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A Brief History of Medicine by Paul Strathern
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Category: History | Series: Brief Histories
Paperback original The foundations for the scientific study of the body and modern Western medicine as we know it started with William Harvey's discovery of the circulatory system in the early 17th century. But its roots stretch back into Ancient Greece, when medicine first departed from the divine and ...Show more
A Brief History of Mutiny by Richard Woodman
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Category: Reference | Series: Brief Histories
Terrifying rebellions and the ruthless strategies used to quell the, from Magellan to World War II.
A Brief History of Sherlock Holmes by Nigel Cawthorne
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Category: CLA | Series: Brief Histories
Created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in 1887, Sherlock Holmes appears in four novels and fifty-six short stories. Although Holmes was not the first literary detective, he continues to have a perennial allure as the ultimate sleuth. This title introduces the general reader to Holmes and his creator Arthur C ...Show more
A Brief History of Slavery by Jeremy Black
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Category: Reference | Series: Brief Histories
A thought-provoking and important book that raises essential issues crucial not only for our past but also the present day. In this panoramic history, Jeremy Black tells how slavery was first developed in the ancient world, and reaches all the way to present day and the contemporary crimes of trafficki ...Show more
A Brief History of Tea by Roy Moxham
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Category: Reference | Series: Brief Histories
Behind the wholesome image of the world's most popular drink lies a strangely murky and often violent past. When tea began to be imported into the West from China in the seventeenth century, its high price and heavy taxes made it an immediate target for smuggling and dispute at every level, culminating ...Show more
A Brief History of Witchcraft by Lois Martin
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Category: No Category | Series: Brief Histories S.
The witch in history is very different from the image of Harry Potter or the modern day Pagan. "A Brief History of Witchcraft" sets out to explore how the witch phenomenon began in medieval Europe and how it has continued to haunt us for the next 500 years. In her fascinating history Lois Martin looks a ...Show more
A Brief History of the Age of Steam by Thomas Crump
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Category: History | Series: Brief Histories
In 1710, an obscure Devon ironmonger Thomas Newcomen invented a machine with a pump driven by coal, used to extract water from mines. Over the next two hundred years, the steam engine would be at the heart of the industrial revolution that changed the fortunes of nations. Passionately written and insigh ...Show more
A Brief History of the Druids by peter berresford ellis
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Category: History | Series: Brief Histories
A history of the cult of the ancient Druids, exploring who they really were and what role they played in the Celtic world. The author's interpretation of the facts is based on both archaeological and etymological findings. Peter Berresford Ellis sifts through evidence and, with reference to the latest a ...Show more
A Brief History of the Great Moghuls, India's Most Flamboyant Rulers by Bamber Gascoigne
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Category: History | Series: Brief Histories
This text chronicles the history of the extraordinarily talented dynasty of emperors, nicknamed by travellers returning to Europe, the Great Moghuls for their almost limitless power and incomparable wealth. The book deals with one of the most interesting periods of Indian history, the 16th and 17th cent ...Show more
A Brief History of the Martial Arts: East Asian Fighting Styles, from Kung Fu to Ninjutsu by Jonathan Clements
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Category: Sport | Series: Brief Histories
Folk tales of the Shaolin Temple depict warrior monks with superhuman abilities. Today, dozens of East Asian fighting styles trace their roots back to the Buddhist brawlers of Shaolin, although any quest for the true story soon wanders into a labyrinth of forgeries, secret texts and modern retellings. T ...Show more
A Brief History of the Normans by François Neveux
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Category: History | Series: Brief Histories
The history of the Normans began a long time before 1066. Originating from the _Norsemen_ they were one of the most successful warrior tribes of the Dark Ages that came to dominate Europe from the Baltic Sea to the island of Sicily and the borders of Eastern Europe. Beginning as Viking raiders in the ei ...Show more
A Brief History of the Pacific: The Great Ocean by Jeremy Black
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Category: History | Series: Brief Histories Ser.
This brilliantly concise history of the Pacific Ocean nevertheless succeeds in examining both the indigenous presence on ocean's islands and Western control or influence over the its islands and shores. There is a particular focus on the period from the 1530s to 1890 with its greater Western coastal and ...Show more