Feted and Feared

Being Feared: The Micro-Dynamics of Fear and Insecurity 3030615448, 9783030615444

This book presents an alternative approach to understanding fear and crime by examining those who are feared or who caus

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Nationalists Who Feared the Nation: Adriatic Multi-Nationalism in Habsburg Dalmatia, Trieste, and Venice 9780804778497

A history of the efforts of community leaders and intellectuals in Venice, Trieste, and Dalmatia to create a multi-natio

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Being Feared: The Micro-Dynamics of Fear and Insecurity [1st ed.] 9783030615444, 9783030615451

This book presents an alternative approach to understanding fear and crime by examining those who are feared or who caus

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Portuguese Commandos: Feared Insurgent Hunters, 1961-1974 (Africa@War) 9781911096320, 191109632X

During the 13-year insurgency (1961–74) in Portuguese Africa, more than 800,000 men and women served in the Portuguese a

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Atomic America: How a Deadly Explosion and a Feared Admiral Changed the Course of Nuclear History 1439158282, 9781439158289

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Savage summit: the true stories of the five women who climbed K2, the world's most feared mountain 9780061753527, 0061753521

Though not as tall as Everest, the "Savage Mountain" is far more dangerous. Located on the border of China and

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Hitman: The Untold Story of Johnny Martorano, Whitey Bulger’s Enforcer and the Most Feared Gangster in the Underworld 9780765326393, 2010036511, 9781429992114

From the New York Times best-selling author of The Brothers Bulger comes the story of Johnny Martorano, whom the FBI cal

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Omai: First Polynesian Ambassador to England—The True Story of His Voyage There in 1774 with Captain Cook; of How He was Feted by Fanny Burney, Approved by Samuel Johnson; Entertained by Mrs Thrale & Lord Sandwich; and Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds 9780824885250

An account of how a "noble savage" from Tahiti was lionized by literary and social circles in England and beca

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and and Space

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Love, history and emotion in Chaucer and Shakespeare: Troilus and Criseyde and Troilus and Cressida 9781784996796

This unique collection of essays explores medieval and early modern Troilus texts from Chaucer to Shakespeare.

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