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Shows that with a few changes in strategy and luck the Normandy invasion could have resulted in a German victory.Book InformationISBN 9781853671609Author Peter TsourasFormat HardbackPage Count 236Imprint Greenhill BooksPublisher Greenhill...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781854358288Author The Imperial War MuseumFormat HardbackPage Count 267Imprint Marshall CavendishPublisher Marshall CavendishWeight(grams) 228g

An original and unique work of reference which breaks new ground by treating for the first time the classical era of the Old World as a whole. Never before have the key peoples and events of Greece, Rome, Persia, India, and China been encompassed in a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780852235843Author Brian BraithwaiteFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Ebury PressPublisher Ebury PublishingWeight(grams) 1093g

This is a biography of Gerald Durrell written by a friend of 40 years. Gerald Durrell is of interest not only as a writer about wildlife, but as a man dedicated to the saving of species likely to die out. As a result of his pioneering zoo in Jersey he...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780297784753Author Paul JohnsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 832Imprint Weidenfeld & NicolsonPublisher Orion Publishing CoWeight(grams) 895g

This title is about the death of the 19th century, the world made by and for liberal middle classes in the name of universal progress and civilization. It is about hopes realized which turned into fears: an era of unparalled peace engendering an era of...

'Quite simply, this is one of the greatest, most riveting books of war letters I have ever read' - Stephen E. Ambrose on "War Letters". In 2001, Andrew Carroll authored the US top ten bestseller, 300,000 copy selling "War Letters" - a...

A comprehensive account of modern conflict which traces the causes of wars in the international arena, their course and how peace was made, and describes in detail how battle has changed with the huge development in weapons technology that the century...

Frederick Cooper's book on the history of decolonization and independence in Africa is part of the textbook series New Approaches to African History. This text will help students understand the historical process out of which Africa's position in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781860195815Format HardbackImprint Brockhampton PressPublisher Caxton Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781860195761Format HardbackImprint Brockhampton PressPublisher Caxton Publishing

This collection follows the extraordinary careers of nine colonial subjects who won seats in high-level parliamentary institutions of the imperial powers that ruled over them. Revealing an unexplored dimension of the complex political organisation of...

Nine Battles to Stanley is a soldiers account of the ground fighting on South Georgia and the Falklands. What makes this book unique is the fascinating and objective way the author describes the experiences, view points and comparative qualities of both...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780752419992Author Bill BuckinghamFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint NPI Media GroupPublisher The History Press Ltd

Fought in the Ardennes forests in December 1944, this was the greatest land battle waged by the US Army this century. For political reasons no mention was ever made of crucial British involvement. Whiting aims to set the record straight; telling the true...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399147951Author VariousFormat HardbackPage Count 427Imprint Putnam AdultPublisher Putnam AdultWeight(grams) 798g

Contrary to the claim that a diplomat is paid to lie for his country, former Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd contends that from Machievelli to Metternich, from Sir Edward Grey to Boutros-Boutros Ghali, a top diplomat's main function is the genuine search...

This dictionary provides in-depth coverage of the major historical figures and events of the 20th century. Offering both fact and analysis, Jan Palmowski's reference work should be of interest to a range of readers from students of history, politics, and...

Oops. Reeling from the Black Death, Europe's peasants decide it is cats that are carrying the plague, and start killing them off...leading the rat population, which is really spreading the disease, to explode. A better society is Prohibition's goal - but...

This scheme takes an investigative approach to history, developing pupils' thinking skills as they explore the subject. Each "Core Edition" has an enquiry-based approach designed to motivate pupils of all abilities at the same time covering...

Melvyn Bragg's In Our Time series regularly enlightens and entertains substantial audiences on BBC Radio 4. For this book he has selected episodes which reflect the diversity of the radio programmes, and takes us on an amazing tour through the history of...

This text challenges existing theories of the origins of the Dead Sea Scrolls and offers the author's theory with wide-ranging implications. The story behind the Dead Sea Scrolls has been in dispute since they were discovered in 1947 in caves in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781241185299Author Emma MarshallFormat PaperbackPage Count 204Imprint British Library, Historical Print EditionsPublisher British Library, Historical Print...

Sam Hynes was eighteen when he left his Minnesota home for Navy flight school in 1943. By the time the war ended he was a veteran Marine pilot, still not quite twenty-one, and had flown more than a hundred missions in the Pacific theatre. In this...

'He who saves one life, it is as if he saved an entire world'The Holocaust will be forever numbered amongst the darkest of days in human civilisation. Yet even in that darkness, there were sparks of light. Many will recognise the names of Oskar...

The history of the Viking peoples and kingdoms, from their half-glimpsed origins and legendary prehistory to the triumphs of Canute, is as exciting a story as has ever been told. Professor Jones's classic work incorporates all the latest research.Book...

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With over 4000 entries, arranged in a clear A-Z format, this encyclopaedia provides in-depth information on events, figures, and concepts from prehistory up to the present day. A network of cross-references allows quick access to historical knowledge...

The First World War has shaped the history of the twentieth century. It was the first conflict in which aeroplanes, submarines, and tanks played a significant role, the first in which casualties on the battlefield outnumbered those from disease. It...

The "Great Game" was an imperial, political, diplomatic, and military enterprise in which intrepid individuals played for high stakes in a struggle that stretched from the Causasus in the West to Chinese Turkestan and Tibet in the East. The prize was...

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The world since the end of the Second World War often seems to represent the lighter half of the 20th century. Rapid recovery from the ravages of war; the rise of popular culture; the phenomenal growth in affluence, health and quality of life; and, the...

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A window on the mysterious world of the Dark Ages by a brilliant young historian AD 500 is written as a practical survival guide for the use of civilised visitors to the barbaric islands of Britain and Ireland. It describes a journey which begins in...

From the Big Bang, to the present day, via Ancient China, The Roman Empire, Attila the Hun, The Dark Ages, Enlightenment, Revolution! etc. The entire history of the world has been packed into one hilarious, irreverent comic strip. From Goths and...

The only history and theory textbook to include accessible extracts from a wide range of historical writing. Provides a comprehensive introduction to the theorists who have most inflenced twentieth-century historians. Chapters follow a consistent...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780705436830Author Tony AllanFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint Time Life UKPublisher Time-Life Books