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Transworld Publishers Ltd 1421
Book SynopsisOn 8 March 1421, the largest fleet the world had ever seen set sail from China. The ships, some nearly five hundred feet long, were under the command of Emperor Zhu Di''s loyal eunuch admirals. Their mission was ''to proceed all the way to the end of the earth to collect tribute from the barbarians beyond the seas'' and unite the world in Confucian harmony. Their journey would last for over two years and take them around the globe but by the time they returned home, China was beginning its long, self-imposed isolation from the world it had so recently embraced. And so the great ships were left to rot and the records of their journey were destroyed. And with them, the knowledge that the Chinese had circumnavigated the globe a century before Magellan, reached America seventy years before Columbus, and Australia three hundred and fifty years before Cook...The result of fifteen years research, 1421 is Gavin Menzies'' enthralling account of the voyage of the Chinese fleet, the reTrade ReviewMenzies has come up with something entirely new... it is a startling claim * Guardian *Exhaustively researched... an intriguing and highly persuasive thesis, told with passion and energy * Evening Standard *Popular history at its best * The Times *A book as engrossing as any adventure story * Daily Mail *
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Faber & Faber The Premonitions Bureau
Book SynopsisTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERFascinating.' HILARY MANTELTerrific.' NEW SCIENTISTGripping.' FINANCIAL TIMES''Stunning.'' PATRICK RADDEN KEEFEWhat if you had a vision that something terrible was going to happen?A train crash, a department store fire, an assassination.What if you could share your vision, and prevent a disaster?In 1966, John Barker, a British psychiatrist working in an outdated British mental hospital, established the Premonitions Bureau to investigate this very idea. He would find a network of curious correspondents, and among them two highly gifted percipients'. Together, they predicted calamities and international incidents with uncanny accuracy. And then, they gave Barker their most disturbing warning: that he was about to die.Sam Knight''s book The Premonitions Bureau was a Sunday Times Bestseller w/c 07-05-2022Trade Review'Strange and gripping . . . the most hardened sceptic can't fail to be electrified by the stories.' - Guardian'Knight's writing is so lucid and wryly authoritative that it never fails to hold you . . . A brilliant book, by turns disarming, thought-provoking and spooky.' - Irish Independent
£10.44
Random House USA Inc Nero
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Harvard University Press The Highest Exam
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Harvard University Press The Baltic A History
Book SynopsisFrom the Vikings to the EU the Baltic has been a Nordic Mediterranean, a shared maritime zone with distinct patterns of trade, cultural exchange, and conflict. Covering a thousand years in a part of the globe where seas are more connective than land, Michael North’s overview transforms the way we think about one of the world’s great waterways.Trade ReviewThe book shines when the author writes about the region’s cultural history, particularly in medieval times… North’s book provides a valuable service in underlining the centrality of the Baltic region to Europe’s past. The way things are going, it may determine the continent’s future, too. -- Edward Lucas * Wall Street Journal *In this book, North does for the Baltic Sea what Fernand Braudel did for another crucial body of water in his 1949 classic, The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II; he treats the sea and the lands surrounding it as an intersection of cultures, armies, economic trends, political formations, and trade routes and as a playing field for the ambitions of major powers… Its manageable length allows North to provide a panoramic view that transcends mere regional history. -- Robert Legvold * Foreign Affairs *[North] presents readers with a sweeping Braudelian-style narrative of how the Baltic Sea functioned as a place of exchange and encounter for all the territories around its shores… The Baltic: A History constitutes a solid benchmark in the writing of a regional history of the territories surrounding the Baltic Sea. It is an engaging and accessible read. -- Catherine Gibson * Slovo *Virtually no aspect of this long story is neglected. All the various major Baltic capitals get their turn in the spotlight, and North covers not only the progress of architecture, warfare, and the herring market but also social and literary life (the chapter ‘Nordic Romanticism’ is a stand-out overview) and the vying fads that swept the area from Bremen to Riga. -- Steve Donoghue * Open Letters Monthly *This work by North is ambitious [and] erudite… Richly detailed and ably translated from the original German, it generally eschews a narrowly political narrative in favor of a unified history of ‘exchange and encounter’ in the Baltic Sea area. Specialists will appreciate this impressively researched history for its breadth, informed generalizations…and illuminating examples, charts, and illustrations. -- K. C. O’Connor * Choice *Michael North’s The Baltic is a tour de force. The history of the region is an important story that isn’t well known, but should be. North’s book fills a real gap. It is hugely enjoyable, highly instructive—a wonderful work of history. -- Joachim Whaley, University of Cambridge[A] praiseworthy survey of the history of the Baltic Sea region… To write a history of the entire Baltic Sea region from the ninth century to the present must seem like an overwhelming task, but North has accomplished this with admirable aplomb… North’s signal contributions are in tracing the interconnectedness of the region in terms of trade and culture and in viewing the region more as a coherent whole rather than lands simply buffeted by the historical winds blowing from elsewhere. -- Bradley D. Woodworth (reviewing the German edition) * Journal of Baltic Studies *
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British Library Publishing A History of America in 100 Maps
Book SynopsisIn this richly visual narrative, acclaimed historian Susan Schulten explores five centuries of American history through maps. From the voyages of European discovery to the digital age, she reveals the many ways that maps have shaped history.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. 1490-1600: Contact and Discovery 2. 1600-1700: Early Settlement and a Quest for a Northwestern Passage 3. 1700-1783: Imperialism and Independence 4. 1783-1835: A Nation Realized 5. 1837-1874: Expansion, Fragmentation and Reunification 6. 1874-1914: Industrialization and its Discontents 7. 1914-1940: Prosperity, Depression, Reform 8. 1940-1962: Between War and Abundance 9. 1962-2001: An Unsettled Peace
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Vintage White Eagle Red Star
Book SynopsisNorman Davies C. M. G., F. B. A. is a Professor Emeritus of the University of London, a Supernumerary Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford, and the author of several books on Polish and European history, including God's Playground, Europe and The Isles.Trade Review'Norman Davies's book is a permanent contribution to historical knowledge and international understanding.' A.J.P. Taylor
£999.99
Penguin Publishing Group A Fever in the Heartland
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Energy Security
Book SynopsisMany of the richest energy-producing regions of the world are wrought with conflict and billions of the world's poorest suffer the daily insecurity of energy poverty. All the while our planet is increasingly under pressure because of our continued dependence on fossil fuels.Trade Review‘Dannreuther’s elegant and comprehensive text captures the multifaceted nature and consequences of energy security. Its inclusion of transnational dimensions, as well as social justice and sustainability, is particularly laudable. A really rewarding read.’Neil MacFarlane, University of Oxford ‘In this book, Dannreuther critically examines the social, political, and strategic effects of energy security. It will be essential reading for anyone interested in the future of our planet.’Fawaz A. Gerges, London School of Economics and Political ScienceTable of ContentsContents 1. Introduction 2. Energy Security: an Analytical and Theoretical Framework 3. The History of Energy Security to 2000 4. Energy Security and Contemporary International Security 5. Energy Security and Domestic Security 6. Energy Security and Energy Markets 7. Energy Security and Sustainability 8. Conclusion 9. Bibliography
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Brits The War Against the Ira
Book SynopsisThe third part of the trilogy documenting modern-day Northern Ireland, by the author of Provos and LoyalistsIn the final part of his trilogy exploring The Troubles'' in Northern Ireland, Peter Taylor talks to undercover agents of the British state and reveals for the first time the hidden secrets of the war they waged against the IRA for thirty years.PROVOS and LOYALISTS told the story of the conflict from the point of view of the Republicans and Loyalists; now the story, with all its tragic twists and turns, is told from the British perspective. For the first time, undercover soldiers, Special Branch officers and a top MI6 agent step out of the shadows and, along with the Whitehall mandarins who helped shape policy from Westminster, tell their stories.*PRAISE FOR PETER TAYLOR*Only a journalist of Peter Taylor's standing could have persuaded people from all sides in the conflict to cooperate in such a manner. The result was a first-rate piece of journTrade ReviewPRAISE FOR PETER TAYLOR: Peter Taylor should be ranked alongside David Attenborough in any panoply of TV grandees … To report on the region since 1972 and have all sides still talking to you with trust and respect is quite an achievement. As perhaps is the fact that he is still breathing * The Times *Taylor has built a justified reputation as by far the most knowledgeable British – or Irish – television reporter on Northern Irish affairs * Irish Times *A reporter who can face human horror and help us comprehend it * Radio Times *
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The History Press Ltd Haunted Stirling
Book SynopsisFrom heart-stopping accounts of apparitions, poltergeists and related supernatural phenomena, to first-hand encounters with phantoms and spirits, this collection of stories contains both new and well-known spooky tales from around Stirling. A whole chapter is dedicated to the mysterious goings-on at Stirling Castle, where cleaners in the King''s Old Building claimed to have heard footsteps coming from the third floor which hasn''t existed since a fire in the nineteenth-century; while a 1930s photograph purports to capture the shadow of a phantom guardsman possibly the same ''Highland Soldier'' often reportedly mistaken by tourists for a castle guide.The town itself has no shortage of fascinating tales, including the story of the Old Town''s most famous phantom, seventeenth-century merchant John ''Auld Staney Breeks'' Cowane, whose spirit is said to inhabit his statue each Hogmanay. A playful ghost supposedly throws pots and pans around the kitchens of the Darnley Coffee House, while frequent power failures and mishaps in the Tolbooth Theatre originally the eighteenth-century Burgh jail are blamed upon the malicious spirit of the last man hanged, Alan Mair. Drawing on historical and contemporary sources, Haunted Stirling is guaranteed to intrigue and chill both believers and sceptics alike.
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Orion Publishing Co The Templars
Book SynopsisThe dramatic, ultimately tragic history of the Knights Templar, the largest and most powerful military order of the Crusades.Sifting myth from history, Piers Paul Read reveals the Templars - the multinational force of warrior monks, in their white tunics with red crosses over chainmail. They were not only unique among Christian institutions but constituted the first uniformed standing army in the western world and became pioneers of international banking. Expropriated by Philip IV of France in 1307, and confessing under torture to blasphemy, heresy and sodomy, the Order was finally suppressed by Pope Clement V in 1312. In a narrative that incorporates the story of the crusades and the many colourful characters who had links with the Templars, Piers Paul Read examines the question of their guilt and identifies their relevance to our own times.
£10.44
Anness Publishing The Knights Templar
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Beacon Press As Long as Grass Grows
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Stackpole Books Myths of the Civil War
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Batsford Ltd Torture Dungeons
Book SynopsisMankind likes to consider itself civilized. Sadly, this civilization is only skin-deep and man's inhumanity to man, both in war and peace, has always been a cause for shame. But how should traitors, criminals and society's enemies be dealt with? This book shows some of the means used to chastise and punish down through the ages.
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PiXZ Books A Guide to Dorset Shipwrecks from the South West
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Simon & Schuster Ltd The Long Shadow The Great War and the Twentieth
Book SynopsisIn Britain we have lost touch with the Great War. Our overriding sense now is of a meaningless, futile bloodbath in the mud of Flanders -- of young men whose lives were cut off in their prime for no evident purpose. But by reducing the conflict to personal tragedies, however moving, we have lost the big picture: the history has been distilled into poetry. In TheLong Shadow, critically acclaimed author David Reynolds seeks to redress the balance by exploring the true impact of 1914-18 on the 20th century. Some of the Great War''s legacies were negative and pernicious but others proved transformative in a positive sense. Exploring big themes such as democracy and empire, nationalism and capitalism and re-examining the differing impacts of the War on Britain, Ireland and the United States,TheLong Shadowthrows light on the whole of the last century and demonstrates that 1914-18 is a conflict that Britain, more than any other nation, is still struggling to comprehend. Stunningly bro
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Oneworld Publications His Majestys Airship
Book SynopsisThe forgotten story of Britain's own Hindenburg disaster.Trade Review'I loved every page of this book. Even though we’re aware of R101’s tragic fate from the beginning, Gwynne still delivers an intensely dramatic story.' —The Times'Utterly thrilling... Reads more like a page-turning thriller than a well-researched history but is equally satisfying on both counts.' —Daily ExpressThe airship race of the 1920s and 1930s carried that familiar mixture of visionary idealism, populist politics and wishful thinking… As S.C. Gwynne points out in this excellent account of perhaps Britain’s greatest imperial folly.’ —Spectator'Captivating... Gwynne spins a rich tale of technology, daring and folly that transcends its putative subject. Like any good popular history, it’s also a portrait of an age.' —New York Times'A Promethean tale of unlimited ambitions and technical limitations, airy dreams and explosive endings.' —Wall Street Journal'An enthralling study of the airship era that has the reader hooked from page one. Courage, hubris, ingenuity and a shocking disregard for safety are all bound up with fading empire and one man’s dreams.' —Julia Boyd, author of A Village in the Third Reich'I’ve just closed this book and this is the feeling – I’m standing inside the massive airship, a whale in the air, on its aluminum "ribs," looking far up into the belly as ten-story tall gas bags shift and pulse like creatures in a fable... Gwynne’s lovely prose hunts and nudges across the page, as the airship hunts the air, revealing a grand story, its hubris, its heartbreak.' —Doug Stanton, author of Horse Soldiers'Aviation history is nothing less than miraculous; it took a mere sixty-three years, after all, to get from the Wright brothers to Neil Armstrong... With His Majesty’s Airship, the inimitable Mr. Gwynne explores in vivid detail how this dream bloomed, and how it, in time, fell tragically to earth... remarkable.' —Craig Nelson, author of Pearl Harbor and Rocket Men'Meticulously researched and vibrantly written... an immersive and enlightening account of how hubris and impatience can lead to disaster.' —Publishers Weekly'S.C. Gwynne is a consummate storyteller, and his well-documented account of the 1930 crash of a spectacularly large hydrogen-filled British airship is not to be missed.' —BookPage'Gwynne meticulously recounts the final flight of the British airship R101 and the entire zeppelin era in this engaging history. There is plenty of international zeppelin history here, but it is the personal conflicts in the R101 control room, exacerbated by Scott’s spiraling problem with alcoholism, the social context, and the near minute-by-minute presentation of the tragic flight that will capture reader attention.' —Booklist
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Crecy Publishing Eagles War The War Diary of an Aircraft Carrier
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ESSEX HUNDRED PUBLICATIONS The Riddle of Boudica
Book SynopsisThis book takes a new look at Queen Boudica, war leader, wife and mother and tries as best as possible to disentangle the facts as known from the heritage and mythology that has grown up the around the ill-fated rebellion nearly 2000 years ago.Reprinted 2023Table of Contents8 Some Useful Definitions 9 list of Illustrations 10 English and Roman Place Names 11 Tribal Territories 13 English Tribal Leaders 14 Principal Romans 17 Introduction 21. What we Know? 24 What’s in a Name? 27 Before the Romans. 29 Setting the Scene, Julius Caesar 32 The Romans are back 39 The New Governor 41 King Prasutugus and the Iceni 43 The Roman Campaign in Wales 46 The Coming Storm. 48 The Final Straw 50 Blood and Fire 53 Planning for the worst 56 Boudica’s Nemesis 64 The Final Battlefield? 70 Aftermath 73 Did Boudicas’s revolt achieve anything? 75 How do we know what we know? 78 Unearthing the Evidence 79 Finding the bodies 79 Were Colchester, St Albans and London completely destroyed during the uprising? 82 Boudicca’s Assault on London 89 Communication 89 How many rebels were there? 91 Heritage, Legacy and Mythology 98 Film and Television 99 Conclusion 100 The What if? Question 100 Who were the Druids 104 About the author 105 Places of Interest 105 Selected Bibliography 109 Index 114 Essex Hundred Publications
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ESSEX HUNDRED PUBLICATIONS Battlefield Essex
Book SynopsisIn the last 2,000 years there have been a number of bloody battles on Essex soil, but there too have been several conflicts that although sometimes violent didn't involve the loss of life. In many cases these conflicts have been hyped in contemporary media as a 'battles' and the term has stuck. Reprinted 2023 and 2024
£9.49
LEGARE STREET PR OxyAcetylene Welding Manual
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Headline Publishing Group Hiroshima
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£13.49
Pen & Sword Books Ltd The Many Faces of Anne Boleyn
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£21.25
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Strange Ways To Die in the Tudor Ages
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£21.25
Taylor & Francis Body Image Law
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£50.34
Keesing Media UK Ltd English Heritage Puzzle Book
£13.46
Cambridge University Press To Run the World
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£17.99
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Utopia
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsAn Introduction by Niall Kishtainy viii About Niall Kishtainy xxix UTOPIA xxix
£9.86
Pearson Education Limited Edexcel GCSE 91 History Russia and the Soviet
Book SynopsisSupporting great history teaching: developing confident, articulate and successful historians. Our new resources* include 16 Student Books – one for every option in the Edexcel GCSE (9–1) History specification – for first teaching from September 2016.
£25.19
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC OCR Ancient History AS and A Level Component 1
Book SynopsisThis textbook is endorsed by OCR and supports the specification for AS and A-Level Ancient History (first teaching September 2017). It covers the whole of Component 1, both the compulsory Period Study and the three optional Depth Studies:Period Study: Relations between Greek states and between Greek and non-Greek states, 492404 BC by Steve Matthews and James RenshawDepth Study: The Politics and Society of Sparta, 478404 BC by Charlie CottamDepth Study: The Politics and Culture of Athens c. 460399 BC by David L. S. Hodgkinson and James RenshawDepth Study: The Rise of Macedon, 359323 BC by Lucy NicholasHow and why did a small group of city states defy the might of the Persian Empire? Why did the same city states subsequently descend into 60 years of conflict among themselves? Were Sparta and Athens very different? How did Alexander later redefine the Greek world?These are the sort of questions that you are required to consider for A-LevTable of ContentsIntroduction How to Use This Book Period Study: Relations between Greek and non-Greek states, 492–404 BC Depth Study Option 1: The Politics and Society of Sparta, 478– 404 BC Depth Study Option 2: The Politics and Culture of Athens, c.460– 399 BC Depth Study Option 3: The Rise of Macedon, 359–323 BC Glossary Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Global Ocean of Knowledge 16601860
Book SynopsisThis book looks to fill the blue hole' in Global History by studying the role of the oceans themselves in the creation, development, reproduction and adaptation of knowledge across the Atlantic world. It shows how globalisation and the growth of maritime knowledge served to reinforce one another, and demonstrates how and why maritime history should be put firmly at the heart of global history. Exploring the dynamics of globalisation, knowledge-making and European expansion, Global Ocean of Knowledge takes a transnational approach and transgresses the traditional border between the early modern and modern periods. It focuses on three main periodisations, which correspond with major transformations in the globalisation of the Atlantic World, and analyses how and to what extent globalisation forces from above and from below influenced the development and exchange of knowledge. Davids distinguishes three forms of globalising forces from above'; imperial, commercial and religious, alTrade ReviewThis third volume focuses on the Atlantic world, detailing the factors driving globalization and the development, spread, and growth of knowledge and technology—but with a continuous focus on the effect of the maritime environment on how specific knowledge and technologies developed ... This work is a valuable addition to scholarship on the Atlantic world and globalization studies. * CHOICE *The study is based on a broad source [of] literature base and stands out positively from the work of numerous Anglo-Saxon historians ... Global Ocean of Knowledge is an excellent overview and reference work for all those interested in the history of ... the Atlantic world. * Zeitschrift fur Historische Forschung (Bloomsbury Translation) *Karel Davids has written a landmark book about globalization, maritime history, knowledge making, and the experience of Europeans at sea. * James E. McClellan III, Professor Emeritus, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA *‘I am impressed by the ambition, breadth of coverage and scholarly depth of the work, and welcome the specific aim of instilling a long overdue maritime element into the wider literature on globalization, global history and Atlantic history. Reading the introduction and conclusion before delving into the core six chapters, the historiographical contribution and argument of the book are well laid out and persuasive.’ * David J Starkey, Wilson Family Professor of Maritime History, University of Hull, UK *'[This is] an excellent manuscript by an outstanding scholar about the creation, development, reproduction and adaptation of knowledge across the Atlantic Ocean and how that affected its adjacent spaces. The subject of the book is outstandingly framed by a broad historiographical debate that brings together multiple strands of up-to-date research and excellent consideration of the development of those diverse debates over time. This positioning of the manuscript in such a broad historiographical context makes it attractive to students, specialists and a broad range of historians and educated readers’ * Catia Antunes, Professor of History of Global Economic Networks, Leiden University, The Netherlands *Bringing to bear his masterful understanding of ways knowledge about all aspects of the sea grew, Karel Davids shows how that understanding shaped and was shaped by the forces of globalisation in lands bordering the Atlantic, in the process revealing the complex interplay of varied mechanisms, personal and institutional, which helped people conquer the ocean and creating a book undoubtedly worth reading. * Richard W. Unger, Professor Emeritus, University of British Columbia, Canada *The striking advances in the capability to collect and share maritime knowledge during the 18th century are cogently and elegantly analysed by Karel Davids in this comprehensive and well-argued volume on the Atlantic world. Using a transnational and cross-disciplinary approach, he moves with agility across different national historiographies and approaches and delivers his important analysis with a lightness of touch and a clarity of exposition and argument which will grip readers’ attention. * Maria Fusaro, Professor of Social and Economic History, University of Exeter, UK *Table of Contents1. Introduction: Globalization, Maritime Knowledge and the Atlantic world PART I Globalizing Forces and the Growth of Maritime Knowledge in the Atlantic World, c.1660-1730 Introduction: Globalisation between c.1660 and 1730 2. Globalising Forces and the Growth of Maritime Knowledge 3. Growing Maritime Knowledge and Globalisation PART II Maritime knowledge and Globalisation in the Atlantic World, c. 1730-1800 Introduction: Globalisation Between c.1730 and 1800 4. Maritime Knowledge Aiding Globalisation 5. Globalising Forces and the Growth of Maritime Knowledge Machines, Infrastructures and the Circulation of Maritime Knowledge Part III The Reshaping of the Atlantic World and the Collectivisation of Maritime Knowledge, c. 1800-1860 Introduction: Globalisation Between c.1800 and 1860 6. Maritime Knowledge Aiding Globalisation 7. Globalising Forces and the Collectivisation of Maritime Knowledge Conclusion
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Amberley Publishing Wrestling Merchandise of the 1990s
Book SynopsisA nostalgic photographic look back at some of the best and most bizarre wrestling merchandise of the 1990s.
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Amberley Publishing Vikings
Book SynopsisNew B-format paperback - A comprehensive new history of the infamous Vikings. Those men and women raided and traded their way into history whilst at the same time helping to build new nations in Scandinavia and beyond.Trade Review‘A solid introduction to a subject as complex as it is fascinating’ -- Current Archaeology
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Amberley Publishing John of Gaunt
Book SynopsisNew paperback edition - The first biography to tell the personal story of the wealthiest, most powerful and most hated man in medieval England.Trade Review'Kathryn Warner shines a light on the less well known story of this medieval legend, with a wealth of well-researched background that provides a useful context for understanding John of Gaunt's complex life.' -- The Writing Desk'Kathryn Warner has once again illuminated the life of a famous Plantagenet figure through genealogical and financial records.' -- Adventures of a Tudor Nerd'This detailed biography - which, fittingly, begins with a cast list from half a dozen nations - profiles Gaunt, his dramatic exploits and relationships with those closest to him, from his royal origins to his long-term relationship with Katherine Swynford.' -- BBC History Revealed Magazine, February 2022
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Amberley Publishing Footpaths
Book SynopsisLavishly illustrated throughout, this is the fascinating history of Britain's unique patchwork of footpaths - the priceless 'rights of way' that have enriched the lives of millions.
£14.39
Amberley Publishing AZ of Cork
Book SynopsisExplore the historic city of Cork in this fully illustrated A-Z guide to its history, people and places.
£14.39
Amberley Publishing Working Horses in London
Book SynopsisThe relationship between humans and horses has played a vital role in shaping our towns and cities. This book offers a fascinating insight into the history of working horses in London.
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Amberley Publishing AZ of Weymouth and Portland
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Amberley Publishing Derby A Potted History
Book SynopsisAn accessible history of Derby from Ancient Britain to the present day, highlighting the cityâs significant events and people.
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Orion Publishing Co Cover Story
Book SynopsisA hilarious, emotional love story about an extremely anxious publicist who''s tasked with keeping an extremely gay starlet in the closet - but who ends up falling for her instead.?It''s 2005, and Ali is a publicist for Hollywood''s biggest stars. Part of her job entails keeping gay celebrities in the closet-which is pretty ironic, since she''s a lesbian herself. When Ali is assigned a new client, Cara Bisset, upcoming star of a (hetero) romantic blockbuster, keeping Cara''s sexuality under wraps becomes Ali''s biggest challenge yet. Bold, unpredictable Cara hates that she has to hide such an integral aspect of her identity, and after a series of increasingly close calls, Ali is sent on her worldwide promotional tour to help with her image. Instead, she finds herself drawn to Cara''s confidence and bravery. For the past year, Ali has been consumed by grief after unexpectedly losing her partner. But with Cara, Ali''s fears about the world subside, and she begins to question the Hollywood closeting system that she contributes to. As Cara''s fame rises, both Ali and Cara have to decide which is more important: success or a chance at true love?****PRAISE FOR COVER STORY:''Cover Story is a sharply written, delightfully boisterous novel about celebrity, publicity, anxiety, and sexuality that is both a celebration of love and an insightful examination of loss. It will be the smartest and sexiest romantic comedy you''ll read this year'' CAMILLE PERRI, author of THE ASSISTANTS and WHEN KATIE MET CASSIDY ''Cover Story is everything you want a rom-com to be-hilarious, heartbreaking, sexy, and filled with early aughts nostalgia. I defy anyone to not be swept off their feet by Hollywood heartthrob Cara Bisset'' LAURA KAY, author of MAKING IT
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd The Historical Atlas of the British Isles
Book SynopsisThis atlas covers the history of the British Isles from earliest times to the present day.The first hunter-gatherers,who crossed into what would become our familiar islands by the land-bridge, and later followed by more familiar peoples the Celts,Angles, Saxons,Vikings and Normans,who together would create our islands unique history. Each contributed ideas which shaped our lands, languages and thoughts that are at the core of our identities to this day. This story is illustrated with 150 full-colour maps and plans that range across many topics, such as agricultural, political and industrial revolutions. The expansion of our islands peoples across the oceans and the lasting legacy that movement left on the world and on our home islands. We show the fluctuating fortunes of the states we now identify ourselves by, from an Anglo-Scottish imperium to devolved power, independence and the often painful process by which the modern map of our islands evolved.The forces of history and religion
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd Mustang the Inspiration
Book SynopsisA comprehensive and vivid history of the North American Mustang, one of the most important aircraft of the last century.
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd A History of Women in Piracy
Book SynopsisThe word 'pirate' conjures up images of the swashbuckling men featured in the likes of Black Sails and Pirates of the Caribbean, but the world of piracy has a centuries-long history that is filled with little-known women who wielded real power in a man's world long before they were able to even vote in democratic elections. Their stories are compelling and encompass women of all ethnicities and cultures. From Sayyida al Hurra, Queen of the Barbary Pirates, a muslim womanwho successfully preyed on the shipping of her enemies and became governor of Tétouan, to Zhèng Shì, an outlawed Tanka woman born in a brothel who rose to successfully command seventeen thousand men in the Red Flag fleet, which at the time outrivaled the Imperial Chinese Navy. During the Golden Age of Caribbean Piracy, many transgendered women joined pirate crews even though the presence of a woman aboard ship meant death. Their stories have largely been ignored by history but A History of Women in Piracy uncovers the lives and loves of these daring women who flaunted convention and proved themselves to be every bit as capable (or more so) as their male brethren.
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd Tudor Feminists
Book SynopsisThe term feminist' would have been anachronistic in the Tudor period, but surely we would not hesitate to call the lady, who would be queen, Anne Boleyn, a feminist? All ten women examined in this book, from Catherine Parr to Margaret Beaufort, lived their lives in a way that challenged the patriarchal world they lived in. Each chapter is dedicated to one remarkable woman, ahead of her time. It explores her achievements and examines the impacts she had on a male-dominated world, while placing her in the context of her particular circumstance and background. These Renaissance women, from the high born to the merchant class, were rule breakers, they railed against the rigid social norms of their time and stand out vividly against a backdrop of domestic servitude.
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd A History of British Rail Engineering Limited
Book SynopsisIn 1970, British Railways Board established a new subsidiary company to take over the design, manufacture and maintenance of its rolling stock. British Rail Engineering Limited (BREL) was born. The company drove a new era of rail technology and this new company history tells the dazzling story of BREL from its humble beginnings up until its sale in 1992 during the controversial privatisation of Britain's railways.The company's work in designing the iconic new trains that would take Britain's railways into a new era is examined alongside its relationship with subcontractors and private manufacturers, as well as its tumultuous relationship with British Railways Board. BREL's struggles to deal with the legacy of the outdated and obsolete stock and infrastructure it inherited are examined in the light of new research.BREL's little known success as an international exporter of British designed and manufactured trains is explored fully.The company's heyday as a leading-edge technology manufa
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Orion Publishing Co The Boer War
Book SynopsisThe war declared by the Boers on 11 October 1899 gave the British, as Kipling said, ''no end of a lesson''. The public expected it to be over by Christmas, but it proved to be the longest (two and three-quarter years), the costliest (over 200 million), the bloodiest (at least 22,000 British, 25,000 Boer and 12,000 African lives) and the most humiliating war that Britain fought between 1815 and 1914.Thomas Pakenham''s was the first full-scale documentary history of the war to be attempted since 1910. His narrative is based on first-hand and largely unpublished sources, from British and South African archives to the private papers, letters and diaries of the protagonists and soldiers of both sides, and the tape-recorded memories of over fifty survivors. Out of this historical goldmine, Thomas Pakenham has constructed a narrative as vivid and fast-moving as a novel, and throws new light on the blunders and personal feuds of the British generals. He writes movingly of the plight of the 100,000 black Africans who served both armies, and explains the final political victory of the Boers - how they lost the war but won the peace - with far-reaching consequences for Europe and South Africa.
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