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Connect the Dots to a Deeper Understanding of God's Word with The Open Bible.The Bible is a collection of 66 books written by many writers over a vast time period, and yet it's the unified Word of God. Available for the first time in the widely-read New...

Approximately one-fifth of the earth's surface consists of desert, and throughout history these arid regions have witnessed some of the world's most decisive battles. Here, Bryan Perrett gives an absorbing account of desert conflicts from the first...

This book discusses the largest and earliest medieval library of the Middle East for which we have documentation the Ashrafiya library in the very centre of Damascus and edits its catalogue.About the AuthorKonrad Hirschler is Professor of History of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781940771823Author H E GardinerFormat PaperbackPage Count 366Imprint University of North Georgia PressPublisher University of North Georgia...

In its most precise definition, a " dead country" is a place that once issued postage stamps but no longer does. Harding has used this definition as a basis for a fascinating investigation of world history. Collected in Dead Countries of the Nineteenth...

The present volume curates papers presented at an international con-ference organized at OUCIP to engage with the oceanic turn in different fields of knowledge embracing Social Sciences, Humanities and, Physical Sciences to project the Indian Ocean as...

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A Penelopean Poetics looks at the relationship between gender ideology and the self-referential poetics of the Odyssey through the figure of Penelope. She is a cunning story-teller; her repeated reweavings of Laertes' shroud a figurative replication of...

This volume surveys democracy broadly as a cultural phenomenon operating in different ways across a very wide range of ancient societies throughout Antiquity. It examines the experiences of those living in democratic communities and considers how ancient...

In 1830, the inhabitants of the southern part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands revolted against King William I. The National Congress then declared independence and proclaimed the installation of a parliamentary monarchy, and thus, the new...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780982727614Author Melissa MannonFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint Archivesinfo PressPublisher Archivesinfo PressWeight(grams) 431gDimensions(mm) 235mm...

Both traditions recognize and draw theological and historical lessons from some of the same narrative sources, but this is the first comparative resource to provide interdisciplinary coverage of the history and textual sources associated with prophets...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782808002677Author 50minutesFormat PaperbackPage Count 86Imprint 50minutes.comPublisher 50minutes.comWeight(grams) 91gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 5mm

The West Indies Cricket Team, formed in 1884, made its first overseas tour two years later to Canada and the United States. The tourists played thirteen matches during August and September; they won six, lost five and two were drawn. The first match was...

This fourth volume of A Cultural History of Youth explores the connections between youth and Enlightenment as times of transition: between childhood and adulthood and from the premodern to the modern world. The long eighteenth century was a truly global...

Written by a diverse team of experts, this third volume of A Cultural History of Youth explores themes such as rites of passage, ideas about morality, youthful engagement with religion and the Reformations, and the experiences of young people. With...

Written by an expert team of scholars, this second volume of A Cultural History of Youth examines burgeoning global studies of the Middle Ages, which includes conceptions of the "Ages of Man" literature, travel and pilgrimage accounts, saints' lives and...

Written by a team of experts, this first volume of A Cultural History of Youth examines the ambiguity of youth in the ancient world, depictions of youth in literature, adult views of the young, agency and experience of young people, and the broader...

This open access volume of A Cultural History of Youth, The Modern Age, explores the cultural history of youth from 1920 to the present day. With each chapter dedicated to a specific theme, it covers concepts of youth; spaces and places; education and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781350033054Author David M PomfretFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Bloomsbury AcademicPublisher Bloomsbury AcademicWeight(grams) 454g

Edmund Andros, a soldier, administrator, courtier, and diplomat, served a succession of Stuart monarchs in the Old and New Worlds. This study differs from most past assessments that portray him in a negative light; instead it concentrates on his role in...

Considering the importance of Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings and 2nd Earl of Moira, it is surprising that no full-length biography has been written about him. The only significant studies of his career have been analysis of his role as...

This book is a study of the reports of the Einsatzgruppen, the four SS extermination squads that followed in the wake of the German attack on the Soviet Union in June 1941. It was the Einsatzgruppen that began the systematic massacre of Jews and other...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781589802438Author Terry BrevertonFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Pelican Publishing CoPublisher Pelican Publishing Co

Maps in newspapers generated many discussions among cartographers and geographers working from different approaches and theoretical backgrounds. This work examines these maps from a historiographical as well as a historical perspective. It considers...

Medieval Christian European and Arabic-Islamic cultures are both notable for the wealth and diversity of their geographical literature, yet to date there has been relatively little attempt to compare medieval Christian and Islamic mapping traditions in a...

Colours make the map: they affect the map's materiality, content, and handling. With a wide range of approaches, 14 case studies from various disciplines deal with the colouring of maps from different geographical regions and periods. Connected by their...

"Penetrating insight into the processes by which our collective historical memory is constructed. Through a range of case studies, the authors explore how and why certain landscapes and monuments are intentionally endowed with specific messages, why...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789362926890Author W J Sparrow-SimpsonPage Count 28Imprint Alpha EditionsPublisher Alpha Editions

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789362926852Author Frederick W HamiltonPage Count 44Imprint Alpha EditionsPublisher Alpha Editions

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789362994806Author Edward CloddPage Count 138Imprint Alpha EditionsPublisher Alpha Editions