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Spanning Galileo's career, this title presents an annotated translation of Galileo's important writings as judged by their historical impact from the 17th century to the present. It provides those writings that bear closely on key developments in physics, astronomy, epistemology, and scientific methodology, and those relevant to general culture.

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"An anthology of key selections from the writings of the most important ancient Greek historians: Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, Aristotle, Polybius, Memnon, and Plutarch. Maps, editorial annotations, and an index are also provided"--

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This abridgment of Tryntje Helfferich's acclaimed 2009 anthology "The Thirty Years War" features an expanded General Introduction and annotation designed to support student readings in swift-moving surveys of European and World history.

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This abridgment of Tryntje Helfferich's acclaimed 2009 anthology "The Thirty Years War" features an expanded General Introduction and annotation designed to support student readings in swift-moving surveys of European and World history.

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Traces the roots of the Chinese empire's exceptional longevity and unparalleled political durability, and shows how lessons from the imperial past are relevant for China today. This book demonstrates that the empire survived and adjusted to a variety of domestic and external challenges through a peculiar combination of rigid ideological premises.

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Looks at the history of the London suburbs in the interwar years -- .

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A critical re-examination of the interwoven political and musical happenings in San Francisco in the Sixties

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On 3 April 1982 British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher announced that Argentine armed forces had landed on British sovereign territory and had run up the Argentine flag. An immediate response was required and a task force was rapidly assembled to retake the islands. This volume details the major stages of the land campaign to retake the islands.

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In early May 1940, the fortress of Eben Emael was a potent sentinel over the Belgian-Dutch borderlands. The fortress covered 75 hectares on the surface, had 5km of tunnels underground and was studded with bunkers, gun turrets and casemates.

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"The Fall of English France 1449-53".

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Originally published: Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1963.

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An uncensored inside look into the mind of one of the most controversial entrepreneurs in history.

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This investigation of women's part in civic life provides a fresh approach to the 'public sphere', illuminates women as agents of a middle-class identity and develops the notion of a 'feminine public sphere', or the web of associations, institutions and discourses used by disenfranchised middle-class women to express their citizenship. -- .

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Describes and examines the Fuhrerhauptquartiere - the 14 or so headquarters built for Hitler. Revealing their locations and how they were used to direct the Nazi war apparatus, this title offers insights into various historical sites from Berghof to the Wolf's Lair.

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An illustrated study of the First Afghan War--a setback for British forces in the Great Game of the 19th century--that holds important lessons for modern forces in Afghanistan today.

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In 1914 the Germans launched an offensive that swept through Belgium and into France, threatening to crush French resistance in one fell swoop. However, through careful maneuvering and stubborn resistance, the French Army, aided by the BEF, blunted the assault, winning an important strategic victory that kept France in the war.