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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804512098Author Punyaphan KlykoomFormat PaperbackPage Count 88Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906257385Author Marc QuinnFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint FontankaPublisher Fontanka

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911187424Author Jolyon ConnellFormat PaperbackImprint Connell GuidesPublisher CONNELL PUBLISHING LTD

The Armenian world was shattered by the 1915 genocide. Not only were thousands of lives lost but families were displaced and the narrative threads that connected them to their own past and homelands were forever severed. Many have been left with only...

A Cultural History of Sport in the Age of Industry covers the period 1800 to 1920. Over this period, sport become increasingly global, some sports were radically altered, sports clubs proliferated, and new team games - such as baseball, basketball and...

The Western understanding of the West as the democratic “Free World” and the East as totalitarian and repressive continues to impact how scholars evaluate efforts to commemorate the Holocaust in East and West.This book discusses the emergence and...

The Sistine Chapel is one of the world’s most magnificent buildings, and the frescos that decorate its ceiling and walls are a testimony to the creative genius of the Renaissance. Two generations of artists worked at the heart of Christianity, over the...

Exploring the political, social and familial ties in early modern Ottoman society, this book is a timely contribution to both the history of emotions and the study of the Ottoman Empire. Spanning love and compassion in political discourse, gratitude in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783112607992Author Karl Julius BelochFormat HardbackPage Count 438Imprint de GruyterPublisher de GruyterWeight(grams) 880g

While the global history of the dictatorships, oppression, racism and state violence over the last century is well known - the role that music played in people's lives during these times is less understood.This book is a collection of stories and hidden...

A story of espionage, shadow diplomacy, foreign scheming, and domestic backstabbing in the formative years of the American republic. Tyson Reeder's book traces early America's rocky beginnings, when foreign interference and political conflict threatened...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906257408Author Grigory BarkhinFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint FontankaPublisher FontankaWeight(grams) 40g

A stunningly spooky collection of Celtic myths. This captivating collection of folk tales and myths is crammed full of magic, danger, intrigue, sorrow and suspense - not to mention monsters, kings, queens, witches, wizards and GIANTS! The tales take...

Create your own secret messages with 125 hieroglyphic stencils!In this fun and fascinating activity book from the British Museum, budding Egyptologists can learn all about life in ancient Egypt - from mummies, pets and Tutankhamun's tomb, to the spells,...

Following victory in World War II, the US and Western Europe claimed to be the champions of the political ideals of democracy and freedom, along with the economic ideal of free market capitalism.Two decades into the twenty-first century, these once noble...

Now in its second edition, The American Indian Mind in a Linear World examines the persistence of Native peoples in retaining their own worldviews, from the pre-Columbian era into the twenty-first century.The book explores the ways in which Indian people...

The book examines the works of Akshay Kumar Dutta (1820–1886), who can be seen as ideologically inhabiting the cusp between religion and rationalism – the two most crucial avenues of debate and discussion in the public sphere in nineteenth-century Bengal...

During the first decade of the 20th century, France led the way in aircraft design and achievements. After the outbreak of World War I, France produced trailblazing designs early - the Morane Saulnier monoplanes, Nieuport fighters, and then the Spads -...

Exported out of cities like Chicago and Detroit in the late 80’s, House and Techno music washed back up on US shores in the early 90’s, repackaged by the English and Germans as ‘Rave’. UK live acts like The Shamen, Altern8, 808 State, Utah Saints, and...

Now in its fourth edition, Introduction to Global Military History is an accessible, up-to-date account of modern warfare from the eighteenth century to the present.The book engages with the social, cultural, political and economic contexts of war,...

From battlefields, cathedrals and museums to castles and stately homes, from the Lancastrians, Yorkists and Roundhead Royalists to an abundance of kings called George (and Henry!), the history of our island nation unravels its rich tapestry beneath our...

Shepherdstown Ford and the End of the Campaign is the third and final volume of Ezra Carman's magisterial The Maryland Campaign of September 1862, superbly edited and annotated by Dr. Tom Clemens. The battle of Antietam was bloody and horrific, but as...

Over the past forty years, countries in the Global North have increasingly restricted their migration policies to reduce the arrival of migrants. As part of this, development aid has become a central tool in the migration control strategy pursued by...

Herbert Kenny, an army dispatch rider, was the first Allied soldier to push open the gates at Belsen Concentration Camp, in April 1945. He kept his story from the world until an encounter with a trainee journalist brought it to light. Now, forty years...

This book aims to tell the story of social history through Money. Money and Art have shared a long history. Both words are metaphors derived from Latin terms used over 2,000 years ago. The word Money derives its modern meaning as the general term for all...

Beyond the River, Under the Eye of Rome presents the Danube frontier of the Roman empire as the central stage for many of the most important political and military events of Roman history, from Trajan’s invasion of Dacia and the Marcomannic Wars, to the...

This book examines the impact of the African slave trade and colonialism on political, civil, economic, social, and environmental human rights. Using multiple combined data sets, the book demonstrates that many contemporary human rights issues stem from...

A lively history of beer and brewing traditions as globally connected commodities created through borrowing and exchange from precapitalist times to the present. Virtually every country has a bestselling or iconic national beer brand: from Budweiser in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798765114582Author Wayne H. BowenFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing USAPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing USA

It is a frequently told story that Paris was the world center of art at the beginning of the 20th century. This book asks what contribution exhibitions between 1921 and 1946 made to the development and dissemination of this narrative. It highlights...

Illuminating the unique experiences of Armenian and Turkish women both during and after genocide, this book explains why women’s difficulties and strategies of survival were different to those of men. It stresses that women voices and experiences are...

Who owns Scotland? How did they get it? What happened to all the common land in Scotland? Has the Scottish Parliament made any difference? Can we get our common good land back? In this book, Andy Wightman updates the statistics of landownership in...

The new edition of the popular survey of Near Eastern civilization from the Bronze Age to the era of Alexander the Great A Companion to the Ancient Near East explores the history of the region from 4400 BCE to the Macedonian conquest of the Persian...

The Chinese revolution was a forestry revolution. For decades, tree planting has been at the heart of Chinese environmental endeavors, and forestry is pivotal to its environmentalism and green image more generally. During the Mao era, while forests were...

A history of the Ottoman incorporation of Arab lands that shows how gentlemanly salons shaped culture, society, and governanceHistorians have typically linked Ottoman imperial cohesion in the sixteenth century to the bureaucracy or the sultan’s court. In...

The interdisciplinary essays in American Revolutions in the Digital Age explore what digital tools can tell us about the late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century United States and reveal how an understanding of the American past can make sense of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804515303Author Massimiliano AfieroFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company

If you thought Gloucestershire’s claim to fame was simply honey-stone villages set in stunning Cotswold’s countryside then this book will surprise and delight you. For centuries, glorious Gloucestershire has been at the forefront of innovation and famous...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798893210002Author Samantha BrightFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Curiosity CreationsPublisher Curiosity Creations

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783486751376Author Joseph KnauerFormat HardbackPage Count 104Imprint Walter de GruyterPublisher Walter de GruyterWeight(grams) 236g