Iraq : a political history by Dawisha, A. I.

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER ONE: Introduction; CHAPTER TWO: Consolidating the Monarchical State, 1921-1936; CHAPTER THREE: Framing Democracy with a Certain Indifference, 1921-1936; CHAPTER FOUR: The Uncertain Nation, 1921-1936; CHAPTER FIVE: Turbulence in Governance, 1936-1958; CHAPTER SIX: Potholes in the Democratic Road, 1936-1958; CHAPTER SEVEN: Nationalism and the Ethnosectarian Divide, 1936-1958; CHAPTER EIGHT: The Monarchy's Political System, 1921-1958; CHAPTER NINE: The Authoritarian Republic, 1958-1968.…”
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The royal semi-authoritarian democracy of Bhutan by Rizal, Dhurba P.

Table of Contents: “…The Politics behind the Curtain of Royal Democracy -- Chapter Six. Rhetoric of Monarchical Liberalization: Cautionary Notes on Democratic Prospects -- Chapter Seven. …”
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Citizenship and identity in a multinational commonwealth : Poland-Lithuania in context, 1550-1772

Table of Contents: “…Monarch, citizens, and the law under Stefan Batory : the legal reform of 1578 / Felicia Roșu -- Citizenship in the periphery : royal Prussia and the Union of Lublin 1569 / Karin Friedrich -- The practice of citizenship among the Lithuanian nobility, ca. 1580-1630 / Artūras Vasiliauskas -- Civic resilience and cohesion in the face of Muscovite occupation / Barbara M. …”
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Iraq : a political history by Dawisha, A. I.

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER ONE: Introduction; CHAPTER TWO: Consolidating the Monarchical State, 1921-1936; CHAPTER THREE: Framing Democracy with a Certain Indifference, 1921-1936; CHAPTER FOUR: The Uncertain Nation, 1921-1936; CHAPTER FIVE: Turbulence in Governance, 1936-1958; CHAPTER SIX: Potholes in the Democratic Road, 1936-1958; CHAPTER SEVEN: Nationalism and the Ethnosectarian Divide, 1936-1958; CHAPTER EIGHT: The Monarchy's Political System, 1921-1958; CHAPTER NINE: The Authoritarian Republic, 1958-1968.…”
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A Confucian constitutional order : how China's ancient past can shape its political future by Jiang, Qing, 1953-

Table of Contents: “…Bell -- Part I.A Confucian constitutional order: the way of the humane authority: the way ahead for China's political future: the theoretical basis for Confucian constitutionalism and a tri-cameral parliament / Jiang Qing; The supervisory system of Confucian constitutionalism / Jiang Qing; A Confucian constitutionalist state: the constitutional role and Contemporary significance of republicanism under a symbolic monarch / Jiang Qing -- Part II. Comments: On the legitimacy of Confucian constitution / Joseph Chan; An old mandate for a new state: on Jiang Qing's political confucianism / Bai Tondong; Transcendent heaven? …”
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Kings of the Jews : the origins of the Jewish nation by Gelb, Norman

Table of Contents: “…The Maccabee RevoltTHE HASMONEAN MONARCHS; Aristobulus I; Alexander Jannai; Alexandra Salome; Hyrcanus II, Aristobulus II, Antigonus II; THE IMPACT OF THE ROMANS; Herod the Great; The Agrippas; War with Rome; Aftermath; ENDNOTES; CHRONOLOGY; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.…”
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Celebrity, fame, and infamy in the Hellenistic world

Table of Contents: “…/ François de Callataÿ -- Ptolemaic Officials and Officers in Search of Fame / Christelle Fischer-Bovet -- Lemnian Infamy and Masculine Glory in Apollonios' Argonautica / Judith Fletcher -- The "Good" Poros and the "Bad" Poros: Infamy and Honour in Alexander Historiography / Timothy Howe -- Writing Monarchs of the Hellenistic Age: Renown, Fame, and Infamy / Jacqueline Klooster -- Creating Alexander: The "Official" History of Kallisthenes of Olynthos / Waldemar Heckel.…”
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Saints and sinners : a millennium of monasteries. Episode 3

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Ludwig II : the life and death of the fairy-tale king

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UECS - CENTRE STAGE.

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Nationalizing Iran : culture, power, and the state, 1870-1940 by Marashi, Afshin

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Literature and religious culture in seventeenth-century England by Barbour, Reid

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Merlin : Knowledge and Power through the Ages by Knight, Stephen

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Elephant trails : a history of animals and cultures by Rothfels, Nigel

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Blind Men's Elephants -- Toto -- 1 First among Monsters -- Storage -- The Place Where Elephants Come to Die -- The Elephant Corpse -- Monstrorum princeps -- 2 Afraid of Mice -- So Great a Stranger -- The First and Grandest of Terrestrial Creatures -- The Corral -- Unendingly Melancholy -- 3 A Serpent for a Hand -- The Monarch -- Naturally Savage -- A Creature of the Pleistocene -- The Last Fell with Its Head Resting on the Other -- 4 The Most Friendly Creature -- The Good Elephant -- The Finest Zoological Building in the World -- Forever Chained to One Damned Spot -- A Grotesque and Tragic Figure -- Dying in a Zoo -- 5 A Descendant of Mastodons -- A Mud Show -- The Mightiest of Living Creatures -- Removing the Chains -- Circuses and Zoos -- 6 The Last of Its Kind -- The Spell of the Elelescho -- The Alarm -- Sic transit elephantus -- 7 Trails of History -- Catching Apples, Looking at Mirrors, and Knowing Elephants -- Tears -- Notes -- For Further Reading -- Index.…”
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Pen for a party : Dryden's Tory propaganda in its contexts by Harth, Phillip, 1926-

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The Mongol Empire between Myth and Reality : Studies in Anthropological History by Aigle, Denise

Table of Contents: “…Mamluks and Ilkhans: the quest of legitimacy -- Legitimizing a low-born, regicide monarch: Baybars and the Ilkhans -- The written and the spoken word: Baybars and the Caliphal investiture ceremonies in Cairo -- Ghazan Khan's invasion of Syria: polemics on his conversion to Islam and the Christian troops in his army -- A religious response to Ghazan Khan's invasions of Syria: the three "anti-Mongol" fatwas of Ibn Taymiyya -- Epilogue: The Mongol empire after Genghis Khan.…”
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Writing History in Late Antique Iberia : Historiography in Theory and Practice from the 4th to the 7th Century

Table of Contents: “…The Image of Leovigild as Arian Monarch in the 'Vitas Patrum Emeritensium': From Historical Reality to Hagiographical Deformation…”
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Nationalizing Iran : culture, power, and the state, 1870-1940 by Marashi, Afshin

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Alfonso X, the Learned : a biography by Martínez, H. Salvador

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The life of Louis XVI by Hardman, John, 1944-

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The Adlard Coles Book of Radar. by Wallin, Borje

Table of Contents: “…The relative plot in practice10 Taking avoiding action in the open sea; Altering course; Planning avoiding actions in advance; Avoiding actions in practice; 11 Close-quarters situations; Avoiding action in restricted visibility and in confined waters; Follow-up; In visual contact; 12 The human element; Wahkuna and P & O Nedlloyd Vespucci; Whispa and Gas Monarch; 13 Seeing and being seen; Radar reflectors; Radar transponders; Glossary.…”
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From She-Wolf to Martyr : the reign and disputed reputation of Johanna I of Naples by Casteen, Elizabeth, 1979-

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Art in England : the Saxons to the Tudors, 600-1600 by James, Sara Nair

Table of Contents: “…Missionaries, monks, and marauders : pre-conquest England : the Heptarchy-Edward the Confessor, c. 600-1066 -- Propaganda and power, innovation and influence : Norman art and architecture before and after the conquest : Edward the Confessor and the Norman kings, 1042-1154 -- Variations on an imported theme : early English Gothic under the Angevins and the Plantagenets : Henry II-Henry III, 1154-1272 -- Distinctively and decidedly English : the decorated Gothic style under the Plantagenets : Edward I and Edward II, 1272-1327 -- Particularly, peculiarly, and perpetually English : the Perpendicular Gothic style and Wars of the Roses : the last Plantagenet, the Lancasters, and the Yorks, 1327-1485 -- The art and architecture of magnificence : the Tudor ascendancy : Henry VII, 1485-1509 -- Image making and image breaking : art under the Tudor monarchs : Henry VIII, Edward VI, and Mary I, 1509-1558 -- Gloriana and her court : the art and architecture of Elizabeth I, 1558-1603.…”
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The Last Century in the History of Judah : the Seventh Century BCE in Archaeological, Historical, and Biblical Perspectives. by Capek, Filip

Table of Contents: “…-- The Widespread Production and Use of Holemouth Vessels in Jerusalem and Its Environs in the Iron Age II -- Part 3: Iconography, Cult, and Cultural Interaction -- Pictorial Novelties in Context -- Hezekiah's Cultic Reforms according to the Archaecological Evidence -- Through a Glass Darkly -- Part 4: Judah in the Seventh Century BCE, Reflected Not Only in Biblical Texts -- Prophetic Books as a Historical Source for the Monarchic Period -- The Seventh Century in the Book of Kings and the Question of Its First Edition -- Two Faces of Manasseh -- Bibliography -- Contributors -- Ancient Sources Index -- Personal and Place Names Index -- Modern Authors Index.…”
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Forming sleep : representing consciousness in the English Renaissance

Table of Contents: “…Turner -- Sleep, vulnerability, and self-knowledge in A midsummer night's dream / Jennifer Lewin -- "The heaviness of sleep" : monarchical exhaustion in King Lear / Brian Chalk -- Life and labor in the house of care : Spenserian ethics and the aesthetics of insomnia / Benjamin Parris -- "Sweet moistning sleepe" : perturbations of the mind and rest for the body in Robert Burton's Anatomy of melancholy / Cassie M. …”
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Butterflies of Britain and Europe : a Photographic Guide. by Haahtela, Tari

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; European butterflies; Butterfly species; Hesperiidae; Skippers; Papilionidae; Festoons, Apollos and Swallowtails; Pieridae; Whites and Yellows; Lycaenidae I; Metalmarks, Coppers and Hairstreaks; Lycaenidae II; Blues; Nymphalidae I; Fritillaries, Admirals, Emperors, Gliders, Browns and Heaths; Nymphalidae II; Ringlets; Nymphalidae III; Marbled Whites, Graylings and Monarchs; Butterflies of European Islands, Eastern Europe and Adjacent Regions; Azores (Portugal); Madeira (Portugal); Canary Islands (Spain)…”
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Gayelle. 1988, series one, Programme #32, Links in Hosay

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Louis IX and the challenge of the Crusade : a study in rulership by Jordan, William Chester, 1948-

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England's Elizabeth : an afterlife in fame and fantasy by Dobson, Michael, 1960-

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Constituting old age in Early Modern English literature, from Queen Elizabeth to King Lear by Martin, Christopher, 1957-

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The Medicean succession : monarchy and sacral politics in Duke Cosimo dei Medici's Florence by Murry, Gregory, 1982-

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Louis VII and his world

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The life and times of the Shah by Afkhami, Gholam R.

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The United States Constitution : one document, many choices by Vile, John R.

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British historical cinema : the history, heritage, and costume film

Table of Contents: “…Muraleedharan -- Kenneth Branagh's Henry V (1989) : genre and interpretation / James Quinn and Jane Kingsley-Smith -- The British heritage-film debate revisited / Claire Monk -- The content and the form : invoking "pastness" in three recent retro films / Amy Sargeant -- Taking liberties with the monarch : the royal bio-pic in the 1990s / Kara McKechnie.…”
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Fires of faith : Catholic England under Mary Tudor by Duffy, Eamon

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The English diaspora in North America : Migration, ethnicity and association, 1730s-1950s. by Bueltmann, Tanja

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Prairie Time : the Leopold Reserve Revisited.

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Herakles. by Stafford, Emma

Table of Contents: “…The Roman cult of HerculesOverview; HERAKLES AFTERWARDS; 7 POST-CLASSICAL VARIATIONS; The afterlife of a hero; Herakles/Hercules and the Christians; Telling Hercules' story I: Renaissance literature; Hercules' image reborn: art from the Renaissance onwards; Herculean politics; From monarch to revolutionary: Hercules in France; Telling Hercules' story II: literature from the seventeenth century on; Hercules the movie star; Conclusion: Herakles/Hercules now; NOTES; GLOSSARY; FURTHER READING; WORKS CITED; INDEX.…”
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Celestial women : imperial wives and concubines in China from Song to Qing by McMahon, Keith

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