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Now re-issued in a third, updated edition, this book provides a concise, illustrated introduction to the modern history of Greece, from the first stirrings of the national movement in the late eighteenth century to the present day. The current economic...

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Volume 32 of Transactions of the Royal Historical Society (Sixth Series) includes: 'The Making and Breaking of Kinetic Empire: Mobility, Communication and Political Change in the Eastern Mediterranean, c. 950-1100 CE'; 'A (Dis)entangled History of Early...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956302700Author R.M. WaycottFormat PaperbackPage Count 100Imprint HERIANPublisher HERIAN

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780950365671Author John RichardsonFormat HardbackPage Count 264Imprint Historical Publications LtdPublisher Historical Publications LtdWeight(grams) 170g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780948975615Author Brenda J. BuchananFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Millstream BooksPublisher Millstream BooksWeight(grams) 468g

How did people travel in the middle ages? Evidence shows that despite all the likely deterrents danger from man and beast, uncertainty of lodging and food, even the basic matter of finding the way our medieval ancestors moved about far more than we might...

Who were the underdogs who took on British Imperial forces - and beat them? How could an old farmer who had beaten them before (Piet Cronje), and a middle-aged farmer, who did not want to fight them anyway (De La Rey), embarrass Queen Victoria's high...

The follow-up to the author's memoir "This Boy's Life" which describes his experiences during the Vietnam War. As a young officer serving in the Mekong Delta, he ricocheted between boredom, terror and grief for lost friends. Tobias Wolff is the...

"Tales From the Front Line: D - Day" is a chronicle of the build-up and aftermath of the most decisive battle of World War II, told through the tales of the participants who recorded their experiences in letters or diaries, or recounted them...

Under Moctezuma the mighty Aztec empire reached the height of its power; under Moctezuma, the Aztec empire met its ultimate downfall. The Aztecs ruled from the island metropolis of Tenochtitlan which, by the fifteenth century, stretched from the Gulf...

`A fascinating book, readable and illuminating.' Times Literary SupplementReviews`A fascinating book, readable and illuminating.' - Times Literary Supplement`Succeeds in a task that many would have thought impossible, namely, to write a lucid and...

This new title is a totally rewritten version of The Nature of History, first published in 1970, with revised editions in 1981, and again in 1989. Addressing the key questions of what history is, and why and how one studies it, this is a positive...

*Shortlisted for the 2018 Baillie Gifford Prize* *Shortlisted for the Specsavers National Book Awards 2018* *A top 10 Sunday Times bestseller* 'THE BEST TRUE SPY STORY I HAVE EVER READ' JOHN LE CARRE A thrilling Cold War story about a KGB double agent,...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400077861Author Solomon VolkovFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 374gDimensions(mm) 201mm *...

*A TABLET AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BOOK OF THE YEAR* Shortlisted for the Wingate Literary Prize 'A tremendous feat of storytelling, propelled by numerous twists and revelations, yet anchored by a deep moral seriousness . . . Enthralling' Guardian ...

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A biography of Lewis Morris, map-maker, duty collector and mineworks supervisor who was one of the foremost literary figures of 18th century Wales.About the AuthorAlun R. Jones was educated at the universities of Oxford and Cardiff, and is a civil...

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Somewhere in France represents a virtually unique archive of the First World War and the conditions under which ordinary soldiers lived. Through his father's first-hand account, Geoffrey Whittaker explores the world of a Tommy in the trenches, covering...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780890157572Author Bill GronemanFormat PaperbackPage Count 212Imprint Eakin PressPublisher Eakin PressWeight(grams) 252gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 11mm

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Operation OVERLORD June 1944 was the greatest seaborne invasion, indeed the greatest military endeavour, of all time. Though eventually a brilliant victory, and duly celebrated as a triumph of intelligence, planning, combined operations and...

Saddle up for a wild ride through those thrilling days of yesteryear. In Stories of the Old West, Steven Price serves up a heapin' helpin' of tales of America's frontier days: ranches and rodeos, lawmen and desperadoes, saloons and gunslingers,...

This book offers a detailed investigation of naval diplomacy, past and present, and challenges the widely accepted Anglo-American school of sea power thought. Despite the acknowledgement of the importance of the threat or use of force in the pursuit of...

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War words have embedded themselves in our collective psyche; British politicians are fond of invoking the 'Dunkirk spirit' whenever the country is faced with major crisis or even minor adversity, and Roosevelt's famous description of Pearl Harbor as 'a...

The truth about Christmas - its traditions unravelled! Have you ever wondered: - Who decided to celebrate Jesus' birthday on 25th December . . . and why? - Who exactly was Saint Nicholas? - Why do we kiss under the mistletoe? - When was the first...

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From 1860 to 1890 the United States military engaged in war after war with the indigenous peoples of the West. Although numerous treaties recognized the rights of individual tribes, the U.S. government often did nothing to stop settlers from expanding...

The photographer and filmmaker Raymond Depardon and the writer Jean-Claude Guillebaud belong to a generation who grew up with the word 'Vietnam' on their lips. As journalists, both had covered the Vietnam War until 1972. after twenty long years - of...

Christopher Columbus is one of the most famous explorers of all time, but he was neither the first nor last adventurer to ever stumble upon a great discovery. From the Silk Road of Asia to the icy shores of Antarctica, our knowledge of the world today is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956975508Author Jan MorrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 76Imprint Christ ChurchPublisher Christ Church

The lives and aspirations of young Chinese (those between 14 and 26 years old) have been transformed in the past five decades. By examining youth cultures around three historical points - 1968, 1988 and 2008 - this book argues that present-day youth...

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Today we face America's most terrifying enemy ever: an indigenous insurgent army made up of millions of our own citizens. We snipe at each other from behind impregnable barricades of cynicism, mocking efforts to move ahead and scoffing at once-cherished...