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| Pictures from the Life of Nelson
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William Clark Russell.
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| Publisher: Naval Institute. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9781591147466. Daedalus Item Code: 23697 |
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| This long-lost gem from 1897 comes from one of 19th-century England's most popular and prolific writers of nautical literature. W. Clark Russell's short stories and novels were so widely read that ... (Read More)
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| The Pirate Gow
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Daniel Defoe.
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| Publisher: National Marine Museum. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9781906367237. Daedalus Item Code: 13892 |
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| This handsome little volume, published by Britain's National Maritime Museum, reprints a short, somewhat fictionalized account of a notorious 18th-century pirate by the author of Robinson ... (Read More)
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| Pleasure Bound: Victorian Sex Rebels and the New Eroticism
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Deborah Lutz.
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| Publisher: Norton. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9780393068320. Daedalus Item Code: 23891 |
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| In her smart, provocative account of the erotic undercurrent beneath the surface of Victorian London, Deborah Lutz reveals a daring group of artists and thinkers who defied propriety to explore their ... (Read More)
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| Poison: An Illustrated History
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Joel Levy.
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| Publisher: Lyons Press. Format: paperback.
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| ISBN: 9780762770564. Daedalus Item Code: 22938 |
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| Easy to obtain and administer, poisons are often hard to detect or trace. They can kill, but they can also smooth wrinkles, calm nerves, create inspiring visions, and cure illnesses. Indeed, says ... (Read More)
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| Politics: Antiquity and Its Legacy
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Kostas Vlassopoulos.
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| Publisher: Oxford. Format: paperback.
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| ISBN: 9780195380897. Daedalus Item Code: 13728 |
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| Ancient Greece is famous as the civilization that "gave" the world democracy. Democracy has in modern times become the rallying cry of liberation from supposed totalitarianism and dictatorship. It is ... (Read More)
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| Ports, Towns, Cities: A Historical Tour of the Indian Littoral
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Lakshmi Subramanian, ed.
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| Publisher: Marg Publications. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9788185026893. Daedalus Item Code: 22458 |
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| With color and archival photographs, maps, and ephemera pictured throughout, this book considers Indian history though its port cities, revealing how overseas trade played a crucial role in India's ... (Read More)
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| A Postcard from Shakespeare's Avon
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Jan Dobrzynski & Keith Turner.
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| Publisher: History Press. Format: paperback.
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| ISBN: 9780750948487. Daedalus Item Code: 30117 |
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| Flowing for nearly 100 miles through gently rolling countryside at the very heart of England, the Avon is one of the most quintessentially English rivers in the country. Visiting such places as ... (Read More)
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| A Postcard from the Cotswolds
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Jan Dobrzynski.
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| Publisher: History Press. Format: paperback.
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| ISBN: 9780752459288. Daedalus Item Code: 30469 |
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| The beautiful hills and rivers, the charming villages and stone churches, make the Cotswolds an enduring symbol of traditional England. The steep western ridge of the Cotswolds has a commanding view ... (Read More)
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| A Postcard from the Lake District
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Keith Turner & Jan Dobrzynski.
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| Publisher: History Press. Format: paperback.
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| ISBN: 9780752456263. Daedalus Item Code: 30444 |
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| The rocks of Britain's Lake District were laid down over millions of years of volcanic activity and sub-marine sedimentation, eroded by wind, rain, and the glaciers that scoured the river valleys, ... (Read More)
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| Prisoner of the State: The Secret Journal of Chinese Premier Zhao Ziyang
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Bao Pu, Renee Chiang & Adi Ignatius, eds.
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| Publisher: Simon & Schuster. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9781847376978. Daedalus Item Code: 24147 |
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| Offering an unprecedented view into the workings of one of the most secretive governments in the world, this memoir of former Chinese Premier Zhao Ziyang is based on tapes that he recorded during his ... (Read More)
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