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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781241338657Author A SFormat PaperbackPage Count 124Imprint British Library, Historical Print EditionsPublisher British Library, Historical Print...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781241305765Author AnonymousFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint British Library, Historical Print EditionsPublisher British Library, Historical Print...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781241106850Author Lord George Gordon Byron, 1788-Format PaperbackPage Count 114Imprint British Library, Historical Print EditionsPublisher British Library,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781240925308Author G ThureauFormat PaperbackPage Count 88Imprint British Library, Historical Print EditionsPublisher British Library, Historical Print...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781241201586Author James ThomsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 100Imprint British Library, Historical Print EditionsPublisher British Library, Historical Print...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781034076094Author Captain J KincaidFormat PaperbackPage Count 182Imprint BlurbPublisher BlurbWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780973614725Author Boris LozaFormat PaperbackPage Count 266Imprint Library and Archives CanadaPublisher Library and Archives CanadaWeight(grams) 152g

"Perspectives on the Past" shows how knowledge of the past is contingent and is largely determined by the social and intellectual milieux in which those who study it have received their training. This work examines major components of the...

History is a weapon. The powerful have their version of events, the people have another. And if we understand how the past was forged, we arm ourselves to change the future. This is a history of struggle, revolution and social change: of hominids,...

The Transactions of the Royal Historical Society publish an annual collection of major articles representing some of the best historical research by some of the world's most distinguished historians. The volume includes the following articles:...

The early 20th century saw the founding of the National Security League, a nationalistic nonprofit organization committed to an expanded military, conscripted service, and meritocracy. This book details its history, from its formation in December 1914...

The authors present the development of humankind across cultures and economies in a global manner, from ancient times on, as a gigantic drama played out with the cradles of civilization as the stage. The book highlights the exploits of daring traders,...

Whiteman, who escaped from Nazi-occupied Austria with her family, is now a clinical psychologist in New York. Her impassioned, riveting study of the Jews who managed to leave Germany and Austria before Hitler implemented mass executions and death camps...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692030882Author Edward F Butler SrFormat PaperbackPage Count 360Imprint Southwest Historic PressPublisher Southwest Historic PressWeight(grams) 458g

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

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

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...

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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...