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Cranogwen in Victorian Wales: Woman on a Mission

Cranogwen in Victorian Wales: Woman on a Mission

Author: Jane Aaron
ISBN: 9781837723102
Format: Paperback
$44.99

During an age of extreme gender polarisation when women were confined to the domestic sphere, Sarah Jane Rees (18391916)...  Read More >>

Air Power and the Arab World 1909-1955 Volume 12: The First Arab-Israeli War 1 September 1948 - 15 March 1949

Air Power and the Arab World 1909-1955 Volume 12: The...

Author: David Nicolle ,  Gabr Ali Gabr
ISBN: 9781804514504
Format: Paperback
$49.99

Volume 12 in the exclusive operational history of the first half-century of the air forces and military flying in...  Read More >>

Japanese Military Uniforms 1930-1945

Japanese Military Uniforms 1930-1945

Author: Ritta Nakanishi
ISBN: 9781804517741
Format: Paperback
$49.99

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Starry and Restless: Three Women Who Changed Work, Writing, and the World

Starry and Restless: Three Women Who Changed Work, Writing,...

Author: Julia Cooke
ISBN: 9780374609788
Format: Hardback
$50.00

The page-turning story of three women reporters and the way they changed the world, work, and journalism.  Read More >>

Emilio Pucci: The Astonishing Odyssey of a Fashion Icon

Emilio Pucci: The Astonishing Odyssey of a Fashion Icon...

Author: Terence Ward ,  Idanna Pucci
ISBN: 9781250289674
Format: Hardback
$62.00

The Drama of War and Postwar Italy Through the Life of One of Its Most Celebrated Icons.  Read More >>

The Escapes of David George: An Odyssey of Slavery, Freedom, and the American Revolution

The Escapes of David George: An Odyssey of Slavery,...

Author: Gregory E. O'Malley
ISBN: 9781250364234
Format: Hardback
$54.00

By a prize-winning historian: The dramatic story of a Black man’s relentless search for freedom in Revolutionary-era...  Read More >>

North Africa, 1942: The Turning Point

North Africa, 1942: The Turning Point

Author: Philip Jowett
ISBN: 9781636246116
Format: Paperback
$65.00

A fully illustrated account of how Axis forces under Rommel achieved the high point of their success in North Africa...  Read More >>

Everybody

Everybody

Author: Jim Benton ,  Jim Benton
ISBN: 9781250433916
Format: Hardback
$19.99

A poignant and playful exploration of what comes next, from bestselling author and illustrator Jim Benton.  Read More >>

Between the Buddha and the New Tsar: Urban Religion and Minority Politics at the Asian Borderlands of Russia

Between the Buddha and the New Tsar: Urban Religion...

Author: Kristina Jonutytė
ISBN: 9781501786068
Format: Paperback
$73.99

""Between the Buddha and the New Tsar is an ethnography of contemporary urban Buddhism in Buryatia, Russian Federation....  Read More >>

Anatomy of Torture

Anatomy of Torture

Author: Ron E. Hassner
ISBN: 9781501786792
Format: Paperback
$62.99

""A study of the causes, characteristics, and consequences of interrogational torture drawing on the archives of...  Read More >>

The Austen Girls: The Story of Jane & Cassandra Austen, the Closest of Sisters

The Austen Girls: The Story of Jane & Cassandra Austen,...

Author: Helen Amy
ISBN: 9781398133471
Format: Paperback
$31.02

New paperback edition - Sisters Jane and Cassandra Austen were inseparable and sought one anothers approval in all...  Read More >>

The Kingdom Torn Apart: The Finnish War of 1808-09

The Kingdom Torn Apart: The Finnish War of 1808-09

Author: Eirik Hornborg ,  Erik Faithfull
ISBN: 9781804519868
Format: Paperback
$90.00

The Kingdom Torn Apart is a comprehensive study of the 1808-1809 war between Russia and Sweden-Finland. It is a...  Read More >>

Desert Empire: The 1862 New Mexico Campaign

Desert Empire: The 1862 New Mexico Campaign

Author: Patrick Kelly-Fischer ,  Phillip S. Greenwalt
ISBN: 9781611217759
Format: Paperback
$49.99

The 258 Texas cavalry sought to fulfill long-held Southern dreams of expanding their influence westward to the gold...  Read More >>

Alighting from the Air: Tamara Karsavina, Dancer and Writer

Alighting from the Air: Tamara Karsavina, Dancer and...

Author: Karen Eliot (Professor Emerita, Department of Dance, Professor Emerita, Department of Dance, The Ohio State University)
ISBN: 9780197763209
Format: Hardback
$194.95

Tamara Karsavina (1885-1978) was known as a renowned ballerina, writer, and intellectual. Drawing from Karsavina's...  Read More >>

Into the Labyrinth: In Search of Daidalos

Into the Labyrinth: In Search of Daidalos

Author: Michael Wilson
ISBN: 9781965922347
Format: Paperback
$131.87

The true story behind the myth of Daidalos, the world's first polymath. A compelling blend of history, archaeology,...  Read More >>

Deep Thoughts: A Submariner’s Time in Rhyme

Deep Thoughts: A Submariner’s Time in Rhyme

Author: David Parry ,  Sandy Freeleagus
ISBN: 9781789635935
Format: Hardback
$60.69

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Chokepoint Planet: Who Controls the Straits Controls the World

Chokepoint Planet: Who Controls the Straits Controls...

Author: Saoirse Kelleghan
ISBN: 9788199773301
Format: Paperback
$105.60

This book dives into the logistics, power politics, and hidden forces driving global shipping through narrow routes....  Read More >>

The Miracle of Dunkirk: Rescue from the Beaches

The Miracle of Dunkirk: Rescue from the Beaches

Author: Rafael Conti
ISBN: 9789347436420
Format: Paperback
$105.60

In a world where victories tend to overshadow defeats, this exploration of the Dunkirk evacuation unveils why its...  Read More >>

The Phoney War: When Europe Waited for the Sky to Fall

The Phoney War: When Europe Waited for the Sky to Fall...

Author: Katarina Bauer
ISBN: 9789347436338
Format: Paperback
$105.60

Most histories race from declarations of war to dramatic invasions, skipping the silent months in between. This...  Read More >>

The Proxy Century: Why Small Wars Decide Big Empires

The Proxy Century: Why Small Wars Decide Big Empires...

Author: Viktor Romcev
ISBN: 9788199802698
Format: Paperback
$105.60

This book shows how hybrid warfare strategy actually works in practice, how patrons manage clients, and why seemingly...  Read More >>

Servants of God, Slaves of the Church: Service As Religious Metaphor and Social Reality in Early Medieval Europe

Servants of God, Slaves of the Church: Service As Religious...

Author: Lisa Kaaren Bailey
ISBN: 9781501785757
Format: Hardback
$116.00

""How the early medieval church justified servitude and slavery within western Europe through rhetoric that elevated...  Read More >>

Always Under Siege: Olga Freidenberg's Diary-Theory and the Everyday Terror of Stalinism

Always Under Siege: Olga Freidenberg's Diary-Theory...

Author: Irina Paperno
ISBN: 9781501785825
Format: Hardback
$335.00

Always Under Siege presents a remarkable and harrowing account of life in dark times that describes and embodies...  Read More >>

Critical Failures: Modern Japan and the Possibility of Reading Otherwise

Critical Failures: Modern Japan and the Possibility...

Author: Miyabi Goto
ISBN: 9781501785665
Format: Hardback
$335.00

""In Critical Failures, Miyabi Goto examines the rise of hihyåo, a practice of critical reading, in Japan's Meiji...  Read More >>

Rogue States: The Making of America's Global War on Terror

Rogue States: The Making of America's Global War on...

Author: Matthew A. Frakes
ISBN: 9781501785719
Format: Hardback
$335.00

""This book explores how the administrations of Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush reshaped US national security...  Read More >>

Between the Buddha and the New Tsar: Urban Religion and Minority Politics at the Asian Borderlands of Russia

Between the Buddha and the New Tsar: Urban Religion...

Author: Kristina Jonutytė
ISBN: 9781501786051
Format: Hardback
$335.00

""Between the Buddha and the New Tsar is an ethnography of contemporary urban Buddhism in Buryatia, Russian Federation....  Read More >>

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