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This book argues that Nietzsche's political thought and his own proposed model of governance is Bonapartist in conception: autocratic will in the guise of popular rule.

';What a strange, fascinating, and ultimately powerful account of one man's endurance of life as a POW during the American war in Vietnam.

What happens when an army spends over a year silently digging beneath enemy lines, packing underground chambers with one million pounds of high explosives, and detonating them all at the exact same moment?

Francis Parkman embarked on his first westward journey on April 28, 1846, from Saint Louis.

This book discusses responses to the challenges faced by two different Iberian imperial systems in their struggle to sustain territorial integrity and economic interests in the face of international competition.

The essays in this book aim to answer the following questions: What was the place of prayer in the early modern world?

A History of Aeronautics Part II by W.

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The story of the Battle of Saipan has it all.

This illuminating volume sheds light on the religious women of medieval Wales, drawing on a wide range of sources from saints' lives and native poetry to holy wells and visual imagery.

Was migration from Victorian Cardiganshire simply a flight from rural poverty?

This book outlines and explains the establishment of the University of Wales Press and the vitally important work it carried out in the first half of the twentieth century.

The History of Court Fools by Dr.

Dieses Buch untersucht, wie unsichtbare Tropfen hausliche Frieden zerreien, wo Vertrauen in Mahlzeiten zum Verhangnis wird.

In November 1965, Ian Smiths white minority government in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) made a unilateral declaration of independence, breaking with Great Britain.

With the rapid development of the cognitive sciences and their importance to how we contemplate questions about the mind and society, recent research in the humanities has been characterised by a 'cognitive turn'.

Broadening the global perspective is high on the agenda for the current study of urban history.

This book reflects on the life of Ding Tianque, an art student from the National School of Art in the Republic of China era.

A fascinating journey through the Rockies unruly pastwith maps, photos, and more.

This book celebrates the life and work of twelve mathematicians who were either born in Wales or who worked in Wales.

This is the first book-length study to analyse and problematize the notion of literary texts as `sites of memory' with regard to the representation of the Algerian War of Independence (1954-62), and memories of it, in the work of French authors of Algerian origin.

Phil Gioia grew up an army brat during the decades after World War II.

Was geschieht, wenn lokale Politiker und machtige Baukonzerne heimlich paktieren, um ein eigentlich sinnvolles stadtisches Infrastrukturprojekt in einen gnadenlosen, milliardenschweren Selbstbedienungsladen zu verwandeln?

The forts of Texas, once teeming with soldiers, settlers and Native Americans, today stand like silent sentinels, abandoned to the ravages of sun, wind, and time.

The lordship of Denbigh, held by prominent English barons following its creation in 1282, was directly affected by several major events culminating in its incorporation in Denbighshire, newly-formed by the Union legislation of 1536-43.

The promise of Reconstruction sparked a transformative era in American history as free and newly emancipated Black Americans sought to redefine their place in a nation still grappling with the legacy of slavery.

This book celebrates the life and work of twelve mathematicians who were either born in Wales or who worked in Wales.

The air campaign that opened the Gulf War in January 1991 was one of the most stunning in history.

What Lies Beneath Colorado Pioneer Cemeteries and Graveyards explores the hidden personal trials and triumphs discovered in Colorado's oldest cemeteries, bringing the history of the state to life.

The King's Assegai: A Matabili Story by Bertram Mitford is a gripping historical fiction novel that immerses readers in the heart of Africa during a time of colonialism and tribal warfare.

This is a straight-forward, readable account, written with the minimum of jargon, of the central importance of money in the ordinary business of the life of different people throughout the ages from ancient times to the present day.

This volume consists of five papers selected from a corpus of material researched over the past quarter of a century.

Kincaid's Battery by George Washington Cable is a captivating work of historical fiction set against the backdrop of the American Civil War in New Orleans.

Penny Dreadfuls and the Gothic breaks new ground in uncovering penny titles which have been hitherto largely neglected from literary discourse revealing the cultural, social and literary significance of these working-class texts.

The Social Life of the Early Modern Protestant Clergy provides unexpected new insights on the lives of the early modern English and Swedish clergy through case studies and broader surveys.

Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia by Ludwig Leichhardt is an enthralling exploration literature documenting his historic overland expedition across the Australian Outback.

Barry Island was one of the most cherished leisure spaces in twentieth-century south Wales, a playground of generations of working-class day-trippers.

In the summer of 66 CE, a young Temple official in Jerusalem persuaded the priests at the altar to stop performing a sacrifice on behalf of the Roman Emperor.

This innovative collection offers a reappraisal of gender as a category of analysis in modern Welsh history.

A fascinating journey through the Rockies unruly pastwith maps, photos, and more.

'A powerful and beautifully told novel about hidden secrets and the hunger to belong.

Sir William Reardon Smith (1856-1935) was one of the foremost figures in south Wales in the early twentieth century.

This book draws on data gathered during eighteen months of ethnographic fieldwork in the Chubut Province of Patagonia, Argentina.

This original study, focussing on the impact of the crusading movement in medieval Wales, considers both the enthusiasm of the Welsh and those living in Wales and its borders for the crusades, as well as the domestic impact of the movement on warfare, literature, politics and patronage.

'Deeply researched and original' RUBY TANDOH, author of All Consuming'Stunningly profound and politically rousing' SOPHIE LEWIS, author of Abolish the Family'What a treat to be so compelled to turn the page' LOTTIE HAZELL, author of Piglet'Witty, unsparing, surprising and rich' ALICIA KENNEDY, author of No Meat RequiredIf you are what you eat, what does that make you?

The world is haunted because the world has a history—and some of that history refuses to stay buried.

Christianity, in its Catholic, Protestant and Nonconformist forms, has played an enormous role in the history of Wales and in the defining and shaping of Welsh identity over the past two thousand years.

This collection of twelve essays describes aspects of town life in medieval Wales, from the way people lived and worked to how they spent their leisure time.