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Product Description: Deeply influenced by Enlightenment writers from Naples and France, Vincenzo Cuoco (1770â1823) was forced into exile for his involvement in the failed Neapolitan revolution of 1799. Living in Milan, he wrote what became one of the nineteenth centuryâs most important treatises on political revolution...read more
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9781442649453 | Univ of Toronto Pr, November 18, 2014, cover price $75.00 | About this edition: Deeply influenced by Enlightenment writers from Naples and France, Vincenzo Cuoco (1770â1823) was forced into exile for his involvement in the failed Neapolitan revolution of 1799.
Hardcover:
9780785828761, titled "Timechart History of the Civil War" | Chartwell Books, February 28, 2012, cover price $17.99 | About this edition: This book covÂers the US Civil War in its entirety.
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9781448848768 | Rosen Pub Group, August 15, 2011, cover price $206.40
Product Description: This book encompasses the entire history of flight, from the days of legends, balloons and gliders to the latest high-tech aircraft. At the core of the book is a chronological timeline of aviation events â aircraft first flights, aviation records, weapons development, wars and more...read more
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9780785828181 | Chartwell Books, May 15, 2011, cover price $10.99 | About this edition: This book encompasses the entire history of flight, from the days of legends, balloons and gliders to the latest high-tech aircraft.
Product Description: This book presents an overview of world military history in all its many aspects, beginning with a summary of warfare in the context of weapons development. Running through the core of the book is a chronological Timeline of Military Events â wars, campaigns and battles â from earliest times to the present...read more
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9780785828204 | Chartwell Books, May 15, 2011, cover price $10.99 | About this edition: This book presents an overview of world military history in all its many aspects, beginning with a summary of warfare in the context of weapons development.
Product Description: This title collects the first six issues of the new series re-establishing the legendary Green Lantern Corps! From the Guardians' citadel on the newly fortified planet Oa, Green Lantern Guy Gardner is assigned - against his will - to a feudal world of shadows and sudden death...read more
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9781848566996 | Gardners Books, March 26, 2010, cover price $18.10 | About this edition: This title collects the first six issues of the new series re-establishing the legendary Green Lantern Corps!
Product Description: Illustrated throughout in ful color with more than 300 images. At-a-glance foldout chart comparing the world's religions. Timeline chronicles the history of religion from the earliest times to the present day. Concise guide to thekey aspects of each of the world's belief systems...read more
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9781592238491 | Thunder Bay Pr, February 28, 2008, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Illustrated throughout in ful color with more than 300 images.
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9780307381798 | Crds edition (Clarkson Potter, October 2, 2007), cover price $14.95
Product Description: Nineteenth-century Italy is a vast, unexplored territory in the history of modern political thought and liberal democratic theory. Apart from Mazzini, Pareto, and Mosca, the authors of this period are little read, even though their central concerns â the riddle of human liberation, progress, and liberty â are as important today as ever...read more
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9780802094452 | Univ of Toronto Pr, February 1, 2007, cover price $31.95 | About this edition: Nineteenth-century Italy is a vast, unexplored territory in the history of modern political thought and liberal democratic theory.
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9781400054688 | Clarkson Potter, April 11, 2006, cover price $37.50 | About this edition: A celebrity chef presents a collection of his recipes--two for each of sixty ingredients--that can be prepared either for special occasions or for ordinary family-style dinners.
A sequel to The Cheese Plate continues the celebration of the delectable wonders of cheese as it offers detailed descriptions of the unique characteristics and tastes of two hundred of the finest varieties of cheese in an alphabetical listing that explains how to enjoy each one to the fullest, how to select the best cheeses, recommended wine pairings, and tips on shopping and storage. 25,000 first printing.
Hardcover:
9781400050345 | Clarkson Potter, August 9, 2005, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: Offers detailed descriptions of the unique characteristics and tastes of two hundred varieties of cheese in an alphabetical listing that explains how to select the best cheeses, recommended wine pairings, and tips on shopping and storage.
Hardcover:
9780760765340 | Metro Books, September 17, 2004, cover price $14.98
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9781401085292 | Xlibris Corp, August 1, 2003, cover price $30.99
9781401085285 | Xlibris Corp, August 1, 2003, cover price $20.99
Product Description: With over 250 illustrations including 32 maps and 28 tables, this double sided concertina-style timechart features European Theatre of War on one side and Pacific/South-East Asia on the other. All theatres of war are in context, chronologically presented...read more
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9780785817437 | Chartwell Books, August 1, 2003, cover price $14.99 | About this edition: With over 250 illustrations including 32 maps and 28 tables, this double sided concertina-style timechart features European Theatre of War on one side and Pacific/South-East Asia on the other.
Product Description: In the sixteenth century, when Dante's critical fortunes were at their lowest ebb, his use of metaphor was still considered remarkable enough to describe him as a 'poeta metaforcissimo'. David Gibbon's book, which takes its title from this epithet, seeks to account for the specifically Dantean nature of that genius which Aristotle said was the mark of those who used the metaphor well...read more
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9781900755634 | Legenda, March 1, 2003, cover price $120.00 | About this edition: In the sixteenth century, when Dante's critical fortunes were at their lowest ebb, his use of metaphor was still considered remarkable enough to describe him as a 'poeta metaforcissimo'.
A richly illustrated celebration of the delectable wonders of cheese describes the unique characteristics and tastes of diverse handcrafted cheeses, explaining how to enjoy each one to the fullest, how to select the best cheeses, what foods to serve with each, and how to create delectable stand-alone cheese courses and special wine-and-cheese pairings. 15,000 first printing.
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Hardcover:
9780609604960 | Clarkson Potter, March 1, 2002, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: Describes the unique characteristics and tastes of diverse handcrafted cheeses, explaining how to select the best cheeses, what foods to serve with each, and how to create stand-alone cheese courses and special wine-and-cheese pairings.
Hardcover:
9788188353002 | India Research Pr, January 1, 2002, cover price $10.95
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9780738814070 | Xlibris Corp, October 1, 2000, cover price $21.99
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9780738814063 | Xlibris Corp, August 1, 2000, cover price $31.99
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9780517477892 | Outlet, February 1, 1987, cover price $6.99 | About this edition: A pictorial tour through a corner of the Appalachian Mountains in North Carolina and Tennessee that has remained relatively untouched by the modern world, with emphasis on the region's natural beauty
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9780517477922 | Random House Value Pub, February 1, 1987, cover price $5.99 | About this edition: Photographs examine the scenic diversity of Missouri, from the cities and historic landmarks to the rivers, farms, and fields that preserve the state's agricultural background
Hardcover:
9780517623596 | Outlet, February 1, 1987, cover price $5.99 | About this edition: A pictorial tour through Alaska, documenting the natural beauty of the region, the unique character of its towns and settlements, and its varied wildlife
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