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Days Of Sorrow, Times Of Joy: The Story Of A Victorian Family And Its Love Affair With China
Frances Clemmow - Paperback - Matador
This is a story of the battle against seemingly insurmountable obstacles of death, disease, deprivation, riots and rebellion as told through the letters of the Gillison family. The discovery of a cache of family letters, written between 1859 and 1937, has made it possible to compile this remarkable, evocative and affecting story.
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£8.46
Arab Spring, Libyan Winter
Vijay Prashad - Paperback - AK
This succinct, timely analysis situates the assault on Libya in the context of Middle Eastern revolt in 2011.
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£7.64
Operation Dark Heart: Spycraft And Special Operations On The Front Lines Of Afghanistan
Anthony Shaffer - Paperback - Mainstream
This is a no-holds-barred account of the realities of an American spy working outside the conventional parameters of military conflict in a region culturally, geographically, and philosophically disassociated from conventional American war tactics.
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Six Months Without Sundays: The Scots Guards In Afghanistan
Max Benitz - Paperback - Birlinn
This is a gripping eye-witness account of several months spent with the world-renowned battalion, the Scots Guards, in Helmand Province.
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Scottish Samurai: Thomas Blake Glover, 1838-1911
Alexander McKay - Paperback - Canongate
Glover arrived in Nagasaki in 1859. Within a few years he had played an important role in the overthrow of the Tokugawa Shogunate. The author of this text became fascinated with the story of Glover when he visited Glover House in Hagasaki.
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Six Months Without Sundays: The Scots Guards In Afghanistan
Max Benitz - Hardback - Birlinn
A gripping eye-witness account of several months spent with this world-renowned battalion in Helmand Province.
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Empire Of Sand: How Britain Shaped The Middle East
Walter Reid - Hardback - Birlinn
With reference to a huge amount of primary and secondary sources, Walter Reid explores Britain's role in the creation of the modern Middle East and the rise of Zionism, from the early years of the 20th century to 1948, when Britain handed over Palestine to UN control.
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Aviation Assault Battlegroup In Afghanistan
- Hardback - Pen & Sword Aviation
During their 2009 OP HERRICK tour, The Black Watch's role was to raid into Taliban insurgent heartlands, rather than 'hold ground', like other battlegroups. This text charts the experiences of the battlegroup from its training, deployment, and its 13 operations, including raids into the Sangin Valley.
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The Pacific
Hugh Ambrose - Paperback - Canongate
'The Pacific' describes the extraordinary true stories of four U.S. Marines and a U.S. Navy carrier pilot fighting in the Pacific region during World War II.
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The Tree That Bleeds: A Uighur Town On The Edge
Nick Holdstock - Paperback - Luath
Nick Holdstock describes the time he spent in Yining, and offers fresh insights into the ways in which the Chinese government tries to exert its authority on the lives of Uighur people.
Days Of Sorrow, Times Of Joy: The Story Of A Victorian Family And Its Love Affair With China
Arab Spring, Libyan Winter
Operation Dark Heart: Spycraft And Special Operations On The Front Lines Of Afghanistan
Six Months Without Sundays: The Scots Guards In Afghanistan
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