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“robert e liddiard”

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  • Castles in Context

    Power, Symbolism and Landscape, 1066 to 1500

    by Robert Liddiard ...
    Castle studies have been transformed in recent years with a movement away from the traditional interpretation of castles as static military structures towards a wider view of castles as aesthetic symbols of power, with a more complicated relationship with the landscape. Supported by numerous colour photographs of the most `tangible' remains of the Middle Ages, this clearly written and very ... Read more

    $21.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Late Medieval Castles

    Edited by Robert E Liddiard ...
    The castles of the late medieval period represent some of the finest medieval monuments in Britain, with an almost infinite capacity to fascinate and draw controversy. They are also a source of considerable academic debate.The contents of this volume represent key works in castle scholarship. Topics discussed include castle warfare, fortress customs, architectural design and symbolism, spatial ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

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    by David Crane ...
    Shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson prize for non-fiction.The extraordinary and forgotten story of the building of the World War One cemeteries, due to the efforts of one remarkable man, Fabian Ware.Before WWI, little provision was made for the burial of the war dead. Soldiers were often unceremoniously dumped in a mass grave; officers shipped home for burial.The great cemeteries of WWI came about ... Read more

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  • Classic Military Treatises: Sun Tzus The Art of War, Machiavellis The Prince, and Clausewitzs On War (Illustrated Edition)

    by Sun Tzu, Niccolo Machiavelli & Carl von Clausewitz ...
    Military treatises have long fascinated readers, even those who are not professional military men, and people in other fields have long sought to apply the lessons learned in military treatises to other walks of life. Among the worlds military treatises, without question two of the most famous and influential are Sun Tzus The Art of War and Carl von Clausewitzs On War, written over 2,000 years ... Read more

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  • The Rise and Fall of the Knights Templar

    The Order of the Temple 1118-1314 - A True History of Faith, Glory, Betrayal

    by Gordon Napier ...
    A highly readable look at the lifespan of the famous Knights Templar, who were warrior monks and the first disciplined, regulated, and uniformed standing army since antiquity throughout Europe and the Holy Lands—an economic force to be reckoned with and perhaps an institution guarding dark secrets. The origins of the concept of Holy War are explored, from Biblical times through the rise of Islam ... Read more

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  • Bum Fodder

    An Absorbing History of Toilet Paper

    by Richard Smyth ...
    This is the hidden history of an invention that we use every day but seldom dare to speak of. In medieval China it was cutting-edge technology. For 19th-century Americans it was a newfangled alternative to dried corncobs and the Sears & Roebuck catalogue. Wits in Georgian London preferred pages of bad poetry. The sages of ancient Athens were content to wield the xylospongion instead. It's the tale ... Read more

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  • On Hallowed Ground

    The Story of Arlington National Cemetery

    by Robert M. Poole ...
    On Hallowed Ground opens with the long-delayed funeral of four servicemen, brought home for final honors at Arlington National Cemetery almost forty years after they disappeared in Vietnam. To understand how this tradition of extraordinary care for our war dead began, Robert Poole traces the founding of Arlington Cemetery on what had been the family plantation of Robert E. Lee. After resigning his ... Read more

    $13.59 USD

  • Hitler's Headquarters, 1939–1945

    by Ian Baxter ...
    Series series Images of War
    As well as being pathological about his security, Hitler believed only he could successfully oversee the Third Reichs operations. Thus he divided his time between his numerous HQs spread across his empire. We gain an insight into the atmosphere of fear and boredom, interspersed with outbursts of rage often against his generals that existed in these extraordinary installations. The book also ... Read more

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  • The Choice

    Global Domination or Global Leadership

    by Zbigniew Brzezinski ...
    The overwhelming reality of our time is this: In the opening years of the 21st century, the United States finds itself not only the most powerful nation on earth but the most powerful nation that has ever existed. Given the contradictory roles America plays in the world, we are fated to be the catalyst for either a new global community or for global chaos. If we don't lead, Zbigniew Brzezinski ... Read more

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  • The 1950s American Home

    by Diane Boucher ...
    Series Book 740 - Shire Library USA
    Modern living began with the homes of the 1950s. Casting aside the privations of the Second World War, American architects embraced the must-have mod-cons: they wrapped fitted kitchens around fridges, washing machines, dishwashers and electric ovens, gave televisions pride of place in the living room, and built integrated garages for enormous space-age cars. So why was this change so radical? In ... Read more

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  • The Girl from Latvia

    by Kathie Harrington ...
    The signs of World War II were all around but when you're twelve-years-old, how do you know what to look for? This poignant, true, short story tears to the heart of a family. Choices must be made and lifestyles must be changed in order to survive. That is what this father did and that is why this "Coming to America" is a story everyone must know. "My father had made the right decision and I will ... Read more

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  • Marshal Vauban

    Louis XIV's Engineer Genius

    by James Falkner ...
    "[A] vivid and well written account of the life of the man who built some of the most magnificent military structures known to man."—Clayton Donnell, "Fortress Archaeologist"Sebastien Le Prestre, Marshal Vauban, was one of the greatest military engineers of all time. His complex, highly sophisticated fortress designs, his advanced theories for the defense and attack of fortified places, and his ... Read more

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