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The River Rhine and its deita in Holland, protecting Germany's vital industrial area of the Ruhr, helped dictate the course of events in three land campaigns of the Second World War. Some towns and bridges were so important that they were fought for two...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780285629332Author Alexander McKeeFormat HardbackPage Count 300Imprint Souvenir Press LtdPublisher Profile Books Ltd

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The towns of Roman Britain were something entirely new to the island and its population. Before the coming of the Romans, the tribes had had gathering places but Britain was in general an agricultural society. The Romans introduced towns as an essential...

This volume on the life and work of Claude Monet is quite unlike any other book on this popular artist, as for the first time his letters have been brought together with his paintings, pastels and drawings. There are letters to his fellow artists and...

From the survivor of ten Nazi concentration camps who went on to become the City of Boston's Director of Education and created the New England Holocaust Memorial, a wise and intimate memoir about finding strength in the face of despair and an inspiring...

Toward the end of the nineteenth century, the British embarked on a concerted series of campaigns in South Africa. Within three years they waged five wars against African states with the intent of destroying their military might and political...

A not-for-the-squeamish journey back through the centuries to urban England, where the streets are crowded, noisy, filthy, and reeking of smoke and decay Modern city-dwellers suffer their share of unpleasant experiences-traffic jams, noisy neighbors,...

Terry Deary's second instalment of history's terrors and torments, diseases and deaths - this time a little closer to home. Facing feuds and frauds, robberies and riots and the disasters of dangerous drivers, deadly designers and sleepy signalmen,...

WINNER OF THE FRANCO-BRITISH SOCIETY BOOK PRIZE 2016 What did it feel like to be a woman living in Paris from 1939 to 1949? These were years of fear, power, aggression, courage, deprivation and secrets until - finally - renewal and retribution. Even at...

Internationally bestselling historian Antonia Fraser's new book brilliantly evokes a key period of pre-Victorian political and social history - the passing of the Great Reform Bill of 1832. For our inconclusive times, there is an attractive resonance...

HEYDAY brings to life one of the most extraordinary periods in modern history. Over the course of the 1850s, the world was reshaped by technology, trade, mass migration and war. The global economy expanded fivefold, millions of families emigrated to the...

The untold stories of the young women who went out to India during the Raj in search of husbands. From the late 19th century, when the Raj was at its height, many of Britain's best and brightest young men went out to India to work as administrators,...

How much do we really know about the place we call 'home'? In this sweeping, timely book, Nicholas Crane tells the story of Britain. The British landscape has been continuously occupied by humans for 12,000 years, from the end of the Ice Age to the...

This reader, a companion to The Open University's four-volume Art of the Twentieth Century series, offers a variety of writings by art historians and art theorists. The writings were originally published as freestanding essays or chapters in books, and...

Ana Ruiz's fascination with ancient Egypt began 25 years ago, and her delight is clear as she reconstructs and interprets for us life along the Nile. She looks at the ancient Egyptians' family life, their homes and furnishings, food and drink for...

Guerrilla Warfare is Che Guevara's own story of the Cuban revolution. It was written in 1960, just after the 1956-1959 revolution, and originally intended as a manual for other guerrilla movements of Latin America. It grew into Che's classic account of...

Stephen Inwood has written a compelling and comprehensive history of this incredibly unique and complicated city, from the fires and plundering of latterday Londinium to the frenetic art, music and politics of London's last 30 years. This is the updated...

Discover the scope of the world’s history * With exclusive article by Richard Overy * Beginning with the story of early man, and culminating in the rise of global terrorism and environmental issues, the text is a breathtaking and unrivalled narrative...

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Few Welsh scholars in the modern era have served their profession, university and country as admirably as Sir Glanmor Williams, who died, aged eighty four, on 24 February 2005. By dint of intellectual brilliance, far-sighted vision and exceptional...

This text offers a comprehensive picture of women in Wales from the mid-1970s to the late 1990s, taking into account differences between women such as rural/urban variation, ethnic origin and the Welsh language, as well as differences between men and...

This volume covers the history of, and the prospects for, the United Nations. In particular, it explores the contributions made by Welshmen.About the AuthorW. R. Davies is the author of The United Nations at Fifty.Book InformationISBN 9780708313251Author...

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This collection contains ten of the best scholarly essays on significant events and figures over the last two hundred years of the radical tradition in American history. Arranged chronologically, each chapter contains an introduction and one major...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780609801734Author Thomas BuellFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint Crown PublicationsPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 699gDimensions(mm) 234mm...

It covers Southern Africa section of the Cambridge Overseas Syllabus. It describes extensively the pre-colonial societies of Southern Africa: from the earliest peoples through to modern times. It includes a detailed survey of African reaction to the...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910089514Author Jody ThomasFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Tangent BooksPublisher Tangent BooksWeight(grams) 300gDimensions(mm) 260mm * 260mm * 10mm

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorChris Koenig is a writer and journalist and a regular contributor to the Oxford Times.Book InformationISBN 9781908493651Author Chris KoenigFormat PaperbackPage...

Alexander the Great (356-323 BC), King of Macedonia, lived a life of mythical proportions. He modelled himself on Achilles and slept with a copy of the "Iliad", annotated by Aristotle, his teacher, under his pillow. Unrivalled by any historical military...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781904153153Author Travis ElboroughFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Watling St LtdPublisher Flame Tree PublishingWeight(grams) 300g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781904153122Author Natasha NarayanFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Watling St LtdPublisher Flame Tree PublishingWeight(grams) 300g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781904153085Author Christine KidneyFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Watling St LtdPublisher Flame Tree PublishingWeight(grams) 300g

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780977951666Author Arthur C RathburnFormat PaperbackPage Count 268Imprint Fort Dane BooksPublisher Fort Dane BooksWeight(grams) 338g