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Ex-black-ops-specialist-turned-strip-club-bouncer Joe Brody has a new qualifica-tion to add to his resume: an alliance of New York City's mob bosses has deemed him its "sheriff." In the straight...

What do maypoles, charivari processions, and stoolball matches have to do with the English civil war? A great deal, argues Underdown in this provocative reinterpretation of the English Revolution...

Hardcover with dust jacket. Pencil and ink markings/underlining throughout. Dust jacket is slightly edge worn and bumped. 227 pages.

This book tells the full story of the confrontation between Chartist miners and troops in Newport in 1839--the most serious clash between people and government in modern industrial Britain--analyzing...

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It is the object of this book to explain to the modern reader what institutions of the classical Athenian democracy were, how they worked and what assumptions underlay them. It is principally...

“This permaculture primer is fresh and vibrant. Bring it on!” —Permaculture MagazinePermaculture is more popular than ever, but it can still be a daunting concept. If you are new to permaculture and...

Increasingly, people are responding to the contemporary crises underwritten by capitalism by exploring the politics of communism. Some have taken a sympathetic, even nostalgic, view of "actually...

This book examines the structures of power and jurisdiction that operated in Tudor England. It explains what the institutions of central government were designed to do, and how they related to each...

GOOD CONDITION. 1987 SECOND EDITION. TEXT contains highlighting. BINDING is tight and moderately slanted. COVER has very little edge-wear; moderate shelf wear. small corner bend; front edge lightly...

Great Moments in Architecture is a wondrous portfolio that has to be seen to be fully savored-or even believed for that matter. Here are the plans for the Tower of Pisa-on a skewed drafting table,...

The Santa Fe Institute, as key element in its founding activities, sponsored two workshops on 'Emerging Syntheses in Science.' There was unanimous agreement among the participants that Professor...