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Part of the acclaimed "Special Campaign" series of works intended for serious professional students of military history, each volume is interspersed with strategical and tactical comments and illustrated by numerous sketches. The Russo-Japanese War was fought during 1904 and 1905 between the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over rival imperial ambitions in Manchuria and Korea. The major theatres of operations were the Liaodong Peninsula ...

Part of the acclaimed "Special Campaign" series of works intended for serious professional students of military history each volume is interspersed with strategical and tactical comments and illustrated by numerous sketches. This was the first major military victory in the modern era of an Asian power over a European one. Military scholars continue to debate the historical significance of the war. Good coverage is given to the Battle of Liaoya...

These volumes contain 2, 041 biographical articles and 314 constituency articles. They cover the ascendancy, dominance and fall of Sir Robert Walpole, the Jacobite rebellions of 1715 and 1745 and the difficulties of the Tory party in responding to it.

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This book engages with the question of making sense of seeing in today's technologically dominated world. It does so by exploring the notion of the 'hypermodern', a term which is used to capture the drive in contemporary culture to achieve ever greater speed and efficiency. The volume draws principally on the thought of Paul Virilio and Friedrich Nietzsche. The text's key argument is that destabilizing tendencies, which become increasingly evi...

Excerpt from The Great War in 1914: A Sketch of the Operations in Europe and Asia, With Some Reflexions and ObservationsOwing to the social conditions which the intelligence of Man has created, the savage instincts are kept in check, and consequently modified in certain surroundings, but even in the most civilized and orderly communities an outbreak of savagery, such as a war with another political organization, is not infrequent and, curiousl...

Excerpt from The Indian Mutiny of 1857: A Sketch of the Principal Military EventsFor the facts of the story I have relied on the works of Kaye, Malleson, and Forrest, on Lord Roberts' Forty - one Years in India, and on certain Blue Books most kindly shown me at the Library of the India Office.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduct...

Nietzsche: The Key Concepts is a comprehensive guide to one of the most widely-studied and influential philosophers of the nineteenth century. This invaluable resource helps navigate the often challenging and controversial thought outlined in Nietzschea (TM)s seminal texts. Fully cross-referenced throughout and in an accessible A-Z format with suggestions for further reading, this concise yet thorough introduction explores such ideas as: decad...

Fully cross-referenced throughout and in an accessible A-Z format with suggestions for further reading, this concise yet thorough introduction explores such ideas as: decadence, epistemology, modernity, nihilism, will to power. This volume is essential reading for students of philosophy and will be of interest to those studying in the fields of literature, religion and cultural theory.

Peter R. Sedgwick is reader in philosophy at Cardiff University and the author of Nietzsche: Key Concepts and Nietzsche's Economy.

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As every caterpillar knows, the sky is the limit, as every butterfly knows, that is a lie. When Robert Sedgwick emerged from his poet-cocoon, later in life than most, is very first flight resulted in winning the coveted Best Poetry award for "Left Unlatched" at the San Diego Book Awards. Delicate in flight, certain in purpose, Robert's newest collection defies gravity, and colors the air with the flutter of wings. Enjoy!

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1900) has exerted a decisive and radical influence on the central themes of twentieth-century philosophy, art and literature.This volume collects together for the very first time a record of the key readings which comprise the three principal traditions or methodologies of Nietzsche interpretation: the Anglo-American, German and French traditions. In so doing, the volume provides a vital record of and guide to...

Excerpt from The Great War in 1914: A Sketch of the Operations in Europe and Asia, With Some Reflexions and ObservationsOwing to the social conditions which the intelligence of Man has created, the savage instincts are kept in check, and consequently modified in certain surroundings, but even in the most civilized and orderly communities an outbreak of savagery, such as a war with another political organization, is not infrequent and, curiousl...

Excerpt from The Indian Mutiny of 1857: A Sketch of the Principal Military Events Among the immense mass of literature dealing with the events in India in 1857, 1858, and 1859, there exists no brief general account of the purely military events of the great struggle. This book is a humble attempt to remedy the deficiency, and no one can be more aware than the author of its shortcomings. Nevertheless, in the hope that it may be of some use to ...

Peter R. Sedgwick is reader in philosophy at Cardiff University and the author of Nietzsche: Key Concepts and Nietzsche's Economy.

The Shelf2Life Literature and Fiction Collection is a unique set of short stories, poems and novels from the late 19th to early 20th centuries. From tales of love, life and heartbreaking loss to humorous stories of ghost encounters, these volumes captivate the imaginations of readers young and old. Included in this collection are a variety of dramatic and spirited poems that contemplate the mysteries of life and celebrate the wild beauty of na...