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Tokugawa Ieyasu's decisive victory at Sekigahara in 1600 concluded the civil wars, confirmed his position as shogun (generalissimo), and inaugurated the Edo period, named after Edo (modern-day Tokyo). Then the formerly so powerful Tokugawa clan army declined, which directly led to Japan's 1635 decision to initiate a policy of enforced seclusion.

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FLAME TREE COLLECTABLE CLASSICS are chosen to create a delightful and timeless home library. Each stunning, gift edition features deluxe cover treatments, ribbon markers, luxury endpapers and gilded edges. The unabridged text is accompanied by a Glossary of Victorian and Literary terms produced for the modern reader of Sherlock Holmes.

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The Silk Road and Beyond covers the career, adventures and anecdotes of Ivor Whittall, one of the early pioneers of long distance trucking to the Middle East.

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Discover TRUE JAPANESE DESIGN with 24 BEAUTIFUL paper projects, designed by BESTSELLING author Mari Ono, with 50 sheets of origami paper included.

IDEAL FOR BEGINNNERS: each project features clear STEP-BY-STEP images and EASY-TO-FOLLOW instructions.

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In this translated classic, Rousseau argues for the preservation of individual freedom in political society. He says that we can only be free under the law by voluntarily embracing that law as our own. Hence, being free in society requires each of us to subjugate all our desires to the collective good, the general will.

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Award-winning interiors blogger Abi Dare of These Four Walls reveals a softer, more relaxed approach to minimalism that will enhance your wellbeing and simplify your home.

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Far from folksy, todays cottages are simple yet layered, airy yet enlivened with personal details. Learn to recreate this soulful style at home with best-selling author Fifi ONeill.

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30 shooting stories in pursuit of pheasant, mallard, geese, hares, mink, even an old wild goat, these modern tales involve bilingual dogs, an ignominious goose, red-letter days and disappointments, days on boglands, grouse moors, smart shoots, estuaries. Punt gunning, rough shooting and wildfowling and assorted brushes with ecstacy and near-death.

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The new edition of Nicholas Faiths landmark The Story of Champagne is written from the wine-makers point of view. This masterpiece of storytelling and analysis that has for decades excited readers about the different types of champagne and the landscape, geology and climate that inspire them also contains an up-to-date evaluation of wines.

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The definitive portrait of wine, a cultural bedrock of Western civilisation for millenia, by the undisputed master of the subject.

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Classic account of the RAFs Strike Wings in action against German shipping in the Second World War.

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The Swiss Family Robinson is shipwrecked on a tropical island which they must endure with fortitude and common sense. The family consists of a pastor, his wife, four young sons, two dogs and together they must rely on their wits to adapt to the new world, one which encourages the whole family to learns and work together.

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Polo, horse-racing, show jumping, endurance riding, ploughing, pit ponies, mounted police, carriage driving, seaside donkeys all these different activities require different tack. Paula Sells shows how tack reflects Mans social history over 300 years of working with horses. Lavishly illustrated look behind the scenes.

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An epic poem probably written in the 900s CE, Beowulf tells of events 600 years before, where the hero Beowulf is implored to assist the King of the Danes in defending his halls against the monster Grendel. Latest title in the new series created for the modern reader to introduce the heroes, cultures, myths and religions of former times.

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The Taming of the Shrew is one of the most famous and controversial of Shakespeare's comedies.

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The perfect book to inspire readers to use tarot as a tool to enhance intuition and mindfulness, making tarot fun and accessible for people just starting out on their tarot journey, or for the more experienced tarot reader wanting to engage with their deck more fully.

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First published in 1996, but out of print for many years, Ruth Van Waerebeek's wonderful compendium of Belgian recipes is now back by popular demand in a completely new redesigned edition with full colour photography throughout by the internationally renowned Belgian photographer Regula Ysewijn, also known as the blogger Miss Foodwise.

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In this revised and updated edition of her authoritative and fascinating book Edite Vieira traces the rich legacy of her countrys culinary excellence from medieval through to modern times lacing it with history and anecdote and a collection of authentically delicious recipes.

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Edward Allcard's epic two crossings of the Atlantic in the mid-twentieth century in his thirty-four-foot, forty-year-old yawl Temptress

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Ann Bronte's gothic masterpiece. The Flame Tree Collectable Classics are chosen to create a delightful and timeless home library. Each stunning edition features deluxe cover treatments, ribbon markers, luxury endpapers and gilded edges. The unabridged text is accompanied by a Glossary of Victorian and Literary terms produced for the modern reader.

(Paperback)

A detailed and authoritative history of the UK's the Territorial Air Force from its creation in the early 1920s until 1957.