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Peth, 1899: a prisoner reads an inquest into the strange death of a public servant with the same name. Who really was the deceased Was it possible he was Captain Starlight who, thirty years earlier, had callously murdered a policeman and been sentenced to hang How had he pulled off the subterfuge and what other secrets remained hidden

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Gabriele Esposito describes the organization, equipment and tactics of the Carthaginian forces that fought the three Punic wars with Rome, and analyses the campaigns, battles and sieges. Lavishly illustrated with high-quality photographs of replica weapons and equipment in use by reenactors.

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A dictionary of over 2,000 Celtic names from Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Cornwall, the Isle of Man and Brittany, with origins, meanings and pronunciation.

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"Places Central American migration to the United States in the context of the region's history of conquest, colonialism, revolution, and neoliberalism, looking especially at the revolutionary experiments of the 1980s and their aftermath"--

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This book will bring to life the king's many illegitimate children and tell their stories.

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The book describes the two devastating wars fought between Sweden and Denmark-Norway during the reign of Swedish King Charles X Gustavus, presenting new research on two wars previously seldom described in English.

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This book takes readers to the heart of the Children's War 1914-1918.

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Extraordinary stories of escape and survival, but also of the everyday lives of youngsters living some 80 years ago.

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An unrivaled and comprehensive look at the 200-year story of Swire, a highly diversified, global group of companies including Cathay Pacific, with a rich and colorful history.

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A brand new, highly readable history by Scott Crawford, Chinese Ancient Origins surveys the events, cultural practices, political developments, beliefs, key individuals and roots of ancient China, from the earliest known prehistory and the origin of humanity through to the collapse of the Qin dynasty (206 BCE) and the founding of the imperial era.

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Written with reader accessibility in mind, this comprehensive handbook of symbolism in Chinese art and culture will be an invaluable resource for any student of Eastern art history, Chinese arts and crafts, and anyone interested in commonly held Chinese beliefs and their origins.

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Draws parallels between Marco Polo's journey east over the Silk Route and Columbus' sea voyages and reveals that Columbus studied ancient texts and maps from the Vatican Library. This book shows that the story that Columbus merely stumbled onto the New World were part of a political and theological cover-up.

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First major free-standing work on Churchill and Africa - fills lacuna in vast Churchill literature. Book's main message - Churchill as a humane figure, no racist and typical Liberal imperialist as Liberal or Conservative.

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Comprehensive account of Allied convoy operations and German attempts to disrupt. Written by a published expert of naval operations in WW2.

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Walk in the footsteps of history with this stunning volume that brings more than thirty Civil War battlefields to life.

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A sequel to the same author's Highland Battles which covered warfare in Scotland's northern and western Highlands in the early Middle Ages. A revealing portrait of Highland conflict and society 600 years ago.

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Combat Colonels seeks to address the regrettable gap in Australias documented history of its combat colonels. Its purpose is to name all the Commanding Officers who led units into actions in the Great War and to describe their lives before and, for those who survived, after the war.

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The first book devoted exclusively to exploring the development and use of aircraft designed specifically for high-altitude operations in WW2.

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