Foretastes of Heaven in Lutheran Church Music Tradition: Johann Mattheson and Christoph Raupach on Music in Time and Eternity
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In the two centuries after Martin Luther's affirmation that music stood second only to theology,...

London's West End Actresses and the Origins of Celebrity Charity, 1880-1920
Catherine Hindson and Heather S. Nathans
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Today's celebrity charity work has deep historical roots. In the 1880s and 1890s, the stars of...

RAF Transport Command: A Pictorial History
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When RAF Transport Command was created in March 1943, it was formed by the renaming of Ferry...

Taming the Flood: Rivers, Wetlands and the Centuries-Old Battle Against Flooding
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'Exquisitely written' Sunday Times Beautifully written and magnificently illustrated with...

The Ash Tree
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Ash is one of the most common trees in the British Isles - there are nearly as many ash trees as...

The Acadian Diaspora: An Eighteenth-Century History
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Late in 1755, an army of British regulars and Massachusetts volunteers completed one of the...
The Industrial Revolution: A Very Short Introduction
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The 'Industrial Revolution' was a pivotal point in British history that occurred between the...

The Oxford History of Anglicanism: Establishment and Empire, 1662 -1829: Volume II
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The Oxford History of Anglicanism is a major new and unprecedented international study of the...

The Planning and Building of the Hebrew University, 1919-1948: Facing the Temple Mount
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Since the construction of the first Holy Temple on Mount Moriah in Jerusalem in 957 BCE, the site...

The RAF Air Sea Rescue Service 1918-1986
Jon Sutherland and Diane Canwell
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Between 1918 and 1986 the marine branch of the Royal Air Force provided rescue facilities, support...