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CONVICT EMILY DAVIES

By: Angus Hyslop

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THE STORY OF A YOUNG GIRL IN ENGLAND WHO IS TRANSPORTED TO VAN DIEMENS LAND AS A CONVICT FOR A CRIME SHE DID NOT COMMIT. A STORY OF HARDSHIP, POVERTY, INJUSTICE, LOVE & SORROW, CRUELTY & KINDNESS, HOPE JOY & HAPPINESS. A BOOK THAT IS HARD TO PUT DOWN. A STORY YOU WILL NEVER FORGET.

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In Defiance of Time

Antiquarian Writing in Early Modern England

By: Angus Vine

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In Defiance of Time

Antiquarian Writing in Early Modern England

By: Angus Vine

In Defiance of Time contends that the antiquarian project, integral to early modern literary and intellectual culture, depended on the antiquaries' capacity to restore - in their imagination at least - the fragments of the past. It offers original readings of important authors such as Leland, Stow, Spenser, Camden, Drayton, and Selden.

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Oxford University Press

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0199566194

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Henry VIII's Children

Legitimate and Illegitimate Sons and Daughters of the Tudor King

By: Caroline Angus

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Henry VIII's Children

Legitimate and Illegitimate Sons and Daughters of the Tudor King

By: Caroline Angus

Of the five Tudor monarchs, only one was ever born to rule. While much of King Henry VIII’s reign is centered on his reckless marriage choices, it was the foundations laid by Henry and Queen Katherine of Aragon that shaped the future of the crown. Among the suffering of five lost heirs, the royal couple placed all their hopes in the surviving Princess Mary. Her early life weaves a tale of promise, diplomacy, and pageantry never again seen in King Henry’s life, but a deep-rooted desire for a son, a legacy of his own scattered childhood, pushed Henry VIII to smother Mary’s chance to rule. An affair soon produced an unlikely heir in Henry Fitzroy, and while one child was pure royalty, the other illegitimate, the comparison of their childhoods would show a race to throne closer than many wished to admit. King Henry’s cruelty saw his heirs’ fates pivot as wives came and went, and the birth Princess Elizabeth, saw long-term plans upended for short-term desires. With the death of one heir hidden from view, the birth of Prince Edward finally gave the realm an heir born to rule, but King Henry’s personal desires and paranoia left his heirs facing constant uncertainty for another decade until his death. Behind the narrative of Henry VIII’s wives, wars, reformation and ruthlessness, there were children, living lives of education among people who cared for them, surrounded by items in generous locations which symbolized their place in their father’s heart. They faced excitement, struggles, and isolation which would shape their own reigns. From the heights of a surviving princess destined and decreed to influence Europe, to illegitimate children scattered to the winds of fortune, the childhoods of Henry VIII’s heirs is one of ambition, destiny, heartache, and triumph.

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Pen and Sword History

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1399095897

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Miscellaneous Order

Manuscript Culture and the Early Modern Organization of Knowledge

By: Angus Vine

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Miscellaneous Order

Manuscript Culture and the Early Modern Organization of Knowledge

By: Angus Vine

This book examines one of the most pervasive, but also perplexing, textual phenomena of the early modern world: the manuscript miscellany. Faced with multiple problems of definition, categorization, and (often conflicting) terminology, modern scholars have tended to dismiss the miscellany as disorganized and chaotic. Miscellaneous Order radically challenges that view by uncovering the various forms of organization and order previously hidden in early modern manuscript books. Drawing on original literary and historical research, and examining both the materiality of early modern manuscripts and their contents, this book sheds new light on the transcriptive and archival practices of early modern Britain, as well as on the broader intellectual context of manuscript culture and its scholarly afterlives. Based on extensive archival research, and interdisciplinary in both subject and matter, Miscellaneous Order focuses on the myriad kinds of manuscript compiled and produced in the early modern era. Showing that the miscellany was essential to the organization of knowledge across a range of genres and disciplines, from poetry to science, and from recipe books to accounts, it proposes a new model for understanding the proliferation of manuscript material in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. By restoring attention to 'miscellaneous order' in this way, it shows that we have fundamentally misunderstood how early modern men and women read, wrote, and thought. Rather than a textual form characterized by an absence of order, the miscellany, it argues, operated as an epistemically and aesthetically productive system throughout the early modern period.

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Oxford University Press

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019253761X

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Thin-Film Optical Filters

By: H. Angus Macleod

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Thin-Film Optical Filters

By: H. Angus Macleod

Praise for prior editions "an excellent treatise of thin film coatings, explaining how to produce all sorts of different filters selected according to the function they are required to play... an indispensable text for every filter manufacturer and user and an excellent guide for students." ―Contemporary Physics "essential reading for all those involved in the design, manufacture, and application of optical coatings" ―Materials World "a must-have addition to the library of any optical thin-film theorist or practitioner" ―SVC News This book is quite simply the Bible for the field of optical thin films. It gives the most complete introduction to thin film optical coatings addressed to manufacturers and users alike. This fifth edition offers a complete update on current design, manufacture, performance, and applications. New topics include absorbers and coherent perfect absorbers, photonic crystals, and metamaterials for optical coating. The author has also made substantial additions on scattering, composite materials, wire grid polarizers, laser damage, and applications. H. Angus Macleod is President of Thin Film Center Inc., in Tucson, Arizona, and Professor Emeritus of Optical Sciences Center at the University of Arizona. His professional honors include a Gold Medal from SPIE, the Esther Hoffman Beller Medal from the Optical Society of America, and the Nathaniel H. Sugerman Memorial Award from the Society of Vacuum Coaters.

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CRC Press

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1351982249

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World Atlas of Pirates

Treasures And Treachery On The Seven Seas--In Maps, Tall Tales, And Pictures

By: Angus Konstam

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World Atlas of Pirates

Treasures And Treachery On The Seven Seas--In Maps, Tall Tales, And Pictures

By: Angus Konstam

By combining stunning cartography with engaging and authoritative text, The World Atlas of Pirates presents the story of piracy in a completely new way. Eighty maps plot the routes that pirates followed—whether crossing the world's great oceans or pursuing their prey through creeks and bays. Colorful archive illustrations, including photographs and images from England's National Maritime Museum and other historic collections, bring the villains, their ships, and their victims to life. Lively, accessible text by pirate expert Angus Konstam explains how piracy grew and flourished from the early buccaneers to the rogues of popular legends, how it has been snuffed out, and how it has reared its head again with the machine-gun-toting pirates operating on today's high seas.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1461749956

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Vienna

The International Capital

By: Angus Robertson

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Vienna

The International Capital

By: Angus Robertson

Vienna is unique amongst world capitals in its consistent international importance over the centuries. From the ascent of the Habsburgs as Europe's leading dynasty to the Congress of Vienna, which reordered Europe after Napoleon, to bridge- building summits during the Cold War, it is the Austrian capital that has been the scene of key moments in European and world affairs. History has been shaped by scores of figures influenced by their time in Vienna, including: Empress Maria Theresa, Count Metternich, Bertha von Suttner, Theodore Herzl, Gustav Mahler, Adolf Hitler, Josef Stalin, John F. Kennedy and many others. In a city of great composers and thinkers it is here that both the most positive and destructive ideas of recent history have developed. From its time as the capital of an imperial superpower, through war, dissolution, dictatorship to democracy Vienna has reinvented itself and its relevance to the rest of the world.

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1788854764

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The Crossroads of Civilization

A History of Vienna

By: Angus Robertson

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The Crossroads of Civilization

A History of Vienna

By: Angus Robertson

From the Congress of Vienna to the Austria World Summit, the city of Vienna has hosted key meetings on peace to climate action. This is a first-class book about Vienna as the crossroads of civilization and as the international capital." —Arnold Schwarzenegger A rich and illuminating history of the world capital that has transformed art, culture, and politics. Vienna is unique amongst world capitals in its consistent international importance over the centuries. From the ascent of the Habsburgs as Europe's leading dynasty to the Congress of Vienna, which reordered Europe in the wake of Napoleon's downfall, to bridge-building summits during the Cold War, Vienna has been the scene of key moments in world history. Scores of pivotal figures were influenced by their time in Vienna, including: Empress Maria Theresa, Count Metternich, Bertha von Suttner, Theodore Herzl, Gustav Mahler, Adolf Hitler, Josef Stalin, John F. Kennedy, and many others. In a city of great composers, artists, and thinkers, it is here that both the most positive and destructive ideas of recent history have developed. From its time as the capital of an imperial superpower, through war, dissolution, dictatorship to democracy Vienna has reinvented itself and its relevance to the rest of the world.

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Simon and Schuster

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1639361960

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The Omega Project

By: Angus MacM. Hodgson

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The Omega Project

By: Angus MacM. Hodgson

Lt. Colonel Jon Frasier, Delta Force, squadron commander is due career wise in the Army for a staff assignment and is sent to an advanced secret base as the project manager for the DARPA Army Warfighter Individual Soldier Body Armor Program. In this new world Jon almost immediately runs into enemies and problems to overcome. In the process he has to face massive changes in the technology he is used to. Paradigm shifts become common as even simple everyday activities are changed. If paradigm shifts and assassins are not enough, Jon and the other inhabitants of this place called Omega 11 suddenly have to deal with surviving the end of the world as we know it and the resulting turmoil. In this case California falls into the Pacific which also ignites the Pacific Ring of Fire. Massive amounts of volcanic ash and dust fill the upper atmosphere preventing air travel. As time goes on that same ash and dust starts lowering the temperature outside. But Omega 11 and the other Omega sites were designed just for this task. Now to see if all of General ‘Wild Bill’ Donovan’s planning and the people of Omega are up to the task.

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Dog Ear Publishing

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1457555360

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Peace in His Presence (eBook)

By: Angus Buchan

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Peace in His Presence (eBook)

By: Angus Buchan

“If I can only have a moment of peace. Just an hour or two with no worries, no cares, no troubles ... just peace and quiet.” We’ve all felt like this at one point or another. When our schedules are packed and everything just seems to go wrong, all we want to do is run away. But we seldom can. Peace can, however, be achieved without running away and hiding. The 366 devotions in PEACE IN HIS PRESENCE by Angus Buchan will help you to find peace amidst the hustle and bustle, worries and troubles of everyday life. You will discover that peace is possible regardless of your circumstances if you spend time in God’s presence. Find out what it means to cast your cares on God, to be in Jesus’ presence, to conquer life’s troubles through God’s strength, and to weather the storms of life with God by your side. PEACE IN HIS PRESENCE will revitalize and refresh your soul with a Scripture passage for each day, a meditation in Angus’s characteristic conversational style as well as a prayer. Find your place of peace and draw closer to God. All things are possible with Him, and He can and will give you the peace you need for every day.

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Christian Art Publishers

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1432119737

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Captain

By: Sam Angus

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Captain

By: Sam Angus

It's 1915 and British troops are about to sail to Gallipoli. Billy is the youngest soldier in his platoon and is teased for not being old enough to drink or shave. The truth is, at fifteen he's not old enough to be a soldier, either, and he's terrified of the war he's about to fight. Then he meets Captain, a refugee boy, and his donkey, Hey-ho. Together they teach Billy what it means to be brave, loyal, and fearless, and above all what it means to be a friend. Sam Angus pulls at heartstrings in this stirring wartime friendship story.

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1250112303

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Reproductive Seasonality in Teleosts

Environmental Influences

By: Angus D. Munro,Alexander P. Scott,T. J. Lam

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Reproductive Seasonality in Teleosts

Environmental Influences

By: Angus D. Munro,Alexander P. Scott,T. J. Lam

This important publication provides, for the first time, a comprehensive review of knowledge of reproductive seasonality in teleosts. It addresses why a particular species should show such seasonality, and how environmental cues act as regulators to ensure that reproductive maturation and breeding occur at the optimum time. The book considers the ultimate factors responsible for the evolution of reproductive seasonality in fish. It reviews salient concepts of reproductive seasonality in mammals. This volume also includes a review of accumulated knowledge of the control mechanisms of salmonids, gasterosteids, temperate cyprinids, cyprinodonts and other brackish-water forms, and marine and tropical freshwater teleosts. This is a work of value to research scientists in the field of environmental physiology, reproductive biology, and comparative neuroendocrinology and endocrinology. In addition, it is relevant for institutions involved with aquaculture and fisheries management. It is useful for post-graduate as well as undergraduate courses in fish biology and various related subjects.

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CRC Press

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1000714632

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Victorian Political Culture

'Habits of Heart and Mind'

By: Angus Hawkins

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Victorian Political Culture

'Habits of Heart and Mind'

By: Angus Hawkins

Victorian Britain is often described as an age of dawning democracy and as an exemplar of the modern Liberal state; yet a hereditary monarchy, a hereditary House of Lords, and an established Anglican Church survived as influential aspects of national public life with traditional elites assuming redefined roles. After 1832, constitutional notions of 'mixed government' gradually gave way to the orthodoxy of 'parliamentary government', shaping the function and nature of political parties in Westminster and the constituencies, as well as the relations between them. Following the 1867-8 Reform Acts, national political parties began to replace the premises of 'parliamentary government'. The subsequent emergence of a mass male electorate in the 1880s and 1890s prompted politicians to adopt new language and methods by which to appeal to voters, while enduring public values associated with morality, community and evocations of the past continued to shape Britain's distinctive political culture. This gave a particularly conservative trajectory to the nation's entry into the twentieth century. This study of British political culture from the late eighteenth to the early twentieth century examines the public values that informed perceptions of the constitution, electoral activity, party partisanship, and political organization. Its exploration of Victorian views of status, power, and authority as revealed in political language, speeches, and writing, as well as theology, literature, and science, shows how the development of moral communities rooted in readings of the past enabled politicians to manage far-reaching change. This presents a new over-arching perspective on the constitutional and political transformations of the Victorian age.

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OUP Oxford

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0191044148

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Blood's Campaign

There can only be one victor . . .

By: Angus Donald

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Blood's Campaign

There can only be one victor . . .

By: Angus Donald

ONE OF THE MOST TURBULENT REIGNS IN HISTORY PAVED THE WAY FOR THE FIRST MODERN REVOLUTION. AFTER THE TUDORS CAME THE STUARTS . . . If you enjoy S. J. Parris and Andrew Taylor, then this is the series you need to read next. August 25, 1689 The English Army is besieging Carrickfergus in Ireland. Brilliant but unusual gunner Holcroft Blood of the Royal Train of Artillery is ready to unleash his cannons on the rebellious forces of deposed Catholic monarch James II. But this is more than war for Captain Blood, a lust for private vengeance burns within him. French intelligence agent Henri d'Erloncourt has come across the seas to foment rebellion against William of Orange, the newly installed Dutch ruler of England, Scotland and Ireland. But Henri's true mission is not to aid the suffering of the Irish but to serve the interests of his master, Louis le Grand. Michael 'Galloping' Hogan, brigand, boozer and despoiler of Protestant farms, strives to defend his native land - and make a little profit on the side. But when he takes the Frenchman's gold, he suspects deep in his freedom-loving heart, that he has merely swapped one foreign overlord for another. July 1, 1690 On the banks of the River Boyne, on a fateful, scorching hot day, two armies clash in bloody battle - Protestant against Catholic - in an epic struggle for mastery of Ireland. And, when the slaughter is over and the smoke finally clears, for these three men, nothing will ever be the same again . . . 'Splendid series . . . a sword-and-spies romp that has a keen sense of the political pressures of the time' The Times 'A proper story-teller' S. G. MacLean

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Bonnier Zaffre Ltd.

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178576747X

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Harper's Practical Genetic Counselling, Eighth Edition

By: Angus Clarke

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Harper's Practical Genetic Counselling, Eighth Edition

By: Angus Clarke

Easy to use, and useful when kept close at hand in the room where you work. The book is a pleasure to read: the style elegant and authoritative.' Lancet '...this book is a wonderful reference to enable primary physicians to be informed about their patients.' Annals of Internal Medicine Universally used across the world by genetic counsellors, medical geneticists and clinicians alike, Harper's Practical Genetic Counselling has established itself as the essential guide to counselling those at risk from inherited disorders. Increasingly, common disorders are known to have a genetic component and this book provides invaluable and up to date guidance through the profusion of new information in this area and the associated psychosocial and ethical considerations and concerns. Within its established, tried and trusted framework, the book contains new chapters on: laboratory methods, new genetic sequencing techniques and the applications of genome-wide SNP association studies, genetic susceptibility, cross cultural aspects and the genetic counselling process. It has expand chapters on genetic screening and screening of newborn, treatment techniques and rational approaches to treatment, non-Mendelian inheritance, free fetal DNA in prenatal screening and diagnosis. Key features: - Fully updated to provide the very latest information when in a busy consulting room or clinic - Clear and authoritative advice applicable to everyday clinical practice - Reflects the rapid development of knowledge in this area, including the implications of the human genome project and related technology The eighth edition of this popular, best selling text continues to be an essential source of reference for trainee and practitioner genetic counsellors, medical geneticists and clinicians. Also it provides valuable background for specialist nurses, counsellors, social scientists, ethicists as well as genetics laboratory staff.

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CRC Press

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0340913444

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9780340913444

Inclusive Populism

Creating Citizens in the Global Age

By: Angus Ritchie

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Inclusive Populism

Creating Citizens in the Global Age

By: Angus Ritchie

In this first volume in the Contending Modernities series, Inclusive Populism: Creating Citizens in the Global Age, Angus Ritchie claims that our current political upheavals, exemplified by the far-right populism of billionaire Donald Trump, reveal fundamental flaws in secular liberalism. Ritchie maintains that both liberalism and this “fake populism” resign citizens to an essentially passive role in public life. Ritchie argues instead for an “inclusive populism,” in which religious and nonreligious identities and institutions are fully represented in the public square, engaging the diverse communities brought together by global migration to build and lead a common life. Drawing on twenty years of experience in action and reflection in East London, Ritchie posits that the practice of community organizing exemplifies a truly inclusive populism, and that it is also reflected in the teaching of Pope Francis. Speaking to our political crisis and mapping out a way forward, Inclusive Populism will appeal to thoughtful readers and active citizens interested in politics, community organizing, and religion.

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University of Notre Dame Pess

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0268105790

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9780268105792

The Private Life of Thomas Cromwell

By: Caroline Angus

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The Private Life of Thomas Cromwell

By: Caroline Angus

Thomas Cromwell was King Henry VIII’s most faithful servant, the only man the king ever openly regretted executing. But Thomas Cromwell came to royal prominence late in life, and had 45 years of family, friends and experiences behind him before catching Henry’s eye. Born a common boy at a time of significant change in England in 1485, Cromwell grew up in a happy, close-knit family, before heading to Europe for dramatic adventures. Returning to England a decade later, Cromwell emerged with the skills of a lawyer and merchant, with the European language skills and connections to match. Marriage, children, friends, family and manor homes all furnished Cromwell’s life, a man happy and settled in London. But more beckoned for the Italian-Englishman, when a special friendship with Cardinal Thomas Wolsey grew, along with the attention of the king. Tragic personal loss affected Cromwell, hidden behind the more-recorded professional accolades. But friendships remained throughout time, changes in allegiance and even religion. Men who had met the young Cromwell stuck close to him through the years, and Cromwell never forgot a single loyal friend. Cromwell’s desire to support his son saw Gregory become brother-in-law to the king himself, only for more tragedy to harm the ever-growing Cromwell family. Far from the seemingly dour, black-clad, serious man, Cromwell lavished those around him with gifts, parties, extravagant games, entertainments, animals and outfits. But the glamour and beauty of Cromwell’s life would come to a sudden end, leaving a trail of devastated men and women, and an extraordinary manor home, Austin Friars, scattered to the wind. Using a wide variety of primary material, this exciting biography weaves a new narrative on the indefatigable Thomas Cromwell, illustrating him more vividly than we've known him before.

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Pen and Sword History

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1399095846

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100 Greatest Battles

By: Angus Konstam

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100 Greatest Battles

By: Angus Konstam

A highly illustrated introduction to some of the greatest battles in world history, from the iconic encounters of the Ancient World such as Thermopylae and Cannae, through to the major clashes of the 20th century epitomized by Stalingrad and Khe Sanh. This concise study by renowned military historian Angus Konstam examines one hundred of the most famous battles from world history. It includes great naval engagements such as Salamis, Trafalgar, Jutland and Midway; pivotal land battles that decided the fate of nations, such as Hastings, Yorktown, Gettysburg and the Somme; and the impact of the new dimension of aerial warfare in the 20th century at Pearl Harbor, in the Battle of Britain and in the skies over Hiroshima. This highly illustrated book features 100 full-colour battlescene artworks from Osprey's comprehensive archive and is the ideal introduction to the battles that changed the course of history.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1472856929

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Pirates: Predators of the Sea

An Illustrated History

By: Angus Konstam

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Pirates: Predators of the Sea

An Illustrated History

By: Angus Konstam

Looks at the real life of pirates from ancient times through the present day, discussing why they became pirates, how they lived, life aboard ship, and how they died.

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Skyhorse Publishing Inc.

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1602390355

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The Forgotten Prime Minister: The 14th Earl of Derby

Volume II: Achievement, 1851-1869

By: Angus Hawkins

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The Forgotten Prime Minister: The 14th Earl of Derby

Volume II: Achievement, 1851-1869

By: Angus Hawkins

The first full biographical study of Lord Derby - the first British statesman to become prime minister three times and the longest serving leader in the history of British party politics. A book that will seriously affect the way we think not only about Derby himself, but also about Victorian politics and society more generally.

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Oxford University Press

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0199204411

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Reproduction by Design

Sex, Robots, Trees, and Test-Tube Babies in Interwar Britain

By: Angus McLaren

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Reproduction by Design

Sex, Robots, Trees, and Test-Tube Babies in Interwar Britain

By: Angus McLaren

Drawing on novels, plays, science fiction, and films of the 1920s and 1930s, this book examines modern science's place in reproduction in British and American cultural history.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226560694

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Camera Geologica

An Elemental History of Photography

By: Siobhan Angus

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Camera Geologica

An Elemental History of Photography

By: Siobhan Angus

In Camera Geologica Siobhan Angus tells the history of photography through the minerals upon which the medium depends. Challenging the emphasis on immateriality in discourses on photography, Angus focuses on the inextricable links between image-making and resource extraction, revealing how the mining of bitumen, silver, platinum, iron, uranium, and rare earth elements is a precondition of photography. Photography, Angus contends, begins underground and, in photographs of mines and mining, frequently returns there. Through a materials-driven analysis of visual culture, she illustrates histories of colonization, labor, and environmental degradation to expose the ways in which photography is enmeshed within and enables global extractive capitalism. Angus places nineteenth-century photography in dialogue with digital photography and its own entangled economies of extraction, demonstrating the importance of understanding photography’s complicity in the economic, geopolitical, and social systems that order the world.

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Duke University Press

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1478059176

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9781478059172

Intelligent Design and Fundamentalist Opposition to Evolution

By: Angus M. Gunn

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Intelligent Design and Fundamentalist Opposition to Evolution

By: Angus M. Gunn

The rise of political Christian fundamentalism has brought with it an increasingly well-organized attack on evolution. Recently, proponents of Intelligent Design (ID) have, with successes and failures, pushed the debate over evolution into a more public arena--ID is a contentious issue for local and state school boards, and the necessity of including ID in school science curricula is a key political issue in the United States and other predominantly Christian nations. This book analyzes fundamentalists' scientific and political attempts to advance creationism over evolution through the new medium of Intelligent Design. The first chapter discusses the development of evolution from Darwin's original work to its standing as a supported tenet of modern science. Subsequent chapters trace the history of fundamentalism, the twin threats fundamentalists perceive from evolution and criticism of the Bible, and the ways that fundamentalists historically argued the case for creationism. The final chapters examine conflicting biblical interpretations and the Bible's historical accuracy, and offer case studies that show evolution's benefits to human welfare. Appendices include tables of contents for all 12 volumes of The Fundamentals, a list of medical breakthroughs over the past 100 years, extracts from the December 2005 U.S. District Court ruling over ID in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and a glossary of terms.

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McFarland

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1476600015

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9781476600017

The Worlds of Renaissance Melancholy

Robert Burton in Context

By: Angus Gowland

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The Worlds of Renaissance Melancholy

Robert Burton in Context

By: Angus Gowland

Angus Gowland investigates the theory of melancholy and its many applications in the Renaissance by means of a wide-ranging contextual analysis of Robert Burton's encyclopaedic Anatomy of Melancholy (first published in 1621). Approaching the Anatomy as the culmination of early modern medical, philosophical and spiritual inquiry about melancholy, Gowland examines the ways in which Burton exploited the moral psychology central to the Renaissance understanding of the condition to construct a critical vision of his intellectual and political environment. In the first sustained analysis of the evolving relationship of the Anatomy (in the various versions issued between 1621 and 1651) to late Renaissance humanist learning and early seventeenth-century England and Europe, Gowland corrects the prevailing view of the work as an unreflective digest of other authors' opinions, and reveals the Anatomy's character as a polemical literary engagement with the live intellectual, religious and political issues of its day.

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1107321085

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