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af: George Rude
5 b&w illustrations, 5 maps...
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af: Paul Rutherford
A World Made Sexy is about power and pleasure, emancipation and domination, and the relationship between the personal passions and social controls that have crafted desire....
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af: George Baker
Global warming and the future of the climate is one of the greatest challenges of our time, but what do we know about climate variations 500 years ago, or 5000 years ago? This book introduces us to th...
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af: William J Helmer
af: Philippa Gregory
The tale of one woman's ambitious ascent to royalty during the Wars of the Roses and the unsolved mystery around her sons' imprisonment in the Tower...
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af: James Taylor
The Land Rover has undergone a number of facelifts in its sixty-year life. This book tells the story of Land Rover, encompassing different models and dividing them according to their use. It also tell...
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af: Peter J Kivisto
A compact and accessible book that links issues regarding post-modern society to the ideas and individuals that gave rise to sociological thinking in the late 19th century. Illustrations...
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Presents in English, the huge archive of secret Nazi reports that reveals what life was like for German Jews and the extent to which the German population supported their social exclusion and the meas...
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af: Eugene Rogan
Charting the evolution of Arab identity from Ottomanism to Arabism to Islamism, this work covers themes including the conflict between national independence and foreign domination, the Arab-Israeli st...
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af: Peter Marren
76 b&w illustrations...
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af: Paul Krugman
af: Thomas S Kuhn & Ian Hacking
af: Ian Hacking & Thomas S Kuhn
Challenges long-standing linear notions of scientific progress, arguing that transformative ideas don't arise from the day-to-day, gradual process of experimentation and data accumulation, but that re...
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af: Caroline Evans
af: Clive Cussler
When a brilliant battleship gun engineer commits suicide, his disbelieving family turn to legendary Van Dorn Detective Agency. Quickly on the case, Isaac Bell establishes that the clues point not to s...
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af: Ernest Hemingway
Featuring a personal foreword by Patrick Hemingway, Ernest Hemingway's sole surviving son, and an introduction by the editor and grandson of the author, Sean Hemingway, this edition includes a number ...
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af: Tim Wu
At the heart of this fascinating book is one of the central questions of our age: is the internet a revolutionary innovation that will overthrow the established order, or will it turn out to have been...
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af: Ian Rankin
The second Inspector Rebus novel from 'Britain's No.1 crime writer' DAILY MIRROR....
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af: Matthew Battles
Battles, a rare books librarian and a gifted narrator, takes us on a spirited tour of libraries--from Boston to Baghdad, from classical scriptoria to medieval monasteries, from the Vatican to the Brit...
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Drawing on the analysis of counterterrorism in the years after 9/11 - including the issuance of terror alerts and the decision to invade Iraq - this title presents a case that the Bush administration ...
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af: Raghuram G Rajan
As the world struggles to recover from the financial crisis, it's tempting to blame what happened on just a few greedy bankers who took irrational risks and left the rest of us to foot the bill. This ...
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af: Larry Edsall & Dennis Adler
In Ferrari, 60 milestone vehicles from across the company's history are profiled in detail, with a short history of the car, engine, and team, along with performance specs, trivia, and a detailed phot...
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af: Charles Dickens
After eighteen years as a political prisoner in the Bastille the aging Dr Manette is finally released and reunited with his daughter in England. There two very different men, Charles Darnay, an exiled...
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Victor Frankenstein is obsessed with the secret of resurrecting the dead. But when he makes a new 'man' out of plundered corpses, his hideous creation fills him disgust. Rejected by all humanity, the ...
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Tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, who plunders graveyards to create a new being from the bodies of the dead - but whose botched creature causes nothing but murder and destruction....
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af: Douglas Starr
The story of Joseph Vacher, France´s most notorious serial killer and his nemesis, Dr. Alexandre Laccassagne, the founder of modern forensic science. Illustrations PRIZES: Winner of CWA Gold Dagger fo...
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af: Colin Wilson & Gary Lachman
An exciting contemporary thinker considers what consciousness is like and how it can be achieved. Traces the development of consciousness from the late 19th century onwards, including Ouspensky, Stein...
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af: George Rodway & Richard Sale
30 illustrations...
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Copleston, an Oxford Jesuit and specialist in the history of philosophy, created his history as an introduction for Catholic ecclesiastical seminaries. The 11-volume series gives an accessible account...
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af: N A M Rodger
Rodger describes with unprecedented authority and scholarship the rise of Britain to naval greatness, and the central place of the Navy and naval activity in the life of the nation and government. ill...
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af: Geoffrey Bawa & David Robson
Sri Lankan architect Geoffrey Bawa fused local construction traditions with modern forms and sensibility to create harmonious and pleasurable buildings that have become legendary in the region and inf...
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af: Robert Cumming
A visual guide to enjoying and appreciating art. It helps readers discover how masterpieces were created and where they can be viewed. It is suitable as a museum and gallery companion. Illustrations...
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af: Manuel de Landa
af: Arjun Appadurai
The meaning that people attribute to objects necessarily derives from human transactions and motivations. The contributors to this volume examine how things are sold and traded in a variety of social ...
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af: Tom L Beauchamp
David Hume (1711-1776) is one of the greatest of philosophers. He probably ranks highest of all British philosophers in terms of influence and philosophical standing. This book focuses on David Hume's...
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af: Michael Lewis
Europe is in serious financial chaos. In Greece, infrastructure costs mean it would be cheaper to transport all Greek rail passengers by taxi. In Iceland, Range Rovers frequently explode as owners col...
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af: Agatha Christie
Seven Deadly Sins -- Seven Motives For Murder. An attractive hardback of seven of the best Agatha Christie crime thrillers, themed around the timeless motives of Sin! 7 Paperbacks...
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