The meaning of luxury in tourism, hospitality and events by Swarbrooke, John

Table of Contents: “…Case study 1: Cesar Ritz -- the man whose name became a byword for luxury Case study 2: Luxury cruising yesterday and today -- Cunard Case study 3: Ritual luxury -- the phenomenon of afternoon tea Case study 4: 'You are what you wear' -- dressing for luxury travel Case study 5: Changing consumer expectations over time and the idea of luxury -- the hotel bedroom Case study 6: The design of luxury hotels and resorts Case study 7: The luxury of authenticity and personalisation in the accommodation sector Case study 8: Fusion luxury -- fashion hotels Case study 9: The Michelin three star experience -- Le Suquet, Lagioule, France Case study 10: The changing nature of luxury in gastronomy -- the 'pop-up restaurant' phenomenon Case study 11: Luxury in the air -- beyond traditional first class Case study 12: Luxury is not having to share -- the private aircraft charter market Case study 13: Luxury rail journeys around the world Case study 14: Selling luxury -- the new operators and intermediaries Case study 15: The meaning of luxury and the events sector Case study 16: Islands of luxury in the Caribbean and the Indian Ocean Case study 17: Can anything be seen as luxury -- the case of camping? …”
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The war for the seas : a maritime history of World War II by Mawdsley, Evan, 1945-

Table of Contents: “…The Twilight War, September 1939-April 1940 -- Norway: a costly victory -- The defence of the British Isles -- The bitter fate of the French Navy, 1940-44 -- The Battle of the Atlantic, round one, June 1940-December 1941 -- The struggle for the Mediterranean, July 1940-December 1941 -- Defending the motherland: the embattled Soviet Navy, June 1941-December 1944 -- An undeclared naval war: the neutral US and the axis threat -- Japan attacks Britain and America, December 1941-April 1942 -- The Pacific in the balance: from Carrier Raids to Midway -- The South Pacific: the American offensives at Guadalcanal, the Solomons and New Guinea, August 1942-May 1944 -- The Battle of the Atlantic, round two, January-December 1942 -- Britain and the beginnings of amphibious operations in Europe, March 1941-December 1942 -- The Mediterranean: The British regain the initiative, January 1942-November 1942 -- The Battle of the Atlantic, round three, January 1943-May 1944 -- The Mediterranean: the allies gain control, November 1942-August 1944 -- The Submarine War in the Pacific and Indian Oceans -- The US Navy's drive across the Central Pacific, November 1943-June 1944 -- The invasion of France and the defeat of the Third Reich -- The Philippines, Okinawa and the defeat of Imperial Japan…”
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Circumambulations in South Asian history : essays in honour of Dirk H.A. Kolff

Table of Contents: “…Acknowledgements -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- The Tides of the Indian Ocean, Islamization and the Dialectic of Coast and Inland -- Shah Jahan wore Glasses: Remarks on the Impact of the Dutch East India Company on Northern India and Some Suggestions for Further Research -- To be a Servant of His Catholic Majesty: Indian Troops of the Estado da Índia in the Eighteenth Century -- The Trials of Captain Hackert and Engineer Andries Leslorant at the Malabar Council of War -- Bedara Revisited: A Reappraisal of the Dutch Expedition of 1759 to Bengal.…”
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Expanding frontiers in South Asian and world history : essays in honour of John F. Richards

Table of Contents: “…Eaton -- Frontiers of Family Life : Early Modern Atlantic and Indian Ocean Worlds / Patrick Manning -- Chinese Revenue Farms and Borders in Southeast Asia / Carl A. …”
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Prehistoric Marine Resource Use in the Indo-Pacific Regions by Ono, Rintaro

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Homesteading space : the Skylab story by Hitt, David

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Megadisasters : the science of predicting the next catastrophe by Diacu, Florin, 1959-2018

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When China Ruled the Seas : the Treasure Fleet of the Dragon Throne, 1405-1433 by Levathes, Louise

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Prehistoric Marine Resource Use in the Indo-Pacific Regions by Ono, Rintaro

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The global South Atlantic

Table of Contents: “…Slaughter and Kerry Bystrom -- The African Slave Trade and the Construction of the Iberian Atlantic / Luiz Felipe de Alencastro -- A World Girded : Saint-Simonian Space and Race in the Nineteenth-Century Latin Transatlantic / Jaime Hanneken -- Scheherazade in Chains : Arab-Islamic Genealogies of African Diasporic Literature / Jason Frydman -- Southern by Degrees : Islands and Empires in the South Atlantic, the Indian Ocean, and the Subantarctic World / Isabel Hofmeyr -- Beyond the Color Curtain : The Metonymic Color Politics of the Tricontinental and the (New) Global South / Anne Garland Mahler -- South Africa, Chile, and the Cold War: Reading the South Atlantic in Mark Behr's The Smell of Apples / Kerry Bystrom -- Islands in Distress : Making Sense of the Malvinas/Falklands War / Oscar Hemer -- Orientalism and the Narration of Violence in the Mediterranean Atlantic : Gabriel García Márquez and Elias Khoury / Christina E. …”
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20,000 leagues under the seas : a world tour underwater by Verne, Jules, 1828-1905

Table of Contents: “…The Coral RealmPART TWO; 25. The Indian Ocean; 26. A New Proposition from Captain Nemo; 27. …”
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Carnival by Bredle, Jason

Table of Contents: “…Driving and ShavingThe Killing; You Should Have Thought About What I was Willing to Do in Order to Get the Job Done; Better Things; The Great American Novel; The Death March; Ginger; A Sip of Inspiration; Indian Ocean; July 18; The Almond Tree; Mustache Fire; Robert Goulet; From "Home Exile" by Juphouto Bayasi Translated from the Ül-Beyazey by Pablo Rockefeller; From "Sky Fire" by Juphouto Bayasi Translated from the Ül-Beyazey by Pablo Rockefeller; Stepfather Mohawk; Pleasant Surprise; Force Majeure; Another Surprise; The Tiger; Falling from a Bridge.…”
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Volcanoes of the World : Third Edition. by Siebert, Lee

Table of Contents: “…Dates: Start and StopUncertainties; Dating Techniques; Duration; Eruptive Characteristics; Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI); Volume of Products (Vol L/T); Historical Record: Trends and Cautions; Volcanoes and Humans; Volcanoes and Aircraft; Volcanic Processes; Volcanism: Magnitude, Frequency, and Global Impacts; Durations and Paroyxyms; Episodicity and Periodicity; Intervals between Eruptions and Associated Hazard Implications; Conclusions; References; Directory of Volcanoes; Europe to Caucasus (01); Africa & Red Sea (02); Middle East & Indian Ocean (03); New Zealand to Fiji (04).…”
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Facing hazards and disasters : understanding human dimensions

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Volcanoes of the World : Third Edition. by Siebert, Lee

Table of Contents: “…Dates: Start and StopUncertainties; Dating Techniques; Duration; Eruptive Characteristics; Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI); Volume of Products (Vol L/T); Historical Record: Trends and Cautions; Volcanoes and Humans; Volcanoes and Aircraft; Volcanic Processes; Volcanism: Magnitude, Frequency, and Global Impacts; Durations and Paroyxyms; Episodicity and Periodicity; Intervals between Eruptions and Associated Hazard Implications; Conclusions; References; Directory of Volcanoes; Europe to Caucasus (01); Africa & Red Sea (02); Middle East & Indian Ocean (03); New Zealand to Fiji (04).…”
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The Silk Road in world history by Liu, Xinru

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Routledge Handbook of the Global History of Warfare by Roy, Kaushik

Table of Contents: “…14 The Egyptian Origins of Amphibious Warfare: Out of Africa -- 15 China's Pirate Wars: 1522-1810 -- 16 Rise of British Naval Power in the Indian Ocean -- PART V The Impact of Gunpowder -- 17 Economy and Gunpowder Weapons in Western and Central Europe -- 18 Gunpowder and the Rise of Muscovy: ca. 1200-ca. 1800 -- 19 Smallpox and War in America -- 20 Gunpowder and the North American Indian Way of War -- 21 Firearms and Maritime Gunpowder States of Asia -- PART VI Transition from Industrial to Total War -- 22 Napoleon and Mass Warfare -- 23 The American Civil War and the Beginning of Total War?…”
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Navigating austerity : currents of debt along a South Asian river by Bear, Laura

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Courage in the skies : the untold story of Qantas, its brave men and women and their extraordinary role in World War II by Eames, Jim

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The familiarity of strangers : the Sephardic diaspora, Livorno, and cross-cultural trade in the early modern period by Trivellato, Francesca, 1970-

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Biogeography of Australasia : a molecular analysis by Heads, Michael J.

Table of Contents: “…AsteraceaeA worldwide bee: Hylaeus; Overlap in distribution; The four processes proposed in biogeography and the two that are accepted here; Ecological speciation; Case-studies in and around Australasia; Ampelopsis and allies in the grape family (Vitaceae); Evolution around the Indian Ocean: differentiation in Poaceae subfamily Danthonioideae; The tremands (Elaeocarpaceae): is the centre of diversity and the location of the basal grade a centre of origin?…”
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Dharmalan Dana : an Australian Aboriginal man's 73-Year search for the story of his Aboriginal and Indian ancestors by Nelson, George Edward, Nelson, Robynne

Table of Contents: “…The Letter; 17. Across The Indian Ocean; PART 4: ROOTS; 18. Retracing His Footsteps.…”
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Geographies of Anticolonialism : Political Networks Across and Beyond South India, C. 1900-1930. by Davies, Andrew

Table of Contents: “…Chapter Three South India and Anticolonialism: The Minor Politics of Anticolonialism in a Historiographical 'Backwater'Introduction; Violence and Non-violence; The National and Inter/Transnationalism; The Elite Versus the Subaltern; Tamilian South India -- Politics and Society in a 'Backwater' of Historical and Geographical Research; Conclusions; References; Chapter Four Appropriating Modernity and Development to Contest Colonialism: The Swadeshi Movement in South India and the Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company; Introduction; Maritime and Indian Ocean Geographies…”
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New social movements in the African diaspora : challenging global apartheid

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Global trade and visual arts in federal new england by Johnston, Patricia

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Slaving zones : cultural identities, ideologies, and institutions in the evolution of global slavery

Table of Contents: “…Thornton -- Some thoughts concerning the effects of the European slave trade on the dynamics of slavery in Madagascar in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries / Rafaël Thiébaut -- "Hearing the sound of the flute from Zanzibar": migrating communities and slave trade routes in the Indian ocean / Beatrice Nicolini -- Slave protection and resistance in colonial Mauritius, 1829-1830 / Tyler Yank -- The price you pay: choosing family, friends, and familiarity over freedom in the Leeward Islands, 1835-1863 / Jessica Roitman -- Black bondspeople, white masters and mistresses, and the Americanization of the upper Mississippi River Valley lead district / Jennifer Kirsten Stinson -- A female slaving zone? …”
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Practical Handbook of Marine Science. by Kennish, Michael J.

Table of Contents: “…Pacific Ocean -- 3. Indian Ocean -- 4. Southern Ocean -- 5. Arctic Ocean -- C. …”
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Transformations in Slavery : a History of Slavery in Africa. by Lovejoy, Paul E.

Table of Contents: “…3 The Export Trade in Slaves, 1600-1800The Volume of the Export Trade, 1600-1800; The Dominance of West-Central Africa; The Bight of Benin, 1640-1800; The Gold Coast; The Bight of Biafra; The Upper Guinea Coast and Senegambia; The Volume of the Trade across the Sahara, Red Sea, and Indian Ocean; Demographic Implications of the Export Trade; 4 The Enslavement of Africans, 1600-1800; A Politically Fragmented Continent; The Muslim Tradition of War and State; Warlords of West-Central Africa; Politics of Slave Trading on the West African Coast; The Dynamics of Slave Supply.…”
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Hadhramaut and its diaspora : Yemeni politics, identity and migration

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Global Debates in the Digital Humanities by Fiormonte, Domenico

Table of Contents: “…a reflection on the challenges and opportunities for the digital humanities / Ernesto Priego -- Peering beyond the pink tent : queer of color critique across the digital Indian Ocean / Rahul K. Gairola -- The history and context of the digital humanities in Russia / Inna Kizhner, Melissa Terras, Boris Orekhov, Lev Manovich, Igor Kim, Maxim Rumyantsev, and Anastasia Bonch-Osmolovskaya -- Debating and developing digital humanities in China : new or old? …”
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Advances in geosciences. Vol. 6, Hydrological science

Table of Contents: “…Murad -- Effects of sand dune and vegetation in the coastal area of Sri Lanka at the Indian Ocean Tsunami / Norio Tanaka, Yasushi Sasaki and M.I.M. …”
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Scent from the Garden of Paradise : musk and the Medieval Islamic world by King, Anya H.

Table of Contents: “…Preface; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1 About Musk and Its Terminology; Musk and Its Origin; Exploitation of Musk; Terminology for Musk; Chapter 2 Commodities of Further Asia and the Islamic World; Introduction; Central Eurasia; China; India and the Indian Ocean; Southeast Asia; Place of Origin, "Brand", and Rank; The Impact of Commodity Knowledge in Adab; Conclusion; Chapter 3 History of Musk and the Musk Trade: From FurtherAsia to the Near East; Introduction; Musk in China; Musk in India; Musk in Tibet; Musk in Central Asia.…”
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The archaeology of island colonization : global approaches to initial human settlement

Table of Contents: “…Cherry -- Human Migration From Wallacea to Oceania and the Development of Maritime Networks During the Neolithic to Early Metal Age / Rintaro Ono, Harry Octavianus Sofian, Adhi Agus Oktaviana, Sriwigati, and Nasullah Aziz -- The Strategic Location of the Maldives in Indian Ocean Maritime Trade and Colonization / Richard Callaghan -- Conclusion / Jon M. …”
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Controlling the silver : poems by Goodison, Lorna

Table of Contents: “…-- Arctic, Antarctic, Atlantic, Pacific, Indian Ocean -- Louis Galdy of the World's Once Wickedest City -- Remittance Man -- Black Like This? …”
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Strengthening maritime security through cooperation

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A description of the coasts of East Africa and Malabar in the beginning of the sixteenth century by Barbosa, Duarte, -1521

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE -- PREFACE -- DESCRIPTION OF THE EAST INDIES AND COUNTRIES ON THE SEABORD OF THE INDIAN OCEAN IN 1514 -- THE CAPE OF ST. SEBASTIAN AFTER PASSING THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE -- ISLANDS OF THE GREAT UCIQUES -- THE LITTLE VCIQUES ISLANDS IN RIVERS -- SOFALA -- KINGDOM OF BENAMATAPA -- ZINBAOCH -- RIVER ZUAMA -- ANGOY -- MOZAMBIQUE ISLAND -- ISLAND OF QUILOA -- ISLAND OF MOMBAZA -- MELINDE -- ISLAND OF SAN LORENZO -- PENDA, MANFIA, AND ZANZIBAR -- PATE -- BRAVA -- MAGADOXO -- AFUNI -- CAPE GUARDAFUN -- MET -- BARBARA…”
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Monsters and revolutionaries : colonial family romance and métissage by Vergès, Françoise, 1952-

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ETHICS IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH

Table of Contents: “…ETHICS IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH; Contents; List of Contributors; Editorial Board; About the Authors; ETHICS IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH; References; War and Famine Aroundthe Indian Ocean Duringthe Second World War; East Africa; Agrarian Background; Weather; The War and East African Response; Dodoma and Mpwapwa; Indonesia; Agrarian Structure; Explanations for Excess Mortality; Drought; War and the Rice Quota; The Rice Collection System; Bengal; The Pre-War Situation in Bengal; The War and Food; The October Cyclone and Brown Spot Disease; Government Response; Famine Relief; Overseas Imports.…”
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Diplomatic Handbook : Eighth Edition. by Feltham, Ralph

Table of Contents: “…Common Market for Eastern and Southern AfricaThe Commonweath; The Commonwealth of Independent States; Council of Europe; Economic Cooperation Organization; Eurasian Economic Community; European Free Trade Association/European Economic Area; European Union; Free Trade Area of the Americas; Gulf Cooperation Council; GUUAM; Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation; Latin American economic organisations; Maghreb Arab Union; New Partnership for Africa's Development; Nile Basin Initiative; North American Free Trade Agreement; North Atlantic Treaty Organisation.…”
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Child of the sea by Cornell, Doina

Table of Contents: “…Back in the Modern WorldPacific 1980; The South Pacific Festival Of Arts; Asia, the Indian Ocean, the Red Sea 1980-81; Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand; A Long Stay in Lumut; Across the Ocean Yet Again; The Red Sea; Mediterranean 1981; We Become Circumnavigators; A Greek Easter; A Diary Entry; Romania 1981; On Our Way to Transylvania; Staying with Omi; Friends; Leaving Again; England 1981-83; London Again; Cornwall Again; First Day at School; Days and Days at School; Winter Blues; It Gets Better at Last; Ten Years Later; Now; About the Author.…”
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