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151.Lords of the Horizons : A History of the Ottoman Empire by: Jason Goodwin March 04, 1999
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This book was quite informative, but exremely dry. I am an absolute history freak and read history books constantly. This is one of the few that I was actually tempted to put down and never pick up again. I persevered to the end, but didn`t find it rewarding.

152.Whatever Happened to Tanganyika?: The Place Names That History Left Behind by: Harry Campbell September 01, 2007
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I had to limit myself to one chapter a night, and wanted more when I finished it. What a light touch Harry Campbell has, making gentle fun of the serious business of names and their significance. Wars have been launched over names and their ownership, elections have been lost, and identities discarded. Every page has his gentle, whimsical humour, rendering clear the intricacies of the past naming of places, never becoming heavy, always bringing a little smile. If you like place, if an atlas is your natural territory, this is the book for you. Kenneth Thompson, Tour Leader, Royal Scottish Geographical Society.

153.Honey from a Weed: Fasting and Feasting in Tuscany, Catalonia, the Cyclades and Apulia by: Patience Gray December 20, 2001
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This edition is the updated version with foreword from John Thorne and is interspersed with charming black and white illustrations, from Corinna Sargood. And since Rick Stein mentioned it on his latest TV series, `Mediterranean Escapes', the few copies that were still available have flown out of Amazon and off the shelves of the second-hand bookshops! Now it is getting rather hard to find! `Patience Gray, known for her 1950's classic, `Plats du Jour', has written a passionate autobiographical cookery book, Mediterranean through and through, and as compelling as a first-class novel. Sharing her life with a sculptor it was his appetite for marble and sedimentary rocks which took them to Tuscany, Catalonia, ... Read More:

154.Day of the Barbarians: The First Battle in the Fall of the Roman Empire by: Alessandro Barbero August 01, 2008
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This edition is the updated version with foreword from John Thorne and is interspersed with charming black and white illustrations, from Corinna Sargood. And since Rick Stein mentioned it on his latest TV series, `Mediterranean Escapes', the few copies that were still available have flown out of Amazon and off the shelves of the second-hand bookshops! Now it is getting rather hard to find! `Patience Gray, known for her 1950's classic, `Plats du Jour', has written a passionate autobiographical cookery book, Mediterranean through and through, and as compelling as a first-class novel. Sharing her life with a sculptor it was his appetite for marble and sedimentary rocks which took them to Tuscany, Catalonia, ... Read More:

155.Globalisation, Democracy and Terrorism by: Eric Hobsbawm April 03, 2008
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This edition is the updated version with foreword from John Thorne and is interspersed with charming black and white illustrations, from Corinna Sargood. And since Rick Stein mentioned it on his latest TV series, `Mediterranean Escapes', the few copies that were still available have flown out of Amazon and off the shelves of the second-hand bookshops! Now it is getting rather hard to find! `Patience Gray, known for her 1950's classic, `Plats du Jour', has written a passionate autobiographical cookery book, Mediterranean through and through, and as compelling as a first-class novel. Sharing her life with a sculptor it was his appetite for marble and sedimentary rocks which took them to Tuscany, Catalonia, ... Read More:

156.Israel: A History by: Martin Gilbert October 01, 1999
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Never before have I sped so quickly and enjoyably through such a dense history book.

157.Voyages That Changed the World by: Peter Aughton June 07, 2007
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Never before have I sped so quickly and enjoyably through such a dense history book.

158.Flower Hunters by: Mary Gribbin, John Gribbin March 27, 2008
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This book is a true inspiration to all garden lovers and even those who are not yet addicted to plants and gardens. It's well researched, easy to read and understand and with beautiful illustrations (especially those by Marianne North) it's a perfect present. John and Mary Gribbin have the talent of bringing together the story of eleven flower hunters, without compromising the scientific facts, and have created a very interesting book in their usual accessible style. This has pride of place on my coffee table and is a very important addition to my collection of gardening and flower books. I'm looking forward to the next one!

159.The Early Tudors: England 1485-1558 (SHP Advanced History Core Texts) by: Samantha Ellsmore , David Hudson , David Rogerson August 29, 2001
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This book is a true inspiration to all garden lovers and even those who are not yet addicted to plants and gardens. It's well researched, easy to read and understand and with beautiful illustrations (especially those by Marianne North) it's a perfect present. John and Mary Gribbin have the talent of bringing together the story of eleven flower hunters, without compromising the scientific facts, and have created a very interesting book in their usual accessible style. This has pride of place on my coffee table and is a very important addition to my collection of gardening and flower books. I'm looking forward to the next one!

160.Flat Earth: The History of an Infamous Idea by: Christine Garwood April 18, 2008
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In historical study, there is a dangerous tendency to mask ignorance as pedantry and claim one understands a subject without context, knowledge of the relevant literature and only extreme prejudice to back up spurious claims. While reviews seem to fit the pattern, Dr Garwood's enduring triumph is that she avoids all the classic pitfalls that beset scholar and lay person alike. This is an astounding book dealing with a fascinating movement quite brilliantly, bringing all the very best skills and methods of the history and sociology of science to bear. She does so in a manner that is accessible, extraordinarily well researched (there are incontrovertible and powerful archival sources that have never been accessed or gathered by a scholar before), contextually ... Read More:

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