Martin Rundkvist

Mead-halls of the Eastern Geats : Elite Settlements and Political Geography AD 375-1000 in Östergötland, Sweden

Kungl. Vitterhetsakademien, 2011. Hardcover. Fine Condition. 9789174024050 Firmly bound, clean unmarked pages, bump to lower corner of front board. The Swedish province of Östergötland is one of Scandinavia's breadbaskets, with an archaeological and historical record that speaks of great wealth through the ages. The province has long been recognised as one of the first millennium's political hot spots. Splendid single finds, though never before surveyed comprehensively, offer a rough idea of where elite settlements might be sought. But little has been known about individual elite settlements in first millennium Östergötland. Not one of the Beowulfian mead-halls of this book's title, the ostentatious manorial buildings where the Late Iron Age elite lived their lives and played their roles, has been identified in the field. Yet they are easily recognised elsewhere through their architecture and associated find categories. This book aims at beginning to remedy Östergötland's regional absence of mead-halls, being an investigation of the province's internal political geography during the period AD 375-1000. Where were the elite settlements? MARTIN RUNDKVIST is an archaeologist who received his doctorate from the University of Stockholm in 2003. He is mainly active in research into the Bronze and Iron Ages in Scandinavia. Furthermore he edits the journal Fornvännen and keeps the internationally popular Aardvarchaeology blog. 165 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; ISBN/EAN: 9789174024050. Inventory No: dscf11716.

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Keywords: BZDB229 History; Meadhalls of the Eastern Geats Elite Settlements and Political Geography AD 3751000 in stergtland Sweden Martin Rundkvist

Karl Sabbagh

A Rum Affair: A True Story of Botanical Fraud

Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2000. First Edition, Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. 9780374252823 Clean unmarked pages, firmly bound; slight creasing to top of spine. A nicely kept copy. This is a well-researched account of a likely scientific fraud by J W Heslop Harrison, a Professor of Botany in the North of England, who apparently transplanted specimens to the island of Rum and later 'discovered' them as new and unusual finds. The book also throws doubt on the published results of an experiment performed by the professor to show that chemical induction of mutation caused the white form of the peppered moth to become darker in industrial areas. It was on the basis of this experiment and other work that J W Heslop Harrison gained election to the Royal Society in the 1920's. The book reads like a good detective story and is highly recommended to those with or without a scientific background. (Reader review) 276 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Natural History & Resources; ISBN/EAN: 9780374252823. Inventory No: dscf11320.

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Keywords: BZDB229 Natural History & Resources; A Rum Affair A True Story of Botanical Fraud Karl Sabbagh

Meriel Schindler

The Lost Café Schindler

Hodder & Stoughton , 2021. Hardcover. As New/As New. 9781529332056 A very nice copy-clean bright and unmarked, in as new condition. An extraordinary and compelling book of reckonings - a journey across a long, complex and deeply painful arc of history, grippingly told - a wonderful melding of the personal and the political, the family and the historical. -- Philippe Sands Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; ISBN/EAN: 9781529332056. Inventory No: dscf10563.

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Anthony Seldon

10 Downing Street: The Illustrated History

HarperCollins, 1999. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Near Fine. 9780004140735 232 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Dust Jacket is in very good condition, without tears or chips, slght surface wear on rear.. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; ISBN/EAN: 9780004140735. Inventory No: dscf10280.

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Ethan Shagan

The Rule of Moderation: Violence, Religion and the Politics of Restraint in Early Modern England

Cambridge University Press, 2011. Softcover. Good Condition. 9780521135566 Pink highlighting and pencilled notes to Chapter 7, moderate wear to covers and pages. Why was it that whenever the Tudor-Stuart regime most loudly trumpeted its moderation, that regime was at its most vicious? This groundbreaking book argues that the ideal of moderation, so central to English history and identity, functioned as a tool of social, religious and political power. Thus The Rule of Moderation rewrites the history of early modern England, showing that many of its key developments – the via media of Anglicanism, political liberty, the development of empire and even religious toleration – were defined and defended as instances of coercive moderation, producing the 'middle way' through the forcible restraint of apparently dangerous excesses in Church, state and society. By showing that the quintessentially English quality of moderation was at heart an ideology of control, Ethan Shagan illuminates the subtle violence of English history and explains how, paradoxically, England came to represent reason, civility and moderation to a world it slowly conquered. 396 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; ISBN/EAN: 9780521135566. Inventory No: dscf11393.

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Keywords: BZDB229 History; The Rule of Moderation Violence Religion and the Politics of Restraint in Early Modern England Ethan Shagan

Edward Shawcross

The Last Emperor of Mexico: A Disaster in the New World

Faber & Faber, 2022. First Edition, Hardcover. As New/As New. 9780571360574 Clean unmarked pages, firm binding, clean bright jacket. In as new condition. 'Crisply written and meticulously researched, Shawcross's engaging book tells a lively story that will appeal to most history buffs.' - Library Journal 336 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; ISBN/EAN: 9780571360574. Inventory No: dscf10979.

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David Simon

Holocaust Escapees and Global Development: Hidden Histories

Zed Books, 2019. Softcover. Fine Condition. 9781786995124 Clean unmarked pages, very slight wear to covers. ‘A genuinely insightful and moving book which shows just how profoundly the study of international development was shaped by the political and personal biographies of Jewish refugees from tyranny. A necessary and outstanding volume.’ Stuart Corbridge, Durham University 352 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; ISBN/EAN: 9781786995124. Inventory No: dscf10747.

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Keywords: BZDB229 History; Holocaust Escapees and Global Development Hidden Histories David Simon

SMITH, Thomas W. Damien Sanders, annotator

A Narrative of the Life, Travels and Sufferings of Thomas W. Smith

Nunatak, 2009. Softcover. As New. 9782746609303 SIGNED to the previous owner by Damien Sanders, annotator. Clean bright and unmarked, in as new condition. Republished for the first time since 1844, this is the author's account of his early life, and subsequent travels during 18 voyages to various parts of the world. Verified and annotated by Damien Sanders. 212 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; ISBN/EAN: 9782746609303. Inventory No: dscf10625.

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Keywords: BZDB229 History; A Narrative of the Life Travels and Sufferings of Thomas W Smith SMITH Thomas W Damien Sanders annotator

Derek Stidder

Watermills of Sussex, v. 1: East Sussex

Quotes Ltd, 1997. Hardcover. Fine Condition. Firmly bound, clean unmarked pages, slight bumping to rear board. No. 118 of a Limited Edition. Hard cover, 156pp. 25cm x 18cm. with b/w photos, plans and maps. This book reveals the hidden history of the watermills of East Sussex, giving full details of each mill – its location, the nature of its work, the machinery that was installed – and of the names of the men an women who ran the mills and the stories of their evolution and eventual fates. 156 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; Inventory No: dscf11519.

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Michael Thomsett

The German Opposition to Hitler: The Resistance, the Underground, and Assassination Plots, 1938-1945

McFarland & Co, 2007. Softcover. Very Good Condition. 9780786430277 Top corner clipped from flyleaf, pages otherwise clean and unmarked. This history of the various segments of the German resistance movement covers groups and methods from underground newspapers - ""Rote Kapella"", ""Internal Front"", ""The Opponent"", ""The Front Line"" - to conspiracy movements within unions. While emphasizing the active plots to either arrest or assassinate Hitler, the work embraces also the passive resistance seen in the Protestant and Catholic churches, the Kreisau Circle, trade unions, the foreign ministry and the civil service. The opposition's planned coup d'etat of 1938 is fully detailed, as well as the deep involvement of the Abwehr (military intelligence) in the plots against Hitler. 286 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; ISBN/EAN: 9780786430277. Inventory No: dscf10863.

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Keywords: BZDB229 History; The German Opposition to Hitler The Resistance the Underground and Assassination Plots 19381945 Michael Thomsett

Gray Tuttle

Tibetan Buddhists in the Making of Modern China

Columbia University Press, 2005. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Near Fine. 9780231134460 Firm binding, clean unmarked pages, small nick to front lower edge of jacket. Reveals the role Buddhism and Buddhist leaders played in the development of the modern Chinese state and in fostering relations between Tibet and China from the Republican period (1912-1949) to the early years of Communist rule. This book offers insights on the impact of modern ideas of nationalism, race, and religion in East Asia. 352 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; ISBN/EAN: 9780231134460. Inventory No: dscf10872.

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Keywords: BZDB229 History; Tibetan Buddhists in the Making of Modern China Gray Tuttle

Vitaly Naumkin, ed.

State, Religion and Society in Central Asia: A Post-Soviet Critique

Ithaca Press, 1999. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. 9780863721625 First English Edition. Age spotting and browning to flyleaf and title pages (please see image), contents otherwise clean and unmarked; creasing to jacket edges and some loss of colour on rear. This study comprises 13 essays by prominent Oriental studies experts from the former Soviet Union. 312 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; ISBN/EAN: 9780863721625. Inventory No: dscf11275.

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Jerzy Waldorff

The rest is silence: The Powazki cemetery in Warsaw

Interpress Publishers, 1999. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Very Good. Firmly bound, clean unmarked pages; some rubbing and short tears to jacket edges. History of the cemetery, with 200 photographs, mostly B&W. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; Inventory No: dscf10842.

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Keywords: BZDB229 History; The rest is silence The Powazki cemetery in Warsaw Jerzy Waldorff

Alison Weir

Queens of the Age of Chivalry, 1299-1409

Jonathan Cape, 2022. First Edition, Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. 9781910702116 First Edition. Firmly bound, clean unmarked pages, very small nick to fore edge of pp. 320-340; clean bright jacket. A nice looking copy. Weir... paints a rich image of the lives these queens led... this book shines a light on the turbulent but often forgotten stories of the queens of this important period in English history. - BBC History Magazine 496 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; ISBN/EAN: 9781910702116. Inventory No: dscf11903.

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Wendy Cameron, ed.

English Immigrant Voices: Labourers' Letters from Upper Canada in the 1830s

McGill-Queen's University Press, 2000. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Fine. 9780773520356 Brief, neatly written gift inscription to previous owners inscribed on the title page, contents otherwise clean and unmarked. Collected from published, archival, and private sources, these letters place the Petworth immigrants in the context of their times and challenge the image of English immigrants to 1830s Upper Canada as officers and gentlewomen. Wendy Cameron, Sheila Haines, and Mary McDougall Maude have carefully annotated the letters to sketch the stories of individual writers, link letters by the same author or members of the same family, and explore the connections between writers. What eventually happened to some of the writers is also revealed in this engaging collection. English Immigrant Voices provides a valuable insight into the rural poor and their experiences in emigrating to a new land. 696 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; ISBN/EAN: 9780773520356. Inventory No: dscf11124.

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Keywords: BZDB229 History; English Immigrant Voices Labourers Letters from Upper Canada in the 1830s Wendy Cameron ed