Social & Cultural History
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Mafia, Money & Politics in Sicily 1950-1997
Museum Tusculanum Press (DK)£28.99| /Salvo was a Mafioso, but he did not traffic in narcotics, he did not run weapons, he did not kill anyone and he did not take part in the 'ordinary'...
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Mai-Kai
Schiffer£36.99| /In 1956, a few brash young men created the Mai-Kai Restaurant and bar in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, by poaching key staff from Don the Beachcomber, ...
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Making a Hand
Museum of New Mexico Press (US)£40.99| /Ranching families reflect a deeply rooted agricultural tradition the day-to-day workings of which have changed little over generations. Many of the...
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Making Chinese Australia
Monash University Publishing£26.99| /The Chinese press was the largest foreign-language press in Sydney in the late nineteenth century, and the only foreign-language press to publish c...
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Mallee Country
Monash University Publishing£26.99| /Mallee Country tells the compelling history of mallee lands and people across southern Australia from Deep Time to the present. Carefully shaped an...
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Manchester Mavericks
Empire Publications (UK)£10.95| /Local author and journalist Colin Blaney has spent the past decade or so interviewing personalities from Manchester and Salford as a reporter for v...
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MANCHESTER: IT NEVER RAINS...
Empire Publications (UK)£12.95| /Although it didn't originate there, Manchester was transformed by Punk Rock in a more thorough and long-lasting way than anywhere else in the worl...
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Maskepetoon
Heritage Group Distribution Ltd (CA)£20.99| /As a leader, Maskepetoon was respected for his skill as a hunter, his generosity and his wisdom. He was considered a "lucky" chief, a man who found...
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Memory's Encouragement
Paul Dry Books (US)£17.99| /On Language, Memory, and Illness. As Tony Gorry recalls scenes from his earliest childhood and adolescence, he weaves his present reality with thes...
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Mile Deep & Black As Pitch
McDonald & Woodward Publishing Co (US)£25.99| /This book documents the history of two celebrated mines in Sussex County, New Jersey, through the eyes of those who lived it. The two mines, consol...
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Moderne Gnosis und Zionismus
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co.KG£47.99| /In intellectual history, Zionist thinking was shaped by the philosophy of life that dominated many intellectuals between the turn of the century an...
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Nahrung nach Norm
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co.KG£80.99| /In the 19th century, a new sensitivity to food quality arose, which was reflected in a broad public debate. Increasingly industrialized food produc...
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Names on Svalbard
Tapir Academic Press (N)£22.50| /The names on Svalbard are a reminder of how many different nationalities that have visited and lived on the archipelago during the centuries. These...
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Natives and Settlers Now and Then
University of Alberta Press (CA)£33.99| /"Natives and Settlers provides a beginning to what should be (and should have been) a continuing, respectful discussion." -Blanca Schorcht, Associa...
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New Directions in Tarot
REDFeather£18.99| /A look at how Pamela Colman Smith's theatrical knowledge and experience came into play when she drew the iconic cards of the Rider-Waite-Smith deck...
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Niddrie of the North-West
University of Alberta Press (CA)£21.99| /Insightful, opinionated, but always thoughtful, Niddrie of the North-West reveals the lively social dynamics of Canada's formative years.
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Of Kings & Chronicles
Museum Tusculanum Press (DK)£50.00| /The manuscript Kiel, University Library S.H. 8 A. 8o, which contains the earliest copy of the so-called "Roskilde Chronicle" as well as the complet...
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On Their Own Terms
Heritage Group Distribution Ltd£10.99| /A fascinating collection of concise stories about twenty-one courageous, independent, and diverse women who shaped the history of Vancouver Island....
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Otago
Otago University Press (NZ)£25.99| /The University of Otago has always taken pride in its status as New Zealands first university. Starting a university in 1869 was a bold move: othe...
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Ottoman Greeks in the Age of Nationalism
Darwin Press (US)£35.99| /This collection of essays derives from the 1989 Princeton Conference on 'The Social and Economic History of the Greeks in the Ottoman Empire: The G...
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Our Others
Ibidem Press/Ibidem-VerlagOriginal price £20.00Current price £15.00| /This is an award-winning exploration of both the histories and personal stories of fourteen ethnic minority groups living within the boundaries of ...
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Pūkaki
Oratia Books£30.99| /First published in English in 2000, Paul Tapsells awardwinning work brilliantly captured the life and transformations of Pūkaki the Ngāti Whakau...
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Passions In Print
Museum of New Mexico Press (US)£35.99| /Moving through five historic periods, this book weaves the colourful story of New Mexico's book artists and their dedication to a timeless craft. P...
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Pericleans, Plumbers & Practitioners
Monash University Publishing£26.99| /When the urbane, learned and widely liked David Derham accepted the invitation to establish the second university law school in Victoria, he wrote ...
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Persian Pleasures
Mage Publishers Inc (US)£71.99| /Pleasure in the form of food, drink or drugs, is the subject of this book, which looks at how their consumption has played a key role in social int...
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Phoney Wars
Otago University Press£27.95| /This book looks at the lives of New Zealanders during the greatest armed struggle the world has ever seen: the Second World War. It is not a politi...
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Prodigal Sons
Linden Publishing (US)£16.99| /This factual story about how Christopher Evans and John Sontag came to be the most wanted men in California in 1893 is also the story of life in th...
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Prospering Together
The Laurier Institution (CA)£23.99| /This updated, fully indexed edition contains a new chapter that captures the developments in the B.C. treaty process since the original publication...
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Protest Tautohetohe
Te Papa Press£53.99| /An Illustrated History of Protest and Activism in Aotearoa New Zealand. For a small, peaceful democracy in the South Pacific, New Zealand has had i...
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Protests in the Streets: 1968 Across the Globe
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc (US)£18.99| /"A really interesting and provocative take on 1968. This book addresses the truly global dimensions—and the unexpected, often long-term consequence...
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Protests in the Streets: 1968 Across the Globe
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc (US)£50.00| /"A really interesting and provocative take on 1968. This book addresses the truly global dimensions—and the unexpected, often long-term consequence...
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Puako
Granville Island Publishing (CA)£18.99| /This book documents the life story of a small community on the Island of Hawai'i. For nearly a millennium the startling beauty of the coastline and...
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Pueblo Nations
Clear Light Publishers (US)£25.99| /Highly regarded by Native Americans as well as Anglo and Hispanic historians, Sando's book covers the origins and development of Pueblo civilizatio...
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Pueblo People
Clear Light Publishers (US)£40.99| /For Marcia Keegan, recording the traditional ways of the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico has been a life-long commitment. Keegan is the only photograp...
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Pueblo Profiles
Clear Light Publishers (US)£25.99| /In this new book, Sando weaves a tapestry of individual lives against a backdrop of history, telling the stories of more than thirty political lead...
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Railway Nation
Heritage Group Distribution Ltd£30.99| /Since its founding in 1881, Canadian Pacific has made an indelible mark on the lives of Canadians. Most commonly associated with its iconic rail-wa...
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