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  • British Butterflies

    Exploring the Ecological Significance and Natural Beauty of British Butterflies

    In "British Butterflies," Alexander Morrison Stewart presents a meticulous examination of the diverse lepidopteran fauna of the British Isles. This work blends scientific observation with a lyrical prose style, reflecting a keen appreciation for the aesthetic and ecological significance of butterflies. Stewart'Äôs engaging narrative is steeped in an era of burgeoning natural history, capturing the ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Central Asian Revolt of 1916

    A collapsing empire in the age of war and revolution

    The 1916 Revolt was a key event in the history of Central Asia, and of the Russian Empire in the First World War. This volume is the first comprehensive re-assessment of its causes, course and consequences in English for over sixty years. It draws together a new generation of leading historians from North America, Japan, Europe, Russia and Central Asia, working with Russian archival sources, oral ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • The Russian Conquest of Central Asia

    A Study in Imperial Expansion, 1814–1914

    The Russian conquest of Central Asia was perhaps the nineteenth century's most dramatic and successful example of European imperial expansion, adding 1.5 million square miles and at least 6 million people - most of them Muslims - to the Tsar's domains. Alexander Morrison provides the first comprehensive military and diplomatic history of the conquest to be published for over a hundred years. From ... Read more

    $50.09 USD

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    A landmark work of narrative history, Paris 1919 is the first full-scale treatment of the Peace Conference in more than twenty-five years. It offers a scintillating view of those dramatic and fateful days when much of the modern world was sketched out, when countries were created—Iraq, Yugoslavia, Israel—whose troubles haunt us still.Winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize • Winner of the PEN Hessell ... Read more

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  • The Wild Garden

    Expanded Edition

    First published in 1870, The Wild Garden challenged the prevailing garden style of the day and advocated a naturalistic style, in which hardy plants, both native and exotic, are arranged in groupings that mimic wild landscapes. Thanks to Robinson's passionate advocacy, the naturalistic style triumphed, and Robinson's urgent message continues to resonate today. For this newly designed edition, Rick ... Read more

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  • A Peace to End All Peace

    The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East

    by David Fromkin ...
    Published with a new afterword from the author—the classic, bestselling account of how the modern Middle East was createdThe Middle East has long been a region of rival religions, ideologies, nationalisms, and ambitions. All of these conflicts—including the hostilities between Arabs and Israelis, and the violent challenges posed by Iraq's competing sects—are rooted in the region's political ... Read more

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  • The Crimean War

    A History

    by Orlando Figes ...
    From "the great storyteller of modern Russian historians" (Financial Times) and a Wolfson History Prize winner, comes the definitive account of the forgotten war that shaped the modern age.The Charge of the Light Brigade, Florence Nightingale—these are the enduring icons of the Crimean War. Less well-known is that this savage war (1853-1856) killed almost a million soldiers and countless civilians ... Read more

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  • Fish Farming - For Pleasure and Profit

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    This vintage book contains a complete guide to farming fish, with information on starting out, creating ponds and lakes, nutrition, spawning, hatching, and many other related aspects. With simple instructions and helpful illustrations, “Fish Farming; For Pleasure And Profit” will be of utility to those wishing to farm fish for both profit and enjoyment, and is ideal for those with little previous ... Read more

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  • Garden Rockery - How to Make, Plant and Manage Them

    This vintage book contains a handbook of garden rockery, being a guide to how to make, plant, and manage it. Comprehensive and profusely illustrated, this accessible guide will appeal to modern green-fingered readers, and would make for a fantastic addition to collections of gardening literature. Contents include: “The Garden”, “Mircocosm of Nature”, “What is Rockery?”, “What Stone to Use”, “Soil” ... Read more

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  • A Book of Natural History

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    A Book of Natural History presents an unrivaled visual survey of Earth's natural history. Giving a clear overview of the classification of our natural world species-A Book of Natural Histo looks at every kingdom of life, from bacteria, minerals, and rocks to fossils to plants and animals. Featuring a remarkable array of illustrations, the book looks at many of specimens and species that take the ... Read more

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  • Setting the East Ablaze

    Lenin's Dream of an Empire in Asia

    by Peter Hopkirk ...
    'Let us turn our faces towards Asia', exhorted Lenin when the long-awaited revolution in Europe failed to materialize. 'The East will help us conquer the West.'Peter Hopkirk's book tells for the first time the story of the Bolshevik attempt to set the East ablaze with the heady new gospel of Marxism. Lenin's dream was to liberate the whole of Asia, but his starting point was British India. A ... Read more

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