Gardens of the Tsars: A Study of the Aesthetics, Semantics and Uses of Late 18th Century Russian Gardens
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The reign of Catherine the Great (1762-1796) marks a high point in the history of Imperial Russia....
The New Politics of Strategic Resources: Energy and Food Security Challenges in the 21st Century
Bruce D. Jones, David Steven and Emily O'Brien
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Since 2008, energy and food markets - those most fundamental to human existence - have remained in...
Varieties and Alternatives of Catching-Up: Asian Development in the Context of the 21st Century: 2016
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This book sheds new light on the advancement of various industries in developing Asian countries...
Monstrous Media/Spectral Subjects: Imaging Gothic from the Nineteenth Century to the Present
Fred Botting and Catherine Spooner
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Monstrous media/spectral subjects explores the intersection of monsters, ghosts, representation and...
The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century
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The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there... Imagine you could travel back...
William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse: Astronomy and the Castle in Nineteenth-Century Ireland
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This is a revealing account of the family life and achievements of the Third Earl of Rosse, a...