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Filming Women in the Third Reich | |||
| History | ||||
| Jo Fox | ||||
| Berg 2000 268 pages | ||||
| Paperback 1859733964 | ||||
| Published Price £14.99 | Sale Price £8.99 | |||
| In 1936, Goebbels stated that 'a government that controls art will remain for ever', and the German film industry became inextricably linked with National Socialist propaganda. This book is an historical evaluation of the role and image of women in the feature films of the Third Reich. Fox challenges current perceptions of the National Socialist position with regard to women and examines the creation of a female film culture, as well as the 'blurring' of gender distinctions as a result of the war. | ||||
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The Mystery of the Coventry Cappers | |||
| History | ||||
| Peter King | ||||
| Continuum 2001 172 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 0826454577 | ||||
| Published Price £20.00 | Sale Price £14.99 | |||
| The Company and Fellowship of Cappers and Feltmakers is one of the few remaining merchant or craft gilds which can trace its origins back to the Middle Ages. In this study, Peter King tells the full story of the Cappers, from the gild's origins to the present day, and in exploring how the Cappers fitted into the local community, he illuminates many aspects of social and economic life in the medieval and early modern periods - from the role of women in the local economy to civic rituals such as mystery plays and pageants. | ||||
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Power Relations in Nigeria | |||
| Ilorin Slaves and Their Successors | History | |||
| Ann O'Hear | ||||
| Rochester University Press 1997 338 pages | ||||
| Hardback 1878822861 | ||||
| Published Price £40.00 | Our Price £9.99 | |||
| This is the first study of slavery and its legacy in the Yoruba and incompletely Islamicised periphery of the Sokoto caliphate and of northern Nigeria. It shows the decline of slavery and the emergence of a small-scale peasantry at the end of the nineteenth century, and takes the story into the late-colonial and post-independence periods. Focusing on Ilorin, the city and emirate on the southern fringe of the caliphate, now in Nigeria, it shows how relations between the city elite and the ex-slaves and peasants they controlled have fluctuated during the long process of oppression and reaction. | ||||
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Namibia's Post-Apartheid Regional Instituions | |||
| The Founding Year | History | |||
| Joshua Bernard Forrest | ||||
| Rochester University Press 1998 408 pages | ||||
| Hardback 1580460283 | ||||
| Published Price £40.00 | Our Price £40.00 | |||
| An examination of the development of regional policy-making and organizational behavior of Namibia's regional institutions in their founding year, as they were established after independence from South Africa in 1990. | ||||
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Song Full of Tears | |||
| Nine Centuries of Chinese Life at Xiang Lake | History | |||
| R Keith Schoppa | ||||
| Westview 2002 290 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 0813340209 | ||||
| Published Price USD18.00 | Our Price £2.99 | |||
| 'The story of Xiang Lake,' writes Schoppa, 'is a drama of the human struggle for life and for control of the environment.' Combining evocative historical description and cogent analysis, he chronicles life around this 6,000 acre man-made reservoir in southeast China, from 1112 to 1986. The study reveals the workings of Chinese society in times of environmental and military crisis, how the Chinese reacted to changes, threats and opportunities, and how they dealt with one another and with the natural world. | ||||
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Roll the Bones | |||
| The History of Gambling | History | |||
| David G Schwartz | ||||
| Gotham 2006 570 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 1592402089 | ||||
| Published Price £18.99 | Sale Price £3.99 | |||
| From the mists of prehistory to the internet age, people have felt an irresistible urge to risk all on a toss of the dice. The author, an historian and former casino worker, charts the irresistible rise of gambling from the ancient Romans' love of betting through the growth of Las Vegas to the explosion of online gaming. Despite the objections of moralists, he celebrates gambling as an expression of the human appetite for risk and a powerful engine of progress. | ||||
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Political London | |||
| A Capital History | History | |||
| Richard Tames | ||||
| Historical 2007 200 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 190528618X | ||||
| Published Price £18.95 | Sale Price £6.99 | |||
| Unlike cities such as Washington, Canberra or Ankara that were deliberately built or chosen as political capitals, London is both an epicentre of commerce and centre of political power, concerned with 'making money, rather than just extracting it from taxpayers'. In this historical survey of London in its role of local, national and even global power base, Richard Tames describes the diverse manifestations of the capital's political life ranging from the building of the Tower of London to anti-war demonstrations. | ||||
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Royal Panoply | |||
| Brief Lives of the English Monarchs | History | |||
| Carolly Erickson | ||||
| History Book Club 2003 368 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 1582880417 275x210mm | ||||
| Published Price | Sale Price £4.99 | |||
| A prize-winning historian and biographer, Carolly Erickson combines engaging prose with scholarly research to provide brief accounts of the lives and reigns of the 40 English and British monarchs from William I to Elizabeth II. Determined to avoid shallow, stereotypical images and to reflect the striking variety of individual characters and styles, Dr Erickson shows that each ruler's life has a unique story - some splendid, some wretched - but all of great historical and human interest. | ||||
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Money | |||
| A History | History | |||
| Catherine Eagleton; Jonathan Williams | ||||
| Firefly 2007 272 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 1554072824 | ||||
| Published Price £20.59 | Sale Price £4.99 | |||
| From the bullion used in ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia to modern stock markets and sharia-law compliant credit cards, Money traces the development of economies around the world. Written by British Museum curators, it complements the HSBC Money Gallery and includes over 500 illustrations showing coins, notes, maps and iconographic evidence. The text also explores the moral debates and social issues to which money has given birth as it has become an ever more essential part of our lives. | ||||
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Exploring Prehistoric and Roman England | |||
| A Guide to Sites, Monuments, Artefacts and Museums | History | |||
| Barry M Marsden | ||||
| Greenlight 2003 142 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 1897738137 | ||||
| Published Price £9.50 | Sale Price £2.99 | |||
| In this archaeological guide for enthusiasts who want to seek out field monuments for themselves, Marsden outlines the development of human activity and settlement in England from the Palaeolithic Age to the end of the Roman occupation, drawing examples from a wealth of English sites and museum collections. Linked to the text are more than 260 photographs, with informative captions, showing the great variety of archaeological evidence to be found - from Stone Age hand axes to Roman mosaics and fortifications. | ||||
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An Essay upon the Silkworm (1719) | |||
| History | ||||
| Henry Barham | ||||
| Robin & Russ Handweavers 1988 188 pages | ||||
| Hardback | ||||
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| 'If mulberry trees and Silk-Worms will grow and prosper in England as well as in any other countrey, what should hinder us from making as great advantage and profit as other countries do?' Alas, Henry Barham and his partner miscalculated many aspects of silk farming (not least the climate) when they planted 2,000 mulberry trees in Chelsea Park and issued 10,000 shares in the business. They came a cropper in 1724, but Barham's treatise remains as interesting and madly enthusiastic as ever. Facsimile reprint. | ||||
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A History of Death | |||
| Burial Customs and Funeral Rites, from the Ancient World to Modern Times | History | |||
| Michael Kerrigan | ||||
| Lyons 2007 192 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 1599212013 | ||||
| Published Price $19.95 | Sale Price £3.99 | |||
| Despite the universality of death the reactions of different cultures down the ages could hardly be more diverse. From Japan's cheerfully decorated headstones and the grisly humour of English epitaphs to live burials, Egyptian mummies and shrunken heads, this survey of death and burial practices illustrates the full range of solemn and celebratory grieving and remembrance rituals, showing how they connect with differing concepts of life - and judgement - after death. | ||||
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The Slave Ship | |||
| A Human History | History | |||
| Marcus Rediker | ||||
| Viking 2007 434 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 0670018236 | ||||
| Published Price $27.95 | Sale Price £5.99 | |||
| Based on 30 years of research, The Slave Ship presents evidence from maritime archives, memoirs and interviews that testify to the experiences of Africans transported on the 18th-century British and American slave ships. With the cramped conditions, the terrors of sharks and mutiny, and a captain boasting of having 'a hell of my own', it is a disturbing tale, but one that memorializes the suffering of the slave trade's victims and exposes the origins of modern capitalism. Off-mint, with felt-tip mark on lower trimmed edge. | ||||
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Guernica | |||
| and Total War | History | |||
| Ian Patterson | ||||
| Profile 2007 200 pages | ||||
| Hardback 1861977646 | ||||
| Published Price £15.99 | Sale Price £2.99 | |||
| On 26 April 1937 the ancient Basque town of Guernica was destroyed by the bombs of German and Italian forces supporting Franco, an event which quickly came to epitomize 'total war' - the obliteration of civilian populations. Patterson explores how media interest, Picasso's famous painting and many other works of art and literature were crucial in helping to change attitudes to total war in the context of the Second World War and widespread fears about the breakdown of civilization. | ||||
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The High Road to China | |||
| George Bogle, the Panchen Lama and the First British Expedition to Tibet | History | |||
| Kate Teltscher | ||||
| Bloomsbury 2006 318 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 0747584842 | ||||
| Published Price £20.00 | Sale Price £4.99 | |||
| In 1774 Warren Hastings, head of the East India Company in Bengal, resolved to open trade relations with the hitherto impenetrable court of imperial China. For the mission, Scotsman George Bogle became the first British envoy to Tibet, where he enlisted the help and influence of the Panchen Lama. This is the story of an unprecedented diplomatic adventure and two extraordinary journeys across some of the world's harshest terrain: Bogle's mission, and the Panchen Lama's crucial state visit to China. | ||||
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