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This engaging and insightful history of the Qing dynasty (16361912) offers a systematic discussion of topics such as language, philosophy, religion, art, literature, and social customs. Nuanced and wide-ranging, noted historian Richard J. Smiths authoritative book provides an essential introduction to late imperial Chinese culture and society.

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The magisterial life of the woman whose family's personal intrigues, romances and political rivalries have shaped much of post-war British history.

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The extraordinary stroy of 'Joe' Carstairs, the fastest woman on water The Sunday Times bestseller

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This book offers a re-thinking of how theatre-making might be understood as a "skilled" craft and process, exploring how professional contexts allow skill as a competence to emerge in a multitude of ways, rather than be acquired.

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There have been many books on the soldiers who fought and died in the First World War - The Quick and the Dead is the first history of the wives and children who were left behind.

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In the fourth book of the fully-illustrated Quirks series, the family gets a visit from their Uncle Cork around Halloween, and he's got a few tricks of his own to show off.

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A new adventure series about the pivotal moments of discovery through the ages brings the past to life with a generous helping of fantasy and humour. Billy Shaman stumbles across a 200-year-old giant talking tortoise named Charles Darwin. For 7+

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Pick, shovel, dynamite: the classic account of the men who built the railways.

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Pick, shovel, dynamite: the classic account of the men who built the railways.

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A unique insight into the skills and expertise of the railwaymen who worked on British railways during the age of steam.

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A manic tale of two cunning boys who battle against the wily woman who is chasing their bonkers granny. Its off-the-wall humour is designed to appeal to children between the ages of eight and twelve years.

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Iceland, AD 935: A young man is destined to be a warrior, how much longer can he fight his fate

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A book about a terrible photograph an exceptionally rare image documenting the horrific final moment of the murder of a family in Ukraine, 1941. By concentrating carefully on a single image the larger horror of the genocide is brought into sharp focus.

Unlike the RDA training materials prepared for seasoned catalogers by the Library of Congress and others, the The RDA Workbook: Learning the Basics of Resource Description and Access uses tried-and-true methods to make RDA clear even to those who have little or no previous cataloging knowledge.

The writings and example of Isaac Newton transformed understandings of the practice and meaning of the sciences across Europe in the century or so following the publication of the "Principia" in 1687. This title surveys Newton's reception across Europe.

This major resource lets readers discover the multifaceted nature of Christianity in the first three centuries, showing how the Jesus tradition was transmitted and received.

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This work explores the dramatic battles and operations to wrest back control of Burma from the Japanese, including river crossings, the crucial battle for Mandalay, and armoured, long-range penetration and guerrilla operations.

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This study explores the organization, history and uniforms of the Soviet Red Army during the 20 years between its victory in the Civil War and the invasion of the USSR by Germany in 1941.

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In the third book in A.J. Smith's epic fantasy saga of Ro, Alexander Tiris, the last hope of the royal line, can no longer ignore the traitorous actions of his family. Thralled to the envoys of a corrupt new power, they have turned upon their kingdom and their god.

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The first translation of three 1970s works by Alain Badiou, featuring a new preface by Badiou, an interview with Tzuchien Tho and a concluding essay by Bruno Bosteels.

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Published with the blessing of Cixin Liu, The Redemption of Time extends the universe conjured by the Three-Body Trilogy.