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Two hundred years ago, Napoleon was at the apogee of his power in Europe. This broad ranging reassessment explores the key themes presented by his extraordinary career: from his rise to power and the
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Provides a concise and an engaging evaluation of the war's significance. Books in this Seminar Studies in History series bridge the gap between textbook and specialist survey and consists of a brief "
This is a good, basic introduction to the history of monasticism, suitable for undergraduates and interested readers new to the subject or as a general reference for medievalists. Following chapters
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This is an essential short guide to the Russian Revolution . Books in this Seminar Studies in History Series bridge the gap between textbook and general survey and consists of a brief "Introduction" a
Paperbound reprint of a 1999 study in which Hardman (former lecturer in history, U. of Edinburgh) describes the career of the ruthless political manipulator Robespierre, and in the process explores th
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Suitable for 19th and 20th century Europe/modern Europe undergraduate courses.This well-established and immensely successful book provides a standard introduction to the subject by one of Britain's mo
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Mao was instrumental in shaping the modern world Examines Mao as a revolutionary general and founder of the leader of the world's largest nation. Explores Mao's career as an astute and often bruta
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The most extensive phrasal verbs dictionary available! All examples are corpus-based, and all definitions are written using the 2,000-word Longman Defining Vocabulary, so they are easy to unders
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This applied book for engineers and scientists, written in a non-theoretical manner, focuses on underlying principles that are important in a wide range of disciplines. It emphasizes the interpretatio
Here is an essential short guide to the history of Eastern Europe under the early decades of communist rule. The study explores the communists attempt to transpose a uniform economic and social system
Oliver Cromwell is one of the most puzzling and controversial figures in English history. In this excellent introduction, Barry Coward uses Cromwell's own words and actions to analyse the life of Oliv
Keith Robbins provides an excellent introduction to Winston Churchill's dramatic rise to power and traces the unpredictable way his career moved between triumph and tragedy. Providing a vivid picture
This book provides an accessible study of the neglected but highly important series of wars fought for control of the Baltic and Northeastern Europe during the period 1558-1721. It is the first compre
Cover the major political events of this turbulent period and examines the lives or ordinary people and considers broad social and economic developments. Covers four major themes: the economic respon
More than 45 million Americans today can claim some degree of Irish ancestry. Kevin Kenny covers the period of 1700 - 2000 when more than seven million Irish men, women and children migrated to the US
A book/CD-ROM tutorial and reference providing an introduction to naming and directory technologies and an overview of the Java Naming and Directory Interface (JNDI). The tutorial progresses from basi
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This book is designed specifically to make the cutting-edge techniques of digital hardware design more accessible to those just entering the field. The text uses a simpler language (Verilog) and stand
Doubling as a concise history and as a catalogue of approximately 50 texts that exhibit the state of the English language in each of its five periods, this compendium includes such texts as the Vespas
The Database Relational Model: A Retrospective Review and Analysis is a retrospective of E.F. Codd's original ideas in which C.J. Date revisits the original papers, highlights their critical contribut
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Software assessment explores the methodologies used by businesses for software development, while software benchmarking collects quantitative data on such topics as schedules and costs. This guide com
