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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061130502Author Bill FawcettFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint HarperPaperbacksPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 294g

Published in the year 296, The Land of Zinj is a valuable contribution to the field of History.Book InformationISBN 9780415760720Author C.H. StiglandFormat PaperbackPage Count 404Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 566g

First Published in 2004. World War II, unlike World War I, was truly a global conflict, fought in every one of the five continents, from the Caribbean to the South China Sea, from New Guinea to the North Cape, and by combatants from every continental...

On the Great Plains, a land barren of wood and rock for the traditional rail and stone fences, the wire fence was a logical invention. Hundreds of barded-wire designs were invented, and the more practical patents were manufactured and shipped west at...

"Reader, if you are in search of a Classical and Scientific tourist, please to lay this Volume down, and pass on, for this simply informs you what a Trapper has seen and experienced. But if you wish to peruse a Hunter's rambles among the wild regions of...

The question of who actually ran cities in the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries has been increasingly debated in recent years. As well as trying to understand the distribution of political power and the rise of broad political...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955989704Author Michael BanksFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint MthbWeight(grams) 404g

The concept of sex addiction took hold in the 1980s as a product of cultural anxiety. Yet, despite being essentially mythical, sex addiction has to be taken seriously as a phenomenon. Its success as a purported malady lay with its medicalization, both as...

This book puts forward a revisionist view of Japanese wartime thinking. It seeks to explore why Japanese intellectuals, historians and philosophers of the time insisted that Japan had to turn its back on the West and attack the United States and the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956159502Author R D V GlasgowFormat PaperbackPage Count 376Imprint R. Glasgow BooksPublisher R. Glasgow BooksWeight(grams) 527g

Why is our sense of smell so under-appreciated? We tend to think of smell as a vestigial remnant of our pre-human past, doomed to gradual extinction, and we go to great lengths to eliminate smells from our environment, suppressing body odour, bad breath...

This fascinating new study examines the experiences of women involved in the socialist movement during its formative years in Britain and the active role they played in campaigning for the vote. By giving full attention to this much-neglected group of...

Since 2003, Hong Kong has changed dramatically. In recent years, the city has been rocked by social instability and Covid-19, yet Hong Kong endures, evolving as it always has. This book is a window into the events of a city that has been the author's...

This volume seeks to increase understanding of the origins, ideology, implementation, impact, and historiography of religion and conflict in the medieval and early modern periods. The chapters examine ideas about religion and conflict in the context of...

Oral traditions are historical sources of a special nature. Their special nature derives from the fact that they are "unwritten" sources couched in a form suitable for oral transmission, and that their preservation depends on the powers of memory of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780244337384Author Samuel C McKittrickFormat PaperbackImprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.comWeight(grams) 152g

The early modern Mediterranean was an area where many different rich cultural traditions came in contact with each other, and were often forced to co-exist, frequently learning to reap the benefits of co-operation. Orthodox, Roman Catholics, Muslims,...

This collection of Edo (or Benin) folk tales is an oral history of Edo culture and tradition. It tells the story of how the ancient Edo conceived of the world and how they attempted both to explain the origins of their human existence on earth and to...

Historians and archaeologists normally assume that the economies of ancient Greece and Rome between about 1000 BC and AD 500 were distinct from those of Egypt and the Near East. However, very different kinds of evidence survive from each of these areas,...

Historians often view early modern Ireland as a testing ground for subsequent British colonial adventures further afield. McGrath argues against this passive view, suggesting that Ireland played an enthusiastic role in the establishment and expansion of...

Pre-cursor to modern Stealth technology, a jet powered version flew in February 1945.Book InformationISBN 9780887403576Author H.P. DabrowskiFormat PaperbackPage Count 52Imprint Schiffer Publishing LtdPublisher Schiffer Publishing LtdWeight(grams) 408g

In 1848 the continent of Europe was rocked by revolutions: only Great Britain and Russia remained relatively immune to the upheaval. Most spectacularly, the Revolutions swept across the German-speaking lands of central Europe, with the newly-released...

Dispatched to Sicily in 344 BC as an elderly man at the head of a small, motley band of mercenaries, Timoleon had no experience of the island. Yet, in less than eight years Timoleon overthrew tyrants, expelled the Carthaginians, and introduced peace,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780244239923Author Marina OliverFormat PaperbackPage Count 44Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.com

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780464194156Author Roscoe PoundFormat PaperbackPage Count 138Imprint BlurbPublisher BlurbWeight(grams) 195g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781649219138Author Sue BuyerFormat PaperbackPage Count 126Imprint Atmosphere PressPublisher Atmosphere PressWeight(grams) 150gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 133mm *...

Between 1600 and 1800 newspapers and periodicals moved to the centre of British culture and society. This volume offers a series of perspectives on the developing relations between news, its material forms, gender, advertising, drama, medicine, national...

Early in the twentieth century, maternal and child welfare evolved from a private family responsibility into a matter of national policy. Molly Ladd-Taylor explores both the private and public aspects of child-rearing, using the relationship between them...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788172345228Author Krishnarjun BhattacharyaFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Fingerprint! PublishingPublisher Prakash BooksDimensions(mm) 220mm * 150mm...

This book delves into the history of Afghanistan, its people, and its relationship with neighbors, to unravel the intricate politics and ethnolinguistic diversity of the country.It discusses the history of innumerable invasions which left imprints over...

The Routledge Handbook of Diet and Nutrition in the Roman World presents a comprehensive overview of the sources, issues and methodologies involved in the study of the Roman diet. The focus of the book is on the Mediterranean heartland from the second...

This book explores the ways in which the lives and routines of a wide range of people across different parts of Europe and the wider world were structured and played out through everyday practices. It focuses on the detail of individual lives and how...

The Pilgrimage of Grace, a popular uprising in the north of England against Henry VIII's religious policies, has long been recognised as a crucial point in the fortunes of the English Reformation. Historians have long debated the motives of the rebels...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781841519616Author Gilbert Torrance BellImprint Alan Godfrey MapsPublisher Alan Godfrey Maps

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780980071665Author James R OlsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 162Imprint Erian PressPublisher Erian PressWeight(grams) 152g

Historic Truro has undergone many changes over the years and at the moment in being redeveloped on Lemon Quay. This fascinating book has incorporated not only what the town used to look like but also the modern-day view of the same scenes. It gives us...

A history of AltonBook InformationISBN 9780752415727Author Tony CrossFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint The History Press LtdPublisher The History Press LtdWeight(grams) 300gDimensions(mm) 240mm * 172mm * 10mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840337969Author Alex F. YoungFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 174mm * 240mm * 4mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578564012Author Brendan WolfeFormat PaperbackPage Count 500Imprint Brendan WolfePublisher Brendan WolfeWeight(grams) 726g

A clearly structured and well-informed synthesis of developments and events in Brazilian history from the colonial period to the present, this volume is aimed at non-specialized readers and students, seeking a straightforward introduction to this unique...