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Describes T K Taylor's experiences in schools from Kuala Lumpur to Johore Bahru. This memoir brings a different insight into the workings of the Colonial Service in a period of enormous change as its officers helped to rebuild the country in the aftermath of World War II and Japanese occupation, Communist struggles and the dawn of independence.

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A detailed study of the super-heavy tanks of World War II, from those that saw service to those that never made it off the drawing board.

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Superfluous People describes Hannah Arendt's political and philosophical views on Nazi totalitarianism and the Shoah. In her contemplation of evil, Arendt initially spoke of the Shoah as a 'radical evil, ' a term used by Kant. However, unlike Kant, Arendt's radical evil cannot ...

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This book is much more than an authoritative and compelling look at the cultural history of the supernatural over the last century in America-it also explains why we want to believe.

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This book examines the role of supernatural bodies in public debates about religion, science, culture and modernity in modern Britain and Ireland. In turn, the prism of supernatural bodies reveals how those debates were interlinked, and how the forms of knowledge that informed them were produced.

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The most inspiring stories of VC winners since the medal's inception 150 years ago. Features medal-winners from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, India and Denmark; and updated to include the story of Private Johnson Beharry, who was awarded the VC in March 2005.

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This travelogue tackles the pressing issues of cultural-heritage management in Southern Asia by examining archaeological sites in Indonesia, Thailand, and the Philippines, among other countries.

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Surveillance in America is a study of FBI surveillance practices and policies since 1920 based on recently declassified FBI files. This wide-ranging study looks at such subjects as the media, academic historians, the Watergate crisis, and surveillance of the American working class.

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Now facing an unprecedented configuration of threats, Israel's leaders must decide whether to continue their nuclear ambiguity policy and work to develop a strategic posture with a refined nuclear strategy. This book examines Israel's evolving strategy and explains how it underscores the complexity of strategic interactions in the Middle East.

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Examining how far everyday life was possible in a situation of total war and brutal occupation, this book's theme is the social experience of occupation in German- and Italian-occupied Europe, and in particular the strategies ordinary people developed in order to survive. It adopts a comparative approach, and also discusses the Second World War.

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Examining how far everyday life was possible in a situation of total war and brutal occupation, this book's theme is the social experience of occupation in German- and Italian-occupied Europe, and in particular the strategies ordinary people developed in order to survive. It adopts a comparative approach, and also discusses the Second World War.

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This is the story of La Coruna ,which became a virtual encampment of starving homeless Irish nobles, soldiers, women, children, elderly and poor following the Battle of Kinsale. -- .

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In 1941, German and Finnish military forces established a blockade around Leningrad. During the 900 days of the siege, Leningrad was beset with aerial bombings, fuel shortages, and extreme starvation. Svetlana Magayeva, just ten years old in 1941, witnessed these raids and endured the cold and hunger. This is her story.

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Winning the Battle of the Atlantic was critical to Britain's survival in the Second World War. The British Merchant Navy suffered enormous losses both of ships and men, sailing through U-boat wolf-packs across the Atlantic. This book gives the history of this struggle, against the Germans, Italians and Japanese.

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This book explores the complex web of public history, tourism, and race in Luray, VA, a small town in the Shenandoah Valley ensconced in Lost Cause heritage. By utilizing a diverse range of methodologies, including ethnography, this book demonstrates how contested race relatio...

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Sweet Water and Bitter is the extraordinary sequel to Britain's abolition of the slave trade in 1807. The last legal British slave ship left Africa that year, but other countries and illegal slavers continued to trade.

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Explores a little-known aspect of life in Ancient Egypt, celebrating the Egyptians as the first known civilisation to have formed the special bond with the dog that persists as the most remarkable of human-animal relationships. This book provides a fresh insight into the development of mankind's remarkable bond with the domesticated dog.