Pacific Islanders under German Rule - A Study in the Meaning of Colonial Resistance by Peter J. Hempenstall

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PACIFIC HORIZONS : THE EXPLORATION OF THE PACIFIC BEFORE CAPTAIN COOK by CHRISTOPHER LLOYD

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Green Gold: The Empire of Tea by Alan Macfarlane

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Apart from water, tea is more widely consumed than any other food or drink. Tens of billions of cups are drunk every day. Yet only two thousand years ago it was only chewed or drunk by a handful of monks in China and some tribal peoples in south east Asia. How and why has tea conquered the world? Tea wa s the first global product. It raised nations and shattered empires. It altered life-styles, religions, etiquette and aesthetics. Economies were changed out of all recognition. Diseases were thwarted by the magical drink and cities founded on it. The industrial revolution was fuelled by tea, sealing the fate of the modern world. Green Gold is a remarkable detective story of how an East Himalayan camellia bush became the world's favourite drink. Discover how the tea plant came to be transplanted onto every continent and relive the stories of the men and women whose lives were transformed out of all recognition through contact with the deceptively innocuous green leaf. ...Show more

The Name of Brooke - The End of White Rajah Rule in Sarawak by Robert W. Reece

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Legends of the World by Richard Cavendish (ed)

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English Inn Signs by Jacob Larwood; John Camden Hotten

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THE HIGHLAND CLEARANCES by JOHN PREBBLE

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GLENCOE : THE STORY OF THE MASSACRE by JOHN PREBBLE

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ELIZABETH AND ESSEX : A TRAGIC HISTORY by LYTTON STRACHEY

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Cultural Atlas of Australia, New Zealand, and the South Pacific by Richard Nile; Christian Clerk

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This is an exploration into the geography, h istory, archaeology and anthropology of the Pacific region, with coverage including the Australian Aborigines, the diver se cultures of New Guinea, Pacific islanders, Polynesian voy agers, and white settlers '

Twilight of the Ascendancy by Mark Bence-Jones

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THE ELIZABETHAN NATION by JOEL HURSTFIELD

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