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By the middle of 1918 the British Army had successfully mastered the concept of 'all arms' warfare on the Western Front. This doctrine, integrating infantry, artillery, armoured vehicles and - crucially - air power, was to prove highly effective and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783949573019Author Timothy O'GradyFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Greenisland PressPublisher Elsinor Verlag e.K.Weight(grams) 568g

Fifty Key Thinkers on History is an essential guide to the most influential historians, theorists and philosophers of history. The entries offer comprehensive coverage of the long history of historiography ranging from ancient China, Greece and Rome,...

This easy-to-use guide, completely revised and updated in clear, concise prose, features more than hundreds of sites in 31 states--solemn battlefields, gracious mansions, state parks, cemeteries, memorials, museums, and more. Specific directions, hours,...

A lively social history of the roles of men and women - from workplace to household, from parish church to alehouse, from market square to marriage bed. Robert Shoemaker investigates such varied topics as crime, leisure, the theatre, religious...

This book is the authoritative introduction to the history of black civil rights in the USA. It provides a clear and useful guide to the political, social and cultural history of black Americans and their pursuit of equal rights and recognition from 1865...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857101235Author Terry TownsendFormat HardbackPage Count 136Imprint PiXZ BooksPublisher PiXZ Books

"Cartoon History of the Modern World" is a wickedly funny take on modern history. In two volumes of engaging and witty graphics, Larry Gonick covers the history, personalities, and big topics that have shaped our universe over the past five centuries...

The true story of one family's struggle in the chaos of Germany's defeat in 1945'Outstanding' The Times'The most interesting personal document which has come out of Germany since the war' Philip Magnus, Time and TideTowards the end of the Second World...

From it's scenic vantage point on the North Devon coast, the seaside town of Ilfracombe has seen many changes in its long history. In this unique selection of 220 old images from the archives of the Ilfracombe Museum, many of which are previously...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909446076Author Michael MansonFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Bristol Books CICPublisher Bristol Books CIC

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781859837832Author Carol TwinchFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint DB PublishingPublisher DB Publishing

'It was said to me, "Better have a little of the plantation manner of speech than not; 'tis not best that you seem too learned."' Appearing in 1855, My Bondage and My Freedom is the second autobiography written by Frederick Douglass (1818-95), a man...

Privacy: A Short History provides a vital historical account of an increasingly stressed sphere of human interaction. At a time when the death of privacy is widely proclaimed, distinguished historian, David Vincent, describes the evolution of the concept...

Ray Wills writes with a wide assortment of imagery and distinctive poetry throughout. It is a non fiction work largely based on a wealth of findings from Rays intensive research into Gypsy life with interviews and accounts from both travellers and their...

Dick Ringler's deceptively simple translation captures the rhythm, movement, and power of the original Old English poem while employing a fluid modern English style and a relatively spare vocabulary. His generous Introduction, a lively yet masterly guide...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857101242Author Mike CopeFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint PiXZ BooksPublisher PiXZ Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780380807925Author Paul Robert WalkerFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 262g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780380806430Author Walter EdgarFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 200g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781787109605Author Ian LockwoodFormat HardbackPage Count 564Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers

JFK, Karl Marx, the Pope, Aristotle Onassis, Howard Hughes, Fox Mulder, Bill Clinton, both George Bushes-all have been linked to vastly complicated global (or even galactic) intrigues. Two years after Mark Fenster first published Conspiracy Theories, the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910860014Author Brian LaveryFormat HardbackPage Count 440Imprint The Pool of London PressPublisher The Pool of London Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781788550048Author Olwen PurdueFormat HardbackPage Count 328Imprint Irish Academic Press LtdPublisher Irish Academic Press Ltd

Sheperd Paine did more than anyone to elevate modeling to the level of an art form - one that includes elements of painting, sculpting, research, and storytelling. Building and painting miniature figures, armor, aircraft, and ships with equal skill, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781999326302Author Paul MylesFormat PaperbackPage Count 114Imprint The Thomas Paine Society UKPublisher The Thomas Paine Society UK

Transgender studies is the latest area of academic inquiry to grow out of the exciting nexus of queer theory, feminist studies, and the history of sexuality. Because transpeople challenge our most fundamental assumptions about the relationship between...

Comprising relevant selections from the four ancient writers whose portraits of Alexander the Great still survive--Arrian, Diodorus, Plutarch, and Quintus Curtius--this volume provides a complete narrative of the important events in Alexander's life. The...

Digital history is an emerging field that draws on digital technology and computational methods. A global enterprise that invites scholars worldwide to join forces, it presents exciting and novel ways we might explore, understand and represent the past...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840333909Author Craig StathamFormat PaperbackPage Count 56Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingWeight(grams) 177gDimensions(mm) 174mm...

The amazing story of a small island in the South Pacific, its music and culture and its gifts to the worldBook InformationISBN 9780244333553Author Ruth FinneganFormat PaperbackPage Count 204Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.com

This fascinating collection of over 200 photographs of Ilkley, covering more than a century of history, has been compiled by local author Mike Dixon. All aspects of life in the area are here, from natural disasters, such as the Ilkley flood of 1900, and...

Brierley Hill was one of those Black Country towns which was identified by the work that went on within its boundaries. Everyone knows that Brierley Hill made steel and sausages and fine pieces of glassware. These activities are now in the past but the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451529404Author Max I. DimontFormat PaperbackPage Count 572Imprint Signet ClassicsPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 280g

Subalterns and Raj presents a unique introductory history of India with an account that begins before the period of British rule, and pursues the continuities within that history up to the present day. Its coverage ranges from Mughal India to...

Constructed on 90 acres of land donated by Lord Wimborne for the express purpose of building a People's Park, Poole Park has catered for the town's residents through the decades with a variety of features, including a freshwater lake and duck pond,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781784619503Author Tudur OwenFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Y LolfaPublisher Y Lolfa

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781784619503Author Tudur OwenFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Y LolfaPublisher Y Lolfa

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780852445440Author Allan ChapmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 456Imprint GracewingPublisher Gracewing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789391165086Author Kanti BajpaiFormat HardbackPage Count 296Imprint Juggernaut PublicationPublisher Juggernaut PublicationWeight(grams) 381gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780244324599Author Robert CunliffeFormat PaperbackImprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.comWeight(grams) 150g