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“alexander morrison”

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  • The Crookshaven Murder

    by Alexander Morrison ...
    A successful mystery novelist gathers a lively house party at his country home and stages an elaborate murder scene for their amusement. The guests are challenged to solve the fictional crime, with their host himself playing the victim. But when the lights come up after the performance, the game has turned real: the supposed victim is dead, stabbed through the heart.The case falls to a village ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD

  • British Butterflies

    by Alexander Morrison Stewart ...
    "British Butterflies" by Alexander Morrison Stewart is a comprehensive exploration of the diverse butterfly species found across the British Isles. The book delves into the intricate details of each species, including their habitats, behaviors, and life cycles. Stewart's meticulous observations and vivid descriptions bring to life the beauty and fragility of these insects, making it an essential ... Read more

    $1.31 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Central Asian Revolt of 1916

    A collapsing empire in the age of war and revolution

    Edited by Alexander Morrison, Cloé Drieu, Aminat Chokobaeva ...
    The 1916 Revolt was a key event in the history of Central Asia, and of the Russian Empire in the First World War. This volume is the first comprehensive re-assessment of its causes, course and consequences in English for over sixty years. It draws together a new generation of leading historians from North America, Japan, Europe, Russia and Central Asia, working with Russian archival sources, oral ... Read more

    $49.99 CAD

  • The Russian Conquest of Central Asia

    A Study in Imperial Expansion, 1814–1914

    by Alexander Morrison ...
    The Russian conquest of Central Asia was perhaps the nineteenth century's most dramatic and successful example of European imperial expansion, adding 1.5 million square miles and at least 6 million people - most of them Muslims - to the Tsar's domains. Alexander Morrison provides the first comprehensive military and diplomatic history of the conquest to be published for over a hundred years. From ... Read more

    $55.99 CAD

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  • A Peace to End All Peace

    The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East

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  • The Crimean War

    A History

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  • The Balkans: Nationalism, War, and the Great Powers, 1804-2012: New and Updated

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  • Setting the East Ablaze

    Lenin's Dream of an Empire in Asia

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    The Ottoman Empire and Germany's Bid for World Power, 1898-1918

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  • The Mongol Conquests

    The Military Operations of Genghis Khan and Sübe'etei

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    War, Revolution, and the Making of the Modern Middle East, 1908-1923

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    An astonishing retelling of twentieth-century history from the Ottoman perspective, delivering profound new insights into World War I and the contemporary Middle EastBetween 1911 and 1922, a series of wars would engulf the Ottoman Empire and its successor states, in which the central conflict, of course, is World War I—a story we think we know well. As Sean McMeekin shows us in this revelatory new ... Read more

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