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  African Empires of Influence -...

  Rolf Hedger

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  This book contains the following titles, all related to African history: 
  - Aksumite Empire  
  - Benin Empire  
  - Kanem-Bornu Empire  
  - Mutapa Empire  
  - Sosso Empire  
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  Late Chinese Dynasties - The...

  Rolf Hedger

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  This bundle examines the final centuries of imperial China, covering the Southern Song, Ming, and Qing Dynasties—each a defining era of resilience, expansion, and eventual decline. From the Southern Song’s struggle against northern invaders to the Ming’s golden age of exploration and the Qing’s rule over a vast multiethnic empire, this book explores the triumphs and challenges that shaped China's final imperial dynasties.   
  Uncover the Southern Song Dynasty’s advancements in naval power and economic strength as it resisted Mongol pressures. Witness the Ming Dynasty’s efforts to restore Chinese rule, construct the Forbidden City, and send Admiral Zheng He on legendary voyages. Finally, explore the Qing Dynasty’s rise to dominance, its territorial expansion, and the internal and external conflicts that led to the empire’s collapse.   
  This book offers a deep dive into the political, military, and cultural forces that defined the last imperial reigns of China, providing history enthusiasts with a compelling look at the end of an era.

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  Sweet Dreams

  Rick Telander

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  "Sweet Dreams'' consists of 42 original poems with bedtime, sleep, and dreaming as their central themes.  The poems are traditional in form  and follow rhyme and meter, done in in the fashion of Robert Louis Stevenson’s century-old classic, A Child’s Garden of Verses.         Topics include moonlit nights, snowy days, dreams of dinosaurs in the bedroom, annoyance at a Key West rooster crowing all night, what it would be like to wake up as a worm, the oddness of a fever ailment, gazing at autumn leaves from a gently rocking hammock, the comforting protection of an unseen guardian angel, and fancies like "The Softest Bed'' in which a child envisions himself curling up, wrapping himself in his warm, bushy tail, and sleeping like a fox.         Started when Telander himself was sick in a bed many years ago and had begun writing the poems in his head, this  poetry collection spoken by the author is a work of caring for boys and girls who must make that ordinary yet complex and sometimes frightening transition from waking reality to the land of Nod.          Sweet Dreams will amuse, delight, intrigue, and above all soothe children of all ages before sleep.  It's soothing for adults, too, since all of us do, indeed, sleep.

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  Post-Modern Buildings in Britain

  Elain Harwood, Geraint Franklin

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  An illuminating look at a controversial architectural style – and its finest examples
  Post-modernism was the 1980s' counter to Brutalism but fell out of fashion until its best buildings began to disappear. Now is the time to reassess its values. Historians Geraint Franklin and Elain Harwood discuss its background and key architects before celebrating Britain's finest examples. Individual entries are beautifully illustrated, many with new photography, including the SIS Building made famous by James Bond, John Outram's awe-inspiring pumping station in London's Docklands and Judge Institute in Cambridge, and the late works of James Stirling and Michael Wilford, including No.1 Poultry – an extraordinary corner of the City that in 2016 became England's youngest listed building.

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  Mutiny on the Bounty - An...

  Mr Punch

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  Mutiny on the Bounty is a gripping adventure of the high seas and a story of treachery and betrayal. 
    
  First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, this epic three-part serial tells the true story of Fletcher Christian’s dramatic mutiny against his tyrannical Captain and how Lieutenant Bligh when cast adrift in an open rowing boat with 18 loyal men makes an incredible voyage across 3,600 miles of hostile and uncharted seas to the Dutch East Indies, while Fletcher Christian and his fellow mutineers fight for survival on the battered and wind-swept island of Pitcairn. 
    
  “Television would give an eyetooth for the cast of Mutiny on the Bounty.  What is more, they are all very good. Mutiny on the Bounty is Outstanding.” Daily Telegraph 
    
  “It’s an altogether stunning cast which serves the intelligent, historically aware script splendidly.”  Daily Mail 
   
  “It is a very good production.”  The Times 
   
  “Mutiny on the Bounty is a wonderful dramatisation and has a cast which includes Oliver Reed in splendid form as Captain Bligh.” Daily Express 
    
  “An atmospheric saga of mutiny on the high seas.” The Observer 
    
  Cast 
  Oliver Reed as William Bligh 
  Linus Roach as Fletcher Christian 
  Roger Daltrey as Thomas Burkett 
  Lionel Jeffries as Alexander Smith 
  David Healey as Captain Folger 
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  Lynhdam Gregory 
  Mamta Kaash 
  Steve Hodson 
  Andrew Schofield 
  Vincent Friel 
  Joe Dunlop 
  Charles Simpson 
  & full supporting cast 
   
  © & ℗ 2022 Mr Punch Audiobooks Ltd

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  Supes Ain't Always Heroes -...

  Matthew Snyder, Lynn S. Zubernis

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  Go deeper inside the hit TV show The Boys and its characters with psychologists, media experts, filmmakers, and more—including the original comic series' cocreator and the actors behind Soldier Boy and Stormfront. 
   
   
   
  Supes Ain't Always Heroes offers a fresh look at The Boys, delving into the show's unflinching depiction of celebrity, politics, social media, corporate greed, racism, sexism, and more: 
   
   
   
  ● The true difference between Homelander and Billy Butcher—and who the show's biggest villain really is 
   
   
   
  ● What Soldier Boy's characterization says about how we define masculinity 
   
   
   
  ● How today's media landscape has contributed to The Boys' success 
   
   
   
  ● What the evolutions of Hughie, Starlight, A-Train, Mother's Milk, and other show standouts reflect about addiction, family, identity, and self-acceptance 
   
   
   
  PLUS: Exclusive interviews with The Boys comics cocreator Darick Robertson and actors Jensen Ackles, Jim Beaver, Aya Cash, and Nathan Mitchell provide a unique glimpse behind the scenes. Comments from editor interviews with more of the show's stars give further insight into their experiences in bringing these complex characters to life.

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