Jack White: How He Built an Empire From the Blues 9781783058181

New House That Jack Built. An Original American Version 9781418192990

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From Jack Tar to Union Jack: Representing naval manhood in the British Empire, 1870–1918 9781526117656

In this pioneering study, Conley examines the intersection between empire, navy, and manhood in British society from 187

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The House That Jack Built : Jack Mundey, Green Bans Hero [1 ed.] 9781742247816, 9781742235011

This is the story of how an ordinary bloke from the bush became the key figure in a movement that would change the shape

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Slave Empire: How Slavery Built Modern Britain 1472142357, 9781472142351

'Path-breaking . . . a major rewriting of history' Mihir Bose, Irish Times 'Slave Empire is lucid, elega

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Empire, Incorporated: The Corporations That Built British Colonialism 0674988124, 9780674988125

“Brilliant, ambitious, and often surprising. A remarkable contribution to the current global debate about Empire and a s

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Buccaneers of the Caribbean: How Piracy Forged an Empire 9780674054172

During the seventeenth century, sea raiders known as buccaneers controlled the Caribbean. Buccaneers were not pirates bu

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A Banker's Journey: How Edmond J. Safra Built a Global Financial Empire 9781635767896

Who was Edmond J. Safra? "The greatest banker of his generation," in the estimation of a former World Bank Pre

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The Jack Vance Lexicon: The coined words of Jack Vance: from abiloid to zygage 9781619471009

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Moscow Prime Time: How the Soviet Union Built the Media Empire that Lost the Cultural Cold War 9781501771422

When Nikita Khrushchev visited Hollywood in 1959 only to be scandalized by a group of scantily clad actresses, his messa

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Which Way to Mecca, Jack?: From Brooklyn to Beirut: The adventures of an American Sheik 9781466834736

Memoir of Arab-American author William Peter Blatty (author of The Excorcist) growing up American in a Lebanese family i

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