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Freemasonry - Symbols Secrets
And Significance

Details: Written by a
practising Freemason,
this profusely
illustrated survey
explores the origins,
history, beliefs and
symbolism of the famously
secretive and often
misunderstood Order.
Completely international
in its outlook, the book
has also had the special
assistance of the United
Grand Lodge of England as
the oldest and foremost
Masonic body in the
world. Ideal for: A
delight both visually and
intellectually, perfect
for those interested in
the craft. This hardback
book has 320 pages and
measures: 24.3 x 22.8 x
2.8cm.

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The Nuremberg Trials

Anyone wishing to
understand the nature of
evil can do no better
than to look within pages
of this book. The Nazis
were a vile collection of
criminals, thugs,
misfits and sadists bound
together only by their
philosophy of hate and
their love of plunder.
The stronger their
stranglehold on power,
the more monstrous their
crimes. But when Hitler's
'thousand-year Reich'
collapsed after twelve
years of increasing
repression, how were
those responsible to be
punished? Hitler,
Himmler and Goebbels took
their own lives to evade
justice, but that still
left the unrepentant
Hermann Goering, Albert
Speer, Hitler's one-time
Deputy Fuhrer Rudolf Hess
and many other prominent
Nazis to be brought
before the Allied courts.
This is the story of the
Nuremberg trials - the
most important criminal
hearings ever held,
which established the
principle that
individuals will always
be held responsible for
their actions under
international law, and
which brought closure to
World War II, allowing
the reconstruction of
Europe to begin.

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Family History For The Older
And Wiser - Find Your Roots
With Online Tools

Have you ever wanted to
research your family
history to discover your
roots, but don?t know
where to start? Family
History for the Older and
Wiser is an
easy?to?follow guide
which talks you through
all the different stages
of researching your
family history online and
how to record your
findings. Using a case
study approach, the book
takes a single source
item ? an 1890 marriage
certificate purchased at
an antiques event ? and
uses it to highlight the
questions you should be
asking yourself about
your own family
documentation and how
this can be used as a
basis for online
research. Learn how to:
Access and investigate
online records Use
spreadsheets to record
your findings and assess
their validity and
reliability Incorporate
your family tree into
online programs Share
your research with
friends and family and
much more?

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Full Of Grace - Encountering
Mary In Faith, Art And Life

In a series of poignant
stories and essays,
Dupre examines Mary's
artistic, cultural, and
historical influence,
and at the same time
shows how Mary's human
journey of love,
compassion, grief, and
humble strength
inextricably connects her
to our modern lives.

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50 Campaigns To Shout About

The always provocative
Ellie Levenson is here to
drive us into action.
From building more
affordable housing to
lobbying for more ethical
banking and clean
drinking water for all,
Ellie introduces 50 of
the most pressing issues
of the 21st century,
explaining exactly why
they are so important and
why now is the time to
get on your feet and be
heard. She offers
practical advice on
involving politicians and
other leaders, getting
media interest, and
planning events, and
shares insights from top
campaigners, including
the Rwandan Genocide
Survivor's Fund, Oxfam,
and the mental health
charity Rethink, on how
to make the leap from
issue to action. Packed
with rousing facts and
insider tips, 50
Campaigns to Shout About
is an indispensable
resource for finding your
voice and making a
difference - whether your
sights are set on the
halls of government or
closer to home.

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Shadows Of Doubt - The Story
Of A Republican Gone Wrong

Ireland in 1928 was a
place of conflicted
loyalty, changing
politics and intense
subterfuge. When Civic
Guard Sean Harling shot
dead Timothy Coughlan, a
known IRA member, in
mysterious circumstances
his former friends in the
Republican movement cried
foul. Cleared of wrong
doing by the
investigation and
subsequent inquest, he
was still forced to give
up his job and to flee
the country.During the
war of independence Sean
had worked closely with
the government of the
first Dail including
Eamon De Valera. It was
only during the Civil
War, with few financial
options to hand, that
Sean joined the Free
State police force as an
intelligence officer.
There are suggestions
however, that Harling's
role was as a double
agent, one so secret
even his former friends
thought of him as a
turncoat.Though he
eventually returned to
Ireland, his family
suffered from years of
rumour and suspicion. In
the 1930s with Fianna
Fail in power following
the 1932 election,
Harling waged a campaign
to have his War of
Independence efforts
acknowledged and his work
rewarded by a pension as
with many of his former
colleagues, but the
legacy of the Coughlan
killing frustrated his
efforts.

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In Our Prime - The Invention
Of Middle Age

For the first time in
history, the middle-
aged make up the largest,
richest and most
influential segment in
the country. A
trillion-dollar economy
has grown up feeding and
fuelling their needs,
whims and desires.
Millions of federal and
foundation dollars have
been spent on scientific
research into their
habits, health,
marriages, divorces,
fears, and passions.
Their concerns and
counsel dominate the
self-help shelves in
bookstores, while
their"idian dramas
flood Facebook and
Twitter. This book is a
biography of the idea of
middle age from its
invention in the late
19th century to its
current place at the
centre of society, where
it wields enormous
economic, psychological
and social power.
Patricia Cohen's
fascinating and
revelatory book reports
on cutting-edge science
and chronicles the
varying forces that shape
our understanding of
middle age today. She
traces the different
definitions of middle age
- biological,
psychological and
sociological - and the
different visions of
middle age -- sometimes
an influential, wealthy
and satisfied figure,
sometimes a paunchy,
sexless and discouraged
one. She also dismantles
some of the most stubborn
myths about the middle
years, such as the
midlife crisis and the
empty nest syndrome.

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30,000 Years Of Inventions

For anyone who wants to
delve into the history of
science and technology,
30, 000 Years of
Invention provides a
chronological look at the
break? throughs,
discoveries, and systems
of inventions that have
changed human life. From
the discovery of fire to
the invention of the
steam engine and the
Pentium chip, readers
will learn the details
and significance of
mans greatest
achievements. Histories
great inventions include
aerosol spray, algebra,
Archimedes? Principle,
barbed wire, canned
food, carburettor,
circulation of blood,
condom, encryption
machine, global
positioning system,
fork, fuel cell,
hourglass, latitude,
microwave oven, music
synthesizer, radar,
steel, television, the
internet, traffic lights
and velcro.

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China Rises - How Chinas
Astonishing Growth Will Change
The World

Details: With a
population of 1.25
billion people and an
economy that is the
second largest in the
world, China is a
country we all need to
take notice of. This
entertaining,
informative, up-to-date
book is the ideal guide
to this fascinating
country's present - and
its future. China is one
of the world's oldest
continuous civilizations
and has produced some of
the most significant
human achievements of all
time. With its current
economic growth and
increasing role in
international affairs,
it is fast becoming one
of the most powerful and
important countries in
the world. But China
refuses to conform to the
expectations of the
outside world. It is a
communist state, but one
in which business is
booming. It is a nation
that continues to support
North Korea, even as it
develops its
relationships with the
West. The Chinese
government's
controversial policies,
from the one child policy
to its history of
repression of opposition
groups and its policies
towards Tibet and Taiwan,
place it at odds with
many of the world's most
powerful nations. And yet
as China's economy
continues to grow, so
will its influence and
importance in the world.
China Rises reveals the
true nature of modern
China and looks to the
future to examine how
China's growth will
affect all of us. It will
give readers a complete
picture of this
intriguing country -as it
is now and as it will
develop in the future.
Ideal for: Those with an
interest in the rise of
China. Discover the real
China. This paperback
book has 232 pages and
measures: 23.3 x 15.3 x
1.8cm

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The Golden Thread - The Story
Of Writing

Details: The Golden
Thread is an enthralling
and accessible history of
the cultural miracle that
is the written word. It
is an invention that has
been used to share ideas
in every field of human
endeavour, and a motor
of cultural, scientific
and political progress.
From the simple
representative shapes
used to record
transactions of goods and
animals in ancient Egypt,
to the sophisticated
typographical resources
available to the
twenty-first-century
computer user, the story
of writing is the story
of human civilization
itself. Ewan Clayton
marks each step in the
historical development of
writing, and explores
the social and cultural
impact of every stage:
the invention of the
alphabet; the replacement
of the papyrus scroll
with the codex in the
late Roman period; the
perfecting of printing
using moveable type in
the fifteenth century and
the ensuing spread of
literacy; the
industrialization of
printing during the
Industrial Revolution;
the impact of artistic
Modernism on the written
word in the early
twentieth century - and
of the digital switchover
at the century's close.
The Golden Thread raises
issues of urgent interest
for a society living in
an era of unprecedented
change to the tools and
technologies of written
communication. Chief
amongst these is the
fundamental question:
'What does it mean to be
literate in the world of
the early twenty-first
century?' The Golden
Thread belongs on the
bookshelves of anyone who
is inquisitive not just
about the centrality of
writing in the history of
humanity, but also about
its future. Ideal for: A
book no bibliophile
should miss. A great book
to have in your book
collection for Linguists,
Graphic Designers,
Visual artists,
Calligraphers,
Archaeologists,
Scientist. This hardback
book has 407 pages and
measures: 24 x 16.5 x
3.7cm

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Irish Hunger Strikes 1912-1981
- Pawns In The Game

Between 1917 and 1981,
twenty-two Irishmen died
on hunger strike. Now,
for the first time, the
stories of the hunger
strikers are chronicled
in one book, bringing to
light previously hidden
histories. From the
deaths on hunger strike
of Thomas Ashe in 1917
and Terence MacSwiney in
1920, while imprisoned
by the British
government, to the death
in 1981 of Michael
Devine, the last
republican prisoner to
die on hunger strike,
Pawns in the Game teases
out the tangled mesh of
the politics and
psychology of those who
adopted this radical
protest of last resort
and those who allowed
them to die. It is a
story of fanaticism,
pride and injustice, and
the indifference of
former comrades when
power in the Dail
beckoned.

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The Killer Of Little Shepherds
- The Case Of The French
Ripper And The Birth Of
Forensic Science

At the end of the
nineteenth century,
serial murderer Joseph
Vacher, dubbed "The
Killer of Little
Shepherds, terrorized
the French countryside.
He eluded authorities for
years-until he ran up
against prosecutor Emile
Fourquet and Dr.
Alexandre Lacassagne, the
era's most renowned
criminologist. The two
men typified the Belle
Epoque, a period of
immense scientific
achievement and
fascination with its
promise to reveal the
secrets of the human
condition. With high
drama and stunning
detail, Douglas Starr
recounts the infamous
crime and punishment of
Vacher, interweaving the
story of how Lacassagne
and his colleagues
developed forensics as we
know it. We see one of
the earliest uses of
criminal profiling, as
Fourquet painstakingly
collects eyewitness
accounts, leading to
Vacher's arrest. And we
see the twists and turns
of the celebrated trial:
to disprove Vacher's
defense by reason of
insanity, Fourquet
recruits Lacassagne, who
had revolutionized
criminal science:
refining the use of blood
spatter evidence,
systematizing the autopsy
and doing ground-breaking
research in psychology.
Lacassagne's forensic
investigation ranks among
the greatest of all time,
and its denouement is
gripping. An important
contribution to the
history of medicine and
criminal justice,
impressively researched
and thrillingly told.

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Decoding The IRA

Newly decoded secret
documents reveal the
mindset of the IRA
between 1920 and
1960.Historian, Thomas
Mahon, with the aid of
cryptologist and code
breaker, Jim Gillogly,
has spent the past few
years breaking the IRA's
secret communications
code, used to pass
messages back and forth
between Ireland and
America from the 1920s
until the 1960s - the
results are
explosive.From
discussions about mundane
matters to considerations
of deals with the USSR
and China, the IRA
letters delve into just
about every matter
conceivable for a
paramilitary
organisation. Some of the
ideas are mundane
discussions about money
and the likelihood of
infiltration but others,
like the proposal to
source gas for use in
Ireland, are a dangerous
and unnerving insight
into how the organisation
saw itself and conducted
its business in
secrecy.With the eye of a
historian and the tools
of a professional code
breaker, Thomas and Jim
have together created a
wonderful and engrossing
read.

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