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By: Christopher de Hamel

ISBN: 9781851244683
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2017
Publisher: Bodleian Library
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Based mainly on examples in the Bodleian Library, this lavishly illustrated account tells the story of manuscript production from the early Middle Ages to the high Renaissance. Each stage of production is described, from the preparation of the parchment, pens, paints and inks to the writing of the scripts and the illumination of the manuscript.


(Paperback)

By: Jason Peacey

ISBN: 9781526167002
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2022
Publisher: Manchester University Press
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This book is based on the latest research, and involves stimulating new ideas from some of the most important scholars working in the field of imperial history. It ranges across politics, religion, economy, law and geography in order to offer challenging perspectives on the nature and origins of the first British empire. -- .


(Paperback)

By: Bill Bunbury

ISBN: 9781760801410
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2020
Publisher: UWA Publishing
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By: Frank Diktter

ISBN: 9781408886366
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2017
UK Publication Date: 9th February 2017
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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An unprecedented, groundbreaking history of China's Great Famine

Winner of the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize 2011


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By: Mcrae Jane

ISBN: 9781869408619
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2018
Publisher: Auckland University Press
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Introduces readers to the distinctive oral style and language of the traditional compositions, acknowledges the skills of the composers of old and explores the meaning of their striking imagery and figurative language. And it shows how ng krero tuku iho - the inherited words - can be a deep well of knowledge about the way of life, wisdom and thi


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By: Erueti/Chambers

ISBN: 9780864735539
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2007
Publisher: Te Herenga Waka University Press
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Exploring an issue of international significance, this collection of essays addresses the reconciliation of the pre-existing, inherent rights of indigenous peoples with those held and asserted by the state.


(Hardback)

By: Dr. Neal Asbury

ISBN: 9781954641341
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2025
Publisher: Apollo Publishers
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(Hardback)

By: Sharon Kinoshita

ISBN: 9781789149371
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2025
UK Publication Date: 1st October 2024
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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A vivid account of Marco Polo's astounding, continent-spanning adventures.


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By: Maria Augustus-Dunn

ISBN: 9781925520453
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2017
Publisher: Big Sky Publishing
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By: Julienne Gehrer

ISBN: 9781851245604
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2021
Publisher: Bodleian Library
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This is the first facsimile publication of Martha Lloyds Household Book, the manuscript cookbook of Jane Austens closest friend. Marthas notebook is reproduced with complete transcription and detailed annotation. Introductory chapters discuss its place among other household books of the long eighteenth century.


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By: Alexander Samson

ISBN: 9781526160249
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2021
Publisher: Manchester University Press
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This book presents a new interpretation of the co-monarchy of Mary I and Philip II. It reclaims Mary as a great Catholic queen and fleshes out Philips contributions as king, exposing the sectarian historiography that has cast their reign in a negative light. An important corrective for the history of Tudor England and Habsburg Spain.


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By: Jodi Magness

ISBN: 9780691167107
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2019
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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(Paperback)

By: Sienna Brown

ISBN: 9780143787532
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2019
Publisher: Random House Australia
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(Paperback, 6th edition)

By: Norman Lowe

ISBN: 9781350933408
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Sep 2022
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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(Paperback)

By: Ian Mortimer

ISBN: 9781529920802
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2024
UK Publication Date: 22nd February 2024
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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(Hardback)

By: Eleanor Jackson

ISBN: 9780712355902
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2025
Publisher: British Library Publishing
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Through a selection of detailed expert essays and some 40 spotlight studies, Medieval Womenreveals a rich and complex picture of their world, full of colourful characters and intriguing stories. This title accompanies the British Library Exhibition and showcases incredible items from the Library's archive and major European collections.


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By: Ashton Robinson

ISBN: 9781922265524
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2019
Publisher: Big Sky Publishing
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(Paperback)

By: Tiffany Shellam

ISBN: 9781760801137
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2020
Publisher: UWA Publishing
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By: Hamish McDonald

ISBN: 9781760642037
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2025
Publisher: Black Inc.
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(Hardback)

By: Sean Reynolds

ISBN: 9781761380815
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2024
Publisher: Scribe Publications
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By: Museum Victoria

ISBN: 9780980381375
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2009
Publisher: Museum Victoria Publishing
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Comes out of Melbourne Museums permanent exhibition, 'The Melbourne Story'.


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By: Rachel Cockerell

ISBN: 9781035408924
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2024
Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
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For fans of Philippe Sands and Edmund du Waal, this Jewish family history charts the attempt by 10,000 Eastern Europeans to found a Jewish State in Texas, USA - led by Rachel's great-grandfather.


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By: Harrison Christian

ISBN: 9781761150456
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2022
Publisher: Ultimo Press
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Full of misadventure and mystery, Men Without Country is a sweeping history of exploration and rebellion in the South Seas told by a direct descendant of Fletcher Christian, the man who led the infamous mutiny on the Bounty


(Paperback)

By: Vaughn Scribner

ISBN: 9781789149388
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2025
UK Publication Date: 21st October 2024
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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A wide-ranging, beautifully illustrated history of mermaids and merman.

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