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The Eighteenth Century in Indian History: Revolution or Evolution?
P. J. Marshall
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• Author(s): P. J. Marshall • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Asia - South - GeneralThis book presents, in a single volume, a selection of the most important interpretations in current times, explor...
View full detailsThe Industrial Revolution (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Robert C. Allen, Robert C.
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• Author(s): Robert C. Allen | Robert C. • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • BISAC: Europe - Great Britain - GeneralThe Industrial Revolution was a pivotal point in British history that occurred between the mid-eighteenth and ...
View full detailsPakistan: The Balochistan Conundrum
Tilak Devasher
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• Author(s): Tilak Devasher • Publisher: Harper India • Publisher Imprint: Harper India • BISAC: GeneralBalochistan, Pakistan's largest province, is a complex region fraught with conflict and hostility, ranging from an enduring insurgency and sec...
View full detailsCivil Wars: A Very Short Introduction
Monica Duffy Toft
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• Author(s): Monica Duffy Toft • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Politics and Current Affairs • BISAC: Military - GeneralCivil wars are nasty, brutish, and long. Monica Duffy Toft introduces this complex and timely ...
View full detailsThucydides (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Jennifer T. Roberts
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• Author(s): Jennifer T. Roberts • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Ancient - GeneralVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring In 432 BCE the powerful city-state of Sparta on the peninsul...
View full detailsIran (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Ali Ansari
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• Author(s): Ali Ansari • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Politics and Current Affairs • BISAC: Middle East - GeneralIran has rarely been out of the headlines. Yet media interest and extensive coverage has tended to...
View full detailsAlexander The Great (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Hugh Bowden
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• Author(s): Hugh Bowden • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press, USA • BISAC: Ancient - GreeceAlexander the Great became king of Macedon in 336 BC, when he was only 20 years old, and died at the age...
View full detailsWorld Encyclopedia of Tanks: An Illustrated History and Directory of Tanks, from 1916 to the Present Day, with More Than 650 Photographs
George Forty
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• Author(s): George Forty • Publisher: MIXGD • Publisher Imprint: MIXGD • BISAC: Military - Vehicles - LandThis fully-updated book is an authoritative directory of tanks and their immediate derivatives, such as tank destroyers and armoured recove...
View full detailsThe Essential Writings of B.R. Ambedkar :
Rodrigues Valerian
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• Author(s): Rodrigues Valerian • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Asian - GeneralProviding an important introduction, this book is a compilation of judiciously selected, thoroughly edited writings o...
View full detailsA Cultural History Of India
A.L.Basham (Editor)
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• Author(s): A.L.Basham (Editor) • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • BISAC: Asia - South - GeneralThis book, edited by the well-known historian A. L. Basham, presents a comprehensive survey of Indian culture, covering such asp...
View full detailsViolence, Martyrdom And Partition : A Daughter's Testimony
Nonica Datta
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• Author(s): Nonica Datta • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: DiscriminationThis book presents the oral testimony of Subhashini (1914 2003), head of a well-known Arya Samaj institution devoted to wome...
View full detailsThe Muslims Are Coming!: Islamophobia, Extremism, and the Domestic War on Terror
Kundnani
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• Author(s): Kundnani • Publisher: Cambridge UP • Publisher Imprint: Foundation Books • Subject: HistoryThe muslims are coming!: islamophobia, extremism, and the domestic war on terror by kundnani, cambridge india, 2014, paperback, 9789382993513....
View full detailsThe Muhammad Avatara: Salvation History, Translation, and the Making of Bengali Islam
Ayesha A. Irani
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• Author(s): Ayesha A. Irani • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP
The History Of Chemistry (VSI): Very Short Introduction
William H. Brock
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• Author(s): William H. Brock • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Chemistry - GeneralIn this Very Short Introduction, William H Brock traces the unique appeal of this fundamental science throughout hi...
View full detailsAurangzeb Monach and Man
Indira Parthasarathy
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• Author(s): Indira Parthasarathy • Publisher: Ratna Sagar • Publisher Imprint: PrimusBook • Subject: HistoryIndira Parthasarathy’s play Aurangzeb presents the Mughal Emperor from certain chosen perspectives. Like Parthasarathy’s other dramatic w...
View full detailsAgrarian and Other Histories: Essays for Binay Bhushan Chaudhuri
Shubhra Chakrabarti, Utsa Patnaik
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• Author(s): Shubhra Chakrabarti | Utsa Patnaik • Publisher: Tulika Books • Publisher Imprint: Tulika Books • Subject: History • BISAC: Asia - South - GeneralThere is no area in the agrarian history of eastern India that Binay Bhushan Chaudhuri h...
View full detailsA People's History of India 36: The Ecological History of India, Man And Environment
Irfan Habib
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• Author(s): Irfan Habib • Publisher: Tulika Books • Publisher Imprint: Tulika Books • Subject: History • BISAC: Asia - South - GeneralAbout the Book Increasing interest has been shown in recent decades in matters relating to ecology, especially ...
View full detailsA Memoir of Pre-Partition Punjab: Ruchi Ram Sahni, 1863-1948
BurraNeera
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• Author(s): BurraNeera • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Asia - South - GeneralAbout the Book Memoirs of a Life in Punjab is the autobiography of Ruchi Ram Sahni which offers a rich tapestry of lif...
View full detailsSpartans (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Andrew J. Bayliss
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• Author(s): Andrew J. Bayliss • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Ancient - GeneralVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring The myths surrounding Sparta are as old as the city itself. E...
View full detailsStudying History
John C.B. Webster
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• Author(s): John C.B. Webster • Publisher: Ratna Sagar • Publisher Imprint: PrimusBook • Subject: HistoryHistory is a dynamic, challenging, and ever-broadening field of study. This book, practical in its orientation, seeks to introduce the reade...
View full detailsCalcutta In The 19Th Century
Chakraborty, Bidisha
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• Author(s): Chakraborty | Bidisha • Publisher: Niyogi Books • Publisher Imprint: NiyogiBook • Subject: HistoryCalcutta In The Nineteenth Century: An Archival Exploration
Witchcraft (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Malcolm Gaskill
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• Author(s): Malcolm Gaskill • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Witchcraft (See Also Religion - Wicca)Reading books is a kind of enjoyment. Reading books is a good habit. We bring you a different kin...
View full detailsSubalterns and Sovereigns :
Sundar Nandini
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• Author(s): Sundar Nandini • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • BISAC: Asia - South - GeneralRedefining the way history and anthropology view tribal India, this book explores the expansion of the state in Bastar over the past ...
View full detailsA History Of South India (Oip)
Sastri K.A.Nilakanta; R.Champakalakshmi
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• Author(s): Sastri K.A.Nilakanta; R.Champakalakshmi • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UPA HISTORY OF SOUTH INDIA (OIP): From Prehistoric Times To the Fall of Vijayanagar
The Oxford History of the Holy Land
Hoyland
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• Author(s): Hoyland • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • BISAC: Eastern Europe - GeneralbHistories you can trust./b The Oxford History of the Holy Land covers the 3,000 years which saw the rise of Judaism, Christianity, and I...
View full detailsV.S. Srinivasa Sastri: A Liberal Life
Vineet Thakur
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• Author(s): Vineet Thakur • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge India • Subject: HistoryThis book explores the Indian tradition of liberalism through a critical intellectual biography of Valangaiman Sankaranarayana Sri...
View full detailsThe Tuzuk-I-Jahangiri Or Memoirs Of Jahangir (Vol. 1)
Henry Beveridge
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• Author(s): Henry Beveridge • Publisher: Atlantic • Publisher Imprint: Atlantic • Subject: HistoryEmperor Nuru-d-din Jahangir hails from the illustrious Babur family. The memoir writing trend descended to Babur down from his great ancestor, Amir...
View full detailsThe Rajas of The Punjab (Vol. 2)
Lepel H. Griffin
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• Author(s): Lepel H. Griffin • Publisher: Atlantic • Publisher Imprint: Atlantic • Subject: HistoryThe book, first published in 1870, highlights the history of the princely chiefs of a number of small states located in the composite Punjab and t...
View full detailsReading In Indian History
Mohammad Yasin
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• Author(s): Mohammad Yasin • Publisher: Atlantic • Publisher Imprint: Atlantic • Subject: HistoryThis book contains five essays and one monograph on Medieval and Modern Indian history. The essay on 'Ibn Khaldun' formulates his conception of hist...
View full detailsPunjab Under The Great Mughals
Surjit Singh Gandhi
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• Author(s): Surjit Singh Gandhi • Publisher: Atlantic • Publisher Imprint: Atlantic • Subject: HistoryPunjab Under the Great Mughals brings out the peculiarities of the concepts and strategies followed by the Mughal emperors and their impact on ...
View full detailsPrachin Bharat Ka Itihaas
Shailendra Sengar
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• Author(s): Shailendra Sengar • Publisher: Atlantic • Publisher Imprint: Atlantic • Subject: Historyमनुष्य के जीवन के सतत् विकास का अध्ययन ही इतिहास का सार है, अतः इसकी उपयोगिता निर्विवाद है। विगत सफलताओं-असफलताओं के परिप्रेक्ष्य में वर्तमान को ...
View full detailsMadhyakaalin Bharat Ka Itihaas: Mughalkaalin Bharat (1526 A.D.-1739 A.D.)
Manik Lal Gupt
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• Author(s): Manik Lal Gupt • Publisher: Atlantic • Publisher Imprint: Atlantic • Subject: Historyप्रस्तुत पुस्तक ‘मुगलकालीन भारत’ ;1526 ई. से 1739 ई.द्ध में मेरा उद्देश्य इतिहास वेफ प्रति यथासम्भव व्यापक दृष्टिकोण अपनाते हुए हिन्दी पाठकों वेफ प्...
View full detailsMadhyakaalin Bharat Ka Itihaas
Shailendra Sengar
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• Author(s): Shailendra Sengar • Publisher: Atlantic • Publisher Imprint: Atlantic • Subject: Historyमनुष्य के जीवन के सतत् विकास का अध्ययन ही इतिहास का सार है, अतः इसकी उपयोगिता निर्विवाद है। विगत सफलताओं-असफलताओं के परिप्रेक्ष्य में वर्तमान को ...
View full detailsHaryana: A Historical Perspective
S.C. Mittal
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• Author(s): S.C. Mittal • Publisher: Atlantic • Publisher Imprint: Atlantic • Subject: HistoryHaryana: A Historical Perspective is a dispassionate and systematic attempt at a reconstruction of the historical past of Haryana. It deals with events...
View full detailsEuropean Adventures Of Northern India (1785-1849)
C. Grey, H.L.O. Garrett
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• Author(s): C. Grey | H.L.O. Garrett • Publisher: Atlantic • Publisher Imprint: Nirmal B. • Subject: History
Bhartiya Itihaas (Vol. 1)
Manik Lal Gupt
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• Author(s): Manik Lal Gupt • Publisher: Atlantic • Publisher Imprint: Atlantic • Subject: Historyप्रस्तुत पुस्तक, भारतीय इतिहास (आदिकाल से 1964 तक), राज्य लोक सेवा आयोग द्वारा आयोजित सिविल सर्विसेज परीक्षा के साथ-साथ यू॰जी॰सी॰ नेट एवं अन्य समान ...
View full detailsThe Very Best Of A P J Abdul Kalam : The Righteous Of Life
A.P.J Abdul Kalam
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• Author(s): A.P.J Abdul Kalam • Publisher: Rupa Publications • Publisher Imprint: Rupa Publications • BISAC: Asia - South - GeneralA definitive collection that brings together the best of A.P.J. Abdul Kalam's writings. Dr. Kalam, who was India's...
View full detailsSubaltern Studies
Gargi Talapatra
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• Author(s): Gargi Talapatra • Publisher: Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd • Publisher Imprint: Orient Blackswan Pvt LtdThis volume is a comprehensive and critical introduction to Subaltern Studies. It offers a detailed discussion of all major perspectiv...
View full detailsReconstruction (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Allen C. Guelzo
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• Author(s): Allen C. Guelzo • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Military and Police Studies • BISAC: United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877)The era known as Reconstruction is one of the unhappiest times in Ameri...
View full detailsRise And Fall Of The Third Reich
William L Shirer
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• Author(s): William L Shirer • Publisher: Cornerstone • Publisher Imprint: CornerstoneIt was Hitler's boast that the Third Reich would last a thousand years. Instead it lasted only twelve. But into its short life was packed the most cataclysmic ...
View full detailsMarx, Gandhi And Modernity: Essays presented to Javeed Alam
Akeel Bilgrami
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• Author(s): Akeel Bilgrami • Publisher: Tulika Books • Publisher Imprint: Tulika Books • BISAC: Asia - South - GeneralAbout the Book As a tribute to Javeed Alam and his exemplary life, some of his close friends and admirers have come together in...
View full detailsB.R Ambedkar
ThoratSukhadeo And Narender Kumar, Narender Kumar
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• Author(s): ThoratSukhadeo And Narender Kumar | Narender Kumar • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • BISAC: Asia - South - GeneralThis volume brings together original documents, memorandums, and writings of B.R. Ambedkar to hig...
View full detailsMusic In Colonial Punjab: Courtesans, Bards, And Connoisseurs, 1800-1947
Dr Radha Kapuria
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• Author(s): Dr Radha Kapuria • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Politics and Current Affairs • BISAC: Asia - GeneralThis book offers the first social history of music in undivided Punjab (1800-1947), beginning at th...
View full detailsBhartiya Rashtriya Aandolan by Urmila Sharma, S.K. Sharma
Urmila Sharma, S.K. Sharma
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• Author(s): Urmila Sharma | S.K. Sharma • Publisher: Atlantic • Publisher Imprint: Atlantic • Subject: Politics and Current Affairsप्रस्तुत पुस्तक में समस्त भारतीय विश्वविद्यालयों की बी॰ए॰ एवं एम॰ए॰ (राजशास्त्र) कक्षाओं के पाठ्यक्रमानुसार, भारती...
View full detailsEverything Is Tuberculosis (Signed Edition): The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
John Green
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• Author(s): John Green • Publisher: Crash Course Books • Publisher Imprint: Crash Course Books • BISAC: World - GeneralJohn Green, the #1 bestselling author of The Anthropocene Reviewed and a passionate advocate for global healthcare reform, tel...
View full detailsCommunal Identity in India
Chakraborty Bidyut
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• Author(s): Chakraborty Bidyut • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Sociology and Anthropology • BISAC: Asia - South - GeneralThis collection of seminal essays provides a useful and stimulating introduction to the deb...
View full detailsBabylonia (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Trevor Bryce
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• Author(s): Trevor Bryce • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Ancient - GeneralThe history of Ancient Babylonia in ancient Mesopotamia is epic. After playing host to three great empires, the Hammurabi...
View full detailsMughal India: Studies in Polity, Ideas, Society, and Culture
M. Athar Ali
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• Author(s): M. Athar Ali • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press, USA • BISAC: Asia - South - GeneralThe late Professor M. Athar Ali was one of the foremost authorities on Mughal history. This book ...
View full detailsThe Eighteenth Century in India
Seema Alavi
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• Author(s): Seema Alavi • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Asia - South - GeneralPart of the prestigious Debates in Indian History and Society series, this volume presents the key argument of the de...
View full detailsPoems of Love and War: From the Eight Anthologies and the Ten Long Poems of Classical Tamil
A. K. Ramanujan
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• Author(s): A. K. Ramanujan • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press, USA • BISAC: Asia - GeneralPoet, translator, folklorist A. K. Ramanujan has been recognised as the world's most profound scholar ...
View full detailsThe History of History: Politics and Scholarship in Modern India
Vinay Lal
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• Author(s): Vinay Lal • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press, USA • BISAC: HistoriographyA radical contribution to the understanding of Indian history as a discipline, this book explores the politi...
View full detailsThe History of Emotions: A Very Short Introduction
Thomas Dixon
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• Author(s): Thomas Dixon • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Social HistoryVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Emotions are complex mental states that resist reduction. They are vis...
View full detailsAncient Warfare (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Harry Sidebottom
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• Author(s): Harry Sidebottom • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Military - GeneralGreek and Roman warfare was unlike that of any other culture before or since. The key difference is often held to be...
View full detailsJapanese Literature: A Very Short Introduction
Alan Tansman
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• Author(s): Alan Tansman • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press, USA • BISAC: Asia - JapanWith a history stretching back nearly 1,500 years, Japanese literature is infused from its beginnings with ...
View full detailsLate Antiquity (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Gillian Clark
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• Author(s): Gillian Clark • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: Ancient - RomeLate antiquity saw the barbarian invasions overrun the western Roman empire and Persian and Arab armies end Roma...
View full detailsThe Roman Republic (VSI): Very Short Introduction
David M. Gwynn
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• Author(s): David M. Gwynn • Publisher: Oxford University Press (UK) • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press (UK) • BISAC: Ancient - RomeThe rise and fall of the Roman Republic occupies a special place in the history of Western civilization...
View full detailsA Dictionary of World History
Anne Kerr
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• Author(s): Anne Kerr • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: ReferenceThis wide-ranging dictionary contains a wealth of information on all aspects of history, from prehistory right up to the present day...
View full detailsByzantium (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Peter Sarris
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• Author(s): Peter Sarris • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Ancient - GreeceAfter surviving the fifth century fall of the Western European Roman Empire, the Byzantine Empire flourished as one of the...
View full detailsBritish Politics (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Tony Wright
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• Author(s): Tony Wright • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Politics and Current Affairs • BISAC: Europe - Great Britain - 21st CenturyAt a time when politics in Britain is experiencing unprecedented turmoil, this Ve...
View full detailsThe Illustrated World Encyclopedia of Guns: Pistols, Rifles, Revolvers, Machine and Submachine Guns Through History in 1100 Clear Photographs
Will Fowler
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• Author(s): Will Fowler • Publisher: Lorenz Books • Publisher Imprint: Lorenz Books • BISAC: Military - WeaponsAn authoritative historical guide to the world of military, antique and law-enforcement firearms, photographed throughout.