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One Man's Jutland
One Man's Jutland looks back over the role played by Admiral Jellicoe in the Royal Navy whilst fighting in the Jutland area during the Second World War. Unfairly blamed by Churchill for the severe losses suffered at the hands of the Germans, Clifford Evans lays out the forces at play in Jellicoe being wrongly villified, and makes a compelling case for him as one of the greatest naval leaders ever produced. What makes his argument all the stronger, at the same time elevating his narrative in its historical value, are the accounts taken from the diaries of his grandfather, Sub Lieutenant Thomas Charles Evans RN, who was serving under Jellicoe at the time. Such first-hand descriptions give the reader unparallelled insight into the reality of naval warfare during this period, as well as an indication of the great esteem with which Jellicoe was regarded by the men under his leadership.
The Global History of Paleopathology
The first comprehensive global history of the discipline of paleopathology
Actes
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Building Taliesin
Through letters, memoirs, contemporary documents, and a stunning assemblage of photographs - many of which have never before been published - author Ron McCrea tells the fascinating story of the building of Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin, which would be the architect's principal residence for the rest of his life. Photos taken by Wright's associates show rare views of Taliesin under construction and illustrate Wright's own recollections of the first summer there and the craftsmen who worked on the site. The book also brings to life Wright’s "kindred spirit," "she for whom Taliesin had first taken form," Mamah Borthwick. Wright and Borthwick had each abandoned their families to be together, causing a scandal that reverberated far beyond Wright's beloved Wisconsin valley. The shocking murder and fire that took place at Taliesin in August 1914 brought this first phase of life at Taliesin to a tragic end.
Chesapeake Prehistory
Chesapeake Prehistory is the first book in almost a century to synthesize the archaeological record of the region offering new interpretations of prehistoric lifeways. This up-to-date work presents a new type of regional archaeology that explores contemporary ideas about the nature of the past. In addition, the volume examines prehistoric culture and history of the entire region and includes supporting lists of radiocarbon assays. A unique feature is a reconstruction of the dramatic transformation of the regional landscape over the past 10-15,000 years.
Smithsonian Year
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Religion and the Discourse on Modernity
The point of departure for this book is the debate about whether religious studies should privilege explanation or understanding. Engaging with contemporary scholarship in the field, Tremlett argues that the study of religions has always involved the conflation of facts and values and indeed has been structured in advance by the value-saturated discourse on disenchanted modernity. He argues that phenomenological and post-modern approaches to religions lack both theoretical and methodological coherence, and in their stead proposes a Marxist approach to religions that is at once empirical and informed by values pertaining to social justice, freedom and autonomy.
