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On the basis of 1,400 oral histories from the men who were there, bestselling author and World War II historian Stephen E. Ambrose reveals for the first time anywhere that the intricate plan for the invasion of France in June 1944 had to be abandoned...

Nine hundred years ago the Pope initiated one of the most controversial episodes in Christian history by stating that God wanted European knights to wage a fierce and bloody war against Islam and recapture Jerusalem. Thus was the First Crusade born. Its...

"In countries just emerging from dictatorships, societies have been looking to history for models of reparations and justice for the victims. German reparations for the victims of Nazism represents both a model and a warning."-from the Preface...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780719552656Author Schools History ProjectFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Hodder MurrayPublisher Hodder EducationWeight(grams) 606g

The battle of Berlin was truly a battle on an unprecedented scale. The Soviets massed 1,600,000 troops for 'Operation Berlin', and Marshal Zhukov in the centre had half of them, but his initial attack floundered, and was so costly that he had to revise...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780714131092Author Marcel MareeFormat HardbackPage Count 48Imprint British Museum PressPublisher British Museum PressWeight(grams) 220g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780752411279Author Veronica SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint NPI Media GroupPublisher The History Press Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780715376652Author Suzanne BeedellFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint David & CharlesPublisher David & Charles

This is a fascinating collection of stories exploring the less well-trodden byways of Britain's long history of conflicts. From the Romans vs Britons to the war on terror, "Amazing & Extraordinary Facts: the British at War" uncovers the...

The only history and theory textbook to include accessible extracts from a wide range of historical writing. Provides a comprehensive introduction to the theorists who have most inflenced twentieth-century historians. Chapters follow a consistent...

The historian Carol Harris has collected together a remarkable series of accounts from the war's darkest days, with heart-warming stories of survival, perseverance, solidarity and bravery, the preservation of which becomes increasingly important as the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780715389966Author Norman S. NewtonFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint David & CharlesPublisher David & Charles

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780714127262Author John ReeveFormat PaperbackPage Count 16Imprint British Museum PressPublisher British Museum PressWeight(grams) 90g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780719551819Author Dave MartinFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Hodder MurrayPublisher Hodder EducationWeight(grams) 480g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780719579615Author Ian DawsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Hodder MurrayPublisher Hodder EducationWeight(grams) 162g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780719577550Author Dave MartinFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Hodder MurrayPublisher Hodder EducationWeight(grams) 288g

The methods of the US military in conducting the War on Terror have recently come under intense international scrutiny and criticism. But there is much that remains unclear about the realities on the ground, in those cramped cells in the midst of combat...

London at the outset of war in 1939 was the greatest city in the world, the heart of the British Empire. The defiant capital had always been Hitler's prime target and 1945, the last year of the war, saw the final phase of the battle of London. The Civil...

The American Civil Rights Movement: A documentary history collects in a single, brief volume, documents reflecting key aspects of the Civil Rights Movement: the voices of social activists (and opponents), the legal struggle in the courts, and...

Produced to accompany a major exhibition at the British Museum, on view 24 September 2009 - 24 January 2010, this catalogue will explore the dramatic events surrounding the Spanish assault on the Aztec Empire, focusing on the Emperor Moctezuma II who...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780714121680Author Sandy RansfordFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint British Museum PressPublisher British Museum PressWeight(grams) 80g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780714119151Author Sandy RansfordFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint British Museum PressPublisher British Museum PressWeight(grams) 80g

With My Face to the Enemy is a provocative and wide-ranging anthology of essays on the Civil War - America's defining struggle and the first modern war in history. In thirty-five illuminating essays it examines the war from the perspectives critical to...

First published in the mid-eighteenth century, The Old Man's Guide to Health and Longer Life is a lifestyle guide to longevity and good health for old men. Written in an age when the majority of the population didn't live to see their 40th birthday, it...

Mapmaking has always been a serious business, whether surveying property limits, marking international boundaries or plotting lines of travel. Yet cartographers of all periods had a sense of humour, and mapmakers often used their artistic talents to...

Here is a concise, handy guidebook to the best music festivals in England, Wales and Scotland from folk and indie to rock extravaganzas. Comprises a travel guide, gazetteer, seasonal calendar of events and websites all spiced with brilliant features and...

The bestselling, prize-winning author explores the impact of the Second World War - for nations, cities and families around the world. The Second World War was one of the most catastrophic events in human history. But how did the experience and memory of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780620307352Author Al J. VenterPage Count 340Imprint Earthbound PublicationsPublisher Earthbound PublicationsWeight(grams) 648g

No conflict better encapsulates all that went wrong on the Western Front than the Battle of the Somme in 1916. The tragic loss of life and stoic endurance by troops who walked towards their death is an iconic image which will be hard to ignore during the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780669199222Author Karen Ordahl KuppermanFormat PaperbackPage Count 580Imprint D C Heath CanadaPublisher D C Heath CanadaWeight(grams) 792g

Crossrail, the `Elizabeth' line, with its spacious, light-filled stations, is simply the latest way of traversing a very old east-west route through what was once countryside to the old City core and out again. Visiting Stepney, Liverpool Street,...

Over 120 specially-commissioned and colour photographs include the familiar and hidden Manchester, from the grandeur of the civic buildings and other parts of the city's industrial and commercial Victorian heritage, to the inspiring modernism of the new...

This lavishly photographed book will reflect the character of Oxford and make a lasting souvenir of your visit. Look out for more Pitkin Guides on the very best of British history, heritage and travel as well as other books in the Groundcover series.Book...

The events of the period 1485 - 1660 were decisive in the development of modern Wales and, in Hugh Thomas' first in the four-volume "Welsh History Text Books" series, students are presented with a scholarly, balanced and informative discussion...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780705436830Author Tony AllanFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint Time Life UKPublisher Time-Life Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780706240894Author W. R. OwensFormat PaperbackPage Count 348Imprint Ward Lock Educational Co LtdPublisher Ward Lock Educational Co Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780706239225Author Simon EliotFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Ward Lock Educational Co LtdPublisher Ward Lock Educational Co Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780704380301Author Daniel JeffreysFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Quartet BooksPublisher Quartet BooksWeight(grams) 370g

From the exploits of railwaymen at the Front to the secrets of railway spies who worked behind enemy lines; the manufacture of munitions in railway workshops to the role of railways in post-war remembrance - this book explores some of the remarkable...

'No part of the Great War compares in interest with its opening', wrote Churchill. 'The measured, silent drawing together of gigantic forces, the uncertainty of their movements and positions, the number of unknown and unknowable facts made the first...