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A history of Canvey IslandBook InformationISBN 9780752411088Author Geoff BarsbyFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint The History Press LtdPublisher The History Press LtdWeight(grams) 300gDimensions(mm) 240mm * 172mm * 10mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840332056Author Peter W. RobinsonFormat HardbackPage Count 48Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 165mm * 178mm * 19mm

Though known the world over for William’s victory in 1066, Hastings was already well populated long before even the Romans came. When they left, sea-raiders came and carved out their own little kingdom and the sea has ever since played a leading role in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780771022760Author Andrew CohenFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint McClelland & Stewart Inc.Publisher McClelland & Stewart Inc.Weight(grams) 274g

Speeches that Made History is a collection of speeches, addresses, declarations and announcements that have shaped history. Some have changed the way people think, others have changed the course of events across the globe - sometimes for the better, at...

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The stones of Romford market-place have echoed for centuries with the cries of the traders of every product imaginable. This book records Romford's history, exploring the days when an important royal palace stood nearby and kings, queens and courtiers...

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Published to mark the 50th anniversary of the commencement of the Berlin airlift, this book describes how, from June 1948 to midsummer 1949, Berlin was blockaded by the Russians and relied on the massive Allied airlift to su rvive.Book InformationISBN...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906887346Author Mike HeathFormat HardbackPage Count 64Imprint PiXZ BooksPublisher PiXZ Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956121110Author John HannavyFormat PaperbackPage Count 132Imprint GW PublishingPublisher Lomond Books

As with the Great War, World War II gave rise to a rich crop of legends, many of which persist in the public consciousness even today. Some are well known, like the Dunkirk story, which portrayed the disaster of 1940 as a victory. Others are more obscure...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840135589Author New Line BooksFormat HardbackPage Count 80Imprint Grange Books LtdPublisher Grange Books Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780711034556Author Pete WatermanFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Ian Allan PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955846700Author Harry GastonFormat PaperbackPage Count 289Imprint Southern Editorial ServicesPublisher Southern Editorial Services

Each mini-guide allows the reader to get to know more about a region's history, linking historical events with places of interest and sites of note, as well as providing an unprecedented visual feast of contemporary photographs, uniforms, badges and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906259013Author Alan AveryFormat PaperbackPage Count 89Imprint Blackthorn PressPublisher Blackthorn Press

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In the early middle ages the Christian presence in the Middle East took a series of blows from often superior Muslim forces, only for a fresh wave of Crusaders to regain territory. But the Fall of Acre in 1291 was the dramatic event that finally brought...

Incorporating recent events in the Native American community as well as additional information gleaned from publications and public resources, this newly redesigned and updated second edition of ""First People"" brings back to the fore this concise and...

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Anyone who has seen The Lion in Winter will remember the vicious, compelling world of the Plantagenets and readers of the romance of Robin Hood will be familiar with the typecasting of Good King Richard, defending Christendom in the Holy Land, and Bad...

'Excellent ... a remarkable achievement and ought to be recognised as one of the most successful histories of the Western Desert and North African fighting yet to have appeared' John Keegan, Daily TelegraphFor the British, the battle fought at El Alamein...

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The histories of nations are never as simple as their legends suggest. George Rosie has been driven by a powerful curiosity about the country he has lived in since he was an Edinburgh schoolboy fifty years ago. This lively mindset has established him as...

Illustrated by over 300 exciting photographs and contains maps of all the major campaigns. It covers the social, military and political history of Nazi Germany and provides a chronological account of one of history's most infamous regimes. Includes boxes...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780992841560Author Hatfield WEAFormat PaperbackPage Count 40Imprint Hatfield Local History SocietyPublisher Hatfield Local History Society

This ground-breaking volume documents women's influence on popular culture in twentieth-century China by examining Yue opera. A subgenre of Chinese opera, it migrated from the countryside to urban Shanghai and morphed from its traditional all-male form...

Napoleon Bonaparte's character and achievements have always divided critics and commentators. In this compelling new biography Frank McLynn draws on the most recent scholarship and throws a brilliant light on this most paradoxical of men - as military...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781576581711Author James HalcombFormat PaperbackPage Count 262Imprint YWAM Publishing,U.S.Publisher YWAM Publishing,U.S.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789462085275Author Rembrandt Van RijnFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint NAI PublishersPublisher Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAi...

A concise and accessible study of the foundations, development and enduring legacy of the cultures of Greece and Rome, centred on ten locations of seminal importance in the development of Classical civilisation. Starting with Troy, where history, myth...

One of Italy's most revered cultural figures reconstructs the extraordinary life of the legendary Cleopatra at the height of her power in this epic story of passion, intrigue, betrayal, and war. Our world today would not be the same without Cleopatra...

With the first world wide war, many new weapons were invented for the battlefield. Learn about the advancement in weapons in this book!Book InformationISBN 9781474748384Author Matt DoedenFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint RaintreePublisher Capstone...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780448462882Author Kathleen KrullFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint G P Putnam's SonsPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 128gDimensions(mm) 194mm *...

The Third Crusade of Richard the Lionheart is well known but the build-up to it less so. The years that led up to the Battle of Hattin in 1187 is resonant with intrigue, plot and counter-plot, and the abuse of power. This book presents the story of those...

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London is in the grip of a terrible plague and Daniel has been locked in his own home, doomed to die alongside his infected family. Can he find a way to escape before he catches the disease, too? And with the streets full of criminals and corrupt plague...