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The Naked Emperor

Darwinism Exposed

By: Antony Latham

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This thought-provoking book fundamentally questions the foundations of Darwinism, which has become widely accepted as fact, through detailed biological arguments and the use of the author's own intricate knowledge of anatomy. Challenging the suggestion that the flora and fauna of the world came about through a series of unlikely mutations, the author makes many careful distinctions, such as differentiating between micro- and macro-evolution and the characteristics of DNA.

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Janus Publishing Company Lim

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1857566351

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9781857566352

Misdefending the Realm

How MI5's Incompetence Enabled Communist Subversion of Britain's Institutions During the Nazi-Soviet Pact

By: Antony Percy

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Misdefending the Realm

How MI5's Incompetence Enabled Communist Subversion of Britain's Institutions During the Nazi-Soviet Pact

By: Antony Percy

This is the story of how the Soviet Union successfully infiltrated the UK government in the years leading up to WW2, and specifically when the USSR was an ally of Nazi Germany (August 1939 - June 1941). Historians have previously argued that this success was due to the existence of a Communist 'super-mole' within MI5, and that in the fight against Fascism, multiple indulgences towards communists were an unavoidable strategy. The reality was very different. When a key Soviet defector warned of the deep insertion of agents within the corridors of power, the Comintern were obliged by the Hitler-Stalin pact to launch an aggressive counteroffensive in 1940. Britain's Security Service was persuaded that the threat from communist subversion was minimal. When this most damaging espionage was detected, MI5's officers engaged in an extensive cover-up to conceal their deficiencies. Exploiting recently declassified material and a broad range of historical and biographical sources, Antony Percy here reveals how the Soviet Union caught up so swiftly with Western expertise and weaponry, and so removed a key Western advantage over its Communist adversary as the Cold War ensued.

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619

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Legend Press Ltd

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1908684968

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9781908684967

London's Burning

Pulp Fiction, the Politics of Terrorism and the Destruction of the Capital in British Popular Culture, 1840 - 2005

By: Antony Taylor

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London's Burning

Pulp Fiction, the Politics of Terrorism and the Destruction of the Capital in British Popular Culture, 1840 - 2005

By: Antony Taylor

Provides a reading of the popular fiction of London historicized in its political and cultural contexts.

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274

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A&C Black

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144111887X

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9781441118875

Neptune’s Laboratory

Fantasy, Fear, and Science at Sea

By: Antony Adler

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Neptune’s Laboratory

Fantasy, Fear, and Science at Sea

By: Antony Adler

An eyewitness to profound change affecting marine environments on the Newfoundland coast, Antony Adler argues that the history of our relationship with the ocean lies as much in what we imagine as in what we discover. We have long been fascinated with the oceans, seeking “to pierce the profundity” of their depths. In studying the history of marine science, we also learn about ourselves. Neptune’s Laboratory explores the ways in which scientists, politicians, and the public have invoked ocean environments in imagining the fate of humanity and of the planet—conjuring ideal-world fantasies alongside fears of our species’ weakness and ultimate demise. Oceans gained new prominence in the public imagination in the early nineteenth century as scientists plumbed the depths and marine fisheries were industrialized. Concerns that fish stocks could be exhausted soon emerged. In Europe these fears gave rise to internationalist aspirations, as scientists sought to conduct research on an oceanwide scale and nations worked together to protect their fisheries. The internationalist program for marine research waned during World War I, only to be revived in the interwar period and again in the 1960s. During the Cold War, oceans were variously recast as battlefields, post-apocalyptic living spaces, and utopian frontiers. The ocean today has become a site of continuous observation and experiment, as probes ride the ocean currents and autonomous and remotely operated vehicles peer into the abyss. Embracing our fears, fantasies, and scientific investigations, Antony Adler tells the story of our relationship with the seas.

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257

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Harvard University Press

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0674972015

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9780674972018

The Gentry of North Wales in the Later Middle Ages

By: Antony D Carr

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The Gentry of North Wales in the Later Middle Ages

By: Antony D Carr

This is a study of the landed gentry of north Wales from the Edwardian conquest in the thirteenth century to the incorporation of Wales in the Tudor state in the sixteenth. The limitation of the discussion to north Wales is deliberate; there has often been a tendency to treat Wales as a single region, but it is important to stress that, like any other country, it is itself made up of regions and that a uniformity based on generalisation cannot be imposed. This book describes the development of the gentry in one part of Wales from an earlier social structure and an earlier pattern of land tenure, and how the gentry came to rule their localities. There have been a number of studies of the medieval English gentry, usually based on individual counties, but the emphasis in a Welsh study is not necessarily the same as that in one relating to England. The rich corpus of medieval poetry addressed to the leaders of native society and the wealth of genealogical material and its potential are two examples of this difference in emphasis.

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303

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University of Wales Press

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1786831376

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9781786831378

I Lie for a Living

By: Antony Shugaar

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I Lie for a Living

By: Antony Shugaar

Organized thematically into such categories as Femme Fatales or The Traitor Next Door, a collection of spy biographies portrays the lives and careers of masters of espionage from around the world, with profiles of Mata Hari, Christopher Marlowe, Graham Greene, Aldrich Aimes, Robert Hansson, and many others.

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196

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National Geographic Books

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0792253167

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9780792253167

A Pleasury of Witticisms and Word Play

By: Antony B. Lake

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A Pleasury of Witticisms and Word Play

By: Antony B. Lake

A collection of immortal wit, whimsical verse and other literary tours de force"--Jacket subtitle.

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0517231271

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9780517231272

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The Naked Emperor

The Naked Emperor

Misdefending the Realm

Misdefending the Realm

London's Burning

London's Burning

Neptune’s Laboratory

Neptune’s Laboratory

The Gentry of North Wales in the Later Middle Ages

The Gentry of North Wales in the Later Middle Ages

I Lie for a Living

I Lie for a Living

A Pleasury of Witticisms and Word Play

A Pleasury of Witticisms and Word Play

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