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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...

In a career spanning forty years, Angus Roxburgh lived and worked in Russia as a literary translator, as Moscow correspondent of the Sunday Times and the BBC, and as a media consultant to the Kremlin. He witnessed Russian history unfolding at first hand...

The British are well known for their unique sense of humour - for the ability to see the funny side even in the most dire situation - and it was that humour that helped the nation through the dark days of the Second World War. In this heartwarming, often...

My GPO in London looks at the origins of the General Post Office (and BT) as it developed in the St. Paul's Cathedral area of the City. Step back in telecom's time... Learn the importance of the Central Telegraph Office and the 10 am Chronopher. Discover...

A collection of images accompanied by captions which explores the historic borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme.Book InformationISBN 9780752436722Author Neil CollingwoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint The History Press LtdPublisher The History Press...

From the bestselling author of 'Elizabeth and Mary', the remarkable love story of Dorothy Osborne and Sir William Temple, set against the turbulence and romance of 17th-century England. Sir William Temple (1628-99), handsome and intelligent, son of a...

Communism has cast a long shadow over Romania. The passage of little over a quarter of a century since the overthrow in December 1989 of Romania's last Communist leader, Nicolae Ceausescu, offers a symbolic standpoint from which to penetrate that shadow...

For much of the twentieth century, Ireland has been synonymous with conflict, the painful struggle for its national soul part of the regular fabric of life. And because the Irish have emigrated to all parts of the world-while always remaining...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840339314Author Frank BeattieFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 174mm * 240mm * 4mm

The book represents an earthquake in genocide studies, particularly in the field of Armenian Genocide research. A unique feature of the Armenian Genocide has been the long-standing efforts of successive Turkish governments to deny its historicity and to...

Based on more than thirty years archival research, this history of the Jewish and German-Jewish community of Hamburg is a unique and vivid piece of work by one of the leading historians of the twentieth century. The history of the Holocaust here is fully...

Themes in Modern European History 1780-1830 is an authoritative and lively exploration of a period dominated by events which have shaped modern Europe. In a series of articles, six leading academics present some controversial conclusions:* the east/west...

In 2000, a sixteenth-century manuscript containing a copy of a previously unknown play in Middle Cornish, probably composed in the second half of the fifteenth century, was discovered among papers bequeathed to the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth...

Chartism is an essential introduction to the movement, and examines the controversial debates surrounding the topic. As well as providing a concise period background, the author includes discussion of:* the Chartists' economic, legislative and political...

The Vietnam War examines this conflict from its origins up until North Vietnam's victory in 1975. Historian Mitchell K. Hall's lucid account is an ideal introduction to the key debates surrounding a war that remains controversial and disputed in American...

The county of Tripoli in what is now North Lebanon is arguably the most neglected of the so-called 'crusader states' established in the Middle East at the beginning of the twelfth century. The present work is the first monograph on the county to be...

During the middle ages, belief in God was the single more important principle for every person, and the all-powerful church was the most important institution. It is impossible to understand the medieval world without understanding the religious vision...

This book, written in a storytelling style, presents many of the abiding beliefs and traditions of the Hopi Native Americans. A compelling narrative steeped in the unique legacy of the Hopis, this text seeks to explain the tribal structures and practices...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060090265Author Cokie RobertsFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint HarperPerennialPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 340g

This fascinating volume of old images traces some of the development in Woking during the 1920s and early 1930s. Drawn from the archive of Woking photographer Sidney Francis, this collection of over 200 photographs, many never before published,...

In the early hours of June 26, 1948, phones began ringing across America, waking up the airmen of World War II-pilots, navigators, and mechanics-who were finally beginning normal lives with new houses, new jobs, new wives, and new babies. Some were given...

The Waffen SS were Hitler's elite forces during WWII. They were the forces that were feared by the enemy and praised by their allies. During the Nuremberg Trials, the Waffen SS was condemned as part of a criminal organization, however, the Nuremberg...

A reproduction of the original 1943 book, featuring a guide to all the historic pubs in the city.About the AuthorMaurice Fells has lived in Bristol all his life and regularly writes for the Bristol Evening Post local history supplement, 'Bristol Times'...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906011185Author George Paloczi-HorvathFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Eland Publishing LtdPublisher Eland Publishing Ltd

Freedom's Sword is the first history to detail the remarkable, lasting achievements of the NAACP's first sixty years. From its pivotal role in overturning the Jim Crow laws in the South to its twenty-year court campaign that culminated with Brown v. the...

This is a succinct, timely introduction to one of the most highly charged political questions which has dominated British politics since 1945: Britain's position in Europe. The study traces the evolution of British policy towards Europe since 1945,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781602063211Author Anna B KingsfordFormat PaperbackPage Count 456Imprint Cosimo ClassicsPublisher Cosimo ClassicsWeight(grams) 576gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

Postcolonial states and metropolitan societies still grapple today with the divisive and difficult legacies unleashed by settler colonialism.Whether they were settled for trade or geopolitical reasons, these settler communities had in common their...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781566082174Author Mick NapierFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Meriwether PublishingPublisher Meriwether PublishingWeight(grams) 458gDimensions(mm)...

European Military Rivalry, 1500-1750: Fierce Pageant examines more than 200 years of international rivalry across Western, Central, and Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean rim.The book charts the increasing scale, expenditure and duration of early...

The study of colour has become familiar territory in anthropology, linguistics, art history and archaeology. Classicists, however, have traditionally subordinated the study of colour to form. By drawing together evidence from contemporary philosophers,...

General Charles James Napier was sent to confront the tens of thousands of Chartist protestors marching through the cities of the North of England in the late 1830s. A well-known leftist who agreed with the Chartist demands for democracy, Napier managed...

Cider is a drink whose time has come. Twenty years ago it was a minority taste competing with lager for a share of the keg-and-can market, and much favoured by under-age and problem drinkers for its strength and cheapness. Since then its popularity has...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061431395Author Mark SteinFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 262gDimensions(mm) 202mm...

From Byzantium to the Mongols to the Sultans of Rum, this acclaimed book offers an important insight into the evocative history of Turkey before the coming of Ottoman power. Turkey forms a historical bridge between Europe and Asia and as such has played...

Praise for the first edition:'This is an important new textbook on the Nazi period which is geared to intermediate and advanced undergraduates and will also interest general audiences ... this book is a real winner and deserves wide use.' - Bruce...

This book looks at the transition of wooden sailing fleets to the modern steel navy. It details the technological breakthroughs that brought about this change - steampower, armour, artillery and torpedoes, and looks at their affect on naval strategy and...

A problem-focused and clearly organized survey of the dynastic strife and crisis of medieval government in 15th century England.About the AuthorMr Bruce Webster, Bruce WebsterBook InformationISBN 9781857284935Author Bruce WebsterFormat PaperbackPage...

A problem-focused and clearly organized survey of the dynastic strife and crisis of medieval government in 15th century England.About the AuthorMr Bruce Webster, Bruce WebsterBook InformationISBN 9781857284935Author Bruce WebsterFormat PaperbackPage...