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Since 1854 the Victoria Cross has been the highest award for gallantry in the British Armed Forces. It bears the simple legend 'For Valour', but behind it are thrilling and ultimately humbling tales of unimaginable bravery. SUPREME COURAGE tells the...

Since 1854 the Victoria Cross has been the highest award for gallantry in the British Armed Forces. It bears the simple legend 'For Valour', but behind it are thrilling and ultimately humbling tales of unimaginable bravery. SUPREME COURAGE tells the...

Patricia Crawford demonstrates how the consideration of gender is central to our understanding of religious history. Women and Religion has three broad themes: the role and experience of women in the religious upheaval in the period from the Reformation...

"No city preserves the memory and signature of so many men. The past and the dead have here as it were, a corporate life..." Edward Thomas is now best known for the poetry he wrote between 1914 and his untimely death at Arras in 1917. But during his...

A history of Bedminster.Book InformationISBN 9780752410661Author Anton BantockFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint The History Press LtdPublisher The History Press LtdWeight(grams) 300gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 165mm * 10mm

The history of Germany is intricately woven. Threaded in time through its struggles and triumphs with religion, industrialisation, enlightenment, politics, unification, and war.In A Brief History of Germany, Jeremy Black questions how the Germany we know...

As soon as we set foot in Chester we are taken back to the Middle Ages; time seems to have slipped backwards. Is it a dream? Or are these decorated timber-framed houses, like big doll's houses, actually for ordinary habitation. We look around and see a...

In the second half of the twelfth century, the Catholic Church became convinced that dualist heresy was taking root within Christian society and that it was particularly strong in southern France. The nature and extent of this heresy and the reaction of...

The story of the Crossley Heath School is ongoing and is one of significant acedemic success, which is fitting because the school is the product of the amalgamation of two rival establishments, Heath Grammar School and Crossley and Porter Grammar School,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781871164862Author Maureen AttwoollFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint Dorset BooksPublisher Halsgrove

Glass plays an essential role in our lives and has done for centuries. Glass has not always been so ubiquitous and this book charts the development of the English glass industry from the medieval period to recent times. Medieval glass was a scarce,...

Collected here for the first time are the remarkable and moving stories of the 27 British recipients of the 'Hero of the Holocaust' award. During one of the darkest times in human history they refused to stand by and do nothing; risking their lives to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780954375904Author Mark DavisonFormat PaperbackPage Count 76Imprint Mark DavisonPublisher Mark Davison

A key element of the American dream is an unwavering belief in its uniqueness. Somehow, it has become an article of faith that the United States emerged from the political mists of 1776 as a fully formed and unparalleled political entity without a past...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648249344Author Alan P LandauFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint Alandau P/LPublisher Alandau P/LWeight(grams) 148g

This fascinating collection of over 200 old photographs of Southport shows how the town has changed over the last one hundred years. Drawing on his own extensive collection of local picture postcards and memorabilia the author has selected photographs...

Covering the sweep of Russian history from empire to Soviet Union to post-Soviet state, Russia's Long Twentieth Century is a comprehensive yet accessible textbook that situates modern Russia in the context of world history and encourages students to...

This collection of essays looks at the history of African people in Britain mainly over the past 200 yearsBook InformationISBN 9780714641072Author David KillingrayFormat PaperbackPage Count 252Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams)...

A history of one of the UK's most famous food products from well-known Melton Mowbray pork pie expert Trevor Hickman.About the AuthorTrevor Hickman is a well-known local historian, best-selling author and publisher. Some of his previous titles are...

In 1939, North Northumberland shared a proud tradition of military service with it s wider region and this was reflected in the huge numbers of men and women from the area who came forward for service in the military or in roles such as the Home Guard,...

The end of the Cold War, which occurred early in the 1990s, brought joy and freedom to millions. But it posed a difficult question to the world's governments and to the academics who studied them: how would world order be remade in an age no longer...

Professor Roger Woodard brings together a group of the world's most authoritative scholars of classical myth to present a thorough treatment of all aspects of Greek mythology. Sixteen original articles guide the reader through all aspects of the ancient...

From the age of Homer until late antiquity the culture of ancient Greece and Rome was permeated by images of Greek myths. Gods and heroes were represented as statues, on vase and wall paintings, on temples, on sarcophagi as well as in other media. This...

Clearly organised under A-Level topicsSusan Doran highly thought of for England and Europe (Seminar Study)Very little in same format on English church in this periodDiscusses interpretations of historiansAbout the AuthorSusan DoranBook InformationISBN...

Cheerfully unpretentious and brash with all the trimmings one would expect of a traditional seaside resort, Blackpool remains the iconic resort town, but there is more to its richly coloured history than you might think. This absorbing collection of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781399951685Author Richard WattFormat PaperbackPage Count 652Imprint Guston Gate PublishingPublisher Guston Gate Publishing

Interpretative study of the Hitler state now available in English. Important contribution to the study of totalitarian states. Reviews'We are fortunate that at long last this book is available to English-speaking students.'The Times Higher Education...

Granted city status in 2002, Preston is one of England's newest cities. However the area's history dates back to Roman times when travelling legions set up a camp midway along the road between Luguvalium (Carlisle) and Mamucium (Manchester). Since then a...

Temples have been places of worship, a focus for spirituality and a place for communities to gather since the earliest days of human civilisation. The first temples date back to ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt, deriving from the cult of deities and...

The Golden Thread is an enthralling and accessible history of the cultural miracle that is the written word. It is an invention that has been used to share ideas in every field of human endeavour, and a motor of cultural, scientific and political...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908699930Author James CrawfordFormat HardbackPage Count 600Imprint Old Street PublishingPublisher Old Street Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908699930Author James CrawfordFormat HardbackPage Count 600Imprint Old Street PublishingPublisher Old Street Publishing

This fascinating selection of photographs illustrates the extraordinary transformation that has taken place in Bexley during the 20th century. The book offers an insight into the daily lives and living conditions of local people and gives the reader...

Swansea has a rich, absorbing past, which is uniquely reflected in this delightful, full-colour compilation. Contrasting a selection of forty-five archive images alongside modern photographs taken from the same location, this new book reveals the...

The Britain of 600-800 AD was populated by four distinct peoples; the British, Picts, Irish and Anglo-Saxons. They spoke 3 different languages, Gaelic, Brittonic and Old English, and lived in a diverse cultural environment. In 600 the British and the...

A dogged enemy of Hitler, resolute ally of the Americans, and inspiring leader through World War II, Winston Churchill is venerated as one of the truly great statesmen of the last century. But while he has been widely extolled for his achievements, parts...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789954942512Author Abdeslam HamraniFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Bibliotheque Nationale Du Royaume Du MarocPublisher Bibliotheque Nationale Du...

From humble beginnings at Fairlie, Ayrshire, in the early years of the nineteenth century, William Fife and Son grew to become one of Britain's premier yacht-building yards, attracting commissions from as far afield as America, Canada and America. By...

In this book, Gavin Francis writes about the resonance for him as a medic in reading the work of early modern polymath Sir Thomas Browne. Sir Thomas Browne (1605-1682) was an English physician, wordsmith, and polymath who contributed hundreds of words...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780244203870Author Adam YAMEYFormat PaperbackPage Count 170Imprint Lulu Press IncPublisher Lulu Press Inc