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  • Tobaco en la periferia
    Jean Stubbs / Pedro Pérez Sarduy
    Esta es la historia del tabaco cubano, cuyo desarollo agrícola e industrial se torció tan habilmente como un Habano en torno a los intereses comerciales extranjeros. Traza el crecimiento decimonónico de una fuerte oligarquía tabacalera, clase campesina, y fuerza obrera urbana asalariada, al lado de una mano de obra esclava y bajo contrata, y examina cómo un prestigioso país man...
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    36,16 €

  • Five Men of Frankfort
    Marcus Eli Ravage
    A penetrating account of the founding family members of the famous Rothschild banking dynasty, written by one of America’s top Jewish writers who spins an enthralling story explaining the exact origin and operation of the family business which became known as the 'financier of nations.'Starting with their humble origins in the medieval town center of Frankfort, this book follow...
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    25,88 €

  • From Doodlebugs to Devon
    Sarah O Shaw
    June 1944. Housewife Yvonne Shaw’s life on the Home Front is shattered when Hitler’s terror weapon, the ’doodlebugs’ or flying bombs, bombard south London. After several fearful weeks she escapes to Devon, but even there her troubles are not over.  In letters written to her husband, an army officer in Scotland, she describes her experiences which, in turn, raise questions: Was ...
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    15,22 €

  • Tobaco en la periferia
    Jean Stubbs / Pedro Pérez Sarduy
    Esta es la historia del tabaco cubano, cuyo desarollo agrícola e industrial se torció tan habilmente como un Habano en torno a los intereses comerciales extranjeros. Traza el crecimiento decimonónico de una fuerte oligarquía tabacalera, clase campesina, y fuerza obrera urbana asalariada, al lado de una mano de obra esclava y bajo contrata, y examina cómo un prestigioso país man...
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    24,67 €

  • What the Trees Saw
    Thomas R Miller
    What the Trees Saw, An Intimate, Irreverent Look at Human Evolution is a no-holds barred critique of the history of the human race from the Neanderthals of the Pleistocene Age to the Neanderthals of the 21st Century.Mr. Miller uses his sharp wit to separate the fanciful, idealized biographies of famous and infamous people from the unblemished, naked, and sometimes shocking trut...
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    38,10 €

  • Policing Henley-on-Thames
    Andrew W. King
    Policing Henley-on-Thames from Parish Constables to the formation of the Oxfordshire Constabulary in 1857 shows the progression from the hue and cry system required from every eligible citizen through to the duties of the parish constables selected annually from the population by the town Mayor, regardless of their wishes, to a more professional police in the small market town ...
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    11,01 €

  • War Angel
    Mike Weedall
    On a pleasant New Hampshire summer day in 1950, an inexperienced US Army Reserve Surgical Nurse nestles at home with a newborn infant recently abandoned by her alcoholic sister-in-law. Just weeks earlier, North Korean troops streamed across the 38th Parallel of the Korean Peninsula, sending the South Korean and American Armies reeling. Unable to receive an exemption because of ...
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    16,45 €

  • The Lords of the Manor 2023 (3rd Edition)
    MSoEW
    The Manorial Society of England and Wales is a voluntary organisation, originally founded in 1998, who endeavour to maintain a register of those holding feudal titles.This book is the third edition of The Register published in 2023, holding all known title holders of Lordships of the Manor in England and Walesmsoew.co.uk ...
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    73,58 €

  • Since Dorchester
    Judith Kirwan Kelley
    Judith Kirwan Kelley is the author of Dorchester Girl (SDP Publishing, 2021). In her second book, Since Dorchester, Kirwan Kelley continues her journey, only persuaded to 'get in the car or we’re moving without you!' by extreme familial pressure to leave her beloved Dorchester birthplace behind when her family moved to Boston’s South Shore in 1968. This is a memoir-but one infu...
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    15,01 €

  • Marxism and America
    If the United States has been so hostile to Marxism, what accounts for Marxism’s recurrent attractiveness to certain Americans? Marxism and America: New appraisals sheds new light on that question in essays that engage sexuality, gender, race, nationalism, class, memory, and much more. ...
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    43,96 €

  • Cold, hard steel
    Agnes Arnold-Forster
    Cold, hard steel anatomises the surgical stereotype in modern and contemporary Britain. It offers a new social, cultural and emotional history of this specialty, explores the development of its professional identity and foregrounds experiences of surgeons at work. ...
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    42,93 €

  • Technology in Southeast Asian History
    Suzanne Moon
    Explores the role of technology in the larger political and economic fabric of Southeast Asia.In Technology in Southeast Asian History, Suzanne Moon explores the profound entanglement of technology with Southeast Asian politics, social life, economics, and culture over its long history. Moon offers a unique framework for understanding the place of technology in this region and ...
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    51,40 €

  • Beekeeping With Woven Hives In Greece Through The Ages
    Georgios Mavrofridis
    The present book is an original study on beekeeping which, apart of course for the existing modern literature, is based on four pillars:1. the study of the relevant ancient Roman and Byzantine literature; 2. the study of the works by foreign travelers who visited Greece from the 17th to the 19th centuries to gather information on beekeeping and wicker hives;3. the study of arch...
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    36,25 €

  • For Palestine
    Ian Parker
    'I am not afraid to look.' - Tom Hurndall, 2003.On the eve of the invasion of Iraq in February 2003, Tom Hurndall, a photography student at Manchester Metropolitan University, travelled from Manchester to the Middle East to witness the horrors in Iraq and then later in Palestine. Tom was shot in the head by an Israeli soldier on 11 April 2003 whilst attempting to rescue two chi...
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    55,89 €

  • Abbeys and Priories of Lincolnshire
    Roland W Morant
    Roland Morant’s book on the medieval monastic buildings of Lincolnshire fills a significant gap in books about the surviving monastic buildings in Lincolnshire and includes information relating to all parts of the county in a single volume. It is illustrated with numerous photographs, illustrations, maps and site-plans together with a glossary of architectural terms.Abbeys and ...
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    34,36 €

  • Civilization begins in East Asia
    Yong Wan Choi
    Before the birth of China, Baekje’s ancestors began the Yellow River civilization, the Indus civilization, the Mesopotamian Sumer civilization, and the Aztec and Mayan civilizations in Central America. East Asian cultures and civilizations have spread to every continent of the world. The Chinese people were absorbed into the Korean. A mixture of Korean and Chinese people appear...
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    12,43 €

  • Finding the Constitution
    Peter J Stanbridge
     Finding the Constitution is a detailed and highly readable account of English constitutional history. It examines the gripping story of the origins of the nation’s system of government and asks whether there was a common law Constitution and where surviving institutions came from. In seventeen, easily searchable, parts the reader is introduced to customary law, statute law, co...
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    43,09 €

  • Finding the Constitution (Vol II)
    Peter J Stanbridge
     Finding the Constitution is a detailed and highly readable account of English constitutional history. It examines the gripping story of the origins of the nation’s system of government and asks whether there was a common law Constitution and where surviving institutions came from. In seventeen, easily searchable, parts the reader is introduced to customary law, statute law, co...
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    43,40 €

  • Greek Mythology for Teens
    Billy Wellman
    Did you know that Zeus was considered to be both the youngest and the oldest brother?Thanks to their enthralling narratives and relatable characters, Greek myths have captured our imagination for millennia. Despite being thousands of years old, these tales still manage to touch on something in the core of our souls, connecting humans from across all time periods and all stages ...
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    20,90 €

  • Moor Row in 1891
    Dugald R Lamb
    Moor Row in 1891 is an extraordinary tribute to a forgotten era, a testament to the power of community, and a celebration of the enduring spirit that lingers within us all. Dugald Lamb’s meticulous research breathes life into the past, painting a vivid portrait of the village and its resilient inhabitants.From the bustling mines that fuelled the region’s economy to the daily li...
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    23,45 €

  • The Great Forgotten
    Jensen Cox
    Actors are typically women. They battled, produced, wrote, ruled, and occasionally yelled. Despite this, they are largely omitted from history textbooks. "I only now, as an adult, realize the deception I was subjected to at school," the author writes. I’m upset about how my female ancestors were treated. Better is due to them. More than we have been taught, we all have a shared...
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    18,80 €

  • Australia Banaba Relations
    Stacey M. King
    The prosperity of Australia during the past century was provided by the wealth generated from the nation’s farmlands.One of the major components of this success depended on the subsided use of super-phosphate fertilisers derived from the rich phosphate rock deposits of a small remote Pacific island. In a period spanning eighty years, Australia was a major shareholder in a joint...
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    7,72 €

  • Tales of a Sussex Family Farm
    Angela M. Lerwill
    Farming and family life are at the heart of this delightful memoir set in the Sussex countryside. From 1949 to 1997, Frithwood Farm was the cherished home of the Lerwill family: Berns and Consuelo, and their three children Hugh, Rhona and Angela. Although an idyllic location for the youngsters to grow up in, it was hard work for their parents as they tended the land and cared f...
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    25,92 €

  • Fierce and Fearless
    Luna Ember
    'Fierce and Fearless: Women Who Changed the World' is an empowering and captivating exploration of the remarkable women who have defied expectations, shattered barriers, and left an indelible mark on history. From visionaries and pioneers to advocates and trailblazers, this book delves into the extraordinary lives and achievements of women who have made a lasting impact in vari...
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    15,48 €

  • NES Social Science 303 Study Guide
    J.G. Cox
    Introducing our NES Social Science 303 Study Guide: Exam Prep and Practice Questions for the National Evaluation Series Test! Cirrus Test Prep’s NES Social Science 303 Study Guide includes everything you need to pass the NES Social Science 303 exam the first time.Quick review of the concepts covered on the NES Social Science 303 exam2 full practice tests with detailed answer ex...
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    43,28 €

  • Starożytność
    Wlodzimierz Sochacki
    Dzieje Europy i świata w starożytności.Bez znajomości historii starożytnej nie można zrozumieć korzeni dzisiejszej cywilizacji. Starożytny Wschód jest ojczyzną pisma, astronomii, matematyki, a także świętych ksiąg judaizmu i chrześcijaństwa. W starożytnej Grecji narodziła się filozofia, powstał model społeczeństwa obywatelskiego i po raz pierwszy zaistniał ustrój demokratyczny....
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    10,65 €

  • Concerto
    Fred Raymond Goldman
    How do you reconcile a decision you made in the past when the world erupts in war, threatening the life of someone you love and believe you were protecting?Adrian Mazurek immigrated to the United States from Krakow, Poland, 14 years ago and is now a successful violin soloist and the concertmaster of the Eleventh Union Symphony Orchestra in New York. But despite his outward succ...
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    36,45 €

  • Concerto
    Fred Raymond Goldman
    How do you reconcile a decision you made in the past when the world erupts in war, threatening the life of someone you love and believe you were protecting?Adrian Mazurek immigrated to the United States from Krakow, Poland, 14 years ago and is now a successful violin soloist and the concertmaster of the Eleventh Union Symphony Orchestra in New York. But despite his outward succ...
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    21,88 €

  • Transformation of Archives and Heritage Education in Post-apartheid South Africa
    Geraldine Frieslaar / Olusegun Morakinyo
    Although there have been significant strides to transform the demographics of archive and museum personnel, develop new museums and heritage institutions and heritage training initiatives in post-apartheid South Africa, the Eurocentric model of the archive, museum and heritage sector has largely remained intact. Despite the euphoria around the transformation of heritage in the ...
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    22,28 €

  • June Fourth
    Jeremy Brown / Alsu Tagirova
    The Tiananmen protests and Beijing massacre of 1989 were a major turning point in recent Chinese history. In this new analysis of 1989, Jeremy Brown tells the vivid stories of participants and victims, exploring the nationwide scope of the democracy movement and the brutal crackdown that crushed it. At each critical juncture in the spring of 1989, demonstrators and decision mak...
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    40,75 €


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