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Keith Lowe

**Winner of the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize"A superb and immensely important book."—Jonathan Yardley, The Washington PostThe Second World War might have officially ended in May 1945, but in reality it rumbled on for another ten years...**The end of World War II in Europe is remembered as a time when cheering crowds filled the streets, but the reality was quite different. Across Europe, landscapes had been ravaged, entire cities razed, and more than thirty mil...

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Keith Lowe

Award-winning author Keith Lowe's newest critical deep-dive into the history of Naples during WWII.Keith Lowe has chronicled the end of WWII in Europe in his award-winning book Savage Continent and the war’s aftermath in the sequel, The Fear and the Freedom. In Naples 1944, he brings readers another masterful chronicle of the terrible and often unexpected consequences of war. Even before the fall of Mussolini, Naples was a place of great ...

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Keith Lowe

The international bestselling author of Savage Continent examines how the world has been transformed by World War II.The Fear and the Freedom is Keith Lowe's follow-up to Savage Continent. While that book painted a picture of Europe in all its horror as WWII was ending, The Fear and the Freedom looks at all that has happened since, focusing on the changes that were brought about because of WWII—simultaneously one of the most catas...

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Keith Lowe

"Fascinating insights into the ways different nations have remembered or denied issues around national identity and the glory and horrors of war." ― The SpectatorKeith Lowe, an award-winning author of books on WWII, saw monuments around the world taken down in political protest and began to wonder what monuments built to commemorate WWII say about us today. Focusing on these monuments, Prisoners of History looks at World War II an...

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Keith Lowe

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John Lee

The Fear and the Freedom is Keith Lowe's follow-up to Savage Continent. While that book painted a picture of Europe in all its horror as World War II was ending, The Fear and the Freedom looks at all that has happened since, focusing on the changes that were brought about because of World War II—simultaneously one of the most catastrophic and most innovative events in history. It killed millions and eradicated empires, while at the same time creating the idea of ...

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The Clinics: Surgery

This issue of Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America, guest edited by Dr. James Howe, is devoted to Management of GI and Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors. Dr. Howe has assembled expert authors to review the following topics: Introduction and History of GI and Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors (GEPNETs); Surgical Management of Colorectal Neuroendocrine Tumors; Management of Metastatic GEPNETs; Pathologic considerations in GEPNETs; Medical Management of GEPNETs; Workup of GEPNETs; Peptide...

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Keith Cartwright, Doris Davenport, Thadious Davis, Dolores Flores-Silva, John Wharton Lowe, Malin Pereira, Hermine Pinson, Andrea Benton Rushing, Daniel Cross Turner, Tracy Watts, Aldon Lynn Nielsen

Summoning Our Saints: The Poetry and Prose of Brenda Marie Osbey celebrates and illuminates the poetry and prose of one of the South’s and the nation’s most notable writers. A native of New Orleans and a former poet laureate of Louisiana who served magnificently in that function during the dark days after Hurricane Katrina, Osbey has summoned up a magical, beguiling, sometimes chilling and appalling portrait of the myriad chapters of New Orleans, Southern, and hemispheric history. Her dazz...

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Paul D. Lowe

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Keith Amoss

Despite being poor and from a broken home, carefree 8-year-old Paul is a happy and contented lad; that is until his mother marries The BEAST and then everything changes. What he doesn't know, is how to handle the ensuing abuse, neglect and violence. The next 40-plus years of his life constantly flips from black, dark periods of addiction and chaos, followed by white, light bursts of progress. What a disaster and waste - will alcoholism keep him in its vice-like grip? Paul wants to change t...

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Nigel Ball, Steve Thomas, Jennifer Law, Isobel Anderson, Peter Hain, Richard Simmons, Tony Chasteauneuf, Chris O'Leary, Chris Fox, Alison Navarro, Melissa Hawkins, Max French, Toby Lowe, Glenda Roberts, Keith Clements, Gayle Munro, Richard Smith, Dave Ayre, Penny Cook, Keith Cunliffe, Catherine Parker, Gillian Gibson, Edward Kunonga, Ruth Dombey, Jacquie Russell, Paul Dennett, Graham Tope, David J. Hunter, Jolanta Shields, Anna Coleman, Jim McManus, Jeanelle De Gruchy, Harry Burns

As many social inequalities widen, this is a crucial survey of local authorities’ evolving role in health, social care and wellbeing.Health and social and public policy experts review structural changes in provision and procurement, and explore social determinants of health including intergenerational needs and housing. With detailed assessments of regional disparities and case studies of effective strategies and interventions from local authorities, this collaborative study addres...

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Alice Storey, Angus Nurse, Anna Sergi, Anthony Lloyd, Ben Colliver, Craig Ancrum, Dan Rusu, David Wilson, Donna Yates, Duncan John Frankis, Eamonn Carrabine, Emiline Smith, Emma Winlow, Eveleigh Buck-Matthews, Gary Potter, Grace Gallacher, Hannah London, Ian R. Cook, Jane Richards, Jack Denham, Jardar Nuland Østbø, Jenna Page, Joe Garrihy, John Bahadur Lamb, Katie Lowe, Keith Hayward, Kevin Hoffin, Kyla Bavin, Laura Hammond, Lucas Danos, Luke Telford, Max Hart, Melindy Brown, Michael Rowe, Natasha Pope, Neil Chakraborti, Nicholas Gibbs, Oliver Smith, Orlando Woods, Patrick Berry, Peter Joyce, Robin West, Rowland Atkinson, Sarah Hodgkinson, Sarah Jones, Selina Patel Nascimento, Simon Winlow, Sophie Gregory, Steve Wadley, Tammy Ayres, Tereza Østbø Kuldova, Thomas Raymen, Travis Linnemann, Wendy Laverick

From the Alcatraz East Crime Museum and Jack the Ripper guided tours to the Phnom Penh killing fields, ‘dark tourism’ is now a multi-million-pound global industry. Even in the most pleasant tourist destinations, underlying harms are constantly perpetuated, affecting both consumers and those who work or live around such tourist hotspots. Highlighting 50 travel destinations across six continents, expert criminologists, psychologists and historians explore the past and contemporary issues whi...

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Amir D. Aczel, Cassandra de Cuir

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Stefan Rudnicki

The story of how we got our numbers—told through one mathematician's journey to find zeroThe invention of numerals is perhaps the greatest abstraction the human mind has ever created. Virtually everything in our lives is digital, numerical, or quantified. The story of how and where we got these numerals, which we so depend on, has for thousands of years been shrouded in mystery. Finding Zero is an adventure-filled saga of Amir Aczel's lifelong obsession: to find the origin...

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Laurence Devillairs

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Josh Bloomberg

The wisdom of famous philosophers distilled into practical takeaways for modern listeners.For centuries, philosophers have considered the “big questions” of human life, mulling over everything from ethics to the definition of reality. Their ideas and insights are powerful and innovative, but often inaccessible and far too academic for most listeners.In The Philosophy Cure: Lessons on Living from the Great Philosophers, scholar and expert on Cartesi...