The English Lakes - North-Eastern Area, Penrith, Patterdale & Caldbeck
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OS Explorer is the Ordnance Survey's most detailed map and is recommended for anyone enjoying...
Dislocating the Orient: British Maps and the Making of the Middle East, 1854-1921
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While the twentieth century's conflicting visions and exploitation of the Middle East are well...
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The Portuguese in the East: A Cultural History of a Maritime Trading Empire
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Vasco da Gama's voyage to India in the late fifteenth century opened up new economic and cultural...
Arts of the Hellenized East: Precious Metalwork and Gems of the Pre-Islamic Era
Martha L. Carter and Prudence O. Harper
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The al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait, houses one of the world's most spectacular collections of ancient...
Over Fields of Fire: Flying the Sturmovik in Action on the Eastern Front 1942-45
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During the 1930s the Soviet Union launched a major effort to create a modern Air Force. That process...
Headscarves and Hymens: Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution
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Headscarves and Hymens explodes the myth that we should stand back and watch while women are...
Battleground Prussia: The Assault on Germany's Eastern Front 1944-1945
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In September 1944 the Soviet Army poured into German territory, flooding the martial heartland of...