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• What Soldiers Do: Sex and the American GI in World War II France, Roberts May 2013

  Mary Louise Roberts

  American GI in World War II France Mary Louise Roberts 9780226923116...American GI in World War II France Mary Louise Roberts...Generation that we’ve been given, but it’s the one Mary Louise Roberts paints to devastating effect in What Soldiers Do. Drawing...official planning documents, wartime diaries, and memoirs, Roberts tells the fascinating and troubling story of how the US military...

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• The Anatomy of Riches: Sir Robert Paston’s Treasure, Bucklow August 2018

  Spike Bucklow

  Reaktion Books The Anatomy of Riches Sir Robert Paston’s Treasure Spike Bucklow...for Reaktion Books The Anatomy of Riches Sir Robert Paston’s Treasure Spike Bucklow...fortune. Focusing on the seventeenth-century life of Sir Robert Paston, an avid collector of natural and manmade rarities...War and plague tore the country apart, and peace-loving Sir Robert was assailed by what he called a “whirlpool of misadventures...

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• Bellevue: Robert Zünd (1827-1909) - Tobias Madörin (*1965), Fetzer, Luzern February 2018

  Edited by Fanni Fetzer and the Kunstmuseum Luzern

  Scheidegger & Spiess Bellevue Robert Zünd (1827-1909) - Tobias Madörin (*1965) Edited by Fanni...Distributed for Scheidegger & Spiess Bellevue Robert Zünd (1827-1909) - Tobias Madörin (*1965)...Robert Zünd (1827–1909) is Switzerland’s “Master of the Beech Leaf...Jonathan Steinberg Robert Zünd  Tobias Madörin Works...

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• Robert Hooke’s Experimental Philosophy, Henderson February 2025

  Felicity Henderson

  Reaktion Books Robert Hooke’s Experimental Philosophy Felicity Henderson...9781789149548 Distributed for Reaktion Books Robert Hooke’s Experimental Philosophy Felicity...scientist’s expansive life and work.   Robert Hooke was England’s first professional scientist and a pioneer...myth-busting account, Felicity Henderson searches out the true Robert Hooke, scrutinising his own words to reveal an inspired researcher...

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• Lady Ranelagh: The Incomparable Life of Robert Boyle’s Sister, DiMeo May 2021

  Michelle DiMeo

  Lady Ranelagh The Incomparable Life of Robert Boyle’s Sister Michelle DiMeo...9780226731742 Lady Ranelagh The Incomparable Life of Robert Boyle’s Sister Michelle DiMeo...show her either as a maternal figure to her younger brother Robert Boyle, one of the most significant scientists of his day..."In Lady Ranelagh: The Incomparable Life of Robert Boyle’s Sister, Michelle DiMeo adroitly weaves together the...

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• Robert Clifton Weaver and the American City: The Life and Times of an Urban Reformer, Pritchett October 2008

  Wendell E. Pritchett

  Robert Clifton Weaver and the American City The Life and Times of an Urban Reformer Wendell E. Pritchett...9780226684482 9780226684505 Robert Clifton Weaver and the American City The Life and...as the first secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Robert Clifton Weaver was one of the most influential domestic policy...“Wendell E. Pritchett’s engaging biography of Robert Clifton Weaver is a tour de force.  Appointed by President...

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• Sheer Misery: Soldiers in Battle in WWII, Roberts April 2021

  Mary Louise Roberts

  Soldiers in Battle in WWII Mary Louise Roberts 9780226753140...Soldiers in Battle in WWII Mary Louise Roberts...dominate many WWII chronicles, acclaimed historian Mary Louise Roberts instead relies on diaries and letters to bring to life visceral...and the shockingly mundane sight of rotting corpses. As Roberts writes, “For soldiers who fought, the war was above all about...

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• An Open Secret: The Family Story of Robert and John Gregg Allerton, Syrett April 2021

  Nicholas L. Syrett

  An Open Secret The Family Story of Robert and John Gregg Allerton Nicholas L. Syrett...9780226832203 An Open Secret The Family Story of Robert and John Gregg Allerton Nicholas L. Syrett...In 1922 Robert Allerton—described by the Chicago Tribune as the “richest...meeting. In 1960, after nearly four decades together, and with Robert Allerton nearing ninety, they embarked on a daringly nonconformist...

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• Rules and Processes, Comaroff, Roberts June 1986

  John L. Comaroff and Simon Roberts

  and Processes John L. Comaroff and Simon Roberts 9780226114255 Rules and Processes...Processes John L. Comaroff and Simon Roberts...of the Tswana of southern Africa, John Comaroff and Simon Roberts challenge most of the orthodoxies of legal anthropology....

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• Sir Robert Ho Tung: Public Figure, Private Man, Holdsworth August 2022

  May Holdsworth

  Hong Kong University Press Sir Robert Ho Tung Public Figure, Private Man May Holdsworth...9789888754243 Distributed for Hong Kong University Press Sir Robert Ho Tung Public Figure, Private Man...nuanced perspective on Sir Robert Ho Tung, Hong Kong philanthropist. Sir Robert Ho Tung (1862–1954) is a...

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