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Logan Campbell's Auckland

Tales from the Early Years

By: Russell Stone

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Logan Campbell's Auckland

Tales from the Early Years

By: Russell Stone

From the tale of One Tree Hill and a mysterious suicide to the wreck of the HMS Orpheus, the personalities, feuds, and dramas of 19th-century Auckland are brilliantly brought to life in this charming collection. Drawn from the author's encyclopedic knowledge of Auckland, each of the 15 tales illustrates what daily life was like in the young colony and combine to paint a vivid portrait of the city's social and cultural history.

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Auckland University Press

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1775581136

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The Traveler: Initiate Years (Short-story Collection Books 1-5)

By: Kat Bastion,Stone Bastion

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The Traveler: Initiate Years (Short-story Collection Books 1-5)

By: Kat Bastion,Stone Bastion

AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME! All five books together in one page-turning collection. Award-winning and bestselling authors Kat Bastion and Stone Bastion join forces once again in an exciting new short-story adventure series… THE TRAVELER: Initiate Years. Meet Isobel Brodie… Recent thirteenth-century Scottish transplant—from twenty-first-century Southern California. New wife to a fearsome Highland laird. Future mom to immortal twins. Rookie warrior drafted by magick to save the unraveling fabric of time. The dark angel who mentors her calls her Ms. MacInnes. Prophesy named her… The Traveler. Veil of Realms: Isobel is catapulted thousands of years into the past, to Ireland’s Newgrange, where malevolent forces have breached the thin barrier between worlds. On her first mission, will her magick be strong enough to defeat an ancient power-hungry entity? Secrets of Alexandria: Dropped into legendary Alexandria, Isobel hunts the threat she’s been sent to eliminate. But her adversary is clever and experienced. And the learning curve to her new magick, steep. Yet with the timeline in danger, she’s all that stands between her nemesis and life everywhere. Panther Rising: Thrown into a sweltering jungle seven millennia in the past, Isobel navigates natural and otherworldly obstacles in a Mayan temple underworld. But as ancient entities join forces to steal energy through time, she’s pressured to outsmart an enemy that’s always time-jumped one step ahead. Stones of Power: Transported to a future Samhain, circa 2039, Isobel stumbles into a group hiking to witness supernatural occurrences at Stonehenge—her apparent destination as well. But it seems her foe crafted a trap for her. And the price to save life everywhere? Higher than ever. Highland Magick: With the rules of the game constantly shifting, Isobel squares off with her reviled enemy in her own backyard. But will she be able to safeguard her clan without exposing the secrets of her magick?

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Kat Bastion and Stone Bastion

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1734806176

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9781734806175

No Weddings

By: Kat Bastion,Stone Bastion

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No Weddings

By: Kat Bastion,Stone Bastion

NAMED "BEST OF" BY MULTIPLE ROMANCE BLOGS* No Weddings - One Funeral - Two Bar Mitzvahs - Three Christmases - For Valentine's Award-winning author Kat Bastion teams with her husband, Stone Bastion, in this first book in the No Weddings Series about Cade Michaelson, a successful man with his sights set on a new venture in business, and Hannah Martin, the woman who makes it personal. I think I have my act together as a successful bar owner, my master’s degree within reach, and a list of no-strings-attached women warming my bed. Turns out, I don’t. Hannah believes she has safeguarded her wounded heart by shunning men and focusing on her new baking business. The thing is, she hasn’t. When my three sisters and I start a new event-planning business with Hannah as our baker, I have no idea how my life is about to change. As Hannah and I work closely together, the attraction between us becomes irresistible. And complicated. I’ve promised my sisters I wouldn’t mix business with pleasure. But... I’ve never been one to follow the rules. The Best of 2014 No Weddings Series No Weddings One Funeral Two Bar Mitzvahs Three Christmases For Valentine’s The Unbreakable Series: Standalone novels of beloved characters from The No Weddings Series: Heartbreaker Rule Breaker Lawbreaker Ball Breaker ~ Future Release Icebreaker ~ Future Release *NAMED BEST OF 2014 BY: Agents of Romance ~ No Weddings "One of the Best Romantic Comedies of the Year!" Book Bumblings ~ The No Weddings Series “…I love for the realistic drama. And the dirty talk. And the non-dirty parts of their banter. And the humor.” Bookish Temptations ~ Favorite Books: No Weddings and One Funeral Favorite Couple: Cade Michaelson and Hannah Martin Favorite Book Boyfriend: Cade Michaelson Favorite Heroine: Hannah Martin Favorite Secondary Characters: Cade’s sisters Lives & Breathes Book Blog ~ The No Weddings Series in Teri Beth’s Top 10 "The No Weddings Series is one of the best I have read that follows one couple. Cade and Hannah are both lovable characters, the storyline is real and entertaining, and the banter is fun and witty." Orchard Book Club ~ No Weddings in Nicola’s Top 6 of 2014 “I loved it, and I mean REALLY loved it!” The Smutsonian ~ Best First Book in a Series: No Weddings The SubClub Books ~ No Weddings in Gaz’s Top 14 Reads of 2014 Trips Down Imagination Road ~ Best Book Read in 2014: No Weddings Best Series Best Sequel Most Memorable Character: Cade Michaelson Newest Fictional Crush: Cade Michaelson Most FUN to read: "The No Weddings series, I was laughing aloud and feeling the fun right along with them!

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0990632911

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9780990632917

Do Elections Matter?

By: Benjamin Ginsberg,Alan Stone

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Do Elections Matter?

By: Benjamin Ginsberg,Alan Stone

Originally published in 1991. A collection of essays around the Soviet Unions breakdown with East Germany, Hungary and other nations breaking away from its domination since World War II.

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Routledge

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1315289350

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On History

Tariq Ali and Oliver Stone in Conversation

By: Tariq Ali,Oliver Stone

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On History

Tariq Ali and Oliver Stone in Conversation

By: Tariq Ali,Oliver Stone

These prominent filmmakers, “two of our most provocative and radical voices,” discuss American historical events that have been forgotten—or hidden (Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor of The Nation). In working together on two challenging documentaries—South of the Border and the Untold History of the United States series for Showtime—filmmaker Oliver Stone engaged with author and filmmaker Tariq Ali in a probing, hard-hitting conversation on the politics of history. Their dialogue brings to light a number of forgotten—or deliberately buried—episodes of American history, from the US intervention against the Russian Revolution to the dynamic radicalism of the Wobblies; to how Henry Wallace’s nomination for the vice presidency was deliberately thwarted by Democratic Party machine insiders; to the ongoing close connections between various US presidents and the Saudi royal family. For Stone, an Academy Award–winner, and Ali, an acclaimed novelist and journalist—two of our most insightful observers on history and popular culture—no topic is sacred, no orthodoxy goes unchallenged.

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Haymarket Books

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1608461602

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Confessions of a Civil Servant

Lessons in Changing America's Government and Military

By: Bob Stone

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Confessions of a Civil Servant

Lessons in Changing America's Government and Military

By: Bob Stone

Confessions of a Civil Servant is filled with lessons on leading change in government and the military. Bob Stone based the book on thirty years as a revolutionary in government. It comes at a time when the events of 9-11 are sharpening America's demands for government at all levels that works.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0742527654

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9780742527652

From Tamaki-Makaurau-Rau to Auckland

A History of Auckland

By: Russell Stone

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From Tamaki-Makaurau-Rau to Auckland

A History of Auckland

By: Russell Stone

Drawing on oral histories of the indigenous Maori peoples of the area, archaeological evidence, and early missionaries’ diaries and histories, this model of local history provides a comprehensive contextual history of the city of Auckland from first settlement of the area about 800 years ago up to 1840.

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Auckland University Press

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1775580725

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9781775580720

The Eye You See with

Selected Nonfiction

By: Robert Stone

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The Eye You See with

Selected Nonfiction

By: Robert Stone

The definitive collection of nonfiction--from war reporting to literary criticism to the sharpest political writing--from the "legend of American letters" (Vanity Fair) Robert Stone was a singular American writer, a visionary whose award-winning novels--including Dog Soldiers, Outerbridge Reach, and Damascus Gate--earned him comparisons to literary lions ranging from Samuel Beckett to Ernest Hemingway to Graham Greene. Stone had an almost prophetic grasp of the spirit of his age, which he captured with crystalline clarity in each of his novels. Of course, he was also a sharp and brilliant observer of American life, and his nonfiction writing is revelatory. The Eye You See With--the first and only collection of Robert Stone's nonfiction--was carefully selected by award-winning novelist and Stone biographer Madison Smartt Bell. Divided into three sections, the collection includes the best of Stone's war reporting, his writing on social change, and his reflections on the art of fiction. This is an extraordinary volume that offers up a clear-eyed look at the 20th century and secures Robert Stone's place as one of the most original figures in all of American letters.

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Ecco

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0618386246

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9780618386246

Turkey: A Short History (A Short History)

By: Norman Stone

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Turkey: A Short History (A Short History)

By: Norman Stone

Arresting … Stone’s Turkey breaks the popular mould and introduces its readers to a place beyond their presumptions" —The Sunday Times In Turkey: A Short History the celebrated historian Norman Stone deftly conducts the reader through the fascinating and complex story of Turkey’s past, from the arrival of the Seljuks in Anatolia in the eleventh century to the modern republic applying for EU membership in the twenty-first. It is an account of epic proportions, featuring rapacious leaders such as Genghis Khan and Tamerlane, the glories of Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent, and Kemal Atatürk, the reforming genius and founder of modern Turkey. For six hundred years Turkey was at the heart of the Ottoman Empire, a superpower that brought Islam to the gates of Vienna and stretched to North Africa, the Persian Gulf, and the river Volga. Stone examines the reasons for the astonishing rise and the long decline of this world empire and how for its last hundred years it became the center of the Eastern Question, as the Great Powers argued over a regime in its death throes. Then, as now, the position of Turkey—a country balanced between two continents—provoked passionate debate. Stone concludes the book with a trenchant examination of the Turkish republic created in the aftermath of the First World War, where East and West, religion and secularism, and tradition and modernization are vibrant and sometimes conflicting elements of national identity.

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Thames & Hudson

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0500771553

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9780500771556

Constitutional Law 2024 Case Supplement

By: Geoffrey R. Stone,Louis Michael Seidman,Cass R. Sunstein,Mark V. Tushnet,Pamela S. Karlan,Aziz Huq,Leah M. Litman

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Constitutional Law 2024 Case Supplement

By: Geoffrey R. Stone,Louis Michael Seidman,Cass R. Sunstein,Mark V. Tushnet,Pamela S. Karlan,Aziz Huq,Leah M. Litman

This book is the 2024 case supplement to Constitutional Law, Ninth Edition by Geoffrey R. Stone, Louis M. Seidman, Cass R. Sunstein, Mark V. Tushnet, Pamela S. Karlan, Aziz Z. Huq, and Leah M. Litman. The 2024 Annual Supplement, like prior Supplements, includes excerpts from recent scholarship and from important new decisions of the Supreme Court—including major cases on the distribution of national powers and equality. This term reflects the continued shift in the orientation of the Court after the appointment by President Trump of three new Justices. New to the 2024 Supplement: Trump v. United States Trump v. Anderson Murthy v. Missouri Moody v. Netchoice and Netchoice v. Paxton FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine Professors and students will benefit from: Judicious excerpts of recent opinions

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Aspen Publishing

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9798892076876

The First Modern Society

Essays in English History in Honour of Lawrence Stone

By: Lawrence Stone,A. L. Beier

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The First Modern Society

Essays in English History in Honour of Lawrence Stone

By: Lawrence Stone,A. L. Beier

Intended to celebrate the 70th birthday of the distinguished historian, Lawrence Stone, these essays owe much to his influence. There are also four appreciations by friends and colleagues from Oxford and Princeton and a little-known autobiographical piece by Lawrence Stone himself.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521364841

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9780521364843

The Sword and the Shield of the Realm

Merchants of Time

By: Florian Stone Wells

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The Sword and the Shield of the Realm

Merchants of Time

By: Florian Stone Wells

Before the rise to dominance of Western Europe, there was a pivotal time in history when the world was consumed by the epic struggle between the Islamic Empire of the Ottomans and the Christian Kingdoms of Eastern Europe. Two civilizations and two very different ways of life confronted each other with the fate of mankind yet to be decided. THE SWORD AND THE SHIELD OF THE REALM debuts MERCHANTS OF TIME A seven-novel tale of mystery and suspenseful adventure, during an epoch marked by turbulence and mayhem. The year is 1448. Transylvania and Wallachia, the sword and the shield of the Kingdom of Hungary, are invaded by an immense army under the banner of Sultan Murad II, the man who calls himself The Shadow of Allah upon the World. Lorian Comosicus, the heir to a mysterious Draconic ring, and his twelve-year-old brother, Silvan, are sent across the border mountains to the fortress of Roter Turm with a secret message from the conspirators who killed Vlad Dracul of Wallachia for pledging allegiance to the Ottoman Empire. Lost in the vast forests of Transylvania, they meet Sir Gregor Dahr Altair, an imperial knight who just escaped from Roter Turm before the Ottomans destroyed it. Gregor is an Excubitor, a powerful secretive fraternity who could change the outcome of the war. He leads Lorian and Silvan ahead of the tempest to the great trading city of Hermannstadt before it is surrounded and destroyed by the Sultan's army.

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Florian Stone Wells

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0979957702

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9780979957703

The Roman Empire at Bay, AD 180-395

By: David Stone Potter

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The Roman Empire at Bay, AD 180-395

By: David Stone Potter

At the outset of the period covered by this book, Rome was the greatest power in the world. By its end, it had fallen conclusively from this dominant position. David Potter's comprehensive survey of two critical and eventful centuries traces the course of imperial decline.

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Psychology Press

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0415100577

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9780415100571

Historic Tales of Utah

By: Eileen Hallet Stone

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Historic Tales of Utah

By: Eileen Hallet Stone

From the rugged beauty and refined splendor of this vast state emerges a remarkable volume of personal recollections, narrative histories and astonishing stories. Explore the fortitude and cultural diversity behind the development of Utah through "Big Bill" Haywood, vilified by the New York Times as "the most feared figure in America." Experience compelling accounts of women bruised on the front lines of suffrage battles, enthralling stories of Chinese "paper sons and daughters" and heroic endeavors of Northern Ute firefighters. Celebrate downtown's "Wall Street of the West," the off-road cyclist known as the "Bedouin of the Desert" and Utah's love affair with sweets. Culled from her popular Salt Lake Tribune "Living History" column, award-winning author Eileen Hallet Stone uncovers captivating tales of ordinary people and their extraordinary contributions that shaped Utah history.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1439656215

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The Anatomy of Revolution Revisited

A Comparative Analysis of England, France, and Russia

By: Bailey Stone

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The Anatomy of Revolution Revisited

A Comparative Analysis of England, France, and Russia

By: Bailey Stone

This study aims to update a classic of comparative revolutionary analysis, Crane Brinton's 1938 study The Anatomy of Revolution. It invokes the latest research and theoretical writing in history, political science, and political sociology to compare and contrast, in their successive phases, the English Revolution of 1640-60, the French Revolution of 1789-99, and the Russian Revolution of 1917-29. This book intends to do what no other comparative analysis of revolutionary change has yet adequately done. It not only progresses beyond Marxian socioeconomic "class" analysis and early "revisionist" stresses on short-term, accidental factors involved in revolutionary causation and process; it also finds ways to reconcile "state-centered" structuralist accounts of the three major European revolutions with postmodernist explanations of those upheavals that play up the centrality of human agency, revolutionary discourse, mentalities, ideology, and political culture.

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Cambridge University Press

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110704572X

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9781107045729

Letters to Australia, Volume 3

Essays from 1950–1951

By: Julius Stone

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Letters to Australia, Volume 3

Essays from 1950–1951

By: Julius Stone

Originally broadcast by the ABC between 1942 and 1972 and re-discovered in 2006, these conversational opinion pieces by jurist Julius Stone take the reader back to the mid-20th century, bringing to life the people, events and the sweep of affairs during World War II and its turbulent aftermath.

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Sydney University Press

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1743326262

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9781743326268

The Russian Army in the Great War

The Eastern Front, 1914–1917

By: David R. Stone

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The Russian Army in the Great War

The Eastern Front, 1914–1917

By: David R. Stone

A full century later, our picture of World War I remains one of wholesale, pointless slaughter in the trenches of the Western front. Expanding our focus to the Eastern front, as David R. Stone does in this masterly work, fundamentally alters—and clarifies—that picture. A thorough, and thoroughly readable, history of the Russian front during the First World War, this book corrects widespread misperceptions of the Russian Army and the war in the east even as it deepens and extends our understanding of the broader conflict. Of the four empires at war by the end of 1914—the Austro-Hungarian, Ottoman, German, and Russian—none survived. But specific political, social, and economic weaknesses shaped the way Russia collapsed and returned as a radically new Soviet regime. It is this context that Stone's work provides, that gives readers a more judicious view of Russia's war on the home front as well as on the front lines. One key and fateful difference in the Russian experience emerges here: its failure to systematically and comprehensively reorganize its society for war, while the three westernmost powers embarked on programs of total mobilization. Context is also vital to understanding the particular rhythm of the war in the east. Drawing on recent and newly available scholarship in Russian and in English, Stone offers a nuanced account of Russia's military operations, concentrating on the uninterrupted sequence of campaigns in the first 18 months of war. The eastern empires' race to collapse underlines the critical importance of contingency in the complete story of World War I. Precisely when and how Russia lost the war was influenced by the structural strengths and weaknesses of its social and economic system, but also by the outcome of events on the battlefield. By bringing these events into focus, and putting them into context, this book corrects and enriches our picture of World War I, and of the true strengths and weaknesses, triumphs and successes of the Russian Army in the Great War.

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University Press of Kansas

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0700633081

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9780700633081

Bristol and the Birth of the Atlantic Economy, 1500-1700

By: Richard Stone

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Bristol and the Birth of the Atlantic Economy, 1500-1700

By: Richard Stone

Analyses data from the Bristol Port Books to rewrite the history of trade in Bristol, including the city's early involvement with the slave trade. The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries were a transformative period for global commerce, with the principal focus of England's trade shifting away from trade with Europe, primarily in woollen cloth, to a new Atlantic system, with trade in a diverse range of commodities. Based on the fantastically detailed Bristol Port Books, previously thought impenetrable, and using new computer technology to analyse the vast amount of data, this book provides the first long duration history of a major Atlantic port in this period. It rewrites the history of Bristol's trade, overturning much established thinking, for example showing that trade flourished in the late Tudor and early Stuart period, demonstrating that Bristol was involved in the slave trade much earlier than was previously thought and charting the growth of commerce with North America and the Caribbean from nothing to three quarters of Bristol's imports in the short period from the 1630s to the 1650s. Overall, the book represents a major contribution to understanding how the Atlantic economy worked and how it developed in this crucial period.

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Boydell & Brewer

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1837650535

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9781837650538

Swiftly Tumbling Water

By: Leslie Stone

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Swiftly Tumbling Water

By: Leslie Stone

Brock Manning, a handsome and hardworking heir of immense wealth, sets off on a course that could result in the destruction of the very heritage that has paved his way, with unimaginable outcomes and irreversible damage to many of the biggest names and personalities in the country. Seeking anonymity and solitude, he decides that a long cruise to the South Pacific would be the perfect place to hide out in plain sight while he works in the privacy of his suite. His only agenda is to write ten thousand words. But he soon discovers that he must mingle with regular folks, and he becomes entangled in their affairs in ways he never would have imagined. Brock navigates the problems presented by the gorgeous Audra, her two obnoxious children, and their ambitious nanny. Then there is the continuing saga of the cantankerous Madame Annadale DuPree, who charms him with her incredible but true stories. And what should he make of the lovely Leah, who has been placed on the ship to spy on him? In this novel, a billionaire embarks on a risky mission while on a South Pacific cruiseand gets more than he bargains for when he meets his match along the way.

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iUniverse

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1532040202

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9781532040207

The Chosen Folks

Jews on the Frontiers of Texas

By: Bryan Edward Stone

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The Chosen Folks

Jews on the Frontiers of Texas

By: Bryan Edward Stone

An exploration of Jewish history in the Lone Star State, from the Jews who fled the Spanish Inquisition to contemporary Jewish communities. Texas has one of the largest Jewish populations in the South and West, comprising an often-overlooked vestige of the Diaspora. The Chosen Folks brings this rich aspect of the past to light, going beyond single biographies and photographic histories to explore the full evolution of the Jewish experience in Texas. Drawing on previously unpublished archival materials and synthesizing earlier research, Bryan Edward Stone begins with the crypto-Jews who fled the Spanish Inquisition in the late sixteenth century and then discusses the unique Texas-Jewish communities that flourished far from the acknowledged centers of Jewish history and culture. The effects of this peripheral identity are explored in depth, from the days when geographic distance created physical divides to the redefinitions of “frontier” that marked the twentieth century. The rise of the Ku Klux Klan, the creation of Israel in the wake of the Holocaust, and the civil rights movement are covered as well, raising provocative questions about the attributes that enabled Texas Jews to forge a distinctive identity on the national and world stage. Brimming with memorable narratives, The Chosen Folks brings to life a cast of vibrant pioneers. “Stone is gifted thinker and storyteller. His book on the history of Texas Jewry integrates the collective scholarship and memoirs of generations of writers into a cohesive account with a strong interpretive message.” —Hollace Ava Weiner, editor of Lone Stars of David: The Jews of Texas and Jewish Stars in Texas: Rabbis and Their Work “A significant addition to the growing canon of Texas Jewish history. . . . What separates [Stone’s] work from other accounts of Texas Jewry, and indeed other regional studies of American Jewish life, is a strong overarching narrative grounded in the power of the frontier.” —Marcie Cohen Ferris, American Jewish History “The Chosen Folks deserves widespread appeal. Those interested in Jewish studies, Texas history, and immigration will certainly find it a useful analysis. What’s more, those concerned with the frontier—where Jewish, Texan, immigrant, and other identities intertwine, influence, and define each other—will especially benefit.” —Scott M. Langston, Great Plains Quarterly

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University of Texas Press

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0292756127

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9780292756120

Shadows in the Rain

By: Lauren K. Stone

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Shadows in the Rain

By: Lauren K. Stone

Shadows in the Rain is based on a true story. In this dynamic novel, Liza Rawlings tells her tale of love, greed, and the ultimate tumble from her lofty legal perch. Liza is a woman who has it all: a successful law practice, a stunning beach house, and a new Lexus in the garage, but none of it can erase the fact that her once-in-a-lifetime love is dead and she’s facing the brutal consequences. Just how did this all go down? Was it greed, ambition, horrible timing, or all of the above? Set against the glittering backdrop of Newport Beach, California, nationally recognized attorney Liza Rawlings climbs the legal ladder, only to find herself facing a murder one charge that threatens everything she’s earned. The murky world of international money laundering has its talons deeply embedded into Liza’s life and now threatens to infect her soul. She finds herself at the mercy of a world-class money kingpin. Attorney J. Gregory Gold wages an uphill battle to learn the truth behind what appears to be yet another of America’s fascinations with Ponzi-like schemes, and Liza possesses a list of solid gold investors who stand to lose millions. Where did the money go? How did the funds transfer across international borders so effortlessly and so completely undetected? More importantly, who’s holding the purse strings? Because Liza figured out the answers, she and her lover were put in mortal jeopardy. Furious and helpless over the ugly turn of events, Liza realizes the only person she can truly trust is herself.

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Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency

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168181451X

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9781681814513

A Mary Shelley Encyclopedia

By: Lucy Morrison,Staci L. Stone

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A Mary Shelley Encyclopedia

By: Lucy Morrison,Staci L. Stone

Frankenstein is one of the most popular classroom texts in high school and college, and Shelley's other works are attracting renewed attention. This reference is a comprehensive guide to her life and career. Included are hundreds of alphabetically arranged entries about her works, friends, relatives, residences, fictional characters, allusions, and more. Mary Shelley has only recently emerged from the shadows of her famous parents, Mary Wollstonecraft and William Godwin, and that of her husband, Percy Bysshe Shelley. Today, Frankenstein (1818, 1831) is one of the most popular classroom texts in high school and college, and Mary Shelley's other works are attracting renewed attention. These works reveal much about the Romantic literary period and Shelley's ongoing development as a writer. In addition to her novels, Shelley wrote short stories, poems, and dramas. These texts illustrate the difficulties of a shifting literary marketplace, while her travel writings illuminate her rich personal experiences and keen intellect. This reference is a comprehensive guide to her life and career. Included are hundreds of alphabetically arranged entries about her works, friends, relatives, residences, fictional characters, allusions, and more. Some entries briefly identify and contextualize their topics, while others offer more extensive discussions. Many entries cite sources of further information, and the volume closes with a bibliography. The work is fully cross-referenced and includes a detailed index and an appendix that discusses the sources of Shelley's quotations.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313072329

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9780313072321

Women Philosophers in Nineteenth-Century Britain

By: Alison Stone

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Women Philosophers in Nineteenth-Century Britain

By: Alison Stone

Many women wrote philosophy in nineteenth-century Britain, and they wrote across the full range of philosophical topics. Yet these important women thinkers have been left out of the philosophical canon and many of them are barely known today. The aim of this book is to put them back on the map. It introduces twelve women philosophers - Mary Shepherd, Harriet Martineau, Ada Lovelace, George Eliot, Frances Power Cobbe, Helena Blavatsky, Julia Wedgwood, Victoria Welby, Arabella Buckley, Annie Besant, Vernon Lee, and Constance Naden. Alison Stone looks at their views on naturalism, philosophy of mind, evolution, morality and religion, and progress in history. She shows how these women interacted and developed their philosophical views in conversation with one another, not only with their male contemporaries. The rich print and periodical culture of the period enabled these women to publish philosophy in forms accessible to a general readership, despite the restrictions women faced, such as having limited or no access to university education. Stone explains how these women became excluded from the history of philosophy because there was a cultural shift at the end of the nineteenth century towards specialised forms of philosophical writing, which depended on academic credentials that were still largely unavailable to women.

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0192874713

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A Hedonist's Guide to New York

By: Andrew Stone

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A Hedonist's Guide to New York

By: Andrew Stone

Hg2 New York turns its stylish focus on the 'City That Never Sleeps’, unravelling this, at times, confusing world where high fashion and high finance collide in an exciting whirl of new trends, new places and new looks. Crunching through the Big Apple to weed out the pips, Hg2 takes readers off the timeworn tourist trail and into the most stylish, hip and original locations; from Downtown boutique hotels with a buzzing bar scene to grand-dame favourites on the Park; haute-cuisine temples of gastronomy to laid-back lunch spots or the latest see-and-be-seen fusion restaurant; chic bars serving perfect Martini’s to hidden speakeasies on the Lower East Side and clubs for every mood. The scale and enormosity of the city makes it difficult to tackle for residents and visitors alike. Hg2 New York provides an effective filter in bringing the readers the best of such a diverse city and taking you to truly the most interesting places in town.

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1905428073

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Four Steps to the Altar

By: Jean Stone

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Four Steps to the Altar

By: Jean Stone

They say true love is priceless, but is it worth fifty million dollars? With Second Chances, their wedding planning business, starting to take off, four best friends must decide whether they’ll take some second chances of their own. Free-spirited Lily finds herself forced to choose between her sure-thing inheritance and a chance at true love; the no-longer-predictable Elaine surprises everyone–including herself–when romance comes calling from her past; Sarah, the uncompromisingly unconventional artist, finds herself contemplating the most unexpected choice of all; and the always-clear-eyed Jo suddenly finds herself second-guessing her own second chance at happily-ever-after. The choice for each of them is “I do” or “I don’t,” and the decision will change their lives. Breakups, makeups, and romance at every turn–life always offers up its best surprises to those who leave themselves open to the possibility of second chances.

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Bantam

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0553588532

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9780553588538

A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor

in All Countries and in All Times

By: George Cameron Stone

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A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor

in All Countries and in All Times

By: George Cameron Stone

DIVIndispensable resource employs alphabetized, easy-to-use format. Arquebuses, flintlocks, and other antique guns appear here, along with German armor, Roman short swords, Turkish crossbows, much more. Over 4,500 individual photos and drawings, 875 detailed figures. /div

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Courier Corporation

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0486131297

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Letters to Australia, Volume 5

Essays from 1954–1955

By: Julius Stone

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Letters to Australia, Volume 5

Essays from 1954–1955

By: Julius Stone

Queen Elizabeth’s visit showed a strong remaining affection for the crown, despite the nation’s shift of its power alliances to the USA. In the USA, McCarthyism crashed with the discrediting of its leading figure; in Argentina, the autocratic populist movement of Peron came to an end; West Germany continued its spectacular economic growth; and Yugoslavia made a bid for neutrality, weakening the Soviet Union’s grip on the Balkan states.

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Sydney University Press

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1743326513

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9781743326510

First Reich

Inside The German Army During The War With France 1870 - 71

By: David Stone

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First Reich

Inside The German Army During The War With France 1870 - 71

By: David Stone

Because it lasted only seven months, the Franco-Prussian War has sometimes been ignored by historians and yet it merits study for the fact that it was the first deployment of a ruthlessly efficient and superbly organised German Army, a phenomenon that was to be seen twice more in the next 75 years. Indeed, military professionals and history students have long sought a thorough account of this conflict for the very reasons of its significance in both military development and European evolution. The war machine of the expansive Prussians used organisational strength and modern techniques to prevail over the more antiquated French and yet the battles were keenly fought and brought awesome casualties. The lessons learned by both sides, and onlookers, had a mighty impact; the emergence of a dominant German land force, a German nation and a German Empire determined the course of European and world history for a century and beyond. The story of the war is told with vigour and accuracy and will be a significant contribution to military history and to our understanding of the development of Europe as we see it today.

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Batsford Books

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1849945209

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9781849945202

Slav Outposts in Central European History

The Wends, Sorbs and Kashubs

By: Gerald Stone

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Slav Outposts in Central European History

The Wends, Sorbs and Kashubs

By: Gerald Stone

While many think of European history in terms of the major states that today make up the map of Europe, this approach tends to overlook submerged nations like the Wends, the westernmost Slavs who once inhabited the lands which later became East Germany and Western Poland. This book examines the decline and gradual erosion of the Wends from the time when they occupied all the land between the River Elbe and the River Vistula around 800 AD to the present, where they still survive in tiny enclaves south of Berlin (the Wends and Sorbs) and west of Danzig (the Kashubs). Slav Outposts in Central European History - which also includes numerous images and maps - puts the story of the Wends, the Sorbs and the Kashubs in a wider European context in order to further sophisticate our understanding of how ethnic groups, societies, confessions and states have flourished or floundered in the region. It is an important book for all students and scholars of central European history and the history of European peoples and states more generally.

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1472592123

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9781472592125

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