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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...

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...

"St George and the Dragon" is a supremely beautiful painting. It is an exquisitely rendered vision of a universal tale of good and evil. And it is also an example of how art witnesses and participates in the ebb and flow of world power. For its artist,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467131582Author Jane E. WardFormat PaperbackPage Count 127Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 235mm *...

South Africa offers complete coverage of this fascinating country, including sections on history, geography, wildlife, infrastructure and government, and culture. It also includes a detailed fact file, maps and charts, and a traceable flag.Book...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781335914033Author Dan AbramsFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Hanover Square PressPublisher Hanover Square PressWeight(grams) 513gDimensions(mm) 234mm *...

Spartanburg County, South Carolina, offered an example of the enduring legacy of the southern textile industry, company-owned mill villages, and union struggles of the 1930s. G. C. Waldrep illuminates the complex meshing of community ties and traditions...

Pax Britannica? is a study of Britain's international role and foreign policy during the century of her imperial greatness. The study shows how her foreign policy was affected, and to some extent, dictated by her domestic political issues. In her...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781425137045Author Chris BennettFormat PaperbackPage Count 524Imprint Trafford PublishingPublisher Trafford PublishingWeight(grams) 901gDimensions(mm) 254mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781990048326Author Pamela WoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 372Imprint Otago University PressPublisher Otago University Press

'Brings home the full enormity of the Iraq war' - Simon Jenkins, The GuardianWhen troops invaded Iraq in 2003 to topple Saddam Hussein's regime, most people expected an easy victory. Instead, the gamble we took was a grave mistake, and its ramifications...

The first anthology to address the relationship between the events of the Nazi genocide and the intellectual concerns of contemporary literary and cultural theory in one substantial and indispensable volume. This agenda-setting reader brings together...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781935347248Author Lew FreedmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 17Imprint Epicenter Press (WA)Publisher Epicenter Press (WA)Weight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 213mm...

The Refuge and the Fortress offers an account of academic refugees in Britain, including those who fled Nazi Germany, and through their testimonies, seeks to understand the qualities they bestowed on their adoptive country. It provides an honest...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781846775031Author Norbert LandsheitFormat PaperbackPage Count 276Imprint Leonaur LtdPublisher Leonaur LtdWeight(grams) 354gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250237095Author Bill O'ReillyFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint St. Martin's GriffinPublisher St. Martin's GriffinWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781907242311Author Philip PaveyFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Pomegranate PressPublisher Pomegranate Press

This fascinating collection of over 200 photographs reflects the history, character, life and people of East Belfast over the last one hundred years. In the second half of the nineteenth century, Belfast grew more rapidly than any other city in the...

Why did ancient people in Peru create the Nazca Lines? Who built England's Avebury Circle and why? What is the purpose of Easter Island's huge stone statues? The world is full of unexplained archaeological wonders. With dramatic photos and intriguing...

The books that show you what others only tell you.DK Eyewitness Knight contains amazing photographs that offer your child a unique "eyewitness" view on the life and times of these noble warriors. Did you know caltrops - nasty spiked objects - were...

A history of CanterburyBook InformationISBN 9780752419480Author Marjorie LyleFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint The History Press LtdPublisher The History Press LtdWeight(grams) 460gDimensions(mm) 248mm * 171mm * 10mm

Since 1997 John Lichfield, The Independents correspondent in France, has been sending dispatches back to the newspaper in London. More than transient news stories, the popular Our Man in Paris series consists of essays on all things French. Sometimes...

The River Nene rises in Northamptonshire and flows through the counties of Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire before reaching its outfall at the Wash. It passes Northampton, Wellingborough, Thrapston, Oundle, Peterborough and Wisbech, flowing through flat...

Part of the NEW Ginn History series, these colourful KS2 pupil books cover key moments in world history. The series includes Victorian Britain, Ancient Greece, Explorations and Encounters and Britain since 1930. Photography, cartoons and illustration...

In 1964, an Urban League survey ranked Los Angeles as the most desirable city for African Americans to live in. In 1965, the city burst into flames during one of the worst race riots in the nation's history. How the city came to such a pass - embodying...

This is not a guidebook. This little book brings together past and present to offer a taste of Cheltenham. Learn about the movers and shakers who shaped this fantastic town. The great and the good; the bad and the ugly. Small wonders, tall stories,...

'Utterly gripping. It reads like a thriller.'JON FAINEThis edition contains a new author note with shocking new material that has come to light as a result of the groundbreaking original publication.Investigative journalist Frank Walker's MARALINGA is a...

In 1861, war between the United States and the Chiricahua seemed inevitable. The Apache band lived on a heavily traveled Emigrant and Overland Mail Trail and routinely raided it, organized by their leader, the prudent, not friendly Cochise. When a young...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781873993125Author Brett DolmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Historic Royal PalacesPublisher Historic Royal Palaces

_________________ 'A most valuable contribution to our understanding of one of the key events of the 20th century. Professor Turner has provided by far the most detailed analysis yet of these events, and he enables us to follow every twist and turn...

Sussex was once rich in rural railways. The first line to open, in May 1840, linked Brighton and Shoreham and by September 1841 the service between London and Brighton was completed. It had taken three years to build and during its construction some...

This is a fascinating record of the pivotal event of World War II told through the personal accounts of the German and Soviet soldiers who fought it, the Russian civilians who watched the destruction of their city, and Western onlookers such as diplomats...

'Continual, destruction in the foretop, the pox above board, the plague between decks, hell in the forecastle and the devil at the helm.' It is the summer of 1588, and the fate and future of England hangs in the balance. Obsessed by the dream of...

A history of warfare distilled into 100 momentous battles - epic moments that have shaped our world. From the earliest recorded skirmishes of the ancient world to the computerized conflicts of today, renowned military historian Richard Overy...

This is the first biography of Crossman and its author has had access to the subject's private papers. Both Crossman's personal life and political carrer are scrutinized by the mind of an experienced political commentator. It is shown how a matrimonial...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857565065Author R.T. SharpFormat PaperbackPage Count 178Imprint Janus Publishing CoPublisher Cambridge Media Group

In this ground-breaking book, aimed at new generation of students, Stig Stenslie and Kjetil Selvik provide a new introduction to the contemporary Middle East, using topical questions about stability and change as a way of interrogating the politics,...