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The Springboard in the Pond: An Intimate History of the Swimming Pool (Graham Foundation/MIT Press Series in Contemporary Architectural Discourse)The Springboard in the Pond: An Intimate History of the Swimming Pool (Graham Foundation/MIT Press Series in Contemporary Architectural Discourse) by T Van Leeuwen
Buy new: £21.30 / Used from: £10.04
Design history meets the swimming pool
How the Cold War Transformed Philosophy of Science: To the Icy Slopes of LogicHow the Cold War Transformed Philosophy of Science: To the Icy Slopes of Logic by George A. Reisch
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Revisionist history of the logical empiricists
Wonderful Life: Burgess Shale and the Nature of HistoryWonderful Life: Burgess Shale and the Nature of History by Stephen Jay Gould
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Gould's masterpiece
Sites of Memory, Sites of Mourning: The Great War in European Cultural History (Canto)Sites of Memory, Sites of Mourning: The Great War in European Cultural History (Canto) by Jay Winter
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On war, memory and history
Dismembering the Male: Men's Bodies, Britain and the Great War (Picturing History)Dismembering the Male: Men's Bodies, Britain and the Great War (Picturing History) by Joanna Bourke
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Joanna Bourke's first and best
The World Hitler Never Made: Alternate History and the Memory of Nazism (New Studies in European History)The World Hitler Never Made: Alternate History and the Memory of Nazism (New Studies in European History) by Gavriel D. Rosenfeld
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Rosenfeld's alternate Hitlers
Thomas Kuhn: A Philosophical History for Our TimesThomas Kuhn: A Philosophical History for Our Times by S Fuller
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Steve Fuller's alternative (and very controversial) reading of Tom Kuhn
Haunts of the Black Masseur - The Swimmer as HeroHaunts of the Black Masseur - The Swimmer as Hero by Charles Sprawson
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A classic deservedly re-issued
The Alternate History: Refiguring Historical TimeThe Alternate History: Refiguring Historical Time by Karen Hellekson
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Hellekson's PhD thesis: alternate history theorised
Geography Militant: Cultures of Exploration and EmpireGeography Militant: Cultures of Exploration and Empire by Felix Driver
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A fine study of imperialist and colonialist geography
Mr Bligh's Bad Language: Passion, Power and Theatre on the Bounty (Canto Original) (Canto original series)Mr Bligh's Bad Language: Passion, Power and Theatre on the Bounty (Canto Original) (Canto original series) by Greg Dening
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Outstanding historical anthropology
Beach Crossings: Voyaging Across Times, Cultures and SelfBeach Crossings: Voyaging Across Times, Cultures and Self by Greg Dening
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Dening's farewell?
How "Natives" Think: About Captain Cook, for ExampleHow "Natives" Think: About Captain Cook, for Example by M Sahlins
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Was God an Englishman? Yes, says Sahlins
The Apotheosis of Captain Cook: European Mythmaking in the PacificThe Apotheosis of Captain Cook: European Mythmaking in the Pacific by Gananath Obeyesekere
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No, says Obeyesekere
The Social Construction of What?The Social Construction of What? by I Hacking
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Hacking's provocative and compelling take on the science wars
In Memory of England: A Novelist's View of HistoryIn Memory of England: A Novelist's View of History by Peter Vansittart
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On England and Englishness
The Encyclopedia of Science FictionThe Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
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A cornerstone of SF scholarship and criticism
Sacred Places: War Memorials in the Australian LandscapeSacred Places: War Memorials in the Australian Landscape by K.S. Inglis
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Ken Inglis's finest work on war, memorials and memory
R.G. Collingwood: An AutobiographyR.G. Collingwood: An Autobiography by R. G. Collingwood
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England's finest 20th Century philosopher
Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of ExtinctionsSong of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinctions by David Quammen
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A fine environmentalist treatise
The Letters of Kingsley AmisThe Letters of Kingsley Amis by Kingsley Amis
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Amis' love affair with Philip Larkin
People of Providence: Housing Estate and Some of Its InhabitantsPeople of Providence: Housing Estate and Some of Its Inhabitants by Tony Parker
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Quite outstanding oral history
Analog Days: The Invention and Impact of the Moog SynthesizerAnalog Days: The Invention and Impact of the Moog Synthesizer by T Pinch
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It's Mohg not Moog
THE MISSING OF THE SOMMETHE MISSING OF THE SOMME by Geoff Dyer
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Dyer's moving masterpiece
The Past Is a Foreign CountryThe Past Is a Foreign Country by David Lowenthal
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On history and heritage