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Stories of the Past: Viewing History through Fiction [Paperback]
Dr Chris Green(Author)
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ISBN: 9789464280333
Published by : Sidestone Press
Series: Sidestone Press Dissertations
This study contends that the creation and consumption of fiction has not been looked at in a holistic way in terms of an overall process that takes us from author to consumer with all of the potential intermediate steps. It proposes and describes ... .... Learn More -
Stories of the Past: Viewing History through Fiction [Hardback]
Dr Chris Green(Author)
Regular Price: $125.00
Special Price: $120.00
ISBN: 9789464280340
Published by : Sidestone Press
Series: Sidestone Press Dissertations
This study contends that the creation and consumption of fiction has not been looked at in a holistic way in terms of an overall process that takes us from author to consumer with all of the potential intermediate steps. It proposes and describes ... .... Learn More -
North Uist in History and Legend [Paperback]
Bill Lawson(Author)
$18.95ISBN: 9781912476961
Published by : Origin
Like all the Hebrides, North Uist has a fascinating history and a landscape scattered with historic sites, from Neolithic burial chambers, Iron Age forts and medieval churches to battle-sites and townships forged in the days of kelp trade and dese... .... Learn More -
Fast and Bonnie: History of William Fife and Son, Yachtbuilders [Paperback]
May Fife McCallum(Author)
$34.95ISBN: 9781912476749
Published by : Origin
From humble beginnings at Fairlie, Ayrshire, in the early years of the nineteenth century, William Fife and Son grew to become one of Britain’s premier yacht-building yards, attracting commissions from as far afield as America, Canada and Am... .... Learn More -
Political Torture in the Twentieth Century [Paperback]
Cesereanu Ruxandra(Author)
$19.99ISBN: 9788869773402
Published by : Mimesis International
Series: Speculum Civitatis
Unanimously banned and condemned, torture has been used in many countries throughout the 20th century. Ruxandra Cesereanu’s essay aims to deepen this subject, showing the unimaginable dimensions that human cruelty can sometimes reach. The Ar... .... Learn More -
The Free and the Brave: American Philhellenes and the “Glorious Struggle of the Greeks” (1776-1866) [Paperback]
Maria Georgopoulou(Editor)
$45.00ISBN: 9789609994552
Published by : American School of Classical Studies at Athens
This bilingual catalog (in English and Greek) accompanied an exhibition organized by the Gennadius Library on the occasion of the bicentenary of the Greek Revolution of 1821 to explore the relations and connections between Greece and the United St... .... Learn More -
Camel Tracks: A history of exploration, warfare and policing in the modern Imperial Age [Paperback]
Andrew Goudie(Author)
$37.95ISBN: 9781914268014
Published by : Society for Libyan Studies
Camels, one of creation's most remarkable animals, are celebrated through this fascinating historical study of their place in the modern imperial era. Goudie’s wide-ranging research into the exploration and use of camels reveals dramatic sto... .... Learn More -
St. Valery: The Impossible Odds [Paperback]
Bill Innes(Editor)
$18.95ISBN: 9781912476909
Published by : Origin
The gallant rearguard action which led to the capture of the 51st Highland Division at St Valéry-en-Caux (two weeks after the famous evacuation of the main British army from Dunkirk) may have burned itself into the consciousness of an older... .... Learn More -
The Great Highland Famine: Hunger, Emigration and the Scottish Highlands in the Nineteenth Century [Paperback]
Tom M. Devine(Author)
$44.95ISBN: 9781910900505
Published by : John Donald
The Great Hunger in nineteenth-century Ireland was a major human tragedy of modern times. Almost a million perished and a further two million emigrated in the wake of potato blight and economic collapse. Acute famine also gripped the Scottish High... .... Learn More -
The Long Shadow of World War II: The Legacy of the War and its Impact on Political and Military Thinking since 1945 [Hardback]
Matthias Strohn(Editor)
$65.00Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 9781952715020
Published by : Casemate Academic
2020 marks 75 years since the end of World War II, yet even as the war slips from living memory, its legacies continue to influence current political and military thinking. This anthology will analyse these legacies for a number of countries and r... .... Learn More