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Political Science

Milk and Peace, Drought and War Somali Culture, Society and Politics

Hoehne Markus V., Luling Virginia

ISBN: PB: 9781849040457, ISBN: HB: 9781849040440, Hurst Publishers, July 2010
416 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! This volume offers a comprehensive overview of scholarship on Somalia and Somali land, one that transcends the usual boundaries and presents readers with a timely, incisive and compelling introduction to Somali culture, history...

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Culture Studies

Medieval

Modulated Scream Pain in Late Medieval Culture

Cohen Esther

ISBN: HB: 9780226112671, University of Chicago Press, May 2010
384 pp., 23x15 cm, 5 halftones

In the late medieval era, pain could be a symbol of holiness, disease, sin, or truth. It could be encouragement to lead a moral life, a punishment for wrong doing, or a method of healing. Exploring the varied depictions and descriptions of pain – fro...

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Modelling - Military Drawings

Military

Main Battle Tanks

Obraztsov Youri

ISBN: HB: 9782352501381, Casemate, Histoire et Collections, April 2010
128 pp., 19.7x13.8 cm, 350 pictures

The tank is still the most powerful vehicle in any land forces' arsenal. It is an all-encompassing arms system which has formidable firepower, extraordinary mobility and fail-safe protection. The present work shows for the first time all the modern...

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Christianity

Medieval

Medieval Origins of the Legal Profession Canonists, Civilians, and Courts

Brundage James A.

ISBN: PB: 9780226077604, University of Chicago Press, April 2010
560 pp., 23x15 cm, 5 halftones

In the aftermath of sixth-century barbarian invasions, the legal profession that had grown and flourished during the Roman Empire vanished. Nonetheless, professional lawyers suddenly reappeared in Western Europe seven hundred years later during the 1...

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Political Science

America

Myth of American Exceptionalism

Hodgson Godfrey

ISBN: PB: 9780300164190, Yale University Press, March 2010
240 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm

The idea that the United States is destined to spread its unique gifts of democracy and capitalism to other countries is dangerous for Americans and for the rest of the world, warns Godfrey Hodgson in this provocative book. Hodgson, a shrewd and high...

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Medieval

Medieval Heart

Webb Heather

ISBN: HB: 9780300153934, Yale University Press, March 2010
256 pp., 21x14 cm

In this debut, Heather Webb studies medieval notions of the heart to explore the "lost circulations" of an era when individual lives and bodies were defined by their extensions into the world rather than as self-perpetuating, self-limited entities. D...

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Military

Polonica

Military Government in Exile The Polish Government in Exile 1939-1945, a study of discontent

McGilvray Evan

ISBN: PB: 9781906033583, ISBN: HB: 9781908916976, Casemate, Helion and Company, March 2010
160 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 30 black&white photos, 1 map

This work examines the nature of the relationship between the British Government and the Polish Government-in-Exile, 1939-1945. The relationship was extremely difficult owing to the extremity of the time and the situations of the two governments. Bef...

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Aviation

Modelling - Military Drawings

Mikoyan-Gurevitch MiG 21 Fishbed 1955-2010

Paloque Gerard

ISBN: PB: 9782352501473, Casemate, Histoire et Collections, February 2010
96 pp., 24.1x20.3 cm, full colour throughout

The MiG-21 originated with an official request from the Soviet authorities in 1954 for a light, high-performance (Mach 2 at 20 000 m) frontline fighter to protect military and production installations from potential raids by American bombers. Built f...

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Aviation

Modelling - Military Drawings

Monographs, No. 1 Focke Wulf Fw 190, Volume I

Janowicz Krzysztof

ISBN: PB: 9788389088116, Casemate, Kagero, January 2010
96 pp., 29.7x21 cm, 88 black&white photos, 29 profiles, 20 sheets

Not for sale in Poland! The first part of a monograph on the German fighter plane Focke-Wulf Fw 190 discusses the origins and development of versions A, F, G and S, which fighter, assault, fighter-bomber, reconnaissance and trainer production varia...

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Aviation

Modelling - Military Drawings

Monographs, No. 22 Messerschmitt Bf 109 G/K, Volume II

Janowicz Krzysztof

ISBN: PB: 9788389088925, Casemate, Kagero, January 2010
104 pp., 29.7x21 cm, 102 black&white photos, 30 profiles, 18 sheets

Not for sale in Poland! Second volume of the history of the Messerschmitt Bf 109 G/K which covers the history, design and development as well as technical characteristics. One of the first true modern fighters of the era, including such features...

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