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¡Presentamos el Atlas de Histología más esperado del año! ¿Te has preguntado alguna vez cómo se ven realmente los tejidos humanos bajo un microscopio? ¡Ahora puedes descubrirlo con nuestro Atlas de Histología, creado con dedicación y experiencia, por parte de la Dra Basov quien es cirujano oral y maxilofacial, docente universitaria, y creadora de contenido. Este excepcional libro ofrece un viaje visual completo a través del maravilloso...
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Following in their best-selling series of Battlefield Guides this is a companion volume to the Holts Western Front South Guide. Between the two, they cover the main WW1 Western Front battlefields. This book covers 15 of the most significant battles of the northern area from Nieuwport to just north of The Somme.
Whether travelling on the ground or in the mind, the reader is carefully guided through the battlefields with a mixture of succinct military...
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A comprehensive guide to the armed conflicts that have shaped our civilizations and our lives.
Aggression. Disruption. Violence. Mortality. The components of war are familiar to us all, but it's often hard to understand how these battles throughout history continue to affect us today. The story of our world, from its earliest beginnings thousands of years BCE to today, is the often the story of our conflicts.
The Atlas of Military History offers a...
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Welcome to Dubai in 2024, a glamorous city where innovation and tradition coexist and modern skylines blend with historic charms! Situated in the centre of the United Arab Emirates, Dubai entices visitors with a striking blend of contemporary wonders, cultural treasures, and thrilling adventures, guaranteeing a voyage that will never be forgotten. Imagine a city where every corner tells a story of history and...
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The Hindenburg Line, or Siegfriedstellung, achieved almost mythical status in the minds of the British public: the strongest defence system the world had then seen, scientifically designed by fortification experts with only one aim, to keep at bay the British Army. So pleased and delighted were the British that church bells were rung when the Line was pierced at Cambrai in November 1917. The new wonder-weapon, the Tank, had shown itself to be capable...
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This book gives readers a direct link to crash sites that can be visited, with accurate grid references, site description and current photographs. It covers some 450 selected sites with emphasis given to those on open access land. The areas covered are: Southern England: Dartmoor and Exmoor 20 entries * Wales 120 entries * Isle of Man 20 entries Peak District 75 entries * Yorkshire Moors: Eastern 20 entries * Lake District 25 entriesPennines: East...
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The Battle of Champion Hill was the decisive land engagement of the Vicksburg Campaign. The May 16, 1863, fighting took place just 20 miles east of the river city, where the advance of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's Federal army attacked Gen. John C. Pemberton's hastily gathered Confederates. The bloody fighting seesawed back and forth until superior Union leadership broke apart the Southern line, sending Pemberton's army into headlong retreat. The victory...
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Nine days before Christmas 1944, Hitler played Germany's last card on which he staked everything to turn the tables in the West. This is the first time that an attempt has been made to cover the entire salient in order to present the battle in our familiar 'then and now' format. Hundreds of miles have been traveled by the author throughout every corner of the battlefield to search out the scenes of past events - every known photograph belonging to...
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Whether readers are planning a trip to Bali or just fantasizing about one, Journey Through Indonesia makes for an unforgettable Indonesia travel guide. With hundreds of full-color photographs, Journey Through Indonesia takes readers on a tour of the world's most magnificent archipelago, a vast island nation with all the diversity of an entire continent. This vibrantly illustrated book is the perfect introduction to this most colorful of countries,...
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With scarcely an interlude, the German-Soviet conflict in World War II lasted for 3 years, 10 months, and 16 days. The conflict seesawed across eastern and central Europe between the Elbe and the Volga, the Alps, and the Caucasus. The total number of troops continuously engaged averaged between 8 and 9 million, and the losses were appalling. Wehrmacht losses numbered between 3 and 3.5 million. Deaths on the Soviet side reached more than 12 million,...
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Mind Maps - 3 Manuscripts in 1 Book, Including: How to Mind Map, How to Focus Your Mind and How to Learn Faster.
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HOW TO MIND MAP:
7 Steps to Master Mind Mapping Techniques, Note-taking, Creative Thinking & Brainstorming Skills.
YOU WILL LEARN:
· What a Mind Map is.
· Why you should use Mind Maps.
· Applications of Mind Mapping.
· Mind Mapping Techniques.
· Rules for Mind Mapping.
· Elements and Principles...
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The radical response to conservative heritage tours and banal day-tripper guides, Rebel Footprints brings to life the history of social movements in the capital. Transporting readers from well-known landmarks to history-making hidden corners, David Rosenberg tells the story of protest and struggle in London from the early nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century.
From the suffragettes to the socialists, from the Chartists to the trade unionists,...
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Western Kentucky: a deadly and expensive war within a war raged there behind the front and often out of the major headlines. In 1862, the region was infested with guerrilla activity that pitted brother against brother and neighbor against neighbor in a personal war that recognized few boundaries. The raiding and fighting took hundreds of lives, destroyed or captured millions of dollars of supplies, and siphoned away thousands of men from the Union...
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