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  • Caribbean Slave Revolts and the British Abolitionist Movement
    Gelien Matthews
    In this illuminating study, Gelien Matthews demonstrates how slave rebellions in the British West Indies influenced the tactics of abolitionists in England and how the rhetoric and actions of the abolitionists emboldened slaves. Moving between the world of the British Parliament and the realm of Caribbean plantations, Matthews reveals a transatlantic dialectic of antislavery ag...
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    38,24 €

  • Tunisia Under Ben Ali
    Daniel Zisenwine
    Here, Daniel Zisenwine looks at Tunisia under the rule of Ben Ali, from 1987 when he rose to power until the 2011 protests that led to his downfall.Sparked by the self-immolation of Mohamed Bouazizi in Sidi Bouzid in Tunisia, a wave of protests and uprisings spread across North Africa and the Middle East in late 2010 and 2011. The case of Tunisia has since been held up as an ex...
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    51,18 €

  • Eight Stages
    Rick Hoppe
    Revolutions do not erupt without warning. They develop through identifiable phases, driven by human choices, institutional failures, and escalating pressure. Eight Stages: A Primer on Modern Revolution examines revolution not as chaos but as a process-one that repeats across cultures, ideologies, and eras. The critical question is no longer whether revolutions follow a pattern ...
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    15,49 €

  • On Dangerous Ground
    Máire Comerford
    On Dangerous Ground is the revolutionary period memoir of Republican Máire Comerford (1893-1982). This striking memoir, one of the last of its era, includes Comerford’s original text, written mainly in the 1940s and ’50s, and new material unearthed from her extensive archive that also contains a wealth of photographs and memorabilia from the period.The memoir begins with Comerf...
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    19,72 €

  • The Mutiny Book
    Aaron Aaberg
    For centuries, ships were isolated kingdoms where captains controlled food, punishment, wages, movement, and life itself. Crews were expected to obey through hunger, storms, battle, disease, and brutality-but obedience had limits. When sailors decided that command had become more dangerous than rebellion, the balance of power aboard a vessel could change within minutes. The Mut...
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    21,20 €

  • On Contradiction/On Practice
    Mao Zedong
    A collection of two of Mao’s most concise and important essays, On Contradiction and On Practice. These are powerful pieces of theoretical writings by a man who put it into practice. On Contradiction talks about dealing with contradictions within countries and movements, something used today broadly. And On Practice talks about the importance of stepping outside theory and putt...
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    12,59 €

  • Recollections
    Alexis De Tocqueville / Arthur Goldhammer
    Alexis de Tocqueville’s Souvenirs was his extraordinarily lucid and trenchant analysis of the 1848 revolution in France. Despite its bravura passages and stylistic flourishes, however, it was not intended for publication. Written just before Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte’s 1851 coup prompted the great theorist of democracy to retire from political life, it was initially conceived si...
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    49,56 €

  • The War of Independence (Cram Edition)
    John Fiske
    This XpressRead Cram Edition of The War of Independence pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic.John Fiske’s 'The War of Independence' offers a comprehensive historical account of the American Revolution. Delving into the causes, key events, and lasting consequences of this pivotal conflict, the ...
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    23,22 €

  • History of the English People, Volume VI
    John Richard Green
    This XpressRead Cram Edition of History of the English People, Volume VI pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic.Delve into a pivotal era of English history with John Richard Green’s 'History of the English People, Volume 6 of 8: Puritan England, 1642-1660; The Revolution, 1660-1683.' This meticu...
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    25,26 €

  • The Story of Switzerland (Cram Edition)
    Lina Hug / Richard Stead
    This XpressRead Cram Edition of The Story of Switzerland pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic.'The Story of Switzerland' offers a compelling account of the historical events shaping the Swiss Confederation. Authored by Lina Hug and Richard Stead, this volume explores Switzerland’s rich past, d...
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    31,84 €

  • Owen Glyndwr and the Last Struggle for Welsh Independence
    A. G. (Arthur Granville) Bradley
    This XpressRead Cram Edition of Owen Glyndwr and the Last Struggle for Welsh Independence pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic.Delve into the dramatic story of 'Owen Glyndwr and the Last Struggle for Welsh Independence,' a captivating exploration of Welsh history during a pivotal era. A. G. Br...
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    26,95 €

  • The Revolutions of Portugal (Cram Edition)
    abbé de Vertot / Gabriel Roussillon
    This XpressRead Cram Edition of The Revolutions of Portugal pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic.'The Revolutions of Portugal' recounts a pivotal period in Portuguese history. Abbot De Vertot’s detailed account explores the dramatic events of the 17th century, specifically the revolution of 16...
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    20,97 €

  • The Cretan Insurrection of 1866-7-8 (Cram Edition)
    William James Stillman
    This XpressRead Cram Edition of The Cretan Insurrection of 1866-7-8 pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic.Explore a pivotal moment in Greek history with 'The Cretan Insurrection of 1866, 67 and 68' by William James Stillman. This meticulously prepared print edition delves into the heart of the ...
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    23,08 €

  • The Goddess of Reason
    Mary Johnston
    This XpressRead Cram Edition of The Goddess of Reason pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic.Experience the fervor and chaos of the French Revolution in Mary Johnston’s powerful drama, 'The Goddess of Reason: A Drama in Five Acts.' This historical drama plunges into the heart of revolutionary Fr...
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    23,20 €

  • The French Revolution of 1789, as Viewed in the Light of Republican Institutions (Cram Edition)
    John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
    This XpressRead Cram Edition of The French Revolution of 1789, as Viewed in the Light of Republican Institutions pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic.'The French Revolution of 1789: As Viewed in the Light of Republican Institutions' by John Stevens Cabot Abbott offers a detailed historical acc...
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    35,62 €

  • Prisoners of War in Britain 1756 to 1815
    Francis Abell
    This XpressRead Cram Edition of Prisoners of War in Britain 1756 to 1815 pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic.'Prisoners of War in Britain 1756 to 1815: A record of their lives, their romance and their sufferings' by Francis Abell offers a gripping account of military prison life during a turb...
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    34,56 €

  • Through Bosnia and the Herzegóvina on Foot During the Insurrection, August and September 1875 (Cram Edition)
    Arthur Sir Evans
    This XpressRead Cram Edition of Through Bosnia and the Herzegóvina on foot during the insurrection, August and September 1875 pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic.Venture into the heart of the 19th-century Balkans with Arthur John Evans’s 'Through Bosnia and the Herzegóvina on foot,' a compell...
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    31,82 €

  • Massacres of the South
    Alexandre Dumas
    This XpressRead Cram Edition of Massacres of the South pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic.Alexandre Dumas, Pere, best known for his adventure novels, delves into the dark heart of post-Revolutionary France in 'Massacres of the South.' This historical account explores the tumultuous period fo...
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    26,18 €

  • Andreas Hofer
    L. (Luise) Mühlbach
    This XpressRead Cram Edition of Andreas Hofer pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic.Experience the dramatic story of 'Andreas Hofer' in this meticulously prepared edition. Louisa Muhlbach brings to life the historical backdrop of the 1809 Tyrolean uprising against Napoleonic forces. Delve into ...
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    33,64 €

  • Songs Before Sunrise (Cram Edition)
    Algernon Charles Swinburne
    This XpressRead Cram Edition of Songs Before Sunrise pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic.'Songs Before Sunrise' by Algernon Charles Swinburne is a powerful collection of 19th-century English poetry, passionately engaged with the political upheavals of its time. This volume resonates with the ...
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    32,86 €

  • The Fight for the Republic in China (Cram Edition)
    B. L. (Bertram Lenox) Putnam Weale
    This XpressRead Cram Edition of The Fight for the Republic in China pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic.'The Fight For The Republic in China' by Bertram Lenox Putnam Weale offers a compelling historical analysis of China’s tumultuous journey through revolution and the establishment of its rep...
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    34,50 €

  • A Woman’s Part in a Revolution (Cram Edition)
    Natalie Harris Hammond
    This XpressRead Cram Edition of A Woman’s Part in a Revolution pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic.'A Woman’s Part in a Revolution' recounts a pivotal moment in South African history: Jameson’s Raid of 1895-1896. Natalie Harris Hammond offers a unique perspective on this tumultuous period lea...
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    21,01 €

  • Notable Events of the Nineteenth Century
    John Clark Ridpath
    This XpressRead Cram Edition of Notable Events of the Nineteenth Century pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic.Delve into the transformative era of the 19th century with 'Notable Events of the Nineteenth Century: Great Deeds of Men and Nations and the Progress of the World.' This comprehensive ...
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    26,03 €

  • Shadows in the Magnolias
    Kavi Ocktiiv
    Louisiana, 1851. The South is a country of locked doors and sharp silences, and some silences are held in place with blood.Shadows opens on the Magnolia Parish Plantation, where the architecture of domination is maintained not only by law and labor, but by the specific, practiced violence of who understand that the most effective terror is the kind no one will speak of afterwar...
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    30,07 €

  • Ringleader and Prophet - Conrad Grebel and Jan van Leiden
    Charles Lavry / Leland Harder / Jonathan R. Seiling
    The two plays in this volume, both published here for the first time, offer stark contrasts in style, content and purpose of Anabaptist theatrics. The first concerns Conrad Grebel and is moderately speculative yet faithfully historical; the second concerns Jan van Leiden and its writer took as much literary licence as he wanted. The Grebel monologue has depth of conviction, exh...
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    25,47 €

  • Saratoga
    Jim Stovall
    Everyone knows Benedict Arnold as a traitor. Fewer people know what he was before that.He was the finest combat soldier in the Continental Army. He was the man who won the most important battles of the most important campaign of the Revolutionary War. He was wounded doing it. He received almost none of the credit for it. And the way that story ended - with a meeting in the dark...
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    13,29 €

  • Forgotten Battles
    Jim Stovall
    The Revolution Washington didn’t fight - and couldn’t have won without.Everyone knows Valley Forge. Everyone knows Yorktown. But while Washington held the line in the north, other men were winning the war in places he never set foot.Nathanael Greene won the entire Southern campaign without winning a battle. George Rogers Clark marched 170 men through freezing floodwater to expa...
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    22,32 €

  • The Dawn in Russia
    Henry Woodd Nevinson
    This XpressRead Cram Edition of The dawn in Russia pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic.'The Dawn in Russia' offers a powerful glimpse into the tumultuous years of early 20th-century Russia. Henry Woodd Nevinson chronicles the political unrest and burgeoning calls for social reform that define...
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    26,02 €

  • The French Revolution (Cram Edition)
    Charles Edward Sir Mallet
    This XpressRead Cram Edition of The French Revolution pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic.Charles Edward Mallet’s 'The French Revolution' offers a comprehensive account of one of history’s most transformative periods. Delve into the tumultuous events that reshaped France, from the reign of Lo...
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    25,12 €

  • The French Revolution 1789-1795 (Cram Edition)
    Bertha Meriton Gardiner
    This XpressRead Cram Edition of The French Revolution 1789-1795 pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic.Explore the tumultuous years of upheaval and transformation that defined France in 'The French Revolution 1789-1795,' a detailed historical account by Bertha Meriton Cordery Gardiner. Delve int...
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    26,05 €


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