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* The Blitz Bomb Disposal Unit - this is the extraordinary tale of men whose job required daily acts of incredible heroism - it's a tale of British ingenuity and technical achievement in seriously adverse circumstances

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Drawing on an extensive range of sources, from newspapers and institutional records to oral histories and autobiography, Dangerous amusements explores the beginnings of a distinct youth culture in the streets and neighbourhood spaces of late nineteenth and early twentieth century Britain.

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This bibliography brings together works by and about Boorstin, showing the volume, range, and importance of his contribution to the study of American history.

With more than 1,300 entries, the bibliography records a history of Daniel Boorstin in print and non-print from 1930 to 1999.

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A detailed case-study of the Liguria region of Italy, using the insights gained there to illuminate events at the end of Roman imperial rule.

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Reveals how NASA cashed in on the Americans' thirst for heroes in an age of discontent and became obsessed with putting men in space. Landing on the moon, it was argued, would be good for the economy, for politics, and for the soul. This book exposes the truth behind one of the most revered fictions of American history.

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A study of darts and society. It examines the development of darts in the context of English society in the early twentieth century, concentrating principally upon key developments between 1918 and 1939. It is suitable for sports historians, social historians, business historians, sociologists and sports scientists.

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An account of the courageous and unusual women who have been the backbone of the British Empire and foreign service.

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In ancient Egypt women enjoyed a legal, social and sexual independence unrivalled by their Greek or Roman sisters, or in fact by most women until the late nineteenth century. This book presents a picture of daily life - marriage and the home, work and play, grooming and religion - viewed from a female perspective.

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The cosmic Twinship of Earth (women) and Sky (men) requires a gender balance. Earth issues lose cogency when left to Sky. Part of the "Native America: Yesterday and Today" series, this title initiates the process of righting Earth and Sky proportions by reframing Indian issues as properly gendered.

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The first English language in-depth study of a footsoldier of the seventeenth-century Republic of Letters. Its subject, the German polymath and schoolteacher Christian Daum, left behind one of the largest private archives of any early modern European scholar. -- .

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This in-depth and forthright biography examines the personal and professional life of General David Petraeus, today's most prominent military leader.

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From the mid-1930s to 1945, young New Zealanders in their hundreds trained as fighter pilots. Initially outnumbered, outgunned and effectively lambs to the slaughter, they were an intrepid part of Churchill's celebrated few, defending Britain and her allies.

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De Nile is a treatise on Egypt, the development of the world's oldest civilization. Their kings were creating a nation that surpassed the wealth of every country on earth, looking in the individual pharaoh's court and the struggles behind the throne--sharing the thrilling truth of power.

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This study emphasizes the local context of De Stijl and explores its relationship to Dutch modernism. It examines how the debates concerning abstraction in painting and spatiality in architecture were connected to developments in urban planning, advertising, interior and exhibition design.