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This volume provides an easily comprehensible account of the law in Scotland, beginning with its historical development and professional structure before going on to consider the law as an institution.

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Outlining the history of settlement and work, this volume considers the working lives of those engaged in feeding, housing and protecting the population, those who work to keep the population healthy, and those who are engaged in work of the imagination rather than work to meet material needs.

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Explores a variety of topics on the theme of transport and communications. This volume includes chapters that are divided into five thematic sections: water transport, land transport, air transport, communications, and transport and communications in their wider contexts.

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Why is the tartan so important What is worn under a kilt How much of the story in Braveheart is real

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Why is the tartan so important What is worn under a kilt How much of the story in Braveheart is real

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Presents the story of the design and development of two fighters - SE 5a Vs Albatros D V - and concludes with their dramatic fights in the last year of World War I.

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Tells the story of the H.L. Hunley, a submarine that torpedoed a Union blockade ship during the Civil War before mysteriously sinking in 1864 and was discovered in 1995 by novelist and shipwreck hunter Clive Cussler.

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The diverse cultures of the Caribbean have been shaped as much by hurricanes as they have by diplomacy, commerce, or the legacy of colonial rule. In this panoramic work of social history, Stuart Schwartz examines how Caribbean societies have responded to the dangers of hurricanes, and how these destructive storms have influenced the region's histor

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Products of different design philosophies, the Seafire F III and the A6M Zero were never intended to meet in combat. This book examines these two iconic fighters and their two different histories, using artwork to illustrate the aerial duel of World War II, as the British Seafire overcame its critics to emerge victorious over the Japanese Zero.

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Intends to probe the role that Joaquin Murieta has played in the myth of the old Hispanic California.

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The Second Manassas Campaign was a military masterpiece in which Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia came as close as they ever would to ending the war. This volume presents an account of the campaign and discusses the opposing commanders, the opposing plans, and the battlefield today.

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Secret Alliances is an authoritative new perspective on some of the most remarkable exploits of the Second World War.

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In this extraordinary book, historian Tony Insall reveals how some of the most striking achievements of the Norwegian resistance were the detailed reports produced by intelligence agents living in the dangerous conditions of the country's desolate wilderness.

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During the Second World War, three prominent members of the Frankfurt School--Franz Neumann, Herbert Marcuse, and Otto Kirchheimer--worked as intelligence analysts for the Office of Strategic Services, the wartime forerunner of the CIA. This book brings together their most important intelligence reports on Nazi Germany, most of them published here

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This book explores the foundations of modern secret societies, examining the history and known facts of three very different organisations: the Assassins of the Middle East, the Templars of Europe, and the Secret Tribunals of Westphalia.

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Drawing on the words of many of the spies themselves, 'Secrets in a Dead Fish' is a fascinating compendium of clever and original ruses that casts new light into the murky world of espionage during the First World War.

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A compelling guide to prediction, a subject that is vital to modern existence.

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A turbulent and controversial period in Canada's history with ramifications for today's war on terror.

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Seeking Arnolds is the personal story of a son's search for a father deceased before his time, aided by angelic circumstance. This launched a discovery of the immigrant family saga, expanded to the painful and under-reported history of the homeland, Latvia, and other nearby Captive Nations.

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Australian's have always loved a good show, as this new collection of essays demonstrates. The book examines the complex role of exhibitions within Australia's cultural, commercial and artistic histories.

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The first English translation of this seminal work and milestone in modern Arab intellectual history. Professor al-Azm analyses the reasons for the Arabs' defeat against Israel in the 1967 war, and criticises a culture of concealment, denial and evasion, proposing that Arabs take responsiblity for their own state of affairs.

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