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  • A History of Macclesfield Chess Club

    by A.R. Soames ...
    Northern England's manufacturing towns had taken to Chess and Manchester (Macclesfield's giant neighbouring City) hosted the world's second international tournament in 1857. The founders of the Macclesfield Chess Club in 1886 were businessmen and civic leaders, deeply entangled in local politics – education, religion and finances. Social changes from the end of the 19th century make this more than ... Read more

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  • Kingdom of Dahomey: A History from Beginning to End

    Imagine a fervently militaristic state with a feared professional army that included some of the only all-female military units ever seen. Imagine that same state with its own unique and sophisticated culture, religion, language, art, and society. Such a state did exist—not in the ancient past but as recently as the beginning of the twentieth century.The Kingdom of Dahomey was established in the ... Read more

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  • The Year Without Summer

    1816 and the Volcano That Darkened the World and Changed History

    Like Winchester's Krakatoa, The Year Without Summer reveals a year of dramatic global change long forgotten by historyIn the tradition of Krakatoa, The World Without Us, and Guns, Germs and Steel comes a sweeping history of the year that became known as 18-hundred-and-froze-to-death. 1816 was a remarkable year—mostly for the fact that there was no summer. As a result of a volcanic eruption in ... Read more

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  • War of 1812: A History from Beginning to End

    by Henry Freeman ...
    The War of 1812 is often forgotten when we think about the history of the United States. Yet the effects of what seems a minor and insignificant conflict are far-reaching, even to today. The world settled into the roles it would play out for decades, and the boundaries of the United States and Canada would be set for the next two hundred years.Inside you will read about...✓ The Beginning of the ... Read more

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  • Basic Writings of Existentialism

    Edited by Gordon Marino ...
    Series series Modern Library Classics
    Edited and with an Introduction by Gordon MarinoBasic Writings of Existentialism, unique to the Modern Library, presents the writings of key nineteenth- and twentieth-century thinkers broadly united by their belief that because life has no inherent meaning humans can discover, we must determine meaning for ourselves. This anthology brings together into one volume the most influential and commonly ... Read more

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  • Shinsengumi

    The Shogun's Last Samurai Corps

    Shinsengumi: The Shogun's Last Samurai Corps is the true story of the notorious samurai corps formed in 1863 to arrest or kill the enemies of the Tokugawa Shogun.The only book in English about the Shinsengumi, it focuses on the corps' two charismatic leaders, Kondo Isami and Hijikata Toshizo, both impeccable swordsmen. It is a history-in-brief of the final years of the Bakufu, which collapsed in ... Read more

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  • Brunel, Barry and 'modern' Victorian architecture

    Building Passions

    by Nick von Behr ...
    Why does the history of our built environment matter?The great 19th-century engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel was voted the second greatest Briton after Churchill. This fascinating book looks at his family's connection with the equally renowned Barry family of Victorian architects and civil engineers. It shows how their shared legacy can be linked through to the construction of London's iconic ... Read more

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  • Letters from Russia

    The Marquis de Custine's unique perspective on a vast, fascinating country in the grip of oppressive tyrannyIn 1839, encouraged by his friend Balzac, Custine set out to explore Russia. His impressions turned into what is perhaps the greatest and most influential of all books about Russia under the Tsars.Rich in anecdotes as much about the court of Tsar Nicholas as the streets of St Petersburg, ... Read more

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  • Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister

    Three Women at the Heart of Twentieth-Century China

    by Jung Chang ...
    They were the most famous sisters in China. As the country battled through a hundred years of wars, revolutions and seismic transformations, the three Soong sisters from Shanghai were at the center of power, and each of them left an indelible mark on history.Red Sister, Ching-ling, married the 'Father of China', Sun Yat-sen, and rose to be Mao's vice-chair.Little Sister, May-ling, became Madame ... Read more

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  • Klondike

    The Last Great Gold Rush, 1896-1899

    by Pierre Berton ...
    With the building of the railroad and the settlement of the plains, the North West was opening up. The Klondike stampede was a wild interlude in the epic story of western development, and here are its dramatic tales of hardship, heroism, and villainy. We meet Soapy Smith, dictator of Skagway; Swiftwater Bill Gates, who bathed in champagne; Silent Sam Bonnifield, who lost and won back a hotel in a ... Read more

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  • Decisive Battles Since Waterloo

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    In "Decisive Battles Since Waterloo," Thomas Wallace Knox offers a comprehensive analysis of key military engagements that have shaped the course of modern history, following the landmark Battle of Waterloo in 1815. The book adopts a narrative style that blends thorough historical research with vivid descriptions, making each battle come alive through engaging storytelling. Knox meticulously ... Read more

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  • Captain Coignet

    A Soldier of Napoleon's Imperial Guard from the Italian Campaign to Waterloo

    Jean-Roch Coignet (1776-1865) was a French soldier who served in the military campaigns of the Consulate and First French Empire, up through the Battle of Waterloo.He later wrote his memoirs detailing his military service, The Notebooks of Captain Coignet, which are still being reprinted. ... Read more

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  • A Selection of Nineteenth Century Broadside Ballads from Collections in Manchester

    by JE Reid ...
    For her debut publication, Jennifer has specially selected fifteen of her favourite, most beguilling, broadside ballads. Each is presented with a commentary from the author alongside a reproduction of the original ballad with its woodcut adornment. Political and therefore timely in their content and context, the study of broadside ballads remains relevant today as an exploration of the forces that ... Read more

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  • Storia della decadenza e rovina dell'impero romano, volume 08

    by Edward Gibbon ...
    Scopri il capitolo finale di un'epopea storica che ha affascinato generazioni di lettori.Nel volume 08 di "Storia della decadenza e rovina dell'impero romano", Edward Gibbon ci guida attraverso gli ultimi atti di un impero che ha segnato il destino del mondo occidentale. Con la sua prosa avvincente e dettagliata, Gibbon esplora le cause profonde e le conseguenze della caduta di Roma, intrecciando ... Read more

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  • Joseph Görres

    Mit spitzer Feder für die Freiheit

    Joseph Görres war mehr als ein Publizist und Wissenschaftler - er war eine Stimme des Widerstands, ein unbeugsamer Streiter für Freiheit und Gerechtigkeit. Als scharfsinniger Beobachter seiner Zeit griff er mutig in die politischen und gesellschaftlichen Debatten ein. Doch heute ist sein Name fast vergessen. Patrick Peters macht Görres anlässlich seines 250. Geburtstags wieder sichtbar. Er ... Read more

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  • The Care and Feeding of Childre

    A Catechism for the Use of Mothers and Children's Nurses

    The Care and Feeding of Children: A Catechism for the Use of Mothers and Children's Nurses by L. Emmett Holt is a comprehensive and practical guide designed to assist mothers and caregivers in the proper upbringing of infants and young children. Presented in a clear question-and-answer format, the book covers a wide range of topics essential to child care, including feeding, hygiene, sleep, ... Read more

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  • A Blackmailer at Frogmore

    The Adventures of Queen Caroline's Ghost

    by James Travers ...
    This is the story of Queen Caroline’s favourite ghostwriter, the infamous Captain Thomas Ashe, who was also an adventurer and sometime blackmailer. His unpublished novel, The Claustral Palace: or Memoirs of The Family, carried out Caroline’s threat to ‘blow the roof off the Nunnery’, revealing the secret lives and loves of the daughters of King George III in their unmarried confinement at Frogmore ... Read more

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  • Victorian & Edwardian Kent

    Series series Victorian & Edwardian
    At the turn of the twentieth century, Kent was predominantly an agricultural county. The attractive villages, small market towns, coastal resorts and two cities - Rochester and Canterbury - were set in a county of contrasts, from the Weald to the coastal marshes, from the North Downs to the industrial development at Chatham and Sheerness. Over one hundred and fifty high-quality sepia photographs ... Read more

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  • Land of Strangers

    The Civilizing Project in Qing Central Asia

    At the close of the nineteenth century, near the end of the Qing empire, Confucian revivalists from central China gained control of the Muslim-majority region of Xinjiang, or East Turkestan. There they undertook a program to transform Turkic-speaking Muslims into Chinese-speaking Confucians, seeking to bind this population and their homeland to the Chinese cultural and political realm. Instead of ... Read more

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  • Forts of the War of 1812

    Series Book 106 - Fortress
    When war broke out between the United States and Great Britain in 1812, neither side was prepared for the conflict, as evidenced by their respective fortifications.The most sophisticated and modern fortifications were those built by the US Corps of Engineers to protect some of the main port cities. These included Fort Mifflin in Philadelphia, Fort McHenry in Baltimore and Castle William in New ... Read more

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  • Fuentes de Oñoro 1811

    Wellington’s liberation of Portugal

    Series Book 99 - Campaign
    Packed with illustrations and maps, this slim volume examines Wellington's comeback in Portugal, which ultimately led to the end of its French occupation.In October 1810 the Allied position in Portugal appeared precarious. Despite defeating Marshal Masséna's French army at Bussaco, Wellington had been forced to retreat to within a few miles of Lisbon. Here the French encountered a massive line of ... Read more

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  • The French Revolution and the Rise of Napoleon

    Translated by John Henry Wright ...
    Paphos Publishers offers a wide catalog of rare classic titles, published for a new generation.The French Revolution and the Rise of Napoleon is a classic history of the French Revolution and the early days of Napoleon. ... Read more

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  • Territorialidad y familia entre las sociedades negras del Sur del Valle del Río Cauca

    Series series Ciencias Sociales
    Este texto aborda la historia del proceso de construcción de la territorialidad de las poblaciones negras del sur del valle interandino, del Alto Cauca. Históricamente vinculadas a un proceso de resistencia, constituidas como pueblos, reclaman reconocimientos y reparaciones que puedan ser traducidos en los desarrollos de sus unidades locales, familiares y sus economías campesinas. Dicha historia ... Read more

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  • Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna, Princess Isabel and the Ending of Servile Labour in Russia and Brazil

    Series series Anthem Brazilian Studies
    Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia and Princess Isabel of Brazil were active participants in the struggle to end servile labor in their respective countries. They acted in defiance of political conventions which excluded women from any political activity. Both women were determined to do all in their power to further the cause of emancipation and to determine the terms under which serfs and ... Read more

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