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The Household Knights of Edward III: Warfare, Politics and Kingship in Fourteenth-Century England (2021)
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Hefferan, M. (2021). The Household Knights of Edward III: Warfare, Politics and Kingship in Fourteenth-Century England. Boydell & Brewer

First extended survey of the subject, looking at the knights' activities, roles, background and service. It was common for the kings of medieval England to retain a small number of knights in their personal service, as part of the royal household.... Read More about The Household Knights of Edward III: Warfare, Politics and Kingship in Fourteenth-Century England.

The West’s War Against Islamic State: Operation Inherent Resolve in Syria and Iraq (2021)
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Mumford, A. (2021). The West’s War Against Islamic State: Operation Inherent Resolve in Syria and Iraq. Bloomsbury Publishing

On the 29th of June 2014 ISIS declared the establishment of a caliphate stretching across territories in Iraq and Syria. In response, Operation Inherent Resolve, a US-led 77 nation coalition, was launched to respond to the threat of Islamic State. Th... Read More about The West’s War Against Islamic State: Operation Inherent Resolve in Syria and Iraq.

Developing Freedom: The Sustainable Development Case for Ending Modern Slavery, Forced Labour, Human Trafficking (2021)
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Cockayne, J. (2021). Developing Freedom: The Sustainable Development Case for Ending Modern Slavery, Forced Labour, Human Trafficking. New York: United Nations University

This project aimed to establish and promote a clear case for the global development community to prioritize anti-slavery and anti-trafficking in development programming and policies. Sustainable Development Goal Target 8.7 commits states to fight mod... Read More about Developing Freedom: The Sustainable Development Case for Ending Modern Slavery, Forced Labour, Human Trafficking.

1001 MCQs for Parasitology Trainees: The Essential Revision Guide (2021)
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Elsheikha, H. (2021). 1001 MCQs for Parasitology Trainees: The Essential Revision Guide. Para Publishing Limited

With a broad range of 1001 multiple choice questions and answers, this book is the ideal resource for all parasitology trainees who need to revise and prepare for parasitology examinations. The questions are representative of curricula of veterinary... Read More about 1001 MCQs for Parasitology Trainees: The Essential Revision Guide.

The Bloomsbury handbook of the internationalization of higher education in the Global South (2021)
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Thondhlana, J., Chiyevo Garwe, E., de Wit, H., Gacel-Ávila, J., Huang, F., & Tamrat, W. (Eds.). (2021). The Bloomsbury handbook of the internationalization of higher education in the Global South. Bloomsbury Publishing

This Handbook covers a wide range of historical perspectives, realities, research and practice of internationalization of higher education (IHE) in the global south and makes comparisons to IHE issues in the global north. Drawing on the expertise of... Read More about The Bloomsbury handbook of the internationalization of higher education in the Global South.

Self and City in the Thought of Saint Augustine (2020)
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Holland, B. (2020). Self and City in the Thought of Saint Augustine. New York: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19333-1

Self and City in the Thought of Saint Augustine provides a detailed exegesis of the analogy between the self (as body and soul, always in relation to other such beings) and the city (or political society) in the thought of St. Augustine of Hippo (354... Read More about Self and City in the Thought of Saint Augustine.

Representative Volume Elements and Unit Cells: Concepts, Theory, Applications and Implementation (2020)
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Li, S., & Sitnikova, E. (2020). Representative Volume Elements and Unit Cells: Concepts, Theory, Applications and Implementation. Elsevier/Woodhead Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1016/C2017-0-03559-0

Numerical methods to estimate material properties usually involve analysis of a representative volume element (RVE) or unit cell (UC). The representative volume element (RVE) or unit cell (UC) is the smallest volume over which a measurement can be ma... Read More about Representative Volume Elements and Unit Cells: Concepts, Theory, Applications and Implementation.

Writing Black Scotland (2020)
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Jackson, J. (2020). Writing Black Scotland. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press

Writing Black Scotland examines race and racism in devolutionary Scottish literature, with a focus on the critical significance of blackness. The book reads blackness in Scottish writing from the 1970s to the early 2000s, a period of history defined... Read More about Writing Black Scotland.

A short history of revolutionary Cuba: revolution, power, authority and the state from 1959 to the present day (2020)
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Kapcia, A. (2021). A short history of revolutionary Cuba: revolution, power, authority and the state from 1959 to the present day. London: Bloomsbury Publishing

A study of the evolution of the Cuban Revolution from 1959, which (a) puts the changing system into a historical perspective which highlights both its nationalist roots, the pre-1959 weaknesses of a colonial and then neo-colonial state, and the role... Read More about A short history of revolutionary Cuba: revolution, power, authority and the state from 1959 to the present day.

The Place-Names of Shropshire. Part 8, Overs Hundred, the Borough of Ludlow, the southern part of Munslow Hundred and the Stowe Division of Purslow Hundred (2020)
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Baker, J., & Carroll, J. (2020). The Place-Names of Shropshire. Part 8, Overs Hundred, the Borough of Ludlow, the southern part of Munslow Hundred and the Stowe Division of Purslow Hundred. Nottingham: English Place-Name Society

his Part covers an area of approximately 140 square miles in the south of the county, between the Franchise of Wenlock and the Hundred of Stottesdon to the east and the Hundred of Clun to the west. The introduction provides an overview of information... Read More about The Place-Names of Shropshire. Part 8, Overs Hundred, the Borough of Ludlow, the southern part of Munslow Hundred and the Stowe Division of Purslow Hundred.

Visual Histories of Occupation: A Transcultural Dialogue (2020)
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Taylor, J. E. (Ed.). (2021). Visual Histories of Occupation: A Transcultural Dialogue. Bloomsbury Publishing. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350167513

Asking what does foreign occupation look like and how does occupation shape visual expression and cultures, this edited collection explores how the occupied and occupiers have responded to their circumstances through visual culture. Contributors stud... Read More about Visual Histories of Occupation: A Transcultural Dialogue.

Annihilating Noise (2020)
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Hegarty, P. (2020). Annihilating Noise. New York: Bloomsbury Publishing

Noise has become a model of cultural and theoretical thinking over the last two decades. Following Hegarty's influential 2007 book, Noise/Music, Annihilating Noise discusses in 16 essays how noise offers a way of thinking critical resistance, disrupt... Read More about Annihilating Noise.

Penguin Books and Political Change: Britain's Meritocratic Moment, 1937-1988 (2020)
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Blackburn, D. (2020). Penguin Books and Political Change: Britain's Meritocratic Moment, 1937-1988. Manchester University Press

Founded in 1935 by a young publisher disillusioned with the class prejudices of the interwar publishing trade, Penguin Books set out to make good books available to all. The 'Penguin Specials', a series of current affairs books authored by leading in... Read More about Penguin Books and Political Change: Britain's Meritocratic Moment, 1937-1988.