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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906784652Author Allen RaineFormat PaperbackPage Count 442Imprint Honno LtdPublisher Honno LtdWeight(grams) 334g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906784652Author Allen RaineFormat PaperbackPage Count 442Imprint Honno LtdPublisher Honno LtdWeight(grams) 334g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840338386Author Paul ChrystalFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 175mm * 240mm * 4mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of George Washington Book Prize 2010.Book InformationISBN 9780812976847Author Richard BeemanFormat PaperbackPage Count 544Imprint Random House Trade...

This book covers one of the more obscure periods of Italian history. What we know of it is presented almost always pejoratively: an unrelieved tale of political absolution, rural refeudalisation, economic crisis, religious repression and cultural decline...

The law of God: these words conjure an image of Moses breaking the tablets at Mount Sinai, but the history of the alliance between law and divinity is so much longer, and its scope so much broader, than a single Judeo-Christian scene can possibly suggest...

Milton Keynes has been designated one of the four potential growth areas in the south-east of England. There are plans to build up to 70,000 new homes in the city before 2031, and also develop transport infrastructure. Here, Robert Cook examines the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840338003Author Patricia NewmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 175mm * 240mm * 4mm

"The Lives They Left Behind is a deeply moving testament to the human side of mental illness, and of the narrow margin which so often separates the sane from the mad. It is a remarkable portrait, too, of the life of a psychiatric asylum--the sort of...

In recent years, a lively debate has developed in Poland on the question of what responsibility the Poles share for the mass murder of the Jews, which took place largely on Polish soil. This debate was sparked off by the showing in Poland of Claude...

South Asia's diaspora is among the world's largest and most widespread, and it is growing exponentially. It is estimated that over 25 million persons of Indian descent live abroad; and many more millions have roots in other countries of the subcontinent,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780992841652Author Hatfield Local History SocietyFormat PaperbackPage Count 94Imprint Hatfield Local History SocietyPublisher Hatfield Local History Society

This book details hundreds of events that happened in and around Rugeley and Cannock in the Victorian era. Almost none of these stories have appeared in print since they were first reported upon. Separate chapters cover accidents on the railways, roads...

Offers a revisionist view of recent human evolution, beginning with the vast increase in brain size that set us apart from our primate relatives and brought an accompanying increase in our need for nourishment. Eventually we embarked upon the...

The Nixon Presidency is a concise and accessible survey of domestic policy, foreign affairs, and politics during the thirty-seventh president's time in office.Richard Nixon was the most polarizing president of the twentieth century and one who continues...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910607107Author Kathryn EllisFormat PaperbackPage Count 147Imprint Rowanvale BooksPublisher Rowanvale Books

The Rise of Professional Society lays out a stimulating and controversial framework for the study of British society, challenging accepted paradigms based on class analysis. Perkins argues that the non-capitalist "professional class" represents a new...

The Historiography of Genocide is an indispensable guide to the development of the emerging discipline of genocide studies and the only available assessment of the historical literature pertaining to genocides.Book InformationISBN 9780230279551Author...

Controversy, especially religious controversy, was the great spectator sport of Victorian England. This work is a study of the biggest and best of Victorian religious controversies. Essays and Reviews (1860) was a composite volume of seven authors (six...

Still the only general survey of the topic available, this widely-used exploration of the incidence, causes and control of crime in Early Modern England throws a vivid light on the times. It uses court archives to capture vividly the everyday lives of...

Uncover the mysteries of the past with this exciting, comprehensive guide on world history.History books are often filled with long descriptions, complex facts, and stories that can bore even the most enthusiastic history buffs. In World History 101...

Modern Insurgencies and Counter-Insurgencies explores how unconventional warfare tactics have opposed past and present governments all over the world, from eighteenth-century guerrilla warfare to the urban terrorism of today. Insurgency remains one of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916485877Author Andrew WilsonFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Unity Print and Publishing LtdPublisher Unity Print and Publishing Ltd

Avalon is Britain's very own Atlantis - a mystical kingdom rich in myth and lore. Legends tell how the body of King Arthur was taken to Avalon, where he would wait till his nation's hour of need -The truth is that Avalon was a very real place with a...

A Poverty of Rights is an investigation of the knotty ties between citizenship and inequality during the years when the legal and institutional bases for modern Brazilian citizenship originated. Between 1930 and 1964, Brazilian law dramatically extended...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903725269Author Steve TaylorFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint New Wine PressPublisher Faithbuilders Publishing

The Armies of the Caliphs is the first major study of the relationship between army and society in the early Islamic period, and reveals the pivotal role of the military in politics.Through a thorough examination of recruitment, payment, weaponry and...

This fascinating collection of over 200 archive images provides a nostalgic insight into the changing history of Sutton Park over the last 100 years.Each image is accompanied by a detailed caption, bringing the past to life and describing many aspects of...

From the divine right of kings to the political philosophies of writers such as Machiavelli, the medieval city-states to the unification of Spain, Daniel Waley and Peter Denley focus on the growing power of the state to illuminate changing political...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692134252Author Grover C FurrFormat PaperbackPage Count 270Imprint Erythros Press & MediaPublisher Erythros Press & MediaWeight(grams) 399gDimensions(mm)...

The English Civil War (1642-53) is one of the most crucial periods in British history. Martyn Bennett introduces the reader to the main debates surrounding the Civil War which continue to be debated by historians. He considers the repercussions both on...

The English Civil War (1642-53) is one of the most crucial periods in British history. Martyn Bennett introduces the reader to the main debates surrounding the Civil War which continue to be debated by historians. He considers the repercussions both on...

Between 1945 and 1963, over two and a half million eighteen year olds were called up for national service. Alf Townsend was one of them, and here he tells his story - the highs and lows of life as a lowly Aircraftman Second Class in the early '50s...

Between 1945 and 1963, over two and a half million eighteen year olds were called up for national service. Alf Townsend was one of them, and here he tells his story - the highs and lows of life as a lowly Aircraftman Second Class in the early '50s...

On August 9, ad 378, outside Adrianople in the Roman province of Thrace, the Roman Empire began to fall. Two years earlier, an unexpected flood of refugees from the tribe known as the Goths had arrived at the Empire's eastern border, seeking admittance...

The essays in this volume deal with the history of rhetoric and education for the thousand years from the early Middle Ages to the European Renaissance. They represent the author's pioneering efforts over four decades to piece together a kind of mosaic...

Mobile Saints examines the central medieval (ca. 950-1150 CE) practice of removing saints' relics from rural monasteries in order to take them on out-and-back journeys, particularly within northern France and the Low Countries. Though the permanent...

On July 17, 1866, two soldiers and six wagoners were killed by Sioux Indians. In the next two weeks, fourteen more men died in Sioux attacks. The attacks continued through the summer and fall. On December 21, disaster struck. Recklessly pursuing Indians...

Understanding the Victorians paints a vivid portrait of this era of dramatic change, combining broad survey with close analysis and introducing students to the critical debates taking place among historians today. Encompassing all of Great Britain and...

An important new study on a complex and highly controversial topic. Albert Lindemann provides a clear and balanced guide to anti-Semitism from ancient times right through to the twentieth-century inter-war period and the Nazi Holocaust. He looks at all...