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The early struggle for LGBTQ rights in the 1960s and 1970s has typically been told from the perspective of the coastsーin places like New York, San Francisco, and Miami. But the Midwest town of Lawr……続きを見る

This book, the third in a series on forgotten battles, challenges some of the most sacred myths taught in American schools. One is the concept that the US Constitution was conceived by idealists for……続きを見る

Live performance continues to be created every time it is performed. This book explores the dynamic relationship between creative process, presentation and spectator response to provide students and……続きを見る

In "The Life of a Regimental Officer During the Great War, 1793-1815," A. F. Mockler-Ferryman provides readers with a detailed account of the experiences of a military officer during the tumultuous ……続きを見る

Die bisher kaum bekannte Fluchtgeschichte europäischer Juden aus Südosteuropa Die Besetzung Frankreichs durch die Wehrmacht, der Kriegseintritt Mussolinis im Sommer 1940 sowie die deutsch-italienisc……続きを見る

A brief history of some Saxon royalty in mock Haiku form. 続きを見る

This volume offers a comprehensive history of warfare since 1648, covering conventional and unconventional operations and demonstrating how most modern wars have been hybrid affairs that involved bo……続きを見る

Ideal for general readers as well as professionals conducting extensive research, this informative book offers a collection of documents on the origins and conduct of the Iraq War. The Iraq War: A D……続きを見る

From the time of his famous Atlanta address in 1895 until his death in 1915, Booker T. Washington was the preeminent African-American educator and race leader. But to historians and biographers of t……続きを見る

The understanding of warfare in ancient Mesoamerica has blossomed in recent years. In this volume, the authors use recent empirical studies to help us understand the patterns and nature of Mesoameri……続きを見る

Richard Eden's Decades has long been recognised as a landmark in the translation and circulation of information concerning the Americas in England. What is often overlooked in Eden's book is the pre……続きを見る

We love The American Farmer. We trust them to grow our food, to be part of children's nursery rhymes, to provide the economic backbone of rural communities, and to embody a version of the American d……続きを見る

Existentialist Thought in African American Literature Before 1940 is the first collection of its kind to break new ground in arguing that long before its classification by Jean-Paul Sartre, African ……続きを見る

A light-hearted and irreverent history of English monarchs, from William I to Edward VII, written in rhyming couplets. Monarchs are tidily presented in chronological order. Key points are pithily de……続きを見る

A book of Pretenders from the first William to the last Henry (not the one you think), incorporating thwarted heirs, egotists, chancers, tools and some seriously stubborn Stuarts. Courageously, conf……続きを見る

In July of 1863, the largest battle ever fought on American soil swept through the tiny town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. For three days, 160,000 Union and Confederate troops slaughtered one another……続きを見る

This book is a biography of a man named Samuel Rice, who served as a colonel in World War I, fighting on behalf of the British Empire. The author describes Rice as a dedicated officer who devoted hi……続きを見る

Early Modern England was obsessed with the 'turke'. Following the first Ottoman siege of Vienna in 1529 the printing presses brought endless prayer sheets, pamphlets and books concerning this 'infid……続きを見る

This volume recounts the experiences of female missionaries who worked in Uganda in and after 1895. It examines the personal stories of those women who were faced with a stubbornly masculine adminis……続きを見る

Two days after the holidays began, the four younger members of the Danvers family received a note summoning them to a secret meeting at half-past seven the next morning in the summer-house. Drusie, ……続きを見る

First of all, I must explain how it happened that I, Walter Henderson, whom, I have every reason to believe, my masters regarded as a very ordinary kind of boy, should have blossomed within a couple……続きを見る

It was a sultry afternoon in early July. The sun was shining out of a cloudless blue sky, the air was so still and so overpoweringly hot that it seemed to have sent every living creature, save the o……続きを見る

In The Living and the Dead, acclaimed journalist and Iraq War veteran Brian Mockenhaupt tells the gripping true story of three close friendsーTom, Ian, and Jimmyー at a Marine encampment in southern……続きを見る

A brief but humorous history of three would-be monarchs of England, written (mainly) in rhyming couplets. The Conqueror's eldest son cheated of his throne who ended his days in a Welsh castle; a kin……続きを見る

The popular novel Moby-Dick first spurred young and old alike to romanticize the whaling industry. Author Herman Melville wrote his story based on the exploits of the Essex whaleship, and he documen……続きを見る

This book examines the emergence of a culture of migration through outward migration as a country-specific phenomenon and analyzes it from different perspectives, covering various aspects such as th……続きを見る

The Land of the Vikings Who has not heard of the Vikingsーthe dauntless sea-rovers, who in the days of long ago were the dread of Northern Europe? We English should know something of them, for Vikin……続きを見る

The unexpected end of the protracted conflict has been a sobering experience for scholars. No theory had anticipated how the Cold War would be terminated, and none should also be relied upon to expl……続きを見る

Bourne is considered the gateway to Cape Cod. Whether one travels across the Bourne Bridge or the Sagamore Bridge to gain access to the Cape, the town of Bourne is inevitably en route. In 1884, Bour……続きを見る