum America: David Crockett, Stephen Foster Chapter 6: Clash of Civilizations: Native Americans and the New Republic: Tecumseh, Andrew Jackson Chapter 7: Slavery in Theory and Practice: George Fitzhugh, Harriet Tubman Chapter 8: Reforming Self and Society: Henry David Thoreau, Margaret Fuller Chapter 9: Defining Women's Roles: Catharine Esther Beecher, Elizabeth Cady Stanton Chapter 10: Manifest Destinies: William Walker, Brigham Young Chapter 11: Abolitionists: John Brown, Abraham Lincoln Chapter 12: Uncivil War: William Tecumseh Sherman, Nathan Bedford Forrest Chapter 13: A New Birth of Freedom Deferred: Benjamin R. Tillman, Ida B. Wells

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Book SynopsisThis book takes a look at some of the truly awe-inspiring ways our country has been a force, for good and for bad, right across the world. A lot of people are vaguely aware that a quarter of the globe was once pink, but that’s not even half the story.

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Book SynopsisA retelling of global history which reinstates women to their rightful place in the story, without excluding men from the narrative

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Book Synopsis'... Brooke-Smith’s attempt to sum up the ‘pre-post-everything decade’ is refreshingly ambitious.' – Dorian Lynskey, LITERARY REVIEWTrade Review‘Impressive’– New Statesman * New Statesman *‘… delightfully eclectic and repeatedly informed’ – TORONTO STAR

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Book SynopsisA striking new edition of the most authoritative account of the Second World War by one of the greatest living military historians.A history of the Second World War that covers all the war fronts, the fighting on land, at sea and in the air, the activities of resistance and partisan groups, espionage, secret intelligence, strategy and tactics, war leaders, generals, admirals and air marshals, individual acts of heroism on all the war fronts and behind the lines, the fate of prisoners of war, the bombing of cities, the submarine war, and the aftermath of the war.Trade ReviewAlongside his account of the First World War, this classic book belongs on every bookshelf * NORTHERN ECHO *Sir Martin's great acheivement is his ability never to lose sight of the individual in a history of mass war and mass suffering. * CONTEMPORARY REVIEW *

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Book SynopsisIn this missionary classic, Don Richardson shares the story of how he and his wife risked their lives to share Christ with the cannibalistic Sawi people of New Guinea. Discover how they reached the hearts of these people, and be inspired to communicate Christ in a meaningful way.

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Book SynopsisThis inspiring and encouraging account continues to touch and comfort hundreds of thousands of people around the world as it offers a glimpse of inexpressible heavenly bliss.

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