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For the poor and destitute, London's streets offered only the barest livelihood. Yet men, women and children found a great variety of ways to eke out their existence, sweeping roads, selling matches, singing ballads and performing all sorts of menial labour.

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London in the eighteenth century was the greatest city in the world, and a magnet that drew men and women from the rest of England in huge numbers. This work provides an insight into the lives of Londoners, for all of whom the demands of charity and begging were part of their everyday world.

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In 1982 Lieutenant Chris Parry sailed aboard destroyer HMS Antrim to liberate the Argentine-occupied Falkland Islands. Parry and his crew, in their Wessex helicopter, were soon launched into action rescuing an SAS party stuck on a glacier in gales that had already downed two others. This title tells his story.

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This title covers the Eighth Air Force, which was the only fighting arm in World War II to give ground skills the same classification as aerial victories. It shows just how important a document Down to Earth was to the teaching of tyro fighter pilots.

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This study provides an over-all survey of colonial planning in the Third Reich. It deals with the diplomatic negotiations involving the German colonial claim and discusses the plans that existed for the creation and administration of a new German overseas empire.

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An investigation into dream reports in the history and literature of early Roman culture.

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On 13 February 1945, Dresden, one of the most beautiful cities of Europe, was destroyed by British and American air raids. This book offers an illustrated history of this important cultural and historical centre. It is meant for students of German history and art history or those interested in an introduction to the history of Dresden.

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The port city of Liverpool, England, is home to one of the oldest Black communities in Britain. This title analyzes how this worldly origin story supports an avowedly local Black politic and identity. It also examines the rise and consequent dilemmas of Black identity.

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Drug smuggler nation shows how and why the Netherlands developed into a central hub of international illegal drug trade in the 20th century. The book develops a model of 'criminal anarchy' that is historically, socially, and culturally embedded in Dutch society to explain the failures of the state's regulatory policies and law enforcement.

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The question of what it takes "to be a man" comes under scrutiny in this sharp, often playful, cultural critique of the German duel--the deadliest type of one-on-one combat in fin-de-siecle Europe. At a time when dueling was generally restricted to swords or had been abolished altogether in other nations, the custom of fighting to the death with pi

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The evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) from Dunkirk is one of the most dramatic and famous episodes of the Second World War. This book assesses Operation Dynamo from start to finish, with reference to the plans, forces and operations involved. It features a compilation of various facts with illustrations, photographs and maps.

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Dust is a witty and highly original investigation into the development of modern history writing. This book considers how history writing belongs to the currents of thought shaping the modern world, and suggests that, like dust, the 'matter of history' can never go away or be erased.

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An illustrated study of the Dutch infantry during the 80 Years' War and the struggle for independence from Spain. It will appeal to enthusiasts of 16th- and 17th-century warfare.

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