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Product Description: Joe Stilwell, known as “Vinegar Joe” for his caustic personality, was stationed in Burma during World War II and famously differed in strategy from other commanders in his division. In retrospect analyses, it’s said that if he had gotten his way, the United States might have defeated the Communists in 1945 and changed the course of history...read more

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9781510703605 | Reprint edition (Skyhorse Pub Co Inc, August 16, 2016), cover price $16.99 | About this edition: Joe Stilwell, known as “Vinegar Joe” for his caustic personality, was stationed in Burma during World War II and famously differed in strategy from other commanders in his division.

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Product Description: This book is a selection of articles from the Royal Irish Academy's Dictionary of Irish Biography, dealing with 42 men and women whose careers, in one way or another, were deeply involved with the Easter Rising of 1916. The biographies selected compose an inclusively broad picture of the Rising, representing the spectrum of personalities and perspectives that were involved in the event...read more
By Patrick Maume (introduced by), James Quinn (editor), David Rooney (illustrator) and Lawrence William White (editor)

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9781908996381 | Royal Irish Academy, November 18, 2015, cover price $60.00 | About this edition: This book is a selection of articles from the Royal Irish Academy's Dictionary of Irish Biography, dealing with 42 men and women whose careers, in one way or another, were deeply involved with the Easter Rising of 1916.

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Product Description: A beautiful and simple introduction to the Book of Kells, one of the world's most famous illuminated manuscripts, with a newly-expanded colour plate section.Here George Otto Simms, a world-renowned authority on the Book of Kells, reveals the mysteries hidden in this magnificent manuscript...read more
By David Rooney (illustrator) and George Otto Simms

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9780862781798 | O''Brien Pr, March 1, 1991, cover price $11.95 | About this edition: Traces the history of the Book of Kells, and discusses the special meaning of the manuscript

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9781847177964 | O''Brien Pr, August 4, 2015, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: A beautiful and simple introduction to the Book of Kells, one of the world's most famous illuminated manuscripts, with a newly-expanded colour plate section.
9781847171153 | O''Brien Pr, October 15, 2008, cover price $22.95 | About this edition: Japanese Edition.

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By David Rooney (illustrator)

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9781847172747 | Act clr cs edition (O''Brien Pr, December 15, 2011), cover price $10.95

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Product Description: Today there are more technology, technologists, knowledge and experts than at any time in human history; but from a global perspective, it is difficult to argue that this accumulation of knowledge and technology has put the world in an unambiguously better position than it was in the past...read more

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9780415445733 | 1 edition (Routledge, March 24, 2010), cover price $160.00 | About this edition: Today there are more technology, technologists, knowledge and experts than at any time in human history; but from a global perspective, it is difficult to argue that this accumulation of knowledge and technology has put the world in an unambiguously better position than it was in the past.

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Product Description: The manner of their meeting was unprecedented. During the lawless mayhem that followed the capture of Badajoz by Wellington, a 14 year old Spanish girl sought the protection of Captain Harry Smith. They fell in love and married shortly after...read more

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9781844158409 | Pen & Sword, January 19, 2009, cover price $39.99 | About this edition: The manner of their meeting was unprecedented.

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Product Description: A well written and in-depth overview of the life and literary accomplishments of Ronald Knox, the famous Catholic convert and apologist from England who was a major figure in the English Catholic literary revival in the first half of the twentieth century...read more

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9781586172329 | Ignatius Pr, February 28, 2009, cover price $10.95 | About this edition: A well written and in-depth overview of the life and literary accomplishments of Ronald Knox, the famous Catholic convert and apologist from England who was a major figure in the English Catholic literary revival in the first half of the twentieth century.

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Product Description: In a world that witnessed the emergence of automatic timeballs, telegraph time signals, the speaking clock, and the BBC’s “six pips,” one family provided the hours and minutes to paying customers across London for more than 100 years using a pocketwatch named “Arnold...read more

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9780948065972 | Natl Maritime Museum, October 1, 2008, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: In a world that witnessed the emergence of automatic timeballs, telegraph time signals, the speaking clock, and the BBC’s “six pips,” one family provided the hours and minutes to paying customers across London for more than 100 years using a pocketwatch named “Arnold.

Miscellaneous:

9781906367350 | Natl Maritime Museum, October 1, 2008, cover price $19.99

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By David Rooney (illustrator)

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9781847171078 | O''Brien Pr, July 15, 2008, cover price $18.95

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Product Description: This fascinating Handbook defines how knowledge contributes to social and economic life, and vice versa. It considers the five areas critical to acquiring a comprehensive understanding of the knowledge economy: the nature of the knowledge economy; social, cooperative, cultural, creative, ethical and intellectual capital; knowledge and innovation systems; policy analysis for knowledge-based economies; and knowledge management...read more
By Greg Hearn (editor), Abraham Ninan (editor) and David Rooney (editor)

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9781843767954 | Edward Elgar Pub, November 1, 2005, cover price $215.00 | About this edition: This fascinating handbook defines how knowledge contributes to social and economic life, and vice versa.

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9781847208477 | Edward Elgar Pub, April 8, 2008, cover price $74.00 | About this edition: This fascinating Handbook defines how knowledge contributes to social and economic life, and vice versa.

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Product Description: It was in Burma, in the landmark battles of Imphal and Kohima, that the Japanese forces suffered their greatest defeats in history. What really happened in these complex confrontations, fought over confusing terrain? This engrossing narrative sets the record straight, offering a new analysis of the role of airpower in the struggle, and highlighting the thinking of top British, American, Japanese, and Chinese commanders...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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9780304354573 | Cassell, April 1, 2007, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: It was in Burma, in the landmark battles of Imphal and Kohima, that the Japanese forces suffered their greatest defeats in history.

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Product Description: "The yearlong celebration of Ghana's Golden Jubilee provides a fitting context for the republication of the book Kwame Nkrumah: Vision and Tragedy. In the lead-up to the celebration and over the course of the year, the life and times of Kwame Nkrumah will receive unprecedented public attention, official and unofficial...read more

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9789988647605 | Sub-Saharan Pub & Traders, January 10, 2007, cover price $39.95 | About this edition: "The yearlong celebration of Ghana's Golden Jubilee provides a fitting context for the republication of the book Kwame Nkrumah: Vision and Tragedy.

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By Robert Lyman (foreword by) and David Rooney

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9781853676321 | Greenhill Books/Lionel Leventhal, July 20, 2005, cover price $39.95

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Product Description: Tommy, the Gaiety Theatre cat, loves to sit in the President's chair and falls foul of the cleaning lady; to his horror, he encounters a man-sized cat, but ends up making a friend of the actor, Terry, who is playing Dick Whittington's cat...read more
By David Rooney (illustrator)

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9780862789190 | O''Brien Pr, March 15, 2005, cover price $10.95 | About this edition: Tommy, the Gaiety Theatre cat, loves to sit in the President's chair and falls foul of the cleaning lady; to his horror, he encounters a man-sized cat, but ends up making a friend of the actor, Terry, who is playing Dick Whittington's cat.

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Product Description: Since Man's earliest days there has been conflict and, also from that point, unconventional forms of action where the norm was abandoned and the unorthodox employed. Here, David Rooney selects examples of the men who, for personal or national ambitions, have been trailblazers in this form of warfare...read more

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9781857533521 | Brasseys Uk Ltd, April 1, 2004, cover price $27.95 | About this edition: Since Man's earliest days there has been conflict and, also from that point, unconventional forms of action where the norm was abandoned and the unorthodox employed.

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Product Description: This is the extraordinary true story of Patrick, a humble man who made an incredible journey from slave to saint. Captured at the age of sixteen and forced into slavery in Ireland, this courageous and resourceful young boy overcame all hardship to fulfill his calling: to bring the people of Ireland into the light of God's word...read more
By David Rooney (illustrator)

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9780862787493 | 5 rev rep edition (O''Brien Pr, February 15, 2004), cover price $8.95 | About this edition: This is the extraordinary true story of Patrick, a humble man who made an incredible journey from slave to saint.

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Product Description: Knowledge is a product of human social systems and, therefore, the foundations of the knowledge-based economy are social and cultural. Communication is central to knowledge creation and diffusion, and Public Policy in Knowledge-Based Economies highlights specific social and cultural conditions that can enhance the communication, use and creation of knowledge in a society...read more

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9781840643404 | Edward Elgar Pub, July 1, 2003, cover price $127.00 | About this edition: Knowledge is a product of human social systems and, therefore, the foundations of the knowledge-based economy are social and cultural.

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Product Description: They are the unforgettable leaders who inspired their troops, the tacticians who devised the wiliest strategies, the military mavericks who won the wars. Although more than 2000 years separate Alexander the Great from Giap, the single-minded commander of the North Vietnamese forces that defeated the U...read more

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9780785816799 | Castle, April 1, 2003, cover price $9.99 | About this edition: They are the unforgettable leaders who inspired their troops, the tacticians who devised the wiliest strategies, the military mavericks who won the wars.
9780304353163 | Cassell, March 1, 2000, cover price $27.95 | About this edition: They are the unforgettable leaders who inspired their troops, the tacticians who devised the wiliest strategies, the military mavericks who won the wars.

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9780304356799 | Cassell, March 1, 2001, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: They are the unforgettable leaders who inspired their troops, the tacticians who devised the wiliest strategies, the military mavericks who won the wars.

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Product Description: This text provides an assessment of Orde Wingate, a military strategist in Africa, the Middle East and Burma. It highlights how the history of a prominent individual may be influenced by human bias and personality feuds. By the author of "Burma Victory".

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9781854092045 | Sterling Pub Co Inc, October 1, 1994, cover price $17.99 | About this edition: This text provides an assessment of Orde Wingate, a military strategist in Africa, the Middle East and Burma.

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Product Description: This study of the Burma campaign during World War II features new research into the battles of Kohima and Imphal, describing how Allied forces adopted new defence tactics in order to defeat the Japanese.

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9781854091093 | Arms & Armour, October 1, 1992, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: This study of the Burma campaign during World War II features new research into the battles of Kohima and Imphal, describing how Allied forces adopted new defence tactics in order to defeat the Japanese.

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