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Mystery and Marvel
Philadelphia’s 1876 Centennial Exposition
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9781955041027
Pub Date: 2024-11-30
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Brookline Books
216 Pages
Using narratives from fair-goers, this book examines the technological enthusiasm of Victorian society at the 1876 Philadelphia World’s Fair and the resulting transition from agricultural republic to industrial empire.
Tippu Tip
Ivory, Slavery and Discovery in the Scramble for Africa
Price: $30.00
ISBN: 9781911487937
Pub Date: 2024-09-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Arabian Publishing Ltd.
320 Pages
Embark on a gripping journey through the life of Tippu Tip, a pioneering 19th-century ivory trader whose exploits left an indelible mark on East and Central Africa. A charismatic Afro-Arab figure, Tippu...
The War Outside My Window (Young Readers Edition)
The Civil War Diary of LeRoy Wiley Gresham, 1860–1865
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 9781611215175
Pub Date: 2024-09-15
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Savas Beatie
336 Pages
The Library of Congress considered LeRoy Wiley Gresham’s journal a masterpiece, and one of its premier holdings. This adaptation of The War Outside My Window: The Civil War Diary of LeRoy Wiley Gresham, 1860-1865, edited for young readers, introduces a new generation to one of the most unique and important firsthand accounts to come out of our Civi
Julius Euting
Diary of a Journey through Inner Arabia, 1883–1884 (2 Volume Set)
Price: $220.00
ISBN: 9781911487852
Pub Date: 2024-07-31
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Arabian Publishing Ltd.
684 Pages
Julius Euting, an epigraphist, artist, avid hiker, nature-lover, and intrepid explorer, lived a life of wonder, discovery and extraordinary academic achievement, making groundbreaking contributions...
The Imam, the Pasha and the Englishman
The Ordeal of Abd Allah ibn Saud, Cairo 1818
Price: $35.00
ISBN: 9781911487982
Pub Date: 2024-05-31
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Arabian Publishing Ltd.
224 Pages
The dramatic encounter between Muhammad ‘Ali Pasha, Ottoman governor of Egypt, and his vanquished Saudi foe, Imam ‘Abd Allah, in Cairo in November 1818 marks the symbolic end of the First Saudi...
Death and the Victorians
A Dark Fascination
Price: $42.95
ISBN: 9781399082556
Pub Date: 2024-04-04
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword History
192 Pages
An entertaining and accessible romp through Victorian culture that reveals the fascinating and gruesome ways the Victorians revered, feared and exploited death.From spooky stories and real-life ghost...
19th Century Female Explorers
Price: $49.95
ISBN: 9781399006866
Pub Date: 2024-03-08
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword History
256 Pages
As any historian will testify, a nineteenth-century woman’s place was very much at home. Or was it? For a lucky (and plucky) few, who had a little determination, and the ability to withstand lice...
The Lead Mines
Ballycorus and Glendalough in the Nineteenth Century
Price: $40.00
ISBN: 9781913934873
Pub Date: 2024-01-25
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Wordwell Books
200 Pages
A hilltop chimney in the foothills of the Dublin Mountains is a very prominent landmark, seen from land and sea. In the Glendalough valley and the adjacent Glendasan, ruined buildings and piles of spoil...
Mystery and Marvel
Philadelphia’s 1876 Centennial Exposition
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9781955041027
Pub Date: 2024-11-30
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Brookline Books
216 Pages
Tippu Tip
Ivory, Slavery and Discovery in the Scramble for Africa
Price: $30.00
ISBN: 9781911487937
Pub Date: 2024-09-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Arabian Publishing Ltd.
320 Pages
The War Outside My Window (Young Readers Edition)
The Civil War Diary of LeRoy Wiley Gresham, 1860–1865
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 9781611215175
Pub Date: 2024-09-15
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Savas Beatie
336 Pages
Julius Euting
Diary of a Journey through Inner Arabia, 1883–1884 (2 Volume Set)
Price: $220.00
ISBN: 9781911487852
Pub Date: 2024-07-31
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Arabian Publishing Ltd.
684 Pages
The Imam, the Pasha and the Englishman
The Ordeal of Abd Allah ibn Saud, Cairo 1818
Price: $35.00
ISBN: 9781911487982
Pub Date: 2024-05-31
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Arabian Publishing Ltd.
224 Pages
Death and the Victorians
A Dark Fascination
Price: $42.95
ISBN: 9781399082556
Pub Date: 2024-04-04
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword History
192 Pages
19th Century Female Explorers
Price: $49.95
ISBN: 9781399006866
Pub Date: 2024-03-08
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword History
256 Pages
The Lead Mines
Ballycorus and Glendalough in the Nineteenth Century
Price: $40.00
ISBN: 9781913934873
Pub Date: 2024-01-25
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Wordwell Books
200 Pages