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Alexander the Corrector | |||
| The Tormented Genius Who Unwrote the Bible | History | |||
| Julia Keay | ||||
| HarperCollins 2004 270 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 000713195X | ||||
| Published Price £16.99 | Our Price £2.99 | |||
| The Complete Concordance to the Holy Scriptures was the monumental achievement of Aberdeen-born proof-reader Alexander Cruden (1699-1770), who spent twelve years and vast sums of money on its 2.5 million words. Despite his three confinements in asylums, Julia Keay doubts the widespread belief that Cruden was mad, and has at last uncovered the harrowing and sometimes comic story of his involvement in a scandal, too shocking to reveal at the time, which destroyed the career of a remarkable, enigmatic man. | ||||
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Blood Brothers | |||
| A Short History of the Civil War | History | |||
| Frank E Vandiver | ||||
| Texas A&M University Press 1993 209 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 0890965242 | ||||
| Published Price $15.95 | Sale Price £2.99 | |||
| Combining vivid narrative with a meditation on the meaning of the American Civil War, Frank Vandiver recounts the campaigns and major battles of the first war of the Industrial Revolution, with its unprecedented machinery, firepower and engineering; and interprets the war as rooted in the character and vision of Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis, their conflicting ideologies and the different revolutions of North and South. | ||||
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Ivan the Terrible | |||
| History | ||||
| Kazimierz Waliszewski | ||||
| Nonsuch 2006 384 pages | ||||
| Paperback 1845880803 | ||||
| Published Price £16.00 | Sale Price £2.99 | |||
| Ivan (1530-84) has been seen by history as a cruel and brutal ruler, setting up Russia's first secret police and exiling or killing thousands. Kazimierz Waliszewski's account of the Tsar's life (first published in 1904) gives a more balanced assessment of a reign full of contradictions. It begins with a description of the country's political and social condition, its intellectual life and customs, before demonstrating Ivan's achievements, such as his establishment of a standing army. | ||||
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Annals of the Reign of George III | |||
| Volume One | History | |||
| John Aikin | ||||
| Nonsuch 2006 528 pages | ||||
| Paperback 1845880196 | ||||
| Published Price £12.00 | Sale Price £3.99 | |||
| Overshadowed now by his 'madness', George III's reign (1760-1820) saw momentous changes in British and world history: America won independence, Australia was 'discovered', the French monarchy was overthrown and the Industrial Revolution was changing the social and economic life of Britain. Published in 1816, these Annals are by a contemporary biographer, John Aikin, who recorded in fascinating detail the events of this period. His first volume covers the years 1760-1794, when the king was still of comparatively sound mind. | ||||
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Bascilla | |||
| The Splendor and the Scandal: Building St Peters | History | |||
| R A Scotti | ||||
| Viking 2006 299 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 0670037761 | ||||
| Published Price $25.95 | Sale Price £4.99 | |||
| Felt-tip mark on lower trimmed edge. | ||||
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Finding Atlantis | |||
| A True Story of Genius, Madness and an Extraordinary Quest for a Lost World | History | |||
| David King | ||||
| Harmony 2005 310 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 1400047528 | ||||
| Published Price $23.00 | Sale Price £3.99 | |||
| This is the first full account in English of the life and work of Olof Rudbeck (1630-1702), the forgotten Swedish philosopher and scientist who enjoyed a high international reputation in his day. Rudbeck's grand theory argued that almost all the ancient mythologies could be traced to a common ancestor civilization, previously situated in northern Sweden, but now lost. David King's analysis reveals a fascinating combination of genius and madness in Rudbeck's character and demonstrates how seriously his ideas were taken at the time. American-cut pages. | ||||
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Francis Bacon's New Atlantis | |||
| New Interdisciplinary Essays | History | |||
| Bronwen Price (Ed) | ||||
| Manchester University Press 2002 209 pages | ||||
| Paperback 0719060524 | ||||
| Published Price £14.99 | Sale Price £2.99 | |||
| Providing a range of critical perspectives, these nine essays explore aspects of New Atlantis including narrative contexts, ethics, politics, use of rhetoric, gender, sexual difference and knowledge, and miracles. | ||||
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Measuring America | |||
| How the United States was Shaped by the Greatest Land Sale in History | History | |||
| Andro Linklater | ||||
| HarperCollins 2003 312 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 0007108885 | ||||
| Published Price £7.99 | Sale Price £1.99 | |||
| In 1785 the American Congress authorized the survey and sale of land west of the Ohio river, starting a process which eventually measured out and sold over a billion acres across the country. Andro Linklater explains the practicalities of this huge task and demonstrates how the new-found passion for order, scientific measurement and private ownership contributed greatly to the formation of the collective psyche of America. | ||||
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Scandal | |||
| The Sexual Politics of the British Constitution | History | |||
| Anna Clark | ||||
| Princeton University Press 2004 314 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 069111501X | ||||
| Published Price £29.95 | Sale Price £9.99 | |||
| Looking at six major British scandals from between 1763 and 1820, involving figures such as John Wilkes, the Duchess of Devonshire and Charles James Fox, Edmund Burke, Mary Wollstonecraft and Hannah More, Mary Anne Clarke and Queen Caroline, Anna Clark argues that scandals brought people into politics because they evoked familiar stories of sex and betrayal. She explains how activists used these stories to illustrate constitutional issues concerning the Crown, Parliament and public opinion. | ||||
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Tournament of Shadows | |||
| The Great Game and the Race for Empire in Central Asia | History | |||
| Karl E Meyer; Shareen Blair Brysac | ||||
| Basic 2006 648 pages | ||||
| Paperback 0465045766 | ||||
| Published Price £11.99 | Sale Price £6.99 | |||
| From the conflicts of the Victorian Great Game to the Russian withdrawal from Afghanistan, Meyer and Brysac trace the struggle for mastery of Central Asia, 1812 to 1989. They provide a lucid guide to the complex history of Afghanistan, Tibet and the Central Asian Republics, but they also highlight the 'Game's young principals' - the soldiers, adventurers and explorers who mapped the geographical wonders of inner Asia and rediscovered its culture and history. Scruffy jackets. | ||||
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The Sword of Persia | |||
| Nader Shah, from Tribal Warrior to Conquering Tyrant | History | |||
| Michael Axworthy | ||||
| IB Tauris 2006 348 pages | ||||
| Hardback 1850437068 | ||||
| Published Price £24.50 | Sale Price £13.99 | |||
| The reign of Nader Shar, ruler of Persia from 1736 to 1747, was filled with intrigue, bloodshed and terror; yet Nader is central to Iran's early modern history. From a shepherd boy, he rose to become the liberator of his country and make himself shah, leading Persia out of political collapse to become the dominant power in the region. Axworthy traces the 'tragic curve' of Nader Shar's life, from obscure beginnings, through military brilliance, splendour and ferocious cruelty to mental derangement and death. | ||||
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The Church in the Modern Age | |||
| The IB Tauris History of the Christian Church | History | |||
| Jeremy Morris | ||||
| IB Tauris 2007 224 pages | ||||
| Hardback 1845113179 | ||||
| Published Price £19.50 | Sale Price £4.99 | |||
| Given the complexity of developments in the 20th century, a history of the Christian Church from 1900 to the present day poses unique challenges. Here, Jeremy Morris offers three perspectives on the modern Church: political, assessing the Church's history in relation to international affairs and conflicts; regional, looking not only at Christianity in Europe and the Americas, but throughout the world; and institutional, discussing Christian traditions and their relationships with each other, other religions and wider cultures. | ||||
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Empire and Revolution | |||
| The Americans in Mexico since the Civil War | History | |||
| John Mason Hart | ||||
| California University Press 2002 680 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 0520223241 | ||||
| Published Price £32.50 | Sale Price £12.99 | |||
| John Hart's sweeping chronicle of the economic and social relations between the United States and Mexico begins in 1865 with the activities of an elite group of financiers and industrialists who, sensing opportunities for wealth to the south, began to develop Mexico's infrastructure. Concentrating less on traditional political history than on the hidden interactions between Americans and Mexicans, the study follows that relationship through to 2000 and offers insights into how the USA became a global empire. | ||||
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List of Gifts and Deposits in the Scottish Record Office | |||
| Volume Two | History | |||
| HMSO 1976 120 pages | ||||
| Paperback 0114914311 | ||||
| Published Price £5.00 | Sale Price £2.99 | |||
| These volumes cover some of the early collections gifted or deposited to the National Archives of Scotland. Each archive is briefly described and references are given to the detailed inventories available in the NAS search rooms. | ||||
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List of Gifts and Deposits | |||
| Volume One | History | |||
| HMSO 1971 126 pages | ||||
| Hardback 0114906904 | ||||
| Published Price £5.00 | Sale Price £1.99 | |||
| These volumes cover some of the early collections gifted or deposited to the National Archives of Scotland. Each archive is briefly described and references are given to the detailed inventories available in the NAS search rooms. | ||||
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