Thomas, Paul A.

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Inside Wikipedia: How it Works and How You Can Be an Editor
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Inside Wikipedia: How it Works and How You Can Be an Editor

Paul A. Thomas | REFERENCE,  Jul 01, 2022

Pair with LJ’s profile of Wikipedia editor Susan Barnum (libraryjournal.com/story/susan-barnum-movers-shakers-2018-advocates) to get fired up for some editing!
The Cold War's Killing Fields: Rethinking the Long Peace
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The Cold War's Killing Fields: Rethinking the Long Peace

Paul Thomas Chamberlin | SOCIAL SCIENCES,  Aug 01, 2018

Chamberlin has done for the Cold War era what Fredrik Logevall's Choosing War did for the Vietnam War. Historians and other informed readers will find much to consider in this significant revisionist work.
Pretty Jane and the Viper of Kidbrooke Lane: A True Story of Victorian Law and Disorder; The First Unsolved Murder of the Victorian Age
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Pretty Jane and the Viper of Kidbrooke Lane: A True Story of Victorian Law and Disorder; The First Unsolved Murder of the Victorian Age

Paul Thomas Murphy | SOCIAL SCIENCES,  Mar 01, 2016

This fascinating account of a Victorian murder, complemented by the added strength of a rich description of the period's society and judicial system, should be a solid addition to academic and true crime collections.
Death on Demand
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Death on Demand

Paul Thomas | MYSTERY,  Oct 01, 2013

New Zealand's irascible cop Tito Ihaka has been MIA since Thomas's last series entry in 1996 (Guerilla Season), and his return pleases on so many levels. Thomas is a past winner of the Ned Kelly Award, and this one looks to be a future nominee as well.
Shooting Victoria
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Shooting Victoria

Paul Thomas Murphy | SOCIAL SCIENCES,  Jul 01, 2012

Some professional historians may find too much authorial license in Murphy's storytelling, but behind the narrative is significant archival research as evidenced by the endnotes and list of works cited. Reading pleasure for all.
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