Before and After: Reminiscences of a Working Life
Edith Morley and Barbara Morris
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Intended to 'relate my experiences to the background of my period and to portray incidents in the...
Canadian Girl in South Africa: A Teacher's Experiences in the South African War, 1899-1902
Maud E. Graham, Michael Dawson, Catherine Gidney and Susanne M. Klausen
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As the South African War reached its grueling end in 1902, colonial interests at the highest levels...
Diary of a Wartime Affair: The True Story of a Surprisingly Modern Romance
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London in 1934. Clever young civil servant Doreen Bates is working in the same office as E, an older...
Jean Ternant and the Age of Revolutions: A Soldier and Diplomat (1751-1833) in the American, French, Dutch and Belgian Uprisings
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Jean Ternant's life (1751-1833) spanned a period of enormous change in European life. Born when men...
Kampong Spirit - Gotong Royong: Life in Potong Pasir, 1955 to 1965
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The most significant aspect of living in a kampong was its kampong spirit - or gotong royong. Though...
Memoirs of a Rifleman Scout
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Major Crum fought in the Second Boer War (1890 - 1902) in the Mounted Infantry, where he was wounded...
Landscapes and Gardens for Historic Buildings: A Handbook for Reproducing and Creating Authentic Landscapes
Rudy J. Favretti and Joy Putman Favretti
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It's been more than forty years since the second edition of this landmark guide to the preservation...
Political Economies of Empire in the Early Modern Mediterranean: The Decline of Venice and the Rise of England 1450-1700
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Against the backdrop of England's emergence as a major economic power, the development of early...
Drink and Culture in Nineteenth-century Ireland: The Alcohol Trade and the Politics of the Irish Public House
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The vibrant Irish public house of the nineteenth century hosted broad networks of social power,...
Economics of Planning Policies in China: Infrastructure, Location and Cities
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Decades of fast economic growth and rapid urbanization have significantly changed the "faces" of...