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Niccolo Machiavelli
[Paperback 1992]
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Drawing upon his own experiences of political office in the turbulent Florentine republic, Machiavelli wrote what would become his celebrated treatise on statecraft. Includes a chronology and map. Rejecting the traditional values of political theory, Machiavelli drew upon his own experiences of office in the turbulent Florentine republic to write... more
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Terry Breverton
[Hardcover 2012]
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Immortal Last Words is a fascinating, diverse collection of history s most uplifting, entertaining and thought-provoking dying remarks and final farewells. The 370 entries in this book have been drawn from some of history s greatest statesmen, poets, scientists, novelists and warriors the eminent men and women who have shaped... more
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Amitava Kumar
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2012]
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Not everyone is innocent but 95 per cent are Bureaucratic in its convolutions and brutal in its deceptions, the war on terror has had an impact on our lives that we do not yet understand. We sense it. A growing claustrophobia, wariness, suspicion, the stickiness of constant surveillance. But for... more
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Culture and Psyche is a collection of Sudhir Kakar's essays on cultural psychology, which analyses various facets of Indian identity and sexuality through sources as diverse as case studies, Indian myths and legends, and popular cinema. The second edition of this classic includes a new introduction and three additional essays... more
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Zinovy Zinik
[Hardcover 2011]
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Coming from a thoroughly secular Soviet background, the Russian-British novelist Zinovy Zinik became aware for the first time of his "Jewishness" when he emigrated to Israel in the 1970s. In this stylistically innovative autobiographical tale""Zinik describes how an "unheimliche" experience in Berlin--of seeing for real the house he dreamed about... more
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David Cannadine
[Paperback 2007]
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History is everywhere in the media. Television viewers can spend every evening watching a different historian expound upon Empire, Witchcraft, the Civil War or Royal Mistresses; or go to the cinema and watch reconstructions of the Second World War, American Civil War or Imperial China. Even current affairs reporting on... more
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Lesley J Gordon ,
John C Inscoe
[Hardcover 2005]
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In The Confederacy as a Revolutionary Experience (1970) and The Confederate Nation (1979), Emory Thomas redefined the field of Civil War history and reconceptualized the Confederacy as a unique entity fighting a war for survival. Today scholars continue to build on Thomas's work. Inside the Confederate Nation honors his enormous... more
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Eviatar Zerubavel
[Paperback 2004, 2nd Edition]
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Who were the first people to inhabit North America? Does the West Bank belong to the Arabs or the Jews? Why are racists so obsessed with origins? Is a seventh cousin still a cousin? Why do some societies name their children after dead ancestors? As Eviatar Zerubavel demonstrates in "Time... more
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Clausewitz Von ,
General Carl Von Clausewitz
[Hardcover 2004]
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First published by Routledge & Kegan Paul 1968. Carl von Clausewitz (1780-1831) was a Prussian General and military writer. His writings are contained in nine volumes, published posthumously, but his fame rests most upon these three volumes, forming his treatise On War. It reveals war, stripped of all accessories, as... more
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J G A Pocock
[Paperback 2005]
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Written by one of the world's leading historians of political thought and published over the past three decades, the purpose of these essays is to present British history as the history of several nations interacting with--and sometimes seceding from--association with an imperial state. The commentary presents this history as that... more
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Brian Lamb ,
Susan Swain ,
C Span
[Paperback 2010]
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Description: In a handsome, gift-quality volume celebrating the 200th anniversary of Lincoln's birth, America's top Lincoln historians offer their diverse perspectives on the life and legacy of America's sixteenth president. Spanning Lincoln's life-from his early career as a Springfield lawyer, to his presidential reign during one of America's most troubled... more
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Judith M Brown
[Hardbound 2011]
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About the Book : Historians have for decades used government archives as sources for mapping the past. But increasingly memoirs, family histories, and records of voluntary institutions are being explored to provide insights into people and community, allowing new and unique readings of the lives of previous generations. This book... more
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Bernard Lewis
[Paperback 2005, 1st Edition]
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Bernard Lewis is recognized around the globe as one of the leading authorities on Islam. Hailed as "the world's foremost Islamic scholar" (Wall Street Journal), as "a towering figure among experts on the culture and religion of the Muslim world" (Baltimore Sun), and as "the doyen of Middle Eastern studies"... more
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Snh Jafri
[Paperback 2010]
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In a consideration of a vast scope of themes such as ghazal as a form of non-conformist poetry, Hispano-Arabic connections with English poetry, Syed Ahmad Khan's role in the Urdu-Hindi controversy, and madrasa education and its contemporary criticism, the volume forms an important compliment (and corrective) to much of the... more
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Herbert Asbury
[Paperback 2003]
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James Dunkerley
[Paperback 2007]
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This volume brings together essays written over three decades on Bolivian history and politics. The book opens with a contemporary survey of the new government of the MAS headed by Evo Morales. Subsequent chapters review the neoliberal experiments of the... more
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Santiago Martinez Concha
[Paperback 2005]
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"Latino Book Award 2005 - Mejor Libro Nueva Era (Best New Era Book)""" Based on historical, literary, and philosophical arguments extracted from Timeus's Dialogues, Plato's Critique, the Babylonian, and the Bible, this piece of historical reinterpretation... more
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William Alsup
[Paperback 2005]
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This riveting narrative details the mysterious disappearance of Peter Starr, a San Francisco attorney, from a prominent family, who set off to climb alone in the rugged Minaret region of the Sierra Nevada in July 1933. Rigorous and thorough searches by so... more
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William Ospina ,
Benjamin Villegas
[Hardcover 2006]
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The complexity of a country in which violence and internal armed conflict coexist with enormous cultural, natural, and human riches is captured in this illuminating essay by a Colombian poet. A refreshed view of Colombia is proposed, shedding light on the... more
