Dave Hoekstra 
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A Celebration of a Midwest Tradition

This is Volume I of two on the people, institutions and resources of the Russian Empire first published in English in 1856. This edition has been translated from the German version and is a condensed …

When Roman troops threatened to seize the wealth of the Iceni people, their queen, Boudica, retaliated by inciting a major uprising, allying her tribe with the neighbouring Trinovantes. The ensuing c …

Jordan Goodman explores the historical transformation of tobacco from Amerindian shamanism to global capitalism, from the food of the spirits to the fatal epidemic, from the rough pipe and cigar to t …

Leading historians explore how our ideas of what is attractive are influenced by a broad range of social and economic factors. They force us to reckon with the ways that beauty has been made, bought …

QEH opened in 1590 in line with the instructions laid down in John Carr”s will of 1586. Always known as the City School, it has occupied three sites in and around the centre of Bristol. The current …

Using evidence from contemporary printed images, Smith examines the attitudes of Christian Europe to the Ottoman Empire and to Islam. She also considers the relationship between text and image, placi …

With the approach of the 200th anniversary of the Royal Navy”s greatest battle off Cape Trafalgar on October 21st 1805, much attention will be given to our most tangible symbol of that most ferociou …

Gladstone is one of the most important political figures in modern British history. He held the office of Prime Minister four times during a turbulent and changing time in Britain”s history. Michael …

This is the gripping story of a forgotten Russia in turmoil, when the line between government and organized crime blurred into a chaotic continuum of kleptocracy, vengeance and sadism. It tells the t …

The advent of the era of ‘e-Service, ‘ the provision of services over electronic networks like the internet, is one of the dominant business themes of the new millennium. It reflects the fundamental …