From the ruins of empire

From the Ruins of Empire

Tells the history of the past two centuries, showing how a disparate group of thinkers, journalists, radicals and charismatics emerged from the ruins

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Ruins

In the pent-up heat of Colombo, piece by piece a family comes apart . . . A stunning debut novel from a fresh new voice in Australian fiction, for f

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From the Ruins of Enlightenment

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Legend Of Korra: Ruins Of The Empire Library Edition

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Legend of Korra: Ruins of the Empire Omnibus

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Shout in the Ruins

A stunning novel about violence, power and love from the acclaimed author of The Yellow Birds.

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Ruins of Modernity

Images of ruins may represent the raw realities created by bombs, natural disasters, or factory closings, but the way we see and understand ruins is not raw or unmediated. Rather, looking at ruins, writing about them, and representing them, are acts framed by a long tradition. This unique interdisciplinary collection traces discourses about and representations of ruins fr...

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Wings of Empire

A key collection of material from the earliest days of air strategy and combat, creating a definitive history of the RAF in an important theatre of wa

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Empire

The influence of the British Empire is everywhere, from the very existence of the United Kingdom to the ethnic composition of our cities. This title d

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Ruins Of The Reich - Geoghegan Michael

Anotace: A journey into the German Reich, through the eighteen territories memorialised in the Hall of Liberation - from Prussia and Hanover to Bavaria and Austria. And this is a tale not just of buildings, but of people too, whether Swabians or Bohemians, poets or musicians or kings. Via cathedrals and castles, ferries and pleasure cruisers, statues and spas, concentrat...

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Ruins Of The Reich - Michael Geoghegan

<p>A journey into the German Reich, through the eighteen territories memorialised in the Hall of Liberation - from Prussia and Hanover to Bavaria and Austria. And this is a tale not just of buildings, but of people too, whether Swabians or Bohemians, poets or musicians or kings. Via cathedrals and castles, ferries and pleasure cruisers, statues and spas, concentrati...

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Ruins to Riches

Between 1945 and 1960, Germany and Japan rocketed from crushing defeat to become two of the five largest economies in the world – positions they have

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Daughter of the Empire

From the imagination of two of fantasyÂ’s greatest names comes a magnificent epic of heroic and dynastic struggle.

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Pleasure of Ruins - Scholar's Choice Edition

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefo

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Short History of the Ottoman Empire

This stunning new textbook traces the full history of the Ottoman Empire from its origins through to its dissolution in the early twentieth century

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Empire of the Moghul: Raiders From the North

The first book in the gripping and brilliant Empire of the Moghul series

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Afterlife of Empire

Using a wealth of recently declassified files from the National Archives, oral histories, court cases, press reports, social science writings, and pho

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Archaeology of Iran from the Palaeolithic to the Achaemenid Empire

The Archaeology of Iran is the first modern academic study to provide a synthetic, diachronic analysis of the archaeology and early history of all of

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Religions of the Constantinian Empire

This book provides a synoptic review of Constantine's relation to all the cultic and theological traditions of the Empire during the period from his s

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Iran: Empire of the Mind

Iran often appears in the media as a hostile and difficult country. From the time of the prophet Zoroaster, to the powerful ancient Persian Empires, t

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Mennonites in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union

This book offers a history of Mennonites from their initial settlement in the Russian Empire to the collapse of the USSR.

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Pathfinder Battles: Ruins of Lastwall Booster Brick (8)

Ruins of Lastwall is the latest 44-figure set release in the award-winning Pathfinder Battles line of miniatures from Paizo Inc. and WizKids!Ruins of Lastwall follows the lead of popular Pathfinder Battles sets like Kingmaker to provide a legion of high-utility monsters and heroes suitable for any fantasy role-playing campaign. From the devout Lastwall Paladin to the cunn...

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Pathfinder Battles: Ruins of Lastwall Booster Brick Case (32) plus

Ruins of Lastwall is the latest 44-figure set release in the award-winning Pathfinder Battles line of miniatures from Paizo Inc. and WizKids!This set contains 32 booster packs (4 bricks) and the Cemetery of the Fallen Premium Set.This fantastic Pathfinder Battles: Ruins of Lastwall - Cemetery of the Fallen Premium Set contains many beautiful display pieces that will send ...

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A God in Ruins - Kate Atkinson

<p>WINNER OF THE 2015 COSTA NOVEL AWARD A God in Ruins relates the life of Teddy Todd – would-be poet, heroic World War II bomber pilot, husband, father, and grandfather – as he navigates the perils and progress of the 20th century. For all Teddy endures in battle, his greatest challenge will be to face living in a future he never expected to have. This gripping, ...

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A God in Ruins - Kate Atkinson

Anotace: A God in Ruins relates the life of Teddy Todd - would-be poet, heroic World War II bomber pilot, husband, father, and grandfather - as he navigates the perils and progress of the 20th century. For all Teddy endures in battle, his greatest challenge will be to face living in a future he never expected to have. This gripping, often deliriously funny yet emotional...

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The Last Days of the Ottoman Empire - Gingeras Ryan

Anotace: `A tour de force of accessible scholarship` The Guardian`Impressive ... It is a complicated story that still reverberates, and Gingeras narrates it with lucid authority` New StatesmanThe Ottoman Empire had been one of the major facts in European history since the Middle Ages. Stretching from the Adriatic to the Indian Ocean, the Empire was both a great political...

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Empire: Book 2 of The Golden Age - Iggulden Conn

Anotace: IN CONN IGGULDEN`S LATEST GOLDEN AGE EPIC, JOIN PERICLES, THE LION OF ATHENS, ON A JOURNEY TO SECURE THE FATE OF THE ATHENIAN EMPIRE----Pericles returns home more than a hero: he`s the leader of Athens, the empire`s beacon of light in the dark.But even during times of peace, the threat of Sparta - Athens`s legendary rival - looms large on the horizon. When a sud...

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Borgata: Rise of Empire

The first volume in a revolutionary new history of the American Mafia from a man who has seen it all from the inside

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Entangled Legacies of Empire

This collection focuses on the way the legacies of empire, race and colonialism persist in the present: from the early days of settler colonialism to

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Trajectories of Empire

Extends from the beginning of the Iberian expansion of the mid-fifteenth century, through colonialism and slavery, and into the twentieth and twenty-f

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Empire of Democracy

The first panoramic history of the Western world from the 1970s to the present day: Empire of Democracy is the story for those asking how we got to wh

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Blood of Empire

Blood of Empire is the concluding novel in the Gods of Blood and Powder series - an explosive epic fantasy from Gemmell Award-winning author Brian McC

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Wrath of Empire

Wrath of Empire is the second novel in the Gods of Blood and Powder series - an explosive epic fantasy from Gemmell Award-winning Brian McClellan

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Empire of Humanity

From the 19th-century abolitionist movement to today's NGOs, a critical account of humanitarianism in world politics.

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Empire of Grass

From world-famous fantasy novelist Tad Williams, Empire of Grass is Book Two of The Last King of Osten Ard.

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Empire of Cotton

For about 900 years, from 1000 to 1900, cotton was the world's most important manufacturing industry. It remains a vast business. This book tells the

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Origin of Empire

Capturing the pivotal moment when Rome transformed from a republic to a world empire, spanning over three hundred action-packed years.

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Fugitive of Empire

A lively biography of an important Indian revolutionary, from his attempted assassination of the Viceroy to his anti-imperialist activities in exile.

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Empire of Ivory

Naomi Novik’s stunning series of novels follow the adventures of Captain William Laurence and his fighting dragon Temeraire as they travel from t

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Agonies of Empire

Michael Cox outlines the ways in which five American Presidents from Clinton to Biden have addressed their predecessors' legacies while dealing with a

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Empire of Storms

Aelins journey from assassin to queen has entranced millions across the globe and fans will be left breathless as kingdoms collide in this fifth instalment in the New York Times bestselling series

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Empire of Love

In The Empire of Love anthropologist Elizabeth A. Povinelli reflects on a set of ethical and normative claims about the governance of love, sociality, and the body that circulate in liberal settler colonies such as the United States and Australia. She boldly theorizes intimate relations as pivotal sites where liberal logics and aspirations absorbed through settler imperia...

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Empire: Enter the battlefields of Ancient Greece in the epic new novel from the multi-million copy bestseller - Iggulden Conn

Anotace: THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERJOIN PERICLES, THE LION OF ATHENS, ON A JOURNEY TO SECURE THE FATE OF THE ATHENIAN EMPIRE`The master historical storyteller` DAILY EXPRESS`Iggulden draws the Greek world convincingly and he is strongest writing battle scenes` THE TIMES on the Golden Age series`The sights, sounds and smells of Athens bring history to life with gripping ...

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Empire: The Russian Empire and Its Rivals

Focusing on the Tsarist and Soviet empires of Russia, Lieven reveals the nature and meaning of all empires throughout history. He examines factors that mold the shape of the empires, including geography and culture, and compares the Russian empires with other imperial states, from ancient China and Rome to the present-day United States. Illustrations.

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End of the Ottoman Empire, 1908-1923

The collapse of the Ottoman Empire is a key event in the shaping of modern times. From its ruin rose new countries including Syria and Turkey. This vo

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Emperor's Exile (Eagles of the Empire 19)

A.D. 57. Rebellion and plague simmer in Roman Sardinia in the thrilling new Eagles of the Empire drama from the Sunday Times bestselling author of TRA

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Emperor's Exile (Eagles of the Empire 19)

A.D. 57. Rebellion and plague simmer in Roman Sardinia in the thrilling new Eagles of the Empire drama from the Sunday Times bestselling author of TRA

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Penguin Historical Atlas of the British Empire

Traces the emergence of the world's greatest empire from its earliest beginnings in the British Isles, through its ascendancy in Victorian times, to i

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Living on the Edge of Empire

Artefacts are used to understand the lives of people living in the frontier communities of Hadrian's Wall. The first time objects from collections acr

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Invictus (Eagles of the Empire 15)

The Sunday Times bestseller. A gripping novel of the Roman army in the 1st century AD, moving from dangerous Rome to rebellious Hispania. An Eagles of

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Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Published between 1776 and 1788, this text is acknowledged as a masterpiece of English historical writing. Covering the history of Europe from the 2nd

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Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire

A critically acclaimed analysis of anti-Muslim racism from the sixteenth to the twenty-first centuries, in a fully revised and expanded second edition

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Uncertainty in the Empire of Routine

Maura Dykstra shows how information overload resulting from the administrative revolution of ChinaÂ’s eighteenth-century Qing state led to a discourse

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Eagle's Prophecy (Eagles of the Empire 6)

AD 45, the Adriatic Sea. Centurions Macro and Cato embark on a deadly mission to rescue an imperial agent from pirates. The gripping sixth novel in th

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British End of the British Empire

How did decolonization impact on Britain? And how did Britain manage its transition from colonial power to postcolonial nation? These questions are ex

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The Architecture of Modern Empire - Arundhati Roy

From the bestselling author of Azadi and My Seditious Heart, a piercing exploration of modern empire, nationalism and rising fascism that gives us the tools to resist and fight backâ€~I try to create links, to join the dots, to tell politics like a story, to make it real…’Over a lifetime spent at the frontline of solidarity and resistance, Arundhati Roy’s words have...

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History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Spanning thirteen centuries from the age of Trajan to the taking of Constantinople by the Turks, this title provides a selection and bridging commenta

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Empire of the Vampire - Jay Kristoff

<p>The SUNDAY TIMES and NEW YORK TIMES bestseller from the award-winning author of the Nevernight Chronicle</p> <p>It has been twenty-seven long years since the last sunrise.</p> <p>Ever since, vampires have waged war against humanity building their eternal empire even as they tear down our own. Gabriel de León, half man, half monster, and la...

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Inglorious Empire

Inglorious Empire tells the real story of the British in India - from the arrival of the East India Company to the end of the Raj - revealing how Brit

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British Empire

The British Empire is a broad survey of the history of the British Empire from its beginnings to its demise that offers a comprehensive analysis of wh

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