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Against Our Willby Susan BrownmillerISBN 0553345168 (0-553-34516-8)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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The Anglo-Saxon Age, C.400-1042by D. J. V. FisherISBN 0582480841 (0-582-48084-1)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley Longman Ltd
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Battlefield: Farming a Civil War Battlegroundby Peter SvensonISBN 0571197981 (0-571-19798-1)
Hardcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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Brief History of Timeby Stephen W. HawkingISBN 0553380168 (0-553-38016-8)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Brief History of Time'Book summary:Stephen Hawking, one of the most brilliant theoretical physicists in history, wrote the modern classic A Brief History of Time to help nonscientists understand the questions being asked by scientists today: Where did the universe come from? How and why did it begin? Will it come to an end, and if so, how? Hawking attempts to reveal these questions (and where we're looking for answers) using a minimum of technical jargon. Among the topics gracefully covered are gravity, black holes, the Big Bang, the nature of time, and physicists' search for a grand unifying theory. This is deep science; these concepts are so vast (or so tiny) as to cause vertigo while reading, and one can't help but marvel at Hawking's ability to synthesize this difficult subject for people not used to thinking about things like alternate dimensions. The journey is certainly worth taking, for, as Hawking says, the reward of understanding the universe may be a glimpse of "the mind of God." --Therese Littleton [via]
Capetian France, 987-1328by Elizabeth M. Hallam, Judith EverardISBN 0582404282 (0-582-40428-2)
Softcover, Longman Pub Group
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A Christmas Carolby Charles DickensISBN 0582421209 (0-582-42120-9)
Softcover, Prentice Hall
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Cnut: The Danes in England in the Early Eleventh Centuryby M. K. LawsonISBN 0582059704 (0-582-05970-4)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley Longman Ltd
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Complete Anne of Green Gablesby L.M. MontgomeryISBN 0553609416 (0-553-60941-6)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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The Crisis of Medieval Russia, 1200-1304by John FennellISBN 0582481503 (0-582-48150-3)
Softcover, Longman Group United Kingdom
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The Cruel Seaby Nicholas MonsarratISBN 0553271288 (0-553-27128-8)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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The Decline and Fall of the Habsburg Empire, 1815-1918by Alan SkedISBN 0582356660 (0-582-35666-0)
Softcover, Longman Pub Group
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The Devil's Crown ; Henry II, Richard I, Johnby Richard W. BarberISBN 0563174447 (0-563-17444-7)
Hardcover, British Broadcasting Corporation
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Early Medieval Ireland, 400-1200by Daibhi O'CroininISBN 0582015650 (0-582-01565-0)
Softcover, Longman Publishing Group
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Edith's Story: The True Story of a Young Girl's Courage and Survival During World War IIby Edith Velmans-Van HessenISBN 0553381105 (0-553-38110-5)
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The Emergence of a Nation State: The Commonwealth of England 1529-1660by Alan G.R. SmithISBN 0582238889 (0-582-23888-9)
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England's Colonial Wars 1550-1688 : Conflicts, Empire and National Identityby Bruce P. LenmanISBN 0582062969 (0-582-06296-9)
Softcover, Longman Publishing Group
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Food of the Gods: The Search for the Original Tree of Knowledge A Radical History of Plants, Drugs, and Human Evolutionby Terence McKennaISBN 0553371304 (0-553-37130-4)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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The Fortunate Sonby Lewis B. PullerISBN 055356076X (0-553-56076-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Fortunate Son'Book summary:Son of the famous World War II Marine commander "Chesty" Puller, Lewis Puller proudly followed in his father's footsteps. It was his misfortune, though, to serve in Vietnam in a war that brought not honor but contempt, and exacted a brutal personal price: Puller lost both legs, one hand, and most of his buttocks and stomach. Years later he was functional enough to run for Congress, bitterly denouncing the war. He lost, became an alcoholic, and almost died again. Then he climbed out of that circle of Hell to write this searingly graphic autobiography, which won a Pulitzer Prize in 1992. One last poignant postscript: three years after the enormous success of this book, the author killed himself. [via]
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Foundationby Isaac AsimovISBN 0553293354 (0-553-29335-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Foundation'Book summary:One of the great masterworks of science fiction, the Foundation novels of Isaac Asimov are unsurpassed for their unique blend of nonstop action, daring ideas, and extensive world-building. The story of our future begins with the history of Foundation and its greatest psychohistorian: Hari Seldon.
For twelve thousand years the Galactic Empire has ruled supreme. Now it is dying. Only Hari Seldon, creator of the revolutionary science of psychohistory, can see into the futurea dark age of ignorance, barbarism, and warfare that will last thirty thousand years. To preserve knowledge and save mankind, Seldon gathers the best minds in the Empireboth scientists and scholarsand brings them to
a bleak planet at the edge of the Galaxy to serve as a beacon of hope for future generations. He calls his sanctuary the Foundation.
But soon the fledgling Foundation finds itself at the mercy of corrupt warlords rising in the wake of the receding Empire. And mankinds last best hope is faced with an agonizing choice: submit to the barbarians and live as slavesor take a stand for freedom and risk total destruction. [via] -
Generative Grammarby Geoffrey C. HorrocksISBN 0582291313 (0-582-29131-3)
Softcover, Prentice Hall
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Genesis of the Grail Kingsby Laurence GardnerISBN 0553811940 (0-553-81194-0)
Softcover, Bantam Uk
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Germany Under the Old Regime, 1600-1790by John GagliardoISBN 0582491061 (0-582-49106-1)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley Longman Ltd
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Gladstone, Disraeli and Later Victorian Politicsby Paul AdelmanISBN 0582293227 (0-582-29322-7)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley Longman, Incorporated
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Golden Lads: A Study of Anthony Bacon, Francis and Their Friendsby Daphne Du MaurierISBN 0575019808 (0-575-01980-8)
Hardcover, Gollancz
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The Google Storyby DAVID VISE, MARK MALSEEDISBN 0553383663 (0-553-38366-3)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Google Story'Book summary:"Here is the story behind one of the most remarkable Internet successes of our time. Based on scrupulous research and extraordinary access to Google, the book takes you inside the creation and growth of a company whose name is a favorite brand and a standard verb recognized around the world. Its stock is worth more than General Motors' and Ford's combined, its staff eats for free in a dining room that used to be run by the Grateful Dead's former chef, and its employees traverse the firm's colorful Silicon Valley campus on scooters and inline skates. THE GOOGLE STORY is the definitive account of the populist media company powered by the world's most advanced technology that in a few short years has revolutionized access to information about everything for everybody everywhere. In 1998, Moscow-born Sergey Brin and Midwest-born Larry Page dropped out of graduate school at Stanford University to, in their own words, "change the world" through a search engine that would organize every bit of information on the Web for free. While the company has done exactly that in more than one hundred languages, Google's quest continues as it seeks to add millions of library books, television broadcasts, and more to its searchable database. Readers will learn about the amazing business acumen and computer wizardry that started the company on its astonishing course; the secret network of computers delivering lightning-fast search results; the unorthodox approach that has enabled it to challenge Microsoft's dominance and shake up Wall Street. Even as it rides high, Google wrestles with difficult choices that will enable it to continue expanding while sustaining the guiding vision of its founders' mantra: DO NO EVIL." [via]
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The Great Philosophersby Bryan MageeISBN 0563205830 (0-563-20583-0)
Hardcover, BBC Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Great Philosophers'Book summary:Bryan Magee discusses the greatest Western philosophers with fifteen leading contemporary writers and thinkers. The book begins with the death of Socrates in 399 BC and the writings of Plato, and brings the story up to date with such recent figures as Bertrand Russell and Wittgenstein. [via]
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Greek: A History of the Language and Its Speakersby Geoffrey C. HorrocksISBN 0582307090 (0-582-30709-0)
Softcover, Pearson P T R
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The Growth of the Medieval City: From Antiquity to the Early Fourteenth Centuryby David NicholasISBN 0582299063 (0-582-29906-3)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Growth of the Medieval City: From Antiquity to the Early Fourteenth Century'Book summary:The first part of David Nicholas's massive two-volume study of the medieval city, this book is a major achievement in its own right. (It is also fully self-sufficient, though many readers will want to use it with its equally impressive sequel which is being published simultaneously.) In it, Professor Nicholas traces the slow regeneration of urban life in the early medieval period, showing where and how an urban tradition had survived from late antiquity, and when and why new urban communities began to form where there was no such continuity. He charts the different types and functions of the medieval city, its interdependence with the surrounding countryside, and its often fraught relations with secular authority. The book ends with the critical changes of the late thirteenth century that established an urban network that was strong enough to survive the plagues, famines and wars of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.
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Gunfire Around the Gulf : The Last Major Naval Campaigns of the Civil Warby Jack D. CoombeISBN 0553381067 (0-553-38106-7)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Headlongby Michael FraynISBN 0571201474 (0-571-20147-4)
Softcover, Faber & Faber Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Headlong'Book summary:With its sumptuous surfaces and alluring sense of gravitas, classic Dutch painting has fascinated writers for centuries. It's easy to see why. Giant religious representations and gaudy classical scenes already have the weight of literature behind them. But an enigmatic portrait or dimly lit interior seems like a virtual incubator for narrative, and now Michael Frayn joins the Netherlandish fray in Headlong, which features a Bruegel canvas in the starring role.
The other star of the novel is youngish art historian Martin Clay (a Hugh Grant character gone to fat), who identifies the lost Bruegel in a tumbledown country home. The picture elicits an immediate shock of recognition:
Already, somewhere in those first few instants, something has begun to stir inside me. In my head, in the pit of my stomach. It's as if the sun's emerging from the clouds, and the world's changing in front of my eyes, from grey to golden. I can feel the warmth of the sunlight spreading over my skin, passing like a wave of beneficence through my entire body.
The sight of this masterwork glimmering through the "grimy pane of time" fires up Martin's customarily dilettantish intellect, and he decides to secure it for the nation--and make himself a fortune--without revealing its true value to the owner. Much double-dealing, bamboozling, and suppressed hysteria ensue as he and the owner try to outfox each other. Yet the heart of the novel is Martin's search for the meaning of the painting that has become his "triumph and torment and downfall." Bouncing from gallery to museum to library, he delivers an extended (and entertaining) lesson on iconography and landscape.As Martin's obsession takes hold, the pace of the novel also accelerates into a breathless rush of action, comic anguish, and scholarly speculation. Not surprisingly, some of Martin's machinations go haywire, which leads to a certain amount of irritating slapstick--shady deals in underground parking lots, art treasures being tipped into the back of a filthy Land Rover, and so forth. But even if he makes his plot work overtime, Frayn is superb in the quest for the meaning of art, not to mention the lure of money and intellectual reputation. And for that alone, Headlong deserves to be called picture perfect. --Eithne Farry [via]
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History of Theologyby Bengt HagglundISBN 0570032938 (0-570-03293-8)
Softcover, Concordia Pub House
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The House of the Spiritsby Isabel AllendeISBN 0553273914 (0-553-27391-4)
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In one of the most important and beloved Latin American works of the twentieth century, Isabel Allende weaves a luminous tapestry of three generations of the Trueba family, revealing both triumphs and tragedies. Here is patriarch Esteban, whose wild desires and political machinations are tempered only by his love for his ethereal wife, Clara, a woman touched by an otherworldly hand. Their daughter, Blanca, whose forbidden love for a man Esteban has deemed unworthy infuriates her father, yet will produce his greatest joy: his granddaughter Alba, a beautiful, ambitious girl who will lead the family and their country into a revolutionary future.
The House of the Spirits is an enthralling saga that spans decades and lives, twining the personal and the political into an epic novel of love, magic, and fate.More editions of The House of the Spirits:
I Counted Them All Out and I Counted Them All Back: The Battle for the Falklandsby Robert Fox, Brian HanrahanISBN 0563201479 (0-563-20147-9)
Hardcover, British Broadcasting Corp
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In My Handsby Jennifer Armstrong, Irene Gut OpdykeISBN 0553494112 (0-553-49411-2)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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It Came from Memphisby Robert GordonISBN 0571198813 (0-571-19881-3)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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› Find signed collectible books: 'It Came from Memphis'Book summary:Perhaps no other city in America has provided more grist for the music sociology mill than Memphis, Tennessee. While Memphis has been the muse for some truly classic books (Peter Guralnick's Sweet Soul Music, to name just one), the rhetoric surrounding "The Birthplace of Rock & Roll"--also "The Home of the Blues"--can be as daunting as a walk down the ravenously gentrified blues theme park that is Beale Street.
Enter Robert Gordon, a Memphis native and keen chronicler of the city's secret history. Gordon's It Came from Memphis all but ignores the Bluff City's oft-cited musical hierarchy--B.B. King, Elvis, Al Green et al.--in favor of its great unheralded eccentrics. You might not be familiar with the Insect Trust or Mudboy and the Neutrons, but Gordon argues--with empathy and wit--that you should be.
But music is only part of the story here. Whether it's Memphis's wrestling legend Sputnik Monroe, or the city's esoteric patron saint, artist-professor John McIntire, Gordon's shrewd eye sees the mojo in them all. In a way, Gordon's book is even more vital than the classic volumes on Memphis music that predate it. Where Guralnick interprets a musical tradition that is already firmly embedded in the American psyche, Gordon gives voice to a clandestine tradition that otherwise might go forgotten. --Matt Hanks [via]
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Johnny Got His Gunby Dalton TrumboISBN 0553274325 (0-553-27432-5)
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Killing Hitler: The Plots, the Assassins, and the Dictator Who Cheated Deathby Roger MoorhouseISBN 0553803697 (0-553-80369-7)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Lancastrians and Yorkists: The Wars of the Rosesby David R. CookISBN 058235384X (0-582-35384-X)
Softcover, Longman Group United Kingdom
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The Laughter of Triumph: William Hone and the Fight for the Free Pressby George Cruikshank, Ben WilsonISBN 0571224709 (0-571-22470-9)
Hardcover, Faber and Faber
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Manhattan '45by Jan MorrisISBN 0571136842 (0-571-13684-2)
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The Merovingian Kingdoms, 450-751: Ian Woodby I. N. WoodISBN 0582218780 (0-582-21878-0)
Hardcover, Addison-Wesley Longman Ltd
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Modern Africa: A Social and Political Historyby Basil DavidsonISBN 058221288X (0-582-21288-X)
Softcover, Longman Pub Group
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The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horrorby David J. SkalISBN 0571199968 (0-571-19996-8)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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Nelson: Britannia's God of Warby Andrew LambertISBN 0571212271 (0-571-21227-1)
Softcover, Faber Paperbacks
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Normandy Before 1066by David BatesISBN 0582484928 (0-582-48492-8)
Softcover, Longman Group United Kingdom
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Northern Europe in the Early Modern Period: The Baltic World, 1492-1772by D. G. KirbyISBN 058200411X (0-582-00411-X)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley Longman Ltd
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Oliver Cromwellby Barry CowardISBN 0582437512 (0-582-43751-2)
Softcover, Longman Pub Group
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Oliver Cromwell and the English Revolutionby John MorrillISBN 0582016754 (0-582-01675-4)
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On to Berlin : Battles of an Airborn Commander 1943-1946by James M. GavinISBN 0553341324 (0-553-34132-4)
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Othelloby William Shakespeare, Robert SouthwickISBN 0582097193 (0-582-09719-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Othello'Book summary:If anything, Othello has increased its stature as one of Shakespeare's greatest tragedies ever since it was first written, between 1603 and 1604, due to the victimisation suffered by its tragic hero, Othello, as a result of his skin colour. Othello is a "noble Moor", a North African Muslim who has converted to Christianity and is deemed one of the Venetian state's most reliable soldiers. However, his ensign Iago harbours an obscure hatred against his general, and when Othello secretly marries the beautiful daughter of the Venetian senator Brabanzio, Iago begins his subtle campaign of vilification, which will inevitably lead to the deaths of more than just Othello and Desdemona.
An extraordinary play, both for its dramatic economy and power as well as its remarkable language, from Othello's bombastic "traveller's history" to Desdemona's elegiac "willow song", the play raises uncomfortable questions about ongoing questions of not only racial identity but also sexuality, as Othello and Desdemona's sexual relationship becomes the voyeuristic site of Iago's attempt to destroy them. Particularly fascinated with the question of what it means to "see", Othello also contains one of the greatest tragic death scenes in all of Shakespeare, with Othello's final identification with "a malignant and a turbaned Turk". --Jerry Brotton [via]
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The Ottoman Turks: An Introductory History to 1923by Justin McCarthyISBN 0582256550 (0-582-25655-0)
Softcover, Longman Pub Group
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Pilgrimage: An Image of Mediaeval Religionby Jonathan SumptionISBN 0571103391 (0-571-10339-1)
Hardcover, Faber & Faber
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The Prester Questby Nicholas JubberISBN 0553816284 (0-553-81628-4)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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Pride and Prejudiceby Jane Austen, E. M. AttwoodISBN 0582419352 (0-582-41935-2)
Softcover, Prentice Hall
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pride and Prejudice'Book summary:Mrs Bennet wants all of her five daughters to marry and to marry well. When two rich young men come to the village, Mrs Bennet is sure that they will make wonderful husbands. "Penguin Readers" is a series of simplified novels, film novelizations and original titles that introduce students at all levels to the pleasures of reading in English. Originally designed for teaching English as a foreign language, the series' combination of high interest level and low reading age makes it suitable for both English-speaking teenagers with limited reading skills and students of English as a second language. Many titles in the series also provide access to the pre-20th century literature strands of the National Curriculum English Orders. "Penguin Readers" are graded at seven levels of difficulty, from "Easystarts" with a 200-word vocabulary, to Level 6 (Advanced) with a 3000-word vocabulary. In addition, titles fall into one of three sub-categories: "Contemporary", "Classics" or "Originals". At the end of each book there is a section of enjoyable exercises focusing on vocabulary building, comprehension, discussion and writing. Some titles in the series are available with an accompanying audio cassette, or in a book and cassette pack. Additionally, selected titles have free accompanying "Penguin Readers Factsheets" which provide stimulating exercise material for students, as well as suggestions for teachers on how to exploit the Readers in class. [via]
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The Raj at Table: A Culinary History of the British in Indiaby David BurtonISBN 0571143903 (0-571-14390-3)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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The Renaissanceby Alison BrownISBN 0582307813 (0-582-30781-3)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Renaissance'Book summary:Alison Brown's study of the Renaissance considers the influence of classical ideas, on Florence in particular, during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. [via]
Revolution and Terror in France, 1789-1795by D.G. WrightISBN 0582003792 (0-582-00379-2)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley
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Russia: The Tsarist and Soviet Legacyby Edward ActonISBN 0582089220 (0-582-08922-0)
Softcover, Longman Pub Group
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The Russian Empire: A Multiethnic Historyby Andreas Kappeler Kappeler, Alfred ClaytonISBN 0582234158 (0-582-23415-8)
Softcover, Longman Pub Group
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Shakespeare Alive!by Joseph PappISBN 0553270818 (0-553-27081-8)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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The Ship: Retracing Cook's Endeavour Voyageby Simon Baker, British Broadcasting CorporationISBN 056353463X (0-563-53463-X)
Hardcover, BBC Worldwide
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Short History of Chinaby Hilda HookhamISBN 0582314178 (0-582-31417-8)
Hardcover, Longmans
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knightby M. BorroffISBN 0582484065 (0-582-48406-5)
Hardcover, Longmans
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Sophie's Choiceby William StyronISBN 0553277499 (0-553-27749-9)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Strange Landscape: A Journey through the Middle Agesby Christopher FraylingISBN 0563369655 (0-563-36965-5)
Hardcover, BBC Books
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Thunder in the Desert: The Strategy and Tactics of the Persian Gulf Warby James BlackwellISBN 0553351249 (0-553-35124-9)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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The Tibetan Book of the Deadby Padma Sambhava, Robert A.F. ThurmanISBN 0553370901 (0-553-37090-1)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Tides of Warby Steven PressfieldISBN 0553381393 (0-553-38139-3)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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A Traveller in Timeby Alison UttleyISBN 0571061826 (0-571-06182-6)
Hardcover, Granite Impex Ltd
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Twilight of Empireby Allan W. EckertISBN 0553280597 (0-553-28059-7)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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The Victorian Kitchenby Jennifer DaviesISBN 0563362812 (0-563-36281-2)
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When and Where I Enter: The Impact of Black Women on Race and Sex in Americaby Paula GiddingsISBN 0553342258 (0-553-34225-8)
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When and Where I Enter reveals the immense moral power black women possessed and sought to wield throughout their history--the same power that prompted Anna Julia Cooper in 1892 to tell a group of black clergymen, "Only the black woman can say 'when and where I enter, in the quiet, undisputed dignity of my womanhood, without violence and without suing or special patronage, then and there the whole . . . race enters with me.'"
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William Marshal: Court, Career and Chivalry in the Angevin Empire 1147-1219by David CrouchISBN 0582037875 (0-582-03787-5)
Hardcover, Addison-Wesley Longman Ltd
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