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Imperial Valley Press
Mode of access: Internet.
Subjects: News;
© , Alberta Newspaper Group
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The imperial cruise [sound recording (CD)] / by Bradley, James,1954-; Poe, Richard.;
Read by Richard Poe with an introduction and closing by the author.
Subjects: Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919; Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.; Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930.; United States. Navy; Audiobooks.; Imperialism;
© p2009., Hachette Audio,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Blood and ruins : the last imperial war, 1931-1945 / by Overy, R. J.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."A thought-provoking and original reassessment of World War II, from Britain's leading military historian Richard Overy sets out in Blood and Ruins to recast the way in which we view the Second World War and its origins and aftermath. As one of Britain's most decorated and respected World War II historians, he argues that this was the "last imperial war," with almost a century-long lead-up of global imperial expansion, which reached its peak in the territorial ambitions of Italy, Germany and Japan in the 1930s and early 1940s, before descending into the largest and costliest war in human history and the end, after 1945, of all territorial empires. Overy also argues for a more global perspective on the war, one that looks broader than the typical focus on military conflict between the Allied and Axis states. Above all, Overy explains the bitter cost for those involved in fighting, and the exceptional level of crime and atrocity that marked the war and its protracted aftermath-which extended far beyond 1945. Blood and Ruins is a masterpiece, a new and definitive look at the ultimate struggle over the future of the global order, which will compel us to view the war in novel and unfamiliar ways. Thought-provoking, original and challenging, Blood and Ruins sets out to understand the war anew"--
Subjects: Imperialism.; World War, 1939-1945.;
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The Oxford history of the British Empire / by Louis, William Roger,1936-; Canny, Nicholas P.; Marshall, P. J.(Peter James); Porter, A. N.(Andrew N.); Brown, Judith M.(Judith Margaret),1944-; Winks, Robin W.,1930-;
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.v. 1. The origins of empire : British overseas enterprise to the close of the seventeenth century / Nicholas Canny, editor -- v. 2. The eighteenth century / P.J. Marshall, editor -- v. 3. The nineteenth century / Andrew Porter, editor -- The twentieth century / Judith M. Brown and Wm. Roger Louis, editors -- v. 5. Historiography / Robin W. Winks, editor.
Subjects: Imperialism;
© 1998-, Oxford University Press,
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Peace kills : America's fun new imperialism / by O'Rourke, P. J.;
Subjects: O'Rourke, P. J.; O'Rourke, P. J.; War on Terrorism, 2001-; War on Terrorism, 2001-; Imperialism;
© c2004., Atlantic Monthly Press,
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Star wars, Darth Vader, Dark Lord of the Sith. [graphic novel] / by Soule, Charles,author.; Curiel, David,illustrator.; Eliopoulos, Chris,1983-author,illustrator.; Camuncoli, Giuseppe,illustrator.;
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Subjects: Graphic novels.; Science fiction comics.; Vader, Darth (Fictitious character); Good and evil; Space warfare;
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The Foundations of Western Civilization. by F., Thomas,actor.; The Great Courses (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Thomas F. X. NobleOriginally produced by The Great Courses in 2002.By the time the republic found that it didn't merely possess but was an empire, Roman rule extended from the Atlantic to Mesopotamia, and from the North Sea to the Sahara Desert. How and why did this happen?Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Education films.; Social sciences.; History, Ancient.; Education.; Instructional films.;
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The last grand duchess : a novel of Olga Romanov, Imperial Russia, and revolution / by Turnbull, Bryn,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.This sweeping novel takes readers behind palace walls to see the end of Imperial Russia through the eyes of Olga Nikolaevna Romanov, the first daughter of the last tsar. Grand Duchess Olga Romanov comes of age amid a shifting tide for the great dynasties of Europe. But even as unrest simmers in the capital, Olga is content to live within the confines of the sheltered life her parents have built for her and her three sisters: hiding from the world on account of their mother's ill health, their brother Alexei's secret affliction, and rising controversy over Father Grigori Rasputin, the priest on whom the tsarina has come to rely. Olga's only escape from the seclusion of Alexander Palace comes from the grand tea parties her aunt hosts amid the shadow court of Saint Petersburg--a world of opulent ballrooms, scandalous flirtation, and whispered conversation. But as war approaches, the palaces of Russia are transformed. Olga and her sisters trade their gowns for nursing habits, assisting in surgeriesand tending to the wounded bodies and minds of Russia's military officers. As troubling rumors about her parents trickle in from the front, Olga dares to hope that a budding romance might survive whatever the future may hold. But when tensions run high and supplies run low, the controversy over Rasputin grows into fiery protest, and calls for revolution threaten to end three hundred years of Romanov rule. At turns glittering and harrowing,The Last Grand Duchessis a story about dynasty, duty, and love, but above all, it's the story of a family who would choose devotion to each other over everything--including their lives.
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, 1868-1918; Olʹga Nikolaevna, Grand Duchess, daughter of Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, 1895-1918; Romanov, House of;
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Heart of darkness / by Conrad, Joseph,1857-1924.; Kish, Matt,1969-;
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Subjects: Classics; Literary; Europeans; Imperialism;
© 2013., Tin House Books,
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Endurance : Shackleton's incredible voyage / by Lansing, Alfred,author.; Hurley, Frank,1885-1962,photographer.; Philbrick, Nathaniel,writer of introduction.;
"Bound for Antarctica, where polar explorer Ernest Shackleton planned to cross on foot the last uncharted continent, the Endurance set sail from England in August 1914. In January 1915, after battling its way for six weeks through a thousand miles of pack ice and now only a day's sail short of its destination, the Endurance became locked in an island of ice. For ten months the ice-moored Endurance drifted northwest before it was finally crushed. But for Shackleton and his crew of twenty-seven men the ordeal had barely begun. It would end only after a near-miraculous journey by Shackleton and a skeleton crew through over 850 miles of the South Atlantic's heaviest seas to the closest outpost of civilization. This astonishing tale of survival by Shackleton and all twenty-seven of his men for over a year on the ice-bound Antarctic seas, as Time magazine put it, "defined heroism." Alfred Lansing's brilliantly narrated book has long been acknowledged as the definitive account of the Endurance's fateful trip"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir, 1874-1922; Endurance (Ship); Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1917);
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