This award winning, definitive work is an A-Z guide to the mundane and supernatural lore of the Middle Ages.

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Graphic account of medieval maritime warfare in the Mediterranean, the North Sea and the Baltic. Describes the ships, navigation, crew conditions, maritime strategy, battle tactics.

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Through a selection of detailed expert essays and some 40 spotlight studies, Medieval Womenreveals a rich and complex picture of their world, full of colourful characters and intriguing stories. This title accompanies the British Library Exhibition and showcases incredible items from the Library's archive and major European collections.

Offers a full coverage of various aspects of aerial operations throughout the whole of the Mediterranean area. This title helps readers to follow the wartime careers of units and personnel involved.

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This study provides a broad examination of historical memory of World War II. Focusing on the Asia Pacific region, the contributors analyze how the war is perceived, how it was commemorated on the seventieth anniversary of its conclusion, and how contemporary politics affects historical memory.

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Based on eyewitness accounts A Mighty Fortress details the efforts of the Catholic and Lutheran authorities to lay siege on the city of Munster and the 16 month resistance mounted by its Anabaptist defenders.

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Mark Kurlansky's first global food history since the bestselling Cod and Salt; the fascinating cultural, economic, and culinary story of milk and all things dairy--with recipes throughout.

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Much has been written about the lives and art of Heide, but finally the remaining members of the inner circle have entrusted the truth to be told through this intimate biography of John and Sunday Reed. Equal parts romance and tragedy, Modern Love explores the lives of these champions of successive generations of Australian artists and writers.

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This book explores the intermediary functions of Muslim interpreters in Senegal to affirm their status as active historical agents in the historiography on French colonial rule in West Africa, including themes such as the intersection of knowledge and power in a colonial context and Muslim identity formation and French assimilation.

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A pictorial guide to the Imperial Japanese Navy's Nagato-Class battleships, Nagato and Mutsu.

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One of the most acclaimed histories of this critical campaign at the height of the Napoleonic Wars

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Covers Napoleon's cavalry and artillery of the line and the technical corps of engineers etc. Details the organization of the cavalry and artillery regiments, their weapons, equipment and uniforms. Gives an overview of how the various types of cavalry, and artillery, were used in battle.

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Incredible detail on every aspect of the infantrymans daily life, from weapons drill and unit organization to hygiene and cooking regulations, field punishments and hair styles etc.

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Napoleonic Paris still lives just follow in David Buttery's footsteps.' Armand Cabasson, author of the Quentin Margont series. Fully illustrated guide to the buildings and monuments of Paris that are closely associated with the Napoleon Bonaparte.

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Archaeologists based in the US, Ukraine, and Britain report on expeditions in Jordan in 1993 and 1994. They say that the biologic data suggest that Neanderthals were an offshoot of the human lineage, but the question of the degree to which archaic and modern populations differed in cognition and beh

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Based on years of field research, this study examines the construction of urban and suburban space in the Philippines since a recent housing boom caused by an influx of wealth from returning Filipino migrants. It analyzes various developments, such as the rise of gated suburban communities and their effects on marginalized populations.