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Blunted Lance

By: Max Hennessy

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The end of an era, and the birth of a new kind of combat... The Regiment – the 19th Lancers – mattered to the Goffs, generation after generation, more than anything else. From the Sudan to South Africa, from Flanders to Palestine – from the charge and skirmish on the open plain in the last outposts of the Empire, to the mud and stench of the trenches in the First World War, they continue to fight with ferocious intensity. But even as Colby Goff rises to the rank of Field Marshal and Dabney receives the honours of a hero, they witness the decline of their beloved cavalry, as the horse and sword give way to the tank and machine gun. Blunted Lance is the second in a breathtaking trilogy that spans three generations of an army dynasty, perfect for fans of Adrian Goldsworthy, Alistair MacLean and Paul Fraser Collard.

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Canelo

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1788637267

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9781788637268

The Persistence of Party

Ideas of Harmonious Discord in Eighteenth-Century Britain

By: Max Skjönsberg

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The Persistence of Party

Ideas of Harmonious Discord in Eighteenth-Century Britain

By: Max Skjönsberg

Political parties are taken for granted today, but how was the idea of party viewed in the eighteenth century, when core components of modern, representative politics were trialled? From Bolingbroke to Burke, political thinkers regarded party as a fundamental concept of politics, especially in the parliamentary system of Great Britain. The paradox of party was best formulated by David Hume: while parties often threatened the total dissolution of the government, they were also the source of life and vigour in modern politics. In the eighteenth century, party was usually understood as a set of flexible and evolving principles, associated with names and traditions, which categorised and managed political actors, voters, and commentators. Max Skjönsberg thus demonstrates that the idea of party as ideological unity is not purely a nineteenth- or twentieth-century phenomenon but can be traced to the eighteenth century.

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1108897339

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9781108897334

Rethinking Anti-Americanism

The History of an Exceptional Concept in American Foreign Relations

By: Max Paul Friedman

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Rethinking Anti-Americanism

The History of an Exceptional Concept in American Foreign Relations

By: Max Paul Friedman

This book reveals how the concept of 'anti-Americanism' has been misused for over 200 years to stifle domestic dissent and dismiss foreign criticism.

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373

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Cambridge University Press

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0521683424

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9780521683425

New Grove Gospel Blues And Jazz

By: Paul Oliver,Max Harrison,William Bolcom

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New Grove Gospel Blues And Jazz

By: Paul Oliver,Max Harrison,William Bolcom

Max Harrison . . . surveys the whole history and development of jazz in a concise, well written and well illustrated . . . article together with an extensive bibliography.' —Richard D. C. Noble, Times Literary Supplement The chapters of this book are in roughly chronological sequence: Spirituals, Blues, Gospels, Ragtime, and Jazz. The first three are by Paul Oliver, whose New Grove entry on the Blues is widely regarded as the definitive brief history of the genre. He has revised and expanded it for this book publication and, in addition, has extended the coverage of his essays on Spirituals in The New Grove to discuss both black and white traditions. Similarly, Oliver has revised and recast his coverage of Gospel music, which has been considerably expanded. Max Harrison's long entry on Jazz, which has also been extended, draws together the separate strands of the book to discuss the concept of Jazz as a matrix of mutually influential folk and popular styles. William Bolcom's short and definitive article on Ragtime has been revised, and all the bibliographies have been updated to include new and important works.

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436

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393303578

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9780393303575

A Single Guy for the Weekends

By: Max Baker

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A Single Guy for the Weekends

By: Max Baker

A Single Guy for the Weekends is a romp in the vineyards of Madison Avenue, where advertising is the most fun you can have with your clothes on, where people don't gamble for pleasure because that's what we do for a living. Jeff Burden's new job will wreck both his personal life and his career, but he has a hell of a lot of fun along the way.

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202

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iUniverse

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0595165508

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9780595165506

Harvest: Field Notes from a Far-Flung Pursuit of Real Food

By: Max Watman

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Harvest: Field Notes from a Far-Flung Pursuit of Real Food

By: Max Watman

Max Watman's memoir of his dogged quest to craft meals from scratch in which he serves up a delectable taste of the farm life -- minus the farm.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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039306302X

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9780393063028

Along the Valley Line

The History of the Connecticut Valley Railroad

By: Max R. Miller

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Along the Valley Line

The History of the Connecticut Valley Railroad

By: Max R. Miller

The Connecticut Valley Railroad once carried both passengers and freight along the west bank of the Connecticut River between Hartford and Old Saybrook. Completed in 1871, today the railroad is known throughout New England for the nostalgic steam-powered excursion trains that run on a portion of the line between Essex and Chester. Until now the history of this popular tourist attraction has been the stuff of local lore and legend. This book, written by railroad historian and former vice president and director of Valley Railroad, Max R. Miller, provides the first comprehensive history of the Connecticut Valley Railroad through maps, ephemera, and archival photographs of the trains, bridges, and scenery surrounding the line. Offering tales of train wrecks, ghost sightings, booms and busts, Along the Valley Line will be treasured by railroad enthusiasts and historians alike.

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161

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Wesleyan University Press

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0819577383

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9780819577382

Perfecting the Union

National and State Authority in the US Constitution

By: Max M. Edling

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Perfecting the Union

National and State Authority in the US Constitution

By: Max M. Edling

For most of the twentieth century, the American founding has been presented as a struggle between social classes over issues arising primarily within, rather than outside, the United States. But in recent years, new scholarship has instead turned to the international history of the American union to interpret both the causes and the consequences of the US Constitution. In Perfecting the Union, Max M. Edling argues that the Constitution was created to defend US territorial integrity and the national interest from competitors in the western borderlands and on the Atlantic Ocean, and to defuse inter-state tension within the union. By replacing the defunct Articles of Confederation, the Constitution profoundly transformed the structure of the American union by making the national government more effective. But it did not transform the fundamental purpose of the union, which remained a political organization designed to manage inter-state and international relations. And in contrast to what many scholars claim, it was never meant to eclipse the state governments. The Constitution created a national government but did not significantly extend its remit. The result was a dual structure of government, in which the federal government and the states were both essential to the people's welfare. Getting the story about the Constitution straight matters, Edling claims, because it makes possible a broader assessment of the American founding as both a transformative event, aiming at territorial and economic expansion, and as a conservative event, aiming at the preservation of key elements of the colonial socio-political order.

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209

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Oxford University Press

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0197534732

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9780197534731

Plant Variation and Evolution

By: David Briggs,Stuart Max Walters

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Plant Variation and Evolution

By: David Briggs,Stuart Max Walters

Considers how the study of variation in plants has developed over the last 300 years.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521459184

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9780521459181

Vinyl Age

A Guide to Record Collecting Now

By: Max Brzezinski

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Vinyl Age

A Guide to Record Collecting Now

By: Max Brzezinski

From Carolina Soul Records, one of the world's largest online record sellers, comes the definitive guide to every aspect of record collecting in the digital era. Any music fan knows that there's nothing like the tactile pleasure of a record. Even with access to a variety of streaming services, digital technology has paved the way for the analog revival; from multiplatinum megahits to ultra-obscure private presses, millions of records are available for purchase from all over the world. Vinyl Age is the ultimate post-internet guide to record collecting. Written by Max Brzezinski of Carolina Soul Records, one of the world's largest high-end record dealers, Vinyl Age combines an engaging narrative and incisive analysis to reveal the joys and explain the complexities of the contemporary vinyl scene. Brzezinski demystifies the record game and imparts the skills essential to modern record digging -- how to research, find, buy, evaluate, and understand vinyl in the twenty-first century.

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Black Dog & Leventhal

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0316419699

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9780316419697

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Blunted Lance

Blunted Lance

The Persistence of Party

The Persistence of Party

Rethinking Anti-Americanism

Rethinking Anti-Americanism

New Grove Gospel Blues And Jazz

New Grove Gospel Blues And Jazz

A Single Guy for the Weekends

A Single Guy for the Weekends

Harvest: Field Notes from a Far-Flung Pursuit of Real Food

Harvest: Field Notes from a Far-Flung Pursuit of Real Food

Along the Valley Line

Along the Valley Line

Perfecting the Union

Perfecting the Union

Plant Variation and Evolution

Plant Variation and Evolution

Vinyl Age

Vinyl Age

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