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This book tells the dramatic story of the economic, social, political, and cultural transformation of Europe during the transition from the Cold War to the European Union. Ivan Berend charts, in particular, the overwhelming impact of the collapse of...

Originally published in 1998 by Simon and Schuster, this book starts at 00:01 hours, June 7, 1944 on the Normandy beaches and ends at 02:45 hours, May 7, 1945, covering the battles in the hedgerows of Normandy, the breakout of Saint-Lo, the liberation of...

This book is based on extensive interviews which the author conducted with the older citizens of Glasgow. They reminisced happily about their childhood and youth in the main. The oldest was almost 100, so first-hand memories go back to almost 1890, but...

This is the only short study in English to survey Germany's foreign policy from a German viewpoint across the entire inter-war period. The approach, which sets Germany in her full European context, is not narrowly diplomatic; and it gives as much...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789602260852Author David Arthur ThomasFormat PaperbackPage Count 234Imprint Efstathiadis GroupPublisher Efstathiadis GroupWeight(grams) 225g

The Roman emperor Hadrian, who lived from 76 to 138 AD was a hugely influential figure whose architectural legacy is obvious even today. However, he was also contradictory and mysterious: he was a Spaniard who became emperor at Rome; he was a popular,...

This book examines the history of the Russian peoples from the time of the first inhabitants of "Old Russia", or "Rus", up to the present day.About the AuthorRobin Milner-Gulland is Professor of Russian and East European Studies at the University of...

Richard McMurry compares the two largest Confederate armies, assessing why Lee's Army of Northern Virginia was more successful than the Army of Tennessee. His bold conclusion is that Lee's army was a better army--not just one with a better high command...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906784119Author Deirdre BeddoeFormat PaperbackPage Count 318Imprint Honno LtdPublisher Honno LtdWeight(grams) 380g

The armies that marched to war in 1914 were unique in composition, spirit and outlook. Modern warfare demanded the mobilisation of the entire population and the recruitment of a socially diverse citizen-army; how would the innocent generation respond to...

A collection of images providing personal histories from around the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct.About the AuthorAmy Douglas and Fiona Collins are keen local historians, with a particular interest in oral history. Amy Douglas has previously written Evesham...

As a youth, Henry VIII was a magnificent specimen of manhood, and in age a gargantuan wreck, but even in his prime he was never the 'ladies man' which legend, and his own imagination, created. Sexual insecurity undermined him, and gave his will that...

A pocket-sized guide to who's who and what's what in the First World War. The alphabetical entries not only cover leaders and battles but quirky items such as songs, superstitions and slang, making it a perfect little book to dip into. Throughout there...

Join a wonderful cast of bouncy, energetic bunnies as they enjoy all their favourite activities! This joyous board book is brought to life by the incomparable Axel Scheffler, illustrator of The Gruffalo and Zog. ...

The name of Francis I and his emblem, the salamander, are familiar to the many thousands of tourists who visit the chateaux of the Loire each year. But what sort of monarch was he? Whereas in his own day he was acclaimed as 'the great king Francis', in...

A history of Walberswick to Felixstowe.Book InformationISBN 9781845883294Author Humphrey PhelpsFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Nonsuch PublishingPublisher Nonsuch PublishingWeight(grams) 160gDimensions(mm) 168mm * 124mm * 10mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780395410554Author Winston S. ChurchillFormat PaperbackPage Count 724Imprint Houghton Mifflin (Trade)Publisher Houghton MifflinWeight(grams) 1250g

This military history examines the Second Waffen-SS division, covering its formation, through to its involvement in the invasion of poland, Holland, France, the Balkans and Kursk on the Eastern Front, and on to Hitler's final defeat.Book InformationISBN...

By the author of "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee", this work portrays life in the American West from 1840 to the turn of the century. It interweaves stories of native Americans, ranchers and settlers, profiling figures such as Geronimo, Billy the Kid and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780851244822Author Bill BourneFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint Spokesman BooksPublisher Spokesman Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781847340795Author David ErskineFormat HardbackPage Count 624Imprint Naval & Military Press LtdPublisher Naval & Military Press LtdWeight(grams)...

This history of medieval warfare, originally written in 1885 when its author-later one of the great medievalists-was still an undergraduate at Oxford, remains for students and general readers one of the best accounts of military art in the Middle Ages...

After a late and shaky start because of the jealousies of local agricultural societies, the Welsh National Agricultural Society founded in 1904 (to be renamed the Royal Welsh Agricultural Society in 1922) was to surmount many problems and difficulties in...

This volume covers major submarine campaigns during World War II, describing operations of the British, American, Japanese and Italian submarine and anti-submarine forces. Experiences of submarine and anti-submarine warfare are featured, from the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780903521284Author Anthony FaulkesFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Viking Society for Northern ResearchPublisher Viking Society for Northern...

First published in 1932, The Indians of Canada remains the most comprehensive works available on Canada's Indians. Part one includes chapters on languages, economic conditions, food resources, hunting and fishing, dress and adornment, dwellings, travel...

Trunk Monkeys: The Life of a Contract Soldier in Iraq tells the true story of operators from a private military contractor working in Iraq shortly after the Gulf War. From the perspective of grizzled veteran Lewis Steiner who had left the British Army to...

In The House I Live In, award-winning historian Robert J. Norrell offers a truly masterful chronicle of American race relations over the last one hundred and fifty years. This scrupulously fair and insightful narrative-the most ambitious and wide-ranging...

In an age of backroom generals who command from far behind troop lines, it is often forgotten that wars have been won or lost by the personality and leadership of a maverick commander. In twelve riveting portrait, best-selling historian, Robert Harvey,...

Politics and the Rise of the Press compares the rise of the newspaper press in Britain and France, and assesses how it influenced political life and political culture. From its social, economic and political sources, to its importance for the middling...

Alexander the Great's empire stretched across three continents and his achievements changed the nature of the ancient world. But for all his military prowess and success as a conqueror, John Grainger argues that he was one of history's great failures...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780708311288Author Peter D. G. ThomasFormat PaperbackPage Count 111Imprint University of Wales PressPublisher University of Wales Press

A collection of essays on various incidents of European history that occurred in the 1930s which build up an image of Europe on the brink. Episodes are linked to illustrate this, such as the Stavinsky affair in France, the murder of Ernst Roehm, and the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781904153023Author Travis ElboroughFormat 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 9781900437110Author Tal WilliamsFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Cyhoeddiadau BarddasPublisher Cyhoeddiadau Barddas

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785623004Author Alan LlwydFormat PaperbackPage Count 210Imprint Gomer PressPublisher Gomer Press

In 1940, King George VI, deeply impressed with the heroism of servicemen out of the front line and civilians non-combatants in acts connected with the war such as bomb disposal, rescues after air raids, instituted the George Cross for 'For Gallantry'...

The First World War marked the emergence of the Dominions on the world stage as independent nations, none more so than Australia. The country's sacrifice at Gallipoli in 1915, and the splendid combat record of Australian troops on the Western Front not...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780992695002Author Mark BakerFormat PaperbackImprint Truth DepartmentPublisher Truth Department