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“james e shaw”

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  • Market Ethics and Practices, c.1300–1850

    Edited by Simon Middleton, James E. Shaw ...
    Market Ethics and Practices, c. 1300–1850 analyses the nature, development, and operation of market ethics in the context of social practices, ranging from rituals of exchange and unofficial expectations to law, institutions, and formal regulations from the late medieval through to the modern era.Divided into two parts, the first explores the principles and regulations of market ethics, such as ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

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  • The Legends of King Arthur and his Knights: With 21 Illustrations and a Free Audio Link.

    by James Knowles ...
    The great King Arthur is a legendary British sovereign who, according to medieval histories and romances, led the defence of Britain against Saxon invaders in the early sixth century. This book is chock-full of entertaining adventures involving knights in shining armour; damsels in distress, fierce jousting and sword fights to the death, battles against hoards of enemies, giants, dragons, ... Read more

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  • A History of Ireland in 250 Episodes – Everything You've Ever Wanted to Know About Irish History

    Fascinating Snippets of Irish History from the Ice Age to the Peace Process

    by Jonathan Bardon ...
    THE ONLY BOOK ON IRISH HISTORY YOU'LL EVER NEED!From invasions to rebellions, heroic martyrs to pragmatic politicians, industrial development to mass emigration, A History of Ireland in 250 Episodes by renowned Irish historian Jonathan Bardon will take you on a sweeping journey through Irish history, getting behind the historical headlines to reveal the lived experience of Irish people.Written in ... Read more

    $6.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Christendom Destroyed

    Europe 1517-1648

    by Mark Greengrass ...
    Series series The Penguin History of Europe
    **“The latest volume to appear in the Penguin History of Europe. Like its companion volumes, [Christendom Destroyed] is no breezy survey but a masterly synthesis of depth and breadth."*—*The Wall Street Journal“The political and religious conflicts of early modern Europe receive high-quality treatment from Greengrass.... an excellent addition to the new Penguin History of Europe.”—Financial Times* ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • How History's Greatest Pirates Pillaged, Plundered, and Got Away With It

    The Stories, Techniques, and Tactics of the Most Feared Sea Rovers from 1500–1800

    by Benerson Little ...
    Who were the world's most successful pirates, and why? "Interesting and very readable . . . Little clearly knows his subject well." — International Journal of Naval HistoryMore than just simple retellings of tried-and-true stories of buccaneers on the high seas, this book focuses on pirating tactics of the 1500s through the 1800s to give an in-depth view of how pirates functioned through history. ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Hangman's Diary

    The Journal of Master Franz Schmidt, Public Executioner of Nuremberg, 1573?1617

    by Franz Schmidt ...
    From 1573 to 1617, Master Franz Schmidt was the executioner for the towns of Bamberg and Nuremberg. During that span, he personally executed more than 350 people while keeping a journal throughout his career.A Hangman’s Diary is not only a collection of detailed writings by Schmidt about his work, but also an account of criminal procedure in Germany during the Middle Ages. With analysis and ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • To The Hebrides

    Samuel Johnson's Journey to the Western Islands and James Boswell's Journal of a Tour

    by Samuel Johnson, James Boswell ...
    Samuel Johnson and James Boswell spent the autumn of 1773 touring through the Lowlands and Highlands of Scotland as far west as the islands of Skye, Raasay, Coll, Mull, Inchkenneth and Iona. Both kept detailed notes of their impressions, and later published separate accounts of their journey. These works contain some of the finest pieces of travel writing ever produced: they are also magnificent ... Read more

    $7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Century of Revolution

    1603–1714

    by Christopher Hill ...
    Series series Routledge Classics
    There is an immense range of books about the English Civil War, but one historian stands head and shoulders above all others for the quality of his work on the subject. In 1961 Christopher Hill first published what has come to be acknowledged as the best concise history of the period, Century of Revolution. Stimulating, vivid and provocative, his graphic depiction of the turbulent era examines ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Priest of Nature

    The Religious Worlds of Isaac Newton

    by Rob Iliffe ...
    He was the dominant intellectual figure of his age. His published works, including the Principia Mathematica and Opticks, reached across the scientific spectrum, revealing the degree of his interdisciplinary genius. His renown opened doors throughout his career, securing him prestigious positions at Cambridge, the Royal Mint, and the Royal Society. Yet alongside his public success, Sir Isaac ... Read more

    $20.89 USD

  • The Capture of Louisbourg, 1758

    by Hugh Boscawen ...
    Series Book 27 - Campaigns and Commanders Series
    Louisbourg, France's impressive fortress on Cape Breton Island's foggy Atlantic coast, dominated access to the St. Lawrence and colonial New France for forty years in the mid-eighteenth century. In 1755, Great Britain and France stumbled into the French and Indian War, part of what (to Europe) became the Seven Years' War—only for British forces to suffer successive defeats. In 1758, Britain and ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • The Atlantic in Global History

    1500-2000

    Edited by Jorge Canizares-Esguerra, Erik R Seeman ...
    The Atlantic in Global History is a collection of original essays by leading authors that both introduce the main themes of Atlantic history and expand the category of the Atlantic chronologically, spatially, and methodologically.Moving away from the nation-state focused model of Atlantic history, this book emphasizes the comparisons among national experiences of the Atlantic. Meanwhile, by ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • Black Ranching Frontiers

    African Cattle Herders of the Atlantic World, 1500-1900

    by Andrew Sluyter, Ph.D ...
    Series series Yale Agrarian Studies Series
    In this groundbreaking book Andrew Sluyter demonstrates for the first time that Africans played significant creative roles in establishing open-range cattle ranching in the Americas. In so doing, he provides a new way of looking at and studying the history of land, labor, property, and commerce in the Atlantic world.Sluyter shows that Africans’ ideas and creativity helped to establish a production ... Read more

    $49.99 USD