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The American Revolution can be viewed as part of a prolonged worldwide naval conflict between France and Britain. In the period before 1779, the colonists confronted the Royal Navy alone with only their courage to defend them. These 'Blue Water Patriots' fought crucial battles on the road to American independence. This book presents their story.

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In 1869, when five women enrolled at university for the first time in British history, the average female brain was thought to be 150 grams lighter than a man's. Doctors warned that if women studied too hard their wombs would wither and die. This title tells the story of the fight for female education in Britain.

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Pays tribute to one of Australia's most outstanding and influential historians, F B (Barry) Smith. This title brings together several generations of Barry's admirers, colleagues, friends and pupils, including Joanna Bourke writing on war and industrial trauma and Peter Edwards on the Agent Orange controversy.

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This first general survey of modern Bolivia to be published in England gives a concise but comprehensive picture of the political, social, and economic conditions there.

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A book of scenarios and special rules for Operation Market Garden, sure to appeal to all fans of Bolt Action who want a new challenge.

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Offering scenarios, special rules and new troop types, this takes players across the Mediterranean from North Africa, where they can follow the Italian Campaign from the invasion of Sicily, through the battles for Anzio and Cassino, to the final assaults on the Gothic Line.

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'Afghanistan is just like Iraq hot, dusty and full of people who want to kill you', SSgt Simon Fuller, Royal Engineer Search Advisor

Bomb Hunters tells the story of the British army's elite bomb disposal experts, men who face death every day in the most dangerous region of the most lethal country on earth Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

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Reissued with a fantastic cover, Bombers and Mash is a stunning collection of words, photographs, posters and recipes from the Second World War, this is a book about the women's war.

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A landmark new history of the making of the Erie Canal--America's first "superhighway" to the West--and the extraordinary consequences of its completion

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Tells the story of an epic maritime clash between the American Bonhomme Richard and the British HMS Serapis at the height of the Revolutionary War that provided a founding legend for generations of US naval officers and demonstrated the intrepidity and fighting prowess of the fledgling American Navy.

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This volume offers a complete listing and description of books published on early America between 2001 and 2005.

An extraordinary research tool, Books on Early American History and Culture, 2001-2005: An Annotated Bibliography is part of a series listing materials on the history of North America and the Caribbean from 1492 to 1815.

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Even before the boom, Australia owed more to the shovel than the sheep. One of Australia's best and most lively writers shows that the story of mining is the Australian story.

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Stretching from the North Sea to the Solway Firth, the Border region has a sharply diverse landscape and was a battleground for over 300 years as the English and Scottish monarchs encouraged their subjects to conduct raids across their respective borders. This title details how this land influenced the Borderer's way of life in times of war.

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The Battle of Bosworth put an end to the dynastic struggle known as the Wars of the Roses, and planted the Tudor house on the throne of England. Since his death in battle against Henry Tudor argument has raged around King Richard III, Christopher Gravett details the course of his campaign.

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The first cultural history of one of the most significant Australian historical sites. From Captain Cook's first landfall to the present, it brings together the histories of white and black Australia.

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Boudica, or Boadicea, queen of the Iceni, led a famous revolt against Roman rule in Britain in AD 60, sacking London, Colchester and St Albans and throwing the province into chaos. This title gives an account of what we know about the real woman from classical literature. It also traces her posthumous career as the famous woman in British history.

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When the Romans occupied the southern half of Britain in AD 43, the Iceni tribe quickly allied themselves with the invaders. This book tells how Boudicca widow of Prasutagus, the king of the Iceni, raised her people and other tribes in revolt and nearly took control of the fledgling Roman province.

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George W. Bush calls Karl Rove "boy genius" and "the man with the plan." Insiders call him the man behind the Republican ascendancy. Who is this guy And what is the plan

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In the mid-1960s, the Soviet Union unveiled the BMP-1, the first true infantry fighting vehicle. The BMP marked a significant departure from the traditional "armored personnel carrier", sporting a lower silhouette and a higher-caliber armament than rival APCs. This book examines the first time these Cold War icons clashed in the First Gulf War.