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As Europe prepared for war, the Stoatley Rough School began to shelter hundreds of traumatized Jewish children fleeing (usually alone) from Nazi persecution. Based on dozens of original interviews, this title tells their stories and the stories of the teachers and benefactors who created this refuge in a country house on al hillside in Surrey.

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An overview of what life was like in London when Queen Victoria, Florence Nightingale and Charles Dickens were young.

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Summarises the conduct of the three distinct phases of the Vietnam war over thirty years.

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Highlights the importance of logistics in determining the outcome of the campaigns of WW2

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An account of life below the margins in the greatest Metropolis in the world and a portrait of the habits, tastes, amusements, appearance, speech, humour, earnings and opinions of the labouring poor at the time of the Great Exhibition.

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Between 1945 and 1970, America replaced Britain as the dominant power in the Middle East in an extraordinary role reversal. Lords of the Deserttells this story.

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The Making of Contemporary Africa provides a reinterpretation of the events in sub-Saharan Africa since the eighteenth century. It also serves as an introduction to the history of modern Africa, incorporating in the text a critical appraisal of the best scholarship in recent years.

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"First published in Great Britain in 1991 by Routledge"--Title page verso.

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Follow the conflict of the Second World War from 1939 to 1945 in this unique volume, published in association with Imperial War Museums, London, featuring historical maps and photographs from their archives, and fascinating commentary from an expert historian.

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Maps that Made History takes you on a 1000 year long journey around the world. Every one of the 100 carefully selected maps has influenced the course of history.

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MARCUS AGRIPPA is lucidly written by the author of the acclaimed biographies Eager for Glory and Germanicus. Illustrated with colour plates, figures and high quality maps, Lindsay Powell presents a penetrating new assessment of the life and achievements of the multifaceted man who put service to friend and country before himself.

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The only modern biography of Marcus Furius Camillus available in English.

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This volume in the Greenwood Guides to Biomes of the World: covers the saltwater biomes that exist along coastline, on the continental shelf, and the open sea, examining all aspects that define these biomes:

; Challenges posed by the environment

; Adaptation of the plants and animals to the environment

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The story of Masada has gone down in Israeli and Jewish folklore. It is little known elsewhere and it is time to redress the balance.

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Major-General `Ginger' Burston led the Army Medical Service throughout the Pacific campaigns. This pivotal book explains how Burston and his medical team kept Allied troops healthy in primitive and hostile conditions and during the greatest medical emergency of World War II - the struggle against malaria. By keeping the soldiers healthy, and

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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From the Olmecs to the Aztecs, this wonderful new book brings the history of the region alive through a fascinating selection of historical texts. A perfect companion to the myths and legends of Central America, it highlights the cultural and mathematical developments, social and spiritual life and the great cities of Tula, Tenochtitlan and Mexico.

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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.