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'Superb ... likely to become a classic' ObserverIn the summer of 1914 most of Europe plunged into a war so catastrophic that it unhinged the continent's politics and beliefs in a way that took generations to recover from. The disaster terrified its survivors, shocked...
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Penguin
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2015-09-24
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Il problema dell’organizzazione del commercio arcaico è stato rilanciato di recente da due ampi saggi di B. Bravo, apparsi rispettivamente nel n.° 1 (1974) e n.° 3 (1977) dei Dialogues d’Histoire Ancienne, che hanno già trovato una prima eco nel saggio di J....
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Publications du Centre Jean Bérard
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2015-09-24
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Cahiers du Centre Jean Bérard
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Today there are many Buddhists in the West, but for 2000 years the Buddha's teachings were unknown outside Asia. It was not until the late 18th century, when Sir William Oriental Jones, a British judge in India, broke through the Brahmin's prohibition on learning their...
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John Murray
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2015-09-24
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In Bonzo's War, Clare Campbell told the fascinating story of what it was like for Britain's pets when the world was at war. This time, she follows the incredible journey of the dogs who conscripted to fight for their country, with some even returning with medals for...
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Corsair
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2015-09-24
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Tom Thorne Novels
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The epic 4000-year story of the world's greatest civilisation from a world-leading EgyptologistThe history of Egypt is full of spectacular sites and epic stories, an evolving society rich in heroes and villains, inventors and intellectuals, artisans and pioneers. Now...
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Hodder & Stoughton
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2015-09-24
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A foundational moment in the history of modern European thought, the Enlightenment continues to be a reference point for philosophers, scholars and opinion-formers. To many it remains the inspiration of our commitments to the betterment of the human condition. To...
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OUP Oxford
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2015-09-24
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A foundational moment in the history of modern European thought, the Enlightenment continues to be a reference point for philosophers, scholars and opinion-formers. To many it remains the inspiration of our commitments to the betterment of the human condition. To...
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OUP Oxford
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2015-09-24
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Agincourt was an astonishing clash of arms, a pivotal moment in the Hundred Years War and the history of warfare in general.King Henry V’s exhausted troops were preparing for certain defeat as they faced a far larger French army. What was to take place in the following...
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Virgin Digital
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2015-09-24
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It was only a coincidence that the NHS and the Empire Windrush (a ship carrying 492 migrants from Britain's West Indian colonies) arrived together. On 22 June 1948, as the ship's passengers disembarked, frantic preparations were already underway for 5 July, the...
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OUP Oxford
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2015-09-24
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It was only a coincidence that the NHS and the Empire Windrush (a ship carrying 492 migrants from Britain's West Indian colonies) arrived together. On 22 June 1948, as the ship's passengers disembarked, frantic preparations were already underway for 5 July, the...
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OUP Oxford
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2015-09-24
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Fifth-century Athenian musical and political theorist Damon was the first to study music's psychological, behavioural, and political effects, profoundly influencing debates on music theory throughout antiquity. Considered by Isokrates to be the most intelligent Athenian...
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OUP Oxford
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2015-09-24
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Architects of Annihilation follows the activities of the demographers, economists, geographers and planners in the period between the disorderly excesses of the November 1938 pogrom and the fully-effective operation of the gas chambers at Auschwitz in summer 1942. The...
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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2015-09-24
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An accessible and authoritative overview of the scholarship that has shaped our understanding of one of the most iconic battles in the history of the American West Combines contributions from an array of respected scholars, historians, and battlefield scientists...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2015-09-23
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Wiley Blackwell Companions to American History
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In The Confucian-Legalist State, Dingxin Zhao offers a radically new analysis of Chinese imperial history from the eleventh century BCE to the fall of the Qing dynasty. This study first uncovers the factors that explain how, and why, China developed into a bureaucratic...
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Oxford University Press
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2015-09-22
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A new edition for HL Option 2, History of the Americas, Topic 16: The Cold War and the Americas (1945-1981)The renowned IB Diploma History series, combining compelling narratives with academic rigor.An authoritative and engaging narrative, with the widest variety of...
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Hodder Education
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2015-09-18
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This book is open access under a CC BY license and explores the under-researched history of male mental illness from the mid-twentieth century. It argues that statistics suggesting women have been more vulnerable to depression and anxiety are misleading since they...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2015-09-18
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Mental Health in Historical Perspective
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New Paths to Public Histories challenges readers to consider historical research as a collaborative pursuit enacted across a range of individuals from different backgrounds and institutions. It argues that research communities can benefit from recognizing and...
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Palgrave Pivot
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2015-09-17
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This book investigates how films made about the URA since the 1990s have engaged with, reproduced and contested cultural memories of the organisation, discussing how directors have addressed questions of narrativization, trauma, intergenerational connection, and...
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Palgrave Pivot
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2015-09-17
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The Trouble with Empire contends that dissent and disruption were constant features of imperial experience and that they should, therefore, drive narratives of the modern British imperial past. Moving across the one hundred years between the first Anglo-Afghan war and...
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Oxford University Press
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2015-09-17
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The Trouble with Empire contends that dissent and disruption were constant features of imperial experience and that they should, therefore, drive narratives of the modern British imperial past. Moving across the one hundred years between the first Anglo-Afghan war and...
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Oxford University Press
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2015-09-17
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