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January 2014

Hunan-Birthplace Army History

by Wang Dun

This book is a breakthrough composition about Xiang Army history. The book, taking Xiang Army history as its core, gives a comprehensive analysis to the Xiang Army: from construction, expansion, to decline. Starting from the repression of peasant uprising in early stage to suppression of border unrest and to anti-aggression war in its later stage, the book affirms Xiang Army’s important historical positions. Furthermore, the well-knit structure, clear thread, comprehensive contents and accurate historical materials are also highlights of the book.

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The Arts

March 2017

Images of the army

The military in British art, 1815-1914

by J. W. M. Hichberger

In an age when engraving and photography were making artistic images available to a much wider public, artists were able to influence public attitudes more powerfully than ever before. This book examines works of art on military themes in relation to ruling-class ideologies about the army, war and the empire. The first part of the book is devoted to a chronological survey of battle painting, integrated with a study of contemporary military and political history. The chapters link the debate over the status and importance of battle painting to contemporary debates over the role of the army and its function at home and abroad. The second part discusses the intersection of ideologies about the army and military art, but is concerned with an examination of genre representations of soldiers. Another important theme which runs through the book is the relation of English to French military art. During the first eighty years of the period under review France was the cynosure of military artists, the school against which British critics measured their own, and the place from which innovations were imported and modified. In every generation after Waterloo battle painters visited France and often trained there. The book shows that military art, or the 'absence' of it, was one of the ways in which nationalist commentators articulated Britain's moral superiority. The final theme which underlies much of the book is the shifts which took place in the perception of heroes and hero-worship.

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July 2011

Ai Weiwei spricht

by Ai, Weiwei; Obrist, Hans Ulrich / Übersetzt von Wirthensohn, Andreas

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Humanities & Social Sciences

November 2013

The Nine Years' War and the British army 1688–97

The operations in the low countries

by John Childs

Between 1689 and 1697 the British army fought as a member of the Grand Alliance against Louis XIV. Despite the military and political significance of the European conflict, this book is the first historical investigation for over a century dealing with the operations of the principal campaigns in the Low Countries. John Childs begins his comprehensive study by exploring the diplomatic origins of the Nine Years' War. Leading on from this political background, the author then focuses on the detailed organisation of the British, Dutch and other allied armies and the conduct of the operations. The specific campaigns are also examined and in particular the author looks at the strategic and tactical role played by the British. This campaign and operational study of the British army will be of interest to both specialist and general military historians, as well as to political historians. ;

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Zoology & animal sciences

March 2009

Quantitative Trait Loci Analysis in Animals

by Joel Ira Weller

Quantitative Trait Loci (QTL) is a topic of major agricultural significance for efficient livestock production. This advanced-level textbook covers all the statistical methods that have been used or proposed for detection and analysis of QTL and marker- and gene- assisted selection in animal genetics and breeding, as well as new advances that have revolutionized the field since the first edition.

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September 2015

Lebkuchenküsse

Roman

by Severin, Ira

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December 2016

Jamie & die Schlange im Paradies

Katzenkrimi

by Severin, Ira

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April 2009

Die Wahl der Qual

Handbuch für Sadomasochisten und solche, die es werden wollen

by Strübel, Ira; Passig, Kathrin

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July 2023

Der Himmel am nächsten Morgen

Roman

by Laudin, Ira

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Humanities & Social Sciences

August 2016

The People's Armies

A history of the Greek resistance

by Bertrand Taithe, Penny Summerfield, Peter Gatrell, Max Jones, Ana Carden-Coyne, Spiros Tsoutsoumpis

The people's armies discusses one of the most troubled and fascinating aspects of modern Greek and European history: the anti-axis resistance. It is a pioneering history of the men and women who waged the struggle against the axis as members of the armed partisans of ELAS and EDES. Using a wide range of previously unused sources, the book reconstructs daily life in the guerrilla armies and explores the complex reasons that led the partisans to enlist and fight. It also discusses the relations between the guerrillas and the civilian population, and examines how the guerrillas' experience of combat, hardship and loss shaped their understanding of their task and social attitudes. The book makes fascinating reading both for academics and for lay readers who are interested in modern Greek history, military history and the history of the Second World War. ;

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March 2004

Meine zweite Haut

Roman

by Erwin Mortier, Ira Wilhelm

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April 2007

Belichtungszeit

Roman

by Erwin Mortier, Ira Wilhelm

Joris wächst bei Onkel und Tante auf; sein Vater ist früh gestorben, die Mutter nach Spanien gezogen – viel mehr weiß Joris nicht über sie. In Stuyvenberghe, seinem Dorf, geht es beschaulich zu; der Kirchturm schaut seit Jahrhunderten schläfrig auf die Häuser herunter, und selbst das Schloß mit den hohen, dunklen Zypressen verfällt auf pittoreske Weise. Bis der Gemeinderat eines Sommers bekanntgibt, daß die Gräber auf dem Kirchhof wegen Umbauten verlegt werden müssen. Das heißt: auch das Grab von Joris’ Vater. Von dem hat Joris die allerschönste Vorstellung – und eine alte Keksdose mit wenigen Fotos, der Rest ist: unscharfe Erinnerung, Wunsch, Erfindung und die Geschichten der Verwandtschaft. Als Joris sich in diesem Sommer zum ersten Mal verliebt, wird das Unterscheiden von Erträumtem und Erlebtem, von Wunsch und Realität noch schwieriger. Erwin Mortier erzählt Joris’ Suche nach der eigenen Geschichte, der eigenen Identität mit einem feinen Ohr für Stimmungen und psychologische Details; beschreibt mit meisterhafter Eleganz, wie Joris seine Kindheit anhand von alten Fotos zu rekonstruieren versucht – und nach und nach die feinen Risse in den Bildern erkennt, die er sich von seinem Vater, dem Dorf und der Liebe gemacht hat.

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September 1997

Sterben

Wachsen im Umgang mit dem Tod

by Byock, Ira / Englisch Zybak, Maria

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Humanities & Social Sciences

March 2017

Guardians of Empire

The Armed Forces of the Colonial Powers, C.1700-1964

by Andrew Thompson, John M. MacKenzie, David Killingray

For imperialists, the concept of guardian is specifically to the armed forces that kept watch on the frontiers and in the heartlands of imperial territories. Large parts of Asia and Africa, and the islands of the Pacific and the Caribbean were imperial possessions. This book discusses how military requirements and North Indian military culture, shaped the cantonments and considers the problems posed by venereal diseases and alcohol, and the sanitary strategies pursued to combat them. The trans-border Pathan tribes remained an insistent problem in Indian defence between 1849 and 1947. The book examines the process by which the Dutch elite recruited military allies, and the contribution of Indonesian soldiers to the actual fighting. The idea of naval guardianship as expressed in the campaign against the South Pacific labour trade is examined. The book reveals the extent of military influence of the Schutztruppen on the political developments in the German protectorates in German South-West Africa and German East Africa. The U.S. Army, charged with defending the Pacific possessions of the Philippines and Hawaii, encountered a predicament similar to that of the mythological Cerberus. The regimentation of military families linked access to women with reliable service, and enabled the King's African Rifles to inspire a high level of discipline in its African soldiers, askaris. The book explains the political and military pressures which drove successive French governments to widen the scope of French military operations in Algeria between 1954 and 1958. It also explores gender issues and African colonial armies.

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January 1980

Das Wunder von Dommatina

by Avery, Ira / Englisch Sauter, Heinz von

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August 2004

Die Wahl der Qual

by Passig, Kathrin; Strübel, Ira

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February 2002

Der traurige Champion

Roman

by Brokken, Jan / Niederländisch Wilhelm, Ira

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August 2014

Der Himmel meines Großvaters

by Hertmans, Stefan / Übersetzt von Wilhelm, Ira

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February 2017

Die Fremde

by Hertmans, Stefan / Übersetzt von Wilhelm, Ira

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January 1995

Selbstporträt mit Turban

by Mulisch, Harry / Übersetzt von Wilhelm, Ira

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The military in British art, 1815-1914

by J. W. M. Hichberger

by Ai, Weiwei; Obrist, Hans Ulrich / Übersetzt von Wirthensohn, Andreas

The operations in the low countries

by John Childs

by Joel Ira Weller

Roman

by Severin, Ira

Katzenkrimi

by Severin, Ira

Handbuch für Sadomasochisten und solche, die es werden wollen

by Strübel, Ira; Passig, Kathrin

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by Laudin, Ira

A history of the Greek resistance

by Bertrand Taithe, Penny Summerfield, Peter Gatrell, Max Jones, Ana Carden-Coyne, Spiros Tsoutsoumpis

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by Erwin Mortier, Ira Wilhelm

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by Erwin Mortier, Ira Wilhelm

Wachsen im Umgang mit dem Tod

by Byock, Ira / Englisch Zybak, Maria

The Armed Forces of the Colonial Powers, C.1700-1964

by Andrew Thompson, John M. MacKenzie, David Killingray

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