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Wilson's Guide To Rothesay: And The Island Of Bute (1848)This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...
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The Roman Empire The Empire Of The Edomite (1853)This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...
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Hervarar Saga Ok Heidreks Konungs (1847)This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...
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Jungle Man: The Autobiography of Major P. J. PretoriusThis scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...
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The Great Pyramid And Its Builders: A Study Of The Edgar Cayce Readings Regarding Early Egyptian History And The Great PyramidThis scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...
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Greek Lexicon of the Roman and Byzantine Periods from B.C. 146 to A.D. 1100 V2This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...
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The History and Practice of MagicThis scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...
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Orígenes Históricos De CataluñaThis is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that...
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Vintage Journal Obleka Indigenous Alaskan Woman in Native CostumeThe Vintage Found Image Press Pocket Journal,""Obleka"" Indigenous Alaskan Woman in Native Costume, features a black and white photographic 3/4 length portrait of an Indigenous Alaskan woman wearing native dress. This journal has decorative vintage art on the cover, and is the perfect companion...
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Understanding the Victorians: Politics, Culture and Society in Nineteenth-Century BritainUnderstanding 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 Ireland over the whole of the Victorian...
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Food in World HistoryThe second edition of this concise survey offers a comparative and comprehensive study of culinary cultures and food politics throughout the world, from ancient times to the present day. It examines the long history of globalization of foods as well as the political, social,...
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Modern Japan: A Social and Political HistoryThis thoroughly revised and updated third edition of Modern Japan provides a concise and fascinating introduction to the social, cultural and political history of modern Japan. Ranging from the Tokugawa period to the present day, Tipton links everyday lives with major historical developments, charting...
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The Italian Wars 1494-1559: War, State and Society in Early Modern EuropeThe Italian Wars 1494-1559 outlines the major impact that these wars had, not just on the history of Italy, but on the history of Europe as a whole. It provides the first detailed account of the entire course of the wars, covering all the...
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Atlantic Lives: A Comparative Approach to Early AmericaAtlantic Lives offers insight into the lived experiences of a range of actors in the early modern Atlantic World. Organized thematically, each chapter features primary source selections from a variety of non-traditional sources, including travel narratives from West Africa, the Caribbean, and Latin America....
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Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan: The Hollow Diplomatic AllianceAlliances between sovereign states are among the least stable political associations. Despite professions of fidelity and common purpose, most are effective for only short periods, and only as long as it suits their interests. The German-Japanese alliance of World War II was not so...
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The Global Seven Years War 1754-1763: Britain and France in a Great Power ContestIn this new edition of The Global Seven Years War, Daniel Baugh emphasizes the ways that sea power hindered French military preparations while also furnishing strategic opportunities. Special attention is paid to undertakings - always French - that failed to receive needed financial support....
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Contemporary AfricaThis textbook offers a critical introduction to the study of Africa, drawing on scholarship from a range of academic disciplines. A comprehensive discussion of the continent's geography and history provides a backdrop to broad-ranging coverage of its social, economic, political and cultural composition as...
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Death in the Baltic: The World War II Sinking of the Wilhelm GustloffThe worst maritime disaster ever occurred during World War II, when more than 9,000 German civilians drowned. It went unreported.January 1945: The outcome of World War II has been determined. The Third Reich is in free fall as the Russians close in from the...
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Asia Past and Present: A Brief HistoryA wide-ranging introduction to the multi-faceted history of Asia--from early origins to the present Asia Past and Present is an expansive survey of the social, political, and economic history of the continent from the Paleolithic era to the early 21st century. As there is...
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Sports in American Life 3e PThe third edition of author Richard O. Davies� highly praised narrative of American sports, Sports in American Life: A History, features extensive revisions and updates to its presentation of an interpretative history of the relationship of sports to the larger themes of U.S. history....
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