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By: Christopher de Hamel
ISBN: 9781851244683
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2017
Publisher: Bodleian Library
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Based mainly on examples in the Bodleian Library, this lavishly illustrated account tells the story of manuscript production from the early Middle Ages to the high Renaissance. Each stage of production is described, from the preparation of the parchment, pens, paints and inks to the writing of the scripts and the illumination of the manuscript.
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By: Jason Peacey
ISBN: 9781526167002
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2022
Publisher: Manchester University Press
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This book is based on the latest research, and involves stimulating new ideas from some of the most important scholars working in the field of imperial history. It ranges across politics, religion, economy, law and geography in order to offer challenging perspectives on the nature and origins of the first British empire. -- .
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By: Frank Diktter
ISBN: 9781408886366
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2017
UK Publication Date: 9th February 2017
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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An unprecedented, groundbreaking history of China's Great Famine
Winner of the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize 2011
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By: Elliot Liu
ISBN: 9781629631370
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2016
Publisher: PM Press
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By: Mcrae Jane
ISBN: 9781869408619
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2018
Publisher: Auckland University Press
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Introduces readers to the distinctive oral style and language of the traditional compositions, acknowledges the skills of the composers of old and explores the meaning of their striking imagery and figurative language. And it shows how ng krero tuku iho - the inherited words - can be a deep well of knowledge about the way of life, wisdom and thi
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By: Erueti/Chambers
ISBN: 9780864735539
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2007
Publisher: Te Herenga Waka University Press
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Exploring an issue of international significance, this collection of essays addresses the reconciliation of the pre-existing, inherent rights of indigenous peoples with those held and asserted by the state.
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By: Dr. Neal Asbury
ISBN: 9781954641341
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2025
Publisher: Apollo Publishers
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(Hardback)
By: Sharon Kinoshita
ISBN: 9781789149371
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2025
UK Publication Date: 1st October 2024
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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A vivid account of Marco Polo's astounding, continent-spanning adventures.
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By: Maria Augustus-Dunn
ISBN: 9781925520453
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2017
Publisher: Big Sky Publishing
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By: Alexander Samson
ISBN: 9781526160249
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2021
Publisher: Manchester University Press
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This book presents a new interpretation of the co-monarchy of Mary I and Philip II. It reclaims Mary as a great Catholic queen and fleshes out Philips contributions as king, exposing the sectarian historiography that has cast their reign in a negative light. An important corrective for the history of Tudor England and Habsburg Spain.
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By: Jodi Magness
ISBN: 9780691167107
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2019
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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By: Sienna Brown
ISBN: 9780143787532
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2019
Publisher: Random House Australia
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By: Ngahuia Te Awekotuku
ISBN: 9781776951109
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2025
Publisher: Penguin Group (NZ)
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By: Ian Mortimer
ISBN: 9781529920802
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2024
UK Publication Date: 22nd February 2024
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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(Hardback)
By: Damien Kempf
ISBN: 9780712357906
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2015
UK Publication Date: 16th April 2015
Publisher: British Library Publishing
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Medieval Monsters shows how strange creatures sparked artists' imaginations to remarkable heights. Half-human hybrids of land and sea mingle with bewitching demons, blemmyae, cyclops and multi-headed beasts of nightmare and comic grotesques. Over 100 wondrous and terrifying images offer a fascinating insight into the medieval mind.
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By: Ashton Robinson
ISBN: 9781922265524
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2019
Publisher: Big Sky Publishing
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By: Hamish McDonald
ISBN: 9781760642037
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2025
Publisher: Black Inc.
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By: Museum Victoria
ISBN: 9780980381375
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2009
Publisher: Museum Victoria Publishing
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Comes out of Melbourne Museums permanent exhibition, 'The Melbourne Story'.
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By: Rachel Cockerell
ISBN: 9781035408924
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2024
Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
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For fans of Philippe Sands and Edmund du Waal, this Jewish family history charts the attempt by 10,000 Eastern Europeans to found a Jewish State in Texas, USA - led by Rachel's great-grandfather.
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By: Harrison Christian
ISBN: 9781761150456
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2022
Publisher: Ultimo Press
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Full of misadventure and mystery, Men Without Country is a sweeping history of exploration and rebellion in the South Seas told by a direct descendant of Fletcher Christian, the man who led the infamous mutiny on the Bounty
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By: Vaughn Scribner
ISBN: 9781789149388
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2025
UK Publication Date: 21st October 2024
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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A wide-ranging, beautifully illustrated history of mermaids and merman.
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By: Honor Cargill-Martin
ISBN: 9781801102605
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2024
UK Publication Date: 14th March 2024
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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By: Joan Didion
ISBN: 9781783785247
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2019
UK Publication Date: 7th February 2019
Publisher: Granta Books
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A surprising portrait of the pastel city, a masterly study of Cuban immigration and exile, and a sly account of vile moments in the Cold War from one of the most significant writers of the modern era.
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By: Adam Higginbotham
ISBN: 9780552172899
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2019
UK Publication Date: 31st October 2019
Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
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