History of British Actuarial Thought, Hardcover

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Drawing on the British Library's extensive map collection, the story of North America's rich history from settlement and war to transport and tourism.

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Reissue of this much-loved book, beautifully packaged with new material. A journey through British gardening history - from the stone-age to today.

Louis Lowy (1920 1991), an international social worker and gerontologist, rarely spoke publicly about the Holocaust. During the last months of his ...

Revision of: History of economic thought / Lionel Robbins -- Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1998.

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New, revised edition showcasing the complete technical history of British ship design and construction during the dreadnought era.

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Richard Whatmore examines the diverse, interconnected relationships between political history, theory, and action. Considering the work of Michel F...

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The British have been baking for centuries. Here, for the first time, is a comprehensive account of how our relationship with this much-loved art h...

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British Columbia's rugged Southern Gulf Islands enticed many pioneers, explorers, colonists, miners, and adventurers in the mid 19th century. Fog, ...

This book is the first account of the British diplomatic mission in Pakistan from its foundation at the end of the Raj in 1947 to the 'War on Terro...

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The history of British gardening is given through the stories of figures such as 'Capability' Brown, Vita Sackville-West, the Tradescants and Beth ...

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As the most influential anthropologist of his generation, Claude L vi-Strauss left a profound mark on the development of twentieth-century thought....

DescriptionThis History offers a new and comprehensive picture of 1930s British literature. The '30s have often been cast as a literary-historical ...

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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Sarah K. (University of Wolverhampton, UK) WhitfieldNumber of pages: 304Publication date: 2021Dimens...

Attending closely to the politics of form, the sixteen essays range across 'literary', 'middlebrow' and 'popular' genres, including espionage thril...

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Presents the British royal history, from the legendary King Alfred the Great onwards, including the monarchies of England, Scotland, Wales and the ...

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