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How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to Rise of Medieval Europe (Hinges of History)
by Thomas Cahill  
Publisher Comments A delightful and illuminating look into a crucial but little known "hinge" of history in which the author shows that the Irish were not only conservators of civilization, but became shapers of the medieval mind, putting their unique stamp on Western...
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How the Scots Invented Modern World (01 Edition)
by Arthur Herman
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Royal Affairs: A Lusty Romp Through the Extramarital Adventures That Rocked the British Monarchy
by Leslie Carroll Publisher Comments A funny, raucous, and delightfully dirty history of 1,000 years of bedroom-hopping secrets and scandals of Britain's royals. Insatiable kings, lecherous queens, kissing cousins, and wanton consortshistory has never been so much fun. Royal unions have...
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The Rise and Fall of the British Empire
by Lawrence James Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references and index....
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The Nineteenth Century: The British Isles 1815-1901 (Short Oxford History of the British Isles)
by Colin Matthew Publisher Comments This new eleven-volume series will span the history of the British Isles from the Roman Era to the present. Each volume consists of essays by leading historians who focus on key issues for the period--including society, economy, religion, politics, and...
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Notes from a Small Island
by Bill Bryson
Publisher Comments "Suddenly, in the space of a moment, I realized what it was that I loved about Britain-which is to say, all of it."<P>After nearly two decades spent on British soil, Bill Bryson-bestsellingauthor of The Mother Tongue and Made in America-decided to...
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Empire: The Rise and Demise of the British World Order and the Lessons for Global Power
by Niall Ferguson Publisher Comments This grand narrative history of the world's first experiment in globalization offers lessons for an ever-expanding American Empire--from England's most talented young historian....
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Lion's Share (4TH 04 Edition)
by Bernard Porter Publisher Comments "This leading general history of British imperialism, from its Victorian heyday to present times, has been thoroughly revised and updated. As well as presenting a lively narrative of events, Bernard Porter explores a number of broad analytical themes...
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For Party or Country: Nationalism and the Dilemmas of Popular Conservatism in Edwardian England
by Frans Coetzee Publisher Comments Lord Hugh Cecil, commenting in 1912 on the British Conservative party's staying power, said that the party's success was largely a matter of temperament, "recruited from...the natural conservatism that is found in almost every human mind." The...
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Celts 2ND Edition
by Nora Chadwick Publisher Comments New edition of the classic survey, with a new introductory chapter by Professor Barry Cunliffe that discusses the origins of the Celtic races and provides an overview of current issues....
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Religion, Law and Power (95 Edition)
by S. J. Connolly Publisher Comments This is a study of religion, politics, and society in a period of great significance in modern Irish history. The late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries saw the consolidation of the power of the Protestant landed class, the enactment of penal...
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Green Flag : a History of Irish Nationalism Volumes I-III (72 Edition)
by Robert Kee Publisher Comments Covering Irish history from the beginnings of Irish Nationalism through 1973, Robert Kee's treatment ranges from the Protestant Plantations through Wolfe Tone and the Great Famine to the founding of the Fenian Movement and the Irish Free State. His...
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British Empire (07 Edition)
by Levine Publisher Comments Original history of the rise and fall of the British Empire, exploring what it meant to be ruled or be a ruler in this context....
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Scotch-irish : a Social History (62 Edition)
by James G. Leyburn Publisher Comments Dispelling much of what he terms the 'mythology' of the Scotch-Irish, James Leyburn provides an absorbing account of their heritage. He discusses their life in Scotland, when the essentials of their character and culture were shaped; their removal to...
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Response To Industrialism, 1885-1914 (2ND 95 Edition)
by Samuel P. Hays Publisher Comments In this new edition, Samuel P. Hays expands the scope of his pioneering account of the ways in which Americans reacted to industrialism during its early years from 1885 to 1914. Hays now deepens his coverage of cultural transformations in a study well...
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Stone Voices : Search for Scotland (02 Edition)
by Neal Ascherson Publisher Comments The rediscovery of Scotland's past and a wake-up call about its future, from a leading scholar-journalist <BR>Scotland has a new Parliament and it has North Sea oil, but is it yet an independent, self-sustaining democracy? Is it a true nation? In...
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Ten Men Dead : the Story of the 1981 Irish Hunger Strike (87 Edition)
by David Beresford Publisher Comments In 1981 ten men starved themselves to death inside the walls of Long Kesh prison in Belfast. While a stunned world watched and distraught family members kept bedside vigils, one "soldier" after another slowly went to his death in an attempt to make...
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Marston Moor 1644: The Beginning of the End (Praeger Illustrated Military History)
by John Tincey Publisher Comments The entry into the English Civil War of the Scots on the side of Parliament radically changed the balance of power in the North of England. The Royalists were forced onto the defensive and the Marquis of Newcastle found his army besieged in York. Prince...
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End of Hidden Ireland : Rebellion, Famine, and Emigration (95 Edition)
by Robert Scally Publisher Comments Many thousands of Irish peasants fled from the country in the terrible famine winter of 1847-48, following the road to the ports and the Liverpool ferries to make the dangerous passage across the Atlantic. The human toll of "Black '47," the worst year of...
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True Brits: A Tour of Great Britain in All Its Bog-Snorkelling, Shin-Kicking, and Cheese-Rolling Glory
by J R Daeschner Synopsis "Best described as Bill Bryson meets Tony Hawks" ("The Observer") "True Brits" is the hilarious account of the antics and utterly strange traditions of 21st-century Britain....
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