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In recent years, historians across the world have become increasingly interested in transnational and global approaches to the past. However, the debates surrounding this new border-crossing movement have remained limited in scope as theoretical...

Montcalme and Wolfe frames the war years through the lives of its two brilliant opposing generals. Weaving together the campaigns on both sides of the Atlantic. Parkman travels from opulent royal courts to muddy colonial fields, from Fort Necessity to...

From a covert 1945 OSS mission to enlist the aid of Ho Chi Minh against the Japanese to the frenzied evacuation of Saigon in 1975, this book gathers the narratives of over sixty U.S. citizens,medics, diplomats, clerks, housewives, spies, grunts, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780813946726Author Teresa MichalsFormat HardbackPage Count 264Imprint University of Virginia PressPublisher University of Virginia PressWeight(grams) 152g

Dorothea de Benckendorff was born December 28, 1785. Bright, vivacious and personable, she was destined to become an influential player in international diplomacy. Spending three of her most formative years in exile with her mother, Dorothea was not...

Islam scares the West. Militant conservatism and the horrific acts of violent fundamentalists evoke outrage, but the reprehensible few reinforce a longstanding Western stereotype of all Muslims as ""incorrigibly fanatical, violent and morally and...

Dwight D. Eisenhower and Nikita Khrushchev presided over a pivotal period in Soviet-American relations. Any goodwill lingering from the nations' WWII alliance was quickly withering in the face of their worldwide ideological battle, physically manifested...

The Gallic campaigns firmly established Julius Caesar (100 B.C.-44 B.C.) as one of the greatest commanders of all time. After success there, Caesar turned his loyal army back toward Rome. Crossing the Rubicon, he initiated a civil war, marched...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780786419395Author Justin E GriffinFormat PaperbackPage Count 198Imprint McFarland & Co IncPublisher McFarland & Co IncWeight(grams) 288g

This book explores the close relationships between three of the most famous twentieth-century African Americans, W. E. B. Du Bois, Paul Robeson, and Langston Hughes, and their little-known Chinese allies during World War II and the Cold War—journalist,...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781034159377Author Caius Cornelius TacitusFormat PaperbackPage Count 242Imprint BlurbPublisher BlurbWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999238820Author Neil V HamblinFormat HardbackPage Count 608Imprint Living Tree PublishingPublisher Living Tree PublishingWeight(grams) 1043g

'5/5 A true joy. A work of staggering complexity and bewildering economy.' TELEGRAPH'A rattling, wonderful read.' OBSERVER'Every page glitters' SPECTATOR'Mesmerising' NEW STATESMAN'An exquisite book, beautifully put together... What a very wonderful book...

Gangs specifically and sufficiently covers essential gang topics as well as new topics not found in any of the competing books in the marketplace. This text presents a traditional and brief overview of the history of gangs. It also includes four areas...

The West and the World engages students and provokes discussion by presenting the past through the prism of current and perennial issues. Interpretive chapters on such topics as gender, religion, war, ecology, and nationalism create both thematic...

Instead of leading his people to the "promised land," Mugabe, the first prime minister of the newly-named Zimbabwe, has amassed a fortune for himself, his family and followers and has presided over the murder, torture and starvation of those who oppose...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781009421348Author Christian de VitoFormat PaperbackImprint Cambridge University PressPublisher Cambridge University PressWeight(grams) 370g

Sacred sites offer believers the possibility of communing with the divine and achieving deeper insight into their faith. Yet their spiritual and cultural importance can lead to competition as religious groups seek to exclude rivals from practicing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615658872Author David J TammFormat PaperbackPage Count 784Imprint University of Antarctica PressPublisher University of Antarctica PressWeight(grams)...

James S. Wadsworth was a successful lawyer and influential New York politician when the Civil War broke out. His wealth, strong anti-slavery views, and active support of President Lincoln made him a controversial public figure in the early war years. In...

The recently discovered journal of William Ray of the Seventh Wisconsin is the most important primary source ever of soldier life in one of the war's most famous fighting organizations. No other collection of letters or diaries comes close to it.Two days...

A People's Army documents the many distinctions between British regulars and Massachusetts provincial troops during the Seven Years' War. Originally published by UNC Press in 1984, the book was the first investigation of colonial military life to give...

During the 16th century, Portugal endeavored to locate the mythical kingdom of Prester John--a Christian nation rumored to be somewhere in the Orient, amidst the pagans and Muslims. This study chronicles Portugal's final attempt, a six-year odyssey in...

Presenting a holistic perspective of the Hmong way of life, this book touches on every aspect of the Hmong culture, including an overview of their history and traditions, relationships between Hmong parents and their children, the rites and traditions of...

Although Emily Buchanan had a highly successful career in broadcasting and a loving husband there was something missing from her life: she desperately wanted children. After the trauma of three miscarriages, Emily and her husband Gerald were forced to...

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An uncompromising look at the rise of violent crimes by America's children and the steps parents, teachers and mentors can take to save our children.Book InformationISBN 9780738208336Author Peter T. ElikannFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint Da Capo...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743294096Author Strobe TalbottFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 745gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

The author, a preeminent authority in the field of Soviet international law, here undertakes a policy-oriented approach to the study of international law.Book InformationISBN 9780822307341Author Kazimierz GrzybowskiFormat HardbackPage Count 238Imprint...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780989901734Author Michael PetersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 742Imprint Pyramid PressPublisher Pyramid PressWeight(grams) 882g

In nineteenth-century Australia, the main commentators on race and biological differences were doctors. But the medical profession entertained serious anxieties about the possibility of "racial denigration" of the white population in the new...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780998316727Author Larry KelleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Larry Kelley Enterprises, LLCPublisher Larry Kelley Enterprises, LLCWeight(grams) 386g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780076605873Author McGraw HillFormat HardbackPage Count 544Imprint McGraw-Hill Inc.,USPublisher McGraw-Hill Education - EuropeWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780231035927Author Raanan WeitzFormat HardbackPage Count 292Imprint Columbia University PressPublisher Columbia University Press

The revised and expanded edition of Touching Base examines the myths, realities, symbols, and rituals of America's national pastime. Steven Riess details the relationships among urban politics, communities, and baseball while exploring how Progressive...

Catastrophic Diplomacy offers a sweeping history of US foreign disaster assistance, highlighting its centrality to twentieth-century US foreign relations. Spanning over seventy years, from the dawn of the twentieth century to the mid-1970s, it examines...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374524234Author George J MarlinFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Atlantic BooksPublisher Atlantic Books

Premier historian Eric Hobsbawm's brilliant study of the Industrial Revolution, which sold more than a quarter of a million copies in its original edition, is now back in print, updated for a new generation. In Industry and Empire, Hobsbawm explores the...