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1368: China and the Making of the Modern World
A new picture of China's rise since the Age of Exploration and its historical impact on the modern world. The establishment of the Great Ming dynasty in 1368 was a...
The Magic of Concepts: History and the Economic in Twentieth-Century
In The Magic of Concepts Rebecca E. Karl interrogates "the economic" as concept and practice as it was construed historically in China in the 1930s and again in the 1980s...
T-34/76 Medium Tank 1941-45
The T-34 was the most influential tank design of World War 2. When first introduced into combat in the summer of 1941, it represented a revolutionary leap forward in tank...
Sea of Glory: The Epic South Seas Expedition 1838-42
The dramatic story of the largest voyage of discovery in the history of the world, this is an astounding tale of courage, arrogance and adventure on the high seas from...
What If I Had Never Tried it: Valentino Rossi the Autobiography
Arguably the worlds all-time greatest motorcycle road racing champion, Valentino Rossi is without a doubt the best--and the best-loved--in modern times. In What If I Had Never Tried It he...
100 Years of ARC Memories: Arcadia - South African Jewish Orphanage
Celebrates the centenary of Arcadia, the South African Jewish Orphanage from 1906 to 2006. It includes the stories and recollections of over 120 of the children of Arcadia and the...
Cleopatra's Kidnappers: How Caesar's Sixth Legion Gave Egypt to Rome
A powerful tale of war, romance, and one of historya s most desperate gambles Julius Caesar was nothing if not bold. When, in the wake of his defeat of Pompey...
Nero's Killing Machine
The 14th Gemina Martia Victrix Legion was the most celebrated unit of the early Roman Empire--a force that had been wiped out under Julius Caesar, reformed, and almost wiped out...
A New Generation Draws the Line: Kosovo, East Timor and the Standards
The conflicts in Kosovo and East Timor, looked at side-by-side by Noam Chomsky, starkly illuminate the strategies of the Western powers in the new century. Chomsky convincingly argues that humanitarianism...
Reprehensible: Polite Histories of Bad Behaviour
Rollicking and informative, Reprehensible: Polite Histories of Bad Behaviour is your guide through some of the most shameful behaviour indulged in by humanity's most celebrated figures, as told by Mikey...
Bozo Sapiens: Why to Err Is Human
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A dazzling new work of popular science and psychology for readers who enjoyed Blink, Stumbling on Happiness, or The Black Swan. The New York Times called the Kaplans' look at...
Allies: The U.S., Britain, and Europe in the Aftermath of the Iraq War
The Cold War certainties that had seemed so fixed in the 20th Century were overturned by the war in Iraq. Saddam Hussein's Republican Guards were the battlefield victims of a...
1492: The Year Our World Began
'Fernandez-Armesto's rich vision of the 1490s is unlike any other world historians have given us. He has performed an amazing feat of portraying the world as one place before it...
The Long Shadow: The Great War and the Twentieth Century
In Britain we have lost touch with the Great War. Our overriding sense now is of a meaningless, futile bloodbath in the mud of Flanders -- of young men whose...
The Art of War and Peace: The Changing Face of 21st Century Warfare
'A deeply thought-provoking book full of wisdom, insight and common sense, by two of our foremost strategists' James Holland, bestselling author of The War in the West FOREWORD BY SIR...
Beneath Another Sky: A Global Journey into History
Where have the people in any particular place actually come from? What are the historical complexities in any particular place? This evocative historical journey around the world shows us. Native...
Ukraine: A Nation on the Borderland
The Euromaidan uprising in Kiev, followed by radical regime change, the annexation of the Crimea and the war in Eastern Ukraine, have shattered European security. The Western response to Russian...
One Fine Day: Britain's Empire on the Brink
'Breathtaking... vital and important. A wonderful read' PETER FRANKOPAN 'Marvellous... escapes the inane, balance-sheet view of Empire and sees its full complexity' SATHNAM SANGHERA 'A new, global history of British...
Daily Life of the Ancient Romans
This book provides a clear, accessible examination of the major aspects of daily life in ancient Rome-from food and sports to religion, education, and politics. It examines ancient Rome's "common...
The Grave of Alice B. Toklas: And Other Reports from the Past
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The book titled The Grave of Alice B. Toklas: And Other Reports from the Past by the author Otto Friedrich. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more...
The City: A Global History
For readers of Lewis Mumford or Jane Jacobs, and, more recently, Jared Diamond If humankind can be said to have a single greatest creation, it would be those places that...
Ten Cities that Led the World: From Ancient Metropolis to Modern
'A book of ideas [...] Strathern ably guides us through these moments of glory.' -- The Times *** Great cities are complex, chaotic and colossal. These are cities that dominate...
The Cambrai Campaign 1917
Cambrai Campaign 1917 is an account of the British Expeditionary Force s battles in November and December of 1917. It starts with the plan to carry out a tank raid...
The Cambridge World History of Genocide: Volume 3, Genocide in the
Volume III examines the most well-known century of genocide, the twentieth century. Opening with a discussion on the definitions of genocide and 'ethnic cleansing' and their relationships to modernity, it...
The Private Life of Kim Philby: The Moscow Years
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Many books have been written about Kim Philby, the man often called the most remarkable spy in the history of espionage, but little is known about the last twenty-five years...
The Cambridge Illustrated Atlas of Warfare: The Middle Ages, 768-1487
This book offers a highly readable account of warfare in Europe and the Mediterranean from the Battle of Poitiers to the Wars of the Roses. With an emphasis on superb...
Return from the Natives: How Margaret Mead Won the Second World War
Celebrated anthropologist Margaret Mead, who studied sex in Samoa and child-rearing in New Guinea in the 1920s and '30s, was determined to show that anthropology could tackle the psychology of...
Fall of Constantinople: The Ottoman Conquest of Byzantium
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Byzantium was the last bastion of the Roman Empire following the fall of the Western Roman Empire. It fought for survival for eight centuries until, in the mid-15th century, the...
Transactions of the Royal Historical Society: Volume 1
Transactions of the Royal Historical Society is an annual collection of articles based on papers given to the Society by distinguished invited speakers and winners of RHS prizes. Volume 1...
The Bookseller of Florence: The Story of the Manuscripts That
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The bestselling author of Brunelleschi's Dome and Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling captures the excitement and spirit of the Renaissance in this chronicle of the life and work of "the...
Hue 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam
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A Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist in History Winner of the 2018 Marine Corps Heritage Foundation Greene Award for a distinguished work of nonfiction. The first battle book from...
Born in 1960? (PB)
MORE INFORMATION ON THESE BOOKS Over the past 13 years the author, Ron Williams, has written this series of books that present a social history of Australia in the post-war...
Railway Maps of the World
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A gorgeously illustrated collection of the world's greatest railway maps and posters, historical and contemporary Transit Maps of the World was an extraordinary and unexpected success and is now a...
The First Heroes: The Extraordinary Story of the Doolittle
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Immediately after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt sought to restore the honor of the United States with a dramatic act of vengeance: a retaliatory bombing raid...
British Battles: Life on the Front Lines of History
This text brings the past to life with photographs of battles in British history, re-enacted by "English Heritage" and "Historic Scotland". The written commentary describes what it was probably like...
Australian Cultural History
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Australian Cultural History is a 1988 text which opens up new ways of looking at Australian society, culture and history. The diverse and distinguished authors range across religion, literature, history,...
The Zong: A Massacre, the Law and the End of Slavery
The first full review of the mass murder by crew members on the slave ship Zong and the lasting repercussions of this horrifying event On November 29, 1781, Captain Collingwood...
Oral History and Public Memories
Oral History and Public Memories is the first book to explore the relationship between the well-established practice of oral history and the burgeoning field of memory studies. In the past,...
A Brief History of the Mediterranean: Indispensable for Travellers
A wonderfully concise and readable, yet comprehensive, history of the Mediterranean Sea, the perfect companion for any visitor -- or indeed, anyone compelled to stay at home. 'The grand object...
From Reliable Sources: An Introduction to Historical Methods
From Reliable Sources is a lively introduction to historical methodology, an overview of the techniques historians must master in order to reconstruct the past. Its focus on the basics of...
The Defeat of Distance: Qantas 1919-1939
The book titled The Defeat of Distance: Qantas 1919-1939 by the author John Gunn. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information.
100 Mistakes that Changed History: Backfires and Blunders That
The latest from the successful author of 100 MISTAKES THAT CHANGED HISTORY Collected in one volume, here are backfires and blunders that collapsed empires, crashed economies, and altered the course...
The Chinese Question: The Gold Rushes and Global Politics
In roughly five decades, between 1848 and 1899, more gold was removed from the earth than had been mined in the 3,000 preceding years, bringing untold wealth to individuals and...
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * From the bestselling author and master of narrative nonfiction comes the enthralling story of the sinking of the Lusitania "Both terrifying and enthralling."- Entertainment...