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‘Discoveries’, Explorations and the Imperial Survey
India and the subcontinent stimulated the curiosity of the British who came to India as traders. Each aspect of life in India – its people, customs, geography, climate, fauna and…
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A Beautiful Game
FIFA, the world governing body of association football, declared ‘The Future is Feminine’ in a 1995 press release. Since then, football has been claimed as the fastest growing participation sport…
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A Time Out of Joint
Roland Hill’s autobiography, “A Time Out of Joint”, is a remarkable and moving personal story and much more: it enables readers to re-live European history during the darkest period of…
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A.L. Kennedy
This introduction places Kennedy’s work in a clear historical and theoretical context. Its importance is considered in terms of contemporary Scottish identity and relevance to key issues in contemporary culture….
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Aircraft of the Aces
Following the enormous success of ‘Aircraft of the Aces: Legends of World War 2’, this book celebrates the achievements of some of the world’s most remarkable Aces. Thirty full-colour paintings…
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Aristocracy, Temperance and Social Reform
The visionary achievements of Isabella (Isabel) Caroline Somerset (Lady Henry Somerset), like the temperance cause she led, have undeservedly faded into obscurity. By her contemporaries she was feted for her…
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Art
The last few decades have witnessed an explosion in ideas and theories on art. Art itself has never been more popular, but much recent thinking remains inaccessible and difficult to…
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At Gleason’s Gym
A KNOCKOUT OF A BOOK about the world’s most famous gym.”At Gleason’s Gym the world works out. It’s down on the Brooklyn waterfront just a left hook away from the…
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Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What Do You See?
Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What Do You See? is the final collaboration from this bestselling author-illustrator team. Young readers will enjoy Baby Bear’s quest to find Mama, and they’ll revel…
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Badhai
This is the first book to provide an introduction to badhai that charts its performance throughout South Asia and examines its characteristics and relationship to the differing contexts of Bangladesh,…