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This dictionary provides in-depth coverage of the major historical figures and events of the 20th century. Offering both fact and analysis, Jan Palmowski's reference work should be of interest to a range of readers from students of history, politics, and...

When was the first motorway opened? What did the Levellers believe in? What was the book of sports? Where did the Rebecca riots take place? What prompted the Cat and Mouse Act? How long did the Hundred Years War last? When was the treaty of Worms for?...

"Theseus" is one of four wonderful Greek Hero retellings from Geraldine McCaughrean, with cover illustrations by Jason Cockroft. Geraldine McCaughrean is one of the most highly-acclaimed living children's writers, and is particularly renowned for her...

A vivid chronicle of the first blow in the Irish revolution - by the people who were there In 1947 the Bureau of Military History was established by the Irish government to record the experiences of those who took part in the fight for independence. In...

How did the human brain evolve? Why did it evolve as it did? What is man's place in evolution? In the final decades of the nineteenth century, these questions began to occupy scientists. With Darwin's theory of evolution now accepted, modern neuroscience...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143112396Author Niall FergusonFormat HardbackPage Count 808Imprint Penguin BooksPublisher Penguin Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143067054Author Hindustan TimesFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Penguin Books IndiaPublisher Penguin Books India Pvt Ltd

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060972615Author Richard ShenkmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint HarperPerennialPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060875992Author Andrew RobertsFormat PaperbackPage Count 752Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061896408Author Sid FleischmanFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 1075g

The dramatic story of the largest voyage of discovery in the history of the world, this is an astounding tale of courage, arrogance and adventure on the high seas from the author of 'In the Heart of the Sea'. Headed by the controversial Lieutenant...

A brilliantly entertaining and innovative history of the ancient Athenians’ consuming passions for food, wine and sex. Sex, shopping and fish-madness, Athenian style. This fascinating book reveals that the ancient Athenians were supreme hedonists. Their...

This book is the story of the RAF Typhoon fighter-bombers involved in the battle for Caen in July 1944. Using official squadron histories, log books, interviews with veterans who flew the mighty Typhoon, memories from Alanbrooke, Montgomery, Air Marshal...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780966674866Author Nelson JohnsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 284Imprint Plexus PublishingPublisher Plexus PublishingWeight(grams) 404g

Wales has more castles per square mile than anywhere else in Europe. From the Norman keep at Cardiff to the Welsh stronghold at Criccieth, and Edward I's famous fortifications at Caernarfon and Conway, the castles of Wales tell the fascinating story of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789036618717Author J H J AndriessenFormat HardbackPage Count 600Imprint Rebo International BvPublisher Rebo International BvWeight(grams) 2812g

This accessible text covers the all of the major First World War battles, from Bloody April 1917, when the squadrons suffered enormous casualties, through Third Ypres and Passchendaele to the chaotic retreat from Ludendorff's offensive. Drawing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780907579670Author C.F. RawnsleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Goodall Publications LtdPublisher Crecy Publishing

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The imperial Austrian navy which fought and won the signal victory of Lissa on 20 July 1866, during the so-called Seven Weeks' War of 1866, has in recent years been subjected to more detailed scrutiny than has hitherto been its lot, and it is with an eye...

Why would you trust a Nile crocodile? What happens if your heart weighs more than a feather? How do you make a mummy? Journey back to Ancient Egypt to discover one of history's most fascinating civilisations. With tonnes of stickers and awesome...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916042940Format HardbackImprint Onwe PressPublisher Onwe Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913505066Format PaperbackImprint And Other StoriesPublisher And Other Stories

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912905515Format PaperbackImprint Honno LtdPublisher Honno LtdWeight(grams) 129g

A narrative non-fiction fascinating read, following a young boy and his family and the challenges they face in the late Stone Age, written by award winning Anita Ganeri. Follow the adventures of young Dar as the clan build a mammoth shelter, make Stone...

How long was a knight's sword? How did people escape from a castle under seige? How much does a suit of armour weigh? Answe all these questions and more with over 100 astonoshing facts about the fearless knights of the Middle Ages.Book InformationISBN...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781234567897Author RehmanFormat HardbackPage Count 300Imprint SpringerPublisher Springer

This series of journals takes a close-up look at elite military and law enforcement forces from around the world. Explore these elite units and their missions with atmospheric photos of their equipment and personnel. The 64 page format features colour...

In the aftermath of the Iranian Revolution of 1979, secularist intellectuals became a much-forgotten group. As the new revolutionary elite consolidated, secularists were marginalized, stigmatized, and accused of being ""Westoxicated""...

We've all been there. One minute you're fast asleep, and in the next you're tumbling from dreams of deserts and demons, into semi-consciousness, mouth full of sand, head throbbing. You're hungover. Courageous journalist Shaughnessy Bishop-Stall has gone...

At Waterloo, some 70,000 men under Napoleon and an equal number under Wellington faced one another in a titanic battle. Alessandro Barbero's majestic account combines British and French histories to give voice to all nationions involved. The Battle is a...

Baddesley Clinton was the home of the Ferrers family for 500 years. This long history can be read in its walls. The model of a medieval moated manor house, Baddesley Clinton has much to tell us about Englands historical architecture, although...

A great 20th-century garden and Victorian Gothic Revival restored, Knightshayes is much more than it first appears. Both house and garden were created for local entrepreneurs and philanthropists, the Heath Amorys. Sir John commissioned William Burges to...

The history of art has produced few works as ambitious and as valuable as the AmberRoom. Famous throughout Europe as the 'eighth wonder of the world', its vast and intricately worked amber panels were sent in 1717 by Frederick I of Prussia as a gift to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781904546078Author Peter ClowesFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Churnet Valley BooksPublisher Churnet Valley Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788856403831Author Daniela CaviniFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Edizioni PolistampaPublisher Edizioni PolistampaWeight(grams) 249g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783836560412Author Claire ZimmermanFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Taschen GmbHPublisher Taschen GmbHWeight(grams) 567g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781841933269Author Nigel CawthorneFormat PaperbackImprint Herron Books (Distributed Titles)Publisher Herron Books (Distributed Titles)

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781784282523Author Alex WoolfFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Arcturus PublishingPublisher Arcturus PublishingWeight(grams) 363g