
Stupid Christmas
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A new collection of outrageous, laugh-out-loud anecdotes about the weird and wacky things that...

David McK (3496 KP) rated Devil's Charge (Civil War Chronicles #2) in Books
Jan 30, 2019
Despite being one of the defining period in English history, it's actually a subject rarely touched upon: when I was at school, we were taught more about the American Civil War than about the English counter-part! Short of this series, I can't - personally - think of any other novels set in and around the same period.
Like Cornwell's [i]Sharpe[/i] series of books, the events of this are all set in and around real historical events: in this case, the storming of Cirencester, the siege of Lichfield and the battle of Hopton Heath. If I'm honest, I wasn't familiar with any of these events, which is something I've always enjoyed about this type of book: a chance to learn some new history while also enjoying a good read! :)

Open Standards and the Digital Age: History, Ideology, and Networks
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How did openness become a foundational value for the networks of the twenty-first century? Open...

Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics
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In Inverting the Pyramid, Jonathan Wilson pulls apart the finer details of the world's game, tracing...

How the Other Half Ate: A History of Working-class Meals at the Turn of the Century
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In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, working-class Americans had eating habits that...
The Bizarre World of Reality Television
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How do reality television programs shape our view of the world and what we perceive as real and...

Free and Easy?
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A History of the American Musical narrates the evolution of the film musical genre, discussing its...

Secret Lives of the U.S. Presidents: Strange Stories and Shocking Trivia from Inside the White House
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In this book you ll discover that: Teddy Roosevelt was blinded in a White House boxing match John...

The Kurds: A Modern History: 2017
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This second edition covers the events through September 2016. The approximately 30 million or more...

A More Beautiful and Terrible History: The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History
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The civil rights movement has become national legend, lauded by presidents from Reagan to Obama to...