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  • Aden Insurgency

    The Savage War in Yeman 1962-67

    During the early 1960s the Cold War reached its climax. Britain's dwindling power in the Middle East was under siege from Arab nationalism, the Communist bloc and from American designs in the region. Aden, with its strategic military base and old Protectorate buffer zone, was soon the main battleground. The 1962 Egyptian-inspired coup in the neighbouring Kingdom of North Yemen further tightened ... Read more

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  • The Blood Tub

    General Gough and the Battle of Bullecourt 1917

    This controversial and stirring account of one of the bloodiest battles of the Great War recounts a heroic but disastrous engagement which left a lasting rift between the British and Australians. Drawing from a wealth of unpublished sources and eyewitness accounts, Jonathan Walker's study of the Battle of Bullecourt is vital to an understanding of the difficulties that faced Great War commanders. ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Bat Cave

    Illustrated by Rosaria Costa ...
    Discover how Jack the bat overcomes the biggest challenge he will ever face!A story rooted in the ecology of the rare Greater Horseshoe bat in England and Wales. ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • D-Day, Arnhem & the Rhine

    A Glider Pilot's Memoir

    Foot soldiers, commandos, parachutists, naval seamen, bomber and fighter pilots – their varied personal experiences of the Second World War have been widely recounted, and the parts they played in the conflict are well known. But there are specialized wartime roles that have received very little attention, notably the gallant actions of the men of the Glider Pilot Regiment. That is why Robert ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Music and Soviet Power, 1917-1932

    The October Revolution of 1917 tore the fabric of Russian musical life: institutions collapsed, and leading composers emigrated or fell into silence. But in 1932, at the outset of the "socialist realist" period, a new Stalinist music culture was emerging. Between these two dates lies a turbulent period of change which this book charts year by year. It sheds light on the vicious power struggles and ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • The Angels of L19

    There's more than one way to be born again. Liverpool, 1984. The teenagers at Garston Chapel are the same as the rest of us: The Smiths, U2, crushes, football, mates. The grimy, low-down politics of the Thatcher era casting deep shadows in this proud and broken city, but the kids have got other things on their minds... Jesus Christ Our Lord for one. Almost normal kids, then. But Robert isn't at ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Early Modern Academic Drama

    Series series Studies in Performance and Early Modern Drama
    In this essay collection, the contributors contend that academic drama represents an important, but heretofore understudied, site of cultural production in early modern England. Focusing on plays that were written and performed in academic environments such as Oxford University, Cambridge University, grammar schools, and the Inns of Court, the scholars investigate how those plays strive to give ... Read more

    $84.99 USD

  • Granville Taylor Woods

    The First Black American Who Was Granted Forty-Nine Patents

    By 1907, Mr. Granville Taylor Woods was the first Black American who was granted 49 patents and was titled the "Black Edison" in news articles from the 1900s. Mr. Woods was a pioneer in power distribution, telegraph communication, and safety for the railway industry. Granville Taylor Woods sold eight patents to the General Electrical Company, Harry Ward Leonard, Westinghouse Air Brake Company, and ... Read more

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  • Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5

    Series Book 5 - Oxford Keynotes
    The book is devoted to Shostakovich's most controversial symphony, composed at the height of Stalin's Purges. It rescued Shostakovich from official disfavour and deeply moved audiences. The critics recognized it as a masterpiece, but they were perplexed by its ambiguities, especially at the end of the Symphony: some imagined it as the joyful final victory of socialism, while others heard the ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    The New Testament as Literature

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Kyle Keefer ...
    Narrated by Jonathan Walker ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 18 min

    The words, phrases, and stories of the New Testament permeate the English language. Indeed, this relatively small group of twenty-seven works, written during the height of the Roman Empire, not only helped create and sustain a vast world religion, but also have been integral to the largercultural dynamics of the West, above and beyond particular religious expressions.Unique among books that ... Read more

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  • Trial and Imprisonment of Jonathan Walker, at Pensacola, Florida, for Aiding Slaves to Escape from Bondage

    Series series Florida and the Caribbean Open Books Series
    The books in the Florida and the Caribbean Open Books Series demonstrate the University Press of Florida’s long history of publishing Latin American and Caribbean studies titles that connect in and through Florida, highlighting the connections between the Sunshine State and its neighboring islands. Books in this series show how early explorers found and settled Florida and the Caribbean. They tell ... Read more

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    The Old Testament

    A Very Short Introduction

    Unabridged

    4 hours

    Eminent biblical scholar Michael D. Coogan offers here a wide-ranging and stimulating exploration of the Old Testament, illuminating its importance as history, literature, and sacred text.Coogan explains the differences between the Bible of Jewish tradition (the "Hebrew Bible") and the Old Testament of Christianity, and also examines the different contents of the Bibles used by Roman Catholics, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD