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  • OCEANS, SEAS, SHORELINES AND WARFARE
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    OCEANS, SEAS, SHORELINES AND WARFARE
    RICHARD HARDING / ROSS ANDERSON / MICK DE RUYTER
    For as long as humanity has ventured on the seas, naval warfare has been an integral part of their activities and the focal point for many histories and ideas of heritage. This book presents a rarely explored aspect: the long‑term impact of those battles on shorelines, seas and oceans. Dramatic and altering, the physical scars of battles remain with us today in the form of cult...

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  • IN THE FOG
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    IN THE FOG
    RICHARD HARDING DAVIS
    A cleverly atmospheric story-within-a-story with a twist, wherein four members of an exclusive London Gentleman's Club take turns weaving a tale of a double murder. On the evening following the great fog of 1897, four strangers are dining at an exclusive gentleman's club, while a fifth, Sir Andrew, is just finishing the last few pages of a pulp mystery novel. As Sir Andrew rise...

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  • IMPRISONMENT IN ENGLAND AND WALES
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    IMPRISONMENT IN ENGLAND AND WALES
    CHRISTOPHER HARDING / BILL HINES / RICHARD IRELAND / PHILIP RAWLINGS
    Originally published in 1985, Imprisonment in England and Wales is an account of the changing functions and conditions of imprisonment in England and Wales from the Medieval period to the present day. It is designed both as a text for students and teachers of history, law and social science and as an introduction to the subject for more general readers and is one of the few att...

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  • THE WEST FROM A CAR WINDOW
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    THE WEST FROM A CAR WINDOW
    RICHARD HARDING DAVIS
    Excerpt: "It is somewhat disturbing to one who visits the West for the first time with the purpose of writing of it, to read on the back of a railroad map, before he reaches Harrisburg, that Texas “is one hundred thousand square miles larger than all the Eastern and Middle States, including Maryland and Delaware.” It gives him a sharp sensation of loneliness, a wish to apologiz...

    $39.70

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  • PUNISHMENT
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    PUNISHMENT
    CHRISTOPHER HARDING / RICHARD W. IRELAND
    First published in 1989, Punishment examines the practice of punishment, not simply as a typical sanction employed by the state but as a pervasive feature of social organisation in both past and contemporary societies. With depth and rigour, they consider penal practice in a variety of historical and cultural contexts, such as the family, kinship and tribal groupings, small com...

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  • REAL SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE
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    REAL SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE
    RICHARD HARDING DAVIS
    (Excerpt): "MacIver was born on Christmas Day, 1841, at sea, a league off the shore of Virginia. His mother was Miss Anna Douglas of that State; Ronald MacIver, his father, was a Scot, a Rossshire gentleman, a younger son of the chief of the Clan MacIver. Until he was ten years old young MacIver played in Virginia at the home of his father. Then, in order that he might be educa...

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  • PRIVATE PRISONS AND PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY
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    PRIVATE PRISONS AND PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY
    RICHARD HARDING
    Private prisons have become an integral part of the penal system in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. There already are over 100 such prisons in these countries, and with the number of prisoners continuing to increase rapidly, the trend toward privatization seems irreversible. In this context, Richard Harding addresses the following issues: the contributions...

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  • NAVAL HISTORY 1680-1850
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    NAVAL HISTORY 1680-1850
    RICHARD HARDING
    This collection of essays sets out to present a sample of the rich diversity of writings on naval history in this period. The collection covers subjects ranging from strategy, operations and tactics, to administration, technology and the maritime economy. Within this volume the reader will be able to see essays that influenced the development of modern naval history through to ...

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  • THE ROYAL NAVY 1930-1990
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    THE ROYAL NAVY 1930-1990
    RICHARD HARDING
    This new book explores innovation within the Royal Navy from the financial constraints of the 1930s to World War Two, the Cold War and the refocusing of the Royal Navy after 1990. Successful adaptation to new conditions has been critical to all navies at all times. ...

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  • SEAPOWER AND NAVAL WARFARE, 1650-1830
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    SEAPOWER AND NAVAL WARFARE, 1650-1830
    DR RICHARD HARDING / RICHARD HARDING
    From the author of "Amphibious Warfare in the Eighteenth Century" and "The Evolution of the Sailing Navy, 1509-1815", this book serves as a single- volume survey of war at sea and the expansion of naval power in the 18th century. The book is intended for undergraduate courses on 18th century European history, and for amateur and professional military historians, and for navy co...

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  • THE LUNG: DEVELOPMENT, AGING AND THE ENVIRONMENT
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    THE LUNG: DEVELOPMENT, AGING AND THE ENVIRONMENT
    PINKERTON, KENT / HARDING, RICHARD
    The second edition of The Lung: Development, Aging and the Environment provides an understanding of the multi-faceted nature of lung development, aging, and how the environment influences these processes. As an essential resource to respiratory, pulmonary, and thoracic scientists and physicians it provides an interface between the “normal” and “disease” cluster of chapters, all...

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  • THE LUNG: DEVELOPMENT, AGING AND THE ENVIRONMENT
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    THE LUNG: DEVELOPMENT, AGING AND THE ENVIRONMENT
    PINKERTON, KENT / HARDING, RICHARD / PLOPPER, CHARLES
    This unique book provides a concise account, written by world authorities in their fields, of how the mammalian lung grows and matures before birth and how the lungs, and their ability to function well, can be affected by the environment and by genetic factors, both before and after birth. It provides an understanding of the basis of some major lung diseases affecting infants a...

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  • A GREAT AND GLORIOUS VICTORY
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    A GREAT AND GLORIOUS VICTORY
    RICHARD HARDING
    In October 2005 an international naval conference was held at Portsmouth and well-known historians and naval officers from around the world, including Colin White, Brian Lavery, Contre Amiral Remi Monaque and Admiral Sir Jonathan Band, now First Sea Lord, gave a series of papers on aspects of the battle of Trafalgar. Containing a wealth of new information they are now form the ...

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  • IN THE FOG
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    IN THE FOG
    RICHARD HARDING DAVIS
    The members of an exclusive London club endeavor to solve a baffling murder in this masterpiece from the golden age of detective fiction Since the time of Shakespeare, there has been no group in London more influential than the Grill Club. A secret society whose members are drawn from the rich and the poor, the Grill is blind to politics, ideology, and wealth. The only demands ...

    $85.00

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