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Taylor & Francis Writing Left
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Taylor & Francis The Road to Democracy in South Africa
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Taylor & Francis Gandhis Critics
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£35.14
Taylor & Francis Classical Encounters in Englands North East
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£41.79
Taylor & Francis Writing and Editing for Digital Media
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Taylor & Francis The UnReality Effect in the Cinema of Attractions
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Taylor & Francis Origins of the Cold War 19411949
Book SynopsisNow in its sixth edition, the Origins of the Cold War offers a new perspective on the momentous conflict between the Soviet Union and the United States, covering the tumultuous years of 1941 to 1949.
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Taylor & Francis Key Issues in Historical Theory
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Taylor & Francis Kars Province under Russian Rule
Book SynopsisThis book analyses the borderland province (oblast) of Kars under Russian imperial rule from 1878 to 1918. It is a study of imperial expansion, inter-imperial rivalry, colonization, legal and administrative pluralism, nation building and state building.Based on archival work in the state archives of Turkey (Ottoman archives), Russia, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, the author develops a more balanced understanding of the multiple dynamics in play. The book provides an accurate and reliable account of the history of Russian rule in the Kars province. It is an important case study of the technologies of imperialism, the way one empire conquers a part of another empire and attempts to integrate that province into its empire.Correcting the distorted and often false histories of nationalist historians, this book will be of interest to historians of Russia and the Ottoman Empire, of borderland studies and the history of the South Caucasus.
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Taylor & Francis Two Anonymous Byzantine Romances about the Trojan War
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Taylor & Francis Religion and Politics in Europe and Latin America
Book SynopsisThis book presents a comparative interpretation of the socio-emotional histories of Europe and Latin America, offering a novel perspective on the roles of religion and politics in managing collective fear and insecurity in these two regions. Emphasizing the historical fears and insecurities faced by underprivileged sectors of Latin American society, the book draws on cognitive and social sciences to compile political, socio-economic, and cultural landmarks, identifying continuities and ruptures in European and Latin American histories. The volume highlights Europeâs success and Latin Americaâs relative failure in crafting political visions capable of taming fear and insecurity. It shows how this largely correlates with how meticulous providentialism (the belief that God governs history) has been supplanted by general providentialism (the belief that God does not intervene in history) in the religious cultures of the two regions. This shift corresponds to the degree of control individuals feel they have over their history and destiny, which typically aligns with their actual social affordances. At the heart of these discussions is the notion that the authenticity of the theoretical foundations of political visions is conditioned by society's view of the divine, which ultimately determines the capacity of these visionsâ potential to impact history.Religion and Politics in Europe and Latin America is a useful resource to students and academics interested Latin American and European history, politics and culture.
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Pan Macmillan The Diamond Queen
Book SynopsisPolitical journalist Andrew Marr's vivid account of the Queen and her reign over Great Britain and the Commonwealth.Trade ReviewMarr's writing is persuasive, liberal, energized * Observer *Marr has a gift for narrative and précis, a pithy turn of phrase and an ability to unearth the familiar * The Times *Absorbing . . . particularly acute on the political aspects of constitutional monarchy, but he also writes perceptively about individual members of the Royal Family. * Mail on Sunday *Contain[s] a lot of information which will be new to any but the most dedicated student of the monarchy . . . Marr is particularly interesting on the relationship between the Queen and the BBC. -- Philip Ziegler * Spectator *An exploration of the day-to-day duties of the monarch and her family. * Daily Telegraph *Offers the reader a history of the Queen’s reign viewed from the outside, with a particular emphasis on her relations with her prime ministers and the connection between political developments and the monarchy’s shifting fortunes . . . an overwhelmingly positive endorsement of the Queen’s remarkable record. -- Matthew Dennison * Express *A fresh perspective . . . Marr looks at the people and broader historical trends who have shaped Elizabeth II’s approach to her reign . . . fascinating -- Carolyn Harris, author of Raising Royalty Table of ContentsAcknowledgements - i: Preface and Acknowledgements Section - ii: What the Queen Does Unit - Part One: Dynasty is Destiny: How the British Monarchy Remade Itself Unit - Part Two: Lilibet Section - iii: Interlude - The Queen in the World Unit - Part Three: The Queen at Work Section - iv: Interlude - Britannia and the Waves Unit - Part Four: Off With Her Head! The Queen in the Sixties Section - v: Interlude - Money Unit - Part Five: Into the Maelstrom Section - vi: The Future Section - vii: Notes Section - viii: Select Bibliography Acknowledgements - ix: Picture Acknowledgments Index - x: Index
£10.44
Pan Macmillan Ghost Nation
Book SynopsisChris Horton is a reporter who has covered cross-strait politics, domestic politics, the economy, culture and breaking news in Taiwan for The New York Times, Bloomberg News, The Atlantic, The Guardian, Financial Times and Nikkei Asia. He has lived in Taiwan since 2015, and in China and Hong Kong for the decade preceding that. Ghost Nation is his first book.
£18.70
Pan Macmillan The Discovery of France
Book SynopsisGraham Robb was born in Manchester in 1958 and is a former fellow of Exeter College, Oxford. He has published widely on French literature and history. The Discovery of France won both the Duff Cooper and Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prizes. For Parisians the City of Paris awarded him the Grande Médaille de la Ville de Paris. He lives on the English-Scottish border.
£11.69
Pan Macmillan Lev G Lets Make Things Better
Book Synopsis“To me, hard times are like hide-and-seek: where is the solution, where is the hope? We can never give up looking for these things because they are just waiting to be found.” Gidon Lev, an 89-year-old Holocaust survivor, has lived an extraordinary life. At the age of six, he was imprisoned in the concentration camp of Theresienstadt. Liberated when he was ten, he lost at least 26 members of his family, including his father and grandfather.But Gidon’s life is extraordinary not only because he is one of the few living survivors remaining but because of his lessons learned over nearly a century. His enduring message is of hope and opportunity – to make things better. By sharing his timeless simple belief and truths, Gidon reminds us that we have the power to incrementally improve what is in front of us and leave something better behind us.His life is a lesson of how to do it, even in the face of astonishing adversity, and Let&rs
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Pan Macmillan The Sign of the Cross
Book SynopsisColm Tóibín was born in Ireland in 1955. He is the author of several novels, including The Master, Brooklyn, and The Magician, and two collections of stories. He has been three times shortlisted for the Booker Prize. In 2021, he was awarded the David Cohen Prize for Literature. Tóibín was appointed the Laureate for Irish Fiction 2022-2024.
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Pan Macmillan The Spartans
Book SynopsisThe definitive account of the extraordinary people of Sparta, from the world's leading expert.
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Headline Publishing Group A Brief History of the End of the Fcking World
Book SynopsisDo you feel like we''re living in the end times? Does it seem like everything is on fire, and one disaster follows another? Here''s a small comfort: you''re not the first to feel that way. If there''s one thing that people throughout history have agreed on, it''s that history wasn''t going to be around for much longer.This book is about the apocalypse, and how humans have always believed it to be very f*cking nigh. Across thousands of years, we''ll meet weird cults, failed prophets and mass panics, holy warriors leading revolts in anticipation of the last days, and suburbanites waiting for aliens to rescue them from a doomed Earth. We''ll journey back to the ''worst period to be alive'', as the world reeled from a simultaneous pandemic and climate crisis. And we''ll look to the future to ask the unnerving question: how might it all end?But it''s also a book about how we live in a world where catastrophe is always looming - whether it''s a madman with a nuclear button or the slow burn of environmental collapse. Because when we talk about the end of the world, what we really mean is the end of our world. Our obsession with doomsday is really about change: our fear of it, and our desire for it, and how - ultimately - we can find hope in it.Praise for the Brief History series:''Uproarious . . . Abundant good humour'' The Times''Witty, entertaining and slightly distressing... You should probably read it'' Sarah Knight, author of The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ck''Brilliant. Utterly, utterly brilliant'' Jeremy Clarkson''Very funny'' Mark Watson''Both readable and entertaining'' Telegraph
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Headline Publishing Group Elizabeth and Philip
Book Synopsis''A riveting take on an extraordinary relationship'' - Richard Eden, Daily Mail''A fresh and original approach'' - Hugo Vickers, Royal BiographerShe was ''sugar pink'' innocence; he was a handsome war hero. Both had royal blood coursing through their veins. The marriage of Britain''s Princess Elizabeth to Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten in November 1947 is remembered as the beginning of an extraordinary, lifelong union but success was not guaranteed. Elizabeth and Philip: A Story of Young Love, Marriage and Monarchy plunges us back into the 1940s when a teenage princess fell in love with a foreign prince. Cue fears of a flirtatious ''Greek'' fortune hunter stealing off with Britain''s crown jewel and Philip''s supporters scrambling to reframe him as a good fit for the Royal Family. Drawing on original newspaper archives and the opinions of Elizabeth and Philip''s contemporaries, historian Dr Tessa Dunlop discovers a post-war world on the cusp of major change. Unprecedented polling on Philip''s suitability was a harbinger of pressures to come for a couple whose marriage was branded the ultimate global fairytale. Theirs was a partnership like no other. Six years after Elizabeth promised to be an obedient wife Philip got down on bended knee at the coronation and committed himself as the Queen''s ''liege man of life and limb.'' Published 75 years after their marriage, this deeply touching history explores the ups and downs, the public appeal and the private tensions that defined an extraordinary relationship. The high stakes involved might have devoured a less committed pair - but Elizabeth and Philip shared a common purpose, one higher even than marriage, with roots much deeper than young love. Happy and Glorious, for better or for worse, how did their union succeed? Monarchy was the magic word.Trade ReviewThe relationship between the Queen and Prince Philip is enlivened by the voices of so many interesting, wonderful contemporaries, which makes for a fresh and original approach. -- Hugo Vickers, Royal BiographerA riveting take on an extraordinary relationship. -- Richard Eden, Diary Editor, Daily MailIt's a story we think we know so well, but in Tessa's charming new book she uncovers illuminating untold stories from the Queen and Philip's youth. -- Emily Andrews, Royal JournalistIf you love royalty you'll love Tessa's book. She writes so well. -- Jo Elvin, Palace Confidential, Daily MailThe symbolism of the Queen's marriage and how it affects a whole generation [Dunlop] illustrates very beautifully in the book . . . Elizabeth and Philip is a very good read. -- Michael Portillo * The Times Radio *A fascinating piece of history -- Ben Sixsmith * The Critic Magazine *one of my books of 2022 . . . the future Queen emerges, as one would expect, as a dignified young woman, but it is Philip's upbringing that fascinated me the most. A worthy tribute. -- Oliver Webb-Carter, Editor * Aspects of History *Wonderfully fresh . . . a glorious book. -- Alan Titchmarsh MBE[An] incisive, crisply written book * Observer *A charming double portrait of Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, in the early years of their romance and marriage. Enriched by interviews with ordinary Britons of the royal couple's generation, it's a poignant and well-documented study of a couple whose 'matter-of-fact style' and 'extraordinary work ethic' were a balm for their nation. Royal watchers will be pleased. * Publishers Weekly *
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Headline Publishing Group Vital Organs
Book SynopsisThe remarkable stories of the world''s most famous body parts.Louis XIV''s rear end inspired the British National Anthem. Queen Victoria''s armpit led to the development of antiseptics.Robert Jenkin''s ear started a war.All too often, historical figures feel distant and abstract; more myth and legend than real flesh and blood. These stories of bodies and its parts remind us that history''s most-loved, and most-hated, were real breathing creatures who inhabited organs and limbs just like us - until they''re cut off that is.Medical historian Dr Suzie Edge investigates over 40 cases of how we''ve used, abused, dug up, displayed, experimented on, and worshipped body parts, including why Percy Shelley''s heart refused to burn; how Yao Niang''s toes started a 1000 year long ritual; why a giant''s bones are making us rethink medical ethics; and the strange case of Hitler''s right testicle.
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Headline Publishing Group The Great Reclamation
Book Synopsis''An extraordinary achievement . . . Every page pulses with mud and magic'' Miranda Cowley Heller, author of The Paper Palace''A monumental epic . . . I was spellbound'' Nathan Harris, author of The Sweetness of Water''Ah Boon''s story will stay with me for a long time'' Lara Prescott, author of The Secrets We Kept''Alive to the beauty and mystery of the natural world as well as the human heart'' Jessamine Chan, author of The School for Good Mothers They would look back and ask themselves, what was the moment that changed everything? Could she blame him? Could he blame her?Ah Boon is born into a fishing village amid the heat and beauty of twentieth-century coastal Singapore, in the waning years of British rule. As he grows up, alongside Siok Mei, the spirited girl he has fallen in love with, he finds himself caught in the tragic sweep of Singapore''s history. When the Japanese army invades, the resistance rises, and their small nation hurtles towards rebirth, the two friends must decide who they want to become - and what they are willing to give up.A powerful coming-of-age of both a young boy and a country, The Great Reclamation asks what might happen when the love between two children complicates the fate of an entire community and country, literally shifting the land beneath people''s feet.
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Headline Publishing Group SAS The Ambush
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Headline Publishing Group The Holocaust
Book SynopsisApproximately 11 million people were killed during the Holocaust. No one will ever know the exact figure. Of those, some six million were Jewish, including one million children. The remainder comprised numerous ethnic and social groups deemed the Untermenschen, the subhuman species that, according to the German Chancellor Adolf Hitler and the ruling Nazis, were not fit to live.When the implementation of the Final Solution - Reinhard Heydrich''s plan to exterminate the remaining Jewish population in Nazi occupied Europe - began in 1942, it was but the height of a brutally executed, systematic plan to rid the world of these unwanted peoples. But how did the Holocaust begin? How did it develop? And who was responsible?The Holocaust explores the background to this most barbaric of crimes and contains several reproductions of moving and important documents, including a child''s drawing from the Warsaw Ghetto, the plans of the Theresienstadt concentration camp, and the Wannsee Protocol, the blueprint for the Holocaust itself.There are 15 documents reproduced on the page, including:Letter describing Kristallnacht and a diary extract about life in the ghettoList of Jews to be transported, including place of departure and destinationDrawings by a child incarcerated at Theresienstadt concentration camp
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Headline Publishing Group SNAFU The Definitive Guide to Historys Greatest
Book SynopsisFrom actor, comedian, writer, and host of the hit history podcast SNAFU, Ed Helms brings you an absurdly entertaining look at history''s greatest screwups, complete with lively illustrations. History contains a plethora of insane screwups-otherwise known as SNAFUs. Coined during World War I, SNAFU is an acronym that stands for Situation Normal: All F*cked Up. In other words, things are pretty screwed up, but aren''t they always?Spanning from the 1950''s to the 2000''s, Ed Helms steps in as unofficial history teacher for a deep dive into each decade''s craziest SNAFUs. From planting nukes on the moon to training felines as CIA spies to weaponizing the weather, this book will unpack the incredibly ironic decision-making and hilariously terrifying aftermath of America''s biggest mishaps.Filled with sharp humor and lively illustrations, SNAFU is a wild ride through time that not only entertains but offers fresh insights that just might prevent history from repeating itself again and again.
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Austin Macauley Publishers Addicted
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Austin Macauley Publishers One Familys Journey Through Ten Centuries
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Austin Macauley Publishers One Familys Journey Through Ten Centuries
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Austin Macauley Publishers Mary Queen of Scots Slept Here
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Austin Macauley Publishers Twenty Cars that Defined the 20th Century
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Austin Macauley Publishers Great Haywood Past and Present People and Places
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Austin Macauley Publishers Great Haywood Past and Present People and Places
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Austin Macauley Publishers Orphans of the Holocaust
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Austin Macauley Publishers Running Hiding and Hoping
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Austin Macauley Publishers Al Bakr Bani Sakhar Tribe
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Austin Macauley Publishers The Fugitive Shakespeare and Sonnet 144
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Austin Macauley Publishers The Fugitive Shakespeare and Sonnet 144
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Austin Macauley Publishers A Brief History of Disability
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Austin Macauley Publishers The Black Ships
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Austin Macauley Publishers Robin Unhooded
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Austin Macauley Publishers Robin Unhooded
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Austin Macauley Publishers City of Tears
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£11.40
Austin Macauley Publishers The Extra Ordinary Women of France
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Austin Macauley Publishers 1589 The English Armada and the Fortunes of Don
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Austin Macauley Publishers Kissed by Two Kings
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Austin Macauley Publishers Kissed by Two Kings
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Austin Macauley Publishers Caught between Christ and Christendom
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Austin Macauley Publishers Caught between Christ and Christendom
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Austin Macauley Publishers Echoes of Revolution
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