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The Battle of Fontenoy 1745: Saxe against Cumberland in the War of the
The Battle of Fontenoy marked a turning point in the War of the Austrian Succession, yet it has rarely been analysed in depth and the Europe-wide conflict in which it...
Understand Political Philosophy: Teach Yourself
Understand Political Philosophy is an in-depth guide to the philosophers and political ideas who have shaped our society. Quickly and easily get to grips with the key thinkers and theories,...
Money over Mastery, Family over Freedom: Slavery in the Antebellum
Once a sleepy plantation society, the region from the Chesapeake Bay to coastal North Carolina modernized and diversified its economy in the years before the Civil War. Central to this...
Saltwater Mansions: The Woman Who Disappeared and Other Untold Stories
Margate is in the grip of a heatwave when David Whitehouse stumbles across the mysterious story of a local woman who lived on the ground floor of Saltwater Mansions, a...
British Naval Supremacy and Anglo-American Antagonisms, 1914-1930
During World War I, Britain's naval supremacy enabled it to impose economic blockades and interdiction of American neutral shipping. The United States responded by building 'a navy second to none',...
False Idols: Escape to LA with this unmissable book club thriller for
'A fascinating look at the intoxicating world of cults and their charismatic leaders' Stylist 'A very, very smart thriller . . . highly addictive and exquisitely written' Joanna Cannon 'A...
Philosophy and the Jewish Question: Mendelssohn, Rosenzweig, and
Drawing together two critical moments in the history of European Jewry-its entrance as a participant in the Enlightenment project of religious and political reform and its involvement in the traumatic...
The Rhetorical Function of the Book of Ezekiel
In this study, Thomas Renz argues that the book of Ezekiel functions as a rhetorical unit, that it addresses a specific rhetorical situation, and that it aims at shaping the...
Literati Storytelling in Late Medieval China
Scholar-officials of late medieval China were not only enthusiastic in amateur storytelling, but also showed unprecedented interest in recording stories on different aspects of literati life. These stories appeared in...
Tragedy in Hegel's Early Theological Writings
Tragedy plays a central role in Hegel's early writings on theology and politics. Hegel's overarching aim in these texts is to determine the kind of mythology that would best complement...
Around the World in 200 Globes: Stories of the Twentieth Century
The Dutch architect Willem Jan Neutelings (co-founder of Neutelings Riedijk Architects) is known as the architect of, among other things, the MAS in Antwerp and the Gare Maritime in Brussels'...
American Voyage
Beautiful portrait of America in the 1960s, rediscovered after 50 years. In 1966, Mario Carnicelli won first place in an Italian national photography competition sponsored by Popular Photography magazine and...
Road to Surrender: Three Men and the Countdown to the End of World War
At 9:20 a.m. on the morning of May 30, General Groves receives a message to report to the office of the secretary of war "at once." Stimson is waiting for...
Long Journey Home: The perilous escapes of Anzac POWs from fascists in
After her father's death, Katrina Kittel opens his old Globite suitcase and finds tiny photos, postcards in beautiful handwriting from a mysterious Swiss woman, and memorabilia from his war. Katrina...
Being: Why it's harder to be human than a hamster or a herring
Being human is hard. From early childhood, we start to become aware of the difficulties we must all inevitably face. We will battle an inner critic across the entirety of...
The Man in Black and Other Stories: includes the latest Ruth and
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Criminally clever' Daily Mail 'The perfect holiday treat' Guardian This collection of tales by the No 1 bestselling author features all her best-loved characters: Dr...
Roswell Johnson Saves the World!: Book 1: An action-packed adventure
The bestselling author of The Land of Stories and A Tale of Magic returns with a funny, heartfelt, action-packed adventure to save the world! Perfect for fans of Guardians of...
World War C: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic and How to Prepare for
'If there is any "must read" book about COVID-19, this is, without a doubt, the one.' Peter Jay Hotez, MD, PhD, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine...
The Art of Astrophotography
In The Art of Astrophotography, astronomer and Popular Astronomy columnist Ian Morison provides the essential foundations of how to produce beautiful astronomical images. Every type of astroimaging is covered, from...
Cambridge Prescriber's Guide in Psychiatry
Based on the best-selling Stahl's Prescriber's Guide, this essential guide to psychiatric prescribing has been developed by leading psychiatrists and medical students from the University of Cambridge to support all...
Tokyo
From sleepy fishing village to samurai capital to vibrant global metropolis, Eiko Maruko Siniawer takes readers through Tokyo's rich history, revealing four centuries of transformation deeply woven into its fabric....
Falls in Older People: Risk Factors, Strategies for Prevention and
This third edition of a trusted resource brings together the latest literature across multiple fields to facilitate the understanding and prevention of falls in older adults. Thoroughly revised by a...
The EBCOG Postgraduate Textbook of Obstetrics & Gynaecology:
This authoritative textbook provides a much-needed guide for postgraduate trainees preparing for the European Board and College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (EBCOG) Fellowship examination. Published in association with EBCOG, it...
The Quantum Internet: The Second Quantum Revolution
Following the emergence of quantum computing, the subsequent quantum revolution will be that of interconnecting individual quantum computers at the global level. In the same way that classical computers only...
How Languages Work: An Introduction to Language and Linguistics
Language is a sophisticated tool which we use to communicate in a multitude of ways. Updated and expanded in its second edition, this book introduces language and linguistics - presenting...
The Last Battle: Soldier Settlement in Australia 1916-1939
When Australian soldiers returned from the First World War they were offered the chance to settle on 'land fit for heroes'. Promotional material painted a picture of prosperous farms and...
Climate Change: A Wicked Problem: Complexity and Uncertainty at the
Under one cover, Frank P. Incropera provides a comprehensive, objective and critical assessment of all issues germane to the climate change debate: science, technology options, economic ramifications, cultural and behavioural...
Defeat and Division: France at War, 1939-1942
Defeat and Division launches a definitive new account of France in the Second World War. In this first volume, Douglas Porch dissects France's 1940 collapse, the dynamics of occupation, and...
Fighting the People's War: The British and Commonwealth Armies and the
Fighting the People's War is an unprecedented, panoramic history of the 'citizen armies' of the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand and South Africa, the core of the British...
The Overrated Book
This work deals with hip lampoons of the music industry by comedians. Put together by the staff of "Chunklet Magazine", this work is a paragon of satire for the holy...
The Land Where Nothing Works: How Britain Lost the Plot
What has happened to Britain? As drivers on its roads can attest, it is the pothole capital of Europe. Once-beautiful towns now feature peeling paint, weeds, and broken railings. Public...
Money Beyond Borders: Global Currencies from Croesus to Crypto
Doubts about the international dominance of the dollar are only growing amid worries about tariffs, political dysfunction, and fraying international alliances. Will the dollar continue to reign supreme? In Money...
The Science of Can and Can't: A Physicist's Journey through the Land
A luminous guide to how the radical new science of counterfactuals can reveal that the scope of the universe is greater, and more beautiful, than we ever imagined There is...
Theory of Wing Sections
Reference for engineers and students progresses from elementary materials to methods used in design of NACA low-drag airfoils. Presents techniques for using wing-section data to predict wing characteristics. "Most useful...
Genocide of One: A Thriller
The internationally bestselling, award-winning Japanese thriller about a child who may be the future of the human race--or the cause of its extinction. During a briefing in Washington D.C., the...
The Woman Who Had Two Navels and Tales of the Tropical Gothic
For the centennial of his birth, the first-ever U. S. publication of Philippine writer Nick Joaquin's seminal works, with a foreword by PEN/Open Book Award-winner Gina Apostol Celebrating the centennial...
The Tale of Tales
Soon to be a major motion picture starring Salma Hayek, John C. Reilly, and Toby Jones- a rollicking, bawdy, fantastical cycle of 50 fairy tales told by 10 storytellers over...
The Praetorians
Jean Larteguy's unflinching sequel to The Centurions, a searing novel of modern warfare admired by military experts, with a foreword by General Stanley McChrystal Jean Larteguy's unflinching sequel to The...
The Penguin Book of the Undead
The dead live again in this haunting compendium of ghostly visitations through the ages, exploring the history of our fascination with zombies and other restless souls A Penguin Classic The...
When You Are Old
The poems, prose, and drama gathered inWhen You Are Oldintroduce a fresh portrait of the Nobel Prize-winning writer as a younger man- the 1890s aesthete and dandy who collected Irish...
The Ultimate Ambition in the Arts of Erudition
For the first time in English, a catalog of the world through 14th-century Arab eyes--A Short History of Nearly Everything from the Islamic Golden Age A Penguin Classic For the...
The Dark Eidolon and Other Fantasies
A much-awaited collection of prose and poetry from a cosmic master artist with a huge cult following A much-awaited collection of prose and poetry from one of the great cosmic...
The Case Against Satan
Before The Exorcist and Rosemary's Baby, there was The Case Against Satan Before The Exorcist and Rosemary's Baby, there was The Case Against Satan By the twentieth century, the exorcism...
The Prophecies
The first major literary presentation of Nostradamus's Prophecies, newly translated and edited by prize-winning scholars A Penguin Classic The first major literary presentation of Nostradamus's Prophecies, newly translated and edited...
Death of a Hero
One of the great World War I antiwar novels-honest, chilling, and brilliantly satirical Based on the author's experiences on the Western Front, Richard Aldington's first novel,Death of a Hero, finally...
The Light of Truth
A comprehensive collection of writings from journalist, lecturer, anti-lynching activist, and early civil rights advocate Ida B. Wells. This is the latest addition to the African American classics series edited...
The Portable Frederick Douglass
A newly edited collection of the seminal writings and speeches of a legendary writer, orator, and civil rights leader A new collection of the seminal writings and speeches of a...
The Portable Thoreau
An updated edition of Thoreau's most widely read works Self-described as "a mystic, a transcendentalist, and a natural philosopher to boot," Henry David Thoreau dedicated his life to preserving his...