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Dark Inheritance

Blood, Race, and Sex in Colonial Jamaica

By: Brooke N. Newman

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Dark Inheritance

Blood, Race, and Sex in Colonial Jamaica

By: Brooke N. Newman

A major reassessment of the development of race and subjecthood in the British Atlantic Focusing on Jamaica, Britain’s most valuable colony in the Americas by the mid-eighteenth century, Brooke Newman explores the relationship between racial classifications and the inherited rights and privileges associated with British subject status. Weaving together a diverse range of sources, she shows how colonial racial ideologies rooted in fictions of blood ancestry at once justified permanent, hereditary slavery for Africans and barred members of certain marginalized groups from laying claim to British liberties on the basis of hereditary status.

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Yale University Press

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030024097X

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Fox Tossing

And Other Forgotten and Dangerous Sports, Pastimes, and Games

By: Edward Brooke-Hitching

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Fox Tossing

And Other Forgotten and Dangerous Sports, Pastimes, and Games

By: Edward Brooke-Hitching

Have you ever wondered what people did for fun throughout history? Edward Brooke-Hitching began to wonder the same thing while flipping through an eighteenth-century German book on hunting, and found a bygone sport in which German nobles launched foxes into the air. This random discovery of a game that slipped through the mainstream historical cracks led him to wonder: how many other sports have been left out of modern history accounts? Now, Brooke-Hitching shares his hilarious journey to discover the curious recreations contrived by mankind that have long since gone extinct (for good reason). Compiling more than 100 of the most puzzling, cruel, and ludicrous games that have ever been played, including Aerial Golf, Hidden Hunting, Ski Ballet, Eel Pulling, and many more, Brooke-Hitching chronicles an entertaining romp through forgotten leisurely pastimes that history wanted you to forget—and that you definitely shouldn’t try at home. An illuminating gift book filled with acerbic humor and charming illustrations, Fox Tossing is sure to be enjoyed by many—and will let you take solace in knowing that at least your grandfather wasn’t the genius who invented “Tortoise Racing,” or any of the other games too stupid, or too harmful to withstand the test of time.

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Simon and Schuster

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1501115170

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9781501115172

Gender

Antiquity and its Legacy

By: Brooke Holmes

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Gender

Antiquity and its Legacy

By: Brooke Holmes

Gender has now become a pervasive topic in the humanities and social sciences. Yet despite its familiarity within universities and colleges, some have argued that the radical debates which first characterized gender studies have become ghettoized or marginalized - so that gender no longer makes the impact on creative thinking and ideas that it once did. Brooke Holmes here rescues ancient ideas about sex and gender in order precisely to reinvigorate contemporary debate. She argues that much writing on gender in the classical age fails to place those ancient ideas within their proper historical contexts. As a result, the full transformational force of that thinking is often overlooked. In this short, lively book, the author offers a sophisticated and historically rounded reading of gender in antiquity in order to map out the future of contemporary gender studies. By re-examining ancient notions of sexual difference, bodies, culture, and identity, Holmes shows that Plato, Aristotle, the Stoics, Epicureans and others force us to reassess what is at stake in present-day discussions about gender. The ancient world thus offers a vital resource for modern gender theory.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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0857722530

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9780857722539

First Dogs

American Presidents and Their Best Friends

By: Brooke Janis,Roy Rowan

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First Dogs

American Presidents and Their Best Friends

By: Brooke Janis,Roy Rowan

Presidential History Unleashed—Fido to Fala, Millie to Bo "If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog," Harry Truman once said. Perhaps that's why, for much of our Republic's history, there have been two top dogs at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue—one with two legs, one with four. First Dogs, by distinguished journalist Roy Rowan and researcher Brooke Janis, tells the whole doggone story, from the days before there was a White House to Barack Obama’s newly adopted presidential pup, Bo. Here's a lighthearted romp through American history, packed with drawings and paintings from early America, plus photographs, starting with Abraham Lincoln's Fido. Not only did these four-footed goodwill ambassadors humanize their distinguished masters, they offered them a little unconditional love in a loveless town. First Dogs gives dog lovers and history lovers a new angle on presidential history and is more fun than you can shake a stick (or rubber bone) at.

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Algonquin Books

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1565129652

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9781565129658

Universal Human Rights in a World of Difference

By: Brooke A. Ackerly

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Universal Human Rights in a World of Difference

By: Brooke A. Ackerly

From the diverse work and often competing insights of women's human rights activists, Brooke Ackerly has written a feminist and a universal theory of human rights that bridges the relativists' concerns about universalizing from particulars and the activists' commitment to justice. Unlike universal theories that rely on shared commitments to divine authority or to an 'enlightened' way of reasoning, Ackerly's theory relies on rigorous methodological attention to difference and disagreement. She sets out human rights as at once a research ethic, a tool for criticism of injustice and a call to recognize our obligations to promote justice through our actions. This book will be of great interest to political theorists, feminist and gender studies scholars and researchers of social movements.

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Cambridge University Press

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1139472585

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9781139472586

A History of the University of Cambridge: Volume 4, 1870-1990

By: Christopher Brooke,Christopher N. L. Brooke,Damian Riehl Leader,Victor Morgan,Peter Searby

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A History of the University of Cambridge: Volume 4, 1870-1990

By: Christopher Brooke,Christopher N. L. Brooke,Damian Riehl Leader,Victor Morgan,Peter Searby

This is the fourth volume of A History of the University of Cambridge and explores the extraordinary growth in size and academic stature of the University between 1870 and 1990. Though the University has made great advances since the 1870s, when it was viewed as a provincial seminary, it is also the home of tradition: a federation of colleges, one over 700 years old, one of the 1970s. This book seeks to penetrate the nature of the colleges and of the federation; and to show the way in which university faculties and departments have come to vie with the colleges for this predominant role. It attempts to unravel a fascinating institutional story of the society of the University and its place in the world. It explores in depth the themes of religion and learning, and of the entry of women into a once male environment. There are portraits of seminal and characteristic figures of the Cambridge scene, and there is a sketch - inevitably selective but wide-ranging - of many disciplines, an extensive study in intellectual and academic history.

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Cambridge University Press

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052134350X

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9780521343503

Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine #29

By: Barb Goffman,Arthur Conan Doyle,Janice Law,Mike McHone,Peter DiChellis,Rafe McGregor,J.P. Seewald,Rebecca K. Jones,Keith Brooke,Hal Charles,V.P. Kava

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Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine #29

By: Barb Goffman,Arthur Conan Doyle,Janice Law,Mike McHone,Peter DiChellis,Rafe McGregor,J.P. Seewald,Rebecca K. Jones,Keith Brooke,Hal Charles,V.P. Kava

After a brief hiatus, Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine is back with a new issue and a new editor. Here are tales in mystery and detection in the classic manner, with a fine selection of new stories, features, and a classic Holmes reprint. Here are: BEAUTY AND THE BEYOTCH, by Barb Goffman THE CASE OF THE COLONEL’S SUICIDE, by Rafe McGregor THE HOLMES IMPERSONATOR AND THE BAKER STREET IRREGULARS, by Janice Law THE BODY IN THE BACKYARD, by Peter DiChellis THE ADVENTURE OF THE GEEK INTERPRETER, by Hal Charles CEREAL KILLING, by J.P. Seewald LAST WISH AND TESTAMENT, by V.P. Kava FROM GREEN TO RED, by Mike McHone FAILURE TO OBEY, by Rebecca K. Jones TRACE EVIDENCE, by Keith Brooke THE ADVENTURE OF THE SECOND STAIN, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Features by Darrell Schweitzer, Kim Newman, and Martha Hudson. Edited by Carla Kaessinger Coupe.

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Wildside Press LLC

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1479471402

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9781479471409

Fox Tossing, Octopus Wrestling and Other Forgotten Sports

By: Edward Brooke-Hitching

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Fox Tossing, Octopus Wrestling and Other Forgotten Sports

By: Edward Brooke-Hitching

An entertaining new book… which looks back at the most bizarre sporting activities ever devised by mankind' Daily Mail 'Perfect book for the Christmas stockings of adults and curious children' Wall Street Journal For those who enjoyed the quirkiness of Schott's Miscellany, the erudition of The Etymologicon or the extremes of The Dangerous Book for Boys, this is the ideal read. From Flagpole Sitting to Hot Cockles, Edward Brooke-Hitching has researched through piles of dusty tomes to bring vividly back to life some of the most curious, dangerous and downright bizarre sports and pastimes ever devised, before we thought better of it and erased them from the memory. After all, who would ever want to bring back Fox Tossing, a popular sport for men and women in 17th-century Germany? The sport involved dozens of couples pairing up and standing 20-25 feet apart in an enclosed field, each holding one end of a net, and then they would pull hard at both ends as the fox ran past, sending it flying high into the air. There are many other sports revealed within these pages that are unlikely ever to make an appearance on our TV screens, such as Firework Boxing, which is just as dangerous as it sounds. Meanwhile, Ski Ballet may not have been so risky, but Suzy 'Chapstick' Chaffee's signature move - the Suzy Split (a complete forward split while balanced on the tips of her skis) - was probably not one to try at home. An intriguing, entertaining and occasionally shocking insight into the vivid imaginations of humanity across the years, Fox Tossing, Octopus Wrestling and Other Forgotten Sports is an unforgettable read and a perfect gift.

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Simon and Schuster

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1471149005

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9781471149009

Tyburn

London's Fatal Tree

By: Alan Brooke,David Brandon

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Tyburn

London's Fatal Tree

By: Alan Brooke,David Brandon

Tyburn is synonymous with the idea of execution. The authors tell the story of how Tyburn came to be the place of execution and of the rituals and spectacle associated with the deaths of many people. They provide a vivid picture of crime and punishment in London, mixing martyrs, pickpockets, traitors and errant aristocrats.

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The History Press

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0752495798

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9780752495798

The Americans on D-Day & in Normandy

By: Brooke S. Blades

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The Americans on D-Day & in Normandy

By: Brooke S. Blades

A pictorial history of the United States’s military operations in World War II, focused on the Battle of Normandy and the liberation of northern France. The experiences and achievements of the United States land, sea, and air forces on 6 June 1944 and the weeks following have been deservedly well chronicled. Omaha Beach saw the fiercest fighting of the whole OVERLORD invasion, and the opposition faced in the U.S. sector shocked commanders and men at all levels. The outcome was in the balance and, thanks to the courage and determination shown by the attackers, game-changing failure was narrowly averted. This superb Images of War book examines, using contemporary and modern images and maps, the course of the campaign and its implication for both the American troops and the civilian population of the battle zone. These revealing images, both color and black and white, are enhanced by full captions and the author’s thoroughly researched text. The result is a graphic reminder of the liberation of Northern France and the extraordinary sacrifice made by men not just of the United States military but the other Allied nations.

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Pen and Sword

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1526743973

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Murders & Misdemeanours in The West End of London 1800-1850

By: David Brandon,Alan Brooke

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Murders & Misdemeanours in The West End of London 1800-1850

By: David Brandon,Alan Brooke

Nineteenth century crime and punishment in West London.

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Amberley Publishing Limited

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1445632098

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9781445632094

Friends and Apostles

The Correspondence of Rupert Brooke and James Strachey, 1905-1914

By: Rupert Brooke,James Strachey

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Friends and Apostles

The Correspondence of Rupert Brooke and James Strachey, 1905-1914

By: Rupert Brooke,James Strachey

Letters between the two men reveal their thoughts on politics, literature, and homosexuality, as well as their observations of such collegues and friends as John Maynard Keynes, Virginia Woolf, and Betrand Russell.

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Yale University Press

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0300070047

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9780300070040

Undone

By: Brooke Taylor

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Undone

By: Brooke Taylor

When Kori Kitzler, the "dark angel" of the eighth grade, tells Serena Moore that they are more alike than she thinks, Serena is instantly intrigued. But after their friendship solidifies and a twist of fate yanks Kori away from Serena, she will need to find a way to complete her best friend's life left undone.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0802722512

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9780802722515

HIST SPOTS OLD EDN

By: Hero Eugene Rensch,Ethel Grace Rensch,Mildred Brooke Hoover

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HIST SPOTS OLD EDN

By: Hero Eugene Rensch,Ethel Grace Rensch,Mildred Brooke Hoover

Now in a one-volume revised edition, this encyclopedia of California historical information remains an ideally practical reference to the state."--From the dust-jacket front flap.

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Stanford University Press

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0804700796

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9780804700795

Blood Traces

Interpretation of Deposition and Distribution

By: Peter R. De Forest,Peter A. Pizzola,Brooke W. Kammrath

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Blood Traces

Interpretation of Deposition and Distribution

By: Peter R. De Forest,Peter A. Pizzola,Brooke W. Kammrath

A guide to the scientific interpretation of blood traces Blood Traces provides an authoritative resource that reviews many of the aspects of the interpretation of blood traces that have not been treated with the thoroughness they deserve. With strict adherence to the scientific method, the authors — noted experts on the topic — address the complexities encountered when interpreting blood trace configurations. The book provides an understanding of the scientific basis for the use of blood trace deposits, i.e. bloodstain patterns, at crime scenes to better reconstruct a criminal event. The authors define eight overarching principles for the comprehensive analysis and interpretation of blood trace configurations. Three of these principles are: blood traces may reveal a great deal of useful information; extensive blood traces, although present, may not always yield information relevant to questions that may arise in a given case; and a collection of a few seemingly related dried blood droplet deposits is not necessarily an interpretable “pattern”. This important resource: Provides the fundamental principles for the scientific examination and understanding of blood trace deposits and configurations Dispels commonly accepted misinformation about blood traces. Contains a variety of illustrative case examples which will aid in demonstrating the concepts discussed Written for forensic scientists, crime scene investigators, members of the legal community, and students in these fields, Blood Traces presents the fundamental principles for the scientific examination of blood trace deposits and configurations.

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John Wiley & Sons

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111976453X

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9781119764533

Churches and Churchmen in Medieval Europe

By: C. N. L. Brooke

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Churches and Churchmen in Medieval Europe

By: C. N. L. Brooke

Considers many facets of the medieval church, dealing with institutions, buildings, personalities and literature. The text explores the origins of the diocese and the parish, the history of the See of Hereford and of York Minster. It discusses the arrival of the archdeacon, the Normans as cathedral builders and the kings of England and Scotland as monastic patrons. The studies of monastic life deal with the European question of monastic vocation and with St Bernard's part in the sensational expansion of the early 12th century. An epilogue takes us to the 14th century, contrasting Chaucer's parson with an actual Norfolk rector.

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A&C Black

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185285183X

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9781852851835

Cryptid Tourism

The Performance of Modern Day Monster Hunting

By: Sara Brooke Christian

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Cryptid Tourism

The Performance of Modern Day Monster Hunting

By: Sara Brooke Christian

Monster hunting is more than just going out into the woods or hanging out in graveyards. The history and performance of monster hunting, from Alexander the Great to scientific expeditions of the Victorian era, can lead us directly to modern-day Bigfoot searches. Combining methods of scientific exploration with aspects of tourism theory demonstrates how monster-hunting is performative and, through an analysis tool called The Cryptid Tourist Gaze, this book examines how and why we go looking for monsters and the ways in which small towns celebrate the monsters that once haunted them. By looking at specific museums such as The North American Bigfoot Center and Expedition Bigfoot: The Sasquatch Museum as well as various festivals and conferences such as The Mothman Festival and the UFO Festival in Roswell, we can witness the ways modern monster-hunting practices are performed and see how much they have evolved from their predecessors. Through themes of liminality, community, and initiation, the performance of monster hunting through cryptid tourism allows both participants and observers to gain insight into why looking for monsters, proving their existence, and sharing experiences with other believers is so important.

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McFarland

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1476650179

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9781476650173

The Refiner's Fire

The Making of Mormon Cosmology, 1644-1844

By: John L. Brooke

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The Refiner's Fire

The Making of Mormon Cosmology, 1644-1844

By: John L. Brooke

This 1995 book presents an alternative and comprehensive understanding of the roots of Mormon religion.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521565642

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9780521565646

Philosophic Pride

Stoicism and Political Thought from Lipsius to Rousseau

By: Christopher Brooke

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Philosophic Pride

Stoicism and Political Thought from Lipsius to Rousseau

By: Christopher Brooke

Philosophic Pride is the first full-scale look at the essential place of Stoicism in the foundations of modern political thought. Spanning the period from Justus Lipsius's Politics in 1589 to Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Emile in 1762, and concentrating on arguments originating from England, France, and the Netherlands, the book considers how political writers of the period engaged with the ideas of the Roman and Greek Stoics that they found in works by Cicero, Seneca, Epictetus, and Marcus Aurelius. Christopher Brooke examines key texts in their historical context, paying special attention to the history of classical scholarship and the historiography of philosophy. Brooke delves into the persisting tension between Stoicism and the tradition of Augustinian anti-Stoic criticism, which held Stoicism to be a philosophy for the proud who denied their fallen condition. Concentrating on arguments in moral psychology surrounding the foundations of human sociability and self-love, Philosophic Pride details how the engagement with Roman Stoicism shaped early modern political philosophy and offers significant new interpretations of Lipsius and Rousseau together with fresh perspectives on the political thought of Hugo Grotius and Thomas Hobbes. Philosophic Pride shows how the legacy of the Stoics played a vital role in European intellectual life in the early modern era.

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Princeton University Press

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0691242151

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9780691242156

The Everything Civil War Book

Everything you need to know about the conflict that divided a nation

By: Brooke C Stoddard,Daniel P Murphy

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The Everything Civil War Book

Everything you need to know about the conflict that divided a nation

By: Brooke C Stoddard,Daniel P Murphy

North against South. Grant versus Lee. Brother against brother. The Civil War split the nation into two warring parties and shaped American history and culture dramatically. This book provides a complete survey of the warÆs major events, including: Profiles of the Civil WarÆs great leaders The struggle for African-American freedom Military strategy and weaponry Landmark historical documents like the Gettysburg Address A detailed Civil War timeline The heroicùand tragicùstories of the Civil War come alive in this extraordinary retelling, combining a compelling historical commentary with fascinating insights into the most prominent characters of that era.

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Simon and Schuster

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1605507202

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9781605507200

Americans in a World at War

Intimate Histories from the Crash of Pan Am's Yankee Clipper

By: Brooke L. Blower

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Americans in a World at War

Intimate Histories from the Crash of Pan Am's Yankee Clipper

By: Brooke L. Blower

On February 21, 1943, Pan American Airways' celebrated seaplane, the Yankee Clipper, took off from New York's Marine Air Terminal and island-hopped its way across the Atlantic Ocean. Arriving at Lisbon the following evening, it crashed in the Tagus River, killing twenty-four of its thirty-nine passengers and crew. Americans in a World at War traces the backstories of seven worldly Americans aboard that plane, their personal histories, their politics, and the paths that led them toward war. Combat soldiers made up only a small fraction of the millions of Americans, both in and out of uniform, who scattered across six continents during the Second World War. This book uncovers a surprising history of American noncombatants abroad in the years leading into the twentieth century's most consequential conflict. Long before GIs began storming beaches and liberating towns, Americans had forged extensive political, economic, and personal ties to other parts of the world. These deep and sometimes contradictory engagements, which preceded the bombing of Pearl Harbor, would shape and in turn be transformed by the US war effort. As the Yankee Clipper's passengers' travels take them from Ukraine, France, Spain, Panama, Cuba, and the Philippines to Java, India, Australia, Britain, Egypt, the Soviet Union, and the Belgian Congo, among other hot spots, their movements defy simple boundaries between home front and war front and upend conventional American narratives about World War II"--

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Oxford University Press

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0199322007

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9780199322008

Olde London Punishments

By: David Brandon,Alan Brooke

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Olde London Punishments

By: David Brandon,Alan Brooke

This book contains all manner of grim and ancient punishments from London's long and bloody history. Over the centuries, many hundreds have expired inside the capital's dank, rat-infested cells, or whilst 'dancing the Tyburn jig' at the end of a swinging rope, and many of the sites in this book have become bywords for infamy. From the Tower and Newgate prison to the Clink and the Fleet, this book explores London's criminal heritage; also including the stocks and pillories that lie, almost forgotten, in churchyards and squares across the City, and the many shocking punishments exacted inside the region's churches, workhouses and schools, it is a heart-breaking survey of our nation's penal history. Richly illustrated, and filled with victims and villains, nobles, executioners and torturers, it will delight historians, residents and visitors alike.

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The History Press

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0750952709

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9780750952705

Jane Austen

Illusion and Reality

By: Christopher Brooke,Christopher Nugent Lawrence Brooke

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Jane Austen

Illusion and Reality

By: Christopher Brooke,Christopher Nugent Lawrence Brooke

Rank and state, church and clergy, marriage, Jane Austen's own convictions: a historian explores.

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Boydell & Brewer

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0859915573

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9780859915571

Leading Learners, Leading Schools

By: Robin Brooke-Smith

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Leading Learners, Leading Schools

By: Robin Brooke-Smith

In this book, Robin Brooke-Smith explores the dynamics of schools as complex organisations. He presents a radical departure from established school improvement and effectiveness orthodoxies, offering a refreshing new approach to managing change and enhancing collective learning. Based on the author's own experience of managing and leading schools, this book explores such questions as: * How can schools learn as a generative process? * How can schools become adaptive and co-evolve with their internal and external environments? * How can education leaders 'navigate' their institutions out of the comfort zone and into the creative state? The book concludes with a series of practical lessons for leading schools in complex conditions and will be of great value to reflective, action-orientated heads, principals and deputies, as well as academics and researchers in education management.

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Routledge

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1134477716

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Bunkie

By: Violet Brooke

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Bunkie

By: Violet Brooke

I wrote the book about my childhood; so that others may learn that it is not what you have but what you do with what is given in life to you and that God will bless you only if you ask.

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The Heads of Religious Houses

By: David Knowles,C. N. L. Brooke,Vera C. M. London

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The Heads of Religious Houses

By: David Knowles,C. N. L. Brooke,Vera C. M. London

This is the first of two volumes, now covering the heads of religious houses in England and Wales from the tenth-century reform to the death of Edward III, 940–1377. This first volume, by the great master of monastic history, Dom David Knowles, aided by Christopher Brooke and Vera London, was published first in 1972 and was quickly recognised as a major work of reference, noted for its mastery of accurate detail. It has now been brought up to date with substantial addenda and corrigenda by Christopher Brooke. The 1972 volume covers the period 940–1216, and comprises fully documented, critical lists of monastic superiors, with succinct biographical details. It is an essential foundation for all prosopographical study of the religious history of the period; and the precise chronology that it underpins is invaluable for dating innumerable undated documents. As such, the book is a fundamental tool of medieval research.

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1139430742

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